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Hua Xu Yin

Episode 30

Go back and think over your crimes behind closed doors for three months.

I don't want others to say

that I am incapable.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness!

His Highness only wants My Lord to think over the crimes behind closed doors for three months?

Do you think that this is too light of a punishment too?

It is a bit light, but to My Lord, that is a good thing.

His Highness only wants you to think over your crimes.

That means that besides the switching of the sisters, he hasn't found out about anything else.

No. He could even find out about something so secretive such as Ying Ge's switching.

There's no way he couldn't have discovered other things.

Then why did he only give you such a small punishment?

There must be something behind it.

My Lord, you think His Highness is planning something?

He has always been very good at hiding things.

He looks simple on the surface, but inside he is actually very calculating.

Perhaps he is thinking of a way to fight us.

Then My Lord, what do you plan to do?

How is Madam Hong Yu's side doing?

Don't worry. Her lover won't ever appear again.

My Lord, do you think it was Hong Yu who told the king?

Just what is His Highness trying to do recently?

Yes. This chess arrangement,

I'm getting ever the more confused.

No matter what, our plan should be sped up.

-You can all go.-Yes.

Your Highness, Rong Xun is going back just like that.

He will definitely add to his plan to force you to abdicate.

Your Highness, do you really want to let the person that is plotting against you to get the throne?

Bo Yao, you are an old elder of the palace.

You know me. I am the king.

In front of the kingdom,

I must contemplate problems from a king's point of view.

I have no right to care about personal grudges.

Then...we still cannot give the throne to someone like him!

I have no sons.

If Rong Xun takes over,

After I die,

the Kingdom of Zheng will definitely be in chaos.

And at that time, the ones plotting against my Kingdom of Zheng will have a chance.

It won't be a question of who will be the king anymore.

It is that if there will even be a Kingdom of Zheng in this world anymore.

Then how will things become?

The Kingdom of Zheng won't be destroyed in one second.

So at the moment, letting Rong Xun inherit this throne

is a temporary plan.

As long as the Kingdom of Zheng isn't in a mess, and the people don't suffer,

the fortune of the Rong family doesn't mean anything.

He cannot be the king.

If he becomes the king like this,

the people of the kingdom will definitely suffer.

What can we do to help the kingdom?

How is Ying Ge?

Not very good.

I heard, after she went up the mountain,

she won't open her mouth to talk.

As long as she lives, it's fine.

What is it, Bo Yao?

I am just sad on Your Highness's behalf!

You always think for others,

for the kingdom, for your love.

And you even make yourself suffer!

And you are even mistaken by people of this world!

Come. Get up.

Bo Yao, if you are innocent, then you are still innocent.

For the kingdom and my kingdom's people,

this little suffering is nothing.

When I think of the past, when Rong Xun was exiled to the border,

my predecessor just wanted to have him shape his personality.

He's always thought that I was plotting against him.

My elder brother died early.

I succeeded the throne even though I didn't want to.

I called Rong Xun back from the north.

That was because I wanted us to be of one heart. But I didn't...

I didn't think,

that his heart is so wicked.

If my big brother was still here, he would also...

He also wouldn't tolerate Rong Xun's greedy heart.

The two of us may be the only males of the Rong family.

But if he took the throne, then my Kingdom of Zheng,

It will go onto a pah to destruction.

Because he wants to be king only because of personal grudges.

I understand Your Highness's good intentions!

Good intentions?

Now..

I am doing all of this for Ying Ge just out of my good intentions.

If Madam Shang knew that Your Highness was always doing things for her good,

She definitely would-!

Don't let her know.

Never let her know.

If she can live on because she hates me,

I'd rather let her hate me.

I heard that Rong Yuan has already exiled her away to Ting Hua Mountain.

Why?

Perhaps this is a way for Rong Yuan to protect Ying Ge.

Protect? Does locking someone up on a mountain count as protecting?

This is the way for a man to protect the woman he loves.

You won't understand.

If you are saying it's protecting, you might as well say it's harm!

Then if you were Ying Ge, how would you choose?

I would choose to go die with the one I love.

So...Rong Yuan must use this sort of tactic.

If it was me, I would do that too.

Because I wouldn't bear to let you go die.

Aren't I not dead?

Perhaps in this life, I can only die for you once in order to atone for my crimes to you.

So perhaps...Ying Ge's heart knot is Rong Yuan?

If she knew about all that Rong Yuan did for her,

I think she wouldn't have so much hate.

If she knew the truth,

perhaps the heart knot will be opened.

So right now we should go.

Ting Hua Mountain.

Ting Hua Mountain

Madam, you haven't eaten for many days.

Please eat some.

How long have I been locked away?

