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00:09the fire must be strong today the travelers will be hungry by the time the sun is high
00:19the road is quiet today maybe the city traders won't come until later in the week
00:26the market was good yesterday mrs oka foresold all her yams before noon
00:31city traders only come when the roads are dry once the rains return they'll vanish again
00:40we should pack up early today this one looks like a very bad storm coming
00:52gozi help me carry the rice inside mama please go and secure the shutters before the rain starts
00:57i'm coming i'm coming this storm is moving faster than i thought
01:04i hope no one is caught out in this terrible storm tonight
01:15that was too close what kind of person drives in weather like this
01:19we should wait for the police we don't know who this person is this person is hot
01:23we cannot stand here and do nothing while someone needs help
01:28sir are you hurt can you hear me my car the road just disappeared in the rain i didn't see
01:35the turn
01:37a man is hurt mgozi we don't turn away someone in need because of fear fine but if this brings
01:43trouble to our home don't say i didn't warn you my name is chidi i'm a businessman from the city
01:50on my
01:50way to enugu i'm sorry to bring trouble to your evening bring him inside gently i have clean cloth in
01:59the trunk and adaize will boil some water for that wound can you walk our compound is just ahead
02:06we'll tend to that wound i can walk thank you for helping a complete stranger
02:16this will sting a little but it will clean the wound properly i still think we should a local authority
02:20just so someone knows he's here it's not deep but it must be cleaned properly so it doesn't get infected
02:27you've been so kind i don't know how i'll ever repay this why are you looking at me like that
02:34i'm just grateful
02:36you didn't have to help a stranger in the rain this will sting at first but the salt water will
02:42stop any
02:43infection from spreading in this village we help that's who we are it's not something we think twice about
02:55you must be hungry it's simple food but it will warm your body it's more than i've had in days
03:06we don't have much but it's hot and it will fill your stomach well your family must be worried about
03:13you wherever they are i have no family here my father and i are not on speaking terms
03:20why are you not speaking to your father he wants me to live a life i never chose marry someone
03:28i don't
03:28love i left because i needed to breathe even if it was only for a few days running doesn't solve
03:34things
03:34my son but i understand the need to escape there is more to his story than he is telling us
03:40tonight
03:46it's not a hotel room but it's dry and safe for tonight it's more than enough thank you ngozi
03:54my sister is too trusting you know she helps every stray that crosses her path but i'm watching you
04:01there is something different about this man like he is seeing ordinary things for the very first time
04:09you're right to be careful you're protecting your family as long as you know that we'll be fine
04:20good morning businessman from the city did you sleep well better than i have in months your home is
04:27peaceful can i help you i learn quickly you have you ever cooked a pot of rice in your entire
04:37life
04:38let him try i want to see this city man draw water without falling into the well fine but if
04:43i fall
04:44you're pulling me out this is much harder than it looks how do you women make it seem so easy
04:53every
04:53single day not bad for a city man maybe there's hope for you yet i told you i learned quickly
05:02next lesson
05:04please fold it tightly like this if the leaf is loose the rice will fall out on the road
05:17what are you staring at now you the way you work it's like watching someone who truly loves what she
05:23does
05:27it's not so special it's just how we survive here that's all
05:33who are those men in the jeep they're not from around here stay calm let's
05:38not draw any attention to ourselves until we know more what's wrong do you know those men in the jeep
05:47those are not ordinary police i need to stay out of sight right now
05:52ngozi take him inside tell mama to keep him in the compound i don't want to put you in danger
05:58because
05:59of me come with me and keep your head down until we know what they want
06:06i'm sorry for dragging your family into this mess
06:12stay calm just act normal you have done nothing wrong here
06:22good evening we're searching for a young man his car was found abandoned near here
06:26a black car yes it skidded off the road in the storm last night
06:30you didn't see the driver at all no one came looking for help the storm was terrible
06:35we only went out to check when the rain had eased stand down we have no warrant to search homes
06:44thank you for being reasonable we are simple people here
06:51if you see him call this number the king is offering a generous reward for information
07:00this is no ordinary businessman this is prince chidubem son of king obiora
07:06a prince here in our village
07:12prince chidubem he lied to us everything he said was a lie
