Although Prince Zhu Di of Yan was appointed as a prince, he was stationed in the north to guard Yan territory. He has shown amazing perseverance and courage since childhood, and is the most outstanding among his brothers, but he missed the crown prince position because he is not the eldest son. After the unexpected death of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang established his grandson Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Di was forced to retreat by the fiefdoms and had no choice but to rise up in rebellion. After the four-year Jingnan Campaign, he finally took control of the capital. Zhu Di had the world, but he carried eternal fame and lost his beloved in his heart. Zhu Di used the latter half of his life's hard work to rewrite the history of the Ming Dynasty, built the Forbidden City, relocated the capital to Beijing, and launched five expeditions to the northern desert, compiling the "Yongle Encyclopedia" and dispatching Zheng He to the West, achieving immortal achievements. He passed away on his triumphant return journey during his last expedition to the north.
Listen, your Majesty.
You’re getting far too cheeky on the court
Who allowed you laugh like that!
You are the Minister of the War.
But you don’t know that the pigeons can fly.
Your Majesty
The heavy responsibility to defend the Ming Dynasty’s territory
how would be fallen onto
the shoulders of the old master?
What? Do you want to recall me?
You slander the sheep
with other intention.
You
Enough. Can you just stop it?
This is the matter
friendly fire, one family does not recognize one family.
Nice, Minister Huang said to the point
That is
friendly fire, one family does not recognize one family.
What we are negotiating is
whether to detain Lord Yan or not.
The assassination of your Majesty last night
We must have the explanation from Lord Yan
I have already thought about it.
Don’t get to the bottom of the assassination.
And I will still appoint
Lord Yan uncle to the prime minister Zuo of Ming
and stay at the capital.
It it cherishes a snake in one’s bosom.
I get people persuaded with virtue
treat people with courtesy.
I don’t believe it.
Even the Lord Yan
has the heart of granite
Am I not able to advocate him?
All right, say no more.
I have already decided.
Your Majesty Holy Spirit.
Your Majesty, no, no.
Lord Yan
per the advantageous terrain of Beiping.
Taking the important military and political affairs
and leading the vassal federals.
and the lead of the seventeen guards and horses.
Beiping is advantageous terrain
is sufficient to control the vassal princes
and unify the whole country.
if your Majesty
take the crown for the Lord Yan again
as the prime minister Zuo of Ming
then Lord Yan will not be the
the first man in his Majesty
but the ministers of the court.
Only know Lord Yan
Zhu Di
but don’t know your Majesty.
Moreover, Lord Yan
is born with pride, and super-intelligent.
Similar to the Majesty Gaozu
if your Majesty
doesn’t dismiss him in the cradle
the great Ming Dynasty in the future
may suffer the war.
This is alarmism
and the cause of disaster
your Majesty, don’t listen to him.
Brother, say no more.
Brother
We are relatives to Zhu Di
We should avoid arousing suspicion
Brother
Oh, don’t you say that you will be dumb?
Your majesty, we would obey your order
The loyal subjects should put the country to the first.
your Majesty, the commander in chief of the northern expedition cavalry
General Li is out of the palace.
Allowed
Your Majesty
Minister Li, arise!
What happed to the north of Yangtze River?
Your majesty, I have an idea.
Lord Yan retrated quietly last night
Without a trace.
Look at the
Lord Yan Zhu Di
Is not the golden retriever sheep.
You mean that
He has run away from the west gate?
your Majesty
Be relaxed.
The ministry of war has ordered the troop
Surround west garden.
It is impossible for Lord Yan to escape
Out of the capital.
your Majesty
don’t be hesitated.
Per against the imperial edict
To take the Lord Yan to the prison.
your Majesty
Lord Yan has the intention of rebellion
he would rebel the court in the future.
Preparedness ensures success and unpreparedness spells failure.
I persist in asking your Majesty
take the Lord Yan to the prison instantly.
You are relative of the corpse of Taizu.
precious like the brothers of the previous prince.
respect as your Majesty’s uncle
if previous Majesty knows from the sky
the grandchild is the Majesty
but his son is in the prison.
