1 00:00:40,165 --> 00:00:43,751 My Lady, they are upon us. 2 00:00:43,835 --> 00:00:47,088 The Khan has come. Run for the desert. 3 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,531 Lady Kokachin. 4 00:01:22,665 --> 00:01:25,418 You're protected by your blood. They will not harm you. 5 00:01:25,502 --> 00:01:28,630 Harm me? No. 6 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:32,091 Take me into Kublai's harem? Yes. 7 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,430 Is it not better than death? 8 00:01:37,514 --> 00:01:38,973 No, Nergüi... 9 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:45,897 to live under the yoke of a Khan is not better than the Eternal Blue. 10 00:01:51,153 --> 00:01:52,654 Lady Kokachin! 11 00:03:45,350 --> 00:03:47,560 Do we have to attend? 12 00:03:47,644 --> 00:03:49,771 Your absence would be noted. 13 00:03:51,063 --> 00:03:52,565 Khutulun... 14 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:54,483 that wrestling whore from the west. 15 00:03:54,567 --> 00:04:00,782 Please expel any of your contempt within the confines of these walls, Princess. 16 00:04:00,865 --> 00:04:02,076 Why is she coming here? 17 00:04:02,159 --> 00:04:04,368 I do not know and it does not matter. 18 00:04:04,452 --> 00:04:07,289 You will conduct yourself as you always do... 19 00:04:07,372 --> 00:04:09,749 with graciousness. 20 00:04:11,543 --> 00:04:14,545 You may have more in common than you imagine. 21 00:04:15,547 --> 00:04:17,131 That's doubtful. 22 00:04:18,508 --> 00:04:21,303 You lost another trinket. 23 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:25,099 A bracelet. 24 00:04:25,182 --> 00:04:27,142 It slipped off my wrist as I rode. 25 00:04:28,893 --> 00:04:31,020 A poor decision to wear it on my whip hand. 26 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:33,981 Yes, a poor decision. 27 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,820 You take great risk to avoid a greater danger, I understand. 28 00:04:40,488 --> 00:04:43,032 In celebration of this New Year... 29 00:04:43,115 --> 00:04:46,494 perhaps you would allow me to eliminate this danger... 30 00:04:47,995 --> 00:04:50,707 with my sword. 31 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,291 I do not. 32 00:05:13,938 --> 00:05:15,189 Father. 33 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:24,073 An auspicious day for departure. Tsagaan Sar. 34 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:32,415 What you did saved our lives. 35 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:35,543 I know this. 36 00:05:35,627 --> 00:05:37,003 Your uncle knows, too... 37 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:40,631 but will not confess it. 38 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:44,178 I fear... 39 00:05:44,261 --> 00:05:47,805 I will require another New Year to repay the debt I owe. 40 00:05:47,889 --> 00:05:50,641 The Khan will never allow you back into the Imperial City. 41 00:05:52,769 --> 00:05:56,063 We will meet again. 42 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:06,324 Rot here, nephew... with your devils. 43 00:06:06,408 --> 00:06:09,201 We go to the Silk Road to die. 44 00:06:15,792 --> 00:06:18,627 The brothers Polo have lost their golden tablet. 45 00:06:18,711 --> 00:06:20,087 Yes. 46 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:22,216 Imperial pass rescinded. 47 00:06:22,299 --> 00:06:23,966 I know. 48 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:27,221 No lodging, no fresh horses, no vittles. 49 00:06:27,304 --> 00:06:30,432 - They are vulnerable now to bandits. - Byamba, I know. 50 00:06:30,515 --> 00:06:32,892 It's nothing they do not deserve. 51 00:06:34,936 --> 00:06:36,270 We should go. 52 00:06:36,354 --> 00:06:39,691 The Great Khan will be expecting an answer before the White Moon. 53 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:42,818 - We must offer him a head. - We must offer him the right head. 54 00:06:50,034 --> 00:06:51,411 Polo! 55 00:06:55,832 --> 00:07:00,044 Did you come to greet me? I'm touched. 56 00:07:00,127 --> 00:07:01,545 Did you miss Khutulun? 57 00:07:01,629 --> 00:07:04,382 The sun felt warmer on my face this morning. 58 00:07:04,466 --> 00:07:05,716 Now I know why. 59 00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:10,179 I'm to present myself to the Great Khan. 60 00:07:10,262 --> 00:07:11,555 Come, witness the pomp. 61 00:07:11,639 --> 00:07:13,516 We are called to duty, Lady. 62 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:14,600 Come. 63 00:07:14,684 --> 00:07:18,145 Escort me or I will tell the Khan of your disrespect. 64 00:07:41,127 --> 00:07:43,796 Plans been finalized for the festival? 65 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,340 They have. The games will commence. 66 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:47,717 Good. 67 00:07:54,098 --> 00:07:56,267 The Latin's mission to Kochkor... 68 00:07:56,351 --> 00:07:58,811 I sent him. I would like a report. 69 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:02,440 Did he return with a discovery? 70 00:08:02,524 --> 00:08:04,901 He and your brother learned as much on their trek 71 00:08:04,984 --> 00:08:08,988 as Yusuf did flaying the skin off the assassin's bones. 72 00:08:09,072 --> 00:08:11,699 - And that is all? - That is all. 73 00:08:13,325 --> 00:08:15,202 Khutulun awaits your audience. 