WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:53.030 I wonder if it's because 00:00:53.030 --> 00:00:54.470 the Crown Princess is expecting, 00:00:54.710 --> 00:00:57.030 but she seems much gentler today. 00:00:57.390 --> 00:00:58.070 Indeed. 00:00:58.240 --> 00:00:59.670 She's usually so reserved 00:00:59.670 --> 00:01:00.560 and so aloof. WEBVTT 00:00:59.670 --> 00:01:00.560 and so aloof. 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.350 Yet today, she hasn't stopped smiling. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:38.280 At a time 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:39.840 of such uncertainty, WEBVTT 00:01:41.230 --> 00:01:44.040 His Majesty's health isn't what it used to be. 00:01:44.430 --> 00:01:46.200 We'll keep everything simple. 00:01:46.710 --> 00:01:49.200 Today is just a family gathering. 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:50.350 Everyone, WEBVTT 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:50.350 Everyone, 00:01:50.464 --> 00:01:51.790 please make yourselves at home. 00:01:52.710 --> 00:01:55.000 Prince Lie is on duty today. 00:01:55.070 --> 00:01:55.920 Send him 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:57.510 some dishes. 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:00.640 That way, WEBVTT 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:00.640 That way, 00:02:00.928 --> 00:02:02.870 he can still share in this family celebration. 00:02:04.070 --> 00:02:04.680 Come. WEBVTT 00:02:10.544 --> 00:02:12.550 - Thank you, Your Majesty. - Thank you, Your Majesty. 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.150 - May Your Majesty enjoy everlasting health. - May Your Majesty enjoy everlasting health. 00:02:15.184 --> 00:02:17.776 - May you live as long as heaven and earth. - May you live as long as heaven and earth. 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:18.680 Come. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:02:38.336 --> 00:02:39.910 Please continue chatting, everyone. 00:02:39.910 --> 00:02:40.960 I'll go freshen up WEBVTT 00:02:39.910 --> 00:02:40.960 I'll go freshen up 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:41.870 and be right back. WEBVTT 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:51.280 Your Highness! 00:02:57.910 --> 00:02:58.750 Someone, hurry! WEBVTT 00:03:01.910 --> 00:03:02.870 Assassins! 00:03:02.870 --> 00:03:04.360 There are assassins! 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:06.000 Someone, hurry! 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:08.560 Protect His Majesty! WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:03:25.470 --> 00:03:26.800 Where are the East Palace guards? WEBVTT 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:33.680 Your Highness. 00:03:35.710 --> 00:03:37.400 Protect Mother and the ladies first. 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:40.120 Qing, be careful. WEBVTT 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:40.120 Qing, be careful. 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:42.360 Tian Yuan. 00:03:42.370 --> 00:03:44.000 Escort the Crown Princess to the side hall. 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:44.310 Yes. 00:03:44.310 --> 00:03:45.120 I'll stay with you. 00:03:45.910 --> 00:03:46.470 Don't worry. 00:03:46.750 --> 00:03:47.590 Take care of yourself. 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:48.430 Tian Yuan. 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:48.960 Yes. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:05:19.968 --> 00:05:20.780 =Blossoms of Power= WEBVTT 00:05:19.968 --> 00:05:20.780 =Blossoms of Power= 00:05:20.784 --> 00:05:23.700 (Adapted from the novel, After My Bloom, All Flowers Wither by Jin Huang) 00:05:23.780 --> 00:05:26.740 =Episode 32= WEBVTT 00:05:30.310 --> 00:05:30.830 Quick! 00:05:36.510 --> 00:05:37.160 Attack! WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:00.800 Changqing! 00:06:00.832 --> 00:06:02.290 Go protect the Grand Empress Dowager! 00:06:04.270 --> 00:06:06.360 Your Majesty, your safety comes first. 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:08.160 We should leave now. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:06:32.950 --> 00:06:34.120 Quick, keep up! WEBVTT 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:43.270 Tian Yuan. 00:06:43.504 --> 00:06:44.630 Go protect the Crown Prince. 00:06:44.630 --> 00:06:45.710 But His Highness told me... 00:06:45.728 --> 00:06:46.800 I can protect myself. 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:47.360 Go now. 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:48.120 Yes. 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:48.800 Go. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:07:00.352 --> 00:07:02.120 Although Changtai is nowhere to be found, 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:03.240 he harbors deep resentment. 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.496 He won't let this end so easily. 00:07:04.528 --> 00:07:05.860 He's already at the end of his rope. 00:07:05.870 --> 00:07:07.420 The Imperial Guard is heavily guarding the palace. 