1 00:01:49,430 --> 00:01:54,870 [A Dream Within A Dream] 2 00:01:54,930 --> 00:01:57,800 [Episode 28] 3 00:02:22,930 --> 00:02:24,520 You're clearly still alive, 4 00:02:24,610 --> 00:02:26,140 why didn't you come find me? 5 00:02:30,740 --> 00:02:31,900 Say something. 6 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:34,650 Speak up! 7 00:02:35,050 --> 00:02:36,220 Speak up. 8 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:37,300 Speak up! 9 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:38,580 Guihong! Guihong! 10 00:02:38,590 --> 00:02:39,080 Stop! 11 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:39,700 Guihong! 12 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:40,770 Don't hit him! 13 00:02:40,770 --> 00:02:41,260 Wait. 14 00:02:41,260 --> 00:02:42,670 W-Who exactly is he? 15 00:02:44,950 --> 00:02:47,270 The Scout of Qianyu Army Sixth Battalion. 16 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:48,270 Lu Yi. 17 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:48,970 No, no, stop! 18 00:02:48,970 --> 00:02:50,210 Wait, wait, let me think. 19 00:02:50,210 --> 00:02:51,560 Let me remember. 20 00:02:52,300 --> 00:02:52,700 You're 21 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:54,580 the scout who delivered 22 00:02:54,580 --> 00:02:55,900 that distress message. 23 00:02:56,330 --> 00:02:57,260 You're alive? 24 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,090 Two armies crossed blades 25 00:03:00,260 --> 00:03:01,740 and all your comrades died, 26 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:03,140 yet you alone survived. 27 00:03:03,550 --> 00:03:04,520 Lu Yi, 28 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:06,490 you deserted. 29 00:03:06,510 --> 00:03:07,650 You abandoned everyone 30 00:03:07,650 --> 00:03:08,670 and ran away! 31 00:03:09,270 --> 00:03:10,280 Junior General! 32 00:03:10,740 --> 00:03:11,520 I didn't! 33 00:03:12,490 --> 00:03:13,330 I didn't! 34 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:16,860 Twenty thousand lives, 35 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,080 do you know how they all died? 36 00:03:22,170 --> 00:03:25,300 [The 6th day of Pingrong Battle] 37 00:03:59,180 --> 00:03:59,980 General. 38 00:04:00,210 --> 00:04:01,150 Junior General. 39 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,210 Any news from the Xuanjia Army? 40 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:06,700 It's been two days and nights, 41 00:04:07,460 --> 00:04:08,210 and even Lu Yi 42 00:04:08,210 --> 00:04:09,740 has disappeared without a trace. 43 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:10,670 The Xuanjia Army 44 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:13,780 probably won't come anymore. 45 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:16,060 You said the Xuanjia Army would come to our rescue, 46 00:04:16,060 --> 00:04:17,120 and told us to wait. 47 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:18,500 We've waited for two days, 48 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:19,630 and what have we got? 49 00:04:20,710 --> 00:04:21,850 Say something! 50 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,140 Nan Heng is the one 51 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:25,150 who selfishly 52 00:04:25,210 --> 00:04:26,140 refused to help us. 53 00:04:26,140 --> 00:04:28,140 Is this the Junior General's fault? 54 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:30,820 If he hadn’t pinned his hopes on that God of Death, 55 00:04:30,820 --> 00:04:32,650 we could have tried other tactics long ago! 56 00:04:32,650 --> 00:04:34,210 We wouldn’t have been besieged like this! 57 00:04:34,210 --> 00:04:34,940 Enough! 58 00:04:35,940 --> 00:04:36,960 The battle is imminent, 59 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,370 yet you're speaking such defeatist words. 60 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:42,090 If reinforcements come, 61 00:04:42,410 --> 00:04:44,160 we'll fight together against our enemy. 62 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:45,580 If reinforcements don't come, 63 00:04:45,580 --> 00:04:46,840 what would stop us Qianyu Army 64 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:49,030 from fighting to the very last man? 65 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:53,160 Father, 66 00:04:54,330 --> 00:04:55,660 I've made my decision. 67 00:04:55,940 --> 00:04:57,770 Tonight I'll lead men into the enemy's camp 68 00:04:57,770 --> 00:04:59,400 to assassinate Fang Shiming. 69 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,380 If we succeed, 70 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:02,940 the Heyuan forces will surely fall into chaos. 71 00:05:02,940 --> 00:05:03,790 The Qianyu Army 72 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:05,330 can then seize this opportunity 73 00:05:05,330 --> 00:05:07,520 to turn the tide of battle in one stroke. 74 00:05:12,580 --> 00:05:13,380 Good! 75 00:05:21,380 --> 00:05:24,960 Kill them! 76 00:05:40,620 --> 00:05:42,540 Twenty thousand Qianyu soldiers 77 00:05:44,050 --> 00:05:46,500 died bearing the shame of defeat, 78 00:05:47,020 --> 00:05:49,950 and their injustice has yet to be cleared to this day. 79 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:51,080 All this happened 80 00:05:51,580 --> 00:05:52,940 because Nan Heng didn't send troops to help 81 00:05:52,940 --> 00:05:54,530 during the Pingrong Battle. 82 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:56,400 Lu Yi, 83 00:05:57,460 --> 00:05:58,500 tell me, 84 00:05:58,650 --> 00:06:00,170 that letter I passed to you, 85 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:01,770 did you deliver it or not? 86 00:06:02,270 --> 00:06:03,870 Was it Nan Heng 87 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,580 who caused my father's death? 88 00:06:12,020 --> 00:06:13,020 You're suddenly mute now? 89 00:06:13,020 --> 00:06:14,210 Say something! 90 00:06:21,060 --> 00:06:21,980 Junior General, 91 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:24,770 I've failed you 92 00:06:26,380 --> 00:06:27,820 and the Old General. 93 00:06:29,330 --> 00:06:30,400 All of this 94 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:35,380 was forced upon me by Nan Heng. 95 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,500 He received the letter. 96 00:06:55,570 --> 00:06:57,000 He received the letter. 97 00:07:00,670 --> 00:07:01,820 I knew it, 98 00:07:02,770 --> 00:07:04,290 he should have sent troops. 99 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:08,870 Why didn't you speak up earlier? 100 00:07:08,870 --> 00:07:10,870 Where were you when the Ministry of War was investigating? 101 00:07:10,870 --> 00:07:12,280 Where were you when the Qianyu Army 102 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:13,260 was facing disaster? 103 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:14,330 It's useless. 104 00:07:15,330 --> 00:07:16,960 Nan Heng's power is overwhelming. 105 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,840 It's not that I didn't want to speak up, 106 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,280 I simply couldn't. 107 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:23,320 That day, 108 00:07:23,770 --> 00:07:26,450 when I traveled a hundred li at night to reach Youcheng, 109 00:07:26,450 --> 00:07:28,450 he had already planned everything. 110 00:07:28,460 --> 00:07:30,720 He deliberately wanted those 20,000 troops dead. 111 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,050 Only this way 112 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:34,020 could he alone 113 00:07:35,050 --> 00:07:36,710 claim all the battle honours. 