The Legend of Hao Lan (Mou Qin / 皓镧传)

Today is the birthday of the Queen.

You bought this hairpin

as a gift for her. Am I right?

It is none of your business whether

you know

or not.

You!

Lyu Buwei,

I hate you.

I'm beginning to hate you more and more.

I'm telling you everything

hoping that you can untie the knots in his heart.

Why did you deliberately provoke him?

I didn't.

Perhaps, this is what he thought.

I repaired this hairpin

just to make him happy.

Even if he's gifting this to someone else,

I just wanted him to be happy.

But that hairpin

was personally made by him.

Consort Mi,

your bath is ready.

Leave.

Who's there?

Consort Mi is cleaning off your body.

It's for making the King happy?

Suan Zi.

Suan Zi.

What to fear?

I'm not going to eat you.

Princess Consort,

this is Qin Palace.

You can't do anything you like.

Looking at you,

that is truly like a flawless jade.

Even I can’t help loving you.

Princess Consort,

why are you here?

Of course, I'm here to talk about collaboration with you.

I only wish to live normally

and raise up Chengjiao peacefully.

I will be satisfied then.

I think you got the wrong person.

How hard is it to live

just having corn and vegetable broth?

But from now on forward,

you live with melancholy during the daytime.

In the evening you are lonely.

One or two days are no big deal.

But how can you bear for eight or ten years?

Did you see Empress Dowager Xia?

She wasted on waiting during her best years.

Now the wrinkles are all over her face.

Vicissitudes of life showing under her eyes.

Siluo,

are you happy?

My dear,

think carefully about what you should do.

Once you have thought it over, come to me.

Consort Mi.

Consort Mi.

Where did you go?

None of your business!

Men.

Starting from today,

my wife will be confined.

Yes.

What are you doing?

If you don't let me go out,

I will tear down this Place.

Leave.

What are you still doing here?

Yes.

Mark what I said.

You!

Zixi!

I am telling you.

I am not your exclusive property.

Never think you can imprison me.

If you can't do whatever you promised me,

I will do it myself!

Trying to lock me up?

Trying to lock me up?

Lock me up?

No one can stop me!

Are you done smashing?

It is too late to

worry about your treasures.

Tomorrow, I will have someone delivered new ones.

You keep smashing!

You!

My treasure

is only

the baby inside you.

You!

Just tear it down.

Zixi.

You bastard!

What is that?

His Majesty celebrated the birthday of Her Highness today.

Prime Minister

We will speak tomorrow.

What happened that you are in such a haste?

Prime Minister,

someone just came to report.

There is a fire in the storage building.

Where did you say the fire was?

Storage building.

It contains soldier's pay and provision for battling Chou State.

Prime Minister,

storehouse was robbed.

Originally, the side house caught fire.

I was afraid the fire will spread to the storehouse,

so I immediately send people to put out the fire.

But didn't expect it was trap to lure us away.

The entire storehouse had been emptied out.

Relay my order.

Lock the city now

and conduct a search.

Yes.

Those gold were from Bashu.

Those were tagged for punitive expedition to Eastern Zhou.

Now they disappeared.

How do you, Prime Minister Lyu explain this?

I am currently searching the entire city for them.

Prime minister,

this loss of gold

is just due to you!

If you cannot recover them,

how would Prime Minister redeem yourself?

I will quickly find those gold

and also the perpetrator behind all this.

I know that prime minister has a huge asset.

But the lost treasure is so huge

that you won’t be able to compensate

even if you used all your own money.

What if you can’t find them,

then the hundred thousands of soldiers won’t have pay and provisions.

How do you expect them to eat and drink?

What will then be used to kill enemies

and obtain army merits?

Lord Yangquan,

please do not speak well of enemies

and cut down our own prowess.

How did you know that I can't find out the thief?

Find out?

How will you look into this?

If you were to investigate for six months,

By then Lord Eastern Zhou's army

will already besiege Han Valley Pass.

Your Majesty,

my perspective is that

no thieves would dare to

trespass the storehouse.

Unless those are stolen by insiders.

One needs to speak with evidence.

Without evidence then it is called slandering.

This is not slandering.

Let’s wait and see.

If we let the Prime Minister catch the thief,

I believe he wouldn't be able to capture them in one and a half year.

Lyu Buwei is willing to make a military promise.

Prime Minister Lyu.

Prime Minister Lyu,

what did you say?

Your Majesty,

I am willing to make a military pledge.

Set a deadline to catch the thief

and absolve my wrongdoing.

How long is your deadline?

Seven days.

Prime Minister Lyu, dare to accept it?

Fine.

Seven days then.

What if you can't find them?

By then, if I can't get back the gold,

I will hand in my resignation.

and apologize for the death.

Good,

Prime Minister Lyu,

that is what you said.

A gentleman must

keep his own words.

Deadline of seven days?

How presumptuous!

Prime Minister of the court,

is the foundation of a country.

The position is too important,

how can it be

bet in the imperial court.

Your Majesty, mark my words.

I will retrieve the gold within seven days.

What brings the Empress Dowager here?

Also with the look of much anger.

You look at this yourself.

What is wrong with this lantern?

Many people believed

Helen of Troy.

But I didn't believe it.