How could their spirits to be calm down?
your Majesty, please
Free the Lord Yan
back to the Beiping
Two ministers arise
your Majesty, Minister Fang is out of the palace.
Tell him to come in.
your Majesty, I have heard the bag news
Minister Fang, arise.
thanks, your Majesty.
Minister Fang, what’s the bad news?
in the capital
all of the streets these days
are popular with a folk song
there are some secrets
I have to tell your Majesty.
What’s the lyrics about the song
tell me.
don’t chase the swallow, or the swallow should fly higher
Fly higher than the emperor.
don’t chase the swallow, or the swallow should fly higher
Fly higher than the emperor.
don’t chase the swallow, or the swallow should fly higher
Fly higher than the emperor.
don’t chase the swallow, or the swallow should fly higher
Fly higher than the emperor.
don’t chase the swallow, or the swallow should fly higher
Your Majesty, it’s the key point
rather than chase tomorrow
how about make it to the prison today.
or the swallow should fly higher
Fly higher than the emperor.
Your Majesty, change clothes.
No need.
I knew it
when my father dead
I cried loudly
Grandfather scold me
said I only knew a little filial
Don’t know the filial to the Ming dynasty.
which is filial?
maintain a safe and peaceful Ming Dynasty
thinking for the people.
So I understand
avowing the feudal prince’s fight
So I decide to
dismiss the Lord Yan today
after the arresting of Lord Yan
it is the filial.
His Majesty.
Li Jinglong,Qi Tai
Yes.
I will allow you catch.
the Lord Yan overnight.
Everything is in order
I will send you to the Central Judicial Office to receive the interrogation.
We receive the imperial edict.
also, the Shandong commander
have him rush to arrest Lord Yan at once.
Don’t allow them back to Beiping.
I will inform General Tiexuan at once.
Go.
Yes.
Yes.
it’s nothing to do with your Majesty of yesterday’s beggar.
Lord Yan
Something is destined to happen to him
will never escape him.
This time, your Majesty
would really kill him.
What we should do?
imperial Concubine Dowager, please don’t think about it
when we go out of the palace
nearly lost the life.
How could care about?
Will you have me
watch Lord Yan to the prison
don’t know live or die?
No.
Imperial Concubine Dowager, where do you want to go?
I want to go to the west park
and resuce Lord Yan with an idea.
Imperial Concubine Dowager, you have no military and power
How to resuce Lord Yan?
Accept my advice
please don’t go out.
your Majesty’s Ministers
They all want to kill you.
Do you want them
Catch the tail of you?
What I should do?
Right
I can’t go the west park
I should go to the north of the Yangtze River
I should look for subordinates of the Lord Yan.
Let them save him.
You can’t go, and let me go.
No, Hong Xing.
I can’t implicate you.
The Imperial Concubine Dowageris matter is mine.
I am willing to devote myself
for Imperial Concubine Dowager.
What are you doing?
Imperial Concubine Dowager sent me visit Confucius Temple
Buy some colorful silk threads.
Silk threads?
Does it ration in the palace?
There isn’t the color that Imperial Concubine Dowager want.
So she sent me to buy
Are you new here?
The thing for the Imperial Concubine Dowager
is none of your business.
Have any new situations?
No.
There are all
patrolling imperial guards in the capital.
It is the great fright of routed soldiers.
Lord Yan
For this time
He indeed be in great danger.
We must
Ask the situation of Lord Yan at once.
What happened?
The maid of Xu family.
General Zhang, I am looking for you.
Come.
West Park?
But there Has so many Imperial guards.
How should we enter in?
imperial Concubine Dowager has already though the good idea
but she is not sure
if it is workable or not.
imperial Concubine Dowager, let have a try.
tell General Zhang
it’s determined by him.
Say.
Don’t know the situation of Lord Yan.
How about?
Imperial concubine Yun, don’t be so worried
General Zhang
would think the way.