114 00:07:38,710 --> 00:07:40,170 What happened after that? 115 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:41,730 Since you made it to the capital, 116 00:07:41,730 --> 00:07:44,270 you must've had countless chances to find me. 117 00:07:45,770 --> 00:07:47,580 Where did this courtyard come from? 118 00:07:47,580 --> 00:07:49,620 And how did you get this business? 119 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:51,330 He bought you off, 120 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,390 didn't he? 121 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:53,770 Junior General, 122 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:54,720 I'm useless. 123 00:07:56,330 --> 00:07:58,520 Nan Heng took away my wife and children. 124 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,400 I... I truly had no choice. 125 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:06,500 I deserve to die. 126 00:08:06,500 --> 00:08:07,400 I'm not human. 127 00:08:08,820 --> 00:08:10,520 Just kill me. 128 00:08:25,060 --> 00:08:25,580 He... 129 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:28,060 Don't! Don't! 130 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:29,080 How could the Qianyu Army 131 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,380 have such a servile coward like you! 132 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:31,700 Guihong! 133 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:32,500 Let me kill him! 134 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:32,800 Calm down! 135 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:33,770 Let me kill him! 136 00:08:33,770 --> 00:08:34,980 Listen to me, listen. 137 00:08:35,220 --> 00:08:36,040 Spare his life. 138 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:37,160 If what he says is true, 139 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,340 you should keep him alive 140 00:08:38,340 --> 00:08:39,930 to testify against Nan Heng. 141 00:08:44,230 --> 00:08:46,820 If the Junior General could trust me once more, 142 00:08:47,980 --> 00:08:49,400 give me eight hours. 143 00:08:50,770 --> 00:08:52,970 Let me make arrangements for my family, 144 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,340 and I'll testify against Nan Heng. 145 00:08:58,140 --> 00:09:00,000 I'll be waiting for you, General, 146 00:09:00,620 --> 00:09:02,940 at the Jiangsong Forest outside the city, 147 00:09:03,310 --> 00:09:04,430 at midnight today. 148 00:09:15,650 --> 00:09:18,860 [Qianyu Mansion] 149 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:23,880 These are all the files 150 00:09:24,020 --> 00:09:26,940 from the Qianyu Army regarding the Pingrong Battle. 151 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,280 Now we have a witness too. 152 00:09:32,770 --> 00:09:34,440 Once we get Lu Yi's testimony, 153 00:09:35,100 --> 00:09:36,420 we can convict Nan Heng. 154 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:41,900 Guihong, 155 00:09:42,740 --> 00:09:44,800 although I'm a bit slow-witted, 156 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,900 I've been thinking about this. 157 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:48,140 Don't you find Lu Yi's appearance 158 00:09:48,140 --> 00:09:49,400 rather sudden? 159 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:50,980 Should we investigate him further? 160 00:09:50,980 --> 00:09:51,900 We should at least find out 161 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:53,100 where he's been staying 162 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:54,520 since returning from Pingrong, 163 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:54,900 right? 164 00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:56,220 And who he's met with? 165 00:09:56,220 --> 00:09:56,980 What if 166 00:09:57,100 --> 00:09:58,680 he did not telling the truth today? 167 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,220 The Qianyu Army never lies. 168 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,560 Your Highness doesn't know what I went through in that battle, 169 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,820 nor could you possibly understand what 170 00:10:07,020 --> 00:10:08,480 my actions now truly mean. 171 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:09,440 Guihong, 172 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:11,520 I understand. 173 00:10:12,010 --> 00:10:13,980 Clearing the Qianyu Army's name 174 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:16,020 means more to you than anything. 175 00:10:16,170 --> 00:10:18,740 Your Highness need not involve yourself in this matter. 176 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:20,190 Once I've cleared the name 177 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,220 of my father and the Qianyu heroes, 178 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:24,820 and eliminated Nan Heng and his faction, 179 00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:28,040 Your Highness can look forward to securing the throne. 180 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:28,900 But that doesn't mean we should... 181 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:29,760 Your Highness. 182 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:32,150 Your Highness. 183 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:32,980 General. 184 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:34,560 It's almost midnight. 185 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:41,380 Guihong. 186 00:10:41,380 --> 00:10:42,340 I'm coming too! 187 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,220 Wait for me! 188 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,560 Don't walk so fast! 189 00:10:46,020 --> 00:10:49,550 [Jiangsong Forest] 190 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,260 We've been 191 00:10:55,980 --> 00:10:57,740 waiting for 15 minutes now. 192 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,100 Why is there no sign of anyone? 193 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:01,900 Wait. 194 00:11:05,860 --> 00:11:06,650 Do you think 195 00:11:07,220 --> 00:11:08,740 he changed his mind? 196 00:11:12,220 --> 00:11:12,930 Wait. 197 00:11:16,740 --> 00:11:17,740 Wait, wait for me! 198 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,160 Who's that person? 199 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:30,620 Something's wrong. 200 00:11:30,620 --> 00:11:31,260 Retreat. 201 00:11:37,010 --> 00:11:38,530 What are you all doing here? 202 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:41,220 G-Guihong. 203 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:43,490 A dead body! 204 00:11:48,980 --> 00:11:50,020 Be careful. 205 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,140 Why did you kill Lu Yi? 206 00:12:09,140 --> 00:12:09,920 Boss, 207 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:12,380 I've told you many times, 208 00:12:12,380 --> 00:12:15,040 we don't know any Lu Jia or Lu Yi, 209 00:12:15,070 --> 00:12:16,400 we were just passing by. 210 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:18,770 He was already dead when we passed by. 211 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,140 Even if you're blind, 212 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:21,220 your ears are working, aren't they? 213 00:12:21,220 --> 00:12:22,670 I'll ask you one last time. 214 00:12:23,650 --> 00:12:25,280 Did Nan Heng order you two 215 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,560 to kill him to silence him? 216 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:27,920 Enough with this nonsense. 