On Prince Jingim's wedding day, Jingim has a conversation with Hundred Eyes, where the latter offers some words of inspiration (and warning) while sipping a drink from a bowl. Once he's said his piece, Hundred Eyes drains the last of his drink, and this exchange ensues.
Hundred Eyes: Tastes like dog piss. [Jingim frowns suddenly] I recommend plum wine from the southern regions. [Hundred Eyes hands the bowl over, and begins to walk away] Jingim: You drank the whole bowl. Hundred Eyes:[still walking, looks over his shoulder] I did. [Jingim stares for a moment, then breaks into a smile]
Kublai complaining to Ahmad about all the dignitaries he has to hold audience with on the wedding day. He already missed Capture the Bride! Which we see onscreen just previously.
After Marco's return to Cambulac, he visits Hundred Eyes to find the monk in a sparring match with half a dozen students. The match ends with all of the students on the floor, and Hundred Eyes in a badass pose. When Marco asks how long he had been toying with them:
Hundred Eyes: What hour is it? Marco: Before sundown. Hundred Eyes: Hmm... Then give or take, their entire lives.
Not long afterward, Marco demonstrates his martial technique to Hundred Eyes (via more sparring), to show him something he thought an (unknown, besides being female) enemy had recognized during combat with him. Naturally, this ends with Marco on the floor, too. Afterwards:
Marco: What do you think? Hundred Eyes: I think she was surprised by how sadly you defiled the technique.
After learning that his effort to conceive with Kokachin was unsuccessful, Jingim is left wondering why this perturbs Kokachin so much more than it does he. It doesn't take him long to start putting the pieces together (that is, that Kokachin is under pressure from Chabi to produce an heir). He is less than thrilled by his own thoughts.
Jingim: Do you think about my mother when we...? Kokachin: ... Maybe once or twice. Jingim:[gets up suddenly] I... don't know why I asked, I really didn't want to know.
After Jingim defeats his opponent by using his full martial arts skills, the verdict on his performance: "We cannot name you victor, since most... or all of your moves were forbidden." Immediately afterward, the amendment that he should be recognized for his "bravery and honorable honorableness in gamesmanship".
Kaidu's mother Shabkana takes the opportunity to engage Kublai in deliciously petty Passive-Aggressive Kombat during a rather time-sensitive rescue operation, which Kublai of course returns. They try to pull Kaidu into it, who just rolls his eyes and tells them to prepare the horses.
Kublai ranting about his extremely exasperating plan for rallying the chief's support in the Kurultai. It's a typical Kublai moment at first, until Jingim comments that his plan is very wise, and Kublai instantly turns around and angrily tells his son not to do that, because he's trying to be bitter.
The sheer and instant Mood Whiplash when Jingim's monologue to Marco about his new wife is interrupted by a horse coming out of nowhere and thundering past the camera while neighing loudly. Which is twisted in a much darker way by the reveal that follows.
While Kokachin is busy giving birth to the new heir, Kublai comes to visit his son, and finds him already in the company of Marco and Hundred Eyes. And like any father, his go-to activity to kill time is to play a board game. He's not too picky for partners. Unless he is. (When the scene cuts to him, he's apparently just defeated Hundred Eyes in the game.)
Kublai: Next. [Hundred Eyes gets up from in front of the board] Kublai:Preferably someone who can see. [Hundred Eyes walks off silently, and Marco begins to step in] Kublai:And isn't Latin. [Marco and Jingim exchange a Meaningful Look, and Jingim finally steps in]
When Chabi oddly asks for a private moment with Marco rather than new father Jingim:
Hundred Eyes: Perhaps she needed help setting water to boil. Kublai: Get out! Hundred Eyes: Joyfully.
During the process of the Kurultai, Kaidu (with Khutulun) summons his bitter rival Kublai (and Chabi) to his tent one evening, and begins their conversation with an obviously well-thought-out monologue. Khutulun and Chabi get plenty of meaningful reaction shots at the more hidden meaning. Kublai isn't in the mood. After all, he's the only one in the tent who doesn't know the secret at hand.
Kublai: You summon me? Kaidu: Before I lay them down to sleep at night, I tell my children stories of their ancestors. Stories of war... of treason... of honor. These stories were lessons to be imparted, warnings heeded. A map of how to live and how to lead. The story of Börte was a favorite. The first wife and first mother of Khans. How she married Temüjin, the man who would one day reign as Genghis Khan. How she was abducted by the three Merkits in the middle of the night. How she watched as her husband appeared to abandon her, as he fled into the woods. How that husband hunted her down, fought for her freedom and slaughtered to win her back, eight months later. Eight months. And she returned to Temüjin's house, pregnant with their first child. Kublai: Is the point of these stories to put me to sleep?
