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[Fighting for love]

[Episode 28]

Greetings, Your Highness.

General Mai.

Please have a seat.

Here.

Try the tea I made myself.

I haven't made tea for a long time so it is not as good as before.

Sorry about that, General Mai.

Your Highness is as beautiful

as the goddess in the painting.

I feel inferior.

General Mai,

I'm flattered by your words.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I should thank you.

You risked your life with Yizhi.

But for you,

Yizhi

wouldn't have come back safely to me.

I am deeply indebted to you.

Tell me, what gift do you want?

By the way, I've bought

an excellent mansion in Shengdu

for you.

Thank you, Your Highness.

But I don't need you to give me anything.

I protected Young Marquis

not because I wanted you to give me any gifts.

I know.

I wanted to give you the gifts

because I hoped to express my gratitude to you.

Besides,

Yizhi will need your help in the future.

Only when you're willing to help us

can our people live a peaceful life

and our country be stable.

Your Highness, it's so nice of you to say that.

But I was just an orphan girl.

I don’t have a big ambition.

Then General Mai,

what do you want?

I want the dead

to rest in peace.

And I want the alive

to live a peaceful life.

How can we get the alive to live a peaceful life?

In my opinion,

only by letting go of the past

can one live a peaceful life.

Letting go of the past?

It's easier said than done.

But you should know that two wrongs don't make a right.

I don't know

how to make things right.

I only know I need to find my true enemy to take revenge on.

Don't worry, Your Highness.

I'll only take revenge on the culprit.

I'll take my leave.

Your Highness.

Mr. Deng has entered the mansion with the emperor's oral instruction.

He's coming.

Your Majesty.

I've done acupuncture.

I'll come again at 7 p.m.

Thank you.

My pleasure.

Let me take my leave.

It's a sunny day today.

Let me ask some people to set up a stage outside

and get some singers and dancers to perform for you

so that you won't feel very bored.

Your Majesty, I have to say

that you should follow the doctor's advice

and take good care of your health.

Other problems will be solved.

I know

I won't be

fully recovered.

Your Majesty, please don't be too worried.

You need to rest.

Zeng...

His family...

To ensure that Zeng Imperial Censor doesn't feel lonely,

I've made his family go with him.

I killed too many people.

Yu...

All the things were done by me.

If there is karma,

it'll happen to me.

Your grandson won't be effected.

I'm sorry that I made you have a hard time.

No.

I'm not having a hard time.

Your Majesty, you're having a hard time.

You know Prince Kang is...

But you had to turn a blind eye to it

and try to get Marquis Dingnan to help you.

Your Majesty,

I'm willing

to do everything for you.

Your Majesty,

please don't be too worried.

Take good care of your health.

Please bless us.

Please bless us.

Please bless us.

If it's useful to pray for blessing,

what's the point of having an army?

One without awe

will be punished by God.

You can go back now.

You...

He was our sibling.

How could you do that?

Don't worry.

I...

I won't hurt you.

After all, you are now the only family member of mine.

Let her go.

Did my mother give you a hard time?

Of course not.

I know what she might have said to you even if you don't tell me.

Listen to me. Let's go back to Qingzhou.

Go back to Qingzhou?

You want me to give up revenge?

I mean after the revenge,

let's go back to Qingzhou and get married.

Let's first think about how we can

stay unscathed after we take the action in the palace.

You've got an idea?

I'll assassinate Qi Jing after I enter the palace.

Then you come and save him.

I...

As long as I'm captured by you,

I'll have a chance to stay alive.

By then, you'll be able to control all officials

and prevent people from rioting.

I think it'll work.

But we need to discuss details.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Skip the formalities.

I'm glad you're here.

Have a seat.

Yes.

Sister.

Recently,

I've been reminiscing about the days

when we had fun together in our childhood.

Back then,

you would laugh out loud

when you were happy.

And after we had a quarrel,

you would look angry and unhappy.

You always wore your heart on your sleeve in front of me.

I miss those days.

If you have anything to tell me,

please say it directly.

I

didn't expect

that we would be so estranged from each other now.

Of all my sisters,

I loved you most

when I was a child.

You always begged me

to take you around.

Back then, you often got sick

and had to take medicine three times per day.

Mother could only rest assured

after she saw you take the medicine.

Although she was not my birth mother,

I felt that she always showered me with motherly love.

