Original subtitles

♪Wind♪

♪Incidentally blows away fascinating whispers of love♪

♪Whispers of love♪

♪Sound the best with loyalty to the only valentine♪

♪The prosperous life♪

♪Is when we are together all year round♪

♪For the rest of my life♪

♪All I want is a perfect love with you♪

♪I'll remain elegant for you all my life♪

♪Giving you my love little by little♪

♪I care for you with every piece of my heart♪

♪And I miss you every day and night♪

♪I'll be loyal to you in the best years of my life♪

♪Melting love with gentle smiles♪

♪I won't be afraid of anything♪

♪And I won't change my heart for you♪

=Jade's Fateful Love=

=Episode 19=

Your Majesty,

this woman isn't Ashina Zhu,

the Eldest Princess of Dongyu.

Instead, she's Ashina Yueling,

a baseborn princess.

- Baseborn? - Baseborn princess?

This is ridiculous.

Uncle,

you accuse her of being a pretender.

Do you have evidence?

What did you say?

I said,

you accuse her of being a pretender.

Do you have evidence?

Recently, I've known

an imperial painter of Dongyu.

He gave me a painting named The Imperial Banquet.

(Princess Ashina Yueling)

On the painting are

the Emperor of Dongyu and his daughters.

The one on the left

(Ashina Wu'er) is Ashina Zhu, the Eldest Princess.

The one on the right

is this baseborn princess,

Ashina Yueling.

Yeah.

This is an imperial painting.

It has a date

and the labels of figures.

(Princess Ashina Yueling)

Many old ministers of ours met the Emperor of Dongyu.

This painting is authentic, I'm sure.

Your Majesty,

I was in Dongyu as an envoy.

The old man in the painting

is indeed the Emperor of Dongyu.

The seal on it

also proves it's an imperial painting.

Your Majesty,

looks like Dongyu fooled us!

They agreed

to marry you the Eldest Lineal Princess.

What? Use a baseborn princess to muddle their way through?

They're going too far.

- Yeah. - That's right.

- This is aggressive. - Ridiculous.

This is absurd.

- Yeah. - That's right.

They're real princesses.

What's the difference?

Princess Ashina Yueling is good, I think.

Different princess

carry different meanings, too.

It shows poor sincerity

of Dongyu people.

He has a point.

Dongyu is a small state.

But it pushed us too far.

The lineal princess was replaced

and a baseborn princess was sent here.

I think we should give them some punishment.

I will take troops to destroy Dongyu.

Prime Minister, you're wrong.

Indeed,

Dongyu gave us a baseborn princess.

But I heard Princess Yueling

was also favored by the Emperor of Dongyu.

I believe she can

bear the responsibility of the marriage.

The marriage is for the peace between the two states.

Why would we start a war

for the identity problem?

We'll definitely lose more.

Your Majesty, His Highness has a point.

She is a princess, after all.

If we start a war for this,

we may lose too much.

You each have a point.

- Why don't we just...? - Your Majesty.

The lineal identity

is an ancestral rule of ours.

You must not break the rule.

I guess Shiyu knew it a long time ago.

So, he defended her this hard.

Shiyu,

if you knew the truth

on your way to get her back,

you would be

deceiving His Majesty.

- Yeah. - That's right.

Your Majesty,

- I knew... - He didn't know.

I did this all alone.

It has nothing to do with His Highness.

My state isn't involved, either.

Your Majesty, don't involve anyone innocent.

You're a mere girl.

Without a helper,

how could you deceive the escort or the North Prince?

In Dongyu,

there's no difference between princesses.

We're Father's beloved daughters.

After careful consideration,

Father decided to marry my eldest sister to you.

But Beishuo has been appealing to me.

Father didn't allow me to come.

So, I begged my sister to cover for me

and I replaced her.

Later, I was married to the North Prince.

After getting along with him,

I fell in love with him.

I had meant to let it be.

But under such circumstances,

I know I'm wrong.

I shouldn't have made such a big mistake

for my selfish desires.

Your Majesty, please get no one else involved.

Punish me alone.

Brother, punish me instead of her.

Quite plausible.

Plausible!

Who knows if you're telling the truth?

Anyway, Dongyu is in the wrong.

They must learn their lesson from a war!

Your Majesty, Prime Minister is wrong.

The treasury is empty.

