1 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:31,781 What makes you laugh? 2 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:34,158 I'm happy. You make me happy. 3 00:00:46,963 --> 00:00:49,716 A little extra for you this week, Sunflower. 4 00:01:02,646 --> 00:01:04,063 Come in now. 5 00:01:10,111 --> 00:01:11,112 You were long today. 6 00:01:11,195 --> 00:01:13,365 Go wash your face and hands! 7 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:19,120 Give it back! 8 00:01:23,166 --> 00:01:24,584 How much do we have? 9 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:25,669 I'm busy. 10 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,253 When I'm finished counting, I will tell you. 11 00:01:31,716 --> 00:01:33,426 Do we have enough to go to the festival? 12 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:37,096 You're not smart. You never were. 13 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:38,389 Mother and Father said so. 14 00:01:38,473 --> 00:01:41,392 Don't talk to me like that. I'm your older brother. 15 00:01:41,476 --> 00:01:42,477 In years only. 16 00:01:42,561 --> 00:01:45,730 If it weren't for my work, you'd starve to death in the streets. 17 00:01:45,814 --> 00:01:48,692 All I said was that I want to go to the festival. 18 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:50,401 Play for a little while only. 19 00:01:50,485 --> 00:01:52,278 And what do we buy food with? 20 00:01:52,361 --> 00:01:55,114 Look at all these coins. I'm sure we could spare a few. 21 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:59,494 Go, then. But do not return looking for more. 22 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:08,127 Maybe you aren't as stupid as I thought, Sidao. 23 00:02:08,211 --> 00:02:10,088 I'm sorry, Mei Lin. 24 00:02:18,472 --> 00:02:20,474 Great Khan, please! 25 00:02:20,557 --> 00:02:23,768 Lower your eyes when you speak to the Khan of Khans! 26 00:02:23,852 --> 00:02:26,187 I never meant to harm you! 27 00:02:26,271 --> 00:02:27,439 No! 28 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:29,398 Only my beloved! 29 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:32,652 Who sent you? 30 00:02:32,736 --> 00:02:34,863 Chancellor Jia Sidao. 31 00:02:34,946 --> 00:02:36,572 He instructed you to kill the Empress? 32 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:40,452 At first, I was to gather knowledge of your court. 33 00:02:40,535 --> 00:02:43,287 But he sent an emissary the night of the White Moon 34 00:02:43,371 --> 00:02:44,497 with new orders. 35 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:46,374 Why the Empress, not the Khan? 36 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:51,212 Who knows my brother's mind? 37 00:02:53,089 --> 00:02:54,757 Brother? 38 00:02:56,510 --> 00:02:58,094 Who is the emissary you speak of? 39 00:02:58,178 --> 00:03:01,222 A concubine within the court. A friend. 40 00:03:01,306 --> 00:03:04,809 Does she lay in wait in Cambulac, to strike as you did? 41 00:03:04,893 --> 00:03:06,519 No, she fled. 42 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:09,773 As soon as she arrives in Xiangyang with news of my failure, 43 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:12,191 Jia Sidao will kill my daughter! 44 00:03:13,652 --> 00:03:18,156 I did this, all of this, to save my little girl! 45 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,535 Empress, you have given birth. 46 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:23,454 You know the bond between mother and child! 47 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:25,288 What would you not do to protect them? 48 00:03:27,415 --> 00:03:30,334 - Please, no. - Whore. 49 00:03:30,418 --> 00:03:35,715 How dare you speak to me of love? 50 00:03:37,216 --> 00:03:41,262 I know the Walled City. I know the Song court. 51 00:03:41,345 --> 00:03:43,139 My words can save so many lives. 52 00:03:43,223 --> 00:03:45,183 All I ask 53 00:03:45,267 --> 00:03:47,518 is that you save one. 54 00:03:54,526 --> 00:03:55,985 Remove her. 55 00:05:36,878 --> 00:05:39,047 The concubine was a tool. 56 00:05:39,130 --> 00:05:42,091 Like a sword, she has no say into whose body she is thrust. 57 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:43,802 You wanted her head yourself. 58 00:05:43,885 --> 00:05:47,221 Don't weaken your resolve now, wife. I will not weaken mine. 59 00:05:47,305 --> 00:05:51,517 What I wanted in a weaker moment, husband, I resisted. 60 00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:54,854 I ask you do the same. 61 00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:56,272 Allow her life. 62 00:05:56,356 --> 00:06:00,276 To have Buddha on our side is a great ally, I know this. 63 00:06:00,359 --> 00:06:01,861 But as the Bible says, 64 00:06:01,945 --> 00:06:04,530 "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." 65 00:06:04,613 --> 00:06:05,698 Kublai, 66 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:08,910 you quote whatever holiness suits you at the time. 67 00:06:08,993 --> 00:06:11,454 Are there no shallows in the lake of your compassion? 68 00:06:11,537 --> 00:06:13,789 Just because she is a mother who weeps for her child? 69 00:06:13,873 --> 00:06:17,251 Because she is the sister of our greatest enemy! 70 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:21,798 And an agent of the Song court. 71 00:06:23,632 --> 00:06:27,303 If you spare her... you may use her. 72 00:06:35,353 --> 00:06:36,896 Fine. 73 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:38,106 If the bitch lives, 74 00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:42,193 she lives with the knowledge that everyone she knew has died by my sword. 