74 00:08:16,379 --> 00:08:18,789 She dressed as a warrior or a lady? 75 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:20,082 The former. 76 00:08:21,543 --> 00:08:22,919 I love that girl. 77 00:08:23,002 --> 00:08:25,922 No, no, no, no. 78 00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:35,514 - Are you aggrieved, Jingim? - I am fine, Mother. 79 00:08:35,598 --> 00:08:37,559 Then be fine. 80 00:08:39,769 --> 00:08:43,022 Spirits high for our Khan and our kingdom. 81 00:08:43,106 --> 00:08:46,358 Let us find resolution before the White Moon. 82 00:08:50,947 --> 00:08:52,824 I come here, Khagan... 83 00:08:52,907 --> 00:08:56,536 as emissary for my father, Kaidu of Karakorum. 84 00:08:56,619 --> 00:08:59,163 You are welcome, Khutulun. Rise. 85 00:09:02,459 --> 00:09:05,002 Sire... we were pained to hear 86 00:09:05,086 --> 00:09:07,963 of the cowardly assault on the Great Khan's person. 87 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:11,843 It is my father's request and my wish... 88 00:09:11,926 --> 00:09:14,011 that I remain with my horsemen in Cambulac 89 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:16,138 as protector of the Great Khan. 90 00:09:18,182 --> 00:09:21,894 Kaidu seeks to ensure your safety. 91 00:09:21,978 --> 00:09:24,606 I'm your servant. 92 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:27,108 I have ample protection. 93 00:09:27,191 --> 00:09:29,276 But I welcome your presence. 94 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,906 I accept your horse, your sword, your spirit. 95 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:35,115 You are home. 96 00:09:35,199 --> 00:09:38,495 We're deeply honored, my child. 97 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:39,996 I invite you to rest... 98 00:09:40,079 --> 00:09:42,248 then join me and the ladies of the court. 99 00:09:42,332 --> 00:09:45,209 I require no rest, Lady Chabi. 100 00:09:45,292 --> 00:09:47,086 Lead and I will follow. 101 00:09:51,132 --> 00:09:52,341 We tour Cambulac 102 00:09:52,424 --> 00:09:55,469 in preparation for the Festival of the White Moon. 103 00:09:58,097 --> 00:10:00,767 You will accompany us. 104 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:04,270 I am... deeply honored. 105 00:10:22,705 --> 00:10:24,957 A word with you, Blue Princess. 106 00:10:31,463 --> 00:10:33,591 Why did you not listen to me? 107 00:10:33,675 --> 00:10:35,968 Why did you not run from this place? 108 00:10:36,052 --> 00:10:39,597 I want to know why you ride the grasslands alone at night. 109 00:10:39,681 --> 00:10:42,975 I want to know who you leave the stones for and why. 110 00:10:43,059 --> 00:10:44,810 That is none of your concern. 111 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:49,565 I cannot protect you if you do not talk to me. 112 00:10:53,027 --> 00:10:55,321 Marco... I planted the serpent. 113 00:10:57,239 --> 00:10:59,283 I did not know it was you. 114 00:11:01,285 --> 00:11:03,830 I fear discovery. 115 00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:04,997 Of what? 116 00:11:05,081 --> 00:11:08,502 Tulga... the man you confronted. 117 00:11:08,585 --> 00:11:10,127 He is a survivor of the Bayaut. 118 00:11:12,088 --> 00:11:14,340 - He's your subject? - Was. 119 00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:17,511 - Does Za Bing know? - That is why he allows my rides. 120 00:11:17,594 --> 00:11:19,261 And abdicates his duty. 121 00:11:19,345 --> 00:11:21,723 I forbid him from handling the gems. 122 00:11:21,806 --> 00:11:24,558 I will not compromise my friend. 123 00:11:26,728 --> 00:11:29,396 I will carry the gems from now on. 124 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,234 You wish not to compromise your friend? 125 00:11:33,317 --> 00:11:36,821 Imagine what would happen to him should you go missing now. 126 00:12:14,566 --> 00:12:16,944 Good New Year to you, brother. 127 00:12:17,028 --> 00:12:20,364 I worry when you call me "brother" instead of "bastard." 128 00:12:20,447 --> 00:12:23,450 It precedes a request. 129 00:12:23,534 --> 00:12:25,286 I need not request. 130 00:12:25,369 --> 00:12:26,370 I order. 131 00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:29,415 I await your command, Jingim Khan. 132 00:12:31,793 --> 00:12:33,669 What news from Eagle's Teaching? 133 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:36,547 - None to speak of. - None... 134 00:12:36,631 --> 00:12:38,132 or none you will speak of? 135 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:40,259 None. 136 00:12:40,343 --> 00:12:43,387 We're talking about my father. 137 00:12:43,470 --> 00:12:45,306 I will know what danger he faces. 138 00:12:45,389 --> 00:12:47,308 Our father. 139 00:12:47,391 --> 00:12:50,227 I share news of danger with him alone. 140 00:12:50,311 --> 00:12:51,437 I disclose to the Khan. 141 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,439 It is for the Khan to report to the Prince. 142 00:12:53,522 --> 00:12:55,692 That is the order of things. 143 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,652 You want to know about Eagle's Teaching, ask Father, brother. 144 00:12:58,736 --> 00:13:02,114 If you know something... the burden is on you to defend him. 145 00:13:02,198 --> 00:13:04,491 And I will... with my life. 146 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:08,912 And if something happens to our father... I will be the one to take it. 147 00:13:16,713 --> 00:13:18,505 What did Jingim want of you? 148 00:13:18,589 --> 00:13:21,843 Amends made before the White Moon. 149 00:13:43,072 --> 00:13:46,200 There are no answers here, Byamba, only pain. 150 00:13:46,283 --> 00:13:48,995 The most important answer may lie within. 