Original subtitles

♪ The white sail came too late ♪

♪ Where did he go? ♪

♪ Snow veils the mountains ♪

♪ Love endures beyond life and death ♪

♪ A black chess piece ♪

♪ Whose game did he stumble into?

♪ All his life, there's no escape ♪

♪ In ten thousand years, what will still remain? ♪

♪ Will anyone still love with an unchanging heart? ♪

♪ I will remember ♪

♪ Those days long past ♪

♪ As the wind drifts with the white sail ♪

♪ Ten thousand years ago ♪

♪ Did you once walk this shore? ♪

♪ Why can't our bond be severed in this life? ♪

♪ I am lost yet willing ♪

♪ Still I love you with a steadfast heart ♪

♪ Until all things fade away ♪

♪ The stars will remember us ♪

[Love & Crown]

[Adapted from the novel "My Queen" by Xie Lounan]

[Episode 7]

You scared me half to death!

I've been waiting for you forever.

Sneaking out of Linghe Hall

isn't that easy.

What are you drawing?

This is you?

Back in that fire, you got hit?

Want to see my scar?

It's on the back of my neck.

How did you get hurt?

I used to go play with him.

Him?

Who is he?

The Emperor?

At his place,

there were all sorts of strange, fun books.

He said they'd been left by his late mother.

Back then,

I actually liked being around him.

So later,

it was his place that caught fire?

Hurry!

- Quick! - Coming!

[Luling Hall] - Hurry up! - The water's here!

Faster!

Huan!

Your Highness, move now!

Huan, don't go!

Huan, help me!

The fire was so huge.

They even saved all the crickets he kept.

But no one saved me.

He once told me

he'd take good care of me.

All liars deserve to die.

Tell me,

am I right?

[Luling Hall]

You were planted by Mother herself.

Now you've finally withered away

and left me too.

[Spirit tablet of Empress He of Great Qi]

Mother,

I'm here to see you.

Your Majesty,

something's wrong.

The Empress has fainted!

Why would the Empress go to the cold palace?

Tonight, Her Majesty went out

for an appointment with someone.

She wouldn't allow us to follow.

I truly don't know

she went to the cold palace.

Please spare my life!

When did I ever say I was going to kill you?

All of you, get up.

Your Majesty,

did the Empress

run into Princess Ying?

Yes.

She not only ran into her

but also fell right into her trap.

Your Majesty,

your cold sickness has been flaring up a lot lately.

Your health must come first.

Why don't you return to the palace to rest?

Here,

I'll have the imperial physicians and maids watch over Her Majesty.

It's fine.

You may all withdraw.

- Understood. - Understood.

You've got that treasure that drives out every poison,

so I can't poison you.

But you never saw this coming.

I can still use Puppet Incense on you.

This is the famous Puppet Incense.

It's not easy to make.

This is the famous Puppet Incense.

It's not easy to make.

How interesting.

How interesting.

I must forget

that I came to the cold palace today.

I must forget

that I came to the cold palace today.

I hate Xiao Huan

to my very core.

I hate Xiao Huan

to my very core.

I will kill him

with my own sword.

I will kill him

with my own sword.

Those who break their word

all deserve to die.

Those who break their word

all deserve to die.

I will kill him

with my own sword.

Cangcang!

Those who break their word

all deserve to die.

I will kill him

with my own sword.

I hate Xiao Huan

to my very core.

No!

I will kill him

with my own sword.

Cangcang,

your heart has been struggling,

because deep down you don't really want to kill me,

isn't that right?

I may hate him,

but I refuse to be anyone's puppet.

♪ I'm willing ♪

♪ To wield my sword with you and burn the waning moon ♪

♪ I'm willing ♪

♪ To brave all storms with you, boiling with passion ♪

♪ I'm willing ♪

♪ To break my wings and become the blade in your hand ♪

♪ I'm willing ♪

♪ To write with you this torn, enduring page of history ♪

All of you, remember this.

Nothing happened at Linghe Hall

last night.

Understood.

Your Majesty,

Preceptor Du requests an audience.

She says it's an urgent matter.

Your Majesty?

When the Empress wakes up,

be careful with her right arm.

Understood.

So this time no needles, no medicine?

You're really that angry?

I will begin fasting from today

to pray for Your Majesty.

Your stomach is already weak.

Why put yourself through this?

If even Your Majesty won't take care of yourself,

then,

I won't bother with myself either.

I've ordered Imperial Physician Li back.

So,

I'll pull through this trial.

Your Majesty.

When Prince of Yuzhang was escorting the officials

into the Capital,

they were attacked by assassins.

But Prince of Yuzhang wrote

that he was prepared,

and not a single official was injured.

Not a single one?

