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[Fated Hearts]

[Episode 13]

Have a taste, Your Highness.

I made them myself.

I'm not fond of sweets.

My bad.

I should've asked first.

Today, Father set our wedding

for ten days from now.

I have a gift for you.

This is the only thing

my birth mother left me.

My brother said

it counts

as her dowry for me.

We'll each keep one piece.

May it carry her blessing

from above

to keep you safe and well all your life.

Thank you.

Besides this,

there's another thing

I need to explain to you.

This time,

my brother

made you stay in Susha,

but it wasn't my wish.

After the wedding,

I'll do everything I can

to persuade Father to let us leave.

Please don't hold it

against me

or grow suspicious because of it.

You're overthinking.

Am I really?

I can see whether you're

upset or pleased.

From now on,

I'll always

stay by your side

and serve you as your wife

and your right hand.

Whether our two countries are at war or peace,

in good times or bad,

I'll never break

the promise I've made today.

You're so kind to me.

I've no way to repay it.

Hearing you say that

puts my mind at ease.

It's getting late.

You'd better head back.

Advisor Xiao has been captured by Feng Suige.

Have you told His Highness?

Let me see him at once.

[Jingming Garden]

I have urgent news to report.

Officer Ning.

His Highness already knows.

He asked me to tell you

that everything

must wait until after the wedding.

There were Jinxiu's undercover guards lying in wait on the way.

And they knew

they couldn't make a move in Yujing City,

so they used those children

to force her out.

As for who has the power

to command those undercover guards,

you don't need me

to tell you, do you?

[Pub]

What?

Thinking of putting an arrow

straight through Xia Jingshi's heart?

Seems the famed Jinxiu general's thirst

for vengeance is no lie.

You captured Xiao Weiran

and told Ning Fei everything.

It's even worse than killing them.

How vicious.

The bond between the Three Heroes of Jinxiu

has become a toy in your hands.

If I didn't do this, how else could I get the truth?

If you've got a better way,

I'll hear it.

Let go.

I said let go!

Why do something that grieves those close to you

and pleases your enemies?

My affairs are none of your concern.

I'll make them my concern.

Let go!

♪ The rain drifts endlessly ♪

♪ The old dream burns the heart ♪

Ever since I fell off that cliff,

♪ Dreams sink into ruin ♪

I've lived for only two things:

to find out who wants to kill me

♪ Missing the warmth of your palm ♪

and why.

I joined hands with you

♪ Awaiting dusk ♪

only for the sake of revenge.

♪ Shadows take root in the mountain pass ♪

Now there's one question left:

why does Xia Jingshi want me dead?

♪ In just a moment, tears stained ♪

Once I've fulfilled my promise

to you,

we'll be even.

I understand how you're feeling right now.

Being abandoned by everyone close to you

is truly painful.

♪ Love is a trial, harsh and cold ♪

♪ Who crushes the lingering pain for me? ♪

Those who haven't truly lived it

will never understand.

♪ Clouds vanish, rain ceases, seek me ♪

Don't speak of it so lightly.

Do you know why

my father and I

grew distant?

Years ago, my mother was murdered,

and he turned a blind eye.

Not only did he get himself a new empress,

but he also forbade anyone

from mentioning my mother again.

He even forced me to call the culprit Mother.

And the old nursemaid

who'd been with me since I was born—

to win favor with my enemy,

she tried

to burn me alive in my sleep.

And my swordsmanship teacher…

They all used my trust

and tried every possible way

to kill me.

I suppose this is what they call

being betrayed by everyone.

Unfortunately, I was hard to kill

and survived.

The powerful First Prince of Susha—

exalted

and ruthless—

yet not at all

the glorious figure

others imagine.

That's why staying alive

is what matters most.

Why are you telling me this?

Maybe…

because we share the same misery.

Give me your hand.

♪ Take down the setting sun as my heart ♪

♪ Fold the heaven and earth to make my wings ♪

♪ If fate shows no mercy ♪

♪ Then don't blame my recklessness ♪

I didn't mean to hurt you just now.