151 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:52,790 We must confirm it to understand our next steps. 152 00:13:52,874 --> 00:13:55,709 Sanga's family has lost everything. 153 00:13:55,793 --> 00:13:57,920 Get... Get... 154 00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:12,101 Stay if you wish. 155 00:14:25,740 --> 00:14:27,491 Can I see your mother? 156 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,585 White devil. 157 00:14:38,669 --> 00:14:41,923 Urla, come! Take the children. 158 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:52,766 My condolences. 159 00:14:52,850 --> 00:14:54,393 Forty days, Latin. 160 00:14:54,476 --> 00:14:56,687 Forty days is the mourning period. 161 00:14:56,771 --> 00:14:58,522 Too late. 162 00:14:58,605 --> 00:15:01,025 I was away at war. 163 00:15:01,108 --> 00:15:03,194 That was some time ago, Master Polo. 164 00:15:03,277 --> 00:15:05,153 Find a better reason for your absence. 165 00:15:06,238 --> 00:15:08,157 I have none. 166 00:15:09,951 --> 00:15:13,955 Goland, I'm sorry for what happened to Sanga. 167 00:15:14,038 --> 00:15:18,084 More sorry for what I'm about to ask. 168 00:15:18,167 --> 00:15:21,128 Did Sanga ever travel to Kochkor? 169 00:15:21,212 --> 00:15:24,298 Do you suspect a dead man of another crime? 170 00:15:24,381 --> 00:15:26,133 You wish to resurrect him, Christian? 171 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:27,509 Crucify him once more? 172 00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:29,845 He stole and he was punished for it. 173 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:32,556 I did not sentence him... 174 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:34,433 and I did not kill him, Goland. 175 00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:37,979 And my husband did not send himself to Kochkor. 176 00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:40,981 But he did go? 177 00:15:42,649 --> 00:15:45,193 He collected taxes. 178 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:48,782 Every second fortnight, he rode. 179 00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:51,450 My husband was an honorable man. 180 00:15:51,533 --> 00:15:53,995 Question the man who sent Sanga to Kochkor 181 00:15:54,078 --> 00:15:56,080 before you question that. 182 00:16:04,713 --> 00:16:06,924 Leave us... 183 00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:08,717 please. 184 00:16:21,355 --> 00:16:25,692 We distribute 100,000 loaves of bread every month... 185 00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:29,780 goat milk and yak meat when the Great Khan's herds are fat. 186 00:16:29,864 --> 00:16:33,617 The people are fortunate for your grace, My Lady. 187 00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:36,203 We take care of our wards... 188 00:16:36,287 --> 00:16:39,665 and they revere the Khan as their father. 189 00:16:39,749 --> 00:16:46,421 Today, they honor us by working tirelessly to prepare for the White Moon festivities. 190 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,763 Something wrong, Blue Princess? 191 00:16:55,890 --> 00:16:58,434 I was merely observing the peasants' devotion, 192 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:01,020 their love for their royal benefactress. 193 00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:04,440 Do you question their devotion and their love? 194 00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:07,109 I do not. 195 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:09,403 Stop. 196 00:17:12,739 --> 00:17:16,953 Does Lady Kokachin wish to speak on the topic of the common people? 197 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:20,122 I apologize, Empress, for speaking when not bid to do so. 198 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:23,083 Do so... now. 199 00:17:26,921 --> 00:17:30,173 Has Her Lady walked the villages of Cambulac without her guard? 200 00:17:30,257 --> 00:17:31,717 I have not. 201 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:39,100 The Empress' perception of the city is tempered. 202 00:17:39,183 --> 00:17:43,812 The people love the Khan because he eases their pains, fills their wants... 203 00:17:43,895 --> 00:17:48,442 but the cause of those pains and wants is never permanently stamped out. 204 00:17:48,525 --> 00:17:50,444 That can breed resentment. 205 00:17:50,528 --> 00:17:55,240 Did you resolve such matters differently when your family held power... 206 00:17:55,324 --> 00:17:57,701 Blue Princess of Bayaut? 207 00:18:00,162 --> 00:18:05,542 My relations with our people, Lady Chabi, were somewhat more direct. 208 00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:07,503 Is that so? 209 00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:12,008 I mean no offense... 210 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:14,260 but the Great Khan should know the minds of his people 211 00:18:14,343 --> 00:18:17,304 before he walks among them tomorrow. 212 00:18:17,388 --> 00:18:20,182 The Khagan has my sword and my shield. 213 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:23,477 I will meet minds with metal, My Lady. 214 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,355 The Great Khan is secure. 