1 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,220 The Scholar and the Emperor 2 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,380 Once you become a poisoned man, 3 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:37,140 you'll join them in terrorizing the people of the capital. 4 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,100 Hold on to me. 5 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,216 Meng Tinghui, stay awake. 6 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,980 Stay awake. 7 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:04,980 Your Majesty. 8 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,020 Hold on. 9 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,740 Huang Bo. 10 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:30,900 Your Majesty. 11 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,216 I... 12 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:37,260 can no longer protect you. 13 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,460 Huang Bo. 14 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,100 Huang Bo. 15 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,020 Meng Tinghui. 16 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,500 Hold on. 17 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:23,176 Meng Tinghui. 18 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,736 Sir. 19 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,340 The Divine Guard has surrounded us. We must withdraw at once. 20 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:42,740 Chief. 21 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,020 Chief. 22 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,016 Search every inch carefully. 23 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,016 I want them found, dead or alive. 24 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,340 -Yes. -Yes. 25 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:49,780 Captain Di. 26 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:00,336 Search carefully. 27 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,780 -Yes. -Yes. 28 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:13,380 There's blood here. 29 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,580 Who are you? 30 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:33,620 Why are you trying to kill me? 31 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,500 There's movement over there. 32 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,100 Quick! 33 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:00,776 He's still breathing. 34 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,100 Take him away. 35 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,100 It's been three days. 36 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,056 Why hasn't she woken up? 37 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,736 Reporting to Your Majesty. 38 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,416 Lord Meng's arrow wound was extremely dangerous. 39 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,536 Fortunately, it missed her heart by half an inch. 40 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,860 It is already Heaven's blessing that she survived. 41 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,536 For her to improve, she still needs... 42 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:33,736 some more time. 43 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,216 In her current condition, 44 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,136 could this be related to taking too much Wuqiong Pill? 45 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,340 Your Majesty. 46 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,856 I have treated Lord Meng for several days, 47 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,336 yet I have never found 48 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,776 any trace of the Wuqiong Pill's medicinal effects in her body. 49 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,936 Lord Meng's symptoms 50 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,376 were completely different from Miss Yan's that day. 51 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,500 They were caused by the severity of her blade wound. 52 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:02,900 No matter what rare medicines are required, 53 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,900 or what treatment is needed, 54 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,296 you must heal Lord Meng as quickly as possible. 55 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,860 I want her... 56 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,260 safe and sound. 57 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,780 I will do everything in my power. 58 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,780 Huang Bo. 59 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,660 Someone! 60 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:51,576 Your Majesty. 61 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,380 Is there any news of Imperial Guard Huang? 62 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:54,576 Reporting to Your Majesty. 63 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,420 Captain Di is leading a full search. 64 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:07,940 Zhishu. 65 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,536 I prepared all of Mengmeng's usual things and favorite foods, 66 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,820 but she still hasn't woken up. 67 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:17,536 When I was poisoned before, 68 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:19,536 was she in this much pain too? 69 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:21,900 She stayed by my side all night back then. 70 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,100 Now it's my turn. 71 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,460 I'm so scared. 72 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,700 I'm really scared. 73 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,376 Lord Meng has survived so many hardships. 74 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,260 She will surely make it through this one safely. 75 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,780 Only after enduring so many trials 76 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,580 do we realize how precious the person before us is. 77 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,100 Take care of yourself. 78 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:51,700 Don't wear yourself out. 79 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:01,020 He's already dead. 80 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:07,500 Husband. 81 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,416 Don't you know how to knock? 82 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,456 I saw that you've been corresponding with Beijian. 83 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,896 You want to recommend Beijian's Divine Maiden for a marriage alliance. 84 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:15,176 You went through my study again? 85 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,540 Is that important? 86 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:19,856 I came today to remind you. 87 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,576 The Divine Maiden of Beijian is a foreign woman. 88 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:24,016 Even if she truly becomes Empress, 89 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,896 why would she sincerely obey you? 90 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,536 If you want control over the position of Empress, 91 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:30,740 Shen Zhili is the most suitable choice. 92 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,016 You are merely a woman. 93 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,740 Do not meddle in affairs of state. 