♪ I thought this life would drift like a solitary sail ♪

If anyone's to blame,

blame yourself for being nosy

and overestimating yourself.

♪ Yet I chanced upon you in the smoke-filled alleyway ♪

♪ Like a fleeting flower falling into ♪

Even when you apologize,

you're so defiant.

♪ My eyes ♪

Apologize?

♪ Once I was like a frost-edged sword ♪

♪ Sweeping across the battlefield in gleaming light ♪

You're overthinking it.

♪ Never thought who'd lay me to rest ♪

♪ Once unstoppable and sharp ♪

♪ Now my heart's tied to you ♪

[Zhengnian Hall]

How much did you drink?

This is a medical clinic,

not an inn.

You...

Ning Fei.

Ning Fei!

Ning Fei!

Shunzi.

Fang.

Ning Fei.

Ning Fei.

Maybe

because of what happened with Xiao Weiran,

these past two days,

I've been remembering

things from my childhood.

The three of us were orphans,

wandering on the streets and relying on each other.

Later,

we were taken to the death camp.

I remember

being locked in a cell.

With no food or water,

I was cold and starving,

utterly desperate.

Weiran and Ning Fei

risked their lives to steal a roasted sweet potato

and secretly brought it to me.

Yixiao,

I hid it in my clothes,

so no one found it.

It's still warm. Eat it now.

Yes, hurry and eat.

-We're not hungry. -We're not hungry.

I'm fine.

You eat it.

Eat it now.

Eat.

Is it good?

If it's good, eat more.

Without them,

I wouldn't be alive today.

So what?

The past is the past.

People's hearts change easily.

Everything

in the world is constantly changing.

People's hearts are even harder to read.

Once

we were enemies.

And now, we're sitting at the same table.

Can the past

really stay in the past?

Don't you want revenge?

You couldn't do it yourself,

and you're here to lecture me?

You'll soon see a good show.

Be sure to watch it when it starts.

If you don't dare to face it,

how can you let it go?

Stop looking.

All of you, get out!

Be good and leave.

Shunzi.

How did you know

to go to Zhengnian Villa to find Master?

It was Brother Weiran.

He said Master had been taken away by bad people,

got injured,

and might be recovering at Zhengnian Villa.

When?

Right before you left,

Brother Weiran

told me that.

Don't move!

I haven't finished stitching your wound.

You…

-Brother Ning Fei. -Brother Ning Fei.

Brother Ning Fei!

-Brother Ning Fei. -You may tear your wound open.

You idiot, do you want to die?

Your Highness,

Ning Fei is here.

Why is he here again?

Your Highness,

what does he want this time?

He's here for Xiao Weiran.

So he's finally figured it out.

He's inside.

Say what you need to say.

Ning Fei?

Why are you here?

How are things outside?

Say something!

Does His Highness

have a message for me?

I haven't seen His Highness.

Feng Suige sent you?

I have some questions for you.

The day Yixiao fell off the cliff,

you said someone witnessed it.

Who was it?

I see.

It was all your plan.

You told me to pull back the patrols…

Ning Fei, shut up!

I'll kill you!

Why?

Why?

Why?

Why did you try to kill Yixiao?

Answer me! Answer me! Answer me!

Answer me!

Ning Fei!

Let me ask you,

if His Highness ordered Yixiao's death,

would you kill her or not?

On one side was Jinxiu's great cause

and a military order.

On the other side was someone you saw as family.

How would you choose?

As a soldier,

I must serve my country.

As a subordinate,

I must serve my master.

Ning Fei,

I didn't want you to know all this

because I didn't want you to bear

this heart-eating pain.

I failed Yixiao.

I betrayed my principles.

I deserve to go to hell after I die.

That's my retribution!

But you don't know anything.

None of this had anything to do with you!

Yixiao?

Weiran was right.

As subordinates,

we should serve our master.

If it were me,

maybe I'd be torn too.

In that case…

let's stop making things hard

for each other.

We were family once.

