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=No Doubt In Us= (Adapted from the Manman comic No Doubt in Us)

=Episode 23=

Your Highness.

Do you remember the promises we made?

♪ To forget it is to set it free ♪

♪ Love's cocoon shatters into snow ♪

In the next life and the one after,

I want to be with you.

Your Highness, you must agree to all my requests

and keep your word.

Alright, Xu Tie. I'll listen to you.

♪ Ink stains, memory chains ♪

Xu Yu.

♪ A dying lamp, a shattered view ♪

Xu Yu!

Your Majesty.

You can't be this close to me.

I'm not going anywhere.

I only need you by my side.

I don't want to go back to the days without you.

Your Majesty,

please accompany me in smelling these flowers once more.

Alright.

The weather is lovely today.

It's a pity...

Once you recover,

I'll smell the flowers

and admire the sky with you every day.

I...

I have so many more things

to tell you.

Alright.

Tell me.

I'm listening.

Your Majesty, you must find the medicine to save the people.

Alright.

After I die,

you must appoint a new Empress.

Don't foolishly remain loyal to my memory alone, understand?

I might be unhappy about it,

but

I don't want people to criticize me even after death.

Xu Yu,

in my life,

you are my only Empress.

As long as I live,

I won't let anyone speak ill of you.

And...

And...

♪ Delusions are sharp as blades ♪

- Bound as husband and wife. - Bound as husband and wife.

No doubt in us.

♪ When love runs deep, the moonlight fades ♪

♪ A cursed fate, a dream severed over lifetimes ♪

Jinyun!

Jinyun! There's hope for Xu Yu!

Jinyun!

Jinyun!

Jinyun.

Xu Yu.

- General! - General!

General!

General!

General!

General!

General!

How come you're back?

Weren't you supposed to be with Xu Yu?

Queen.

Xiao Jinle has written again.

He's quite persistent.

(Heaven punishes Chen. Xu Yu has smallpox. Let us unite.)

Xu Yu has contracted smallpox.

She died.

Since Xiao Jinyun couldn't protect her,

let him join her in death.

Tell Xiao Jinle.

We agree to cooperate.

Xiao Jinyun,

I promise.

I will return safely.

I keep my word.

Xu Yu,

so will I.

No doubt in us.

I keep my word.

I'll wait for your return.

Xiao Jinyun.

(Xu Yu, )

(you are my Empress)

(forever.)

(This palace)

(has trapped too many people.)

(Weary birds know their nest.)

(Wanderers seek home.)

Between us, let there be

no distance

and no doubt.

That is, bound as husband and wife,

no doubt in us.

Xu Yu.

Xu Yu.

Your Majesty, you must stop drinking.

Many important court matters await your attention.

I can't even protect the one I love.

What good is being Emperor of Chen?

Your Majesty.

You are not only Xu Yu's husband.

You are the Emperor of Chen.

Think of the people suffering

and the lands the Xu family fought and bled for you.

Your Majesty,

I just received an urgent military dispatch.

What does it say?

The northwest situation is critical.

Barbarians invaded Yanmen Pass

with secret aid from Dada.

Three cities lost in succession.

General Xu

is severely injured.

Huna has allied with Houyi?

The Empress treated Huna with genuine sincerity,

but she betrayed that trust.

Barbarians truly cannot be trusted.

Furthermore,

Prince Ning is spreading news that the Empress is dead.

He blames all misfortunes on Your Majesty angering Heaven

and leads the ministers

to urge you to perform a Heaven‑pleasing rite.

Alright.

It seems I must make

the Heaven‑pleasing rite especially grand.

Yes.

Did you call me here so late

because of the rite?

Give me your hand.

Wait.

Are you going to take my blood again?

My blood is very precious.

This is...

His Majesty has arranged everything for the rite.

You will accompany him.

After taking this pill,

you will be immune to sorcery's mental confusion

for two days.

What about Jinyun?

His Majesty's was already placed in his meal tonight.

By the way,

I noticed you're not listed among the rite's preparations.

His Majesty ordered me to guard here.

He is worried that Dada sorcerers allied with Prince Ning may attack the palace.

I'm guarding the magic formation here,

so His Majesty can rest easy.

What is this?

Special knockout incense I had Jiang Tang prepare.

No matter how skilled the thief,

they can't resist it.

The antidote to counter it is inside.

(As the Son of Heaven, )

(I ascended the throne)

(by Heaven's mandate.)

(However, due to my young age, )

(I have failed to uphold)

(the virtues of my ancestors.)

(I disrupted the natural order.)

(Heaven has punished us)

(with calamities, )

(all because of my inadequacy as a ruler.)

(Today, I confess my faults, )

(and the world shall know.)

(Disasters)

(are Heaven's warnings.)

(Since I ascended the throne, )

(I've favored sycophants and distanced the worthy.)

(I've prioritized civil officials over military generals.)

Thus, the empire is destabilized.

Now, natural calamities plague us,

and war has erupted again.

This fault lies with me alone.

Wrong.

Your Majesty's fault is not in this,

but in being an imposter.

You are the daughter of the rebellious Xu family,

Empress Xu Yu!

You say I'm an imposter?

Do you have proof?

What's this?

The confession written by the Marquis of Zhenbei before his death.

Xu Yu conspired with Grand Master Zhang

to fake His Majesty's poisoning.

It was actually the final step of their soul-swapping scheme,

to make the swap permanent.

The Marquis of Zhenbei discovered it,

but Xu Yu killed him.

He must be insane.

Now, Xu Yu has used smallpox to murder His Majesty.

Today, I shall avenge the true His Majesty!

Prince Ning,

you're treasonous!

With just this confession,

you want to seize the throne?

I have irrefutable evidence.

This is an ancient artifact.

Any soul-swapped person

will reveal their true form.

The mirror still shows Jinyun's face.

You're accusing others to hide your own guilt.

(Impossible.)

(Abudu tampered with the copper mirror.)

(It should only show Xu Yu's face.)

(How did it go wrong?)

Prince Ning spreads lies

to usurp the throne!

Seize him!

♪ Parting clouds to pluck the waxing moon ♪

♪ Brewing a pot of bygone years ♪

♪ Chill flame, window shade, console my grieving soul ♪

♪ Drunk through lifetimes with no dreams returned ♪

♪ If not for letting go, how could I bear to shatter this dream ♪

♪ Returning to drift through the mortal world ♪

♪ Like her, like me, like you ♪

♪ Hairpins carved with endless sighs and regrets ♪

♪ Fate laid bare my deepest thoughts ♪

♪ Like vows, like remorse, like love ♪

♪ Loving, hurting, and regretting our late meeting ♪

♪ Tell me, after all this entanglement, who regrets it more ♪