Original subtitles

Your Highness?

Your Highness?

Father, it isn't what you think!

Your Majesty, please allow me to explain myself!

Your Highness.

Wretch, it was you!

That's enough!

=The Architect=

=Episode 23= (Today will be)

=Episode 23= (the last best day of your life)

The state of Daliang is governed with propriety.

How dare you two do that in front of us?

You two...

Do you two have no regard for the palace?

The royal family is utterly embarrassed because of you two!

Your Majesty, please practice wise judgment.

I didn't do anything.

After I received the decree,

I was heading back to reflect on my action.

But when I passed by the royal garden...

Was it you?

You ordered your men to knock me out

in order to frame me!

Prince Duan, if you wish to malign someone,

you have to show us some evidence.

You'd better stop pretending!

Xiao Huaijin!

Say no more.

Father,

although Xiao Huaijin and I

were lying on the same bed,

we did nothing at all.

I'm innocent.

Innocent?

All of my subjects witnessed it themselves.

How dare you say that you're innocent?

So what?

Do they get to dictate

my innocence?

I'm the princess of Daliang.

If they dare to gossip about me,

Father, you should

rip out their tongues instead.

According to the law of Daliang,

those who corrupt the royal court

will be executed.

Your Majesty, please be appeased.

I have a solution

that can protect the name of the royal family

and serve Prince Duan

and Her Highness well.

What is it?

I've heard about this rumor long ago.

It was said that Prince Duan

and Her Highness were in love.

Your Majesty, why don't you grant their wish?

Not only can they be together,

but it can preserve the dignity of the royal family.

No!

Father! I don't want to be married to him!

Yu, I only want to be married to you!

Shut up!

Since it has come to this, you don't get to make the call.

Eunuch Li,

draft a decree now.

Appoint Xiao Huaijin, Prince Duan, as the princess's consort.

He shall marry the princess, Li Wan'er, tomorrow.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You wretch.

Do you think you can get rid of me like that?

I was just returning the present you prepared

to you exactly what it was.

What's the matter?

It's okay for you to hurt someone else,

but it's not okay for you

to be hurt, huh?

I'll kill you right now!

Stop!

Yu.

That wretch was the cause of everything!

I'm innocent!

Your Highness, today's your wedding day.

Please return.

Yu,

you and I knew each other from a young age.

We were childhood sweethearts for years.

Do you actually

have no feelings for me?

There's no way to force a relationship.

It has already come to this.

There's no need to make it worse.

Yu!

Back then,

when you saved me from bandits,

I swore to only marry no one but you.

I can change my ways if I was wrong.

I promise I won't pick on her again!

She can become your concubine,

your co-wife,

or anything she likes!

I'm begging you,

Yu!

I truly fancy you!

Please don't abandon me!

Yu!

Your Highness,

the auspicious hour is nearing.

Let's return to the palace.

Nanny!

Your Highness.

Yu is the person I fancy!

Why must I be married to Xiao Huaijin?

Let's get up.

No matter what Li Wan'er has done to me,

she's sincere toward you.

It's merely her selfish desire to possess.

Not only did we avoid their scheme,

but they also received their just deserts.

Don't let this matter trouble you anymore.

♪As the western moon sinks, the cold lamp burns low♪

♪No one comes knocking at the mountain gate♪

♪The frosty wind and moonlight touch me first♪

Although the view is impeccable, it's fleeting.

It vanishes in an instant.

♪Pear blossoms fill the courtyard, yet love and hate are plucked away♪

♪One robe of discipline cannot tame desire, obsession, or anger♪

Although everything vanishes eventually,

we will encounter wonderful moments

as long as we keep moving forward.

Look.

Look at all of the lanterns.

♪When one look lasts forever, how do I let myself go on?♪

One of these lanterns

used to be lit for me.

But now,

no one will light any lanterns there.

♪Past matters and old memories cannot cleanse the six senses♪

Do you trust me?

Once all of this is over,

I'll light the brightest lantern for you.

♪Fate has long since taken root♪

♪In the mortal world, it's just the two of us♪

♪Trapped by love♪

♪The dim lamp lights nothing as one enters the empty gate♪

♪Past matters and old memories cannot cleanse the six senses♪

♪You are in my dream but there's no one outside of it♪

♪Bound to a single thought, I wander adrift in the ocean of pain♪

♪I can never forget the stars in your bright eyes♪

♪Fate has long since taken root♪

♪In the mortal world, it's just the two of us♪

♪Trapped by love♪

Are you here to mock me?

You and I once promised

to see each other off on their wedding day.

Although you failed to keep your promise,

I have to keep mine.

Shen Changning.

Do you think you've won?

Do you think I've won?

What have I won?