215 00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:45,207 Is the pain bad today, child? 216 00:18:48,877 --> 00:18:51,547 The child suffers, Chancellor. 217 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:54,674 As do we all... 218 00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:58,179 but seeming cruelty can bring beauty. 219 00:18:58,262 --> 00:19:01,182 Pain purifies and leads to peace. 220 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:03,934 These are lessons my sister taught me when I was a boy. 221 00:19:04,018 --> 00:19:05,977 The girl is too old for binding. 222 00:19:06,062 --> 00:19:10,899 We would have started at an earlier age were that her father's want. 223 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,319 The Emperor's gone. 224 00:19:13,402 --> 00:19:16,322 I am her uncle. 225 00:19:16,405 --> 00:19:17,739 It is my want. 226 00:19:19,866 --> 00:19:23,286 'Tis a powerful man who injures little children. 227 00:19:27,874 --> 00:19:30,877 I miss my mother. 228 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:36,009 We all do, Sunflower... 229 00:19:36,092 --> 00:19:38,927 but I've arranged to speed her journey. 230 00:19:39,010 --> 00:19:41,346 Now... look away, child. 231 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,823 Are you mad? 232 00:19:59,906 --> 00:20:03,244 Never contact me. You will get us both killed. 233 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:09,250 Out. Now. 234 00:20:11,502 --> 00:20:13,753 Why are you here? 235 00:20:15,256 --> 00:20:19,301 Jia Sidao took me into the palace... after you left. 236 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:20,510 He sent me. 237 00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:25,390 He has new orders, Mei Lin. 238 00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:38,320 I am to stay until this mission is complete. 239 00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:41,657 Sidao offers this. 240 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:43,200 Tiger root. 241 00:20:43,284 --> 00:20:46,620 Safe to the touch, but if ingested, it's enough to fell a horse. 242 00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:50,707 This message says nothing of my daughter. 243 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:57,964 Speak. 244 00:20:59,883 --> 00:21:01,343 He bound her. 245 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:13,230 He will do worse if you fail. 246 00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:14,648 An assassination? 247 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:19,320 What he asks of me is impossible. 248 00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:35,377 What else did you find in Eagle's Teaching... 249 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,338 besides impure gold? 250 00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:40,424 We found evidence that Sanga hired the Hashshashin. 251 00:21:40,507 --> 00:21:42,634 He didn't choose to go. He was sent. 252 00:21:43,719 --> 00:21:46,472 We thought you might offer guidance. 253 00:21:46,555 --> 00:21:48,932 Because he worked for me? 254 00:21:49,015 --> 00:21:51,144 Sanga worked for many. 255 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:53,645 From Cambulac to... 256 00:21:53,729 --> 00:21:56,064 yes, Kochkor. 257 00:21:56,147 --> 00:21:58,441 The Hashshashin deal in more than death... 258 00:21:58,525 --> 00:22:03,239 black market trade, silk, coin, salt... 259 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:05,866 and currencies I do not countenance. 260 00:22:05,949 --> 00:22:07,742 Opium, hashish. 261 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:10,078 You suspected and did nothing? 262 00:22:10,161 --> 00:22:13,373 I cannot eliminate corruption... and I will not condemn without proof. 263 00:22:13,457 --> 00:22:17,753 If Sanga were running black market goods throughout the realm, he'd need agents... 264 00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:21,006 soldiers, horsemen... imperial guard. 265 00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:23,384 You have seen my soldiers. 266 00:22:23,467 --> 00:22:25,302 They toil before the abacus. 267 00:22:25,386 --> 00:22:27,762 I certainly do not command the imperial guard. 268 00:22:28,764 --> 00:22:31,600 That's Vice Regent Yusuf's domain. 269 00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:38,440 I simply state fact. 270 00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:40,442 Thank you, Ahmad. 271 00:22:42,193 --> 00:22:44,487 Why did you finally report Sanga? 272 00:22:44,571 --> 00:22:47,115 You reported his transgressions to me. 273 00:22:47,198 --> 00:22:50,493 Had I not, it would have been you or I unjustly trampled in the dirt. 274 00:22:59,503 --> 00:23:02,339 How do preparations for the boy's coronation fare? 275 00:23:02,423 --> 00:23:04,925 I trust seating arrangements are managed? 276 00:23:05,008 --> 00:23:07,010 No awkward pairings? 277 00:23:07,678 --> 00:23:10,889 Lord Li cannot tolerate Prelate Chan. 278 00:23:16,186 --> 00:23:18,271 Leave us, please... 279 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:19,648 everyone. 280 00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:35,872 The Dynastic Council has chosen to dismiss you, Sidao. 