217 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,260 What do others have to do with this? 218 00:12:29,260 --> 00:12:30,340 If you want to fight, 219 00:12:30,340 --> 00:12:31,140 do it now, 220 00:12:31,140 --> 00:12:32,500 Quit acting like a big shot. 221 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:33,520 Cut the crap. 222 00:12:34,260 --> 00:12:35,280 General, 223 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:38,610 these two are close friends with Nan Heng, 224 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,840 yet they're still acting clueless. 225 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,170 I think, like Shangguan He, 226 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,620 they'll be unwilling to testify for us. 227 00:12:45,620 --> 00:12:47,140 We might as well kill them. 228 00:12:47,220 --> 00:12:47,860 No, 229 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,140 we need them alive as witnesses. 230 00:12:55,020 --> 00:12:56,760 Behind the Pingrong Battle 231 00:12:56,860 --> 00:12:58,650 are the lives of people from three cities 232 00:12:58,650 --> 00:13:00,620 and 20,000 Qianyu Army soldiers. 233 00:13:01,220 --> 00:13:02,040 This time, 234 00:13:02,220 --> 00:13:04,530 I won't let Nan Heng off easily 235 00:13:04,670 --> 00:13:06,140 like I did with the Jiangnan case. 236 00:13:06,140 --> 00:13:07,120 I spit on you! 237 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,920 So you want us to give false testimony? 238 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,170 Keep dreaming. 239 00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:14,770 Those 20,000 dead Qianyu soldiers 240 00:13:14,770 --> 00:13:17,020 had the worst luck having a treacherous person like you 241 00:13:17,020 --> 00:13:18,900 as their general. 242 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:23,310 What are you doing? 243 00:13:31,650 --> 00:13:33,970 People who disrespect the Qianyu Army, 244 00:13:34,220 --> 00:13:35,010 die. 245 00:13:38,140 --> 00:13:39,520 Let him go! 246 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:06,680 Use these on them 247 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:08,800 one by one, properly. 248 00:14:09,020 --> 00:14:11,340 At the Three Bureaus' Joint Interrogation, 249 00:14:11,340 --> 00:14:14,060 I will make them confess everything 250 00:14:14,090 --> 00:14:16,020 in front of Nan Heng. 251 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:31,220 Guihong. 252 00:14:32,630 --> 00:14:33,520 Guihong. 253 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:36,220 What if Yunlong and Shanhu aren't lying? 254 00:14:36,220 --> 00:14:38,220 What if they really didn't kill him? 255 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,320 Who killed Lu Yi doesn't matter. 256 00:14:40,530 --> 00:14:42,600 What matters is that I need witnesses 257 00:14:42,650 --> 00:14:43,990 to convince Your Majesty 258 00:14:43,990 --> 00:14:46,490 that Nan Heng killed the messenger that day, 259 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,440 planting the seed of doubt. 260 00:14:50,340 --> 00:14:51,140 This way, 261 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,120 only will Your Majesty believe 262 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,440 that all the crimes of the Pingrong Battle 263 00:14:56,100 --> 00:14:58,400 were planned by Nan Heng. 264 00:15:03,030 --> 00:15:04,020 So... 265 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:06,160 The reason you tortured them 266 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,230 is to force them to incriminate Heng? 267 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,410 The Jiangnan case from three years ago 268 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,440 was reopened by Shangguan He. 269 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:16,020 Now I have Yunlong and Shanhu in my custody. 270 00:15:16,020 --> 00:15:17,270 Using the same method, 271 00:15:17,980 --> 00:15:19,590 reopening the Pingrong case 272 00:15:19,610 --> 00:15:21,130 is certainly possible. 273 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:25,430 Guihong, 274 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,260 you've changed. 275 00:15:28,140 --> 00:15:29,800 You weren't like this before. 276 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,650 You would never torture people for confessions. 277 00:15:31,650 --> 00:15:33,650 Before, I wasn't betrayed by everyone, 278 00:15:33,650 --> 00:15:35,740 nor did Nan Heng cause the death of my father and brothers-in-arms. 279 00:15:35,740 --> 00:15:36,650 No, but even so, 280 00:15:36,650 --> 00:15:38,280 you can't become like Nan Heng. 281 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,030 Make them stop for a while. 282 00:15:47,370 --> 00:15:48,740 Your Highness has always been someone 283 00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:50,160 who only knows how to hide behind me, 284 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,020 who talks but doesn't dare to act. 285 00:15:52,770 --> 00:15:54,290 What right do you have to lecture me? 286 00:15:54,290 --> 00:15:55,190 I... 287 00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:02,640 I've prepared all the documents related to the Pingrong Battle 288 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,780 and I'll request a Three Bureaus' Joint Interrogation tomorrow. 289 00:16:05,780 --> 00:16:06,500 Guihong. 290 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:07,800 Guihong. 291 00:16:08,310 --> 00:16:09,500 Now that Chancellor Gao is dead, 292 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:10,400 Lu Yi is dead, 293 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,440 the letter of appeal is also missing, 294 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:13,860 all witnesses and evidence are gone. 295 00:16:13,860 --> 00:16:15,800 Besides, the Ministry of Justice is filled with Nan Heng's people. 296 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,300 Even if you reopen the case, 297 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:19,400 what different outcome could you possibly get? 298 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,730 That's where I need Your Highness's help. 299 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,260 What do you need me to do? 300 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:30,570 Your Highness only needs to truthfully 301 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:32,800 tell everything you heard and saw 302 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,630 during the meeting with Lu Yi. 303 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:37,140 His Majesty trusts Your Highness the most. 304 00:16:37,140 --> 00:16:38,530 If you speak up, 305 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,820 it's as good as having Lu Yi's testimony. 306 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:42,880 Along with Yunlong and Shanhu 307 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,050 as witnesses to Nan Heng's murder, 308 00:16:45,990 --> 00:16:49,270 it's enough to make him pay for the tragedy at Pingrong. 309 00:16:55,260 --> 00:16:56,050 What's wrong? 310 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:58,510 Your Highness is unwilling? 311 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:07,340 Everything the Qianyu Army and I did, 312 00:17:07,340 --> 00:17:08,540 whether on the battlefield 313 00:17:08,540 --> 00:17:09,620 or at the capital prefecture's office, 314 00:17:09,620 --> 00:17:10,900 all of those efforts 315 00:17:11,100 --> 00:17:13,200 were to pave the way for Your Highness. 316 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,490 I never expected that when the time has come, 317 00:17:15,490 --> 00:17:17,080 you would be so cowardly. 318 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:19,960 Guihong, 319 00:17:20,450 --> 00:17:22,340 that's not quite right. 