00:07:07.430 --> 00:07:08.720 How could anything still go wrong? 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.040 It's because he's at the end of his rope WEBVTT 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.040 It's because he's at the end of his rope 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:11.660 that he won't care about the consequences. 00:07:11.670 --> 00:07:12.950 If anything happens in the palace, 00:07:12.950 --> 00:07:15.060 I'll have someone send up a flaming arrow as a signal. 00:07:15.072 --> 00:07:16.656 You must bring the troops here at once. 00:07:17.390 --> 00:07:18.240 Rest assured, Huayong. 00:07:18.630 --> 00:07:19.270 Follow me. 00:07:19.750 --> 00:07:20.430 - Yes! - Yes! WEBVTT 00:07:19.750 --> 00:07:20.430 - Yes! - Yes! 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:25.560 Quick! WEBVTT 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:31.800 Bar the door! 00:07:31.888 --> 00:07:32.960 Find something heavy, too. 00:07:32.976 --> 00:07:34.040 - Brace the door! - Yes. 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:34.480 Yes. 00:07:35.310 --> 00:07:35.950 Use this. 00:07:35.984 --> 00:07:37.168 - This one. - Over here. 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:39.070 Quick, help me! 00:07:39.070 --> 00:07:39.870 - Hurry! - Here. WEBVTT 00:07:42.270 --> 00:07:42.920 This one. 00:07:43.510 --> 00:07:44.000 Move! 00:07:46.310 --> 00:07:47.000 Put it here. 00:07:47.510 --> 00:07:47.950 Okay. WEBVTT 00:07:52.950 --> 00:07:53.800 Xihe. 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:54.430 Quick! 00:07:54.510 --> 00:07:55.800 Come stand over here. 00:07:55.870 --> 00:07:56.830 You're with child. 00:07:56.830 --> 00:07:57.950 Don't go any closer. WEBVTT 00:08:00.630 --> 00:08:01.360 Mother. 00:08:02.270 --> 00:08:03.560 What should we do now? 00:08:03.870 --> 00:08:05.190 Judging by what just happened, 00:08:05.190 --> 00:08:06.950 I'm afraid there's a traitor among us. 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:08.750 They've colluded with the Palace Guard. 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.190 I'm afraid they're staging a rebellion. WEBVTT 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.190 I'm afraid they're staging a rebellion. 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.600 What are we going to do? 00:08:15.310 --> 00:08:16.190 Stop crying. 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.270 The guards are fighting in the main hall. 00:08:18.750 --> 00:08:20.190 They can't spare anyone to rescue us. WEBVTT 00:08:18.750 --> 00:08:20.190 They can't spare anyone to rescue us. 00:08:20.870 --> 00:08:22.000 There is no back exit here. 00:08:22.390 --> 00:08:23.720 There's no way out. 00:08:24.310 --> 00:08:25.120 What could 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:27.830 be more frightening than death? 00:08:29.390 --> 00:08:30.390 At a time like this, WEBVTT 00:08:29.390 --> 00:08:30.390 At a time like this, 00:08:30.870 --> 00:08:32.360 what do we still have to fear? 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:36.360 What are you doing? 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:38.750 These gold hairpins 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.270 are usually just ornaments. WEBVTT 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.270 are usually just ornaments. 00:08:41.510 --> 00:08:42.390 But now, 00:08:42.832 --> 00:08:45.056 they can also serve as weapons to defend ourselves. 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:47.510 Good. 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:49.750 Rather than sit here and wait to die, WEBVTT 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:51.600 we should 00:08:52.270 --> 00:08:53.550 fight to the death. 00:08:57.520 --> 00:08:59.000 Any daughters of military families 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:00.608 trained in martial arts, step forward. WEBVTT 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:00.608 trained in martial arts, step forward. 00:09:01.910 --> 00:09:02.960 We'll hold the front. 00:09:03.510 --> 00:09:04.480 Everyone else, 00:09:04.490 --> 00:09:05.600 fall back to the rear steps. 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:06.390 - Yes. - Yes. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:09:28.270 --> 00:09:29.120 Zhen Zhu, Mo Yu. 00:09:29.270 --> 00:09:30.750 Collect everyone's sachets. WEBVTT 00:09:29.270 --> 00:09:30.750 Collect everyone's sachets. 00:09:30.910 --> 00:09:31.480 - Yes. - Yes. 00:09:35.670 --> 00:09:36.150 Here. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:38.910 Your Highness. WEBVTT 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:44.750 Keep these three. 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:46.310 I'm going to prepare an incense blend. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:46.896 - Yes. - Yes. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:10:15.270 --> 00:10:16.030 Huayong. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:10:37.150 --> 00:10:38.000 Father. 