Legend of Fu Yao (扶摇)

"Fuyao" by Karen Mok

~ Episode 20 ~

Second Mister.

Mister Qiu, you–!

Second Mister,

I dragged on my life for so long

just to let Mister know who your enemy is.

You can never be soft-hearted and light-handed,

more so, you can't name a villain as your father!

Otherwise, Heir Apparent won't be able to rest in peace in the heavens, Second Mister.

Isn't the new King a bit too careless?

Choosing consorts is a matter of great important, yet he acted in such an unbelievable manner.

Are we going to support such a careless man?

If this continues, what might the Deep Water Nation become like?

In the past, I thought that this King was young and overly playful.

But this is a puppet Qi Zhen is using to control the royal court.

However, looking at the past few days,

there's another idea hidden under all this ridiculousness.

Look at this, look at this! This is the plot you've planted!

Oh, my Prime Minister!

Prime Minister, where did you find that Xuanyuan Min?

Of all the matters he could have muddled with, he had to muddle with the important matter of the internal palace choosing consorts.

He conferred the titles of the consorts in front of all the officials, excluding my daughter.

If Ruo'er really lost her chance to enter the palace,

I, Xi Pingqun, will never accept it!

The entry of the Elegant Miss into the palace,

if the past rules and logic were followed, no unexpected troubles should have arisen.

But the King came up with a new idea all of a sudden.

With a sudden change, us as his subjects

have no way to stop him.

Prime Minister.

You were the one in support for that youngster to take the throne.

If you're not going to do anything about it, handing such a big Deep Water Nation

to a careless youth to mess with,

you will definitely be censured in the future.

Your Highness, that's an overstatement.

My Ruo'er was not chosen.

Yet the daughter from the Tang family, Tang Zhirong, was chosen!

Prime Minister, say,

in terms of appearance and family background, what is my Ruo'er lacking compared to her?

If Prime Minister isn't calculating Tang Bonian's 150,000 soldiers

and even his highest merit from restraining the bandits in the Southwest,

Prime Minister is thinking that winning over the support of the Tang family is the best plan.

Wait a minute.

It is true that Tang Bonian has over 100,000 soldiers under his control.

But who in the upper and lower imperial court doesn't know,

that the one who has the greatest power and military strength

is you, Prefect Xiping?

If I were to rely on someone, I would rely on you.

The choosing of the consorts

was entirely chosen by spinning the jade spinner.

Prime Minister, I already have 13 sons.

But I have only a daughter, Ruo'er.

I bear the pain of parting with her to send her into the palace.

My Ruo'er must become the queen in the future.

Today has been a thoroughly unlucky day!

Us Xiping has always been one of the most prominent families in the Deep Water Nation.

We have never lost the King's favor.

Which king didn't bond with our family by marriage?

Which king in Deep Water Nation doesn't have the blood of our family flowing in him?!

Prefecture Princess, please cease your anger. Don't get yourself sick from being angry.

Talking about loyalty...

Talking about glory, in the Deep Water Nation,

who is comparable to our Xiping family?!

Everyone says,

that I was born to be the queen!

But today, why don't I even have the qualification to enter the palace?

No way. I must find my father to think of a solution.

Currently, not all of the 4 main consorts are named yet.

There is room for discussing who will be chosen as the queen.

Much of the matters in the internal palace are trivial, changes are common.

Your Highness, cease your anger. Return for some rest first.

Leave this matter to me.

I've promised you before, that I won't break my word.

Prime Minister.

Come in.

Official, this is an imperial edict that was just delivered.

I'll say what I have to say about today's matter here.

If Ruo'er doesn't get chosen and embarrass me, Prefect Xiping,

I naturally won't be concerned with other people's feelings.

Your Highness, please stall.

This imperial edict states, that the Prefecture Princess has been named the Lady Virtuous.

I believe your manor must have also received this edict now.

It really...

It really is my Ruo'er.

Now Your Highness can rest assured, right?

What does the Prime Minister mean by that?

Isn't it your wish for your daughter to be conferred?

If Prime Minister already had this planned,

why did you have to make it troublesome for me and my daughter?

Could it be Prime Minister wanted to show off your powers to me

or were you afraid that I wouldn't be like Tang Bonian, following Prime Minister's lead?

Your Highness, where did you come up with that?

The King suddenly changed his mind, I also just got to know of this.

Moreover, I've always seen Your Highness as a close friend.

How could I deliberately complicate the situation?

