Song of Phoenix (思美人)

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Song of Phoenix

Episode 66

Deceiving and blocking the intelligence of the king, empty words caused him to be confused, make mistakes, and be fooled. - Lamenting the Past from Nine Chapters

Big Sister, you mean, in this palace,

whoever you want killed,

you can get them killed?

I...that's not what I mean.

Whether or not that's what you mean,

you know that the best.

Do you still need me to remind you?

Your Majesty, the ambassador Xiong Huai sent has arrived.

This Xiong Huai also had a day

when he would wag his tail and flatter me.

What does Your Majesty think we should do next?

I think you already have an idea, right?

To express our sincerity,

give Chu 600 miles of the disputed territories.

Prime Minister, are you ill?

You're starting to talk nonsense.

Please let me finish.

The condition is that Chu must severe their ties with Qi.

Won't Xiong Huai then lose the trust of the world?

That's precisely what I want.

From now on, no one will trust Xiong Huai.

No one will dare to ally with the State of Chu.

Chu will then be in a state of having enemies at his front of his back, alone without any help.

Using 600 miles of disputed lands as bait,

this idea is not bad.

It's just that will Xiong Huai take the bait?

When the six countries made an alliance in the past,

Qi and Chu have sinister motives against each other to begin with, fighting covertly.

Adding Tian Ji to make things worse,

Xiong Huai already loathes Qi a lot.

Now that the Vertical Alliance is obviously a failure, Xiong Huai then sent an emissary to Qin.

He surely is afraid that Your Majesty will blame the crimes of the six country alliance to Chu.

As long as we use this opportunity...

Your Majesty, if you were Xiong Huai,

will you want a paper about an obviously dead alliance

or 600 miles of fertile land?

That's what you say,

But giving those 600 miles of fertile lands to Chu,

is really such a waste.

Do not worry, Your Majesty.

When our warriors move south and east,

don't say just 600 miles,

The entire State of Chu will be crushed below our feet!

Since it's like this, I will have to trouble you

to take a trip to the State of Chu.

Prime Minister, we have arrived.

Prime Minister, you have had a hard journey.

Please go inside to rest.

We're here?

Prime Minister, please.

Your king sent someone to ask for an alliance.

Is this how he is going to welcome me?

Prime Minister, the king sent me

over thousands of miles to welcome you.

You should be able to see how much sincerity there is.

After such a long journey,

my legs are sore.

How can I get down from the carriage?

Please come down from the carriage.

Prime Minister, you had a hard journey.

You have suffered.

Since you are so sincere,

then my State of Qin will naturally return it.

Then, your state agrees to an alliance?

Chu is a vast state that is rich and strong.

Allying with Chu is completely beneficial for both countries.

It's just...

What else do you worry about?

As far as I know, your alliance with Qi still exists.

At the Hangu Pass Battle, Qi and Chu allied with the other countries

and attacked our Qin.

At present, your country is asking for a partnership with our country

and at the same time still have a six-country alliance with Qi and the other countries.

I fear that's not appropriate.

Then what you mean is...

If the State of Chu wants to ally with my State of Qin,

you must first cut ties with the State of Qi.

Or else, I'm afraid my king will find it hard to trust you.

Your Qin was the one that kept provoking us.

Do you think we're easy to bully?!

Minister of War! Don't be rude.

Do not panic, Minister of War Qu.

If you all don't agree, then

let's not keep talking about this.

I can just return.

It is alright, Prime Minister. Haven't we just begun discussing?

Prime Minister Zhang. If we cut ties with the State of Qi,

and your state allies with the State of Qi,

then when that happens, won't our State of Chu

be at a situation with enemies both at our front and rear?

Let me finish, Great Shaman of Chu.

I came precisely to ease your worries.

Please take a look, Your Majesty.

600 miles of disputed lands,

our Qin is willing to give it to Chu

to ask for Chu to be our good and friendly neighbor,

to have peace for generations.