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:40.240 I trust you've been well. WEBVTT 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:40.240 I trust you've been well. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:43.440 You ungrateful son! 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:46.150 How could you commit such a heinous act? 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:48.200 Is there 00:10:48.550 --> 00:10:50.360 any sense of human decency left in you? WEBVTT 00:10:48.550 --> 00:10:50.360 any sense of human decency left in you? 00:10:51.630 --> 00:10:52.630 Human decency? 00:10:53.030 --> 00:10:55.080 You married me off to a foreign kingdom 00:10:55.510 --> 00:10:57.080 and cut off my path to the throne. 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.030 Later, after I'd let go of my obsession 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:01.270 and Yanhui and I had fallen in love, WEBVTT 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:01.270 and Yanhui and I had fallen in love, 00:11:01.790 --> 00:11:02.960 you ordered me 00:11:03.670 --> 00:11:05.240 to treat her as an enemy 00:11:05.424 --> 00:11:08.032 and forbade me from feeling the slightest affection for her. 00:11:08.910 --> 00:11:10.080 In your eyes, WEBVTT 00:11:08.910 --> 00:11:10.080 In your eyes, 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:12.180 I was never anything more than a living sacrifice, 00:11:12.630 --> 00:11:14.720 a tool without flesh or blood. 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.150 When have you ever shown me a father's love? 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:19.960 When... WEBVTT 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.840 When have you ever truly loved me as your son? 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:24.750 Shut up! 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:25.960 I, 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:28.870 as the Emperor of Daxing, 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.030 must bear the burden of the nation. WEBVTT 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.030 must bear the burden of the nation. 00:11:32.150 --> 00:11:33.790 Born into the imperial family, 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:37.360 the sovereign always comes before the father. 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:38.790 You, 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.150 care only about your personal grievances. WEBVTT 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.150 care only about your personal grievances. 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:43.480 When have you ever understood 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:45.670 the burdens of being an emperor and a father? WEBVTT 00:11:54.390 --> 00:11:55.270 Huayong. 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:57.840 Open your eyes. 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:00.510 This is our good father. WEBVTT 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:00.510 This is our good father. 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.000 All he sees is his throne, 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.600 his realm, and his power. 00:12:05.870 --> 00:12:07.670 To him, we sons 00:12:08.270 --> 00:12:10.790 are nothing more than pawns WEBVTT 00:12:08.270 --> 00:12:10.790 are nothing more than pawns 00:12:11.150 --> 00:12:13.440 to be weighed and sacrificed at will! 00:12:16.630 --> 00:12:17.440 Fine. 00:12:17.790 --> 00:12:18.550 Father. 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:20.150 Then today, WEBVTT 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:20.150 Then today, 00:12:20.870 --> 00:12:21.870 I will 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.240 put an end to all of this! 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:28.630 Huayong. 00:12:29.270 --> 00:12:31.030 Now that you know the truth, WEBVTT 00:12:29.270 --> 00:12:31.030 Now that you know the truth, 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.080 why do you still try to stop me? 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:34.000 Changtai. 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:35.750 If you stop now, 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:37.000 there's still a way out. 00:12:37.630 --> 00:12:38.750 Even now, 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.030 you still believe his lies? WEBVTT 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.030 you still believe his lies? 00:12:41.630 --> 00:12:42.960 You're beyond saving. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:13:50.750 --> 00:13:52.440 Prince Lie. I am Zhao Zhenghao. 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:53.380 Upon seeing the signal, 00:13:53.390 --> 00:13:54.840 I came under the Crown Prince's orders 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:56.620 with Embroidered Envoys to rescue His Majesty. 