I remember once,

I couldn't convince you,

so I took you out of the palace.

I didn't dare to go far

and my study partner of martial arts was a Shang so we went to the Shang family's house.

At that time,

the members of the Shang family were not given noble titles

and they had never had guests from the royal family.

So they panicked

and we caused a big mess.

It was at that time

I met my future husband.

When I saw that you were so happy,

I felt that everything I did was worth it.

I never regretted taking you out.

At that time, I vowed silently

that I would get everything you wanted

for you.

Later,

Mother found out about it

and punished me severely.

But I never regretted taking you out.

At that time,

I made a decision that I'd get Shang Wei

to come to the palace

and be your husband.

You made it.

But then you took him away from me.

I

am so sorry.

I'm not the only one

you should say sorry to.

I know what you mean.

But after all,

we're brother and sister.

I want you

to help me for the last time.

I've decided to abdicate.

I'll abdicate in favor of Qi Huan.

Get up.

Get up. Hurry.

Get up.

Get lost!

What's the matter, Master Pang?

Your Highness.

His Majesty summoned Princess Shenghua.

The old man has been seriously ill for a long time.

He doesn't even want to see me.

I didn't expect that the first person he met after he got sick was her.

And His Majesty is making Qi Yu keep him company all the time.

His Majesty doesn't let him be away from him for a single moment.

Forget it.

A woman and a child

won't have a big impact on the situation.

Come on, keep dancing.

Yes.

If Doctor Du cooperates with us, it'll work.

What if he doesn't cooperate?

Doesn't he care much about

his old and bedridden mother?

You want to threaten him with his mother?

That's not a good thing to do.

I'll just bluff him

into cooperating with us.

By the way,

when the emperor is being assassinated,

the Longyin Guards must be the first group of people to go save the emperor.

You haven't told me

how you'll get the Zhenbei Army

to enter the palace to save the emperor

before Longyin Guards.

I promise you'll be unscathed.

We'll talk about it when we meet Mu Bai.

Right now, we need to go back to the barracks

and assign tasks to them.

General Mai.

Is His Grace here?

Yes. Come in.

Your Grace.

Her Highness wants to see you.

Go back and tell my mother

that I have something important to do now.

I'll go to her when I'm back.

Her Highness said

you must go to her now.

I’ll go to the barracks and inspect the soldiers right now.

I’ll come back to report to you as soon as possible.

Okay, I'll go.

You're a maid from Zeng's mansion?

Did anyone visit Lord Zeng

when that thing happened in Zeng's Mansion?

Your Highness...

I don't have time to waste here.

Tell me!

Princess Shenghua went there.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

You're about to kill her.

Does she want to die?

Your Highness.

Princess Shenghua

is not an ordinary woman.

She did those things

for a reason.

What did Min do when he saw Lord Zeng's maid?

Prince Kang got furious.

He even wanted to kill Princess Shenghua.

But

he has got a wise helper.

Pang Fu?

He must die.

Prince Kang trusts him very much.

It's not easy to kill him.

[Passport]

[Passport]

After you finish this task,

you can go back to Beimo.

Greetings, Mother.

You may leave.

Yes.

Get up.

All these years, I've been cautious with my words and actions

to protect you.

Unexpectedly,

it has got us

so estranged from each other.

Mother, I'm sorry.

What are your thoughts

about getting the throne?

Mother,

didn't I make myself clear?

His Majesty

wants to abdicate in favor of you.

How is that possible?

He tried his best to kill me.

He's always afraid

I would be a threat to his throne.

How come he's willing to abdicate in favor of me?

Maybe it's because he's too old

and sick.

I don't care whether he is pretending to be sorry

or he really wants to make up for our loss.

This is a rare opportunity

for us.

Don't you know what situation we're in?

There is chaos in our country.

And our foreign enemies are waiting for a chance to invade.

Nanxia has lasted for over a hundred years.

Are you really going to let Qi Min

get our country ruined?

You'll regret when you see

that the people of Nanxia

suffer because of your inaction.

Mother.

Qi Min won't make a good ruler,

but Qi Yu is still there.

Qi Yu is too young

to be the emperor that'll stabilize the country.

So I can stabilize the country?

You can.

Because you have Prime Minister Lin and me to help you.

Because the people and the officials long for a good ruler.

Let me tell you, you'll be able to rule and stabilize the country.

Enough, Mother.

Stop.

Don't you know me?

