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Hua Xu Yin

Episode 40

This time when the crown prince came back, he's completely changed!

His Highness is going to be sick with worry soon!

Say, the crown prince went to find the Misty Forest,

but in the end he couldn't find it.

Now he's like he lost his soul!

Perhaps...he was cursed!

You cannot rashly say that!

Crown Prince!

You haven't eaten anything for two days already!

His Highness is very worried!

Crown Prince, the kitchen made your favorite tapioca pearl soup!

You should at least take a bite!

Get lost! Get lost!

Let's go, let's go.

So it's like this...

No, I must succeed.

I will definitely succeed!

Su Heng! I must take back what you stole!

What is this?

This is what His Highness wanted to put by your bedside.

His Highness says that you like butterflies,

so he ordered people to find this silk from the Frozen Sea

to sew this handkerchief for you.

Frozen sea silk?

Madam, do not look down on this handkerchief.

Legend has it that this silk was woven by sea-silkworms.

It is extremely rare.

Every ten years there is enough to make one handkerchief.

Is it very desirable?

Yes! If you use it during the summer, it is extremely cool.

If you use it to fan yourself, it will feel like you are at the ocean!

His Highness said that you'd definitely like it!

Madam, I've never seen His Highness dote on anyone so much.

I treat him well, so he treats me well. It's only right.

In the palace, the Emperor must evenly spread his affections.

It's been mandated since ancient times that a king cannot love only one woman.

It is very hard to find that His Highness will love one woman so much.

Spreading his affections?

You're saying that he'll fall in love with others?

No no no! Of course His Highness will not.

I was too chatty.

It's already enough to be able to have true love in life.

Can one split their heart into multiple parts?

The sound of your zither sounds very troubled.

Is there something in your heart?

There is someone who went to the battlefield.

I am very worried right now.

Since you cannot be at ease, why didn't you go with him?

I'm afraid I would become his burden.

If two people are in love then they should be together.

If they miss each other, yet cannot see each other,

then that is truly being a burden.

You're saying that I should go find him?

Under the Heavens, we will be together in life and death.

As long as you two can be together,

even if you die,

at least at the end of life you two can have a partner.

Isn't that right?

Yes! Life is short.

How can I let him go face danger alone?

Thank you for reminding me!

How is the news gathering coming along?

Su Yu is currently seeking to outwit the enemy through strategy rather than sheer force.

If he wants to win, he still requires some time.

I never thought that he could even give up Jun Fu for his old father.

I think the chance I want has come.

Then what do you want to do?

Jun Fu wants to go find Su Yu.

What is needed to be done, you will know when I need you.

Did you really want to kill me just now?

But you won't.

Because I have what you want in my hands.

Don't be so rash in the future.

Wait a second!

You're leaving just like that?

Your Majesty, goodbye.

Has the palace sent anyone over?

No Minister.

They haven't?

Then Su Heng can swallow his anger?

I haven't gone to court in five days.

But he hasn't made even a single move!

This situation seems a bit wrong.

All the lords of the court look to you, My Lord.

At this moment without you going to court,

I heard that all the lords have opened their mouths to say that they do not dare to go to war.

It's said that there is nothing His Highness can do this time.

Yes,

I originally thought that within three days, he'd definitely show up.

But right now, it's already been five days.

Could it be...His Highness is preparing to ask to work together?

No. That is not the way he does things.

Su Heng would rather die than let others

treat him with such disrespect.

He won't fight, but he won't ask to work together either.

Just what is His Highness thinking?

Now that things have come to this, I can only personally make a move.

Prepare the carriage.

You're going to see His Highness?

If I go see him, isn't that losing?

Then you are going to...?

The Minister of Justice's mansion.

Your Highness. Your Highness! Something big has happened!

What's happened? Is the sky falling down?

Your Highness, the sky really is going to fall down!

Sikou has presented an urgent memorial. I shall read it for you.

Pick the most important pieces of information.

Yes, Your Highness.

