Hao men ye yan Page #3

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to lure me into your embrace

Is that not the case?

No

Admit it

No

I am not her

You are her

I am not her

You are her

I am not her

You are her

The coronation ceremony

of Her Majesty the Empress Wan

will now commence

The Empress' Seal

May the Emperor live ten thousand times

ten thousand years

May the Empress live a thousand times

a thousand years

A performance of swordplay

by the Crown Prince Wu Luan

and the Imperial Guards

Uncle

Empress Mother

I wish you both everlasting happiness

My apologies for being late

Please forgive me

I am not going to play with you tonight

Instead, I have prepared a play

for your amusement

Darkness has fallen

My dear nephew

I have been expecting you

Won't you take off your mask

and let me look at your face?

Your are covered in sweat

They are tears

Come

Let me wipe them away for you

No

Your sleeves are soaked with Erysipelas

They reek of black scorpions

Wu Luan, you are not acting in a play now

What a talented artist

I feel so gratified

Quickly bow and thank His Majesty

Thank you, Uncle

How much you have grown

in the last three years

It's time to take on some serious

responsibilities now

Minister Yin

Your Majesty

What was in the dispatch sent by the Khitans?

It says that to strengthen the trust

between our two nations

we should each send our Crown Prince

to live in the other's country

Have they sent their hostage yet?

They have, Your Majesty

But I hear

he is in fact the son of a herdsman

We shall not behave like the Khitans

We are a great country

and we live by our word

We shall send a real prince

No

Why not?

His nature is too gentle

All the better

It will be honed by the sandstorms

of the northern deserts

He is too emotional

He may offend the Khitan Khan

It appears you are emotional now

but am I offended?

Your Majesty's magnanimity

is vast enough to embrace oceans

But I will not tolerate a grain of sand in my eye

Lord Chamberlain

Yes, Your Majesty

Write this down:

The Crown Prince Wu Luan

is henceforth appointed Ambassador to Khitan

He will be escorted by the Imperial Guards

and will depart promptly today

By command of the Emperor

Imperial Guards

Your Majesty

Escort the Crown Prince

Yes, Your Majesty

His Majesty is doing this for your own good

Go...

Wait

Your Majesties, the Emperor

and Empress

Your servant Qing begs

to accompany the Prince

For what reason?

So that when he is lonely

there will be someone to sing to him

Who do you think you are?

Lord Chamberlain

Present

Take her away

and give her thirty lashes of the whip

Empress Mother

Does it hurt?

Yes

My dearest daughter

you have to learn to endure the pain

It hurts too much

but I shall listen to you and try to bear it

Her Majesty the Empress approaches

Does it hurt?

No

Look at you

Tears are welling up

and you still say it doesn't hurt?

No, it doesn't

Do you know why I punished you?

Because you are jealous

Qing

Let her speak

I like to hear the truth

And why am I jealous?

Because I have love

And I don't?

You only love yourself

Nonsense

Who does not love themselves?

Let us take him as an example

your father

My father loves my brother and me

more than anything in the world

Really?

Let us find out if this is true

Guards

Your Majesty

Brand her face

then have her exiled to the South

Your merciful Majesty

I always knew

that the Minister was a man of wisdom

Where are we?

We are 350 miles past the province of You

the Khitan boarder is just ahead

Really?

Why didn't you tell me

when we passed You Province?

I should have paid a visit to Yin Sun

His Majesty commanded

that there must be no delay

Who is that?

That is you

The Prince

The hostage

In which case

I shall not reach Khitan

No, you will not

When do you plan to kill me?

Now

You think you are capable of killing me?

It will be either your death or ours

I am Yin Sun, Governor of You

My greetings to Your Highness

Why did you save me?

It was an order from that woman

Her?

Her

You follow her orders?

My sister is in her hands

I am sorry

Don't be

What will you say to my uncle?

I shall report that

all the envoys were slaughtered by the Khitans

There is not one single survivor

But I am alive

You will have to hide

I do not want to live like a mole

This is only temporary

Temporary?

How long is that?

Three years?

Five years?

Or until my hair turns gray?

It is still better than returning

and dying needlessly

I am not afraid of death

But you cannot let other people die

because of you

Will you not be satisfied until my sister

my father

and our entire clan

have sacrificed themselves

the way these poor guards have done

so that you can play at your revenge?

Will you not be satisfied until rivers flow

with blood

and the world is submerged in turmoil?

Looking at this mask

what do you two see?

Destiny at play

Your Majesty is the true son of Heaven

Nobody can oppose you

But if I had not made the right move in time

it would have been my blood

you are staring at now, wouldn't it?

You seem nervous...

is the Minister not feeling well?

Why are you sweating so profusely?

Governor Yin

Your Majesty

Your father has worked too hard all his life

Stay at home and keep him company

My military duties

keep me away from home, Your Majesty

Your military duties?

Without you,

the sky is hardly going to fall down

Your Majesty's kindness

has moved your servant to tears

We are most grateful

for Your Majesty's consideration

I have never liked masks

You may leave

Yes, Your Majesty

Lord Chamberlain

Present

We shall give a banquet for the entire court

The day after tomorrow is an auspicious day

for feasting

That would be too late

make it tomorrow night

Tomorrow is not auspicious

for receiving guests

I will not bow to superstition

Write this down:

Tomorrow at midnight

all courtiers are invited to a royal banquet

to be given in the hall of gold

Yes, Your Majesty

Anyone who fails to attend

will be executed

Since the departure of the Crown Prince

your sister has not touched

a single grain of rice

Then let me tell her

that he is still alive

No

Give this to her

Drifting down the river Qian

What auspicious day is this?

Dreaming beside my Prince

Brother

I dreamt of him again last night

He was dancing somewhere white as snow

There were a lot of people

He even invited me to join him

Little sister

stop fooling yourself

You are not in his heart

I know

But I promised I would wait for him always

You are in your brother's heart

I will not let anybody harm you

Is there anything more poisonous than this?

Yes

What?

The human heart

Well said

Why didn't the Prince take it with him

on his last visit?

He was not ruthless enough

This is your payment

Arsenic?

There is not much

but it should be enough for one

His Majesty the Emperor approaches

We have not played polo for a while

Let us have a big match, you and I

Your Majesty is throwing a banquet tonight

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