Recruiting soldiers will cost money.

Not to mention the weapons and army provisions.

Who will pay for all these?

Indeed.

We'll talk about the war later.

Shiyu wasn't aware.

He didn't deceive me.

Princess Yueling did something wrong.

But she's quite straightforward.

- I think... - Your Majesty.

Dongyu deceived our state.

If we don't give them a lesson,

the other neighboring states

will see us as a joke, won't they?

I will go to Dongyu personally

for the marriage renegotiation.

By then, I'll give you a satisfactory result.

Are you sure you can?

The round trip takes a long time.

How much time do you need, six months,

a year or three years?

Shiyu,

don't waste our time.

I need only one month.

Uncle, you can wait such a short time,

can't you?

Even if you want a war,

you can't get everything ready within a month, can you?

Uncle, in terms of the national relationship,

we prefer peace to war.

When His Highness is away,

how will this princess be dealt with?

Your Majesty, I suggest

she should be put in prison.

Yueling made a mistake.

But a severe punishment will hurt diplomatic relations.

Whatever kind of princess she is,

she's important to Dongyu.

Before everything is clear,

you want to put her in prison.

Uncle, do you insist on starting a war?

Brother, I think

we should put her

in the North Prince's Mansion for reflection.

When everything is clear,

we'll decide what to do.

Shiyu,

we haven't decided

if we'll start a war.

But you defend her so anxiously.

Isn't it inappropriate

to keep her at your mansion?

A conclusion hasn't been reached.

Punishing her casually

will be bad for peace talks.

But Uncle, you have a point.

It's inappropriate to keep her at Shiyu's Mansion.

In this case,

why don't we ground her at the Princess's Mansion?

What do you say?

- It's wise of you. Good idea, Your Majesty.

This room will be sealed.

You can't go out without permission.

(Lucky Pastry)

Are you going to see Her Grace?

I'm going to see her. I must stay with her.

You can't go, Your Highness!

According to Linmu,

her mansion is heavily guarded.

No one can get in.

I can't stay and do nothing!

I wonder if Her Grace can eat regularly

and sleep very well.

I hear only the guards are there.

No servant is available.

- That won't do. - No way.

- No way. - No way.

Can we make some food

and deliver it to her?

Yeah. Shall we make some warm quilts?

Her cold was just gone.

She can't have it again.

- Let's do it. - We're on it.

Calm down!

I know you're worried about Her Grace.

But no one can get in there now.

I'll beg His Highness.

He can try to have the food and quilts

delivered to my sister.

Princess, you can't go in.

Out of my way!

Your Highness,

I failed to stop Prince Xingyi.

It doesn't matter.

How can you still sit here?

My sister is grounded at her mansion!

I was about to see you.

See me?

I'm going to Dongyu.

Will you go with me?

I've sent my men to her mansion.

Your sister will be safe.

My top priority

is to get your father's letter of marriage.

For my sister, I will go.

It's me.

I'm working on the guards out there.

My men will join them in a couple of days.

Then you'll live a better life.

What are you doing here?

Why have you brought so many things?

You're suddenly grounded.

We don't know how you're doing.

Everyone is worried about you.

Xingyi and Qianqian

asked me to bring all this.

Come on.

Look.

(Lucky Pastry)

Put away the food.

I got this fur when I was hunting the year before last.

It's very warm. Use it when you sleep.

Beef jerky?

What's the noise?

Let's go.

They didn't see you, huh?

I'm sorry.

You have to suffer this.

It's a better place than the prison.

It happened so unexpectedly.

Keeping you here is just a stopgap.

I'll do something and get you out soon.

Are you really going to Dongyu?

Even if you weren't exposed,

I would also go there.

With you.

Before marrying a girl,

I should meet her family officially.

It's a very long trip.

Take care of yourself

and come back early.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

I'll have my men

take care of your life here.

You must personally test

whatever you eat here.

Be very careful.

I will.

Wait until I'm back.

(Pleasant and Harmonious)

Your Highness, our men have been placed

in the guards against Her Highness.

Good.

I'm going to Dongyu for the letter of marriage.

You must keep Yueling safe.

Your Highness,

how about you take me with you?

You stay and take care of Yueling.

If anything goes wrong,

you'll lose your life.

Yes.

Your Highness,

everything is ready.

All the post houses are informed.