75 00:06:42,944 --> 00:06:46,280 If you attack Xiangyang, thousands will perish. 76 00:06:46,364 --> 00:06:47,907 Tens of thousands. 77 00:06:47,991 --> 00:06:49,867 I will not bathe in that blood. 78 00:06:49,951 --> 00:06:52,411 I will not have war in my name. 79 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:54,246 I deserve revenge. 80 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:57,333 As do I, my love. 81 00:06:57,416 --> 00:07:01,670 But do not use a battering ram when an arrow will do. 82 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:12,056 Let your vengeance fly exactly, Kublai. 83 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:14,517 There is a better way. 84 00:07:23,985 --> 00:07:25,861 You need not fear. 85 00:07:28,656 --> 00:07:32,160 If we wanted you dead... you wouldn't have awoken. 86 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,875 I've heard the songs they sing about you. 87 00:07:39,876 --> 00:07:43,963 How your brother crawled up and into the Imperial Court 88 00:07:44,047 --> 00:07:46,590 through the wet spot in your bed. 89 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:50,804 Whose prisoner am I? 90 00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:52,972 You are the prisoner of the Grand Khan. 91 00:07:54,265 --> 00:07:57,018 Then why am I in your quarters? 92 00:07:58,144 --> 00:08:00,896 All currency is my jurisdiction. 93 00:08:02,398 --> 00:08:04,984 And whores are bought and sold. 94 00:08:07,736 --> 00:08:09,697 Why does your brother want Empress Chabi dead? 95 00:08:09,781 --> 00:08:13,785 To defeat Kublai in the shadow of the Walled City 96 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:18,247 would win Sidao great fame and save the Song dynasty. 97 00:08:18,331 --> 00:08:22,710 If the Khan leaves these gates, he brings the wrath of Genghis. 98 00:08:24,128 --> 00:08:26,046 Has your brother no wisdom? 99 00:08:26,130 --> 00:08:27,841 Some men have mastered wisdom, 100 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:30,843 some devilry. 101 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:35,431 Does Sidao hide devilry behind the walls of Xiangyang? 102 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:40,519 Of course. 103 00:08:40,603 --> 00:08:43,314 If you knew and surrendered that information, 104 00:08:43,397 --> 00:08:45,483 you'd be out of currency, wouldn't you? 105 00:08:48,277 --> 00:08:49,320 Why do this? 106 00:08:50,446 --> 00:08:52,824 Pretend to care. 107 00:08:56,452 --> 00:08:57,745 You will heal. 108 00:08:58,787 --> 00:09:00,164 Fully, I expect. 109 00:09:07,546 --> 00:09:09,006 I want to see! 110 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,014 Ling! 111 00:09:25,648 --> 00:09:27,191 I missed you. 112 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:29,443 I've missed you, too, sweet one. 113 00:09:29,527 --> 00:09:32,864 I must speak to the Empress. We will play later, yes? 114 00:09:41,372 --> 00:09:44,208 Something pains you, my child. 115 00:09:44,292 --> 00:09:47,378 What I'm about to confess could lose me my head. 116 00:09:47,461 --> 00:09:49,964 Are you certain I am an appropriate confessor? 117 00:09:50,048 --> 00:09:53,551 I can only hope... for I have nowhere else to turn. 118 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:01,725 I have lied to the Chancellor. 119 00:10:05,604 --> 00:10:07,941 A word of truth lasts forever. 120 00:10:09,150 --> 00:10:12,152 A lie lasts only a moment, my child. 121 00:10:12,236 --> 00:10:15,198 Jia Sidao sent me to Cambulac 122 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:18,659 to find Mei Lin and charge her to assassinate the Mongol queen. 123 00:10:18,743 --> 00:10:20,494 Lady Chabi is dead? 124 00:10:20,578 --> 00:10:21,870 No, Empress. 125 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:23,497 Mei Lin failed. 126 00:10:24,498 --> 00:10:26,417 But I reported otherwise. 127 00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:31,005 It's only a matter of time before the Chancellor discovers my deceit. 128 00:10:32,131 --> 00:10:34,342 I have signed my own decree of death. 129 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,386 And Ling's too, I fear. 130 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:47,646 Then a lie must last one day longer. 131 00:10:48,940 --> 00:10:52,568 When the sun sets tomorrow, so will Sidao's service. 132 00:10:52,651 --> 00:10:54,028 He's done. 133 00:10:55,363 --> 00:10:56,780 And Ling? 134 00:10:56,864 --> 00:10:58,866 We all must bide our time. 135 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:02,536 Keep her from the Chancellor until after the coronation. 136 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:10,044 Be strong, young one, for your charge and for your future. 137 00:11:17,301 --> 00:11:20,096 You are a Taoist monk. 138 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:24,475 Permitted to eat meat, drink wine, enjoy a woman. 139 00:11:24,558 --> 00:11:25,768 Yet... 140 00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:27,895 you have never taken a wife. 141 00:11:29,147 --> 00:11:32,983 I devoted my life to the service of the Great Khan and his empire. 142 00:11:33,067 --> 00:11:36,570 I only have so much time on this earth. 143 00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:40,824 I have never taken a wife because I do my best to avoid disappointment. 144 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:46,289 My second wife, she has a golden tongue. 145 00:11:47,456 --> 00:11:49,792 You are blessed, Lord Kublai. 