320 00:17:22,870 --> 00:17:24,630 Your fighting on the battlefield 321 00:17:24,630 --> 00:17:26,450 was for the stability of Great Jing. 322 00:17:26,450 --> 00:17:27,590 Your service at the capital prefecture's office 323 00:17:27,590 --> 00:17:28,970 was for the safety of the people. 324 00:17:28,970 --> 00:17:30,380 How can you say 325 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,540 it was all for me? 326 00:17:31,540 --> 00:17:33,990 Your Highness is different from before too. 327 00:17:34,150 --> 00:17:35,860 You're starting to lecture me 328 00:17:35,860 --> 00:17:37,240 with your righteous talks. 329 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:38,000 No. 330 00:17:40,540 --> 00:17:42,340 Don't you hate Nan Heng the most? 331 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,620 Why is it that when it's time to fight him, 332 00:17:45,620 --> 00:17:46,740 you became a coward. 333 00:17:47,090 --> 00:17:48,800 No, I just think, 334 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:51,100 if you use Nan Heng's methods against him, 335 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:52,150 can such a victory, 336 00:17:52,540 --> 00:17:54,300 really be called winning? 337 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:56,450 When you sit on the throne in the future, 338 00:17:56,450 --> 00:17:59,320 you'll understand that how you win doesn't matter. 339 00:18:02,140 --> 00:18:03,720 At the Three Bureaus' Joint Interrogation, 340 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,800 I'll take the lead against Nan Heng. 341 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:07,620 Your Highness may remain as you are, 342 00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,260 hidden behind me, 343 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,750 a clean and pure little prince. 344 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:13,820 It's just that 345 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,470 you're the only witness who has met Lu Yi, 346 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:18,610 my only hope to overturn this case. 347 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:20,900 If you refuse to testify for me, 348 00:18:21,820 --> 00:18:22,740 then from now on, 349 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:27,190 don't call me your cousin anymore. 350 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:30,580 I... 351 00:18:30,580 --> 00:18:31,240 Gui... 352 00:18:52,780 --> 00:18:53,580 Let's go. 353 00:18:54,980 --> 00:18:55,820 Forgive me, Your Highness. 354 00:18:55,820 --> 00:18:56,380 Forgive me, Your Highness. 355 00:18:56,380 --> 00:18:57,160 This, this... 356 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:58,070 Quickly back off. 357 00:18:58,070 --> 00:18:58,830 Yes. 358 00:19:03,740 --> 00:19:04,730 My goodness. 359 00:19:06,340 --> 00:19:07,140 Jixiang. 360 00:19:08,790 --> 00:19:10,850 Don't you think Guihong has changed? 361 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:12,240 He's become 362 00:19:13,070 --> 00:19:14,470 terrifying. 363 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,310 He wasn't like this before. 364 00:19:19,710 --> 00:19:21,090 Since we were children, 365 00:19:21,190 --> 00:19:23,250 he has never yelled at me so fiercely. 366 00:19:23,620 --> 00:19:24,540 Most importantly, 367 00:19:24,540 --> 00:19:25,340 he would never 368 00:19:25,340 --> 00:19:27,930 punish someone without knowing all the facts. 369 00:19:28,370 --> 00:19:29,400 Why on earth 370 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,200 has he become like this? 371 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:37,860 Forget it, 372 00:19:38,460 --> 00:19:40,330 you wouldn't understand anyway. 373 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:43,730 You're all the same, 374 00:19:43,930 --> 00:19:46,730 thinking I'm just a fool who understands nothing. 375 00:19:47,370 --> 00:19:49,760 If even Guihong can't figure out this case, 376 00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:51,900 how could I possibly understand it? 377 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:52,790 Your Highness. 378 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:56,680 You are His Highness, 379 00:19:56,820 --> 00:19:57,820 not a fool. 380 00:20:00,580 --> 00:20:02,240 Do whatever you want to do. 381 00:20:07,820 --> 00:20:08,650 Jixiang. 382 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,890 Thank you. 383 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:16,820 You're right. 384 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:18,650 Who am I? 385 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,240 I am heaven's chosen one. 386 00:20:25,580 --> 00:20:26,700 I know what to do now. 387 00:20:27,290 --> 00:20:28,670 He is my cousin, 388 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,650 and I simply cannot watch him jump into the fire pit. 389 00:20:31,820 --> 00:20:33,670 I must pull him back from the edge. 390 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:35,320 This is my duty 391 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:38,060 as heaven's chosen one. 392 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:41,580 Let's go. 393 00:20:56,820 --> 00:20:57,880 What are you doing? 394 00:20:58,060 --> 00:20:58,820 Hurry up, 395 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:00,150 it's your turn. 396 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:14,880 Miss Song Yiting, 397 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:17,800 I was too keen with my agreement earlier. 398 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,420 You're the remarkable woman who can 399 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,060 paint 73 drawings in just three days. 400 00:21:22,060 --> 00:21:23,620 I'm just a useless person. 401 00:21:24,540 --> 00:21:26,000 Playing chess for 12 hours straight, 402 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,850 I really can't take it. 403 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:29,500 Since you're aware that you're useless, 404 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,430 you should stop talking nonsense. 405 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:32,580 With your natural talent, 406 00:21:32,580 --> 00:21:33,620 at your grown age, 407 00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:35,160 your chess skills remain so poor. 408 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,420 That simply comes down to your laziness. 409 00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:38,910 Since you've entered the Song Residence, 410 00:21:38,910 --> 00:21:40,910 you should be strict with yourself. 411 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,060 Hurry up. 412 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:46,240 Yiting, 413 00:21:46,890 --> 00:21:48,400 there's something I want to say... 414 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:49,060 Speak. 415 00:21:51,900 --> 00:21:53,240 Not everyone truly has 416 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,780 perseverance and determination like yours. 417 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,200 I don't care whether others have it, 418 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,100 but you must. 419 00:22:06,140 --> 00:22:08,160 I'm just a useless wanderer 420 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,100 with no ambition for power or position. 421 00:22:10,100 --> 00:22:11,540 Why am I working so hard 422 00:22:11,540 --> 00:22:12,580 to practice chess with you? 423 00:22:12,580 --> 00:22:13,720 What’s the point? 424 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:15,900 It may seem meaningless now, 425 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,960 but what about when you get married? 