Sikou reports that there was a sudden fire last night -

all the military rations have been burned!

What?

Before the soldiers have even moved, the food has been destroyed.

If a war is to be fought, rations is the most important thing!

Right now the military ration have been burned.

Even if General Mu Yan is the leading general,

the soldiers' hearts will waver!

My war is right in front of us,

and this fire burns at this time of all times?

There must be something odd behind this!

Even if there is,

there is no guarantee it can be discovered!

Even if it can be discovered, nothing can be fixed.

Our most urgent problem is how to gather enough military rations.

If there are no rations, the soldiers cannot move even one step!

How should this be dealt with?

The quickest way is to borrow rations from the Kingdom of Tang.

It can be borrowed within three days.

Who is to be sent to borrow food?

Minister Liu.

Him?

Minister Liu has very good relationships with the Kingdom of Zheng.

If he shows his face, rations can definitely be borrowed!

Right now Minister Liu and I are in the equivalent of a cold war.

Based on what will he help me?

If it's his own son-in-law, then he'd definitely help!

Son-in-law?

You want me to be united in marriage with Minister Liu?

This is the only way.

Right now the entire court is working for the Liu family.

On the surface they are loyal to you, but underneath they are traitors.

The big fire is the best example!

I was the one who lost.

I should have sent many guards to protect the rations.

Even if this time the rations weren't burnt,

something even bigger would happen next time.

Everything is under Minister Liu alone.

Your Highness, your power is still in the fledgling stages.

If you continue fighting with him, you'll only suffer!

Why not bide your time,

When the time is right,

then send him to the underworld.

Your Highness, the military cannot wait.

Don't waver anymore!

Now that things have come to this, this is the only thing I can do.

Your Highness, Minister Liu has three daughters.

What difference is there no matter which one it is?

What I'm marrying isn't their family's daughter,

but their family's power!

You can go.

Yes.

Your Highness, you must not be angry.

That is the answer that Minister Liu gave.

What did you say? Say it again!

Minister Liu says you want to marry his daughter like this,

for the rations, not out of your true heart.

Miss Xinci is the Minister's precious jewel.

He's afraid that after sending her into the palace she'll suffer.

That old fox!

Looks like he's completely decided on fighting with me.

What should we do?

If you cannot become in-laws, then in the future you will be enemies!

This marriage must be done!

Miss Liu.

-Where is Teacher?-Teacher is sick and hasn't come.

He's sick? Wasn't he fine a few days ago?Minister Liu's daughter, Liu Xinci

Has a doctor gone to see him?

I heard the doctor say that he caught a serious cold,

but he's fine.

Originally we thought to come greet your Teacher and ask him to draw my lady a portrait!

It's fine.

Tell Teacher to get some rest.

-His body is important.-Yes.

Then Ping'er, let's go back.

Miss, please hold on.

You...this is...?

How dare you! What status is my lady?

How can you draw her just like that? Hurry and rip it up!

It's fine.

Teacher is sick.

I didn't want you to be sad, so I drew your portrait.

You are very caring.

What are you doing?

Just now looking at you from far away,

I thought I could draw your likeness.

but now that I look at it, it doesn't look at you at all.

I want to draw you a new one, Miss.

Why would my lady have time for that?

It's fine. How about you give it a try?

What are you looking at me for?

I have a habit when I draw portraits.

It's different from other painters.

They look while they draw.

I look and then draw.

Why?

Only when I remember the person in my heart can I draw the likeness.

Have you looked enough?

I have. I've already put you in my heart.

Miss, we should leave!

We don't even know who this person is!

It's fine.

Why isn't he done yet?

My lady, you're so beautiful!

You've drawn me too beautifully!

It's not that I drew it beautifully. You are born beautiful.

My hand is holding a fan.

What did you draw here?

This is a silk ball.

When a girl sees the boy they like,

they will throw out the silk ball in their heart.

Isn't that right?

Ping'er, it's getting late.

We should go back home.

Goodbye.

That's right, bring me the painting.

