Princess Jieyou (解忧公主/Jiěyōu gōngzhǔ/Jie You Gong Zhu)

Who will spend three lifetimes of excitement

to exchange for the staggered shores of your memories?

When the leaves turn green and endless years have passed

I will still wait for you to come find me

When the flower blooms, it doesn't see the leaf

When the leaf turns up, it doesn't see the flower

The only fear is of the long, endless horizon

If this is a deep love that won't be lost to the flying sand

Then I will live in solitude amidst the bustling world

Then let me live in solitude amidst the bustling world

Princess Jieyou

Episode 9

Do you need to show off when your wound isn't healed yet?

You do it then.

How hard can this be?

Isn't it just like this?

Open your legs.

What are you nervous about?

Relax your left shoulder.

Look at the target.

I will count to three and you will release the arrow.

One...Two...Three!

Why are they back again?

Don't shoot randomly!

Jieyou!

I already told you to not hinder me! Why are you-

Is General Huai worried about the Princess's safety or whether she eloped with General Huai?

I saw the scene when they met each other.

I don't believe there is no feelings between them.

I'm telling you.

Rumors can be dangerous.

Otherwise, you can be killed or stop spreading rumors.

I am not someone who doesn't know her limit.

I am just thinking.

How many people in Wusun has seen the princess' beauty?

What do you mean?

The princess is part of the Imperial Family. Outsiders are not allowed in.

In the entire Wusun, only Wenggui saw the princess' beauty.

So I was thinking,

If Jieyou cannot return, any girl can replace her

they can also go to Wusun and be the heqin princess.

Don't misunderstand. I don't dare to steal the position of the princess.

I have come to Wusun for a long time and believe that Wenggui is a smart and courageous person.

So I would dare to take a guess.

General Huai, you must've thought about this problem as well.

If the Princess Jieyou and Wenggui have the same thoughts,

Wouldn't it be nice to allow them?

Princess Jieyou was personally chosen by the Emperor, how can someone pretend to be her?

Then I will have to remind you, General,

Be careful. Wenggui might "take firewood from the bottom of a well." A/N: "take drastic actions"

Do you and Wenggui have a grudge?

I have never met him. Where would the grudge come from?

Then what exactly is your purpose?

I was thinking. If Princess Jieyou really doesn't come back,

wouldn't my deal with the Imperial Family be ruined?

Also, Princess is my personal heroine.

Without her, it would be a great loss to both Wusun and Han.

I will investigate your origin.

Brother Huai!

Sir Huai!

Sir Huai. Xiongnu criminals are here. They've seized the Northern Courtyard.

What?!

They're are not enough troops there. They sent me here to ask for help.

General. I really cannot send these troops.

Marquis Xi. Wusun sent the best troops this time.

I, Huai Tian Sha, beg Marquis Xi to send troops and help.

These troops were sent to escort the heqin princess. His Majesty Wenggui, and I have no power to send theses troops.

Marquis Xi, since the boundaries are already so chaotic

The commoners of Wusun and Han are suffering.

Princess Jieyou has a great chance to be among them.

If something happens to the Princess, your troops will have done nothing to escort the Princess to safety.

General Huai. Can you be certain that the Princess is in the Northern Courtyard?

I cannot be certain right now. -You cannot be certain right now?

Then has the General thought about

how everybody will know the Princess is missing, if we move the troops?

How will you address both sides? A/N: answer to Wusun and Han rulers

Marquis Xi Changshan.

Right now, this isn't just about the Princess!

All the commoners living near the boundary are going through hardships.

I will ask Marquis Xi to keep the big picture in mind.

General Huai. Just please stop making things difficult for me.

Without the Kunmi's orders, I cannot move the troops by myself.

General, forgive my blunt words.

The Princess is the esteemed heqin princess.

But she still has no power in Wusun right now.

Sir.

.

Who is coming?

Head of the guards of the Han's heqin envoy, Huai Tian Sha.

I recieved General Li's plead for help and is leading troops to help.

So it's Sir Huai. Your reputation precedes you.

Wusun did not send troops. The soldiers that are here are part of the guards of the envoy.

Aside from these soldiers, there is a small group waiting outside.

I will have to ask General Li to excuse the small amount of soldiers I sent.

I understand. I am borrowing on your fortune. The Xiongnu have have already been beaten back by us.

