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[Shadow Love]

[Episode 26]

I need water...

Servants...

It's too hot.

Servants...

Servants...

Servants...

Greetings,

Father.

May you

stay in good health.

Today

is Li's burial day.

You couldn't see him off on his final journey.

In heaven,

he must feel it's a pity.

After all,

he was your most beloved son.

Why was Li

killed in Lucheng?

You proclaimed to the world

that he was murdered by the man in black.

But he's

just a nobody from jianghu—

how could he possibly have the courage

to murder Prince Li?

Father, please don't be angry.

You mustn't harm your health.

The entire imperial palace

is busy with

Li's funeral.

I have deployed

all your attendants elsewhere.

Let me

personally serve you your medicine.

You and Li were never on good terms.

Can you truly say

his death

has nothing to do

with you?

Li, Li…

Why is he the only one in your heart?

All these years,

I have served you devotedly, swallowing every humiliation.

Haven't I earned even a shred of your trust?

Or is it that, in your eyes,

the one who should have died in Lucheng

was me?

My mother was of humble birth,

never gained your favor,

and died young in sorrow.

Though I was born a prince,

I grew up having to

tread carefully around others.

Even the lowliest eunuchs

sought to trample me underfoot.

But then,

you suddenly

had me serve at your side

and even named me Crown Prince.

Do you know how overjoyed I was then?

I thought

you finally remembered

our father-son bond

and wanted to make amends to me.

But what was the truth?

I was nothing but a pawn,

to be sacrificed when the fated day comes,

my life exchanged

for your eternal reign.

So you knew this all along?

That year, I unfortunately fell into the water.

Someone rescued me, but I had a persistent high fever.

You stayed by my side the entire night,

holding my hand and saying to me—

Yang.

Yang.

Father...

I'm here.

Father,

I'm so scared.

Father,

can you stay with me a little longer?

Don't be afraid.

I'm here. I'm here.

Don't be afraid.

Don't be afraid.

Leave us.

I...

am immortal,

the sovereign.

I

won't let you die.

I forbid you to die!

I want you

to live well.

In that moment,

were you afraid of losing

your own flesh and blood,

or afraid of losing

the one who would face the calamity for you?

You must not know

that the elixir you take daily

has long been laced by my brother

with a slow-acting poison.

After I die,

the next victim

will be you.

You should eat something.

I added blood ginseng

to this porridge,

which will sustain a bit of your vital energy.

Otherwise, you won't last long.

How confident are you about this?

Why is it that

you still can't remove the Jade Linglong?

We've been trying all along to purify your blood.

We must first wash away the blood pact between you and Li Shuang.

If it remains,

the Jade Linglong will continue to take root within you,

and eventually it will be impossible to remove.

So this is why

you said before that

I would forget Shuang

after the Jade Linglong is removed?

So what

if you forget her?

All attachments in this world

arise from fate.

If you and Li Shuang are destined,

you will certainly meet again.

This hairpin

was found beaside the quicksand that day.

Perhaps Li Shuang, believing she was certain to die,

left it for you as a keepsake.

Now,

I'm returning it to you.

Let this memento remind you of her,

and it may give you the strength to live well.

Only by living

is there a chance to meet her again.

An imperial edict has arrived!

By the Mandate of Heaven,

the Emperor decrees:

The Crown Prince is kind-hearted

and filial.

After my passing,

he shall ascend the throne

in accordance with Heaven's will,

relying on

divine blessing

to govern

the realms,

ensuring peace for generations.

So it is commanded!

I shall obey!

[World]

I don't know when I will lose control again.

To be safe,

I should be locked up

to prevent harm to the innocent.

The more the Jade Linglong merges with you,

the more it will gradually consume your will.

One day,

you'll completely lose control

and become an emotionless killing machine.

By then,

not only will you forget Li Shuang,

♪ A long, lonely road ♪

you may very well harm

♪ Dust and smoke drift endlessly ♪

or even kill her.

So this is why

you said before that

♪ Heart's light flickers ♪

I would forget Shuang

♪ A lingering glimpse like fleeting shade ♪

after the Jade Linglong is removed?

