The Legend of Hao Lan (Mou Qin / 皓镧传)

~ Moonrise by Lu Hu & Huang Yali ~

The Legend of Haolan

Episode 12

We have the soldiers, but we don't have the provisions to feed them.

What are they going to eat and drink?

Lu Buwei did use silver and gold to purchase good will for the Emperor.

But now, do we let our soldiers feed on tree barks?

I am willing to donate my personal wealth to the soldiers fighting at the front line.

I am also willing to donate my personal wealth.

By using money to purchase good will for Your Majesty, Lu Buwei managed to

impress both the nobilities and the commoners.

They are willing to contribute funds generously.

What about our dear Ministers?

Royal Father, I am willing to donate a thousand coins of gold.

I will donate five hundred.

I will donate three hundred.

I will donate six hundred.

I will donate two hundred.

I will donate three hundred.

I will donate two hundred.

I will donate two hundred.

I will donate a hundred.

Treasurer Lu.

Yes, Your Majesty.

The honor you bought for me is indeed priceless. Well done.

The good will you gained for me is really priceless. Well done!

Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment.

I am not worthy of your praise.

You have been worrying about the issues in the imperial court.

How could I not be aware of General Lian Po's delaying warfare tactics?

But now both states have been at a stalemate for a long time.

Qin army's insignificant Chieftain of the Multitude.

He inflicted serious damage to our army at the Yuxi River Valley.

Our army has suffered a huge loss.

General Lian Po can use his delay tactic, but the Zhao state can't afford it!

If this drags on, once Qin army attacks Handan,

we will become a sheet of loose sand! ( state of disunity)

Prince, I don't understand about matters of the imperial court.

but if you are so agitated, you will harm your health.

Is this worth your bother?

If you didn't cause so much trouble

and turned me into a laughing stock,

I would not have become so isolated at the Imperial Court.

Prince.

Your father and your uncle never put in a good word for me.

They were only looking out for themselves.

Tell me,

what have I gained from marrying you, except to clean up the messes you make?

You only married me for my family's support?

Why else would I? All of you only wanted me for my power and status.

That is the reason you treat me with respect and deference.

But we are husband and wife!

All marriages are based on an exchange of personal advantages.

A man has to be in control of his family and take care of his parents and his wife,

and a woman wants to find a man who would offer her sustenance and protection.

As for us, what I want from you is the support of your powerful family.

And you, you want the status of being a Princess Consort.

Let's be honest with each other, and stop pretending that you are in love.

It is nauseating!

-It's not like that! -Shut up!

- I'm sincere! - Shut up!

- I'm really in love with you! - Shut up!

- Let me go! Let me go! - Prince.

I can't breathe!

- Let me go! - Princess Ya is here!

- Princess Consort! - Elder Brother.

Sister-in-law, what's going on?

I'm fine. A while ago, I was careless, tripped and fell.

Look, the cup broke.

Elder Brother, how could you be like this?

You should take good care of your wife.

How could you let Sister-in-law get hurt like this?

Xiuyu, what's wrong? Are you hurt? Let me take a look.

You have a cut.

Aren't you going to get the medicine now?

Hurry and go!

Yes.

Ya'er, why don't you spend some time with Xiuyu?

She is bored at the palace.

Of course I will.

Senior Brother, hurry, go back to work.

I have something to say to Sister-in-law.

All right, but remember to put on the medicine.

I will.

Sister-in-law, my brother treats you very well.

Yes, he does.

However, I am concerned that he appears troubled recently.

I wonder what happened during the imperial court session.

Elder Brother does not want you to worry, that's why he won't tell you anything.

Lately, Royal Father trusts Lu Buwei a lot.

Lu Buwei is working together with Prince Yu and the Prime Minister against Elder Brother.

Would Older Brother still have any say in the imperial court session now?

Princess, I thought you like Prince Yu.

Elder brother was raised by my mother since young, naturally very close to me.

but Prince Yu is Consort Yun's son.

Since young, he has been pretending to win a good reputation for himself.