00:13:56.630 --> 00:13:57.150 Good. 00:13:57.270 --> 00:13:57.790 Follow me. 00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:58.510 Move! 00:13:59.240 --> 00:13:59.720 Quick! WEBVTT 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:06.600 Your Majesty! WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:14:31.550 --> 00:14:32.510 Guards! 00:14:35.790 --> 00:14:36.750 Your Majesty! 00:14:36.910 --> 00:14:38.080 Watch out! WEBVTT 00:14:42.630 --> 00:14:44.240 San Zhi! WEBVTT 00:14:51.750 --> 00:14:52.720 San Zhi! WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:15:20.550 --> 00:15:21.440 Huayong. 00:15:29.550 --> 00:15:30.360 Huayong. WEBVTT 00:15:29.550 --> 00:15:30.360 Huayong. 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:33.080 Huayong! WEBVTT 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:41.030 Father! WEBVTT 00:15:50.510 --> 00:15:51.150 Your Highness! 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.270 We can't win this. 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.120 Retreat now! 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:55.270 Huayong. 00:15:58.510 --> 00:15:59.910 Retreat! WEBVTT 00:16:02.550 --> 00:16:03.320 Huayong! 00:16:03.536 --> 00:16:04.720 - Your Highness! - Huayong! 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.960 Protect His Majesty! WEBVTT 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.550 Yes. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.030 Everyone, follow me! 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.840 - Yes. - Yes. WEBVTT 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.960 Changtai. WEBVTT 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:31.360 Changtai. 00:16:31.790 --> 00:16:32.720 Stop now. WEBVTT 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.790 For the sake of our brotherhood, 00:16:47.790 --> 00:16:48.720 I won't kill you. 00:16:49.152 --> 00:16:51.984 Go before Father and confess your crimes yourself. WEBVTT 00:16:49.152 --> 00:16:51.984 Go before Father and confess your crimes yourself. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:17:21.590 --> 00:17:22.550 Changying. 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.880 I've always envied you. 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:30.680 Although you were never Father's favorite son, WEBVTT 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:30.680 Although you were never Father's favorite son, 00:17:33.590 --> 00:17:36.240 you grew up under your own brother's protection. 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.830 No wonder you're so innocent. WEBVTT 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.830 No wonder you're so innocent. 00:17:43.550 --> 00:17:45.400 I am Father's son, too. 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.160 Yet now, WEBVTT 00:17:50.070 --> 00:17:51.920 I have become 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.510 a traitor everyone in Daxing wants dead. WEBVTT 00:18:06.750 --> 00:18:08.750 When did I ever have any brothers? WEBVTT 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.480 When... 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:16.070 When did I ever have a father? WEBVTT 00:18:23.350 --> 00:18:25.160 I was nothing more than a living sacrifice, 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.310 a bargaining chip to be weighed and traded. WEBVTT 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.310 a bargaining chip to be weighed and traded. WEBVTT 00:18:49.750 --> 00:18:50.640 Yanyan. WEBVTT 00:18:49.750 --> 00:18:50.640 Yanyan. 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:55.310 I'm coming. 00:18:59.830 --> 00:19:01.000 Changtai! WEBVTT 00:18:59.830 --> 00:19:01.000 Changtai! 00:19:01.790 --> 00:19:02.310 Changtai! WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:19:58.070 --> 00:19:58.830 Yanyan. WEBVTT 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.720 Yanyan. 00:20:09.790 --> 00:20:11.000 All your life, WEBVTT 00:20:09.790 --> 00:20:11.000 All your life, 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:13.750 you've always yielded to me. 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.790 You've suffered so much. WEBVTT 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.880 No matter how reluctant I am, 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.510 this time, 00:20:27.070 --> 00:20:28.070 I'll do as you wish. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:20:43.550 --> 00:20:44.350 Yanyan. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.720 Yanyan. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:21:25.350 --> 00:21:26.110 Changtai. 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.960 Farewell. WEBVTT 00:21:34.590 --> 00:21:35.350 Huayong. 00:21:35.488 --> 00:21:37.440 I'll go find the Imperial Physician for you. 00:21:37.550 --> 00:21:39.110 Rest here in the main hall. WEBVTT 00:21:41.024 --> 00:21:41.920 There's no need... WEBVTT 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.440 I want to ask you something. 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.960 Go ahead. 