TUESDAY ON TRIBES AND EMPIRES - EPISODE 9 ON JOY PRIME @9: PM

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 At court, the Queen states that since the Emperor is ill, she shall thus convey his future decrees. Shuo protests, Queen says he should take some time off, he say the Emperor must personally convey this and walks towards them. Queen asks if he wants to rebel and Nanku Qi pipes in that he should be punished but Shuo is undeterred.
Gawd, she is so terrible and yet, I have a weird girl crush on her. And here, for the first time, I really appreciated General Shuo's stubborn stupid loyalty. By the way, the Emperor sheds a tear. It broke my heart...

Queen sees Shuo wouldn’t stop so she threatens the Emperor with Sheng’s safety and the Emperor whispers to Shuo to step down.
Oh, he can still whisper? Things are looking up. 

She then brings up the fact that he was missing when Emperor was hurt and the rumors from the lake letter orchestrated by Arch Prince. Shuo kneels in front of them, breaks the Purple Qilin in half and says from now he will share the Military power in the Kingdom with the Nanku Qi to the dismay of other sensible officials.
And to the dismay of me, not a sensible official.
The Emperor’s eyes are deadly as the Queen immediately re-assigns HeGe back from the barren wastelands.
Gaaaaaaaah. She's so efficient. Viper Queen. The Emperor cries some more. 
I know this won't end well for her.  That's my only consolation.

In town, Han Jiang hears rumors of the Emperor and his dad and goes looking for Sheng. Lan Yu’er (his maid) takes him to Sheng but stops him from actually seeing him. She tells him he sometimes loses his mind TT__TT when he sees people he knows. Han Jiang suggests they run away that he will look after them but Lan Yu’er told him the Queen forces him to the palace twice a day to see his dad in that state as to torment him. What a BITCH.
Wow, no words. By the way...who would assign such a pretty young maid to a young man?! I don't get that. Unless it's clear they will have sexual relations.
I was wondering about that myself.  Is she his maid, his housekeeper, his companion/concubine?  Some bit of all three?

Su Yu Ning re-appears at the Palace to plea for re-entry claiming she was pushed off a cliff. Although the Queen suspects/knows her niece orchestrated the disappearance, she (wow that DRESS!) denies her entry and orders her back home to be grounded. Han Jiang gives her something through Han Shan (Han Shan, Han Shan, Han Shan!) as she leaves for home. Han Jiang couldn’t give her personally as he has gone off to the Army.
Huh? She isn't dead? Who caught her (and didn't get flattened in the process)? Mysteeeeeerious. 
Well, she is the future Empress, so she couldn't be dead.

The Queen massages a clearly uncomfortable Emperor saying she doesn’t trust anyone else to do it (The moans before we saw them had me thinking they were doing another form of exercise which is clearly impossible in his state. But still… ). He tells her to go away but she essentially assaults him, kissing him, trying to make him bend to her will.
Ah, never say impossible! I am glad she wasn't raping him. It's not beyond her. 
Clearly it would be exactly her style.

She opens his cover and pulls out Yin Rong’s portrait that’s nestled next to him. She asks for love for taking care of him but he scoffs and says it doesn’t matter, he doesn’t love her. She flings portrait on the floor and watches as he super-humanly moves himself to get it. She asks for his love once again and rips the portrait to shreds when he denies her.
That is so.......goddamit. This scene was so scary and powerful. A man who can barely move, but claws his way to the portrait of a woman he still loves more than life.
And yet, she does not give up even when presented with that evidence...crazy woman.  I *should* have sympathy for her given the whole of their story, but her behavior makes it impossible. 

She goes to Yin Rong’s hall and tells her she’s going to make the Emperor forget what love is till only hatred fills his mind. Then she will be the only one for him. Yin Rong tells her she is pitiful and the barb seems to hit home. But, she steps out and her men burn the hall down with the Emperor right outside. WHAT A VILE EVIL BITCH.
Her logic is off though. This man will never forget his love. 
This I did not expect...but she is clearly going to Hell.

HeYe arrives at the city where the Old Man directed him to and gets drugged and robbed by petty thieves. When they see the ring however, they take him to the Duke Heng ship and when asked where he wants to go, he tells them Han prefecture.
That was cool. It reminded me of Game of Thrones and Arya. Are they merpeople?

We see all our 3 heroes - Han Jiang flourishing at army camp; HeYe in a Titanic pose and Sheng with his Pearl-orb which now shows a woman inside and get a Time Jump! (4 years later)
I love time jumps! Bring it ON! 
Shawn Dou!  Shawn Dou!  Shawn Dou!