281 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:39,252 We appreciate your service to the Emperor... 282 00:23:39,335 --> 00:23:41,878 but it is time for you to step down. 283 00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:48,510 Have you anything to say? 284 00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:51,763 You have no authority. 285 00:23:51,847 --> 00:23:55,601 You are an old woman with a dead husband and no power. 286 00:23:55,684 --> 00:23:57,852 You have nothing. 287 00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:00,814 I have a champion. 288 00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:06,694 Do you know Fang Zhen of the Red Lotus Society? 289 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:08,614 By reputation. 290 00:24:08,697 --> 00:24:09,948 A peasant farmer. 291 00:24:10,032 --> 00:24:13,076 A scholar-warrior of the highest order... 292 00:24:13,159 --> 00:24:16,746 a Song dynasty loyalist... a hero, Sidao. 293 00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:18,915 Because he was poor... 294 00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:20,792 a man of the people. 295 00:24:22,085 --> 00:24:24,295 He is not me. 296 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:30,511 I shepherded this city, this empire through a time of tumult... 297 00:24:30,594 --> 00:24:33,096 and that time has not passed. 298 00:24:33,179 --> 00:24:34,389 The Mongols will return. 299 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:37,768 If they return, they will settle terms of peace... 300 00:24:37,851 --> 00:24:40,103 and negotiate those terms with him. 301 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:55,118 Welcome... to the fortress... Fang Zhen. 302 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:57,996 Chancellor. 303 00:25:00,373 --> 00:25:02,292 Empress... 304 00:25:02,376 --> 00:25:04,795 I have been too long away. 305 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:12,886 Take your pets and your porcelain, Sidao... 306 00:25:12,969 --> 00:25:15,346 and return to the rice paddies. 307 00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:41,998 It is poor form to disturb a man at prayer. 308 00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:46,795 We are here on the orders of the Khan, Vice Regent... not your God. 309 00:25:48,171 --> 00:25:50,632 A serious matter. 310 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:57,388 We apologize for the disturbance... but the Khan has entrusted us. 311 00:25:59,182 --> 00:26:01,768 Do you remember Sanga, the collector of taxes? 312 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:05,438 He was executed on your orders. 313 00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:08,609 My father and uncle committed a similar crime. 314 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:09,859 They were branded. 315 00:26:12,403 --> 00:26:14,990 My Khan favors you, Marco... 316 00:26:15,073 --> 00:26:17,993 thus spared your father and uncle. 317 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:20,036 That was his choice, not mine. 318 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,831 But the Khan had no hand in Sanga's end. 319 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:25,418 Respectfully, death was your decree. 320 00:26:25,501 --> 00:26:28,920 You could have branded his palm, severed his hand, taken an eye. 321 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:30,964 I could do these things to you 322 00:26:31,047 --> 00:26:33,216 for challenging the dictates of the Vice Regent. 323 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:36,136 We think... 324 00:26:37,428 --> 00:26:40,557 We think Sanga was sent to Eagle's Teaching... 325 00:26:40,641 --> 00:26:43,017 a proxy for a greater power... 326 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:47,773 the agent who delivered instructions for the murder of the Khan. 327 00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:51,484 And you suspect Sanga was my proxy? 328 00:26:51,568 --> 00:26:55,154 In the absence of the Khan, the Vice Regent would control Cambulac. 329 00:26:55,238 --> 00:26:59,450 This is true until the Kurultai elected the next Khan of Khans. 330 00:27:00,744 --> 00:27:02,036 What motive have I, then? 331 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:06,459 Vice Regent, we do not accuse. We seek advice. 332 00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:08,042 The Great Lord trusts you. 333 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:10,587 He does, Master Marco. 334 00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:13,173 I am trusted... 335 00:27:13,256 --> 00:27:14,924 because I lack ambition. 336 00:27:15,008 --> 00:27:19,971 I desire no... riches... so I'm incorruptible. 337 00:27:21,264 --> 00:27:23,476 I have no blood claim to the throne, 338 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:27,020 so there is nothing to which I may ascend. 339 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,524 I am a servant who has but one function. 340 00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:32,859 Which is? 341 00:27:32,943 --> 00:27:36,196 I speak truth. 342 00:27:36,279 --> 00:27:39,866 It is this respect I show my Khan. 343 00:27:40,867 --> 00:27:43,995 My days are driven by this alone. 344 00:27:44,079 --> 00:27:47,457 "How do I best serve Kublai and his kingdom?" 