The three of us grew up together,

fought side by side,

and protected each other.

That bond was real.

And that's enough.

I forgot to tell you something.

When we were kids,

you always gave me the precious sweet potatoes.

I actually didn't like them at all.

I only ate them because

I didn't want to hurt your feelings.

Now it's perfect.

I'll never have to eat them again.

From this day on,

the Three Heroes of Jinxiu are strangers!

Swords will draw blood, and all ties are severed!

Yixiao.

No.

The great cause of Jinxiu

has nothing to do

with me anymore!

No matter why Xia Jingshi

wants to kill me,

whatever scheme

he's plotting,

I won't let him succeed!

I'll make him pay!

Yixiao, stop!

Don't talk nonsense.

What do you mean by cutting all ties?

With whom are you cutting ties?

Weiran was wrong.

He knows he was wrong.

I apologize to you on his behalf.

Yixiao, don't say things you don't mean.

Yixiao, stop!

His Highness must have forced him.

Weiran always obeys him.

This couldn't have been his choice.

Stop talking!

I understand.

Mistakes have consequences.

A simple apology

isn't enough.

How about this?

I'll go stab him

to make it up to you.

Do you think I want this?

I don't want this either.

Forget it, Ning Fei.

It's useless.

We can't go back.

None of us can go back.

He's not the Xiao Weiran

we used to know.

And I'm no longer the Yixiao I was.

How did we end up like this?

What are we gonna do?

Yixiao,

we promised each other a future.

Are you asking me?

I don't know either.

Yixiao.

Ning Fei!

Ning Fei!

What's wrong with you?

Ning Fei!

Ning Fei!

Your Highness,

I recorded

their conversation

word for word

without missing anything.

It basically confirms

[Xiao: Ning Fei, I had my reasons.]

what Miss Yixiao said earlier.

[Ning: What reasons? We adopted]

[those kids with Yixiao.]

After the Battle of Pingling,

Xia Jingshi and people from Susha

were having a secret meeting in camp.

Maybe Miss Yixiao

overheard something

and argued with Xia Jingshi.

But what it was exactly—

we don't know yet.

As for Xiao Weiran,

do we keep him locked up?

Yes.

Hold him until Xia Jingshi comes for him.

Yes.

By the way, Your Highness,

Ning Fei was badly injured

when fighting Xun Xiang.

He was shaken in prison just now

and fainted.

Miss Yixiao has already taken him

to Young Mistress Ling for treatment.

How is he now?

From what I saw,

his wound is festering.

He seems to be poisoned.

I wonder if Young Mistress Ling is

able to save him.

I need raw Pinellia and Arisaema.

He…

How is he now?

That arrow was poisoned.

It's been left in for too long.

I'm afraid the poison

has already reached his heart and lungs.

It's not that I'm not skilled enough.

Even if my father were here,

he probably couldn't save him.

Then...

how long does he have?

Two or three days, at most.

Where are you going at this late hour?

Meeting Xia Jingshi now

is hardly a wise move.

I heard Ning Fei is gravely wounded and dying.

I figured you'd storm off in anger

to confront Xia Jingshi.

I'm not here for anything else today,

just to stop you.

Thanks for your concern.

But I need

to face some things myself.

Have you thought about

what to say when you see him?

Are you sure you can get him to reveal

why he wants you dead?

Or do you think

he'll actually tell you the truth?

Whether he does or not,

I want to hear his explanation.

If it weren't for him,

we Three Heroes of Jinxiu

wouldn't have ended up like this.

I'll settle

that score with him sooner or later.

You absolutely should.

But if you're thinking of

killing him today to vent your anger,

I have to remind you—

the royal villa is guarded

by Susha's Imperial Guards.

I know.

Even if you're lucky enough to kill him,

you'll lose your own life

in the process.

Is it really worth it?

[Heaven Coffin Shop]

I decide whether it's worth it or not.

Besides,

we don't just do things

because they are worth it.

You're right.

Some things

are worth

going through hell and high water for.