Stop, what are you doing, where will you go?
Have you ever seen the imperial edict before?
Qian Qing palace
your Majesty declare
arrest Lord Yan to the prison.
go! Go!
what are you doing?
Go, declare for Lord Yan Zhu Di.
This way, please.
You
Lord Yan Zhu Di receive the edict
I receive the edict
The imperial edict reads
Lord Yan has the idea of rebelling the court
now you are against the imperial edict
and should arrest to the prison
I will send you the Central Judicial Office to receive the interrogation.
By your Majesty himself.
I was wronged!
If you are wronged or not
Go to the Central Judicial Office
Take!
Go,Go!
My crown prince, it is really unfair to her
Go!
My crown prince
The god is helping you.
There is no words can express my appreciation for your great help.
this love
I Zhu Di
will keep in mind forever.
Miaoyun
thanks for saving me again
what I own you,
I will return back.
This time I still can’t take you with me
but, please wait for me
I will come back
I will come back.
Go! Go!
Go!
Where is Lord Yan?
Minister Qi, he has already been taken.
What? Taken!
Go! Go!
Go!
My crown prince, wait me.
Imperial concubine Yun
Lord Yan has been out of the capital.
Leave is better.
It’s scared me
Minister Qi
and General Li
lead a troop surround the west park.
If we are late a little
Lord Yan will not escape.
Hope Lord Yan
will not have
the trouble like this.
Lord Yan left like this
your Majesty is angry
and loses his temper.
Why he give the order to arrest Lord Yan
That is all
the trick by the ministers.
He is the one who
listens to others easily
and has no idea of his own.
Imperial Concubine Dowager
no matter he is the Majesty
don’t say him like that
now Lord Yan is leaving
He must be angry
the side of your Majesty
will not forgive Lord Yan.
In my opinion
they are fighting each other
the days in the future
you would suffer a lot.
Hong Xing.
I was
worried about you.
I also know
maybe I
have no courage to face.
Lady Liang
how would you be here?
You have saved my life
should’t I
come to send you?
How do you know
I am going to go today?
If I don’t know this
how could I enter to the palace?
All right, girl, take care.
Go!
Your father
killed our family
more than 500 people
Now I even have no shelter
to live in
shouldn’t you
take the responsibility?
Don’t be misunderstanding.
I am not asking to
to be your another wife.
Lady
What are you going to do?
I am willing to join in
the troop of Lord Yan.
No kidding
the fighting with soldiers
is the business about the man
is there no business
about your woman.
Hua Mulan is woman
Talking about the ability and strategy
which one is worse than you men.
It’s very hard for the troop
can you bear it?
what sad can be sadder than
all of my family are killed?
I hug my parents’ heads
and climbed out of the corpses.
I have seen your ability
it’s really not worse than men
but you have bloody vantage
with our Zhu family
how could I keep you?
I hate
the guy who killed my whole family
and the bloody court.
Now Zhu Di
are you in danger, too?
It seems that
we suffer the same miserable life!
Okay
we suffer the same miserable life!
all right, Liang Lady
if you are willing to come with me
then follow me.
my imperial uncle
where is he going
I aks you
where is
my imperial uncle?
You are so many people
but can’t even control one Lord Yan.
your Majesty.
I have killed all of the soldiers
who guard the west park.
Who allow you to kill them?
I just want them
stay in the capital
I just want my imperial uncle
to be a good minister
to assist the affairs for me.
But you
force me every day
force every day
to let I kill him.
What happened now?
He is running.
Tell me how should to do?
your Majesty
Lord Yan fights you in puplic
his ideas of rebelling the court
is obvious.
your Majesty
can’t allow Lord Yan
run like that.
your Majesty
Shall I send some people?
to chasing him back?
He has already gone cross the river
it’s no meaning to chase.
Then let Lord Yan
run like that?
Even if I send soldiers
arrest him back
it’s useless.
Will he give in?
Then kill him without any reason.
Qi Tai, how dare you.
I canonize you as the Minister of war.