426 00:22:20,010 --> 00:22:21,580 When husband and wife play chess together, 427 00:22:21,580 --> 00:22:23,480 if they aren't evenly matched, 428 00:22:24,620 --> 00:22:25,940 where's the fun in that? 429 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,060 Wait, why are you still thinking about this? 430 00:22:28,060 --> 00:22:29,580 I've always been alone, 431 00:22:29,580 --> 00:22:30,640 marriage isn't... 432 00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:33,580 Mr. Li, 433 00:22:33,650 --> 00:22:35,310 don't speak so definitively. 434 00:22:35,860 --> 00:22:37,650 Time reveals a person's true heart, 435 00:22:37,650 --> 00:22:39,780 and feelings develop with companionship. 436 00:22:39,780 --> 00:22:40,970 The moment you met me, 437 00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:43,060 you've already lost. 438 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:45,850 Yinzhu, 439 00:22:46,030 --> 00:22:47,220 bring my qin. 440 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:47,840 Yes. 441 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,100 There's even music? 442 00:23:11,030 --> 00:23:13,930 [Wang Family Cheese] 443 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:17,300 It's quite fresh. 444 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,280 Yes, 445 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,000 take your time picking them. 446 00:23:34,690 --> 00:23:35,530 Chancellor. 447 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,060 Come here. 448 00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:46,260 Have some melon. 449 00:23:58,720 --> 00:23:59,920 Reporting to Chancellor, 450 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:00,920 Lu Yi is dead. 451 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:02,380 Those two from Waning River Crescent 452 00:24:02,380 --> 00:24:04,450 were also lured to the scene as planned. 453 00:24:04,450 --> 00:24:05,450 Chu Guihong 454 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:07,550 has now taken the bait 455 00:24:07,860 --> 00:24:09,720 and will surely investigate thoroughly. 456 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:10,820 However, Chancellor, 457 00:24:10,820 --> 00:24:12,940 there's one thing I don't understand. 458 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:14,680 If you just wanted to use Chu Guihong 459 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:15,970 to eliminate His Highness, 460 00:24:15,970 --> 00:24:17,850 why didn't you let me kill him 461 00:24:18,060 --> 00:24:20,060 on the night we killed the Lady Song? 462 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,450 Heng rarely spoke as a child. 463 00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:30,450 Every year, at the turn of spring to summer, 464 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 I would always find excuses 465 00:24:34,820 --> 00:24:37,240 to bring him home from the palace 466 00:24:37,860 --> 00:24:40,650 and serve him melons chilled in well water. 467 00:24:41,710 --> 00:24:43,650 Back then, he asked me a question. 468 00:24:44,420 --> 00:24:45,400 He said, 469 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:48,410 "Humans have parents, do plants have them too? 470 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,100 If they do, how can we eat them?" 471 00:24:51,980 --> 00:24:54,510 They say a child's character is set by age three. 472 00:24:54,510 --> 00:24:56,400 If Heng could feel such compassion 473 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,400 for a mere melon, 474 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,260 how could he ever rule as emperor? 475 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:03,680 Sit. 476 00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:06,150 Yes. 477 00:25:11,860 --> 00:25:13,960 That's when I understood. 478 00:25:14,650 --> 00:25:17,900 If he were to shoulder the responsibility of ruling Great Jing 479 00:25:17,900 --> 00:25:19,820 beyond scholarly and military skills, 480 00:25:19,820 --> 00:25:21,620 the more important trait to have 481 00:25:22,350 --> 00:25:23,550 is ruthlessness. 482 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:26,860 At the pinnacle of power, 483 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,210 one must be solitary. 484 00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:31,440 Without everyone betraying and abandoning him, 485 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,140 how could he truly stand alone 486 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:34,730 and be the ruler of the realm? 487 00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:37,500 Everything I've orchestrated 488 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:40,230 is for Heng, 489 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:42,580 for the High family, 490 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,050 and ultimately for the empire. 491 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,650 Even though I saved your life, 492 00:25:49,210 --> 00:25:52,880 [Dream Edition Beanbag Chair] [Dream Edition Gua Sha Tool] 493 00:25:50,820 --> 00:25:52,720 our relationship 494 00:25:52,820 --> 00:25:55,820 is just casual friends at best. 495 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:57,920 Hiding from Yiting at my place, 496 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,390 don't you think that's a bit inappropriate? 497 00:26:01,390 --> 00:26:03,730 Your sister is too draining. 498 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,340 Have you ever seen a chess match that lasts from dawn till dusk? 499 00:26:07,340 --> 00:26:10,290 Have you seen hands blistered from playing qin? 500 00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:19,060 No matter how hard Yiting pushes you, 501 00:26:19,060 --> 00:26:20,440 it's for your own good. 502 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:22,220 She's motivating you. 503 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:23,650 Besides, 504 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,870 she's paying you, 505 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:27,200 providing food, a place to stay, 506 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,130 and education. 507 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,650 Think about your Chief, Nan Heng. 508 00:26:30,820 --> 00:26:31,620 Following him, 509 00:26:31,620 --> 00:26:33,650 you have to live rough, 510 00:26:33,650 --> 00:26:35,400 never knowing if you'd survive another day. 511 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,600 Compare the two. 512 00:26:36,630 --> 00:26:37,810 Just be grateful. 513 00:26:38,090 --> 00:26:39,310 Grateful? 514 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,300 Your little sister tirelessly pursues art day and night. 515 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:44,960 And your Chief orchestrate political schemes 516 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:45,900 down to the second. 517 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:47,650 Your sister paints 80 masterpieces a day, 518 00:26:47,650 --> 00:26:48,820 wearing her brush down to the nub. 519 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:50,820 Your chief reads 80 military manuals a night, 520 00:26:50,820 --> 00:26:51,820 nearly going blind from it. 521 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:53,440 How could my Chief compare to your sister? 522 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,820 She’s the most relentless person in all of history. 523 00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:56,400 How could my sister compare to your Chief? 524 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,070 He’s the most competitive person in Great Jing. 525 00:27:02,140 --> 00:27:03,800 They're pretty much the same. 526 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,650 A pair of geniuses indeed. 