Madam, it's been half a month already.

Are you doing alright here?

Doesn't Your Highness not want me anymore?

Why have you come again?

How can I not care about my own Madam Shang?

Come. Let's go back to the palace.

I know that you've suffered too much in these past few days.

That was your home to start with.

Why can't you return?

Your Highness, get some rest.

It's late. You have to keep your body well.

There aren't many more days left to come.

There are still many things I haven't finished yet.

What scent is that? It smells so nice.

It is the flowers that Madam Shang planted before.

Ying Ge. You've come.

I have you to be with me, how wonderful.

Does Your Highness really want to have me by your side?

Of course I want you to be with me.

I want you to go to heaven with me.

Of course I really do.

I want to be even more selfish,

and have you go with me to a different heaven,

but I cannot be so selfish.

I want you to live well.

Even if you hate me while living, that is fine too.

Your Highness, this is terrible!

Something has happened at Ting Hua Mountain! Madam Shang has run away!

Go find her. You must fine her.

-Search in detail!-Yes!

Hurry and search! Hurry!

Be thorough!

-Go search in that direction!-Yes!

-You come over here! Have you seen her before?-I have not!

Come over here! Stop!

I haven't seen her before!

-I haven't seen her.-I don't know.

-Have you seen this person before?-I haven't.

You come over here!

Hurry, search!

That way!

Search in detail!

Customer, please eat well.

Have you heard? His Highness's Madam Shang suddenly died!

I did hear about that.

They say that Madam Shang died under unknown circumstances.

This is so strange!

There's always a fight going on in the inner court.

What's the big deal if one concubine dies?

Yes yes yes, you're right.

But I don't think this issue is so simple.

It's probably that Madam Hong Yu got pregnant,

so she kicked out the Madam Shang that she didn't like.

-Then if you say that, our Highness finally has a son?-Yes!

Move aside!

-Search!-Yes!

Your Highness, we have found out where Madam Shang is!

Have you come to find me?

Does Your Highness still remember

the fox that you brought home?

The die that I gave you.

You still keep it by your side every day!

Are you talking about this?♫ Before going far away, ♫♫ leave tenderness for the wind and rain. ♫

♫ Before tenderness, ♫

♫ forget the wanderings of half a lifetime. ♫

♫ Before forgetting, ♫

♫ sharp blades will be cast out of broken shards. ♫

♫ Before breaking, ♫

♫ bury yourself in the dust. ♫

Actually...you knew long ago that I wasn't Jin Que, right?

-Using this sort of reason to punish me...

It's because you just grew tired of me.

♫ To the ends of the earth, ♫♫ we will leave and return together. ♫

Why did I believe everything?♫ In the blink of an eye, ♫

A high ranking person like you,♫ you are not you. ♫

How would you understand how valuable a person's heart is?♫ Is the fleeting time heartless, ♫

♫ or is true love hard to preserve? ♫

♫ To the ends of the earth, ♫

-Take her back.-Yes! Let's go!♫ we will leave and return together. ♫

♫ Until when will ♫

♫ this love song be sung? ♫

I heard that Hong Yu is pregnant.

Congratulations.

Your Highness. Once Madam Shang leaves this time,

I'm afraid you'll never see her again.

Won't you regret it?

Zhen'er.

Why is your hand so cold? Do you feel cold?

You don't know?

Actually a living dead person cannot feel cold or warmth.

But recently I feel like those feelings have returned.

Like this way, when you hold my hand, it's warm.

Yet the surroundings are cold.

One day, I will hold you hand that won't be so cold anymore.

I will definitely find a way to get you out.

Actually I was just thinking,

previously we both thought that the key to leaving this illusion was with Jin Que.

But the ice of the soul gathering sword is getting increasingly stronger.

Could it be that we've looked in the wrong direction?

As a woman, I feel like Ying Ge's heart knot isn't only Ying Ge.

Her biggest heart knot is that her Rong Yuan doesn't love her anymore.

That is the real knot that cannot be released in her heart.

That's like a closed door.

Only when the knot in her heart is dealt with will the closed door open.

Since we know what the key is,

releasing the knot in Ying Ge's heart is our chance.

Then let's hurry and make our move.

It's rumored that the Kingdom of Chen's king gave their general Shen An a secret compartment.

It's said that only Su Yu can open it.

I have heard that rumor too.

The item in the box is the treasure of the Kingdom of Zheng.

It can use unlimited power.

Yes.

I heard that he married the Kingdom of Wei's female general Song Ning as his wife.

Now, the Kingdom of Wei is already the Kingdom of Chen's vassal state.

No wonder they say that the Kingdom of Chen has shifted their eyes to our Kingdom of Zheng long ago!

