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♪Black hair twines around bone♪

♪Night dew cold♪

♪Bronze mirror cracks through three lifetimes♪

♪Shines on the sleepless♪

♪Yunmeng Marsh ebbs and flows♪

♪Vows sink deep♪

♪White-hair curse turns to snow♪

♪Covering the realm♪

=Reunion Across Time=

=Episode 16=

Grand Shaman.

Why have you summoned me so late, Grand Shaman?

What is it?

Diviner Song,

I know

it's been hard on you lately.

What do you mean, Grand Shaman?

You have to watch over Li

and protect Jinan City, too.

Carrying this secret in your heart

life after life

must be exhausting.

You actually knew?

I knew.

As a shamaness,

I can see the future,

but I can't see the outcome.

A thousand cycles,

a thousand outcomes.

I don't know what outcome

awaits us in this life.

In my previous life,

I made her leave Jinan City,

thinking I could stop all of this.

I never thought

she would come back in the end.

In this life,

I must stay by her side

until the very last moment

and watch her leave Jinan City with my own eyes.

This is my only chance.

Grand Shaman!

How can this be?

It's just my inner demon.

Nothing serious.

Diviner Song,

though I lead the Shaman Clan,

I'm also a selfish mother.

In that case,

we will

protect Jinan City.

But promise me

you'll make sure

Li stays alive.

(Song Ziyuan,)

(I don't want to care about anyone else anymore.)

(But I want you to live.)

You...

I'm going to die in the end anyway.

Why bother with all this?

What if you do survive in the end?

This lamp oil should last another two months.

If the Qin Army massacres the people in the city

and you somehow escape,

remember to come find me.

♪Night rain falls in the courtyard, shining on mortal partings♪

Okay.

You have to promise me

you'll stay alive.

I'm abandoning you all and running away.

Of course I'll stay alive.

♪Longing spreads like dye♪

♪Beaded curtains keep love and hate apart♪

Song Ziyuan,

can't you admit, just once,

that you can't bear to let me go?

♪A past bond, a parting dream; when cold ends, purest joy remains♪

♪That year, pear blossoms, verse, and laughter♪

♪One night, snow fell in wild flurries♪

Li...

♪All perfection in this world hides regret♪

You're not drunk this time.

You can't deny it now.

♪No more longing enters dreams♪

♪When all turns to mist, may you and I be safe forever♪

Li,

promise me

you will leave Jinan City.

Okay.

I promise.

There's half a month left.

No going back on your word.

Okay.

What a pity.

Every time we meet,

we're one meeting closer to goodbye.

No.

Every time we meet,

that's one more time together.

♪A past bond, a parting dream; when cold ends, purest joy remains♪

Song Ziyuan,

now,

can you love me properly, just this once?

♪One night, snow fell in wild flurries♪

♪All perfection in this world hides regret♪

♪A drop of heart's blood seals love♪

♪No more longing enters dreams♪

Why are you up so early?

Feeling better?

It's just a little blood.

Nothing to worry about.

I'm worried.

Song Ziyuan,

how come you seem like a different person?

You're such a...

Such a what?

Don't you like it, Li?

They're all laughing at me.

Then let's go back to our room

and not let them see.

Shut up.

What's wrong?

Master.

Turn around.

Okay.

We just caught a thief at the residence.

He says he's here for his wife.

We didn't dare deal with him,

so I came to report to you.

Why...

Why did you arrest me?

Diviner Song.

It's you?

Diviner Song, I...

I want to take my wife home.

Didn't you drive her out?

Why come for her now?

I was just impulsive back then.

Now I know I was wrong.

She's about to give birth.

I feel

really worried.

Please, Diviner Song,

let me take her back.

Mrs. Zhao is recovering here.

After she gives birth,

if she's willing to return,

we will

naturally send her back.

But...

But I'm her husband.

When she gives birth,

I should be by her side.

I haven't seen

you care about her this much.

You two must still be holding

what happened last time against me.

But this time,

I truly want to take her home.

Ying is my wife, after all.

Diviner Song,

you wouldn't deliberately keep her, would you?

Mrs. Zhao doesn't want to go with you.

Leave.

Why doesn't she want to leave with me?

Miss,

at least let me see my wife.

Otherwise, after so long with no news,

I might suspect you've done something to her.

You...

If you don't leave,

do you want me to throw you out?

Diviner Song,

you... You're bullying us

powerless common folk!

So what if I am?

Get out!

If he leaves like this,

won't he spread rumors

and hurt your reputation?

At a time like this,

why would I still worry about such things?

However,

his visit today is suspicious.

Why would he suddenly want her back?

Autumn has come.

Yes.

You should put on another layer.

It's going to snow soon.

The snow in Jinan City

isn't beautiful.

You know what?

When you died saving me,

I seemed to see things

I'd never seen before.

What did you see?

I saw

us falling in love,

then getting married,

then parting.

It felt as if we'd lived a whole life

in another time and place.

Shamanesses have the gift of foresight.

Perhaps what I saw

is what's yet to come.

In ten days, I'm leaving.

Song Ziyuan,

let's get married.

Li,

I can't agree to that.

You...

Are you afraid

I won't want to leave?

Then you should say yes

and fulfill my wish.

That way,

I can leave Jinan City

without any regrets.

Song Ziyuan,

don't you want to marry me?

Of course I do.

But...

But what?

Song Ziyuan,

how can a grown man like you be so...

so indecisive?

Do you want to marry me or not?

I do.

♪Moonlight spills over gray tiles and walls♪

♪Wind chimes sway, evoking old times♪

♪You come treading through snow♪

♪Twin butterfly shadows in my palm♪

♪Red threads wind through a few lines of the book of fate♪

♪Yet one passionate look undoes it all♪

♪No mountain or sea can bar the way♪

♪I'd burn through every lifetime to be with you♪

♪Countless blades and a river of stars fall into your cool gaze♪

♪An echo of our first meeting at the edge of chaos♪

♪Like vines, love♪

♪Brews the years into moonlight in your eyes♪

Chu Li.

Fusheng, what's wrong?

You...

You two...

We two...

Chu Li,

you won't leave me alone, will you?

Of course not.

You're like a little brother to me.

I won't leave you behind.

Will Diviner Song

leave Jinan City with us?

No.

Song Ziyuan won't leave.

That's great.

Fusheng,

I don't care what you're thinking,

but you must take good care of Li.

Chu Li, he calls you Li.

So what?

Humph.

Anyway, when the time comes,

I'll be the only one by her side.

Stop it.

Why are you bickering with a young boy?

Who's there?

Guards!

Diviner Song?

Why are you here?

This is the royal palace.

How dare you trespass?

Guards!

- Guards! - Stop calling.

No one outside can hear you.

What are you going to do?

I am the King's woman!

Beautiful Lady Lan,

drop the act.

♪Night rain falls in the courtyard, shining on mortal partings♪

♪Strangers meet again, past lives gleam in endless hues♪

♪A sharp arrow pierces memory♪

♪Longing spreads like dye♪

♪Beaded curtains keep love and hate apart♪

♪Through boundless grief, love remains hard to sever♪

♪A past bond, a parting dream; when cold ends, purest joy remains♪

♪That year, pear blossoms, verse, and laughter♪

♪One night, snow fell in wild flurries♪

♪All perfection in this world hides regret♪

♪A drop of heart's blood seals love♪

♪No more longing enters dreams♪

♪When all turns to mist, may you and I be safe forever♪

♪Through boundless grief, love remains hard to sever♪

♪A past bond, a parting dream; when cold ends, purest joy remains♪