When I was sick,

♪ Love, pure and innocent ♪

you took care of me like this.

♪ Cannot cover the darkness of cold nights ♪

Now it's my turn to take care of you.

♪ I lift a fragment of memory ♪

I thought you liked the man in black,

♪ Lighting the winding paths of the past ♪

so I sneaked back to buy this.

I thought you'd like it if I wore one.

♪ I longingly caress your image ♪

♪ My heart remains steadfast ♪

♪ Always near, never leaving ♪

♪ Watching the fate of the mortal world ♪

♪ Sinking, indulging, again and again ♪

Thank you.

♪ Sweet as honey, willingly so ♪

You don't remember your birthday?

♪ Gathered blossoms ripple on the mirror’s face ♪

I

♪ Wandering in search ♪

have drifted through this life.

So I don't remember mine either.

♪ Love seeps into the marrow, melting ♪

Why don't we make today

our shared birthday?

♪ Never ceasing ♪

How can we just pick a day

as our birthday?

♪ Beyond joy or grief ♪

Why not?

♪ It flows to you ♪

In those biography scrolls you love,

they always say,

"We may not have been born on the same day,

but we wish to die on the same day."

This way,

we would be

born together

and die together.

Year after year,

for an eternity.

♪ The bright moon above ♪

♪ I say goodbye to you in silent sorrow ♪

♪ Alone with old dreams ♪

♪ How could I bear to let them vanish? ♪

♪ So near yet far ♪

♪ A boundary like chains I cannot cross ♪

♪ Days and nights adrift ♪

When the Jade Linglong leaves your body,

All your past memories

♪ Only left flame, rain, and snow ♪

will vanish.

♪ In the shadows ♪

Will everything in the past

♪ Vast darkness, nowhere to be found ♪

and all those promises

mean nothing?

♪ Always ♪

Even if

you truly lost your memory,

♪ How can the feeling of love ever stop? ♪

I would be by your side

♪ I longingly caress your image ♪

♪ My heart remains steadfast ♪

to help you remember me again.

♪ Always near, never leaving ♪

♪ Watching the fate of the mortal world ♪

♪ Sinking, indulging, again and again ♪

♪ Sweet as honey, willingly so ♪

♪ Gathered blossoms ripple on the mirror's face ♪

♪ Wandering in search ♪

♪ Love seeps into the marrow, melting ♪

I've never regretted it,

and I never will.

♪ Never ceasing ♪

♪ Beyond joy or grief ♪

♪ It flows to ♪

♪ Our memories of the past ♪

For you,

♪ My heart remains steadfast ♪

I'll stay strong and live well.

♪ We meet as distantly as rainbow and cloud ♪

I always worry

that I might suddenly forget you.

♪ Though the world ♪

If that day ever comes,

♪ Is in chaos and strife ♪

no matter how far away you are,

I'll find you.

♪ My heart remains unchanged ♪

♪ Lost in fleeting memories ♪

♪ Wandering in search ♪

♪ Vows scattered in the air, yet still remembered ♪

♪ Where love begins ♪

Jin'an.

♪ Where eyes can reach ♪

Jin'an.

♪ It's all for you ♪

Jin'an!

Jin'an!

Jin'an!

Shuang, you're awake?

Bring the ginseng soup.

Yes.

How long have I been in a coma?

It's been days. I was so worried.

No.

What are you doing?

Jin'an was taken by Mo Yin.

We don't know if he's still alive.

I must go save him.

You haven't recovered yet.

You might die on the way.

How can you save him?

But Jin'an...

General Li, you are awake?

I request an audience for an urgent matter.

Congratulations, General. Heaven has blessed you.

You are finally out of danger.

I am here

to deliver an imperial edict.

Where is...

His Highness?

General, you've just woken up,

so you are not to be blamed for not knowing this.

His Majesty...

has already returned to the capital.

His Majesty?

While you were unconscious,

His Majesty was deeply worried.

He intended to stay here until you awoke,

but the late emperor suddenly fell ill,

and he had to rush back to the capital to handle state affairs.

Now His Majesty has ascended to the throne

and unified the realm.