Don’t mean to allow
you kill anybody.
He is my imperial uncle.
How can be killed?
your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I thought
We should still arrest Lord Yan
back to capital
or when Lord Yan
back to the Beiping
that is laying by trouble for the future.
Li Jinglong:
Yes
Do you have any confidence
in chasing Lord Yan?
Under the situation not killing him
and arrest him back to the capital.
this
All right
You can’t just
chase him.
I know all of you are
just can say big talk.
All right
the territory of Ming
will lack the Lord Yan?
All right.
Now that he wants come back
I let him come back.
your Majesty, the Lord Yan.
All right, you do not need to say.
I have decided
now that he is not caring about
any relationship
I will let him come back.
He doesn’t want to be the minister
then just to be feudal princes.
I've made up my mind on this matter, so you say no more.
Empress
I have cooked the tremella.
I don’t want to drink.
You don’t eat the food
many days.
It is not workable.
Come, drink.
I have said I don’t want it.
Can’t find out why your Majesty
like this woman so much?
what’s her benefits?
He sent the Yu Xiu palace to her
just only
a widow of previous prince.
Depending some beauty
then she thinks
that she could be proud in the palace.
your Majesty sends her
How can she accept?
Empress, you are the Empress
don’t make the same sense like her.
all right, arise!
How can I compare with her
I watch her
won your Majesty.
How about she
the Yu Xiu palace is
the places for wives of your Majesty
and the distance from the Qian Qing palace is close.
your Majesty is not afraid the rumors from the ministers.
Empress, you should
take care about your body.
how could I take care?
As the Empress
from your Majesty
I’m not better than the bitch.
Empress.
If she is so shameful
I will have her lose the face
I can’t watch
she take your Majesty
from me!
Any woman can take the Majesty with me
I will not have her live happier.
Yin Lian
Watch any moves in the Yu Xiu palace.
Please cast your eyes on that woman
I will give her
some warning.
Yes.
your Majesty
visit your Majesty
Arise
thanks,your Majesty
Hong Xing.
your Majesty.
Arise, arise.
thank you, your Majesty
You
move in
the Yu Xiu palace finally.
your Majesty
send people
at the side door of Crown prince every day
asking and waiting
how could Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu move in?
If Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu doesn’t move in
that is against the imperial edic.
your Majesty
maybe anoy every day.
You know that?
It is a good intention of me to do it.
Yin Lian:
I am here.
Take me a candle.
Empress
What are going to do?
I can’t
watch your Majesty
is owned by that bitch.
No
I can’t
let your Majesty sleep in the Yu Xiu palace.
I can’t be laughed by the nation
the patriarchs
of my incompetent.
Empress.
Go.
Yes
Empress.
Take.
Empress.
your Majesty your Majesty your Majesty
your Majesty your Majesty
Why are you yelling
Don’t be scared your Majesty
The Kun Ning palace is on fire
on fire?
Where is the Queen?
your Majesty
How about her?
Empress is
Where is she?
Empress, are you ok? Empress?
Empress
your Majesty comes to see you, Empress.
Empress.
Empress, your Majesty
is calling you.
Empress, how about you? I am here.
Don’t cry
all right, I have already
here.
your Majesty, the Kun Ning palace is on fire
I am scared.
Don’t be scared
now the fire is all put down
it’s all right
I am here.
Let me look at you, get up.
Yin Lian.
Yes.
How could the Kun Ning palace on fire?
It’s all my fault
these days the Empress doesn’t feel comfortable
I am decocting the medicinal herbs at outside
but I asleep
maybe the candle is on the ground
and burned the bed mattress.
When I rush in the room
all of the room is on fire.
your Majesty please forgive me.
your Majesty
I almost
can’t see your Majesty.
All right
don’t be sad
I am here
you should be well.
your Majesty
Now the Kun Ning palace is on fire
there is no room to live in
how about I
move to the Qian Qing palace?
will your Majesty
look I
live in the ashes?
Dream the nightmare every day?
But Qian Qing palace
ministers often come in
if you live there
I am afraid it’s not convenient.