How can someone like you stare at my lady's portrait?

She's already mine.

Your Highness, when do you intend to see the lady of the Liu family again?

Do you need me to make arrangements again?

There's no need.

Your Highness is extremely handsome and heroic, a dragon among men.

Ordinary women would definitely fall in love at first sight.

But now the lady of the Liu family is being high and mighty.

To make things stable, Your Highness should go see her a few more times.

If I say that there's no need then there's no need.

Your Highness, you don't understand a girl's heart.

Even if she is touched, she will restrain her feelings.

Your Highness, you need to be even more forward at this time.

You are a castrated man. What do you know about love between a man and a woman?

Your Highness, you have your own fate.

One day, you have to become a master among the seven countries.

You shouldn't be trapped by things like love.

Those who have too many loves cannot do big things.

Isn't this the road to Ningxin Palace?

Why did I come here?

Your Highness must have subconsciously wanted to see Madam Murong.

Your Highness! Why aren't you going?

Madam, these flowers have wilted. Let's throw them away.

Yes. Why have they wilted?

They've been in the vase for over a week.

Other flowers would have wilted long ago.

Eight days.

Su Heng hasn't come see me for eight days.

Why hasn't he come to see me for so long?

Does eight days count as long?

The inner palace isn't a commoner's home,

where a married couple can be together every day until their hair turns white.

Some madams can't even see the ruler once in eight years!

I don't believe it.

Su Heng won't do this to me.

Madam! Where are you going?

Madam, what are you going in for?

I'm looking for Su Heng.

His Highness is discussing important matters with the lords of the court.

I'm afraid it won't be convenient for you to go see him now.

Has he grown tired of me this quickly?

You must not have the seven emotions and six desires towards humans.

On the day when you cry for a human,

that is the time when you will never be able to recover.

Su Heng, you won't forsake me!

Mu Yan gege you're back!

I've been worried about you all day!

I brought soldiers to scope out the Zheng military camp today.

I don't want to hear about the war.

The more I hear about it the more worried I get.

Okay then. What have you been doing all day?

You're not allowed to look!

My clothes? What is this picture?

This...this is the character that I spent all day sewing!

It's the "Fu" in Jun Fu!

Fu?

I really can't tell.

I heard, that if a young woman writes her own name onto her lover's clothing,

it is like branding something onto her family's domestic animals.

I sewed that character all day!

How can you turn it into the brand of domesticated animals?

Stupid girl.

Let me do it.

What are you doing?

Are you putting a mark on my body too?

Yes.

I'm afraid some dense person would wrongly take you home.

How hateful.

Don't move!

It'll be done very soon.

I move very quickly.

Mu Yan gege, you even sew so well!

Are you trying to shame me, a woman?

You should say "I'm so lucky to have a husband like him!"

Washing clothes and cooking food, sewing and fighting wars. All eighteen talents,

what couple can have them all?

Husband?

Where is my husband?

How come I don't see him?

Right here!

This time, let's get married when we go back.

In the dream?

It can't be that you're worried about my body-

I'm just worried that I'm too handsome,

and will be stolen away by another young lady.

Whoever dares to steal you I'll curse her!

Don't worry,

there will be one day that I will sew this character well!

Okay!

Let me teach you.

Okay!

Come.

I'll sew it for you one more time.

Come, look. It's like this.

Crown Prince! Crown Prince!

-Crown Prince.-Who let you come here?

Didn't I say not to bother me?

Please spare me, Crown Prince!

There is news from the Kingdom of Chen.

I knew that you would be in a hurry to know, so I forgot your rules!

There's news from Wu Lei City? Is it from the palace?

Is it about Murong An? Hurry and give it to me!

She's not very happy, right!

I just knew you definitely wouldn't be happy!

Su Heng, you think that just because you got her heart

you can be together with her?

You two won't have an ending!

Wait for me. Wait for me. Wait for me!

Madam, His Highness...

Has he come?

The scent pouch that His Highness ordered has arrived.

Scent pouch?