94 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,696 Haven't you always dreamed of rising to the highest rank? 95 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,940 Why pretend to be above it all now? 96 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:43,736 The credit for controlling the floods back then 97 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,140 originally belonged to my father. 98 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:46,740 If he had not drowned, 99 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,300 how would you have become Great Ning's youngest Chancellor? 100 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,216 All these years, 101 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,096 I never exposed you. 102 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,856 And now I'm even planning for your sake. 103 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,336 You could use my Yuan family, 104 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,256 so why can't you use Shen Zhili? 105 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:01,620 No one is better than you at digging up the past. 106 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,736 Choosing the Empress concerns the foundation of the state. 107 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,700 It is not your place to interfere. 108 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,336 Then answer me one thing today. 109 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:10,896 You've deliberately refused to recommend Shen Zhili. 110 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:12,700 Is it really because of your own selfish motives? 111 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:14,060 Absurd. 112 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,340 I have court affairs to attend to. I have no time for this nonsense. 113 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:20,576 What is this? 114 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,220 Gu Qin... Gu Qin. 115 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,536 Before I came today, I was still deceiving myself. 116 00:12:24,560 --> 00:12:26,896 If you were willing to recommend Shen Zhili as Empress, 117 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,336 then all these filthy things you've done 118 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:29,256 I would pretend I never saw. 119 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:30,736 But you simply cannot bear to let her go. 120 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,016 You want her for yourself, 121 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,260 don't you? 122 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,660 These are merely portraits used to teach students. 123 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,176 Hide them? 124 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,336 Go on, hide them. Keep hiding them! 125 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:42,736 When you painted these portraits, 126 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:44,416 what filthy thoughts were in your mind? 127 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:45,496 Don't you know that yourself? 128 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:46,616 Have you forgotten 129 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,100 the paintings you gave me back then? 130 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:52,376 Lingyi. 131 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,816 Recommending Beijian's Divine Maiden 132 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:55,416 is for the sake of relations between our two nations. 133 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,056 His Majesty certainly will not refuse. 134 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,656 The Divine Maiden has no one to rely on in Great Ning. 135 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:00,976 If I can help her become Empress, 136 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,740 she will naturally depend on me. 137 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:04,496 Lingyi. 138 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,016 We are husband and wife, one body. 139 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,940 We should put the greater good first. 140 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,860 So you still remember I'm your wife. 141 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,536 You used my entire Yuan family 142 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:22,656 as stepping-stones for your official career. 143 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:23,616 Now that my father is gone, 144 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,896 the deep affection you once showed me... 145 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,740 you cannot even be bothered to pretend anymore. 146 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:36,660 Lingyi. 147 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,056 I have been overwhelmed with government affairs. 148 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:40,296 Some neglect is unavoidable. 149 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,336 We have been husband and wife for ten years. 150 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,820 Are you still the same person you were back then? 151 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:46,616 We are both at this age now. 152 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,216 Can we stop pressing each other so relentlessly 153 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:49,456 and arguing without end? 154 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:50,736 Yes. 155 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:51,816 I've changed. 156 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,776 I've become this shrewish woman 157 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,620 because you forced me into it. 158 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:57,580 Gu Qin. 159 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,336 You treat me coldly and deceive me. 160 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,136 You trapped me inside this Chancellor's residence 161 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:03,820 and made my life worse than death. 162 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,976 And now you've suddenly grown so warm toward Shen Zhili? 163 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,096 All those things you once gave me, 164 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,340 the poems, paintings, and harmony between us, 165 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:11,856 now you want to repeat them exactly 166 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,380 with Shen Zhili. 167 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,936 Do you believe I'll go tell the entire court right now 168 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,016 how the dignified and virtuous Right Chancellor 169 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,656 -personally teaches his favorite disciple? -Shut up! 170 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,016 Shut your mouth! 171 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,456 Ten years. 172 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,856 For ten years you've watched me every day with suspicion. 173 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:27,336 Every tiny matter 174 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,020 you drag out and settle accounts over. 175 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,500 No matter what I do, you are never satisfied. 176 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,020 Since you regret marrying me, 177 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,060 then let us divorce. 