A mysterious woman- she calls herself Nanku Qi’s niece but DF subs clearly says she is Princess Ji Yun Cong from a previous dynasty approaches Sheng’s quarters to get a portrait done. Sheng has become a renowned painter and many court ladies try to get him to paint them. She gives a sob story that she lost her lover and would like to offer a painting as offering.
She is dodgy as fook and she's a Nanku. Not good. 
Don't trust anything she says about herself.

Sheng is intrigued by her story and draws her. After, when he goes to get a basin to burn the painting, she steals another painting from his stash. She leaves hurriedly but Sheng follows to ask if she lied. She readily admits but he doesn’t get offended. Rather, he hands her back her portrait. She gives the painting she stole to some mercenaries who back out of their previous arrangement.
Okay, I was really intrigued by Sheng here. What a gentle, interesting young man. 
I really like him.

Sheng orders his remaining paintings to be burnt as to not provoke greed in other people and continues studying his Pearl. His maid asks if there is truly a woman in the orb and he says there is but he has never seen her face.

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Hello great people, hope you are all doing so wonderful. We are continuing with AMAYA and in today’s Episode, 
Cesar proposes to Amaya to sell her lands to him at the same price they had before the fire and Amaya looks straight at him and doesn’t let him fool her and refuses to sell it to him because she still have hope that the star zone will bounce back to its fabulous and glorious state again. Right after Amaya left the room, he destroys the memory card.
Mauro to be able to meet Lucrecia alone by the river side without been accompanied by Cesar, he intentionally commands Cesar to go to the workplace to meet with all of his appointment meetings whiles he attends another meeting somewhere.
Max and Constanza go to the hospital for antenatal and Mariana recommends them to Dr. Marco and after checking on her, he informs them that they are expecting a baby boy. Max then states that the doctor reminds him of his father when he was a young man.
Cesar orders Horacio to put a gun in his mother’s disposition and so that his mum can have it and use it to kill Florencia ones and for all and that Lucrecia is sure of not missing this time around and when she succeeds, she can kill Mauro too with the potassium.
Before Mauro could go meet with Lucrecia, Amaya advices him to very careful because Lucrecia knows how to play his cards without leaving traces and that Mauro is sure of doing and will also make sure to record his meeting with her so he and Amaya can proceed with their case against her. He also asks Amaya to have a closer look on Cesar.
Mariana runs into Domingo at the hospital and he tells her that Cipriano is seriously ill and has been admitted in same hospital and that he is blind for having drunk adulterated alcohol which side effect is irreversible. She goes with Max to check on him and it was really a moment of sadness.
Lucrecia waits nervously for Florencia to arrive but in her place Mauro shows up and many topics of the past come up and Mauro tells her that he knows that she tried to kill Florencia. Lucrecia shoots him but he is wearing a bullet-proof vest and the bullet does not penetrate him.
Lucrecia then confesses to him that Cesar is not his son and then she strikes his head with a stone and this time Mauro falls in the river and Lucrecia leaves him floating there. Lucrecia passes through a boutique to get some dresses and she changes herself.
Lucrecia tells Cesar that Mauro arrived to the appointment instead of Florencia and confronted her and now Mauro will no longer be a problem now because he is dead and she pronounces Cesar as his successor.
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MONDAY ON JHANSI KI RANI

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Scene statrs with Manu and other girls having fun witht the haldi. Prachi teases manu about something and Manu in a fit of playful anger hurls a handful of haldi at prachi. but prachi ducks her head - AND- VOILA!- the haldi flies and lands -

-----on the face of AAISHREE!!!!!!.

 Eevry body is SHOCKED!!! . The two senior vahinis exchange smirking looks. Poor Moropant looks as if he has had a heart attack.

Manu collects her wits and running to Aaishree falls at her feet, seeking her forgiveness. Aaishree is not amused and says some faults are not to be forgiven.  Aaishree asks where is yuor mother? Manu sadly replies that her mother died when she was a small girl and she cant even recollect her face clearly. Manu then goes inside.

Moropant seeks forgiveness from Aaishree. Manu comes with a book and says that this book contains aarti songs of all gods and goddesses and that this belonged to her late mother. She (Manu) is now giving this as a gift to Aaishree. please accept it.  Aaishree touches the haldi on her cheek and says that MAnu has already given her a gift. Aaishree leaves from there. The other girl (aaishree's assistant) accepts the book and leaves from there.