Yes.

His Highness knows that you don't like the climate here and often feel sick,

so he told the doctors to make this scent pouch,

I heard if you wear it, it will relax your baby

Put it down.

Yes.

Madam, His Highness thinks of you in everything!

You should be happy!

Happy?

What I want isn't his things.

I want him.

He hasn't come for many days.

His Highness is still a king.

He has many matters of the country to attend to.

If he's with you all day,

I'm afraid the lords of the court will be in a mess.

King...

If one cannot live as their heart wants,

then what use is there to have the throne and the royal territory?

I've heard some rumors too...

What?

It seems like the lords of the court want His Highness to marry a new wife.

Your Highness, you haven't gone to see Madam Murong for many days.

Is she doing okay?

She's fine. Her body is naturally healthy.

But I heard some of the maids in her palace say that she...

What's wrong with her?

I hear that the Madam keeps following butterflies around.

She's following butterflies around?

She's thinking about her origins.

I'll go see her.

Madam, you cannot go look for His Highness like this!

If His Highness knows that I told you this, he would kill me!

Madam, what is this?

A baby bird.

It fell down from the roof.

Madam!

In front is Ning Xian Palace

If Madam Murong knew that you have come, she'll definitely be very happy.

If I continue, it won't be right.

I think we should just forget about it today.

-But...Your Highness...-Let's go.

Su Heng!

Murong?

Su Heng. Have you grown tired of me?

If it is, then just tell it to me clearly.

I'll leave right now.

It's not that! You've thought the wrong thing!

If you won't even enter my palace,

what else do you want me to think?

I cannot explain these things to you right now.

They say that you are dealing with matters of the country at court.

But you are right here and still won't see me.

Do you still need to explain?

Do you still not believe my heart for you?

I don't believe it!

Or else you wouldn't be like this to me.

Since it's like this, let me take you to a place.

It's so beautiful here!

So, you've been making this during these few days?

Are you happy?

This is what I especially made for you to fulfill your heart's desires.

This is all for you.

Su Heng, this was really done for me?

Do you like it?

From now on, you can stay here.

I don't need you to learn any palace rules.

I also don't want outsiders coming to bother you.

This place only belongs to you and me.

This is our world, okay?

Drag them all out!

Cut off all the servant's tongue and kill them all.

-Yes!-Your Highness, please spare us!

-Let's go!-Your Highness, please spare us!

Your Highness, please spare us!

Your Highness, please calm down. Don't harm your body.

Your Highness, do you really intend to unite with the Liu family?

Then what are we to do with Madam Murong?

Based on her personality, a mess will occur sooner or later!

The person I want to stay will definitely stay!

What I want to do, no one can stop me from doing it!

But...paper cannot wrap around fire.

Madam Murong will find out sooner or later.

Why do you think I had to create an Enchanted Forest in the palace?

You are thinking to...

Remember. Seal off any news.

No one can go into the forest.

No one can leak news to Murong An.

Yes.

What bird is in this painting?

People of the world know that mandarin ducks are a symbol of love.

However they do not know that the true love and

spiritual connection between two lovers is the Lingxi sparrow.

Couples meet and their hearts are one

I'm giving this to you

Thank you

My husband, you have been more available and free lately

I am not use to this.

There are people in the political world who are even more not use to this

My lord, His Highness heard that you were not feeling well, so he sent over some high quality medicine to help you.

Go and accept it

Yes

Husband, are you not going to go thank His Highness?

I am currently ill and am not fit for travel.

Thank His Highness for me.

Yes.

Husband, in the court, are you and His Highness...?

Women shouldn't ask about court matters.

Father! Mother!

-Xinci.-Are you drinking tea?

Where did you go to play on such a hot day?

I was so bored! So I went to the painter house to take a walk with Ping'er.

What is that thing in your hand?

Just a painting!

It's not a problem to let your father see a painting, right?

Come come come.

Let's see it.

It's so well drawn!

Indeed. The drawing is natural and simple,

yet has a sense of freedom that reveals an air of magnificence.