Eunuch Ying
Yes.
Helo me think
what else palace
could have Empress live in?
-your Majesty.-your Majesty
Recently
the Yu Xiu palace is fixed
and just the Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu
has moved in
I live
in the empty palace
is fear.
I think
Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu may have the same feeling
how about I moving there
lived with Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu?
But
I have heard that
Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu
highly cultured and steeped in propriety
gentle
I am really satisfied with her
It could be the chance to learn from her.
If I go to other palaces
live with those princess
maybe
take how much annoy!
Indeed, Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu
is really the highly cultured and steeped in propriety.
then your Majesty
bring me
to the Yu Xiu palace
just say hi
to Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu.
Let me think a while
this way please
Empress
how about living in my palace?
That is rather sorry.
Her Majesty can come to Yu Xiu palace
It is the blessing of Yu Xiu palace.
Imperial Concubine Yun
I have taken the clothes.
Empress
these are my thinner clothes
and don’t mind them
have a wash after dressing.
Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu
you are so nice to me.
It’s deserved.
Only Empress lives in the Yu Xiu palace
with comfortable
it will not let your Majesty down.
imperial aunt
Empress should live in here
a period of time.
We are rather sorry.
That’s right.
It’s not easy for the Empress
to seeing the Kun Ning palace would be on fire.
If you are willing
you could live in my palace all the time.
No need.
After repairing the Kun Ning palace
I will send her back at once.
All right.
Empress, in your heart
do you hate the Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu most?
why shall we live in
Yu Xiu palace?
What do you want to know?
Do you believe I admire
the Yu Xiu palace?
Gorgeous is gorgeous
but compared with Kun Ning palace
it’s nothing
So Empress.
I just want to guard the Yu Xiu palace
If I were there
if Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu could under my attention
have something with your Majesty.
Empress, your idea is called
your idea
That is deceiving the enemy by torturing myself.
I will have them pity me
if she dares to do something unbelievable
I will hit her cheeks with hands
Don’t think Xu Miaoyun takes me
I will be grateful to her
Any woman can take away the Majesty
I won’t let
her live happier.
My crown prince.
Lord Yan is coming back.
My crown prince.
Father.
Princess.
Father.
I just though you can’t come back
your Majesty grant I
as prime minister Zuo of Ming.
The we should stay at the capital in the future.
Really
I just thought
your Majesty has prisoned you.
No
how could your Majesty prisoned
his imperial uncle?
My crown prince
your Majesty grant you.
as prime minister Zuo of Ming.
My crown prince
you will be
the first man in his Majesty
My crown prince
you shouldn’t come back.
I am not worried
Minister Ge is worried.
Who is this girl?
I forget to introduce her with you.
This is Liang lady.
In the future, she is our
trainer of Lord Yan place.
My Princess.
Father, do you want
this new sister
to be our trainer?
Do I miss something?
She is the girl.
Don’t admire?
Not only I
the military officers and soldiers of Yan
will not admire her.
Father
Will you really
let the woman to
train us?
Liang Lady
Now you should enter the Lord Yan place
before passing my three sons’
challenge.
It’s not difficult
if you are unconvinced
you can have a try.
You can come together.
If I lose today
I Liang Yanbing
will not enter the gate of Lord Yan place.
If I win
you should
call me trainer Liang.
How about?
Compete, compete.
No need.
This girl has great talent.
Not better than you.
My Lord is kidding
I just in my childhood
follow my father
learn a little.
She is the only once can escape
from the Liang family of Qingzhou.
Then the indentity like her
could stay at our place?
She is an individual
I want to keep her.
All right
Let me see who are still not admired?
All right, you are all tired
take a rest in the place.
Yanbing girl, come in.
My crown prince went to the capital
I am always worried about you
and afraid you will not come back.
I just
come back well.
Every Majesty has a cabinet composed of his own factories.
Who can know Qi Tai
could be at the place to
the Minister of war now.
Just the old
want to kill me.
Yunwen child
his change is really big.