00:21:57.550 --> 00:21:58.720 Who was it, WEBVTT 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:02.480 that poisoned me? 00:22:05.510 --> 00:22:06.830 I want to know. 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.400 That person... WEBVTT 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.720 was it really you? 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.070 Huayong. 00:22:14.310 --> 00:22:14.960 Huayong. WEBVTT 00:22:26.350 --> 00:22:27.640 Over the years, 00:22:28.830 --> 00:22:30.440 I've suspected many people, WEBVTT 00:22:28.830 --> 00:22:30.440 I've suspected many people, 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.960 but I never suspected you. 00:22:39.830 --> 00:22:41.510 And more than anything, WEBVTT 00:22:39.830 --> 00:22:41.510 And more than anything, 00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.960 I hoped it wasn't you. 00:22:46.590 --> 00:22:47.830 So today, 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:51.310 I want to hear it from you. WEBVTT 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:51.310 I want to hear it from you. 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.830 That person... 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.720 who was it? 00:22:59.030 --> 00:23:00.680 Was it really you? WEBVTT 00:22:59.030 --> 00:23:00.680 Was it really you? 00:23:05.750 --> 00:23:06.510 Huayong. 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.720 It wasn't me. WEBVTT 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.720 It wasn't me. 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.550 I didn't poison you. 00:23:18.030 --> 00:23:20.640 I never once intended to harm you. WEBVTT 00:23:18.030 --> 00:23:20.640 I never once intended to harm you. 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:26.750 If a single word I say is false, 00:23:28.070 --> 00:23:30.160 I'd rather die by your sword. WEBVTT 00:23:28.070 --> 00:23:30.160 I'd rather die by your sword. WEBVTT 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.880 Huayong. 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.200 For more than ten years, WEBVTT 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.200 For more than ten years, 00:23:51.550 --> 00:23:54.030 I've searched tirelessly for the culprit. 00:23:56.270 --> 00:23:57.440 Sadly, 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:59.830 there's still no trace of them. WEBVTT 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.590 Huayong, 00:24:05.310 --> 00:24:07.110 I have failed you. 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.240 Huayong. WEBVTT 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.240 Huayong. 00:24:13.830 --> 00:24:14.720 Huayong. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.880 Huayong. 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.110 Father. WEBVTT 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.110 Father. 00:24:29.350 --> 00:24:30.550 Father. WEBVTT 00:24:29.350 --> 00:24:30.550 Father. 00:24:32.510 --> 00:24:33.790 I'll never forget 00:24:35.550 --> 00:24:37.070 that after I was poisoned, 00:24:38.510 --> 00:24:40.550 I was bedridden for months. WEBVTT 00:24:38.510 --> 00:24:40.550 I was bedridden for months. 00:24:42.830 --> 00:24:44.790 Apart from attending court, 00:24:45.750 --> 00:24:47.790 you stayed in the East Palace day and night 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.000 to care for me. WEBVTT 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.000 to care for me. 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:54.720 You held me in your arms as I lay dying 00:24:56.110 --> 00:24:57.680 and knelt at every ancestral shrine. WEBVTT 00:25:00.310 --> 00:25:02.270 Your fatherly love 00:25:03.270 --> 00:25:04.400 is still vivid in my mind. 00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:09.110 If not for your love, WEBVTT 00:25:10.790 --> 00:25:12.960 I would never have lived to this day. 00:25:17.350 --> 00:25:19.400 If you say you didn't do it, WEBVTT 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.590 then I believe you. WEBVTT 00:25:30.590 --> 00:25:31.680 Huayong. 00:25:34.350 --> 00:25:35.680 My Huayong. WEBVTT 00:25:46.590 --> 00:25:48.350 I have failed you. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.920 Grand Empress Dowager, are you all right? 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.400 I'm fine. 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.624 Where's the Crown Prince? WEBVTT 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.624 Where's the Crown Prince? 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:12.368 He's been in the main hall with Father. 00:26:13.270 --> 00:26:13.790 Xihe! 00:26:14.750 --> 00:26:15.270 Mother. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:27:16.030 --> 00:27:16.750 Huayong. 00:27:18.030 --> 00:27:19.440 What are you doing? WEBVTT 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.400 Father. 