Very good.

Xinci. The one who drew this painting,

is it a very talented young man?

Father! How would I know?

I just felt that it's pretty so I bought it!

Why would I think so much?

Daughter, which house's talented son is it?

Mother! I really don't know!

I suddenly feel tired.

I'm going back to my room to rest first. You two take your time to talk.

Ping'er, let's go!

Xinci!

Husband, our daughter

seems to have someone she likes!

Husband, what's wrong?

Do you know who's hands this painting came from?

Who?

Su Heng.

His Highness?

-It's so well drawn!-Yes!

Miss, this bird is so lifelike!

Yes! It's so well drawn!

It must be a caring person to draw it so well!

Ping'er, hang it up for me!

Miss, where should this be hung?

Hung...

Ping'er, hang it here for me!

I think Miss wants to stare at this painting every day as if this painting is that man!

Ping'er, don't say it anymore!

Stop right there! You are not allowed to speak nonsense!

Stop right there!

Liu Mansion

You're saying that old Minister of Works wants to send his own daughter into the inner palace?

Yes. Recently in the court, His Highness has been very open to the Minister of Work's ideas.

Though the Minister of Works is only in charge of irrigation and crops,

I heard that his eldest son did very well in calming the rebels at the borders, so His Highness rewarded him.

The position of Marshal is currently unfilled.

At this chance, the Minister of Works wants to become extremely rich.

I'm afraid he is angling for the position of Marshal.

Next to His Highness are hundreds of important lords.

The Marshal position takes care of all the soldiers, it is an important post.

That old Minister of Works always has worked against me.

If his family gets the Marshal position,

won't I continuously suffer in the court from now on?

Minister, you are right.

After Su Heng got the throne,

on the surface, he has appeased the lords of the court.

He says that he won't go after those who were against the Crown Prince in the past.

But in reality, he's killed and demoted those that he can.

If you weren't here to stabilize the country, I'm afraid...

He would dare to touch me?

I am just guessing.

Okay, I got it. You can go.

Yes.

Your Highness! This is great!

Your Highness! Great news has come from the battlefront!

General Mu Yan's ambush was very successful, and decimated the Kingdom of Zheng!

He also captured their leading general, who is the nephew of the King of Zheng!

Right now the Kingdom of Zheng's soldiers are in a huge mess!

Keep going.

Right now, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Zheng have retreated for 15,000 meters!

They have already left our country's borders.

General Mu Yan continued to pursue them!

The letter said that within five to ten days,

he can definitely destroy them all!

It is indeed a good piece of news.

Give my edict right now!

Your Highness, you intend to reward General Mu Yan

No. Ask him to come back.

Come back? No more fighting?

Take away Mu Yan's leading general position,

and have the deputy general lead instead.

The remaining battles will be fought by the deputy general.

Ask him to return to court right now, even if he has to travel day and night!

Your Highness, I don't understand.

Mu Yan is a tiger.

Can I still sleep then?

Yes yes yes, Your Highness has very good foresight.

I will go do it right now.

Wait a second!

Your Highness.

After the first edict is sent out, send another one out every half an hour.

In total, send twelve of them out.

Yes.

Come!

My Lord.

Where has the Miss gone?

This...I don't know.

Miss, the horse carriage is ready. Let's go.

Let's wait for a little longer! This is the last day.

Perhaps he'll come in a little bit!

Miss, you've already said this multiple times! My ear has heard it so many times!

I have not!

At most I've only said it two or three times!

Oh no, Miss.

That pretty young man has already taken your soul away!

How crass!

Miss, I'm not very educated, so of course my words are crass.

But Miss, you like listening to it!

Every word has gone to your heart!

Okay, Ping'er.

Stop joking with me.

Look, it's already raining so hard. Let's just go.

Ping'er. Just wait. If...

- If... - My young Miss.

The rain is so heavy. Who would run around in this weather?

He definitely won't come today.

Let's go. Go.

♫ 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? ♫