General Li, I heard a soldier say that the Xiongnu came in very strongly this time.

It is merely a show of strength.

With soldiers under a Han general like me, each can take on ten men. We forced them to retreat in less than an hour.

They all retreated?

The Xiongnu all retreated 30 kilometers from here.

Since it's like this. I want to ask General Li to allow me to do something.

The Princess's maidservant has escaped.

I want to look around within the camp.

Maidservant?

At your convenience.

Everybody, listen up. Any young, Han women inside the camp

whether dead or alive, must be seen by me.

Yes!

Sie. Huai Tian Sha has already sent led the troops to the Northern Courtyard.

I just knew that youngster wouldn't be able to restrain himself.

Sir's connected plan this time is truly wise. Killing two bird with one stone.

I'm afraid they won't realize, even as they die.

I am loyal to Kunmi and is looking out for Wusun.

I will definitely not let Wusun successfully ally with the Han.

Wusun only has one friend and that is the Xiongnu.

Is anybody there? What are you doing?

You chained us up. You even locked us inside a cage.

If you locked us up in a cage, you don't need to restrain us!

What is the meaning of this?!

Can you stop shouting?

I just took a hit to the head and it really hurts.

What kind of a place is this exactly?

I don't know either.

They aren't Xiongnu, right?

Why don't they just kill us immediately after catching us? Why did they lock us up?

Are you stupid? Of course they aren't Xiongnu.

They aren't Xiongnu people?

Do you know about the clash between the factions? Do you understand?

Think. You are a heqin princess from Han.

I am leader of the pro-Han faction

You can just imagine how much we are hated by many of the Wusun people.

Wusun people?

Hey! Are you Wusun people?

You are too audacious!!

Will they let us out if you shout like that?

Why are you not anxious at all?

I am anxious.

Why don't you think of a way to get us out?

It's not that I'm not thinking. It's because there is no way.

Are we just going to sit here and wait?

General. The soldiers have already searched and have found no suspicious ladies.

Gather the troops.

Prepare to withdraw.

Yes.

General Li. Why are you assembling the troops? Are the Xiongnu bandits back?

They wouldn't dare. Right now, they have retreated to a commoners's village 30 kilometers from here.

Commoner's village?

The scout reported back. He sad the Xiongnu are currently looting the pastures of Wusun herdsmen.

They will take the looted goods to use as rations. They are slaughtering sheeps and cows right now.

Right now is the perfect time to launch an ambush.

General Li. These formidable troops have all pulled out and they have loosened their defense.

This isn't like Xiongnu actions.

Are you saying than Han troops can't beat Xiongnu's?

No! I'm just worried.

If we target the Wusun village right now,

we will incur misunderstandings from both side.

Wusun people have already been chased away.

Right now there are only Xiongnu people in that village!

General Li!

Sir Huai. Perhaps you've stayed by the Emperor's side for too long and no longer understand how to go to battle.

We've already been through life or death on the execution grounds.

You're still scared of this?

I don't want to die.

Is anybody there?!

What are you here for?

I'm afraid something happened to Wenggui and Jieyou.

Everybody, follow me!

Ride!

Reporting!

GeneraL, the Xiongnu troops have no defenders.

Their soldiers are all resting in the stalls.

Good. Send down the orders. Prepare the fire arrows.

Yes.

Fire archers, prepare!

Li wants to use fire this time. The Xiongnu haven't detected them yet.

I really can't understand this.

Are the Wusun people asking for Han and Xiongnu to kill each other?

There has always been hatred between Han and Xiongnu and Wusun are using that to provoke us.

Perhaps that true. But listening to Marquis Xi Changshan's tone.

Wenggui and Jieyou must be in their hands.

Reporting to the General. Xiongnu troops have been found behind us.

Shield, soldiers!

Be careful, everyone!

Save me!

Are you treating us like roasted lamb?

They are in the shepherd's house.

Let's save them!

Are you saying that Wenggui and Jieyou are in the firing range?

Wusun and Xiongnu have allied. They not only want to kill Wenggui and Jieyou.

They also want to place the blame on Han.

They want to completely destroy Wusun and Han alliance.

Head out!

Withdraw! Withdraw!

Jieyou

Su Guang!

Enough, save your strength.

What are you doing?

Idiot. Such thick wood.

You won't be able to chop it down and I can't either.

We can wait a while as it burns.