[Heaven Coffin Shop]

But if you were going to act on impulse,

you would've done it long ago.

You've swallowed your pride

and endured until now.

Wasn't it all to uncover the truth?

[Heaven Coffin Shop]

Your Highness,

I personally went to Zhengnian Hall.

Officer Ning is

indeed badly wounded.

Your Highness,

should we

bring him back?

[Xia Jingshi]

When did the three of them meet?

According to the patrol unit,

it was around noon yesterday.

[Xia Jingshi]

Military Advisor Xiao was locked up

by Feng Suige

in the patrol unit's prison.

[Seal of Xia Jingshi, Prince of Zhennan]

It's surrounded by guards.

Our men can't get in.

Has Yixiao been there?

No.

Take this letter

to Xue Yan.

Tell him

to get Xiao Weiran out

at all costs.

If needed,

he can use the marriage alliance as leverage.

Yes.

Xia Jingshi only sent someone

to Zhengnian Hall

to ask about Ning Fei.

Other than that,

he hasn't done anything else.

Who would've thought the Prince of Zhennan

would be so heartless?

Ning Fei has been

through thick and thin with him.

Now that Ning Fei is dying,

he just turns his back on him.

Your Highness,

doesn't he fear

disheartening his men?

I had you leak Ning Fei's condition

to Xia Jingshi

not to see how cold he is

to his subordinates.

Then what's your intention?

If a Jinxiu guard officer

dies in Susha right before the wedding,

regardless of the reason,

it could sabotage

the marriage alliance.

Xia Jingshi

hasn't made a fuss

about Ning Fei,

which means he doesn't want the alliance ruined either.

So Your Highness thinks

this marriage alliance is part of his plan?

No.

It wasn't Xia Jingshi

who proposed it.

It was the Emperor of Jinxiu—Xia Jingyan.

At most, Xia Jingshi is using

the marriage for his own ends.

Then what exactly does he want?

Fu Yixiao.

That's why Xia Jingshi came

for this alliance—

to take Fu Yixiao away.

Sister,

stop wiping.

You haven't slept all night.

Go get some rest.

How is he?

I just finished the acupuncture.

Some of the poisoned blood has been drained.

Will he wake up?

It's already a miracle that he made it through the night.

There were several times

I couldn't even find his pulse.

Sister,

I'm sorry.

It's all my fault.

My medical skills aren't good enough.

It's all my fault.

Don't say that.

You've done your best.

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have doubted him.

I should've seen from the start

that this had nothing to do with him.

I never should've dragged him into this.

And I definitely shouldn't have said those harsh words.

Those who want me dead are Xiao Weiran

and Xia Jingshi.

He's never done

anything wrong.

When he was little, he used to say

he wanted a home.

He said we Three Heroes of Jinxiu

should go somewhere

with mountains and rivers

and have a house to grow old in together.

We'll bask in the sun,

grow some flowers,

and stop fighting and killing.

The house doesn't need to be big—

just a place we can call home.

I don't know what else I can do

for him now.

With this,

at least he can finally have a home.

[Zhengnian Hall]

Sir.

We're here.

We're here.

[Ling Feng, Master of Zhengnian Villa]

[Zhengnian Hall]

You fool.

Wake up, Ning Fei.

Ning Fei!

Ling Xueying!

Father!

Let go of him.

Your hands…

Let go.

Let go of him!

What are you doing?

I'm treating him.

Who taught you to treat a patient

while bawling your eyes out like that?

You.

Me?

Give me a break!

Father, save him.

Please help him.

That coffin by the door

is prepared for him?

Well-timed.

We'll be needing it soon.

Father,

please save him.

I'm begging you to save him.

Father.

Save him?

He's already at death's door.

Do you want me to ruin my spotless record?

Come with me.

Father,

what are you doing?

Got any silver on you?

Pay the coachman for me.

My medicine box

is still being held as collateral.

Listen to me.

The box is more important than him.

Hurry, let's go.

Father,

what are you doing?

You paid the coachman for me?

Thank you, Your Highness.

Lord Ling.