My parents,

my family,

everything I cherished,

all of them are gone.

What makes you think that I've won?

What has that got to do with me?

Is that so?

Do you truly think

that no one would know that you sold Shen Yunqi

and Lian

to a slave broker?

What a shame.

I'm not the only one who knows about it.

Pei Yu knows about it as well.

So what if he knows?

So what if he hates me?

So what if you're still alive?

I will forever be the noblest princess of Liang

and Father's most loved daughter.

All of you will die

as long as I will it!

Has it never occurred to you

why His Majesty took you as his goddaughter

and allowed you to act brazenly

without disciplining you?

Of course I know.

It's because my father

died for the sake of the state.

He was the hero of Daliang.

Father caused me to be an orphan.

And, I was smart and sensible, too.

That's why he doted on me.

Indeed. General Li

was indeed the hero of Daliang.

But His Majesty,

do you think he truly cherishes and loves you?

(Someone in the Li Army) I'm sure you can

(is plotting something) recognize this handwriting.

Isn't this Father's handwriting?

Back then, the Li Army was trapped in a valley for six months.

They were running out of supplies.

The casualties were numerous.

Countless people starved to death.

And, reinforcements were nowhere to be seen.

Our enemy managed to penetrate their defense.

The Li Army suffered heavy casualties.

General Li

fought until his last breath.

Reinforcements were nowhere to be seen

because heavy snow had blocked the pass!

It was due to a natural disaster!

Is that so?

If so, why did General Li make

such a chilling remark before his death?

The formidable Li Army,

were they annihilated by our enemies?

Or did someone plot to do them in?

Someone plotted to do them in?

After the battle of Feiyan Valley,

General Li died on the battlefield.

The Li Army lost more than half of their men.

His Majesty took you as his goddaughter.

Not only did he comfort the emotions

of the remaining members of the Li Army,

but he also managed to enlist them

into the royal family's Imperial Guards.

Since then,

Daliang lacked an iron-blooded army

capable of matching

the prowess of the Imperial Guards,

had one more spoiled and overbearing princess,

and had

the most compassionate emperor in the world.

Nonsense!

Father truly loved me!

From a young age,

no matter what I did,

no matter if they were right or wrong,

he would never punish me!

He didn't punish you

to show the world

his compassion toward you

and the Li Army!

The bigger the mistake you commit,

the more he's able to show his compassion.

He knew that I fancied Pei Yu.

Thus, he granted us a marriage!

Don't you get it yet?

You were always a pawn.

In the past,

you were a testament to royal benevolence.

After that,

you're the bind that shackles Pei Yu.

Li Wan'er, just look at you.

Look at who you're getting married to!

Now, you're merely the veil

that covers the royal family's shame.

He granted you a new marriage to Xiao Huaijin

and didn't defend you

because he knew better than anyone else

that you'd committed too many mistakes.

If he tried to defend you again,

he'd only be reviled by all under heaven

as an incompetent and inept emperor who nurtures villains!

As for you,

you're doomed to be a sacrificial pawn.

Enjoy your wedding night.

From today onward,

you'll realize

that today will be

the last best day of your life.

Where's Her Highness?

Your Highness,

Her Highness has been resting inside.

At least she knows her place.

(End of Episode)

Sister.

Since you want to prove that you are unrelated to them,

just burn

their bodies.

♪Loneliness♪

♪How do I cross it?♪

♪Whom have I ever failed♪

♪Incense burns through a few sticks♪

♪Can the rest of my life be redeemed?♪

♪The flowing years pass through desolation♪

♪Unwilling to forgive past mistakes♪

♪Blaming myself for not protecting♪

♪Our vows as I should have♪

♪Sorrow♪

♪Counting it carefully♪

♪Who stayed by my side through hardship♪

♪There will eventually be a pure land♪

♪Where all karmic burden is cast away♪

♪Not until worldly splendor fades♪

♪Can one understand what cuts to the bone♪

♪At dusk, with white hair♪

♪I still cannot fathom destiny♪

♪After countless struggles across the waters♪

♪At last the lotus heart awakens♪

♪Drifting across three lifetimes♪

♪Just to wait for your once-in-a-thousand-years glance♪

♪The distant mountains fade along the path home♪

♪I walk with you through morning bells and evening drums♪

♪Our story lies in the mountains♪

♪Like an ink-washed immortal painting♪

♪Where blossoms fall♪

♪I'm glad the fragrance in our hearts stays the same♪

♪Youth slips away♪

♪Just to wait for your once-in-a-thousand-years glance♪

♪Dreams wander back to the old road where we met♪

♪Watching you gently play the zither♪

♪Time rests upon the strings♪

♪Waiting for someone to brew a pot of tea♪