I don't want to rule the country.

I won't be a good emperor of Nanxia.

Why are you so heartless?

If you give up the chance to be the emperor,

how will you repay

your parents who were unfairly killed?

How will you repay

those who risked their lives to protect you?

Have you thought about it?

Fine.

You don't care about them at all.

How about me and your foster father?

He and I

tried our best to bring you up.

Do you see us

as dirt in your eyes

and want to get rid of me as soon as possible?

Mother, don't say that.

You and I both know

all our misfortune

was brought by Qi Jing.

He's too old to be the emperor now.

So he wants me to be the emperor.

If I just accept his offer,

it means he won't be punished the way he should be.

Besides,

all our loved ones

were killed by Qi Jing.

And

because of him,

Mai lost all her family.

If I accept his offer,

it means I'll betray

the people wrongly killed by him.

After all,

you only care about Mai.

You really think Mai

is more important than the well-being of all the people in our country?

Mother.

I don't want to be a ruler.

I just want to protect

all my loved ones in my life.

As long as I can be with Mai,

I'm willing to be impoverished and live in a shabby house.

As long as I can be with her,

I'm willing to face all the difficulties

and bear all sufferings.

You can

sacrifice everything for Mai?

In your eyes,

she's the only important person, right?

Fine.

If you want to leave,

just leave.

Leave.

I don't want to see you again.

Get lost!

Get lost!

Prime Minister.

This is a letter from Marquis Dingnan's Mansion.

[7:45 a.m., Liuyun Temple]

[Daxiong Hall]

Greetings, Your Highness.

Prime Minister Lin, have a seat.

Do you know that

His Majesty summoned me

and told me that he wanted to abdicate in favor of Yizhi.

Abdicate?

It's for the sake of the emperor's grandson.

It's good that there won't be a coup.

Yes.

I asked you to come today

because I want you to do me a favor.

Prime Minister Lin, do you and your wife hope

to marry your daughter soon?

Your Highness, do you want to hold the wedding for them ahead of schedule?

Yes.

Why?

Our children are bound by the engagement document.

They'll get married sooner or later.

It'll be better if their wedding is held on the day when Yizhi ascends the throne.

Then they'll be the emperor and the empress on the same day.

Yes.

Your Highness, if you have met any problems, just tell me.

Does Yizhi

not want to marry my daughter?

Not exactly.

The situation is not stable now.

What if

something goes wrong,

there will be more trouble for us.

Your Highness, even if you didn't tell me about it,

I can understand.

Who is able to surpass my daughter

and win Yizhi's affection?

Who is she?

Mai.

Mai?

The Mai from the Zhenbei Army?

Mai is a woman?

I didn’t mean to hide it from you.

After all, we are like family and should be honest with each other.

I invited you to come here today

to tell you

that even though Yizhi has a crush on Mai,

I'll only allow

Yizhi to marry Zerou.

But

I'm afraid Yizhi is too young

and immature,

so he'll be impulsive.

Yes.

Zerou will be the empress in the future.

She should accept the fact that his husband will have concubines.

Since Yizhi likes Mai,

after the wedding,

Yizhi can let Mai be his concubine.

No.

Mai can never be a member of my family.

Why not?

Because

Mai is Han Huaicheng’s daughter.

She is Han Huaicheng's daughter?

[Lin's Mansion]

[Your Excellency: An emperor should consider it his priority to pay tributes to God and ancestors.]

[An emperor should protect the interests of his people and be kind to his people.]

[Your Excellency]

[Your Excellency]

[Your Excellency: An emperor]

[Your Excellency: The way an emperor rules its country]

[Virtue]

[I'll abdicate in favor of my grandson Qi Yu.]

[I'll abdicate in favor of my grandson Qi Yu. Qi Yu will be the legitimate emperor of Nanxia.]

[All the people in my country should be informed of this decision.]

[I'll abdicate in favor of my grandson Qi Yu. Qi Yu will be the legitimate emperor of Nanxia.]

[All the people in my country should be informed of this decision.]

[Your Excellency: An emperor should consider it his priority to pay tributes to God and ancestors.]

[An emperor should protect the interests of his people and be kind to his people.]

[An emperor should protect his country from foreign invaders and develop his country.]

[However, my grandson Qi Yu is too young to be the new emperor.]

[So I'll abdicate in favor of Shang Yizhi, son of the former Crown Prince. All the people in my country should be informed of this decision.]