146 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:54,922 I give her gold to keep it in the abyss she calls a mouth. 147 00:11:55,756 --> 00:11:56,715 My third wife... 148 00:11:57,841 --> 00:12:02,471 she has small and wrinkled teats, like the dried fruit on a fig tree. 149 00:12:03,972 --> 00:12:05,558 But Chabi... 150 00:12:06,934 --> 00:12:10,979 she is an irreproachable gift from the Eternal Blue Sky. 151 00:12:12,940 --> 00:12:15,609 Had someone taken her from me... 152 00:12:22,283 --> 00:12:27,246 You will go to Xiangyang and kill Chancellor Jia Sidao. 153 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,421 Some may question the wisdom of sending a blind monk 154 00:12:35,504 --> 00:12:37,756 to assassinate the prime minister. 155 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,885 A blind monk who once killed 25 of my best soldiers. 156 00:12:43,762 --> 00:12:48,726 A Wudang warrior said to be able to pass through walls unseen. 157 00:12:48,809 --> 00:12:50,978 Suddenly, you are lame? 158 00:12:54,398 --> 00:12:57,401 And should I pass through the open gates of Cambulac, 159 00:12:57,485 --> 00:12:59,403 what makes you think I will ever return? 160 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:01,905 What makes you think I want you to? 161 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:07,828 The Latin, is he accomplished? 162 00:13:07,912 --> 00:13:10,330 For someone who has no accomplishments. 163 00:13:10,414 --> 00:13:11,874 Good. 164 00:13:11,957 --> 00:13:14,042 He will be your eyes and escort. 165 00:13:15,419 --> 00:13:17,296 You do not listen, do you? 166 00:13:17,380 --> 00:13:19,715 Oh, I do listen. 167 00:13:19,798 --> 00:13:22,050 Then I hear what I want to. 168 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,846 Princess. 169 00:13:25,929 --> 00:13:29,183 Empress Chabi has summoned you to court. 170 00:13:29,267 --> 00:13:32,811 Has she summoned all the women of the Hall of Fragrance? 171 00:13:35,898 --> 00:13:37,274 Only you. 172 00:13:38,526 --> 00:13:41,445 She has never invited me for a private audience. 173 00:13:41,529 --> 00:13:42,696 Be calm. 174 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:44,948 Lady Chabi knows nothing of your past. 175 00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:47,785 You are the Blue Princess of Bayaut. 176 00:13:47,868 --> 00:13:49,495 No one will challenge this. 177 00:13:49,578 --> 00:13:51,580 I challenge it. 178 00:14:00,381 --> 00:14:02,925 Worry not, Princess. 179 00:14:05,386 --> 00:14:07,721 I will make you regal. 180 00:14:18,023 --> 00:14:21,109 What is the reach of the highest wall in Italy? 181 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:26,282 The upper church of the Basilica Papale di San Francesco. 182 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:27,699 It stands five stories. 183 00:14:27,783 --> 00:14:30,911 To bring your people that much closer to your God? 184 00:14:32,163 --> 00:14:33,622 Or further from our demons. 185 00:14:35,583 --> 00:14:38,752 Now, imagine a wall stretching far closer to the sky. 186 00:14:39,587 --> 00:14:40,963 Xiangyang. 187 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:44,132 I present to you the gerege. 188 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:48,220 With this golden tablet, gates will open before you 189 00:14:48,304 --> 00:14:50,306 as you ride to the south. 190 00:14:53,642 --> 00:14:57,062 You will infiltrate the Song fortress. 191 00:14:57,145 --> 00:14:59,106 While Hundred Eyes attends to his task, 192 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:02,568 you will gather information as to the defenses of the rebels. 193 00:15:04,195 --> 00:15:07,155 May I inquire as to Hundred Eyes' task? 194 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,700 He will kill Chancellor Jia Sidao. 195 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:13,620 Sidao's sister has an ally within the walls. 196 00:15:13,704 --> 00:15:17,040 Another whore by the name of Jing Fei. 197 00:15:17,124 --> 00:15:19,918 She also utilized a treacherous stable-boy from our slums 198 00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:21,670 to send messages to Xiangyang. 199 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,547 That is all we have learned at this time. 200 00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:25,924 The Song coronation draws near. 201 00:15:26,925 --> 00:15:31,805 In that moment, the Empress Dowager will preside over a shift in power. 202 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:35,392 Sidao seeks to secure war before that happens. 203 00:15:35,476 --> 00:15:37,811 Securing war secures his power. 204 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:39,980 His death averts it. 205 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:44,234 Ride swiftly, Master Marco. 206 00:15:57,373 --> 00:16:00,709 Mei Lin has a message she would like delivered to Jing Fei. 207 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:05,339 I do not know these names you speak. 208 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:33,075 Your family, their village, is it far from here? 209 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:34,285 No, Chancellor. 210 00:16:35,578 --> 00:16:38,914 You do not need to call me that, brightness. 211 00:16:38,997 --> 00:16:40,458 Not anymore. 212 00:16:41,875 --> 00:16:44,294 What would you have me call you? 213 00:16:46,464 --> 00:16:47,714 What do you like? 214 00:16:48,757 --> 00:16:50,926 You are my Chancellor. 215 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:56,599 Which village is it? 216 00:16:56,682 --> 00:16:57,683 Luzhi. 