That will happen sooner or later.

What does My Lord intend to do?

In the past, the Kingdom of Chen had the same level of power as our Kingdom of Zheng.

Now the Kingdom of Chen has become much stronger after destroying the Kingdom of Wei.

They also have the Kingdom of Wei as it's vassal state.

Looks like in both strength and other things, they have long surpassed the Kingdom of Zheng.

The throne of the Kingdom of Zheng will be mine sooner or later.

If we don't make preparations,

all my efforts will have been wasted in vain.

What does My Lord intend to do?

I've already placed my own person inside Shen An's mansion.

She will separate Shen and Song Ning as much as possible, making the couple fight.

That will weaken the relationship between the two kingdoms. This way, it will decrease the danger the Kingdom of Chen poses.

Then who will go meet her?

I've already decided on that person.

My Lord!

What is it?

The Madam Shang that was locked in Ting Hua Mountain ran away!

How is the situation over there?

Madam Shang has already been captured personally by His Highness and returned to Ting Hua Mountain.

What has been happening in the palace?

His Highness has already returned to the palace, there have been no movements.

What about Ying Ge? How is she doing?

Ting Hua Mountain is so heavily guarded, not even a drop of water can enter! I had no way of getting news on Madam Shang.

Keep an eye on the palace.

-Go on.-Yes!

His Highness must really hate Ying Ge.

Or else he wouldn't have given her such a harsh punishment.

Do you think His Highness would punish Ying Ge?

He is just protecting her.

Protecting? How could that be?

You're not the only one who cannot understand His Highness's move this time.

I'm afraid even Ying Ge herself cannot understand it.

Since he think that he can steal my person this way,

then there's no way I cannot make use of this chance.

Could it be that My Lord wants to..?

Take a look around Ping Mansion.

Is there anyone more fit?

But after going through so much, I'm afraid Ying Ge won't do our bidding anymore.

As long as I can give Ying Ge what she wants, she'll definitely agree to it.

But at the moment Ting Hua Mountain is heavily guarded.

I'm afraid it'll be hard to get in.

My underlings aren't useless.

I don't believe that none of my people can enter one cold palace.Cold Palace: where banished concubines live.

My Lord, we are walking on the edge of a sword right now!

You must be calm!

Didn't you say that His Highness is a calculating person?

Who knows what move he'll make next? If...

Even if Rong Yuan has laid a trap for me,

I must still give it a try.

My Lord!

After her!

I've been discovered!

Go!

Catch her!

You are indeed not a normal zither player.

Speak.

Who sent you to infiltrate Ping Mansion?

What is your goal in eavesdropping on us?

You won't speak?

Drag her out and execute her.

You dare?

I was sent by His Highness!

What is his goal for sending you to infiltrate in Ping Mansion?

His Highness sent me to see if you had a secret relationship with Madam Shang.

Why did His Highness send you here to investigate that?

Why do you think His Highness locked up Madam Shang at Ting Hua Mountain?

It is because Madam Shang thought of you every day after entering the palace.

His Highness found out, so that's why he was so angry.

And then locked up Madam Shang in Ting Hua Mountain to reflect on her crimes for ten years.

She thinks of me every day?

Is this true?

If it isn't, why would His Highness send me here?

Okay then. Then tell me,

how does Madam Shang think of me every day?

Ever since Madam Shang was sent into the palace, she wasn't happy every day.

She didn't care that His Highness made her Madam Shang.

She often secretly dropped tears.

She also often called your name in her dreams.

-She actually called my name in her dreams?-Yes.

It is still the past, but His Highness wasn't at ease.

After you got married, she became even more sad.

She actually admitted herself that she is the assassin Ying Ge.

She was the one who admitted it?

Yes. I think she didn't want to keep any secrets.

After she heard of your marriage, she didn't want to live anymore.

I forsook her.

I was the one who forsook her.

Then if you say that, you really have secret feelings for Ying Ge?

How did you know that I switched Ying Ge and Jin Que?

Of course it was His Highness who told me.

Let's not just talk about this.

I know everything about the two of you.

You're speaking nonsense.

You don't believe me? If you don't, you can go to Ting Hua Mountain with me.

Let's prove it in front of Ying Ge.

Do you think that I won't dare to go?

Then...let us get going.

Who let you all stop here?

Let everyone get some rest. After going on such a long path,

it's still far to the mountain.

-Everyone get some rest!-Yes!

From now on, stop playing so many tricks in front of me.

Do you hear me?

I am His Highness's person.

Will you not listen to His Highness?

His Highness? Why would I listen to him, what a joke!

There aren't many guards at Ting Hua Mountain.

Lead them down here!