Let's hope that is the case. If Prime Minister has the heart to play tricks,

picking on my helplessness, I will never leave the matter alone.

Your Highness, you've overthought.

I'm taking my leave.

If it weren't for him having control over massive military forces and might be of use to me,

I would never let a measly vassal prince arrogantly boss me around.

Was there any news about why the King suddenly changed his mind again?

No.

The imperial edict has been delivered to the Prime Minister's Manor. Prefect Xiping was also present.

What was Gao Hao's reaction?

As Mister anticipated, he seemed angered when he left the Manor.

It's just that, since you knew Qi Zhen and Prefect Xiping has collusion between them,

why did you still confer Gao Puruo as a Lady?

Isn't that like raising a tiger to one's detriment?

Gao Hao is a man with short temper and overly skeptical,

he also has the strategical advantage of having control over the Southwest border.

He's used to being arrogant and oppressive.

Although he and Qi Zhen have collusions, they are cautious of each other.

I let his daughter fail to be chosen so that he could be provoked a little.

Only with this one provocation,

the animosity between them will grow.

But he has been provoked, yet you're still going to let his daughter into the palace.

Could the Mister be thinking to...?

What are you thinking?

I heard that Gao Puruo's personality is similar to her father's.

To not put a girl like that in the palace harem,

isn't that too unfortunate?

Make a great fuss.

We can only find an opportunity if they make a fuss.

Mister, well done. Accomplish two goals with one act.

Stand upright.

Are you too into the acting?

Yes.

- This way, please. - Yes.

Old Master, General Tang Bo Nian's disciple requests for your audience.

- Allow him in. - Yes.

Please come in.

Your inferior hereby greets and pays his respects to Your Prime Minister on behalf of General Tang Bo Nian.

General Tang has shown brilliant military service,

he is Deep Water Nation's hero. You don't need to conduct yourself with such formality.

For this trip to the Capital, General Tang explicitly told me to let you know that he is greatly indebted to you

you're like a second parent to him, this time, he was dispatched for duty and can't personally come to see you.

He specially ordered that I must put on my best behavior.

This is a present I brought for Prime Minister to show his filial piety.

We hope Prime Minister will readily accept this gift.

He indeed is very considerate. You can get up.

Thank you Prime Minister.

Our General said that he's been stationed at the border for so many years,

that matters pertaining to the Royal Court--he really doesn't know much about.

This time, young miss was chosen to enter the palace, thanks entirely to your recommendation.

If later on, our young Miss gets blessed with the King's favor,

we definitely won't forget the favors you've done on our behalf.

Since she is General Tang's beloved daughter,

Of course, I would do my best to help.

Then, we'll rely on Prime Minister.

If Prime Minister doesn't have any other orders for me,

then I will take my leave and return to report back to the General.

Tang Bo Nian's response sure was fast.

There is a matter I need you to take care of.

By that time, Prince Wenyi's manor was already under surveillance

not even a fly could escape.

In order to preserve you and your brother's two lives,

the Prince Heir Apparent instructed me to go to Qi Zhen,

made me promise him to write a report exposing his intent to commit treason.

Solely due to the report,

only then, was I able to gain Qi Zhen's trust

and in exchange, was given the opportunity to execute the task of collecting all the corpses from the manor,

it was only by using this method that I was able to secretly save the lives of both young masters

so I could save at least one last branch of the Deep Water Nation's royal bloodline

Prince Heir Apparent...

Prince Heir Apparent, a legendary hero who appears only once in an era. Valiant and righteous.

But in the end...

he fell into the villains' trap and was framed for treason.

The last order he gave me

was all for the sake of preserving his own flesh and bones .

Now, you take a look...

you take a look at the man strutting around in the Prime Minister's manor. He is still alive!

What is the world coming to?

Even if I were somewhat capable,

I would dig his heart out--but even doing that wouldn't appease my hatred!

What are you thinking about? You still haven't gotten to work?

Godfather, I will go do it this instant.

Selling buns! Hot steamy buns!

Mr. Zong has come!

I've only not been here for a few days, but look how festive and busy this place has become.

Lucky the boss put an ad through the Wu Ba agency. The chef came that very afternoon!

Look, this is the ad.

If you need a house keeper, carriage or anything, just go through this agency.

Our chef may be young.

But her skills are extraordinary.

As you see, in this short period of time.

We're fully booked until the middle of next month.

Of course for Mr. Zong, with your fame.

We especially cleared out a good spot for you.

There's nothing better in life than delicious food.

We'll definitely be the best restaurant in Kun Capital City