217 00:16:57,766 --> 00:16:58,809 I do not know it. 218 00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:01,271 It is quite insignificant. 219 00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:02,479 Impossible. 220 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:04,856 It produced you. 221 00:17:07,150 --> 00:17:08,360 Do you see them? 222 00:17:08,444 --> 00:17:10,112 Your parents? 223 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,407 Why? 224 00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:17,786 They do not approve of me. 225 00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:21,582 They are ashamed. 226 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,839 There are so many rules. 227 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:33,802 It is the rules that build the walls. 228 00:17:36,764 --> 00:17:38,306 To keep us apart. 229 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:46,398 And no matter how we wish to break those walls down... 230 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:50,486 the rules allow no margin. 231 00:17:53,489 --> 00:17:55,032 So there we are, 232 00:17:55,115 --> 00:17:57,492 resting our hands on either side of the divide. 233 00:18:00,829 --> 00:18:03,832 No matter the side, we are just people. 234 00:18:06,084 --> 00:18:07,794 That's why I did what I did. 235 00:18:09,046 --> 00:18:10,839 For you people. 236 00:18:14,677 --> 00:18:16,970 Do you believe that to be true? 237 00:18:18,096 --> 00:18:21,767 I believe your heart and your mind are true to one another. 238 00:18:25,979 --> 00:18:27,064 In this moment... 239 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:30,609 you are most significant to me. 240 00:18:42,705 --> 00:18:46,041 Do you wish to take me, my Chancellor? 241 00:18:53,381 --> 00:18:55,217 I... I need you to tell me. 242 00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:58,512 Tell me once again. 243 00:19:02,057 --> 00:19:05,519 The Khan's wife is dead. 244 00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:10,899 Mei Lin announced her cause and you her master 245 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,193 as she slew the Empress. 246 00:19:16,530 --> 00:19:19,908 Do you wish to take me? 247 00:19:25,873 --> 00:19:28,834 I wish to pay a visit to your parents' house... 248 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:32,254 to try to correct their way of thinking. 249 00:20:20,343 --> 00:20:22,929 This is Ba-Tu. Care for him well. 250 00:20:23,013 --> 00:20:25,849 Until my return. 251 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:27,601 We've got to keep moving. 252 00:20:34,149 --> 00:20:37,777 The scum have attacked our father, 253 00:20:37,861 --> 00:20:39,489 the Lord Khan! 254 00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:42,741 The vermin have attacked the Empress! 255 00:20:42,825 --> 00:20:45,035 The Song have vowed to destroy 256 00:20:45,118 --> 00:20:47,913 everything that we prize and hold dear! 257 00:20:48,956 --> 00:20:51,833 Do the sons of Genghis accept this quietly? 258 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:55,170 - No! No! - Good! 259 00:20:55,253 --> 00:20:58,340 My men and the men who follow Princess Khutulun 260 00:20:58,424 --> 00:21:02,135 become one force with one purpose! 261 00:21:02,219 --> 00:21:05,556 To teach the Song devils that we are Mongols 262 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:07,182 and the world is ours! 263 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:11,061 Why should we follow the Princess? 264 00:21:11,645 --> 00:21:13,730 I understand your apprehension. 265 00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:16,441 What does a girl know of battle? 266 00:21:16,524 --> 00:21:20,528 What of your great-grandmothers who rode into war with Genghis Khan? 267 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:24,700 To erase your doubts and ease your fears, 268 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:27,327 I will wrestle the best of you. 269 00:21:27,410 --> 00:21:28,495 Byamba! 270 00:21:28,579 --> 00:21:33,125 Byamba! Byamba! Byamba! 271 00:21:33,208 --> 00:21:35,502 Byamba! Byamba! 272 00:21:35,586 --> 00:21:40,674 Byamba! Byamba! Byamba! 273 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:28,263 You're not the butterfly I expected. 274 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:30,515 And you are not the lioness! 275 00:23:06,426 --> 00:23:09,096 Is the Hall of Fragrance suitable to your comfort? 276 00:23:10,430 --> 00:23:14,142 Yes, it is most pleasing. 277 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:17,730 Tell me about the palace in which you were raised. 278 00:23:17,813 --> 00:23:20,857 It pales beside the palace of the Lord Khan. 279 00:23:20,941 --> 00:23:22,150 You miss it? 280 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:26,863 I miss the fresh blue lake... and my friend, Nergüi. 281 00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:28,656 What became of her? 282 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:30,784 She died. 283 00:23:30,868 --> 00:23:32,911 During the siege? 284 00:23:32,995 --> 00:23:34,287 Yes. 285 00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:38,958 It must be difficult living amongst those who massacred your people. 286 00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:43,505 My people had the opportunity to surrender. 287 00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:45,673 They chose to fight. 288 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:52,555 You have friends here in Cambulac? 