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[The Promise of Chang'an]

[Episode 11]

Mingyu.

When I have achieved military merits, I'll be able to build a manor.

And then, I an marry you in style to be my princess consort.

Chengxu, do you know that I don't desire any of the extras.

I only hope that, in our lifetime,

we can be living peacefully in a simple life.

His Majesty arrives.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Forego the formalities.

So you are such a little coward.

When I saw you got so scared earlier today,

my heart ached.

Your Majesty is a great hero.

Even if the Tai Mountain collapses in front of you, you wouldn't be unnerved or shaken.

How can I dare to compare with Your Majesty?

You can really sweet talk.

What, tired now?

Mingyu, I am meeting with the ministers today, so I won't be able to stay here with you.

Your Majesty, the state affairs are important.

I respectfully bid you farewell, Your Majesty.

Don't blame me.

No, I won't.

I'll come to stay with you tomorrow.

Zhen'er.

Mingyu, it's bad. After Ninth Prince went back, he's refused to take medicine for his injuries.

He's locked himself inside the room and wouldn't even see Tenth Prince.

What should we do?

Zhen'er, prepare clothes, we're leaving the palace.

Both of you, leave.

- Yes. - Yes.

Chengxuan.

Why are you still coming over?

Do you have to see how dismal my brother is before you're satisfied?

My Princess heard that Ninth Prince wouldn't take medicine,

she immediately rushed out of the palace despite the risk.

She is so full of worries and anxiousness.

Tenth Prince, you understand why, don't you?

Let her try. Perhaps Ninth Prince would listen to her.

Chengxu.

Chengxu, open the door.

Chengxu.

Chengxu, open the door.

Chengxu.

Open the door, Chengxu.

Chengxu.

Open the door.

Chengxu, open the door, Chengxu.

Does Concubine Li

not know that

the consorts and concubines in the harem

are not allowed to meet other men in private?

Compared to your life,

I don't care about rules and propriety.

Your Highness indeed don't regard much about rules.

That's right.

A promise is like the flowing water.

What good are rules?

But I, Xiao Chengxu,

don't want to see someone who is untrustworthy and unfaithful.

Your should go back, Your Highness.

Alright, I can go back,

as long as you promise to heal your wounds.

I, Helan Mingyu, would be willing to swear

that I will never appear in front you anymore.

Who asked you to swear?

What does my life or death have anything to do with you?

Don't be feigning here.

If I had known that

it's unnecessary for me to return.

I should have...

just died fighting in the battlefield.

If you dare to die, I'll die with you.

If you dare to despair and self-destruct,

I wouldn't let you die as you wish.

You'll always have to see my disgusting face.

- Princess! - Don't come over.

Xiao Chengxu, listen to me.

If you don't take good care of healing your injuries,

I'll pay you back with my life!

Chengxu.

What does your life or death have anything to do with me?

Don't come here to playact.

Older Brother, where are you going?

Nothing to do with you, go away.

Older Brother!

Princess!

Chengxu!

- Chengxu! - Older Brother! Older Brother!

Chengxu.

Your Highness.

You've seen me.

You're satisfied now.

I'm not dead yet for the time being.

You can continue to enjoy your life of glorious fortune.

Yes, I'm satified.

Because you are at least alive.

Xiao Chengxu, listen well.

From now on, even if you hate me, blame me, I'll bear it.

Just hate me.

But you must stay alive to hate me.

Hate you?

Who do you think you are?

Do you think that I'll still remember you after today?

Helan Mingyu,

from now on, you are someone unrelated to me at all.

Hate you?

Do you even deserve it?

♫ Destiny leads you into my life to make me whole ♫

♫ My love for you is like an ink-mark that never dries ♫

I hope you are saying what you're thinking,

and you'll do what you say.

♫ As I have to be drunk to sleep through the night ♫

♫ Like you, the paper I write on is full of melancholy ♫

Older Brother!

Princess!

- Older Brother. - Princess.

- Are you alright? - Chengxu.

Chengxu.

Princess!

- Older Brother, go. - Chengxu!

Princess, we should leave.

Chengxu!

Princess! Princess!

Princess, let's go back first.

Chengxu.

Princess.

Let's go.

Chengxu.

Here, open your mouth.

In the past, you were galloping in the horse races

never letting any man defeat you.

Why is it that you got sick so easily?