Horses will always be available.

Good. Get me the horse.

We're leaving immediately.

Yes.

The North Prince has left the city,

heading for Dongyu.

Shall we...?

Don't move rashly.

Before Zhou Shiyu reaches Dongyu,

we won't do anything.

I get it.

You're saying

the North Prince will be killed in Dongyu.

Then a war will be necessary.

Inform all the generals and seigniors

to meet His Majesty in the Capital City

and discuss the war against Dongyu.

Yes.

Wait.

I'll personally write the letter

to the Lord of the South.

Your Highness, you have a poor appetite.

Do you not like the new dishes?

It's not about the dishes.

It's my own problem.

What do you mean, Your Highness?

Tell me. What's so good about Zhou Shiyu?

Why is Princess Yueling

dead gone on him?

When her own life was in danger,

she tried to protect Zhou Shiyu.

When they weren't afraid of death in the court,

they looked rather sweet.

Think about it.

If only someday a girl would also

love me like that!

Your Highness,

however sweet they are,

it's no use unless they're together.

Now, Zhou Shiyu is in trouble.

Why don't we do something at this moment

to take him down?

Why did I not know

you would take advantage of someone else's trouble?

Umm?

What kind of gentleman gives somebody a hard time

when he's in trouble?

Your Highness,

I'm just thinking of you.

Come on, Your Highness.

I won't kick him when he's down.

Neither will you.

I won't. It's my fault.

Forgive me, Your Highness.

Su Nian, stop drinking.

Master ordered you to kill Xingyi.

Why do you not go?

It's my own business.

You stay out of it.

You like him.

So, you don't want to kill him, huh?

But have you thought about it?

If he lives,

you will have to die.

My life is cheap, anyway.

Take it.

Even if you don't kill him,

I don't think

he can stay alive.

He and the North Prince went to Dongyu.

Master sent some assassins.

This time,

I don't think they can be as lucky as before.

What did you say?

Xingyi went there, too?

I'm finally back here.

But this isn't the capital.

At this time of year,

Father must be camping here

to patrol the grassland.

Let's go, Your Highness.

All right.

Who are you guys?

What?

Can't you recognize me?

Greetings, Your Highness.

Go. Prince Xingyi is back.

Let them in.

You wait here.

I'll go inform Father.

Yueling and I sneaked out.

Let me go and apologize first.

Father.

You still come back home, huh?

Father, what are you talking about?

If I didn't come back,

who would give you a massage?

Come on.

Father.

Be seated.

Oh, son.

Did you make some trouble

in Beishuo?

No. How would I?

Then, Yueling must have made trouble.

(To Father)

Check it yourself.

(To Father)

So, Father, you knew it?

Yueling imitated Zhu's handwriting.

(To Father) However perfect it looks,

I can recognize it.

If I hadn't found the problem in time

and brought back Zhu who was leading a vagrant life,

she might still be suffering

with the silly Du Er

while she was pregnant.

Father,

you got back my eldest sister?

And she is even carrying Du Er's baby?

Everything is all right with her now.

Confess.

What trouble did Yueling make?

Nothing, actually.

She was just uncovered for pretending to be our eldest sister.

But she has feelings for the North Prince.

They love each other.

He is right out there.

Father, will you see him?

What's the hurry?

Have him wait.

But...

He's here, anyway.

Isn't it inappropriate to keep him out?

Yueling shouldn't have replaced her sister.

But the young man out there

seems to be brave and righteous.

That's right, Father.

I've told you the truth.

In Beishuo, he protected Yueling very well.

I think they make a perfect couple.

He did really a lot, I think.

In less than half a month,

you arrived in Dongyu.

Some horses must have been dead on the way, huh?

He had horses prepared in every post house.

We didn't even drink water on our way.

We changed horses and rode on.

Father, it's dark out there.

Shall we get him in?

He lived in the wilderness on his way.

Since he arrived, he's been standing all day

He hasn't eaten anything.

If Yueling knows about it,

she'll be mad at you.

Mad at me?

I'm mad at her!

Behind my back,

you switched identities

and Yueling went to Beishuo.

I understand she did that for you and Du Er.

But as the princesses,

you switch places for marriage.

Isn't it ridiculous?

Have you thought about the consequences?

Quite absurd!

Father,

we know we're wrong.