345 00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:53,296 There is... clarity in service... 346 00:27:53,379 --> 00:27:57,258 but you... lack this. 347 00:28:00,929 --> 00:28:03,306 Yet here we are. 348 00:28:04,515 --> 00:28:06,517 Yet here we are. 349 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:14,776 But with what true purpose... does the Khan send you? 350 00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:17,737 How will you earn his trust? 351 00:28:19,405 --> 00:28:22,075 Think on that as you take your leave. 352 00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:45,015 Is my father safe? 353 00:28:45,098 --> 00:28:47,893 Why ask me, Jingim? Did you ask our father? 354 00:28:47,976 --> 00:28:50,228 I did. 355 00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:53,566 He trusts Byamba. 356 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:57,068 He trusts the Latin and offers me silence. 357 00:28:57,152 --> 00:29:00,280 Whatever they found in Kochkor was of no consequence. 358 00:29:00,363 --> 00:29:02,073 He doesn't want to burden you with trivialities. 359 00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:04,284 He doesn't trust me with the truth. 360 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:06,494 And what would you do with it, Jingim? 361 00:29:06,577 --> 00:29:10,873 What would you do if you had a target for your rage? 362 00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:14,377 I would let my Mongol heart guide me. 363 00:29:14,460 --> 00:29:15,461 I would kill! 364 00:29:15,545 --> 00:29:18,089 The Great Khan knows this. 365 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:19,800 If there is some truth to hold from you, 366 00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:22,218 he does so because he knows your heart. 367 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,972 Let your father protect you. 368 00:29:27,057 --> 00:29:30,393 Let me, your brother, protect you... 369 00:29:30,476 --> 00:29:32,729 until we find a true target. 370 00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:02,300 Untrue by an inch. 371 00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:06,554 Untrue by an inch, untrue by a mile. 372 00:30:06,637 --> 00:30:10,516 It is in the split moment when all four hooves leave the ground. 373 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,935 Breathe and send. 374 00:30:13,687 --> 00:30:17,523 When you first arrived, you had too little yin, too much yang. 375 00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:24,155 And now, too much yin... not enough... 376 00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:31,788 Not so simple. 377 00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:34,750 Do not strive for the center. 378 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:39,963 Just breathe... with your horse... and your arrow. 379 00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:54,602 The Khan expects an answer. 380 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,689 What answer to give? 381 00:30:56,772 --> 00:30:59,024 The cripple, Yusuf, is beyond reproach. 382 00:30:59,107 --> 00:31:00,858 Yusuf hides behind his words. 383 00:31:00,942 --> 00:31:02,735 Is that what you'll report? 384 00:31:10,701 --> 00:31:13,621 Untrue by an inch... 385 00:31:13,704 --> 00:31:16,541 untrue by a mile. 386 00:31:35,601 --> 00:31:37,730 I have no story to tell, Sire. 387 00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:40,440 I believe my friend, Sanga, traveled to Kochkor... 388 00:31:40,523 --> 00:31:43,192 but I do not know on whose command... if anyone's. 389 00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:45,946 What are your suspicions? 390 00:31:47,447 --> 00:31:49,365 I must say nothing... 391 00:31:49,449 --> 00:31:52,368 for fear that I may condemn an innocent. 392 00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:57,665 All I know... is someone seeks your head. 393 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:01,878 Many do, Latin. 394 00:32:03,964 --> 00:32:07,884 But my children have been spared sight of me far too long. 395 00:32:09,177 --> 00:32:11,764 Take your leave. 396 00:32:11,847 --> 00:32:14,765 Your children want you alive, Sire. 397 00:32:27,778 --> 00:32:30,406 Do you still suspect him? 398 00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:40,125 A weaker man would surrender a name to deflect suspicion from himself. 399 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,710 As would a man burdened with guilt. 400 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:45,505 I believe him to be neither. 401 00:32:45,588 --> 00:32:48,341 The boy has changed greatly since coming to us. 402 00:32:48,424 --> 00:32:52,137 He did not come to us, Sire. He was left... 403 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:54,138 A fact that bears recall. 404 00:32:55,598 --> 00:32:58,392 You suspect the Latin's father? 405 00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:03,940 Did he abandon his son to serve his purse... or his pope? 406 00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:06,484 So, what course of action tomorrow? 407 00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:11,239 We have detained and questioned your guards and staff. 408 00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:14,033 I believe them innocent. 409 00:33:17,453 --> 00:33:20,414 My suspicion of Marco has waned... 