Is it because you got sick of the boring life in the palace?

Maybe it's because the weather has been changing too much lately.

I suddenly couldn't adjust and got a cold.

Your Majesty is so busy with work every day.

If I pass the cold to you,

I would be committing a great offense.

No problem. Don't talk anymore.

If you would like to go to sleep, go ahead.

I will leave after you fall asleep.

If you have any requests, be sure to find someone to notify me of them.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Sister Zhen'er.

Sister Zhen'er. It's our shift now. You can go rest.

It's fine. My heart feels bothered.

I can't sleep anyway. Tonight, I'll stay as protection.

Sister, is it because you're worried about Her Highness's wind chill?

How did she get into the pouring rain anyway?

Do not bring up this rain matter anymore.

The Princess's body contracted the wind chill due to changes in the weather. Got it?

We understand. We will keep this a secret.

Go back now. Rest early.

Yes.

Chengxu.

Chengxu!

Chengxu! Chengxu!

Chengxu!

Brother!

Brother! Brother!

- Close the windows! - Yes.

Quickly.

Here. Lie on the bed.

Brother!

Brother. You're suffering a high fever.

Are you looking to die?

Here. Drink the medicine.

Brother. We can't just stay like this.

Drink the medicine.

Brother, I'm begging you, ok?

Don't torture yourself like this. Drink it.

Help me bring a message. Go.

Yes.

Your Highness.

Your Highness. You don't eat or drink.

You've had so much wine and haven't even taken your medicine.

How could you spoil your body like this?

Wine

is much more honest than people. Good wine, bad wine

Unlike people.

We're been friends for so long.

Your Highness. By choosing to self destruct,

how could you be worthy of everything the Princess did for you?

What do you mean by that?

Are you meaning that by stepping over me to be with the King,

she was doing it for me?

If you want to think like that, then I don't have anything to say to you.

Don't move.

Tell me clearly.

It's not that the Princess wanted to marry His Majesty.

His Majesty, from the beginning, harbored intent to marry the Princess.

When the Princess found out, she kneeled down to Her Majesty and admitted everything.

When Her Majesty heard of it, she had no methods either.

At this time, the Tenth Prince returned.

He brought back word of your loss

and your death.

At the time, the Princess almost went mad.

I had to use so much strength to pry the scissors from out of her grasp.

If you don't believe it,

If you don't believe it, then see for yourself.

The next day, the Princess was in so much despair that she planned to jump off a cliff.

If I was even a second late,

you never would have been able to see her again!

Now, every time I remember those events,

I get so scared.

I get scared enough to wake up from my dreams.

Was she forced to marry him?

No. The Princess did it willingly.

Willingly?

Because she couldn't let you die for nothing.

She couldn't let the Tenth Prince be sentenced to death.

What could possibly happen to Chengxuan?

In His Majesty's study one day,

we heard with our own ears

and the person who set you up was the Prince of Han, Xiao Chengyao.

Not only did he want to kill you, he also wanted to get rid of the Tenth Prince.

It really was Xiao Chengyao!

The Princess had no other methods. She wanted to save the Tenth Prince.

That's why she chose to marry His Majesty.

The Princess worried that the Tenth Prince

would die before being able to avenge you.

That's why she kept it a secret from him.

She suffered so much.

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Don't disappoint the Princess's hopes for you!

These small injuries

are nothing

compared to Mingyu.

I really thought that she betrayed me.

Actually,

She did this

because of me.

All by herself, she must have endured so much hardship.

I hurt her first, and I unjustly blamed her.

Princess will not fault you.

Your Highness, the fact that you came back alive,

to the Princess,

it's already a gift from Heaven.

Is there anything even more important?

All that the Princess has done

is in the hope that you will rise up again.

If she sees that

you are wasting your body away like now,

she would be very sad when she finds out.

It's all my fault.

It's all my fault.

I didn't protect her well.

If I had returned just a few days earlier,

Mingyu and all of this...

none of it would have happened.

Seeing how you are separated,

I feel very sad too.

No.

I must go to her.

Your Highness!

Your Highness

Previously, I said so many hurtful words to her.

I said so many hurtful words to her. I must go to her to explain.

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Your Highness, listen to me.

You should know what stature she is in now.

She really can't leave the palace.

Last time, she took the risk to pretend to be an eunuch to see you.