If the State of Chu cuts ties with the State of Qi,

my State of Qin is not only willing to ally with Chu.

We will hand over this 600 miles of land.

Prime Minister, are you speaking the truth?

How can 600 miles of land be treated as child's play?

600 miles of high quality land!

Chancellor Zhao, what do you think?

Your Majesty, if we openly severe our ties with Qi now,

we surely will lose the trust of the world.

From what I've known, after the Hangu Pass Battle,

the alliance between the six countries already ceased to exist except in name.

Allow me to be bold. Your Majesty,

do you want an alliance that only exists in name

or do you want 600 miles of land?

This is no small matter. We'll talk about it another day.

Today, we will only drink wine.

Come. Prime Minister, please.

I never imagined the State of Qin would give us 600 miles of land!

As I see it, the State of Qin

really is being sincere!

But their request is for us to cut ties with the State of Qi.

It was always useless to ally with the State of Qi.

It was just Qu Yuan's insistence alone.

But what happened? Didn't we also lose to Qin?

If the State of Chu cuts ties with the State of Qi,

this means we are openly breaking the six state alliance.

Let's not talk about offending the State of Qi.

We surely will also suffer enmity from other states.

For one State of Qin, to offend the other five states...

The State of Qin now

with just their own might, I fear that it has already way surpassed

the power of the five states of Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han.

Since the State of Chu is allying with Qin, what wrong has been done?

What do you think?

You two have greater foresight than me when it comes to major state matters.

With you two here, what else do I need to say?

Your little sister is becoming more and more like you.

Are...they all doing well?

Well. Your little brother trains martial arts everyday.

Right now, he already can do it very well.

Your little sister is a bit more demure and quiet. She loves poems and songs.

Studying intensively all day. Very obedient.

I know you miss your siblings, so I brought some paintings

to ease your pain.

Thank you, Sir.

You've been here for so long already. You've suffered.

The king remembers all that you've done.

The king remembers?

Then what about you, Sir?

Naturally, I am very grateful.

Actually, I don't need your gratitude.

I only wonder when I can go back

and live our own lives!

Don't worry. I won't forget.

Prime Minister, you have come this time.

If you need me to do anything, please give the order.

That's right. Last night at the feast,

why didn't I see Qu Yuan?

Ever since Qu Yuan was demoted,

I heard he's locked himself up at home.

He would only write poems books.

Qu Yuan counts as part of the cream of the crop.

It's too bad he met me, so pitiful.

It looks like I should find a chance to go visit this old friend.

Life I adapted to the ancient way,

leaving the manners of the present day.

Thus unconforming to the modern age, the path I followed of a bygone sage.

I sighed for a long time about the hardships of life,

grieved and cried due to it.

I just was fond of good morals to restrict myself,

yet got falsely charged in the morning and then relieved of my duties in the evening.

For that which I love,

no regrets there shall be even in death.

Good. Lord Qu has such huge ambitions.

Too bad that a legendary dragon like you

can only run aground at the shallow part of the water.

Why have you come?

In the past, I couldn't come in this door no matter how I tried.

But now, the Qu Manor hasn't changed.

But the people in Qu Manor

The family might has wane, blessings have become thin. The words of a few people have less weight.

Lord Qu really has such refined interest.

Presently, there are great chaos among the neighboring countries, battles are erupting everywhere, I am really so busy.

But Lord Qu is still here singing of the moon and wind.

You make me envious.

Just what do you want to say?

Nothing. I just wanted to come visit an old friend.

Now that you mention it, it's been a long time since we last met.

That's why you deliberately come to taunt me.

How could you say that?

I came to tell you something.

The Qi-Chu alliance and six state cooperation,

was all your doing.

It's just a shame that you failed.

And you completely failed too.

I came today to let you never be able to turn things around.

Just a Minister of Three Great Families by name...

In reality, you're just a demoted useless official.

It doesn't seem like I need to take action.