527 00:27:06,820 --> 00:27:08,140 We just want an easy life, 528 00:27:08,140 --> 00:27:09,580 to enjoy some comfort. 529 00:27:09,820 --> 00:27:11,380 Why is that so difficult? 530 00:27:11,620 --> 00:27:12,940 Tell me about it. 531 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,100 If I had known, 532 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:15,650 I would have given up martial arts for academics 533 00:27:15,650 --> 00:27:16,960 and become a top scholar, 534 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,440 rather than falling victim to your sister today. 535 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,630 Then leave. 536 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,820 You keep saying you don't want this, 537 00:27:22,820 --> 00:27:24,650 yet you're still staying at the Song Residence. 538 00:27:24,650 --> 00:27:25,900 Don't tell me 539 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,160 you're staying for my sister's salary. 540 00:27:32,140 --> 00:27:33,650 Do you think that's possible? 541 00:27:33,650 --> 00:27:35,060 Then what's the problem? 542 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,150 You follow Yiting around all day, 543 00:27:37,460 --> 00:27:39,790 but refuse to admit you like her, 544 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,370 you're quite something. 545 00:27:41,380 --> 00:27:42,200 My lady, 546 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:43,900 isn't this all for your sake? 547 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:46,680 What do you mean? 548 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:48,620 Look. 549 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:51,650 One assassination attempt has the entire Waning River Crescent community 550 00:27:51,650 --> 00:27:53,100 out hunting for assassins. 551 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:55,060 Fugui searched through so many records that he's going bald. 552 00:27:55,060 --> 00:27:56,300 The key is that 553 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:57,480 I, 554 00:27:57,860 --> 00:27:59,680 a renowned hero of the jianghu, 555 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,650 unparalleled, charming and elegant, 556 00:28:01,650 --> 00:28:02,440 have now been reduced 557 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,700 to a mere household guard because of you. 558 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,300 You mean, 559 00:28:09,650 --> 00:28:10,900 Nan Heng sent you here? 560 00:28:12,620 --> 00:28:13,400 What else? 561 00:28:17,210 --> 00:28:18,990 Why is it that in your love story, 562 00:28:18,990 --> 00:28:20,720 I'm always the one who suffers? 563 00:28:23,410 --> 00:28:24,290 Look. 564 00:28:24,970 --> 00:28:26,150 You and I, 565 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,780 we're both laid-back people, 566 00:28:27,780 --> 00:28:29,340 with no grand ambitions. 567 00:28:30,060 --> 00:28:32,790 Don't we just want a peaceful, comfortable life? 568 00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:35,070 But if, in your whole life, 569 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:37,340 you never meet even one or two people 570 00:28:37,340 --> 00:28:39,070 worth risking everything for, 571 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:40,660 and you just merely exist, 572 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:42,830 can you say you’ve truly lived? 573 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:46,350 But what if taking risks 574 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,500 endangers your family's lives? 575 00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:57,990 If I don't leave soon, 576 00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,460 what comes next 577 00:29:00,780 --> 00:29:04,430 is a wedding day disaster with the three of us stabbing each other. 578 00:29:04,860 --> 00:29:05,650 Let me ask you. 579 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:08,000 Can you truly 580 00:29:08,890 --> 00:29:10,640 control what your heart wants? 581 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:15,440 Nonsense! 582 00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:17,650 The records in the Ministry of War 583 00:29:17,650 --> 00:29:19,380 were all recorded by the Director, Vice Minister 584 00:29:19,380 --> 00:29:20,160 and myself 585 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,380 through multiple levels of confirmation. 586 00:29:22,380 --> 00:29:24,860 How can they be changed simply as you wish? 587 00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:25,920 What's recorded in those files 588 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,400 is merely Nan Heng's side of the story. 589 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:28,820 Now I want to correct it, 590 00:29:28,820 --> 00:29:29,650 why can't I? 591 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,620 You mentioned a scout delivering a letter 592 00:29:31,620 --> 00:29:33,440 to request help from the Xuanjia Army. 593 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,400 Apart from you and your confidants, 594 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,300 no one can testify to it. 595 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,780 Isn't that also one-sided? 596 00:29:41,340 --> 00:29:42,930 As an official of Great Jing, 597 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:44,960 how can you use your position for personal vendettas? 598 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,240 Does being a Great Jing official 599 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,160 mean submitting to Nan Heng's tyranny? 600 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:48,820 You! 601 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:50,650 Sir, you have no ties to the Chu family. 602 00:29:50,650 --> 00:29:52,060 If you're unwilling to help clear the name of my father 603 00:29:52,060 --> 00:29:53,910 and the late Qianyu Army, so be it. 604 00:29:54,340 --> 00:29:55,400 I only ask that 605 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,720 you hand over all the files to me. 606 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:58,920 I'll bear 607 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,870 all consequences myself. 608 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,220 Stop this madness! 609 00:30:03,820 --> 00:30:04,650 Stop! 610 00:30:04,660 --> 00:30:05,990 I said, stop! 611 00:30:06,060 --> 00:30:06,780 You! 612 00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:07,930 Stop! 613 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:09,060 [Good Virtues] 614 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:08,780 Chu Guihong, 615 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,630 my father told you to stop. 616 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:13,030 Didn't you hear him? 617 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,300 Yimeng! 618 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,900 Are you siding with Nan Heng again? 619 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:39,860 I'm not taking anyone's side. 620 00:30:39,860 --> 00:30:41,650 I just don't want our Song family 621 00:30:41,820 --> 00:30:44,620 be dragged into this mess between you and Nan Heng. 622 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,140 You claim not to take sides, 623 00:30:52,030 --> 00:30:54,460 yet time and again you stand with him 624 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:55,240 against me. 625 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,350 Why is that? 626 00:30:58,540 --> 00:30:59,660 Three months ago, 627 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,390 it was you who encouraged me to pull myself together. 