I think
the court is going to dismissal of vassal lords.
Instead of sitting around
We should be active.
Only a Lord Yan place
the military is not enough.
If we should fight with the capital
we should start from Beiping, to capital
we should through He Bei, Shandong,Huaihe
These places
there has millions troops on the court
are guarding
with the Yangtze River
Don’t have any hope to win.
Even if we
could fight it
but the war without a just cause
and it will lose the people’s heart.
the last territory of Ming
will not be stable to control.
Then we union vassal feudal princes
take the action together
those feudal princes
every one is inactive,
We can’t lay plans for them.
Then we can’t
Just sit around
We can only conceal our abilities and bide our time
and play a waiting game
Tomorrow I will write a letter
to your Majesty
Farewell without saying
I should confess the crime
for this boy.
My crown prince
Do you see Miaoyun this time?
Yes
Thanks for her out of the palace
to tell me
there is the military hiding in the Jin Chuan Gate.
Poor Miaoyun
If the result would
become like this
might as well
let me take her to the Beiping.
Who knows?
I let her down
Your Majesty is coming!
Your Majesty
Empress, Empress, your Majesty is coming.
Yes?
Have a look
Am I beautiful?
Your Majesty, your Majesty
are you coming to see me
I had a dream last night
dreamed a magpie
is twittering on the window
I guess
your Majesty
must come to see me today.
Indeed come.
Your dream is nearly to the reality
how about your health?
With the care of Imperial Concubine Dowager Xu
is much better.
your Majesty,the wind at outside is big
come and have a sit.
No need. I.
Your Majesty.
You don’t have to do it.
Imperial Concubine Dowager
your Majesty comes to see me.
Yes.
Your majesty has to attend numerous affairs everyday.
But he is thinking the Empress.
We can know your Majesty
loved the Empress
very much.
That is true
when Kun Ning palace was on fire
your Majesty is very worried.
I know
your Majesty loves me.
Just the affairs are busy
you have no time to visit me.
your Majesty, if it is right? You tell them.
You tell them.
In front of Imperial Concubine Dowager
don’t be shy.
Imperial Concubine Dowager is the elder to us
she must hope
to see our couple is happy.
Imperial Concubine Dowager, do you agree with me?
Of course.
your Majesty and Empress
are loved each other
is the bless of the nation.
your Majesty
I have drawn a nice pot of tea for you
have a try.
I will go by myself.
your Majesty, have a tea.
your Majesty, drink it slowly.
Do you scald?
How can you
drink tea in a hurry.
the tea
should taste slowly
especially for the good tad.
Enough, do not talk about this.
I have many affairs to deal with.
your Majesty.
your Majesty
Empress specially gives to you
This is my hair.
Keep it.
Even if
I died one day
it will serve as my soul
to be with you.
Miaoyun, I am so sorry that
Go north again and again
and want to take you away again and again
but all returned with depressed
escape with abjection again and again.
The begging half my life is the hero
but in front of you
only the depressed and sorry
own
you the whole life.
Full of the moon again
farewell again.
It was hard to meet you and then bid farewell.
The saddest thing is
lonely in front of the moon
can’t escape
the feel content.
Imperial Concubine
don’t be worried and sad
Lord Yan will know
the intention of you.
If you are long been in mind
would be fine.
When he is young
I was a kid
When I am in my early teens
But he has already married with my sister
looking forward
the Yangtze River is shackle
He is far away from me.
My whole life
how long shall I wait for him?
my whole life
how much hope can I wait?
My lady, leave me alone
please allow me drink enough
Allow me drunk.
My crown prince
you are drinking too much, please don’t drink.
Drunk is better
drunk
will not have the troubles of sadness.
No previous
shame, sad and unfair.
Drunk is better.
My crown prince, please don’t depressed like it.
I will call the Princess come.
Wait
When she comes
she will not allow me drink more
and also will not allow me
stand here alone.
I would lose the chance
to see the beautiful moon again.
Look that is Chang’e
look at the osmanthus tree.
Music