289 00:23:52,639 --> 00:23:55,100 My eunuch cares for me well. 290 00:23:56,309 --> 00:23:59,312 What of your sisters in the Hall of Fragrance? 291 00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:06,528 They have little understanding of the people or of the land. 292 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:08,155 You find them unworthy? 293 00:24:09,447 --> 00:24:11,032 They're worthy in their ways 294 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:13,993 but know not of the horse and bow. 295 00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:16,913 Life's truest pleasures. 296 00:24:19,207 --> 00:24:22,752 My days of riding unfettered have long since passed. 297 00:24:24,254 --> 00:24:26,965 We were raised in very similar fashion. 298 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:30,510 Perhaps we might ride together one day, Empress. 299 00:24:30,593 --> 00:24:32,095 Tell me, Princess... 300 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,849 how do you see your future? 301 00:24:35,933 --> 00:24:37,059 My Lady? 302 00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:40,728 You know that you will not inhabit the Hall of Fragrance forever. 303 00:24:41,939 --> 00:24:44,357 I never really think about it. 304 00:24:44,441 --> 00:24:46,484 You may open your heart to me. 305 00:24:46,568 --> 00:24:49,529 I was once your age. 306 00:24:49,612 --> 00:24:52,866 I know the dreams that cloud a royal virgin's head. 307 00:24:54,952 --> 00:24:56,744 I may have wondered. 308 00:24:56,829 --> 00:24:59,289 Who is the lucky man of your thoughts? 309 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:03,418 Is he a prince? A king? 310 00:25:04,794 --> 00:25:08,089 Power and prestige are the concern of the other girls, Lady Chabi. 311 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:11,634 Surely, when you close your eyes at night, 312 00:25:11,718 --> 00:25:14,220 you pray for a man of noble character. 313 00:25:14,304 --> 00:25:19,350 To give my future husband many sons, that is all I pray for. 314 00:25:21,728 --> 00:25:24,397 We shall talk much, Princess. 315 00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:31,696 My father sent Polo to assassinate our enemy. 316 00:25:31,779 --> 00:25:33,031 Why can I not understand this? 317 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:36,076 - Please, explain this to me. - Your father has his reasons. 318 00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:38,244 I have this terrible recurring thought. 319 00:25:39,287 --> 00:25:42,165 Perhaps the wrong brother fell bloody in the dirt all those months ago. 320 00:25:42,249 --> 00:25:44,918 Do not repeat those words aloud, my Prince. 321 00:25:45,002 --> 00:25:46,294 I will forget them myself. 322 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:50,173 Make no mistake, Ahmad, I love my father, I revered him. 323 00:25:50,257 --> 00:25:51,591 "Revered"? 324 00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:56,013 The kingdom has turned its eyes away as it relates to my father's pets. 325 00:25:56,096 --> 00:25:57,931 But no other has risen so quickly 326 00:25:58,015 --> 00:26:01,351 or closely to his side than the Latin. 327 00:26:01,434 --> 00:26:04,687 "Open the gates to outsiders and secrets will spill." 328 00:26:04,771 --> 00:26:07,899 My uncle said those words to me when I traveled to Karakorum. 329 00:26:08,691 --> 00:26:11,319 He may not have been referring specifically to the round-eyed rat, 330 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:12,737 but he could sense it. 331 00:26:12,821 --> 00:26:16,241 My advice? Let us see what transpires. 332 00:26:16,324 --> 00:26:18,618 If Jia Sidao falls and the wall with him, 333 00:26:18,701 --> 00:26:20,287 then the boy is beyond reproach. 334 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:22,580 Your father's plan would have succeeded. 335 00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:24,082 But if he fails 336 00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:27,835 and if the Khan is not motivated to push the boy aside by his own hand, 337 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,797 then we will guide it for him. 338 00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:42,267 The death of Empress Chabi puts us in a position of power. 339 00:26:42,351 --> 00:26:45,645 It was the act of a coward and a scoundrel. 340 00:26:45,729 --> 00:26:47,605 What lives will our people have 341 00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:50,233 when they're enslaved by the Mongol hordes? 342 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:54,070 I so tire of this conversation. 343 00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:56,531 The coronation is upon us. 344 00:26:56,614 --> 00:26:58,992 You will be filled with vigor soon enough. 345 00:26:59,076 --> 00:27:00,285 And in the end, 346 00:27:00,369 --> 00:27:03,371 you may have achieved what you set out to. 347 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:05,415 Our position at the negotiating table 348 00:27:05,498 --> 00:27:08,459 has been weakened by your foolish play against the Khan. 349 00:27:08,543 --> 00:27:10,837 And this is why I suggest, once more, 350 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,215 that we postpone the transfer of power until certainty dawns. 351 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:15,425 No. 352 00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:23,099 Did your sister fall? 353 00:27:23,183 --> 00:27:25,476 One can only assume. 354 00:27:26,936 --> 00:27:29,522 Is there no hole in your heart? 