628 00:31:01,390 --> 00:31:04,080 It was Mr. Song who advised me to investigate the Waning River Crescent. 629 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,340 Weren't you both supporting me then? 630 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:07,810 Why... 631 00:31:07,830 --> 00:31:09,100 Why now, when I only want to 632 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,560 reveal the truth about the Pingrong Battle, 633 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:13,820 to bring Nan Heng, who caused 634 00:31:13,820 --> 00:31:14,680 the death of 20,000 men, to justice, 635 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,100 you wouldn't help me? 636 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:17,300 Why are you shouting? 637 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:19,100 Chu Guihong! 638 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,300 20,000 Qianyu soldiers died for their country. 639 00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:23,890 What killed them might have been fate, 640 00:31:23,890 --> 00:31:25,000 might have been war, 641 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,720 might even have been your own helplessness as their commander, 642 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,640 but why must it only be Nan Heng? 643 00:31:30,910 --> 00:31:32,410 You're pushing all the blame 644 00:31:32,410 --> 00:31:34,000 onto him alone 645 00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:36,820 just because you want to escape responsibility, 646 00:31:36,820 --> 00:31:39,150 not because of the truth you claim to seek. 647 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:44,780 Yimeng! 648 00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:48,480 How can you say that? 649 00:31:51,820 --> 00:31:53,080 What have I done wrong? 650 00:31:53,540 --> 00:31:55,100 What have I done wrong? 651 00:31:55,130 --> 00:31:55,920 Enough! 652 00:32:00,170 --> 00:32:01,070 Yimeng, 653 00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:02,960 stop arguing with him. 654 00:32:03,860 --> 00:32:06,410 No one can wake someone who's pretending to sleep. 655 00:32:06,410 --> 00:32:08,010 Even the gods can't help him. 656 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:17,060 General Chu! 657 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:20,570 The Song family has no intention of getting involved in this dispute. 658 00:32:20,570 --> 00:32:21,750 The affairs of the Ministry of War 659 00:32:21,750 --> 00:32:24,010 are certainly not for you to meddle with. 660 00:32:24,650 --> 00:32:25,480 Please leave. 661 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,820 What does this mean? 662 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:05,900 It's Baili Wine. 663 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:07,380 I'm gifting this to you. 664 00:33:12,420 --> 00:33:13,710 I, uh, have 665 00:33:13,820 --> 00:33:15,010 something to ask you. 666 00:33:17,820 --> 00:33:18,300 Sit. 667 00:33:27,650 --> 00:33:28,440 Well, 668 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:31,480 about 669 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,400 Chancellor Gao's death, 670 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:39,680 was it you who did it? 671 00:33:44,860 --> 00:33:46,460 See, you're always like this. 672 00:33:46,460 --> 00:33:47,540 It's simply a "yes" or a "no." 673 00:33:47,540 --> 00:33:49,400 Is it so hard to give me an answer? 674 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:53,650 Petroleum 675 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:54,960 and thunder bombs 676 00:33:55,380 --> 00:33:57,110 are all common military items. 677 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,820 Trying to frame me 678 00:33:58,820 --> 00:34:00,550 with such despicable methods. 679 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,140 Whether you and Chu Guihong 680 00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:04,480 are investigators 681 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:05,780 or the ones framing me, 682 00:34:06,580 --> 00:34:09,630 I have no patience left to waste words with you anymore. 683 00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:11,160 What about Lu Yi? 684 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,130 Did you send someone to kill Lu Yi? 685 00:34:13,180 --> 00:34:14,220 Who is Lu Yi? 686 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:15,970 The scout who Guihong sent 687 00:34:15,970 --> 00:34:17,930 to deliver the request for reinforcements to you, 688 00:34:17,930 --> 00:34:18,780 Lu Yi. 689 00:34:19,740 --> 00:34:21,470 I've told you so many times, 690 00:34:21,610 --> 00:34:24,180 I never received any request for reinforcements. 691 00:34:24,180 --> 00:34:26,090 That was just an excuse Chu Guihong made up 692 00:34:26,090 --> 00:34:27,490 to cover his own failure. 693 00:34:27,570 --> 00:34:28,490 How is that possible? 694 00:34:28,490 --> 00:34:29,780 Chancellor Gao told this to Guihong 695 00:34:29,780 --> 00:34:30,700 with his dying breath. 696 00:34:30,700 --> 00:34:31,970 How could that be false? 697 00:34:31,970 --> 00:34:34,030 Wait, aren't you two on the same side? 698 00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:36,700 What did Chancellor Gao tell Chu Guihong? 699 00:34:44,820 --> 00:34:46,820 I never thought this day would come. 700 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,010 You actually visited us voluntarily. 701 00:34:49,990 --> 00:34:52,740 It must be timely fate. 702 00:34:53,570 --> 00:34:55,840 Remember when we first met in the palace, 703 00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:58,570 how glorious you were, Jixiang. 704 00:34:58,660 --> 00:35:00,820 Relying on His Majesty's favor toward the Eighteenth Prince, 705 00:35:00,820 --> 00:35:02,880 you always had the upper hand over me. 706 00:35:02,910 --> 00:35:03,800 What a pity, 707 00:35:04,010 --> 00:35:05,660 no flower blooms forever. 708 00:35:06,660 --> 00:35:09,130 You went to great lengths to deal with our Seventh Prince, 709 00:35:09,130 --> 00:35:10,050 but in the end, 710 00:35:10,050 --> 00:35:12,180 Waning River Crescent is still ours. 711 00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:13,110 Regret it now? 712 00:35:15,490 --> 00:35:17,220 I told you long ago, 713 00:35:17,530 --> 00:35:20,010 choosing the right master is most crucial. 714 00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:23,820 For old times' sake, 715 00:35:24,490 --> 00:35:26,410 if you beg me now, 716 00:35:26,930 --> 00:35:28,260 I might arrange for you 717 00:35:28,260 --> 00:35:29,820 to serve in our ministry. 718 00:35:38,590 --> 00:35:40,220 Are you talking to me? 719 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:42,950 I didn't say anything. 720 00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:49,410 Using the conflict between Chu Guihong and I 721 00:35:49,410 --> 00:35:50,450 to set up such a flawless, 722 00:35:50,450 --> 00:35:51,570 scheme. 723 00:35:52,610 --> 00:35:54,220 What a brilliant move. 724 00:35:56,700 --> 00:35:58,300 You mean 725 00:35:58,470 --> 00:36:00,340 someone is plotting against you? 726 00:36:03,630 --> 00:36:06,590 You came to Waning River Crescent today just to ask these questions? 727 00:36:06,590 --> 00:36:07,590 And if I answer, 728 00:36:08,530 --> 00:36:09,530 you'd believe me? 729 00:36:12,610 --> 00:36:13,410 I would. 730 00:36:15,410 --> 00:36:16,840 Actually, I came here today 731 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,840 because I also need a favor from you. 732 00:36:20,090 --> 00:36:20,740 Speak. 