Yes.

I'm afraid that even if there were casualties,

he wouldn't dare let me know.

Besides,

the one accompanying him into the Capital

wasn't Shi Yan,

but Zhong Lin.

She must be coming to see Cangcang, right?

It's fine.

It's about time Cangcang saw an old friend.

[Wuying Hall]

Preceptor Du.

Eunuch Feng.

May I ask

where His Majesty has just come back from?

Linghe Hall.

I can manage on my own.

I'm fine.

His Majesty specifically instructed us

to be extra careful with your right arm.

So, please let me serve you.

Is His Majesty

all right?

His Majesty missed his medicine,

then spent his inner strength purging the poison from you,

and even took a sword strike from you.

His condition is very serious.

Your Majesty,

Preceptor Du barged in...

Du Tingxin of Nanrong Palace

pays respects to Your Majesty.

Rise, Preceptor Du.

Leave it to me.

Xiaoshan,

you all may go.

- Got it. - Got it.

You came in person.

Something major happened the day before yesterday?

You were controlled by Princess Ying's Puppet Incense

and tried to stab His Majesty.

But you dislocated your own arm

to keep His Majesty safe.

You came in person

just to tell me this?

Your Majesty is perceptive.

Then I won't hide anything.

Are you aware

of my background?

Please enlighten me.

I'm the former Preceptor's daughter,

not her disciple.

An Imperial Preceptor

was supposed to live a spotless life.

But she had an affair with another man

and secretly gave birth to me.

She raised me as her "disciple".

Later, when the truth came out,

my mother was forced to burn herself alive to atone.

Her only wish was to keep me safe.

But the ministers

still wouldn't let it go.

I was hiding in the shrine that day.

This girl

is an affront to Heaven and our ancestors.

She has no right to live.

She should be sacrificed to Heaven!

Don't be afraid.

Today, I exercised my right to pardon.

From this day on,

you are the new Imperial Preceptor.

Why did my master

name the shrine "Nanrong Palace"?

Did she think

I was unwelcome to the world? [♪ "Nanrong" means unwelcome.]

Even if the world rejects you,

you must fight to live.

The former Preceptor burned herself alive.

Isn't this

the very result she sought?

That day, when His Majesty took my hand

and led me out of Nanrong Palace,

I made up my mind

that my whole life would belong to him alone.

If His Majesty can be with the one he loves,

that is the greatest joy I could ask for.

You don't actually think

the one His Majesty loves

is me, do you?

Why are you so certain it isn't?

Emperors are heartless.

In the end,

power is all he's ever valued.

I came here today

because the night before last,

you were under someone else's control,

yet you chose to injure yourself

rather than harm His Majesty.

I believe

Your Majesty

might truly care for him after all.

I beg Your Majesty

to give His Majesty a little trust.

If affection can grow between you,

then Nanrong Palace

will be Linghe Hall's most loyal ally.

And if I can't?

I should say no more.

Such words would be overstepping.

Your Majesty is still recovering,

so I will take my leave.

[Wuying Hall]

No...

Wufu,

where is Imperial Physician Li?

They say he'll arrive in the Capital

in about a day.

For the next seven days,

I will not hold morning court.

Announce to the outside world

that I'm recovering from illness.

No one is allowed to visit me.

Not even the Empress.

Yes, Your Majesty.

[Ling Manor]

Are you sure everyone is dead,

including that Song Lanxi?

They should be.

What is that supposed to mean?

You knew Prince of Yuzhang would keep them heavily guarded,

so besides ambushing the posthouse,

we also used Li Chengtian's name

to lure Song Lanxi out to kill him.

But in the end,

Prince of Yuzhang's men showed up.

Still, he was gravely wounded

and surely can't survive.

But Xiao Qianqing has tightened security this time

and even bought so many injury salves.

What if Song Lanxi

didn't actually die?

Father,

I drove my sword through his chest myself.

I imagine

Prince of Yuzhang is just putting up a smokescreen.

This time His Majesty's illness was severe,

yet he won't let anyone visit him.

All right.

I'll find another way to find out the truth.

Go make arrangements right away.

Have Xu Feng and his men come see me before the final exam.

Got it.

Your Majesty is still injured.

The night is getting colder and damper.

You should rest early.

If you're worried about His Majesty,

why not go visit him?

Who said I'm worried about him?

I just slept too much yesterday,

so now I can't fall asleep.

I heard from Wuying Hall

that Imperial Physician Li is back.

Imperial Physician Li?

He's a miracle physician the late Emperor found out in the martial world.

He was brought in specifically to treat His Majesty's cold poison.

Preceptor Du takes care of him in the palace.

Imperial Physician Li

searches the martial world for medicine for him.