It was done at the greatest risk.

Your Highness, it's different now.

Dongming Palace has become part of the inner palace.

You can't enter it at all.

There are various people watching in the palace.

You must avoid being impulsive and let someone catch you.

This is not just to protect yourself,

but also to protect Her Highness.

I only went to the battlefield once.

When I returned,

the world has turned upside down.

It's only the Yanjing city.

Why...

Why is it so difficult for me to see her?

Mingyu.

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Your Highness, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Don't worry, I'll definitely think of a way.

I'll find a way for you two to meet, alright?

Ling Zhen'er.

Eldest Prince.

Are you here to visit Ninth Uncle?

Why are your eyes red?

Really?

Maybe the wind is too strong, go some dust in the eyes.

What wind? Why don't I feel it?

You've cried.

Who says I've cried. You must be mistaken.

Mistaken?

You definitely cried. Aren't you stubborn?

You couldn't have cried for him like this, could you?

Take it, dry up your tears.

You aren't embarrassed by one-sided wish.

Take it.

What does it have anything to do with you?

Busybody.

I'm a busybody?

You're impolite to the Eldest Prince.

Did you sneak away from the palace?

Did you get permission?

- If you upset me, aren't you afraid that I'll report on you? - You!

I'll give you a chance, just apologize to me.

Ling Zhen'er!

I didn't finish talking yet.

Zhen'er.

Royal Consort, I am guilty.

What guilt is there for no reason?

Just get up and talk.

Thank you, Royal Consort.

Last night, Tenth Prince sent me a message.

I thought it was urgent, so I left the palace to see Ninth Prince.

You can all leave.

How is Chengxu?

Ninth Prince's condition is getting more serious.

Why is that?

Didn't I tell them to get the best physician and use the best medicine?

Neither the best physician nor the best medicine can save Ninth Prince.

They said that Ninth Prince turned away the physician,

and broke the medicine jars. He simply wants to die.

What I worry the most is really happening.

After Concubine Mu died in the sacrificial burial, you've shown the most affected to Ninth Prince.

You must think of a way to save him.

Of course I want him to get well.

But...

What else can I do?

An external wound is easy to cure, but the heart's wound is difficult to heal.

Ninth Prince's problem is in his heart.

He can only recover if there is a medicine for his heart.

The heart medicine that you mean...

Our Princess.

Zhen'er, you've been by our side for many years.

You've always known what's right and wrong.

On this matter,

just do according to what you say.

Thank you, Royal Consort.

But you must keep it a secret.

You must remember Mingyu's new stature.

There must not be any trouble.

I will be cautious. Don't worry, Royal Consort.

I hope that this heart medicine

can really cure them.

Good, your fever has subsided.

Mingyu, Royal Consort has finally relented.

Using praying for blessing as the reason,

you can leave the palace to meet His Highness.

As it is now, there's no need to meet.

Just let him hate me.

If hatred can become a reason to live for him,

then I'm willing to bear this guilt.

But, he has realized your difficult reasons.

He only wants to see you to personally apologize to you.

I've never blamed him. Why would I need an apology?

Besides, if he sees me,

he would only be more sad, and it will hurt him more.

But, His Highness

is already in a worst situation.

Love and hate are both difficult.

Additionally, his wounds are getting worse, and his mood is low.

Mingyu,

you are his only hope now.

If you won't help him either,

he could become useless for the rest of his life.

Chengxu.

Mingyu. I was wrong.

You probably blame me so much, right?

If I blamed you, then I wouldn't have come.

I was just angry with you.

You didn't even eat your medicine.

Look at you.

You've gotten so much thinner.

No medicine

would be able to cure my heartache.

No matter how much heartache you're feeling,

you still need to recover from your injuries and your illnesses first.

Then...

Then what?

Live emptily?

Live without you forever?

At this point,

we can only accept

so

just forget me,

but you must promise me

no matter whether I'm by your side or not,

you will be like the Xiao Chengxu from when we first met.

- That way, I will be able to feel at ease. ♫ That beauty dances between the clouds and rippling moonglade ♫

- For the people who are concerned about us ♫ Dancing lightly like the startled birds ♫

and care about us, we must do this. -♫ and your graceful face is like a delicate bloom ♫

- I understand. ♫ Longing in the wind, with glistening eyes looking toward the ripples ♫

I must endure it.