07:18you're a prince the royal guards are searching for you everywhere yes
07:25i was going to tell you a prince you slept on our mats ate our food and lied to us
07:32what else are you
07:33hiding from this family gozi let him speak i want to hear what he has to say
07:40why should we listen he's already proven he can be trusted
07:44i didn't lie i am a businessman or i would have been if my father had allowed me i left
07:50because i
07:51couldn't breathe in that palace the guards offered a reward for information you could have told us the
07:57truth from the beginning the moment people know who i am everything changes look at how you're all
08:02looking at me now you are who you are my son running from it doesn't change it
08:07i know but for three days i just wanted to be ordinary
08:14the king's guards will return if they find you in our home after we lied
08:20there could be serious consequences for this family
08:23i'll leave tonight i'll go back to the palace and face whatever comes
08:27that is your decision to make but don't do it only out of fear
08:31no you came here for a reason maybe you needed to see another way to live
08:37and what if i found something here i don't want to leave behind
08:41this is not a simple thing a prince and a village girl it's like something from a foolish dream
08:51you like him don't try to deny it i don't know what i feel but i know he's not like
08:57us ngazi
08:59he belongs to a world we can't even imagine why did you tell him to stay because when i look
09:05at
09:05him i see someone trapped just like us but in a different cage maybe he needed someone to believe
09:13he could choose his own life for once if he chooses you then what his father will welcome us
09:22with open arms i'm not thinking that far ahead ngazi i'm only thinking that he's a good man
09:29we didn't kidnap him he was hurt we helped that's the truth and what if his guards don't see don't
09:37see
09:37it that way i won't be afraid of my own kindness ngazi that's not who i am
09:51lord protect my daughters and give that young man the courage to face his own truth
09:59they've posted his picture everywhere the search is getting serious
10:04and the reward is probably bigger too this is getting dangerous for all of us
10:10if the chief finds out we hid him we'll be the talk of the village in the worst way
10:15then we make sure the chief never finds out we protect our own
10:22we can't wait any longer he has to leave before someone recognizes him here
10:30we can't wait any longer you need to leave now before someone recognizes you i know i was just
10:36waiting to say goodbye to you properly
10:40you'll need your strength for the road ahead
10:43i don't know how to thank you for everything you've done for me
10:50whatever happens don't let them make trouble for our family
10:54i give you my word chidi no harm will come to this house
11:01so you're going back to your real life going back yes but not running away from what i've found here
11:07with you i've met many people in my life courtiers politicians chiefs all of them wanting something from
11:15me but you wanted nothing you forget this place you go back to your palace and your arranged marriage
11:22no i've made my decision and i'm not changing my mind now
11:28i'm going back to tell my father the truth that i found someone who makes me want to be better
11:36they are here the gods have come back for him there's no more time
11:42your highness your father has been sick with worry dekena these people took me in when i was alone
11:48they are under my protection now go chidi and come back to me when the time is right
11:54i meant every word i said to you today and don't forget who you are when you get back to
12:00that palace
12:10three days ago this felt like home now it feels like a cage made of gold and marble
12:20forgive me father i needed time away from everything
12:23time away you send the entire kingdom into chaos and shame
12:29i am a grown man father i will not be forced into a marriage i did not choose
12:34you speak of duty as if it is a burden to you the marriage to princess amara strengthens our kingdom
12:41it is not about what you want i will not spend my life with a woman i do not love
12:46while my heart
12:47belongs to someone else someone else you mean that village girl who hid you from my guards a food vendor
12:54and her widowed mother you would throw away a royal alliance i would throw away an alliance i never wanted
12:59for a woman who showed me more honesty than i've ever seen here you forget who you are chidubem your
13:06choices are not your own then maybe i never wanted to be a prince at all
13:13go to your chambers we will speak of this tomorrow
13:18and the village girl is not to be brought to this palace
13:25they're all whispering about us the whole village knows about the prince
13:29let them whisper we did nothing wrong and i won't hide in my own home
13:34they'll come for you the king doesn't like villagers meddling in royal affairs
13:39we didn't meddle we showed kindness to a stranger and that's all
13:46maybe he's forgotten already men like him have short memories for people like us