410 00:33:20,498 --> 00:33:26,171 but for now, to be safe... those whom lack your trust... kill. 411 00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:31,509 There would be few left living if I heed that counsel. 412 00:33:32,843 --> 00:33:34,345 Should I trust you, Yusuf? 413 00:33:44,855 --> 00:33:47,275 We will play another time. 414 00:35:01,557 --> 00:35:03,851 Where's your European playmate? 415 00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:12,943 He's an innocent in this world, isn't he? 416 00:35:13,028 --> 00:35:14,528 And you and I are not? 417 00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:17,698 No... we are warriors. 418 00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:22,912 I fear our world strips him of what innocence still remains. 419 00:35:26,082 --> 00:35:28,751 Then we do him a favor. 420 00:35:28,834 --> 00:35:32,213 The world is not kind to the weak and the guileless. 421 00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:37,718 Would you like to wrestle me? 422 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:42,348 There are no witnesses, save Tengri. 423 00:35:42,432 --> 00:35:44,308 Do you think you can beat me? 424 00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:46,018 I think you wish me to. 425 00:35:47,978 --> 00:35:49,271 Not today. 426 00:35:49,355 --> 00:35:50,481 Are you afraid? 427 00:35:51,107 --> 00:35:54,610 I simply hear the blade's song right now. 428 00:36:07,457 --> 00:36:09,625 Where you go? 429 00:36:19,344 --> 00:36:21,137 Where are you going? 430 00:37:07,057 --> 00:37:08,184 Come. 431 00:37:54,522 --> 00:37:56,941 If it pleases the Khan. 432 00:38:02,822 --> 00:38:05,282 If it pleases the Queen. 433 00:38:13,916 --> 00:38:16,752 It does not please the Queen. 434 00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:43,070 Pitiable event on this blessed day of Tsagaan Sar. 435 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,887 It seems life has left her too soon. 436 00:39:13,976 --> 00:39:16,979 The Khan's consorts must not cry. 437 00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:21,609 It clouds the eyes and ruddies the complexion. 438 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:22,776 Death is life. 439 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:25,821 Now is not the time for tears. 440 00:39:36,707 --> 00:39:39,544 Will you return to your village, Chancellor? 441 00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:41,754 I was too grand for it when I was part of it. 442 00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:44,507 I've grown grander since. 443 00:39:44,590 --> 00:39:47,009 I have been an admirer of yours... 444 00:39:47,092 --> 00:39:50,471 from afar... from the battlefield. 445 00:39:50,555 --> 00:39:54,808 You have been an annoying thorn in Kublai's side for many years, Fang Zhen, 446 00:39:54,892 --> 00:39:58,313 frightening his tax collectors, burning his crops, 447 00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,481 storing weapons in loyalist settlements, 448 00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:03,318 settlements that bear the brunt of the Khan's brutality 449 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:04,651 after you've moved on. 450 00:40:05,653 --> 00:40:07,738 I've long admired you as well. 451 00:40:08,448 --> 00:40:09,990 I tire of warfare. 452 00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:13,285 Before or after Empress Dowager offered you my title? 453 00:40:13,869 --> 00:40:17,664 War is pointless. It never ends. 454 00:40:17,748 --> 00:40:21,461 Yes... the warrior who rejects war. 455 00:40:22,628 --> 00:40:24,589 Empress is more intelligent than I suspected. 456 00:40:24,672 --> 00:40:26,090 You... more foolish. 457 00:40:26,174 --> 00:40:31,720 We are like-minded, Chancellor... in our need to defend Xiangyang. 458 00:40:31,804 --> 00:40:34,807 I will do so until my final breath. 459 00:40:34,891 --> 00:40:37,101 Peace is possible... 460 00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:41,605 and it begins, Jia Sidao... with our peaceful transition. 461 00:40:57,287 --> 00:40:59,707 Is it time? 462 00:40:59,790 --> 00:41:01,626 It is, Father... 463 00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:09,216 but I did not advise your attendance. 464 00:41:09,299 --> 00:41:12,928 What can be done has been done, Jingim. 465 00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:16,599 You worry like your mother. 466 00:41:16,682 --> 00:41:19,268 Vice Regent Yusuf himself concurs with me. 467 00:41:21,186 --> 00:41:24,649 Yusuf is worse than your mother. 468 00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:28,653 We do not yet know who conspired against Your Greatness. 469 00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:31,447 Rumor breeds fear. 470 00:41:31,531 --> 00:41:35,576 My people do not know if blood courses through my veins... 471 00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:40,247 or if my body rests with Genghis in Burkhan Khaldun. 472 00:41:43,125 --> 00:41:45,169 I must show them their Khan. 473 00:41:46,253 --> 00:41:48,964 You are concerned you are seen as weak. 474 00:41:56,639 --> 00:42:00,017 I cannot afford to bolster these perceptions. 475 00:42:00,101 --> 00:42:02,728 There is no question, Father. 476 00:42:02,812 --> 00:42:05,565 You slayed Ariq single-handedly. 