I've had people searching for you all over.

Why has it been

so hard to find you?

A patient asked me to find some medicine for him.

What do you need me for?

Naturally, I need your help.

I need you to check on a friend's injury.

What kind of friend

deserves such concern from Your Highness?

She's inside.

Come with me.

Father.

Come.

Clench your fist.

Harder.

Alright.

Let me take a look.

Aside from the injury to your hand,

you also have amnesia.

Falling from that height

and not ending up in pieces,

you must've been caught

by branches on the way down.

They slowed your fall.

As for the amnesia,

since it's from a head trauma,

it means there's a clot in your brain.

The clot

is the real problem.

Torn tendons can be reattached.

As for the clot,

with time and treatment,

it can be fixed.

Yixiao,

I told you

my father would definitely heal you.

Thank you.

I have a difficult request.

My injury is not

worth troubling you, Lord Ling.

I only hope you can

save my brother.

Brother?

That dying man on the bed?

Yes.

Haven't you already prepared

a coffin for him?

Better to bury him soon.

Father,

are you seriously going

to just let him die?

I seriously am.

His pulse is shallow, fading fast,

barely there— just the signs of heart failure.

It won't be long

before he takes his last breath.

I, Ling Feng, only treat

those who can be saved.

I never fight Hades for a soul.

Lord Ling.

Please, save him!

Yixiao, don't do this.

Father,

Yixiao is my sister.

Her brother

is my brother.

Lord Ling, your skills are unmatched.

There must be another way.

If you can save him,

I'll do anything you ask.

Miss,

rules are rules.

No amount of pleading will change that.

Get up.

I won't.

Lord Ling,

your skills

can work miracles,

and you have a kind heart.

Please, I beg you.

You can't just leave him to die.

Yixiao.

I can!

Lord Ling!

Yixiao.

Father!

Wait for me, Father.

She's my sister.

You must help her.

Zhengnian Hall.

I-I'm in Yujing now.

I need a place to stay, don't I?

Besides,

Zhengnian Villa

having a branch in Yujing

isn't a bad thing, right?

Such a big house

must be expensive.

Where did you get the money?

I put it on the Emperor of Susha's tab.

You foolish girl!

You've got some nerve!

You're driving me crazy.

Father, where are you going?

Where am I going?

You're such a troublemaker!

I have to run.

With all that debt you racked up,

how am I supposed to pay it back?

Also,

that guy is practically in his grave already,

and you want me to save him?

Why don't you just bury me

with him and be done with it?

Father!

What do you mean?

Lord Ling,

forgive me.

Your Highness, what's the meaning of this?

That girl even knelt to you.

Helping her

would hardly cost you a thing.

She knelt to me. So what?

I could kneel to her too if needed.

Besides,

am I supposed to help everyone who asks?

Those stupid rules of your Zhengnian Villa

should be changed.

Take Lord Ling to the medical hall.

Lord Ling,

please.

Trying to strong-arm me, huh?

Wanna fight?

Don't make me prick you with needles!

-Father! -Let go of me!

I'm warning you, I'll prick you with needles!

Let go!

This is my father's

Seven-Aperture Acupuncture.

It can bring the dead back to life.

It looks simple,

but every twist

and insertion

requires precise skill.

Since my father

agreed to save Ning Fei,

he's definitely not going to die.

Didn't Lord Ling just say

this man couldn't be saved?

Did I say he'd survive?

I've only temporarily sealed

his heart meridian

to control the poison in his blood.

To put it plainly,

I'm just buying him two more days.

That's impossible.

Nothing is impossible.

I don't do miracles.

When I say he can't be saved,

he can't be saved.

Would I lie about that?

If he can't be saved,

why make him live two more days?

Just because I can't

save him doesn't mean no one…

can save him.

Who can save him?

There is a place where they have

a secret blood replacement technique.

It might save his life.

Where is that place?

It's located outside the borders

of Susha and Jinxiu.

Ordinary people can't even

hear of this secret place,

let alone get in.