13:54then why do you feel like something has been taken from you that you never even had
14:00because he saw me in a way no one else ever has
14:06god did not bring that young man to our door by accident there is a purpose in all of this
14:14captain
14:16to what do we owe this visit
14:19i come on behalf of prince chidubem he sent me to deliver something to your daughter
14:24he sent you is he all right is something wrong the prince is unharmed but the palace is very tense
14:31the king has forbidden any contact with your family and if the king finds out you came here
14:37what happens to you then the prince is willing to face whatever comes
14:41i have never seen him so determined
14:46the prince said to tell you he meant every word he said thank you captain please tell him i'm waiting
14:59he wrote to me he actually wrote to me
15:05what does it say don't keep us waiting
15:09give her a moment ngozi some things take time to sink in
15:14he says he refused the arranged marriage he told his father about me
15:20he says he's coming for me
15:25i am coming for you he wrote it at the very bottom
15:38a prince who marries without love will rule without heart
15:43your highness speaks with wisdom beyond his years
15:50the boy is more stubborn than i ever was and perhaps that is my own doing
15:59the council tells me you've gained allies
16:02i've spoken the truth some found it convincing
16:06and what truth is that
16:08that my life is my own
16:11that a forced marriage would make me bitter and a bitter king is dangerous
16:16you would bring a village girl into this palace
16:18she would be eaten alive
16:20you don't know her father
16:21she's stronger than you think
16:24stronger than court politics
16:26stronger than the families who will see her as an insult
16:29then let me prove it to you
16:30let me bring her here as a guest
16:33let the court meet her
16:35let them see what i see in her
16:38and if she wins them over
16:40then you will end the arrangement with princess amara
16:43and bless my choice
16:48you are more like me than i care to admit
16:51very well
16:52bring your village girl to the palace
16:55but if she fails
16:57you will honor the arranged marriage without further protest
17:00agreed
17:01but she won't fail
17:03i know her
17:06i told you i was coming for you adaizi
17:09now i'm on my way back
17:20he actually came back for me
17:25i told you i was coming
17:27you did
17:29i just wasn't sure i believed it
17:34he actually came back for her
17:36i told you my daughter
17:37some men keep their promises
17:41i've spoken to my father he's agreed to meet you
17:43meet me
17:45at the palace
17:46chidi i don't belong in that world
17:49i know jollof rice and market prices
17:53your world terrifies me chidi
17:58and if it goes badly
18:00if his family humiliates her in front of everyone
18:03then i'll stand beside her
18:05every step of the way
18:06i'm not asking you to be anything other than who you are
18:11and if your family humiliates me
18:14what then
18:17the palace is not a place that welcomes people like us
18:20i know
18:22but nothing changes unless someone is willing to be first
18:25i can't promise it will be easy
18:27i can only promise i will be there
18:29and i will never abandon you and i will never abandon you
18:33give me a day
18:35to prepare and and to think about all of this
18:39take all the time you need i'll be waiting here
18:43i came here as a stranger
18:46i'll wait here as a stranger just like before
18:50what should i do mama i'm so scared of making the wrong choice
18:54when your father died i thought my life was over
18:57but love gave me a reason to keep going
19:00real love is rare my daughter
19:03it only asks if you are brave enough to hold on
19:07but what if i fail what if they don't accept me
19:11and what if you fly my daughter what if you fly
19:22if i'm going to face a king i should at least look like myself
19:26if you're going to face a king you should at least look like a queen
19:29i'll settle for looking like myself
19:32that's all i know how to be
19:36you look beautiful this morning
19:38i look the same as i always do chidi
19:45go and remember you're not going there to beg for anything
19:49you're going you're going as yourself
19:56i've never been this far from the village before
19:59you won't be alone i'll be right beside you the entire time
20:05i'll be right beside you
20:06everything is so big here
20:08even the sky feels different
20:20this is where you live
20:21it's like a different world entirely
20:24it's just a house adaize walls and floors
20:27you belong here as much as anyone
20:33i've come this far
20:34i won't let fear stop me now
20:40don't look down
20:42these people respect only strength
20:44i'm not looking down
20:47i see them all clearly
20:53so this is the room where i am supposed to be afraid
21:02rise
21:05thank you your highness i am honored to be received in your palace
21:10you are the village girl who turned my son's head
21:12i am adaize daughter of ebere of umucheke village
21:16i am not here to turn anyone's head
21:19i am here because your son asked me to come
21:23what do you have that a princess does not
21:26a princess can offer alliances and wealth