Aaishree goes to Gangadhar Rao and the king asks did she meet her bahu and how was she? Aaishree reples that the girl is very playful emotional and immature. (Some dialogues which I didn't understand) But in the end she says that Manu is eminently suitable to become the queen of Jhansi and that Jhansi cannot hope to get a better queen thna Manu.

(In Manu's rooms) Moropant is scolding Manu- How can you be so irresponsible? What if Aaishree got angry? Manu replies that Aaishree was not angry since she had accepted her gift ( the book). Moropant says that aaishree accepted the book coz she was a sadhvi and not accepting it would be tantamount to disrespecting Saraswati herself.  Moropant fears what will happen if aaishree complains to GR and the marraige is called off. Manu replies that she has not done anything on purpose. She is just a plaything in the hands of Fate.

Just then the Prime Minister of the king (Tantyaji) comes there and informs that aaishee has accepted Manu . There is only one more day left for the wedding.

The younger Wahini of King is conspiring something against the marraige and she goes to Faraser for help but he refuses and tells her that Riots will breakup in Jhansi anytime in future as Shudra's are posing Bramhins.

Moropant recives a letter that the Pandit who will conduct the wedding is unwell and cannot come for wedding.

Younger wahini tells Moropant to arrange the Pandit from Jhansi only.

Same time she see one cleaner clening the road outside of Mahel and thinks of a plan.

Than it is shown that one Pandit is teaching that cleaner some mantras, so he can pose as Bramhin who can condut wedding. Outside Younger Wahini has called Fraser and tells him that she has plan to make wedding flop. As aaishree will not accept the wedding conducted by Shudra, she is very strict about the Riti Riwaz.

PRECAP- Soem drummers are announcing that the barat of the king is arriving that way. The people start jumping and dancing. Manu looks cute in full bridal outfit.

Scene begins with Aaishree praying in front of Ganpati that Manu should always bring luck and prosperity (sowbhagya) in GR's life.

Manu's rooms- manu is being given a ceremonial bridal bath with turmeric and milk, etc by her friends.

SImilarly, Aaishree is also applying haldi (or is it uptan?) on GR. All the time GR is looking at MAnu's potrait which is kept nearby. He is also given a ceremonial bath by his servants.(  A song is being played in the background but I could not follow the lyrics- something about not being able to forget. Was it referring to his first wife?).

Manu is then being decorated with jewels, etc. She walks into her roon and opens her trunk and takes out a green saree. She looks at the saree and is lost in thoughts. She feels a hand on her shoulder and turns to find MOti bai standing there. MAnu remarks sadly that she is remembeing her mother on this day

and that this was the saree she had worn on her wedding day. MAnu wonders whether she will prove to be good wife and an able maharani, had her mother been alive, she would  have offered some guidance. Moti assures her that her mother's blessings would aalways be with her. Two girls then drape the saree around manu and Moti bai remaks that it looks very good on her.

Moti bai then reminds her that it was almost time for seemant(?) pooja - i.e it would be the last time she would eat a meal in her father's house as a daughter.

GR's palace- GR is seated on a throne like chair (my my.... what with the cloak, the jewels and the crown..... he looked gorgeuos today ) Indu is washing his feet and doing aarti (Isn't the bride's father supposed to this?)  Moropant offers some gifts and GR brings his aaishree forward and asks moropant to give the gifts to her. Moropant extends the tray and Aaishree places her hand on it as a mark of acceptance. Moropant then invites them to the feast at his place.

Manu's rooms- NAna bhau is superviising the arrangements for the feast and Prachi- the little girl with the big mouth - is as usual prattling about something and she says something derogatory about Aaisree when - Aaishree appears there behind her back. Aaishree demands her what she said just now, and prachi very cutely says she forgot. Aaishree is charmed by her innocence and says that childern are God's gift and stokes her cheek. Prachi, greatly relieved, make sher escape. MAnu is brought in to the room. She takes aaishree's blessings and sits down to eat, but is overcome by emotion (thinking that she would soon graduate from being Miss Manikarnika Tambey to Mrs Gangadhar RAo) Moropant, himself struggling with his emotions feeds her.

The junior vahini (who obviously had bitten into some green chilllies) whispers that the purohit from the bride's side was yet to reach Jhansi. Aaishree seemd shocked. While washing her hands, Aaishree remarks that it is her Raoba's weddign and that she will not let any obstacle in its way (oh really !! And where were you when Moti Bai was spreading her spider like web around Raoba ?- leaving poor manu to tackle her on her own) Moropant assures her that a substitute Pandit was on his way.

Pipers and drummers are announcing the arrival of His MAjesty GAngadhar Rao. Meanwhile Manikarnika is being escorted from the other side.

That's all folks.