He ordered me to take care of you here and,

once you recover,

to immediately

bring you to the capital.

I still have an urgent matter to attend to

and cannot return to the capital right away.

Please convey this message to him.

His Majesty is grateful for your life-saving deed

and has always regarded you as the most important person to him,

unwilling for you to be constrained

by the formalities of ruler and subject.

Yet after all, he is the sovereign of a nation;

his word is law.

If you insist on disobeying, wouldn't it

be considered defying an imperial order?

Since you know His Majesty is grateful to me,

you should understand

that whether or not it counts as defying an imperial order

is not for you to decide.

After I finish my business,

I will personally request punishment from His Majesty.

General,

you must think carefully!

As a frontier general,

leaving your post without permission

is treason that implicates your entire clan.

Moreover,

to pursue Jin'an,

the fugitive who assassinated Prince Li,

it is not necessary for you to act personally.

Once you return to the capital and meet His Majesty,

the fate of the criminal

will be determined by imperial decree.

Miss Lu, please take care of the General.

I will arrange everything.

Soon,

we will be ready to depart.

This Su Muyang.

He owes you and Jin'an a great deal.

But what did he do?

He threatened you instead.

Shuang,

if you trust me,

let me go to Wuling Mountain for you.

No way.

That Mo Yin

acts suspiciously.

And we don't know whether the people

of Wuling Mountain are good or evil.

It's too dangerous for you to go.

I've heard of

Wuling Mountain before.

Though they are formidable,

most of them are devoted to medicine,

obsessed with herbs and remedies.

Surely

they aren't that malicious.

But human nature is unpredictable.

Indeed.

That damn Mo Yin

pretended to be a good man

and completely fooled me.

I must settle this score with him.

I know you worry about Jin'an

and about me,

but don't worry.

I've faced death,

so I value my life all the more.

On this trip,

I will be careful in every step

and won't take unnecessary risks.

This is a Qianji Needle.

If you encounter danger,

press this button

on the syringe

and a poisonous needle will shoot out.

Carry it for self-defense.

Be cautious in everything.

Once I've arranged everything,

I will go up the mountain to support you.

Remember,

do not point the syringe at yourself.

The Jade Linglong still can't be removed.

What exactly is going wrong?

If this continues,

I'm afraid Jin'an might...

No.

I must find another method

to remove the Jade Linglong.

They have even such rare herbs here?

Wuling Mountain?

Stop!

Wuling Mountain is a restricted area.

[Wuling Mountain]

Outsiders may not enter.

Well...

My Lords.

I need to see your master for an urgent matter.

Please make an exception and let me in.

The Master is in seclusion.

He is seeing no one.

If you're here for medicine,

please go back.

My Lord, you misunderstood me.

I'm a doctor myself.

I don't need your medicine.

This matter concerns Wuling Mountain.

If we miss the timing,

it could be disastrous.

Please leave.

Mo Yin, come out!

Miss.

Wuling Mountain has remained secluded for generations

and does not interact with outsiders.

If you insist on pestering us,

don't blame us for being unkind.

Secluded for generations?

If that was true,

then where did the child in my womb come from?

Child?

Are you saying

you and the Master...

Don't bring up that faithless man with me.

In Lucheng,

we had a romance,

and he promised to spend his life with me.

But as soon as I became pregnant,

he left

without a word.

No, that's not right.

You can't make such a claim without proof.

Just because you say the child is the Master's,

doesn't make it true.

You have a point.

This is the last keepsake he left me.

The Clear Moon Pearl?

Could it be true?

Mo Yin...

Miss, are you alright?

Morning sickness.

Well...

Be careful.

Master,

I have an urgent matter to report.

Haven't I told you?

During my seclusion,

no one is to disturb me.

This is an emergency.

We have no choice but to inform you.

Come in.

Master,

there's a young lady requesting to see you.

She claims

to be from Lucheng.

Lucheng?

What else did she say?

She said

she has

some past

with you.

And she carries

your Clear Moon Pearl with her.

This way, Miss.

Miss.

You may leave now.