21:29i can offer him peace
21:32a quiet place to breathe
21:36someone who sees him not his crown
21:39pretty words but words do not run a kingdom
21:43no your highness
21:45but a king who has known hunger understands his people better
21:49a king who loves truly will rule with a heart that cannot be bought
21:57i am here because i believe your son deserves to be happy don't you
22:03you are bolder than you look
22:08i have seen many women in this court few have your courage
22:12courage is just truth spoken plainly your highness
22:17father she has answered every question with truth
22:21she has that is more than most who come before me
22:25you would choose this life with its burdens
22:28the scrutiny the expectations the enemies
22:33i am prepared to stand beside your son
22:37whatever comes then you understand more than i expected
22:41the arrangement with princess amara is ended
22:45i will bless this union
22:53we will prove it together father
22:56together that's all i ever wanted
23:01i will prove myself your highness
23:04not with words but with deeds
23:07see that you do
23:09did that really just happen
23:10it did you were magnificent in there absolutely magnificent
23:18i've never spoken to anyone like that before
23:21my heart is still racing inside my chest
23:26are you all right you're still shaking
23:29i'm fine i just never imagined i would speak to a king that way
23:36you were not just speaking to a king
23:38you were speaking your truth
23:40that is why he listened
23:43what happens now do i go back to the village
23:46you stay here as someone the palace must learn to respect
23:56this room is bigger than my whole house back home
23:59it's hard to believe
24:03you'll get used to it i promise it's not as overwhelming as it looks
24:08i'm not so sure i feel like a chicken in an eagle's nest
24:14you are not a chicken in an eagle's nest
24:17you are an eagle who learned to fly low
24:23my mother would not believe this place exists
24:27she will see it soon
24:29your whole family will come for the ceremony
24:36i miss them already
24:37even gozi's sharp tongue
24:43they'll be here soon
24:44and until then you have me
24:47that's the one thing that makes this place feel less strange
24:53tomorrow i start proving myself
24:56but tonight i will just breathe
25:03what is all this i can't wear these things
25:06you can and you will
25:09the court expects you to look like you belong here
25:24you're not leaving your old life behind you're adding to it
25:28but what if i lose myself in all this finery
25:35clothes don't change who you are
25:37they only show the world
25:39what i already see
25:43this one it reminds me of the market stalls at harvest time
25:48then wear it and remember who you are when you put it on
25:54i barely recognize myself but my heart is still the same
26:00i don't know which fork to use first
26:03watch me i'll guide you through everything
26:09you clean up well village girl
26:12thank you your highness
26:14though the village is still in my heart
26:19one wrong move and everyone will remember i do not belong here
26:23did you hear what he said about you i heard
26:26but words cannot hurt me unless i let them
26:32i made it through the dinner without breaking anything
26:35you did more than that you carried yourself with grace
26:40one dinner is easy chidi
26:43a lifetime of proving myself is something else entirely
26:47you don't have to prove yourself to everyone adaize
26:51just to the people who matter
26:53and who matters in this place
26:55the council the servants who will become your allies
27:00and me i matter most of all
27:07you always know what to say to calm my heart
27:10it's because your heart is the only one i've ever truly understood
27:16i will learn every corner of this place until it feels less like a maze and more like home
27:25you're adjusting well i see the prince is lucky
27:28i'm trying captain this world is new to me
27:33if you ever need help understanding palace ways i am at your service
27:37thank you i will remember that kindness
27:43maybe i can do this
27:45maybe i can actually belong here
27:48the king wants to see you
27:50i'll walk with you
27:51i was wondering when he would call for me
27:55be honest with him he values truth above flattery
27:59truth is the only thing i know how to offer
28:04come in sit
28:08thank you your highness
28:10you carry yourself well that is not common in outsiders
28:14i was raised to respect my elders your highness
28:18my son sees something in you that he has never seen in any palace woman
28:24i cannot promise him alliances or wealth
28:27i can only promise him truth truth is rare in this palace perhaps that is why he chose you
28:35or perhaps he chose me because i see him not his crown
28:39my wife chidi's mother was a village girl too did you know that
28:46i didn't know does chidi know
28:50he was too young to remember her she died when he was four
28:54i see something in him too a man who wants to be loved for himself
29:00and you think you can love him better than a princess
29:04protecting him from pain is not the same as letting him choose happiness
29:09you speak as if you know loss
29:11my father died when i was 12.