477 00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:09,902 Why was that necessary? 478 00:42:09,985 --> 00:42:12,321 Why did my brother challenge me? 479 00:42:14,156 --> 00:42:17,159 He saw me as weak. 480 00:42:17,242 --> 00:42:21,080 Despite what I did... people still... 481 00:42:21,163 --> 00:42:24,376 rumor of my decline... 482 00:42:24,459 --> 00:42:26,126 and they worry for succession. 483 00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:30,172 - The line is clear. - But not guaranteed, Jingim. 484 00:42:31,799 --> 00:42:36,553 You will be opposed at the Kurultai when the time comes. 485 00:42:36,637 --> 00:42:40,307 Kaidu... Nayan... 486 00:42:40,390 --> 00:42:42,893 many feel entitled to my throne. 487 00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:45,855 The throne is mine and I will ascend to it. 488 00:42:45,938 --> 00:42:48,524 There is nothing I desire more than this. 489 00:42:50,192 --> 00:42:52,110 But you fear I will fail. 490 00:42:52,194 --> 00:42:55,114 You must prove yourself to the Khanate. 491 00:42:55,197 --> 00:42:59,034 Until you do... until you silence all doubters... 492 00:42:59,118 --> 00:43:00,327 I must be strong. 493 00:43:03,873 --> 00:43:06,250 And so today... you risk yourself? 494 00:43:09,504 --> 00:43:11,839 I fulfill my duty. 495 00:43:13,883 --> 00:43:16,677 Rally my people. 496 00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:21,848 To inspire your strength. 497 00:43:23,893 --> 00:43:25,519 Am I such a burden? 498 00:43:29,732 --> 00:43:31,233 You're my son. 499 00:43:56,133 --> 00:43:58,302 Tulga... 500 00:43:58,385 --> 00:44:00,638 I spoke to Kokachin. 501 00:44:00,721 --> 00:44:03,558 I did not come to hurt you. I came to help you. 502 00:44:04,224 --> 00:44:05,768 You lie. 503 00:44:05,851 --> 00:44:07,311 I know who you are. 504 00:44:07,394 --> 00:44:11,732 One of the Bayaut... a survivor of the massacre. 505 00:44:14,109 --> 00:44:15,277 I know she protects you. 506 00:44:15,361 --> 00:44:17,112 I protect her. 507 00:44:17,196 --> 00:44:18,906 No more. 508 00:44:18,989 --> 00:44:21,617 If I found you, someone else will find you. 509 00:44:21,701 --> 00:44:24,286 It will be your undoing and hers. 510 00:44:24,369 --> 00:44:25,662 You risk the Princess. 511 00:44:25,746 --> 00:44:27,372 The Princess is all I have. 512 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,084 You love her. 513 00:44:31,168 --> 00:44:33,921 There was an arrangement... long ago. 514 00:44:34,004 --> 00:44:35,339 We are to be together. 515 00:44:43,138 --> 00:44:46,016 I will bring you the stones. You will not see Kokachin. 516 00:44:48,310 --> 00:44:50,520 But you will live. 517 00:45:01,448 --> 00:45:05,160 All bow down and worship at once your Lord. 518 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:11,667 God save and keep our Lord long with joy and gladness. 519 00:45:13,335 --> 00:45:16,463 Long live the Khan of Khans! 520 00:45:56,170 --> 00:45:58,338 Urla. 521 00:45:58,422 --> 00:46:02,217 No line up for water on the night of the White Moon. 522 00:46:05,095 --> 00:46:07,932 I'm sorry for what happened to your father. 523 00:46:09,892 --> 00:46:13,020 As you said, you did not sentence him... 524 00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:15,731 and if he was a thief, he was deserving of punishment. 525 00:46:16,732 --> 00:46:18,442 Sanga was a good man. 526 00:46:19,443 --> 00:46:22,321 What do you think he did? 527 00:46:22,404 --> 00:46:24,740 What was it Ahmad sent him to do? 528 00:46:24,824 --> 00:46:26,283 I cannot answer that. 529 00:46:26,367 --> 00:46:28,869 Never again breathe that suspicion. 530 00:46:28,953 --> 00:46:32,789 For your family's sake... never. 531 00:46:39,254 --> 00:46:41,173 Move on. 532 00:46:41,256 --> 00:46:44,426 Help your family to find a future without him. 533 00:47:16,751 --> 00:47:19,086 The bracelet is delivered. 534 00:47:21,046 --> 00:47:23,048 I am most grateful. 535 00:47:23,132 --> 00:47:25,091 I will repay your gesture in the future. 536 00:47:25,175 --> 00:47:29,346 You can repay it now... with the answer to a question. 537 00:47:29,429 --> 00:47:32,265 How is it that a peasant weds a princess? 538 00:47:36,353 --> 00:47:39,481 No royal marries beneath their station. 539 00:47:39,565 --> 00:47:42,401 Then Tulga is delusional? 540 00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:48,031 I could not be with Tulga, Master Marco, any more than I could be with you. 541 00:47:48,115 --> 00:47:50,951 You avoid a direct answer to my question, Blue Princess. 542 00:47:55,330 --> 00:47:57,875 Silence is no shield, Kokachin. 543 00:47:57,958 --> 00:48:00,335 If you expect me to deliver the gems to your subject, 544 00:48:00,419 --> 00:48:02,671 I need to know if that subject is mad. 545 00:48:06,675 --> 00:48:08,677 He is not. 546 00:48:10,971 --> 00:48:13,265 Then there are nuptials to be arranged. 547 00:48:13,348 --> 00:48:14,724 Is the Khan aware? 548 00:48:17,019 --> 00:48:18,436 You lack humor, Latin. 549 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,439 I intend none. 550 00:48:21,816 --> 00:48:23,483 I am deceived. 551 00:48:29,824 --> 00:48:34,870 It is time for Jingim to take a new wife, I think. 552 00:48:34,954 --> 00:48:37,957 A more fertile bitch, I hope. 553 00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:41,459 The rest are barren as my Gobi. 554 00:48:41,543 --> 00:48:44,964 I trust you have someone in mind? 555 00:49:56,118 --> 00:49:58,036 Stop!