- There are no dead ends in life. ♫ It seems brief, my adoration for you has been for years ♫

- We will eventually find a way to live. ♫ You come or go as you please, my soul is being led by dreams of you ♫

- I don't believe ♫ These are foolish and infuriating times ♫

- that this is will be our ending. ♫ I still wish we could be together forever ♫

♫ Destiny leads you into my life to make me whole ♫

♫ My love for you is like an ink-mark that never dries ♫

♫ As the snow scatters in the wind, as the clouds shield the moon ♫

♫ As I have to be drunk to sleep through the night ♫

♫ Like you, the paper I write on is full of melancholy ♫

♫ Destiny leads you into my life, times of great changes separate us ♫

♫ My tears fall and fill the curtained carriage along the way ♫

♫ This homeward journey, this boundless life ♫

♫ It is fleeting, and filled with joys and sorrows ♫

Mingyu. Rest assured.

I will live well.

There are no dead ends in life.

We can find a way to live.

I don't trust that this is the end for us.

Do you like it?

No need to be polite.

Were you surprised when you saw this?

This wood carving was made for my by my Older Brother

for my 10th birthday.

And this horsewhip

was bestowed upon my by my Grandfather after I learned to ride horses.

All of these things my most beloved possessions.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

As long as you're happy, it's good.

Come with me. I'm taking you to another place.

It looks like your sister's words were right.

What did Sister say?

She said that after marriage, you would feel unsettled.

After suddenly getting married, your status has changed.

It would be impossible to prevent the fact that you're not used to it.

I also know that your marriage to me

made you feel hugely wronged.

How is it possible that I would feel wronged?

You do not have to explain yourself. I was not saying it to blame you.

I love your open mind,

your unfettered personality. I don't want to restraint you.

I even more don't want to see you unhappy.

you can come here to ride your horse and ease your heart.

But My King, this doesn't follow the rules.

My word is law.

If I say it's fine, then it is.

Mingyu. I will do my very best

to bring you happiness.

I will do everything I can to make your smile

brighter and more radiant.

Thank you, My King.

Mingyu. What are you thinking about?

Look at all of this.

I saw these things long ago.

All of these things are your beloved possessions.

he inquired about the things you liked so thoroughly.

Not only that, but he arranged for people to go thousands of miles

to bring all of these things intact.

Mingyu. This kind of goodwill is hard to obtain.

Because of this, my heart feels so ill at ease.

My heart was given to Chengxu.

It can never change.

If His Majesty just treated me as a regular concubine,

but he tends to me with so much love and meaning.

I let down his goodwill for me.

it looks like your complexion is quite good today.

It seems like you've almost made a full recovery.

I finally feel relieved.

Chengxuan. These past few days

I've troubled you a lot.

Xiao Chengyao.

Look at their arrogant postures. Looking at it makes me so angry.

Xiao Chengyao.

Isn't this my Ninth Brother?

Seeing your condition, it looks like your body is almost fully recovered.

Congratulations.

Xiao Chengyao.

Chengxu!

Let me ask you.

How are you going to take responsibility

for all of the soldiers you sent to their death?

[The Promise of Chang'an]

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"Falling Fate" - Singer: Li Yugang

♫ Who is swaying at dusk on the riverbank by the gently fluttering willows? ♫

♫ That beauty dances between the clouds and the rippling moonglade ♫

♫ Dancing lightly like the startled birds and your graceful face is like a delicate bloom ♫

♫ Longing in the wind, with glistening eyes looking toward the ripples ♫

♫ I could not take my eyes off such a sight to behold ♫

♫ It seems brief, my adoration for you has been for years ♫

♫ You come or go as you please, my soul is being led by dreams of you ♫

♫ These are foolish and infuriating times, I still wish we could be together forever ♫

♫ Destiny leads you into my life to make me whole ♫

♫ My love for you is like an ink-mark that never dries ♫

♫ As the snow scatters in the wind, as the clouds shield the moon ♫

♫ As I have to be drunk to sleep through the night ♫

♫ Like you, the paper I write on is full of melancholy ♫

♫ Destiny leads you into my life, times of great changes separate us ♫

♫ My tears fall and fill the curtained carriage along the way ♫

♫ This homeward journey, this boundless life ♫

♫ It is fleeting, and filled with joys and sorrows ♫