00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.720 My condition 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.350 is beyond cure. WEBVTT 00:27:39.830 --> 00:27:41.350 I beg you, Father, WEBVTT 00:27:39.830 --> 00:27:41.350 I beg you, Father, 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.480 to grant the child in Xihe's womb 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:48.350 the name Junshu. 00:27:49.030 --> 00:27:50.030 Junshu? WEBVTT 00:27:49.030 --> 00:27:50.030 Junshu? 00:27:54.270 --> 00:27:55.920 This is a name reserved for an emperor. 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.720 I... WEBVTT 00:28:01.350 --> 00:28:02.790 understand your intention. 00:28:04.270 --> 00:28:06.160 You wish to secure a safeguard 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.160 for Xihe and your child. WEBVTT 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:16.590 How difficult life will be 00:28:17.790 --> 00:28:20.310 for the Crown Princess of the East Palace without her husband, WEBVTT 00:28:17.790 --> 00:28:20.310 for the Crown Princess of the East Palace without her husband, 00:28:21.904 --> 00:28:24.464 and for the young heir of the East Palace without his father. 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:30.350 My final wish WEBVTT 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:30.350 My final wish 00:28:32.110 --> 00:28:34.070 is that Xihe and our child 00:28:35.270 --> 00:28:36.830 may live in peace 00:28:37.750 --> 00:28:39.400 and be safe year after year. WEBVTT 00:28:41.030 --> 00:28:42.440 I beg you to grant my wish. 00:28:48.830 --> 00:28:49.720 Huayong. WEBVTT 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.310 I promise you. WEBVTT 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.310 I promise you. 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:04.070 Whether it's a boy or a girl, 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.350 the child shall be named Junshu. 00:29:07.750 --> 00:29:09.310 Thank you, Father, for granting my wish. WEBVTT 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.200 Come. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:29:47.510 --> 00:29:48.640 Where are you going? WEBVTT 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.310 To find Xihe. WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:23.910 ♪Time is like a river flowing backward♪ 00:30:23.910 --> 00:30:26.540 ♪The story is sketched anew♪ 00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:30.180 ♪The moonlight is sewn together by the dusk♪ WEBVTT 00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:30.180 ♪The moonlight is sewn together by the dusk♪ 00:30:31.630 --> 00:30:34.400 ♪The tide engulfs the lines on my palm♪ 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:37.130 ♪Pushing me to converge with you♪ 00:30:37.130 --> 00:30:41.610 ♪Sifting for joy in a sea of sorrow♪ WEBVTT 00:30:37.130 --> 00:30:41.610 ♪Sifting for joy in a sea of sorrow♪ 00:30:42.250 --> 00:30:44.890 ♪I step onto this winding path♪ 00:30:44.890 --> 00:30:47.230 ♪What was swept away?♪ 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:51.590 ♪Joy and sorrow show no emotion♪ WEBVTT 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:51.590 ♪Joy and sorrow show no emotion♪ 00:30:52.630 --> 00:30:55.200 ♪The clouds twist into a vortex♪ 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:57.950 ♪Reaching out to touch you♪ 00:30:57.950 --> 00:31:02.730 ♪Only to find it's just a bubble♪ WEBVTT 00:30:57.950 --> 00:31:02.730 ♪Only to find it's just a bubble♪ 00:31:03.910 --> 00:31:06.180 ♪Scene after scene of yesterday♪ 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:09.050 ♪Lies between the sky and the water♪ 00:31:09.050 --> 00:31:11.420 ♪The stars are sinking♪ WEBVTT 00:31:09.050 --> 00:31:11.420 ♪The stars are sinking♪ 00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:14.420 ♪Like a sunken vow♪ 00:31:14.910 --> 00:31:17.590 ♪You drifted away alone♪ 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:22.660 ♪Without a single word of goodbye♪ WEBVTT 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:22.660 ♪Without a single word of goodbye♪ 00:31:23.530 --> 00:31:26.140 ♪Leaving no room to turn back♪ 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:30.410 ♪I can only stay there forever♪ WEBVTT 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:30.410 ♪I can only stay there forever♪ 00:31:30.410 --> 00:31:35.640 ♪In the coming years, I'll always remember that year, my graceful lover♪ 00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:38.050 ♪Love hangs on the crest of the waves♪ 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:42.450 ♪Waiting for regret to swallow me up♪ WEBVTT 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:42.450 ♪Waiting for regret to swallow me up♪ WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:44.460 (Jade Terrace and Auspicious Dew) 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.750 Xihe. WEBVTT 00:32:52.790 --> 00:32:54.590 It's so good to see you. 00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.590 Your Highness. 00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:58.750 Let me take you to the Imperial Physician. 00:32:59.350 --> 00:33:00.790 Don't go, all right? WEBVTT 00:32:59.350 --> 00:33:00.790 Don't go, all right? 