29:15i have known loss every day since then
29:18loss teaches us what love is worth
29:21it also teaches us not to waste the time we have
29:25i wanted him to marry a princess
29:28because i thought it would protect him from the pain i felt
29:33her name was ifeoma she had your same stubborn fire
29:38not soft your highness
29:40kind
29:42there is a difference and it takes strength to stay kind
29:46i misjudged you adaize
29:49i am not here to prove you wrong i am here to love your son
29:53she's beautiful i see where chidi gets his warmth
29:57he has her heart it has made him soft i thought
30:01i understand
30:04and i will carry that responsibility with honor
30:07i believe you will
30:09i never thought i would leave that room feeling like i had gained a father
30:15what happened you were in there for so long
30:19we talked truly talked for the first time
30:24he showed me a photograph of your mother
30:27he said i remind him of her
30:30he never talks about her not to anyone
30:33he talked to me today that means something is changing
30:36you have done something i have been trying to do for years
30:39you reached him
30:41i didn't reach him
30:43your mother's memory did
30:45but you were the one willing to listen
30:49did it help hiding here
30:53for a while
30:53but the palace always found me eventually
30:58with you i don't feel the need to hide anymore
31:02then don't hide chidi
31:05not from me not from your father not from yourself
31:08i won't i promise you
31:13this is my home now
31:16and i will make it worthy of the love that brought me here
31:20i want them brought with honor
31:23not as villagers but as guests of the palace
31:26i will personally escort them your highness
31:30my daughter is in the palace
31:32the lord has truly lifted us up beyond anything we deserved
31:37what do i wear to a palace everything i own smells like firewood and palm oil
31:42wear it with pride it is the smell of honest work
31:49i never thought i would leave this village in a palace car
31:52not in my whole life
31:56mama
31:58you're here
32:01look at you you look like a queen already
32:07this place is even bigger than i imagined
32:11it's just a house ngozi and you are welcome in every part of it
32:16you kept your promise
32:19you brought her here and treated her with honor
32:26god brought you to our door in that storm
32:29i see now it was not an accident
32:34this palace has more rooms than our entire village
32:37and every door is open to you now
32:42from here everything looks so peaceful
32:46like the world is in order
32:49the king requests an audience with your family
32:52tell him we will come at once
32:54the king wants to see us
32:57simple villagers like us
32:59you are not simple villagers you are my family
33:04rise
33:06you are family of the palace now
33:09your highness we are simple people from a small village
33:14i only taught her to be kind your highness
33:18kindness is the rarest quality in a place like this
33:23i could get used to couches like this
33:26don't get too comfortable we still have a wedding to plan
33:33your father would be so proud if he could see you both now
33:36i feel him with us mama i always do
33:39he never left my child
33:41he's been guiding us all along
33:45i never imagined my wedding would look like this
33:49i never imagined my wedding would feel like this
33:52like it matters
33:56it matters because it's real
33:59not an arrangement not duty
34:02just love
34:05i would wait a thousand storms just to find you again
34:10you don't have to wait anymore i'm right here
34:15are you two going to stand there looking at each other all day or
34:19we were having a moment ngozi
34:21we were having a moment ngozi
34:25you'll have plenty of moments after the wedding
34:28right now
34:30the flowers need arranging
34:36the village is coming to the palace today
34:38i never thought i'd see it
34:40your family has brought new life to these old walls ma
34:45let the ceremony begin
34:48my son has chosen well
34:54you take my breath away
34:57then remember to breathe
34:59we have a whole life ahead of us
35:02i now pronounce you husband and wife
35:07we did it we actually did it
35:14are you afraid of what comes next
35:17a little
35:18but i'm also hopeful
35:21and that feels like enough
35:22well and that feels like enough
35:22well and that feels like enough
35:22well sama
35:22love
35:22you
35:22We've done so hereI come out now