178 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,056 You've finally said what you truly feel, haven't you? 179 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,736 It's because my Yuan family 180 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,060 is no longer useful to you. 181 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:50,856 And now I'm old and faded, 182 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,416 unable to compare with Shen Zhili, right? 183 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,656 The Shen family is powerful and influential now, 184 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:55,736 enjoying great prestige. 185 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:56,816 You want to cast me aside 186 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,380 and attach yourself to the Shen family, don't you? 187 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,940 You're completely unreasonable. 188 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,660 It is clearly you 189 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,696 who carries yourself every day like a priceless noble lady, 190 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:06,736 arrogant beyond measure. 191 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:08,896 At the slightest displeasure, you fly into a age. 192 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,696 I never expected you to be a perfect, virtuous wife. 193 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:13,056 But you have never borne a child, 194 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,016 leaving me unable to continue the family line. 195 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,096 And all day you indulge in those strange superstitions, 196 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:18,816 making me the laughingstock of the entire court 197 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:19,736 and costing me all dignity. 198 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,380 Is that my fault? 199 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,980 It is clearly you 200 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,136 who never comes to my room at night. 201 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:29,736 always finding every excuse to avoid me. 202 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,700 And now you turn around and blame me. 203 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,900 Gu Qin... Gu Qin. 204 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,656 You truly are the most selfish man imaginable. 205 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,416 Even your feelings for Shen Zhili 206 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,456 are nothing but false affection. 207 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,736 The only person you have ever loved is yourself. 208 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,696 A hypocrite who has accomplished nothing, 209 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,260 who can only rise by relying on women. 210 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,456 You hit me? 211 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,620 You actually laid a hand on me? 212 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:08,980 Gu Qin, listen to me. 213 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,020 As long as I, Yuan Lingyi, draw breath, 214 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,700 I will never step aside for Shen Zhili. 215 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,136 Your Majesty. 216 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,456 The court cannot go a day without its sovereign. 217 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,696 You have not attended court for several days. 218 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,336 State affairs are piling up, 219 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:52,500 and besides... 220 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:54,776 Your Majesty... 221 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,496 has remained at Lord Meng's side for several days now. 222 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,660 This... 223 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,496 this truly violates proper etiquette. 224 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,300 Lord Meng thoroughly investigated the Tiger Roar Gang 225 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,820 and even took an arrow for me. 226 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,936 Am I now to be criticized 227 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:10,980 even for visiting a meritorious official? 228 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,936 This old servant deserves death. 229 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,216 Lord Meng's achievements 230 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,416 are witnessed by Heaven and Earth. 231 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,336 But Your Majesty has already stayed here several nights. 232 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:21,776 This old servant truly fears for your imperial health. 233 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,416 I beg Your Majesty to return to the palace and rest for now. 234 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,016 Once Lord Meng has recovered, 235 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,260 it will not be too late to visit her again. 236 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,776 Your Majesty, Chief Steward You. 237 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,296 You should return to the palace first. I am here. 238 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:41,456 I will watch over Mengmeng. 239 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:42,376 Your Majesty. 240 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,896 I will not allow Lord Meng 241 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:44,816 to suffer the slightest mishap. 242 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:46,900 If anything happens to Lord Meng... 243 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,456 report to me immediately. 244 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:50,980 -Yes. -Yes. 245 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,100 Shopkeeper Yan. 246 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:00,776 I suddenly remembered. 247 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,576 When we were developing the antidote before, 248 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,736 I stored a box of storax incense at Bofeng House. 249 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,580 It can revive the senses and clear the mind. 250 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,020 Perhaps it can help my lord. 251 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,256 Really? 252 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,540 Then I'll go at once. 253 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,860 You're finally awake. 254 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,220 I had a... 255 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:24,860 terrifying 256 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:28,420 and very strange dream. 257 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:43,260 Come in. 258 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:44,980 Fuzhi? 259 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,260 Take off your outer robe. 260 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:51,856 This... 261 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,616 in broad daylight... 262 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,540 Shopkeeper Yan, you're being so eager 263 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,096 that I'm getting a little embarrassed. 264 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:59,260 Shen Zhishu, stop acting. 265 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,380 Let me see. 266 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:19,500 Fuzhi. 267 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:21,580 I'm sorry. 