00:33:03.750 --> 00:33:05.750 I want to talk to you. WEBVTT 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:15.720 I've imagined countless times 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:20.440 what my final moments would be like. WEBVTT 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:20.440 what my final moments would be like. 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:25.070 But I never imagined 00:33:27.510 --> 00:33:29.510 they would be this beautiful. WEBVTT 00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:35.160 The one I love 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.960 is right before me. WEBVTT 00:33:40.590 --> 00:33:42.400 We're watching the snow together. 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.310 It's beautiful. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.960 Xihe. 00:34:06.830 --> 00:34:08.960 Do you still remember WEBVTT 00:34:10.710 --> 00:34:13.000 the day the maple leaves were at their reddest? 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.550 After our afternoon nap, WEBVTT 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.550 After our afternoon nap, 00:34:23.630 --> 00:34:25.920 we quietly 00:34:27.550 --> 00:34:29.510 drank plum juice together. WEBVTT 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.150 By the little window, WEBVTT 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.960 with the gentle breeze drifting in... 00:34:44.550 --> 00:34:46.590 That simple kind of life 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.840 was life's greatest blessing. WEBVTT 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.840 was life's greatest blessing. 00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.150 Your Highness. WEBVTT 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.840 We promised 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.360 that this year, WEBVTT 00:35:10.550 --> 00:35:13.000 we'd watch the maple leaves together again. 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.280 Next year, 00:35:19.510 --> 00:35:21.710 we'd count the apricot blossoms together. WEBVTT 00:35:19.510 --> 00:35:21.710 we'd count the apricot blossoms together. 00:35:23.150 --> 00:35:24.320 Year after year, 00:35:25.550 --> 00:35:26.800 we'd stay by each other's side. WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:35:46.190 --> 00:35:47.630 Xihe. 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:51.230 I'm afraid WEBVTT 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:51.230 I'm afraid 00:35:53.110 --> 00:35:55.190 I have to break that promise. 00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:01.760 I barged into your life, WEBVTT 00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:01.760 I barged into your life, 00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:05.440 only to leave before you. 00:36:09.710 --> 00:36:10.670 I'm sorry. WEBVTT 00:36:09.710 --> 00:36:10.670 I'm sorry. 00:36:14.070 --> 00:36:15.550 I only hope WEBVTT 00:36:20.190 --> 00:36:21.440 you'll never 00:36:22.670 --> 00:36:24.550 regret marrying me... WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:36:46.630 --> 00:36:48.440 Marrying you in this life 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:51.070 is something I will WEBVTT 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:51.070 is something I will 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:53.030 never regret. WEBVTT 00:37:00.350 --> 00:37:06.060 ♪Let it all go, give my tears to the flowers♪ 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:13.400 ♪Beneath my feet, eternal doom is more than wind and sand♪ WEBVTT 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:13.400 ♪Beneath my feet, eternal doom is more than wind and sand♪ 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:20.070 ♪That perfectly plotted love hides in the clamor♪ WEBVTT 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:20.070 ♪That perfectly plotted love hides in the clamor♪ 00:37:21.520 --> 00:37:27.020 ♪Between us, it's both treacherous and flawless♪ 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:33.930 ♪I want destiny, and also tender words of love♪ WEBVTT 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:33.930 ♪I want destiny, and also tender words of love♪ 00:37:34.330 --> 00:37:42.080 ♪As night stains my eyes, I'll gaze once more at the rosy clouds♪ WEBVTT 00:37:34.330 --> 00:37:42.080 ♪As night stains my eyes, I'll gaze once more at the rosy clouds♪ 00:37:42.330 --> 00:37:45.710 ♪I have a dream of a long wind in my sleeves♪ 00:37:45.910 --> 00:37:49.270 ♪My heart rises and falls, we embrace in a sea of clouds♪ 00:37:49.470 --> 00:37:52.810 ♪In this eternity, you are a part of it♪ WEBVTT 00:37:49.470 --> 00:37:52.810 ♪In this eternity, you are a part of it♪ 00:37:52.810 --> 00:37:56.400 ♪My longing can level mountains and cross countless rivers♪ 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:59.670 ♪Drunk or sober, it's all like a dream♪ 00:37:59.810 --> 00:38:03.360 ♪Stars sink into my hair, the moon slips