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These days,

I've visited every surviving soldier

house by house.

This is their testimony.

Each of their memories

is consistent.

Their words

are like reciting from a document,

verbatim.

That's right.

But the doubts

don't stop there.

What else?

What else?

I went to General Liang's tomb

to confirm there were no clues inside,

but I found

his tomb had already been tampered with.

Are you implying

someone wanted to get something from him,

even after his death?

This is enough to prove

there's more to the story from back then.

But if we want to clear

and the others,

I need you

to tell me

the whole story.

Why should we trust you?

After getting to know Jiang Zhu,

I learned

something very important from her:

trust.

I believe in your innocence,

and I ask you to trust my promise.

The former owner of the Gilded Workshop

bought me off the street,

and taught me all my skills.

At 18,

I dreamed of earning some money

with my skills,

then living a simple life in the countryside.

But who would have thought,

two days later,

I was sent to the barracks at the Western Frontier

along with the young girls

from other music houses in the city.

I was from the Sound Listening Pavilion.

[When they came to take us in the middle of the night,]

[I was still practicing fan dance.]

[We spent our first half of life fleeing like duckweed.]

[In the second half,]

[we are like fish on the chopping board.]

[Only General Liang sees us as his own people.]

[If we die in battle, it's one thing.]

[But if the city falls,]

[what will happen to the people inside?]

[Now,]

[we have to send the money and those women]

[to those barbarians.]

That way, even if we lose,

they promise not to sack the city.

Only we, the soldiers

supported by the people,

can trade our lives and dignity

for the safety of the city.

The girls the court is sending

are also our people.

Those women

make a living by selling their smiles.

What's the difference between staying and being sent away?

Liao Que,

you have a wife and daughters,

and you are a father yourself.

How can you say such cruel things?

If the city falls one day,

and your wife and daughters face this, what would you do?

Now, with the enemy outnumbering us,

we're trapped in the city.

This battle

has little chance of victory.

Unless,

you consider another suggestion I've made.

That plan is absolutely unacceptable.

I've seen you play the pipa.

You're indeed the best.

No wonder you won and took the top spot.

But so what?

We're still treated like objects,

given away to those barbarians.

I...

I won't accept my fate.

My parents are dead.

My uncle took over my father's art house

and sold me off.

Now I can't even return home,

but also have to be a ghost here.

I...

Good.

You still have the strength to resist.

It seems you can still run.

You...

Are you going to let us go?

Letting you come here

was my dereliction of duty.

I've already made arrangements.

The girls in the other rooms are waiting at the back mountain.

You should leave quickly.

What are you waiting for? Run!

Did you run out at that time?

Later,

why did you become the Jade Waist Servants?

We

were 120 people in total.

We escaped for a whole day.

Some hid in the cave.

Some

hid under the cliff.

After a night,

the war broke out again.

We ran no more than ten miles

and gathered in the dense forest.

We could see the war

and hear the cries of the dying.

We were all delicate girls,

but at that moment, we had a tacit understanding.

If we just survive,

when will we ever live up to our potential?

If we hide here,

will we eventually be eaten by beasts?

I snuck out last night

and heard Deputy General Liao

talking to the female general

about a butterfly poison.

If it's administered,

it can turn a woman into a fierce beast,

far more formidable than ten men.

If I were given this poison,

I would take it immediately.

We've endured so much humiliation,

living like we're not even human.

I'd rather become a beast with the poison.

We were born as women, with no choice.

We wander, seeking a meal, with no options.

Our lives are our own,

yet we've never

had a say in anything.

Since

none of us wish to live in fear,

why not

take control of our own lives for once?

Let's fight

for ourselves

and for our homeland!

What spirited young men!

But what about us women?

We women

can also have a good time in our youth.

Yes, we women

can also have a good time in our youth.

When we returned to the barracks,

General Liang was seriously injured.

I took the initiative

to ask her to give us the butterfly poison.

So

you became the Jade Waist Servants

with General Liang at that time?

Not at that time.

General Liang thought about it all night

before planting the butterfly poison with us.

Fortunately, five days later,

we narrowly won.

But we also lost 48 comrades.

There were

72 of us left.

So that's how

we won that battle.

But two days later,

when we were proud of our choice,

the swords that should have been swung at the enemy

[were turned against us.]

Cheers!

Cheers!

This poison comes from the barbarians.

Once we return to the capital,

I'll seek a way to counter it.

Those savages screamed "monster" at us,

and ran off in terror. It was exhilarating!

Although the process of being poisoned

was excruciating, like bones being torn,

I think

being a monster can be quite beautiful.

What's the big deal?

Exactly!

When we return in triumph,

I'll petition the Emperor

to record your names

in the Book of Military Merit!

- General Xie! - General Xie!

- Cheers! - Cheers!

Cheers!

What are you doing?

General Liang,

you created these monsters to kill Zhang Shan.

We must avenge Zhang Shan!

We didn't kill Zhang Shan!

Kill them!

Zhang Shan!

Li Si!

Chen Wu!

They're fabricating stories to justify their actions.

The massacre in the barracks,

it was them,

with their blades,

their guns,

and their fire,

with their swords, guns, and fire.

Yunshuang.

It's okay, Yunshuang.

It's okay.

It's okay.

General Liang

turned into a Jade Warrior

to protect us from them.

Those seven days

were like hell to me.

120 people.

72 survived.

In the end,

only 13 survived.

We protected the city,

but General Liang and we

were all branded as demons.

Liao Que holds power and influence.

Even if we know he set us up,

what can we do?

We have no evidence.

Besides,

we are still the Jade Belt Guards.

Jade Belt Guards

guard the country,

they are comrades,

they are heroes.

Thank you

for believing me.

I

will avenge General Liang and all

Jade Waist Servants.

How could Jiu Lang not keep an eye on her?

Jiang Zhu,

we didn't mean to hide

your mother's matter from you.

Because before she died,

she asked us to find you

and let you grow up safely and happily.

Yeah, Jiang Zhu.

Your mother even asked us not to revenge.

She just wanted us to live well.

She didn't want you to be burdened with heavy shackles.

Auntie 6.

Auntie 9.

Auntie 7.

I knew since I was a child

that you thirteen

are good people.

You saved me

and raised me.

But I didn't know

you were so amazing.

Don't worry about me.

My mom

told me that

dying in battle

was her honor.

Now she's even greater in my heart.

I'm not sad.

I'm proud of her.

Shen Miu,

you're the Prince of Yan.

You must have a lot of power.

If you really want to

do something for me,

then help me

clear my mother's name

and restore justice

to everyone.