Master Mo,

at the General's Residence,

Shuang may not

have shown you the utmost care,

but she was at least courteous.

But what did you do?

You tore her and her lover apart

and seriously injured them.

Before, I thought

you were just unpredictable

but at least a righteous gentleman.

Now I see

I was blind.

Since you've come here,

I assume Miss Li

has told you everything in detail.

What I did

was out of necessity.

It was clearly all fake righteousness.

Where is Jin'an?

I want to see him.

Jin'an is weak

and shouldn't receive visitors.

Weak?

Then I want to see just how weak he really is.

I have no obligation to explain

the affairs of Wuling Mountain to you.

Outsiders are not allowed on Wuling Mountain.

Please leave immediately.

I promised Shuang

I would keep Jin'an safe.

If I don't see that he's well,

even if I die here,

I'll become a vengeful ghost to haunt you.

I never bow to threats.

Miss Lu, you should stop

these little tricks.

Weren't you afraid I'd just stand by

and watch you die?

I... I was so scared.

I thought I was surely done for.

I was not afraid!

If you truly didn't care about people's lives,

you wouldn't have saved me

by the river that day.

How did you get so badly injured?

How is Shuang?

She's fine. Don't worry.

Stop talking.

Your inner breath is in chaos,

and your pulse is dangerously weak.

An ordinary person would've died already.

Take a deep breath.

I'll use acupuncture to stabilize your condition first.

Do you even know what kind of injury he has?

How dare you use acupuncture on him so rashly?

If he dies,

how will you explain yourself?

I should be asking you.

What on earth did you do to him

to make him like this?

Removing the Jade Linglong

is no easy task.

He was already prepared for this.

Now that you've seen him,

you should go down the mountain now

and report to Shuang that he's safe.

He's barely alive,

and you want me to report he's safe?

Your medical skills are excellent.

You even cured

Su Muyang's strange poison with your stupid bugs.

I will not leave

until I see him recover.

This is a serious matter.

It's not a time for your childish stubbornness.

Guards!

Take Miss Lu...

Wuling Mountain's rules are strict.

Outsiders are not allowed to enter.

Don't you want to know

why they allowed me up here?

I'm pregnant. With twins. They're yours.

How dare you speak such nonsense and ruin my reputation?

You're a man. What are you afraid of?

If you don't want tales of your romantic escapades

spreading all over Wuling Mountain,

then let me stay

and watch you treat him.

Otherwise,

I'll easily make up a dozen stories

like this without effort.

Also...

You!

Are you here begging for medicine again?

I made a grave mistake.

I'm willing to accept any punishment.

Your Majesty...

Just kill yourself.

Didn't you say before

that you wouldn't dare die without my order?

Today, I've given that order,

so you have no more worries.

You're not so useless

that you can't even die, are you?

You were useless before,

and now you can't even accomplish the smallest task.

Where is

the shadow puppet

you promised to bring me?

Instead of letting you waste away living,

perhaps today I should show mercy

and release you from this

utterly miserable existence.

After all, a useless person

will always be useless.

Your Majesty,

for the sake of my loyalty to you…

Are you loyal to me...

or to the Brain-Devouring Powder?

I...

Many people want to be loyal to me.

A worthless person like you

has never deserved to serve by my side.

I don't deserve it?

For all these years,

I've done my utmost for every order you gave.

Without me,

would you be where you are today?

I gave up my dignity,

my future,

and everything that comes with being human,

just to stay by your side.

Why can't you grant me

even this small request?

It was through my schemes and efforts

that Yu and I gradually ascended to the highest position.

Everything I have today

is what I deserve.

Back then, Duan Aoze despised you so.

If I hadn't created the Love-Binding Curse,

how would you have become pregnant with his child?

That's what you owe me!

Back then, you betrayed your teacher and ancestors,

willingly descending into ruin.

It was I who saved your life,

letting you barely cling to existence until now.

Shut up!

Kill me! Kill me!

I knew...

you couldn't bring yourself to do it.

Let me ask you—

if I had met you earlier,

would you have treated me the same way?

Pathetic.

Soon,

I'll come to you with the head of Duan Aodeng.

Pathetic.