But unexpectedly, when Yueling reached Beishuo,

the Emperor of Beishuo

married her to the North Prince.

Luckily, they're in love now.

Or it would be the fault of Beishuo.

It's indeed the fault of the Emperor of Beishuo.

I love my daughter Yueling,

so I let him go.

If anyone dares to hurt Yueling,

I'll fight all the way to Beishuo!

Father.

Father, calm down.

What's done is done.

You should give Yueling a rightful marriage

so that she can have a powerful backing

there in Beishuo.

Yeah, Father.

The North Prince has come personally.

Shouldn't you talk to him in person?

Be patient.

He's here, anyway.

We'll handle the engagement thing.

However,

I can't let him get what he wants that easily.

Have him wait.

It's not that easy

to be my son-in-law.

I'll talk to him tomorrow.

Let's drink.

Cheers.

(Hope the wind on the grassland)

(won't hurt the North Prince.)

(Or when we're back,)

(Yueling will not let me go.)

(Oh, Your Highness.)

(It's not that I don't help you.)

(Don't stay angry at me.)

You're the North Prince?

I am.

Are you here to break off the engagement?

No.

I'm here to beg you to marry Princess Yueling to me.

Do you really love her?

I do.

So, I'm formally proposing.

You stood all day and night

without eating or drinking.

Have some hot soup to get warm.

Father will talk to you.

Yesterday, I had my say.

But Father just didn't see you.

He didn't even allow us to tip you off.

Sorry for this.

It's all right.

Take me to your father.

I know about your feelings for Yueling.

So, do you approve

my marriage with her?

If you want to marry my daughter,

what will you offer?

Peace of our states.

What do you mean?

Unless I'm dead,

there won't be a war between our states.

Relations between the two states always change.

How can I trust your guarantee alone?

You're right, Your Majesty.

So, please give me a written decree.

It'll not only get Yueling and me together

but also relieve the tensions

between our states.

Yueling.

I miss you so much.

Shiyu,

you're finally back.

Why do you look so haggard?

I'm fine.

Some time ago, your brother released me.

Sorry to have you suffered.

Is everything all right?

Everything is all right here.

What about you?

Was your trip to Dongyu smooth?

Did my father give you a hard time?

Your father approved my proposal.

You and I won't be parted again.

Come on. Let's go to the palace

and ask Brother to hold our wedding early.

Shiyu!

Protect His Highness!

Your Highness!

(Deqing Hall)

Your Majesty!

Bad news, Your Majesty.

Don't panic. So indecent.

The North Prince...

On... On his way back,

he was assassinated

and he died in Dongyu!

Your Grace, dinner is ready.

What happened to you?

Did anyone bully you?

Your Grace, I'm indebted to His Highness.

I haven't paid him back yet.

Today, I heard people say

His Highness died.

You're used to your identity quickly.

You talk like a princess now.

♪Time doesn't last till the end♪

Are you or are you not the North Prince?

♪As the sky sighs, the stars twinkle♪

I'm fine.

Don't worry.

♪When the destiny isn't clear♪

Do you think my wish will come true?

Of course.

Wish hard and you'll get what you want.

All right. I wish

Princess Ashina Yueling of Dongyu

can be my wife.

I wish I could stay with her for the rest of my life.

♪It tells about meeting and missing♪

♪I look down and kiss your eyes♪

♪Swallowing whatever I want to say♪

♪In my dream, I see the bright moon♪

(Shiyu,)

(I will exchange my life)

(for yours.)

(I just want you to come back alive.)

♪We haven't said goodbye yet♪

♪Clouds slowly float across the sky♪

♪Telling what is awfully bothering♪

♪Ceaseless, love lingers and lingers♪

♪You and I both know it♪

♪In this world, we stay side by side♪

♪Watching the stars rise and fall♪

♪My eyes are red from missing you♪

♪Tonight, I hope the moonlight will♪

♪Kiss your eyebrows♪

♪I'll always be in love with you♪

♪Promising it'll last forever♪

♪As the breeze blows, the flower fades♪

♪Leaving a wish to be fulfilled♪

♪To have joy for the rest of its life♪

♪I'll stay with you for thousands of years♪

♪Until we grow old together♪

♪As the breeze blows, the flower fades♪

♪When I look back, you whisper♪

♪Then I wake up from the dream♪

♪Like how we met for the first time♪