Now that he has the assistance of Lu Buwei,

he doesn't think highly of older brother.

Sister-in-law, I remember now.

That older sister of yours,

she came into the palace on the recommendation of the Prime Minister,

so it's likely they have their own devious agenda.

What agenda?

This Li Haolan is going to become Royal Father's concubine.

When we meet her, we will need to address her as Mother.

In the future, in the imperial court, there will be Prince Yu, Lu Buwei.

In the harem, Li Haolan will have pillow talk with His Majesty.

I fear that older brother won't have any foothold again.

Look at what I'm saying.

I specially came here to visit you and talked about these unhappy matters instead.

Sister-in-heart, don't take this to heart.

By the way, the flowers in the garden are blooming beautifully.

If you have the time, you should take a stroll there.

Alright.

Treasurer Lu, I'm taking my leave.

Lu Buwei.

What that Prince Yu just now?

That's right. Consort Yun is now His Majesty's favorite.

Prince Yu may be the next ruler.

Of course, if you become His Majesty's favorite,

the power in the house will be different.

Lu Buwei, how many masks do you have?

If you dare to make me become His Majesty's woman, I will ensure that you won't get anything.

What do you mean?

If I need to marry someone who I don't love and sacrifice myself for the rest of my life,

you definitely won't get the power and status that you want.

This is an exchange and also a warning.

Who wants you to marry someone else?

Isn't this what you plan to do?

If I can really bear to let you marry His Majesty,

why would I still be worried about Prince Jiao?

Before you make any decisions, you must get my consent.

This is a collaboration and not being made use of.

Do you know why His Majesty insisted on this?

Someone told me that Princess Ya went to see His Majesty.

He subsequently went to Rising Sun Palace.

Does this information make you think of anything?

So, it was indeed Princess Ya.

Since the Princess has been scheming,

I should deliver a big gift too.

What idea do you have?

His Majesty's envoy has already set off for Chu state with five big carriage of gifts.

Did you manipulate the gifts?

I heard that the Crown Prince of Chu is young, handsome, brave and passionate.

It so happened that he matches our Princess very well.

Lu Buwei, you are really very bold.

It is impolite not to reciprocate.

Did I startle you?

Your Majesty.

Is there something you need to see me for?

Pardon?

I...

Did you not?

Then why did someone report it?

You, come here.

Your Majesty. It's just the right time.

The Empress wants me to verify the list of officials who will attend the memorial ceremony.

Let the Minister of Rites take care of such matters.

You don't need to personally bother about them.

The Empress wants Your Majesty to take a look at the list. I don't dare to delay it.

All right... I'll look at it.

Everything looks great.

Haolan, you are doing a great job. I'm in total agreement.

Well, I've taken a look at the list.

This should be fine now. Right?

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I will take my leave now.

Haolan.

If I ask the Empress for you to come over to serve me, would you be willing?

Any woman from the Kingdom of Zhao will consider it a great blessing to serve Your Majesty.

I would not dare complain.

I have a lot of beautiful women around me.

But I just lack someone who understands me.

When you come to my side,

I will let your wordless complaint turn into complete willingness.

Your Majesty, the Empress...

I'm here to see you. It is nobody else's business.

Look at you, you have lost weight from exhaustion.

After the memorial ceremony, I will give you your own palace.

You will no longer have to serve others.

The Prince of Qin's name was on the original list,

but I managed to secretly erase his name.

The Emperor has already approved this altered list.

You've done a good job.

I will arrange for the Prince to leave the Kingdom of Zhao during the memorial ceremony.

The Emperor and Empress will leave for the ceremony soon.

You need to speed up your arrangements for the Prince's departure.

You should be careful too.

After the Prince leaves, I will come back and get you.

Lu Buwei.

What?

We've gone through a lot while working together.

Please remember your promise never to leave me behind.

I trust you.

Your Highness, everything has been arranged.

Your Highness.

Royal Descendant, Lord Lu.

Everything has been packed. You could leave any time.

Leave? To where?

You didn't know? The Prince also has to go to Mafu Mountain.