through my fingers♪ WEBVTT 00:37:59.810 --> 00:38:03.360 ♪Stars sink into my hair, the moon slips through my fingers♪ 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:06.930 ♪For how much joy do we share this life together♪ 00:38:06.930 --> 00:38:13.380 ♪Withering and flourishing, year after year♪ WEBVTT 00:38:06.930 --> 00:38:13.380 ♪Withering and flourishing, year after year♪ 00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:17.190 ♪I have a dream of a long wind in my sleeves♪ 00:38:17.190 --> 00:38:20.850 ♪My heart rises and falls, we embrace in a sea of clouds♪ WEBVTT 00:38:17.190 --> 00:38:20.850 ♪My heart rises and falls, we embrace in a sea of clouds♪ 00:38:20.850 --> 00:38:24.280 ♪In this eternity, you are a part of it♪ 00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:27.820 ♪My longing can level mountains and cross countless rivers♪ 00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:31.070 ♪Drunk or sober, it's all like a dream♪ WEBVTT 00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:31.070 ♪Drunk or sober, it's all like a dream♪ 00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:34.750 ♪Stars sink into my hair, the moon slips through my fingers♪ 00:38:34.750 --> 00:38:38.290 ♪For how much joy do we share this life together♪ 00:38:38.290 --> 00:38:41.450 ♪Withering and flourishing, year after year♪ WEBVTT 00:38:38.290 --> 00:38:41.450 ♪Withering and flourishing, year after year♪ 00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:49.030 ♪May the sand and dirt in my sleeves♪ 00:38:49.270 --> 00:38:51.950 ♪Become the tears in the corner of my eyes♪ WEBVTT 00:38:49.270 --> 00:38:51.950 ♪Become the tears in the corner of my eyes♪ 00:38:52.090 --> 00:38:55.160 ♪And blossom into a flower♪ WEBVTT 00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:07.230 What he could do, 00:39:07.550 --> 00:39:08.480 I can do as well. 00:39:08.630 --> 00:39:09.760 From beginning to end, WEBVTT 00:39:10.190 --> 00:39:11.710 I have always been your husband. 00:39:11.710 --> 00:39:13.150 Why was it Xiao Huayong, 00:39:13.150 --> 00:39:14.190 and not me? 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.510 In this world, 00:39:15.510 --> 00:39:17.280 no one can compare to him. 00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:19.150 If even the gods refuse to save me, 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.760 then I'll save myself. WEBVTT 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.760 then I'll save myself. 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:22.230 Shen Xihe. 00:39:22.230 --> 00:39:24.110 She will become my consort. 00:39:28.710 --> 00:39:31.650 ♪I've hidden so many words♪ WEBVTT 00:39:28.710 --> 00:39:31.650 ♪I've hidden so many words♪ 00:39:32.270 --> 00:39:35.070 ♪Too reluctant to tell you♪ 00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:42.910 ♪So never uncover♪ WEBVTT 00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:42.910 ♪So never uncover♪ 00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:45.460 ♪The sand that slips away with one grasp♪ 00:39:46.590 --> 00:39:49.320 ♪The flower that withers after one bloom♪ WEBVTT 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:55.620 ♪Silently buried deep inside my heart♪ 00:39:57.380 --> 00:40:00.200 ♪Every answer I gave♪ WEBVTT 00:39:57.380 --> 00:40:00.200 ♪Every answer I gave♪ 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:03.850 ♪Was both bittersweet and absurd♪ 00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:08.010 ♪Hiding my tear-filled eyes when I hurt you♪ 00:40:08.270 --> 00:40:11.580 ♪How hard it truly was?♪ WEBVTT 00:40:08.270 --> 00:40:11.580 ♪How hard it truly was?♪ 00:40:14.550 --> 00:40:17.990 ♪The wounds that healed with just a little comfort♪ 00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:21.310 ♪The lies made whole with a single embrace♪ WEBVTT 00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:21.310 ♪The lies made whole with a single embrace♪ 00:40:22.580 --> 00:40:28.340 ♪Pretending to be brave as if I'd never been hurt♪ 00:40:29.750 --> 00:40:32.880 ♪It's a shame I never could♪ WEBVTT 00:40:29.750 --> 00:40:32.880 ♪It's a shame I never could♪ 00:40:33.330 --> 00:40:36.340 ♪Give you a moon in return♪ 00:40:36.450 --> 00:40:43.090 ♪With the same open heart you loved me♪ WEBVTT 00:40:36.450 --> 00:40:43.090 ♪With the same open heart you loved me♪ 00:40:43.090 --> 00:40:46.760 ♪I've crossed the wasteland of memories♪ 00:40:47.630 --> 00:40:50.390 ♪Never knowing I was lost♪ WEBVTT 00:40:47.630 --> 00:40:50.390 ♪Never knowing I was lost♪ 00:40:50.830 --> 00:40:53.960 ♪Why don't you take me away?♪ 00:40:54.400 --> 00:41:00.350 ♪Lead me out of this endless game of hide-and-seek♪ WEBVTT 00:40:54.400 --> 00:41:00.350 ♪Lead me out of this endless game of hide-and-seek♪ 00:41:01.750 --> 00:41:05.300 ♪You'll never♪ 00:41:05.580 --> 00:41:15.050 ♪Know how much I long to, long to♪ WEBVTT 00:41:05.580 --> 00:41:15.050 ♪Know how much I long to, long to♪ WEBVTT WEBVTT WEBVTT 00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:44.700 (No animals were harmed in the making of this film)