268 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,620 I made you worry again. 269 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:30,900 I was wrong. 270 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:33,580 I was too careless. 271 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,420 I didn't even know you were hurt this badly. 272 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,340 A man 273 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,696 needs a few scars 274 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,176 before he can call himself a true man. 275 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,100 Shen Zhishu. 276 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:48,776 Listen carefully. 277 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,980 Your body is not yours alone. 278 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,296 Ever since you returned from Shazhou, 279 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:54,780 half of it belongs to me too. 280 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,380 Next time, 281 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,260 if you dare neglect it again, 282 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,336 put it in danger, 283 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:02,740 or let it bleed, 284 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,580 I will never forgive you. 285 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:08,180 I was wrong. 286 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,780 If you ever get hurt like this again, 287 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,540 I'll find eight or ten handsome young men 288 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:22,856 just to anger you to death. 289 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,300 I won't dare. 290 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:25,656 My wife's command 291 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,096 weighs heavier than Mount Tai. 292 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,656 Who is your wife? 293 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,260 We're not even married yet. 294 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,020 We will be soon. 295 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,500 Why did you kill the Chief? 296 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:02,780 Lü Da. 297 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:05,860 You're still alive. 298 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,940 Surprised? 299 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,056 You're injured? 300 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,416 I have excellent wound medicine in my study. 301 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,860 -Come with me, quickly... -Spare me your hypocrisy. 302 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,820 I followed the assassin all the way here. 303 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,016 I never expected his own elder brother 304 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,700 to be so heartless. 305 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,100 Today I'll kill you 306 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,136 so you can keep the Chief company 307 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,736 on the road to the underworld. 308 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:38,736 Lü Da. 309 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,376 I had no choice but to kill him. 310 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:41,856 You saw it yourself. 311 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,456 He had gone completely mad. 312 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,296 All the silver he gave me over the years, 313 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:46,500 I kept it. 314 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,536 It is enough for you to rebuild the Tiger Roar Gang. 315 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,100 You can become the new Chief. 316 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:51,936 I will be your backer. 317 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,100 From now on, the capital's entire underworld 318 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,060 will belong to you, Lü Da. 319 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:00,376 You just want me 320 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,220 to become an obedient dog for you, don't you? 321 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,816 No matter how mad he became, 322 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,656 he was still your own blood brother. 323 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,820 Go to hell! 324 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:15,940 He brought it upon himself. 325 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,820 I warned him long ago 326 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,616 not to touch the Wuqiong Pill. 327 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,020 If he had known when to stop, 328 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,616 how would things have come to this today? 329 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,296 Everything that happened to him 330 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,256 was also because of you. 331 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,376 You forced him down this path. 332 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,500 He regarded you as his only family. 333 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,416 Lü Da... 334 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,580 You were neither kin nor family to him. 335 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,256 Why go this far for him? 336 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,336 Wouldn't it be better to become the new Chief? 337 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:44,496 Twelve years ago, 338 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,700 I was hunted down by my enemies. 339 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,220 He pulled me out from a pile of corpses. 340 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,580 My life has belonged to him ever since. 341 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:54,936 That younger brother... 342 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,380 you may refuse to acknowledge him, 343 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,460 but I do. 344 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,336 He cared too deeply for those close to him. 345 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:05,740 That is why you were able to use him again and again. 346 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:08,460 Madam, slow down. 347 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:11,376 Madam. 348 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,216 You're reacting so strongly. 349 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,536 Looking at the sky, it will rain soon. 350 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:16,976 Why don't we return to your room first? 351 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,416 I'm fine. 352 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,256 I want to tell my husband this good news myself. 353 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:22,376 Doukou. 354 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,456 Go to the kitchen and bring me some sour plums. 355 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:25,860 I'll go right away. 356 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,056 You used my elder brother 357 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:36,816 to abduct Madam Gu, 358 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,540 then pretended to be the hero who rescued her. 359 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,176 After you married, to seize the Chancellor's position, 360 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,460 you used my elder brother again to murder your father-in-law. 361 00:24:58,680 --> 00:24:59,696 Husband. 