733 00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:24,050 Um... 734 00:36:25,410 --> 00:36:26,260 Well... 735 00:36:29,090 --> 00:36:30,410 Could you 736 00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:31,740 take the blame 737 00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:34,900 for the Pingrong Battle? 738 00:36:36,860 --> 00:36:37,570 I... 739 00:36:37,570 --> 00:36:38,860 No, no, don't be quick to scold me. 740 00:36:38,860 --> 00:36:40,740 I know this request is very disrespectful. 741 00:36:40,740 --> 00:36:42,220 But Guihong is now obsessed 742 00:36:42,220 --> 00:36:43,740 with bringing you down. 743 00:36:43,740 --> 00:36:45,380 He's being led by the nose and manipulated 744 00:36:45,380 --> 00:36:46,340 by the person behind the scenes, 745 00:36:46,340 --> 00:36:47,610 I'm afraid if this continues, 746 00:36:47,610 --> 00:36:48,780 something terrible will happen. 747 00:36:48,780 --> 00:36:49,900 Whether he's obsessed or not, 748 00:36:49,900 --> 00:36:51,400 what does it have to do with me? 749 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,200 How can you say it's not related? 750 00:36:53,380 --> 00:36:54,260 Heng, listen. 751 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,010 If you just admit to this crime, 752 00:36:56,050 --> 00:36:58,050 so Guihong can let go of this matter, 753 00:36:58,840 --> 00:36:59,760 I will now... 754 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:01,530 I will immediately... 755 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,970 I will instantly give up the throne to you. 756 00:37:03,970 --> 00:37:04,840 What do you say? 757 00:37:10,740 --> 00:37:12,590 You really do care deeply for him. 758 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:15,490 Of course. 759 00:37:15,610 --> 00:37:16,660 He's my only brother, 760 00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:18,180 I have to protect him. 761 00:37:24,590 --> 00:37:25,740 [Clear Waters, Graceful Woods] 762 00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:25,970 Heng, Heng, listen. 763 00:37:25,970 --> 00:37:27,490 I can make a written promise before Father, 764 00:37:27,490 --> 00:37:29,280 and I'll never go back on my word. 765 00:37:30,050 --> 00:37:30,780 No, no, no. 766 00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:32,090 Heng, listen to me, listen. 767 00:37:32,090 --> 00:37:32,910 Here's the thing. 768 00:37:32,910 --> 00:37:34,260 Once you're on the throne, 769 00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:35,740 you'll have control over everything. 770 00:37:35,740 --> 00:37:37,660 Even if you did harm someone in the Pingrong Battle, 771 00:37:37,660 --> 00:37:39,340 there won't be any consequences. 772 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:41,410 Do you even understand what you're saying? 773 00:37:41,410 --> 00:37:42,610 I do, I do. 774 00:37:42,630 --> 00:37:43,780 Look, Heng, 775 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:46,090 for the sake ur sharing the same father, 776 00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:47,760 just this once. 777 00:37:47,820 --> 00:37:48,610 Please? 778 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:52,010 I'm begging you, isn't that enough? 779 00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:57,860 Didn't you say he's your only brother? 780 00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:00,780 Nan Rui, 781 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:01,740 do you even understand the difference in 782 00:38:01,740 --> 00:38:03,970 degrees of closeness between insiders and outsiders? 783 00:38:03,970 --> 00:38:04,780 I... 784 00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:07,550 I know I'm foolish, 785 00:38:07,860 --> 00:38:08,610 but at this point, 786 00:38:08,610 --> 00:38:10,450 even a fool should understand. 787 00:38:11,220 --> 00:38:12,610 The throne is secondary, 788 00:38:12,740 --> 00:38:14,130 brotherhood is primary. 789 00:38:14,820 --> 00:38:16,550 I know I can't compete with you. 790 00:38:16,970 --> 00:38:19,110 But losing the throne doesn't matter. 791 00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:21,010 If I lose Guihong, 792 00:38:21,030 --> 00:38:23,220 then I truly have nothing left. 793 00:38:34,450 --> 00:38:36,840 The luckiest thing happened to Chu Guihong 794 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,490 is having such a foolish brother like you. 795 00:38:40,930 --> 00:38:41,490 I... 796 00:38:41,490 --> 00:38:42,880 The matter of succession 797 00:38:43,050 --> 00:38:45,110 isn't something you and I can decide. 798 00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:46,010 Furthermore, 799 00:38:47,090 --> 00:38:48,410 I will never admit 800 00:38:49,010 --> 00:38:50,410 to something I didn't do. 801 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:52,050 -I... -Fugui. 802 00:38:56,380 --> 00:38:57,860 Escort the Eighteenth Prince. 803 00:38:57,860 --> 00:38:58,660 Yes. 804 00:38:59,380 --> 00:39:00,510 Eighteenth Prince, 805 00:39:00,660 --> 00:39:01,590 this way please. 806 00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:15,300 Father, 807 00:39:15,610 --> 00:39:17,660 Is the Three Bureaus' Joint Interrogation 808 00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:18,930 really such a big deal? 809 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,970 The Seventh Prince holds royal status. 810 00:39:26,090 --> 00:39:27,220 The Pingrong Battle 811 00:39:28,490 --> 00:39:31,610 is a major case involving the deaths of 20,000 soldiers. 812 00:39:32,450 --> 00:39:34,050 The trial must be jointly handled by the Ministry of Justice, 813 00:39:34,050 --> 00:39:36,780 the Court of Judicial Review, and the Censorate, 814 00:39:37,050 --> 00:39:38,780 to be official. 815 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,070 Isn't the Minister of Justice Yan Yi 816 00:39:42,820 --> 00:39:44,220 one of Nan Heng's people? 817 00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:46,930 Not only that, 818 00:39:48,780 --> 00:39:51,090 both the Censorate and the Court of Judicial Review 819 00:39:51,090 --> 00:39:53,010 are dominated by civil officials, 820 00:39:53,260 --> 00:39:55,180 and Chancellor Gao has long controlled 821 00:39:55,180 --> 00:39:57,300 the civil official factions at court. 822 00:39:57,820 --> 00:39:58,740 I remember now, 823 00:40:00,220 --> 00:40:02,010 that Yao Qian from the Censorate 824 00:40:02,410 --> 00:40:03,860 is also Nan Heng's people. 825 00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:08,530 Now that Chancellor Gao is dead, 826 00:40:08,910 --> 00:40:10,070 all these forces 827 00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:13,450 have fallen into the Seventh Prince's hands. 828 00:40:15,410 --> 00:40:16,450 That's why 829 00:40:16,610 --> 00:40:19,740 Chu Guihong chose to delve into the war records. 830 00:40:22,380 --> 00:40:24,130 In that case, 831 00:40:24,820 --> 00:40:25,610 Father, 832 00:40:26,050 --> 00:40:28,610 if these three departments investigate Nan Heng, 833 00:40:28,610 --> 00:40:29,780 he... 834 00:40:30,860 --> 00:40:32,340 Should be fine, right? 835 00:40:35,450 --> 00:40:37,530 You're still thinking too simply. 836 00:40:38,090 --> 00:40:40,240 All government offices face south, 837 00:40:40,610 --> 00:40:42,010 and in their halls 838 00:40:42,220 --> 00:40:43,700 hang signs of the sun and moon, 839 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:45,360 symbolizing justice for all. 840 00:40:45,820 --> 00:40:48,070 But for justice to shine forth, 841 00:40:48,610 --> 00:40:50,780 it depends on whether the sun and moon above 842 00:40:50,780 --> 00:40:52,260 provide any light at all. 843 00:40:53,150 --> 00:40:55,220 What the Seventh Prince faces now 844 00:40:55,470 --> 00:40:58,010 is precisely dark clouds blocking the sun 845 00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:00,700 and the moon sinking below the horizon.