Let's hurry and leave!

Your Highness, you're awake?

What time is it?

It's already in the middle of the night.

How long have I slept for?

You've been asleep for a few days already.

I had a dream.

In the dream, I seemed to have taken my life

and lived it all over again.

Your Highness, what did you dream of?

I dreamed of her.

The days that I spent with her.

I truly

seem to have lived through my entire life.

It seems like...the person in the dream

she told me that everything in this life was a dream.

But I didn't believe it.

That this was all a dream.

Sometimes...a dream is real too.

It's just that it happened in a different location.

How is she doing?

The letter said that she is very depressed.

She isn't interested in anything.

We can imagine what she looks like.

It's good as long as she lives.

Your Highness, you really don't regret doing this?

This is the only way to ensure her life.

What I'm giving her is life and eternity.

Even if ten years, when she isn't young anymore,

She can still go live a life that she wants.

I hope that she thinks that this is all a dream.

She'll forget about me.

Forget me..

Your Highness.

Madam, just submit to fate.

If you won't eat or drink and ruin your body,

His Highness still won't see it.

Qing Ping.

Have you had a dream before?

I don't know anything about dreams.

I just want to marry someone good, have children, and have a nice plot of land.

Live my life peacefully.

Do you have a lover?

My older cousin.

The two of us grew up together!

He says he's always waiting for me.

His Highness told you to be with me here for ten years.

Will your cousin wait for you for ten years?

This..

Actually all the men in this world are the same.

You can know from looking at how His Highness treated me.

Hurry and take all this! I'm giving it all to you!

Hurry and help me run away!

After we run away, we'll be free!

You can go find your cousin and live the life you want!

No no no! Madam,

what you want me to do is worthy of beheading!

Please spare me!

Qing Ping!

Have your days been well recently?

I am worrying about how you are every day.

Not bad.

You are indeed my personally trained assassin.

Even at the most desperate moment,

you can still be so calm.

You can eat with such an appetite.

Are you preparing to run away?

Don't be in such a rush to get out.

What are you going out to look for?

A person? Or love?

I've said so long ago.

The past Ying Ge is dead.

From now on, I won't put hope on anyone anymore.

I want to live for myself.

You cannot get out of here.

Rong Yuan has already added guards.

Even an assassin like you will find it hard to get out.

Since you can get in, of course I can get out!

Don't forget, I was personally trained by you.

Even if you can get out,

Rong Yuan has such a poisonous personality.

He'll do whatever he can to find you.

Where will you go?

You are my assassin.

You have people who want revenge from you all over the world.

If your identity is revealed,

it will be impossible for you to live in this entire Nine Lands.

I can give you a chance now for freedom.

To go do one last thing.

Give me freedom?

Based on what should I trust you again?

Actually, I had a lot of people to choose from.

But I didn't want to see you go to waste.

Because you are my assassin.

I don't want you to die without anyone knowing in this cold palace.

You know how important you are in my heart.

How hard it was for me to give up.

I cannot watch you be thrown away by someone like Rong Yuan!

Isn't this ending too miserable?

Don't worry.

I won't fall in love with anyone ever again.

People of your family aren't worthy of talking about love.

Your love,

is just a thing of liking the new and throwing away the old.

Then you should go out even more.

Go find a new life.

To be locked in here by Rong Yuan for ten years.

What is it like to be locked up for ten years?

How could he be so cruel to you?

In this entire world, I am the only one who can save you.

The only one that can help you is also only me.

Let me help you leave here. Live again in the Nine Lands.

Can you?

How about this? I'll give the promise ball back to you.

This way you will be entirely free.

As the top assassin of Ping Mansion,

do one last thing for Duke Ping.

That wont' be too much, right?

Actually this task is very simple.

You just need to get close to Rong Yuan and bring back the secret compartment.

Get lost!

Let me tell you.

From now on, I will never again betray myself for anyone or anything!

Get lost!

♫ Before going far away, ♫

♫ leave tenderness for the wind and rain. ♫

♫ Before tenderness, ♫

♫ forget the wanderings of half a lifetime. ♫

♫ Before forgetting, ♫

♫ sharp blades will be cast out of broken shards. ♫

♫ Before breaking, ♫

♫ bury yourself in the dust. ♫

♫ In the blink of an eye, ♫

♫ you are not you. ♫

♫ Is the fleeting time heartless, ♫

♫ or is true love hard to preserve? ♫

♫ To the ends of the earth, ♫

♫ we will leave and return together. ♫

♫ Until when will ♫

♫ this love song be sung? ♫

♫ To the ends of the earth, ♫

♫ we will leave and return together. ♫

♫ Until when will ♫

♫ this love song be sung? ♫