362 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:00,776 Lingyi. 363 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,300 What he just said... 364 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,340 say it again. 365 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:13,540 Madam Yuan. 366 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,816 You came at just the right time. 367 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,456 You still don't know, do you? 368 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:18,776 Your husband 369 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,496 has a half-brother who shares his father. 370 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,616 He ordered his own younger brother 371 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,900 to kill your father, 372 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,136 then stayed by your side 373 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,980 playing the dutiful son and virtuous son-in-law all these years. 374 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:47,820 Lingyi. 375 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,620 Everything he said is a lie. 376 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:56,980 Ten years. 377 00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:59,220 A full ten years. 378 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:02,700 I have lived inside the lies you carefully wove. 379 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,176 What lifesaving grace? 380 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,696 What catering to my tastes? 381 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,380 It was all calculation. 382 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:09,816 Even my father... 383 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,140 The night my father died, 384 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,016 you held me and said you would care for me for life. 385 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,140 Was all of that a lie too? 386 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:22,580 Lingyi. 387 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,216 How can you believe the words of that madman? 388 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,780 We are husband and wife. 389 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,096 Using me was one thing, 390 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:36,656 but why did you have to kill my father? 391 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,220 Why? 392 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,216 He treated you like his own son, 393 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,336 yet he died at the hands of the man he trusted most. 394 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:45,740 Why? 395 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:48,856 Gu Qin. 396 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,776 For ten years, your acting before me was flawless. 397 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,900 You could shed tears whenever you wished. 398 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,260 I never truly knew you at all. 399 00:26:58,160 --> 00:26:59,456 What else have you done to me? 400 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,180 How many other filthy things have you done? 401 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,140 Yes. 402 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,980 Are you planning to kill me now too? 403 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,860 Yes. 404 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:19,620 Once I'm dead, 405 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:26,100 you can openly go to Shen Zhili. 406 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,180 Lingyi... 407 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,380 My feelings for you are genuine. 408 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,580 Everything he said was fabricated. 409 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,340 You must believe your husband. 410 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:43,980 Forget everything that happened today. 411 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,940 We can live our lives well together. 412 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,380 Stay away! Don't come closer! 413 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,780 You demon wearing human skin! 414 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,096 Ling Yunfei is at the Bureau right now. 415 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,816 I'm going to tell Meng Tinghui, 416 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,576 and Shen Zhili, 417 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,696 how you murdered your father-in-law and deceived the Emperor. 418 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,300 Today I will avenge my father myself. 419 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:50,820 From this day forward, 420 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,416 I vow to worship Buddha with a sincere heart. 421 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,976 May Heaven show mercy 422 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,616 and grant the Gu family a son 423 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,100 to continue our bloodline. 424 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,340 The Chancellor's fate does indeed show a son, 425 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:22,660 but... 426 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:24,976 his blessings and longevity are rather thin. 427 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,860 Husband, we will surely have a child. 428 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,260 I worked so hard... 429 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,980 so hard to reach the position I have today. 430 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,780 Why... 431 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,660 why can't any of you let me be? 432 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,220 Husband. 433 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,940 The thing I regret most 434 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,980 is that day beneath the peach blossom tree, 435 00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,616 when I mistook your false affection 436 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,060 for true love. 437 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,020 Only when I am with you 438 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,420 can I truly be myself. 439 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:18,700 I want to protect you for the rest of my life. 440 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,820 Would you be willing, for my sake, 441 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,340 to be brave just once? 442 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,100 Guards! 443 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,856 There's an assassin! 444 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,416 Madam has been attacked! 445 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,936 There's an assassin! 446 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,376 Madam has been attacked! 447 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,740 Madam has been attacked! 448 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,700 Yin Qing, the case files. 449 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:52,220 Yin Qing. 450 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,856 Ling Yunfei has been imprisoned in the Bureau's jail. 451 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,256 The people of Wangxian Valley have also been properly settled. 