Prime Minister Lin, do you know

why

I asked you

to return the document of edict?

No.

Have a guess.

I'll forgive you for anything you might say.

I venture to guess

that you want to

appoint someone as Crown Prince.

Then guess

who I'll appoint.

I dare not.

I dare not guess who the Crown Prince should be.

Yu

is too young.

If I let Qi Min be the Crown Prince,

Yu

will be killed.

Your Majesty.

The dilemma happens again.

It's karma.

Your Majesty.

I'm here to save His Majesty.

Father.

-I... -Your Highness.

Go away.

I'm here to save His Majesty.

His Majesty was too tired. He has just fallen asleep.

Who is making so much noise?

Your Highness...

Prime Minister Lin, nice to see you.

I felt bored

so I was joking with Mr. Deng.

Right?

Prime Minister Lin, you talked to my father for a long time.

Were you discussing something very important?

Your Highness.

His Majesty and I discussed some state affairs.

My policy proposal has been sent

to the Cabinet for a long time.

But I haven't received any feedback.

I don't know who I should ask about it.

It's my fault. Please forgive me, Your Highness.

As you know, the officials have got many things to deal with recently.

It's understandable that they forgot to deal with your proposal.

But they shouldn't have just ignored it.

I will go to the Ministry of Revenue now.

No need, no need.

Prime Minister Lin, you don't have to do that.

As you said,

you have many other things to deal with.

I can wait.

But I heard that

your found a husband for your daughter.

I guess

you must be busy with making arrangements for that.

My apologies.

You're right.

What a pity.

If I knew

you were marrying your daughter,

I would come to your mansion in person and propose to your daughter.

Your Highness, you must be joking.

My daughter is naughty.

I did a bad job in disciplining her.

You're way out of her league.

Well said.

Actually,

though my cousin is naughty,

he is a handsome and talented man.

Prime Minister Lin.

You should be satisfied with him.

Since my father is asleep,

I'll come later.

See you, Your Highness.

Where’s Mai?

Your Grace.

General Mai hasn’t gone to the barracks and hasn't returned yet.

Okay.

Young Marquis.

Put it down.

I'll leave now.

What is this?

It'll help you escape.

How?

If His Majesty sees that the assassin

is in a Longyin Guard's uniform,

what will come to his mind?

He'll definitely believe

that the assassin is a Longyin guard.

Then His Majesty

won't let

the Longyin Guards look for the assassin.

The Longyin Guards will be busy with proving their innocence.

This trick will undoubtedly

make it easier for us to take the action.

That's a good idea.

A thief cries "Catch the thief!"

Longyin Guards try to find the fake Longyin Guard.

If everything goes as planned,

who do you think

will be the right group of people to protect His Majesty and investigate the case?

The Zhenbei Army, of course.

When the Zhenbei Army is ordered to protect His Majesty,

it'll be easy to get you out of the palace safely.

Is there anything else I need to pay attention to?

There's one thing you need to do.

Keep telling yourself

that you're a Longyin Guard.

Mai.

Why were we

asked to get ready to go to the palace and protect His Majesty?

Is Marshal Shang going to stage a coup?

Marshal Shang doesn’t want to be the emperor.

There'll be an assassin

who wants to assassinate the emperor.

But why were we asked to enter the palace to protect His Majesty

and then get the assassin out of the palace secretly?

Because this assassin

knows you well.

Mai.

Will you be the assassin?

Yes.

Because I know why Marshal Shang’s father

killed my family.

Because of the emperor?

No way.

Duke Shengguo made great contributions to winning battles

and was loyal to His Majesty.

Why was he so cruel

as to kill his great helper, a protector of the country?

I also want to ask him this question.

Mai.

I don't mean to throw cold water on your plan.

But have you ever thought about

how you're going to escape

if you fail this time?

Don't worry.

If that critical moment comes,

I will die with him.

By then, Marshal Shang will take the Zhenbei Army

to save His Majesty.

They'll be rewarded for it.

The Zhenbei army

will not be suspected and implicated in the assassination.

But in order to kill him,

you'll probably die. Is it worth it?

How many times

have we risked our lives all these days?

We saved ourselves from danger every time.

With you and the Zhenbei Army,

I believe this time I'll still be fine.

I firmly believe I'll be fine.

Mai.

Don’t worry.

I will get you out the palace safely.