They have a rule—

anyone who enters

must become one of them

and swear a blood oath

to never betray them or escape.

Father,

how do you know about this place?

I once saved one of those people

in the woods.

That's how I knew their secret.

Miss,

are you sure about this?

If you send your brother there,

even if he's saved,

he'll likely never be free again.

I'm sure.

Being alive is more important than anything.

I agree.

I agree to any condition.

Alright.

Does he have any blood relatives?

The contract

requires a handprint from a close relative.

He's an orphan.

I'm the only family he has.

That's a problem.

What's the problem?

It's just a handprint.

I'll do it.

If you put your handprint,

you'll be

the guarantor.

Their rules are strict.

What they say goes.

If your brother escapes,

you'll need to bring him back.

If you can't,

you'll have to repay

the debt of gratitude in his place.

I understand.

Who's going to draft the contract?

You don't understand.

They are going to save his life.

If he runs,

you'll have to give your life in his place.

I know.

I'm willing to bear all consequences.

Father,

what kind of place is that?

Why does it have

even more rules than our Zhengnian Villa?

What do you know?

If people there are willing to help,

except for those already claimed by death,

they can save anyone.

Father,

that doesn't sound like you.

In all my life,

I've never seen you admit someone else is better.

Then you haven't seen enough.

Draft the contract now.

I'm afraid Ning Fei won't last much longer.

What are you doing?

Making Xia Jingshi and the others

believe that Ning Fei is already dead.

It makes things easier.

Once he leaves this place,

he'll no longer be involved in worldly conflicts.

Jinxiu and Susha

will have nothing to do with him anymore.

This is probably

the best ending for him.

Thank you.

Miss,

I've taken the contract.

From this day on,

you'll be held accountable

for everything

this man does.

Don't worry.

We're not related by blood,

but we'll be family for life.

As long as he's alive, that's enough.

Alright.

I'll draw you a map in a bit

and show you the location.

Once your people

send him there,

they'll take him

after they see the letter.

Remember—

when your people arrive,

they must be blindfolded

and ask no questions at any time.

Understood.

[Jingming Garden]

Thank you for coming in person,

Minister Shen.

Minister Shen.

I've brought the man.

[Jingming Garden]

On behalf of His Highness,

I thank you.

Your Highness.

Aren't you curious

why Feng Suige let you return?

Susha had promised

to return Yixiao to me.

But I gave that spot to you.

You shouldn't have saved me.

I shouldn't have saved you?

If I hadn't saved you,

should I have just let you die?

Better I kill you myself

than let Feng Suige do it!

What did you do wrong?

I failed to kill Yixiao.

Do you have a death wish?

Your Highness,

Yixiao cannot be spared.

She's forgotten everything.

She was about

to come back to me.

Why did you act on your own?

Why did you ruin everything?

She already knows

you were the one who shot her off the cliff.

She also knows

I sent assassins after her.

You know better than anyone

how capable Yixiao is.

If she lives,

she'll be a threat to you.

You're in no position

to make decisions for me.

Your Highness.

I just couldn't bear

to see you backed into a corner again.

Everything I've done

was all for you!

You resent me.

I don't dare.

You resent me for going back on my word.

You resent me for failing to protect Yixiao.

Yixiao is your family.

How could you bring yourself to kill her?

It's all my fault

that you ended up like this.

No!

When we chose to follow you,

we swore an oath.

Our lives

belong to you.

Leave now.

You've been exposed.

Feng Suige will definitely have people

watching you.

Go to the border now

and gather men.

Once I find a way to escape,

you'll be there waiting.

Yes.

[In Memory of Late Mother Qingyu]

Where exactly are you

sending Ning Fei?

Don't ask too much.

When it's time for you to know,

you'll know.

[In Memory of Late Mother Qingyu]

Does it have something to do

with my mother?

I said don't ask.

What's that girl to you?

She's Fu Yixiao, the Red-Clad General of Jinxiu,

who nearly killed me

with an arrow at the Battle of Pingling.

An enemy?

She used to be.

And now?