452 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,540 Your arrow wound has not yet healed. 453 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,980 You should rest properly. 454 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,300 Although Ling Yunfei has been captured, 455 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:21,980 I still have many doubts. 456 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,616 Why was I not poisoned 457 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,060 after taking the Wuqiong Pill? 458 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,976 Apart from Ling Yunfei, 459 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,056 who else can control the poisoned men? 460 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,256 And why did they avoid me and focus their attacks on Your Majesty? 461 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:33,376 Those assassins... 462 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,576 what connection do they have to the Tiger Roar Gang? 463 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,380 Imperial Physician Li examined you. 464 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,700 There is no poison remaining in your body. 465 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,540 Perhaps your constitution is unusual 466 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,820 and you have a natural resistance to Fuqing Herb. 467 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,896 I previously told you about Zhongwan's past. 468 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,220 Now it is time to tell you the rest. 469 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:52,576 After Zhongwan fell, 470 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:53,776 a group of surviving loyalists 471 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,340 formed an organization called the Blood Moon Society. 472 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,136 They remained hidden for years, 473 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,220 harboring delusions of restoring their kingdom. 474 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,260 Those assassins... 475 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,696 could the Blood Moon Society have tried to kill Your Majesty 476 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,060 for the sake of restoring Zhongwan? 477 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:07,940 And also... 478 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:09,296 that arrow. 479 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:10,536 That arrow... 480 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,660 you should not have taken it for me. 481 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,180 These past few days, while you lay unconscious, 482 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,540 Huang Bo also vanished without a trace. 483 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,780 I was afraid. 484 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,100 Afraid that when I opened my eyes again, 485 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,740 -I wouldn't even see either of you one last time... -Your Majesty. 486 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:30,176 Old Huang's remains 487 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,780 have been found. 488 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:23,940 Your Majesty. 489 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,380 Old Huang's body was badly damaged. 490 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,140 I fear the sight may distress Your Majesty. 491 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,060 Old Huang's sword 492 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:04,620 was also found. 493 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,260 From now on, 494 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,660 inside or outside these palace walls, 495 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,820 no one will accompany me the way you did. 496 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:53,620 Old Huang. 497 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,376 Weren't you always the one who followed the rules most strictly? 498 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,660 Appearing before His Majesty wounded is a grave breach of etiquette. 499 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,056 Get up and apologize to His Majesty. 500 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,220 Old Huang. 501 00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:05,060 Rest in peace. 502 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:06,900 From now on, 503 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,820 leave His Majesty's safety to us. 504 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,140 We will guard him as you once did. 505 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,140 Transmit my decree. 506 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,016 Posthumously confer upon Imperial Guard Huang Bo 507 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,416 the title General of Divine Might and Protector of the Realm. 508 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:23,856 Outside the Western Mausoleum of the imperial city, 509 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,900 choose an auspicious site and give him a grand burial 510 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,536 to honor his immortal service. 511 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:30,980 -Yes. -Yes. 512 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,940 If a wound is kept hidden, 513 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,660 it becomes even harder to heal. 514 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,496 Pain is the same. 515 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,380 The more it is suppressed, 516 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:14,860 the deeper it eats into the bones. 517 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,300 I understand Your Majesty's pain. 518 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,860 A-Xiang died protecting me, 519 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,736 and Fuzhi nearly lost her life because of me as well. 520 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,780 That kind of heart-piercing pain 521 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,380 makes life feel worse than death. 522 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,220 Even such a small wound 523 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,860 can bleed so much. 524 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,620 How much more so the human heart? 525 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:25,340 Your Majesty. 526 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,900 Perhaps you would feel better if you cried. 527 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:35,980 Since childhood, Father taught me 528 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:38,660 to forsake personal feelings 529 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:40,860 for the greater good. 530 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,740 For these twenty years, 531 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,900 I have been learning to be detached and unfeeling, 532 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,020 to have no weakness, 533 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,020 to restrain myself from becoming too close to others, 534 00:39:56,720 --> 00:40:00,180 and never expect anyone to understand my loneliness. 535 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,180 I never tied my joys or sorrows to another person. 536 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:13,740 Yet no matter how much I restrain myself, 537 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,700 there is always someone who can make me grieve. 538 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:24,860 To open one's heart...