355 00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:31,691 Do you not fear the admission to a daughter 356 00:27:31,775 --> 00:27:34,694 who must face a life without a mother? 357 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:37,572 Life will continue. 358 00:27:39,449 --> 00:27:41,201 And I hope, as her memory fades, 359 00:27:41,284 --> 00:27:43,996 Ling will only remember Mei Lin for what she was... 360 00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,456 a whore. 361 00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:51,003 After you've packed your porcelain, 362 00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:53,546 we will clean up the shambles you've left behind. 363 00:27:53,630 --> 00:27:55,882 What choice do I have? 364 00:27:55,966 --> 00:27:59,844 You have succeeded in your mission, Empress. 365 00:27:59,927 --> 00:28:02,305 May I remain after the ink has dried? 366 00:28:03,431 --> 00:28:07,644 To bear witness the outcome of your bargains with the devil. 367 00:28:07,728 --> 00:28:10,355 You are a free man, Jia Sidao. 368 00:28:10,439 --> 00:28:15,110 Free from responsibility, free from blame, 369 00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:18,113 free to stake your claim wherever you see fit. 370 00:28:19,114 --> 00:28:22,450 Outside the palace. 371 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:25,453 You will always be a citizen of the Song. 372 00:28:27,289 --> 00:28:29,207 If only that were true. 373 00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:42,637 It is as if the gates of hell have opened. 374 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,182 It is the warm embrace of home. 375 00:28:46,683 --> 00:28:48,726 When did you last feel it? 376 00:28:49,977 --> 00:28:52,397 Be mindful of our mission, Master Polo. 377 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,274 It is a hard thing we do. 378 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:58,111 A hard thing you do, Sifu. 379 00:28:59,862 --> 00:29:02,407 I draw pictures while you draw blood. 380 00:29:02,491 --> 00:29:05,785 The Khan makes considerations for my failure 381 00:29:05,868 --> 00:29:07,328 and entrusts you with them. 382 00:29:07,995 --> 00:29:10,248 That is no small thing. 383 00:29:16,213 --> 00:29:17,839 This may not end well. 384 00:29:17,922 --> 00:29:19,924 You continue on, however. 385 00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:25,097 One death weighed against a massacre. 386 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:28,141 And should we fail, we fail for a true cause. 387 00:29:31,061 --> 00:29:33,188 Did I say something to amuse you? 388 00:29:34,397 --> 00:29:38,025 I fear your mind has followed your body into bondage. 389 00:29:39,819 --> 00:29:41,946 You do not believe in the cause? 390 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,160 What one chooses to believe in and what one is compelled to believe in, 391 00:29:47,244 --> 00:29:49,246 there is a difference. 392 00:30:09,099 --> 00:30:10,641 Don't stop. 393 00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:09,492 Stop! 394 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,372 What is your purpose here? 395 00:31:15,373 --> 00:31:17,375 Open up, show me! 396 00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:21,879 - Get away! Move! Go. - Hey! 397 00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:23,548 You want to see? 398 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:24,966 Here. 399 00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:27,719 In honor of the Emperor. 400 00:31:27,802 --> 00:31:30,304 You wish to confiscate the food of His Holiness? 401 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:50,908 Where is she? 402 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,162 She is favored by the Chancellor. 403 00:31:53,245 --> 00:31:55,372 I will not bring her round in the light of day. 404 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:57,540 If I sense you've raised an alarm, 405 00:31:57,624 --> 00:32:00,252 I will find you before my days are done. 406 00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:02,003 Do you believe me? 407 00:32:03,338 --> 00:32:05,923 I could have left you at the gate, monk. 408 00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:10,512 Once I finish, I will no longer be at your service... 409 00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:11,596 yes? 410 00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:17,560 Meet me here when the moon is low. 411 00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:42,752 My son, home from the hunt. 412 00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:46,088 I see your new hawk proves well. 413 00:32:46,172 --> 00:32:48,591 A fruitful and welcome diversion. 414 00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:51,761 Were you on the grasslands? 415 00:32:51,845 --> 00:32:53,805 Your mother is a lovely rider. 416 00:32:53,888 --> 00:32:56,599 I can only assume the Princess is as well. 417 00:32:56,683 --> 00:33:00,937 It was difficult to discern through all the dust kicked in my face. 418 00:33:03,273 --> 00:33:05,983 He stands several hands higher than a Mongol pony. 419 00:33:06,067 --> 00:33:09,571 Mongolian crossed with warmer blood. 420 00:33:09,654 --> 00:33:11,447 - Quite handsome. - Isn't he? 421 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:14,060 Mother. 422 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:16,410 Do I embarrass you? 423 00:33:17,537 --> 00:33:19,372 He is quite handsome. 424 00:33:19,456 --> 00:33:20,581 My daughter. 425 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:22,124 Princess. 426 00:33:23,251 --> 00:33:24,919 Shall we continue? 