This time they've brought Li back,

so it seems His Majesty's condition

is truly dangerous.

Is that true?

Yeah.

Your Majesty really won't go see him?

Physician Li, you still have those miraculous healing hands.

Your medicine cures me in no time.

Cure you, my foot!

You brat, if you're so eager to die,

why drag me back in such a hurry?

Physician Li!

Keep quiet!

I'm trying to think of a way!

Inside the palace,

is there a woman this brat actually likes,

one who also has inner strength?

To suppress your cold poison,

the medicine I'm using is blazing hot.

We need a woman of extreme yin and softness to help.

Your Majesty,

the Empress is here.

Send her back.

Your Majesty,

please reconsider.

Let the Empress in!

Her Majesty arrives!

Your Majesty.

You're the right person!

That brat's already sick like that,

yet he straightens right up the moment you walk in.

That means he likes you.

Let me just ask you one thing:

Are you going to save that brat's life or not?

♪ Dust gathers on the lost paths of time... ♪

Physician Li was exaggerating.

It's not a life-or-death matter.

Either way,

I hurt you.

Xiao Ying dosed you with Puppet Incense.

It's not your fault.

I do hate you.

However,

I also don't want you

to just die without even knowing why.

I don't like dragging things out.

Let's get through this first.

♪ On Phoenix Terrace ♪

♪ The seasons weave their tales in turn ♪

♪ Tears fall, nourishing all living things ♪

♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪

♪ The annual rings carve deep and shallow scars ♪

♪ In the end, silence is the only reply ♪

♪ Oh, broken-hearted one ♪

♪ Still you wander the world ♪

♪ The setting sun listens to the tide's confession ♪

♪ A beam of moonlight keeps the hesitant poet company ♪

♪ Amid the swirling mortal dust ♪

♪ Love and hate are hopelessly entwined... ♪

I'm here with you.

I'll protect you!

♪ Still hums its old song of longing ♪

♪ On Phoenix Terrace ♪

♪ The seasons weave their tales in turn ♪

♪ Tears fall, nourishing all living things ♪

♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪

♪ The annual rings carve deep and shallow scars... ♪

Why did you kill my master?

I promised him

I wouldn't tell you.

What did you just say?

You can't tell me what?

♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪

♪ The annual rings carve deep and shallow scars ♪

♪ When will the old friend answer? ♪

♪ Oh, wandering soul ♪

♪ One day you'll find your way home ♪

You're awake.

Why am I sleeping here?

You're all right now?

Physician Li pulled me through.

My health

should be stable for a while now.

That's great!

If there's nothing else,

I'll be going now.

What's wrong?

You had your reasons?

What reasons?

You had your reasons

for killing my master?

Why do you ask about that?

It's nothing.

I just think

even if the Bai Chifan I once knew

wore a thousand faces,

he couldn't possibly have

every single one of them be a lie.

Right now,

come with me

to the cold palace.

What?

Do you all know

what "cold palace" really means?

Anyone not from Xuanguang Hall,

step forward.

If there's a single lie,

your whole clan will die!

Well then.

So you're all from Xuanguang Hall!

Bullying servants?

That's nothing to be proud of.

Xiao Huan!

These are all my favorite things.

How dare you destroy them!

If you dare lay a hand on my empress,

there's nothing I won't dare do.

Li Hongqing!

Here.

Throw all these bottles and jars

and the herbs and old books

into the courtyard to be burned!

Xiao Huan, don't you dare...

The Empress Dowager arrives!

Well, she's here at just the right time.

Your Majesty,

why are you here personally?

And,

why are you rushing here in such haste?

Governing the inner palace is my duty.

Your Majesty should not interfere in the affairs of the inner palace.

I truly shouldn't have.

But the Princess used forbidden arts

on my empress.

That leaves me no choice.

As I see it,

the Empress is perfectly fine,

yet the Princess has been frightened.

Such a great incident happened in Linghe Hall,

and you knew nothing of it?

The Empress

was put under Puppet Incense.

Had she really killed me,

that would've pleased you, wouldn't it?

Please, quell your anger.

It was indeed my oversight in this matter.

I will certainly get to the bottom of it

and give the Empress an explanation.

If it truly was the Princess's doing,

I will by no means be lenient.

Aren't you tired?

You are already advanced in years,

yet still labor over the inner palace.

It's forgivable to overlook small matters,

but to blunder over major ones?

In my view,

the Phoenix Seal

might as well be handed to the Empress.

You're absolutely right.

Since the Princess used forbidden arts,

she indeed should be severely punished.

I ask you to make the final judgment.

All guards here

are to be replaced.

The Princess is not to leave the cold palace!

For the next ten days,

no lamps are to be lit!

