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The Story of Saiunkoku

Season 1 · Episode 1

Every Good Story Has a Hidden Side

0.025mApril 8, 2006

After being bribed by a high authority from the palace, Shuurei enters the Imperial Palace as the Emperor's consort and unofficial tutor, in keeping her promise to encourage the prince to rise to the responsiblities of the Emperor and to begin taking interest in the country and the throne.

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Episode 1Every Good Story Has a Hidden Side
Episode 2A Frog in a Well Does Not Know the Great Ocean
Episode 3The Talented Hawk Hides its Talons
Episode 4Casting Pearls Before Swine
Episode 5There is no Genius Without Hard Work
Episode 6Lacking the Finishing Touch
Episode 7Even the Strongest Swimmer May Drown
Episode 8Wanting to Borrow a Cat's Paws
Episode 9The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step
Episode 10Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Episode 11There is no Cure for Lovesickness
Episode 12Discretion is the Better Part of Valour
Episode 13From a Gourd Comes a Horse
Episode 14On a Rock for Three Years
Episode 15Children Do Not Know Their Parents' Hearts
Episode 16There are no Devils in the World
Episode 17Let Sleeping Dogs Lie or Poking a Bush Draws Out Snakes
Episode 18You Can't Hide by Burying Your Head in the Sand
Episode 19If You Love Your Child, Send Her on a Journey
Episode 20Flowers Blooming from Dead Wood
Episode 21The Wise Know When to Approach Danger
Episode 22Where There is Life, There is Hope
Episode 23It's the Company that Makes Travel Unpleasant
Episode 24Water on a Sleeping Ear
Episode 25An Accidental Resemblance
Episode 26Ravens in the Moonless Night
Episode 27The Prettier the Flower, the Higher the Branch
Episode 28Worry Gives Small Things Large Shadows
Episode 29Many Years' Worth of Thoughts in a Single Day
Episode 30Women are Brave
Episode 31A Diamond in the Rough
Episode 32A Woman's Word is Her Bond
Episode 33No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk
Episode 34Poison Gets the Better of Poison
Episode 35Meeting is the Beginning of Parting
Episode 36All is Right in the World
Episode 37Tears Fall Like Rain From Heaven
Episode 38There is no Today After Today
Episode 39Fate is an Inscrutable and Interesting Thing