427 00:33:43,688 --> 00:33:46,899 Are you planning on whittling her down to a skewer for the open fire? 428 00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:48,818 I think you're ready. 429 00:33:50,152 --> 00:33:51,404 I'm more than ready. 430 00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:54,283 War is easy. 431 00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:55,867 The waiting will kill you. 432 00:33:58,745 --> 00:34:01,038 How do you call your shiny friend? 433 00:34:02,582 --> 00:34:04,417 Decisive. 434 00:34:04,501 --> 00:34:07,211 That's a beneficial trait for the one who wields her. 435 00:34:07,294 --> 00:34:10,256 As well as for the one about to receive its sharpened end. 436 00:34:12,842 --> 00:34:15,136 Do you wish to talk about it? 437 00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:17,263 What is there to talk about? 438 00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:20,350 Was it merely theater in front of the troops the other day? 439 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:23,644 You beat me. Why do you doubt? 440 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:26,773 I have seen you defeat far more proficient wrestlers than me. 441 00:34:26,856 --> 00:34:28,065 I do not have the skills... 442 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:30,359 Or the balls to marry me. 443 00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:32,612 So it was a ploy. 444 00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:37,241 You lost by design in order to secure my hand in marriage. 445 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:40,244 You think much of yourself, Byamba. 446 00:34:40,327 --> 00:34:43,706 If I wanted you, I would have had you years ago. 447 00:34:45,041 --> 00:34:49,045 But for now, I am engaged to Decisive. 448 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,509 I would never sever you from your blade. 449 00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:57,845 You needn't sacrifice one for the other. 450 00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,889 The other? 451 00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:03,059 We are warriors. 452 00:35:04,394 --> 00:35:06,270 Yes. 453 00:35:06,353 --> 00:35:08,440 Battle me. 454 00:35:27,709 --> 00:35:29,919 I've done my part. As promised. 455 00:35:30,003 --> 00:35:32,381 You said I would be released from my service. 456 00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:33,548 You are. 457 00:35:42,786 --> 00:35:44,558 Stop it! Stop! 458 00:35:44,642 --> 00:35:47,437 We need to speak about Mei Lin. 459 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:53,192 She is dead? 460 00:35:53,275 --> 00:35:56,446 She was spared for the sake of her daughter. 461 00:35:57,655 --> 00:35:59,408 She said you could help us. 462 00:35:59,491 --> 00:36:01,993 I do not know you, foreigner. How can I trust you? 463 00:36:02,076 --> 00:36:04,286 I do not have the time to earn it. 464 00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:06,163 Your choice. 465 00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:09,792 Step aside, Hundred Eyes. Let her run if she wishes. 466 00:36:21,053 --> 00:36:22,597 I come from Cambulac with news 467 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,100 of the Great Khan's pending assault on your city. 468 00:36:27,393 --> 00:36:30,897 Thousands from the barbarian horde will descend. 469 00:36:31,939 --> 00:36:34,108 Song blood will flow like the Yangtze. 470 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:37,945 And you want me to help you bring this about? 471 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:41,490 I want you to help us prevent it. 472 00:37:03,846 --> 00:37:05,682 You must listen to me, Tulga. 473 00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:09,310 Our lives are in jeopardy. The Empress Chabi asks many questions. 474 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:12,188 It has become clear that she seeks another bride for the Prince. 475 00:37:12,272 --> 00:37:13,940 That is fine. We run. 476 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:16,400 - It is different now. - How is it different? 477 00:37:16,483 --> 00:37:18,652 We can be miles away before she notices you are gone. 478 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:20,154 That is impossible. 479 00:37:20,237 --> 00:37:21,864 What are you saying? 480 00:37:21,948 --> 00:37:24,408 You must leave this place without me. 481 00:37:24,491 --> 00:37:26,368 Then at least you will be safe. 482 00:37:26,452 --> 00:37:27,995 I will not. 483 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:31,457 Someday, we shall be as one in the Blue Sky, if not before. 484 00:37:31,541 --> 00:37:33,459 For now, you must leave. 485 00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:35,920 Do not contact me again. 486 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:58,192 Where were you? 487 00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:03,697 I came to you, earlier. 488 00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:07,451 My apologies, my Chancellor, for not being present for you. 489 00:38:12,624 --> 00:38:15,751 A gift from our brothers-in-arms in Quinsai... 490 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:19,380 for our Emperor's coronation. 491 00:38:26,553 --> 00:38:28,848 A peculiar substance. 492 00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:33,018 Where were you? 493 00:38:42,612 --> 00:38:44,196 At the pleasure house. 