I don't want this!

Qianqing!

Qianqing, save me!

Qianqing!

- The Princess isn't herself. - Qianqing.

- Your Majesty... - Qianqing, save me!

- Isn't this too cruel? - Qianqing!

Qianqing, save me!

- I'm cruel? - Qianqing!

Qianqing, save me...

- As for cruelty... - Qianqing, save me.

I'm no match for you.

Don't forget

who really set the fire

that turned Xiao Ying into this.

Your Majesty,

please punish the Princess severely.

Since it's your request,

I'll do exactly as I just said.

You say you're afraid of the dark,

but Xiao Ying,

you've never truly seen real darkness.

You know what?

I have never owed you anything.

Li Hongqing, take charge of the cold palace.

From today on,

the Princess is to be guarded by the Imperial Guards.

My dear,

have you gone soft?

So in this deep palace,

the bond between siblings

and the love between mother and daughter

all end up like this.

Today I've seen

your ruthless side.

Your Majesty,

I dare not ask for much.

I only ask

that for the sake of saving you yesterday,

you allow me to leave the palace once.

Very well,

I grant it.

As for what happened at Wuying Hall last night,

I hope you won't mention it to anyone.

All you need to know

is that my illness is severe,

and hard to recover from.

All right.

[Wuying Hall]

Say whatever you want to say.

Don't hold anything back.

Then I'll be blunt.

This cold sickness of yours

has only been temporarily suppressed.

I knew it!

You missed the key point.

It's only temporary!

If you keep wearing yourself out like this,

even a great immortal

wouldn't be able to save your little life!

Physician Li,

surely you won't abandon me, right?

You brat, always clinging to me!

You're that certain

I can actually cure your cold sickness?

Physician Li,

you've found a new prescription, haven't you?

In an ancient text,

I found a herb called Frost Reed.

It grows in the southwest.

When it blooms, its roots fall into a false death.

They need thirty-six years

to revive and bloom again.

It takes thirty-six years for a single flower to bloom!

A bizarre flower like that

must be hard to get, right?

That's none of your concern.

All these years,

I've been roaming the martial world searching for it.

Recently,

my people sent back good news.

It seems they've found the flower.

If we can actually get our hands on it,

my prescription will finally be complete.

Then I'd have about a seventy percent chance

of curing your cold sickness.

Good.

Then,

I'll leave it to you.

I might just scrape by

for a few more years.

If you keep acting like this,

my life will get shortened instead!

With your skill and kindness,

you'll live long for sure.

If I make it over a hundred days,

that'll already be a miracle from my ancestors.

You little brat!

Sometimes I really want to...

Hongqing.

Tomorrow, escort the Empress to the Summer Palace to escape the heat.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I'll make the arrangements at once.

After you've seen her out of the Capital,

come straight back to the palace.

You don't need to worry about her.

A lot happened today.

I forgot to ask:

Has Prince of Yuzhang arrived in the Capital?

Your Majesty,

Prince of Yuzhang requests an audience.

He's waiting outside.

Speak of him,

and here he comes.

I won't see him.

Send him back.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I heard that this time,

Princess Ying drugged the Empress and even forced her

[Wuying Hall] to wound His Majesty.

Only then did His Majesty get angry and punish Princess Ying.

Ying may be at fault,

but he knows she's terrified of the dark.

Why sentence her to ten days without a single lamp?

Your Highness,

His Majesty is unwell today

and has already retired.

Please come pay your respects another day.

Got it.

Thank you, Eunuch Feng.

After so long apart,

he really has prepared

quite the homecoming gift.

[Linghe Hall]

♪ Dust gathers on the lost paths of time ♪

♪ A red candle keeps the dusk company in solitude ♪

♪ Blurred words on faded bamboo slips ♪

♪ Broken speech in twisted time ♪

♪ The heart still hums its old song of longing ♪

♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the seasons weave their tales in turn ♪

♪ Tears fall, nourishing all living things ♪

♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪

♪ The annual rings carve deep and shallow scars ♪

♪ In the end, silence is the only reply ♪

♪ Oh, broken-hearted one, still you wander the world ♪

♪ The setting sun listens to the tide's confession ♪

♪ A beam of moonlight keeps the hesitant poet company ♪

♪ Amid the swirling mortal dust, love and hate are hopelessly entwined ♪

♪ Empty cups greet the dawn of parting ♪

♪ The heart still hums its old song of longing ♪

♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the seasons weave their tales in turn ♪

♪ That iridescent soul gleams through the drifting past ♪

♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪

♪ The annual rings carve deep and shallow scars ♪

♪ When will the old friend answer? ♪

♪ Oh, wandering soul, one day you'll find your way home ♪