494 00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:48,117 I lay with no man, 495 00:38:48,201 --> 00:38:52,288 but... I will never lie to you. 496 00:38:52,371 --> 00:38:55,249 I fear for my future in this house when you are gone. 497 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,919 I sought assurance from the madam that I might return to service. 498 00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:00,087 I will not have it. 499 00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,756 I have no choice. 500 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,555 My meager skills demand it. 501 00:39:13,142 --> 00:39:14,769 Do not say that. 502 00:39:15,895 --> 00:39:17,438 I was mistaken. 503 00:39:19,148 --> 00:39:21,483 I did not know your heart at the time. 504 00:39:34,538 --> 00:39:36,248 We carry this holy edict 505 00:39:36,332 --> 00:39:38,751 in name of our benevolent Emperor 506 00:39:38,835 --> 00:39:41,170 on this, his coronation day. 507 00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:45,299 May his virtue extend to the boundaries of heaven. 508 00:39:46,633 --> 00:39:49,887 May his benevolence sustain the world. 509 00:40:00,815 --> 00:40:03,400 I will be here with horses when you finish, Sifu. 510 00:40:04,610 --> 00:40:06,112 Godspeed. 511 00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,212 To exalt virtue, 512 00:40:23,296 --> 00:40:28,801 so that all should cherish the spirit of kindness and meekness, 513 00:40:28,885 --> 00:40:33,597 and that they should all enjoy a reign of eternal peace. 514 00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:29,236 "I hear and I forget. 515 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,113 I see and I remember. 516 00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,116 I do and I understand." 517 00:41:35,701 --> 00:41:37,035 Do you know this proverb? 518 00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:38,745 All too well. 519 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:41,958 Do you believe in it? 520 00:41:43,459 --> 00:41:46,879 I do not judge the decisions that you have made, 521 00:41:46,963 --> 00:41:49,047 and I will not understand 522 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:53,594 until you set a scholar's pen to parchment. 523 00:41:57,181 --> 00:41:58,933 May his righteousness guide 524 00:41:59,016 --> 00:42:01,978 the teeming multitudes of Song dynasty 525 00:42:02,061 --> 00:42:03,855 with great reverence 526 00:42:03,938 --> 00:42:07,817 and by the 16 Maxims of The Sacred Edict. 527 00:44:40,928 --> 00:44:43,055 Who sent you, monk? 528 00:45:10,082 --> 00:45:12,709 You must take her with you. 529 00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:14,670 - Who is she? - Mei Lin's daughter. 530 00:45:18,966 --> 00:45:20,051 Is it complete? 531 00:45:20,134 --> 00:45:21,051 No, it's not. 532 00:45:26,682 --> 00:45:27,724 Come with us. 533 00:45:27,808 --> 00:45:30,852 The Empress needs an ally. I'm all that remains. 534 00:45:30,936 --> 00:45:33,063 Don't be scared. He'll take you to your mother. 535 00:45:33,147 --> 00:45:34,648 He'll keep you safe. 536 00:45:34,731 --> 00:45:35,774 I'll miss you. 537 00:45:35,858 --> 00:45:37,776 We must ride. 538 00:45:39,278 --> 00:45:40,904 Jing Fei! 539 00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:17,858 Are you prepared to take your throne, my Emperor? 540 00:46:17,942 --> 00:46:19,693 Yes. 541 00:47:00,568 --> 00:47:02,986 They work at pace to repair it. 542 00:47:03,069 --> 00:47:06,448 But as of now... that is our way in. 543 00:47:20,003 --> 00:47:21,380 The Great Genghis, 544 00:47:22,714 --> 00:47:24,466 he of the wolf, 545 00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:27,095 dreamed of a Mongol empire 546 00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:29,805 stretching throughout all of China. 547 00:47:30,972 --> 00:47:36,102 I have sought to realize his dream without spilling Mongol blood. 548 00:47:37,229 --> 00:47:39,565 I have been patient. 549 00:47:39,648 --> 00:47:41,691 My patience has been rewarded... 550 00:47:43,151 --> 00:47:47,155 with the severed heads of men who have marched beside you. 551 00:47:48,156 --> 00:47:51,409 My scholars, ministers 552 00:47:51,493 --> 00:47:55,413 advised me to choose peace over war. 553 00:47:56,707 --> 00:47:59,543 But I am a proud Mongol. 554 00:47:59,626 --> 00:48:01,670 At times... 555 00:48:01,753 --> 00:48:05,257 peace can only be achieved through cruel war. 556 00:48:07,718 --> 00:48:10,346 We begin the expedition 557 00:48:10,429 --> 00:48:13,473 to fulfill our destiny. 558 00:48:13,557 --> 00:48:15,141 You noble men 559 00:48:16,810 --> 00:48:21,232 willing to die for a cause greater than yourselves, 560 00:48:21,315 --> 00:48:22,774 return not with wealth, 561 00:48:24,067 --> 00:48:25,527 nor slaves, 562 00:48:26,570 --> 00:48:28,239 but with honor. 563 00:48:29,781 --> 00:48:32,534 Those of you who do not return 564 00:48:32,618 --> 00:48:34,536 will have your names carved 565 00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:37,038 in the Secret History of the Mongols. 566 00:48:38,290 --> 00:48:42,002 Your wives, children and parents 567 00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:46,423 will hold their heads above other Mongols, 568 00:48:46,507 --> 00:48:50,469 because in their hearts they know 569 00:48:50,552 --> 00:48:55,682 their husbands, fathers, their sons 570 00:48:55,766 --> 00:49:01,938 gave their lives in pursuit of the last dream of our Great Genghis! 571 00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:04,316 For Genghis! 572 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:05,609 For Genghis! 573 00:49:05,693 --> 00:49:07,485 For Genghis! 574 00:49:07,569 --> 00:49:09,321 March!