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[The Promise of Chang'an]

[Episode 32]

Hey, is he still not going to end this?

He made us come back so hastily but won't let us in.

He punished us accordingly. What exactly is he up to?

Demoting, monetary fines, taking away our department's horses and men.

Without dispute, we admitted.

We came here to thank his grace, but His Majesty

blocked us at the edge of the door and won't let us go in.

How can this matter be resolved?

Or does His Majesty not want it resolved at all?

Prince of Yan, in His Majesty's heart,

His Majesty is just in a bad mood.

Your Highness, please suffer this wrong.

How about you just tolerate this? Then the matter will end.

How could I tolerate it?

Do you expect us to kneel outside the country's doors

and beg His Majesty to use his grace and let us in?

You're all brothers.

Just take a step back, and it will be over.

This is so unreasonable.

His Majesty has a higher status than we do.

As officials, we only respect and are loyal to the King.

Since His Majesty ordered us

to come back home, then he is already showing his grace.

We had to make a detour to come here.

Since His Majesty is not even willing to see us,

then we will respect that and go back.

I, Xiao Chengxu, thank His Majesty for his grace.

Your Highness! You mustn't go!

Your Highness!

What should the two of us do?

Tian Cheng Gate

I am indebted to the King's grace, may Your Majesty forgive my sins!

The one I was supposed to keep here left.

How could this be good?

After asking him to go back, he actually went?

What, asking him to kneel for mercy

made him feel wronged and embarrassed?

So many times, and he has to disobey me?

What is he trying to do? How dare he?

Your Majesty, calm down. It was I who was useless. Your Majesty, calm down.

He dared to go back?

How dare he.

Mingyu, I got information.

I don't know what His Majesty was trying to do, but he refused to meet him.

The Prince of Su and the others kneeled there for about an hour, but they were all forced to go back.

- Then what about Chengxu? - The second the Prince of Yan found out that His Majesty wouldn't see them, he was so furious that he walked out.

That caused His Majesty to go into a huge rage in his study.

This is bad! These two brothers have officially gone against each other.

Chengxu, Chengxu. Now, are you really not willing to give way?

But His Majesty gave the order to make them go back.

Even if he wanted to blame him for this wrong, he still cannot.

That's what is supposed to happen in theory,

but the anger in His Majesty's heart has no outlet now. There's no way he would stop!

Chengxu is in danger again. I fear that if they keep fighting like this, things will get ugly.

Zhen'er, I'll write a letter for you to send to Chengxu.

No matter what happens, we have to coax him.

If not, both sides will be hurt, and the consequences will be unthinkable.

Your Majesty, the Prince of Wei has important matters to discuss with you and requests an audience.

- Let him in. - Yes.

Come in, Prince of Wei.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Drop the formalities.

Your Majesty, in my possession, I have evidence that the Prince of Yan betrayed the nation.

What evidence?

Great Liang's three sides' guard, Hong Guangzhi, went into the countryside.

He got people to meet with me

And plots to oppose Great Liang's efficiency.

I obviously rejected and got people to bring him back and give him to Your Majesty.

However, Hong Guangzhi was very slippery and managed to escape.

However, Hong Guangzhi accidentally left behind a secret message.

On the letter, it had the detailed descriptions of all of the circumstances

of each of the Twelve Great Xiao Battalions.

On the letter, there are even remarks of rebellion with the King of Liang.

Sadly, the seal on the secret message was obscured by stains of blood.

I also fear the people of Liang's plan to sow discord,

I don't dare to place blame without proper reason,

so during this time, I have been looking into a way to get rid of the bloodstains.

Now, the seal has been revealed.

Please take a look, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, please take a look.

On this letter is the Prince of Yan's private stamp. In order to confirm it more closely,

I sent people to compare this handwriting to the writing of the Prince of Yan's. It was not even slightly different.

This clearly means that the person who is conspiring with Hong Guangzhi in this secret letter,

the person who is planning on betraying our country is our Ninth Brother.

Xiao Chengxu.

Someone, come.

Out of the way! Out of the way!

Out of the way!

[Prince of Yan's Manor]

The Emperor has declared that the Prince of Yan, Xiao Chengxu,

is conspiring with the enemy and a traitor to the nation.

His sins cannot be forgiven! Quickly, come out and confess!

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Prince of Yan. Do you admit your wrongs?

I am loyal to Your Majesty.

Under your orders, I will lead my soldiers north and south

To fight till the death without disloyalty.

In the past, because soldiers went home to visit their families,

you interrogated me. You have already gave me grace for this. It should be left in the past.

I don't know why you are still blaming me.

Is it because I did not kneel at the nations doors?

From your tone of voice, I can tell that you are still not convinced.

Do you not know that being disrespectful to me can also cause you death?

If you want to kill me, I will be unable to avoid it.

If you really blame me for this,

then I will accept your punishment.

Yes, the King of Yan is heading to the north for recognition of his achievements.

If I were to blame you for your actions

at the nation's door, then the entire nation will blame me

for being unreasonable toward a hero.

I do not dare give myself the title of a hero.

Everything I have was given to me by your grace

And are blessings from the dynasty and the court.

You make it sound so pretty.

Xiao Chengxu!

You are so bold! You dare to collaborate with the enemy and betray your country!

No wonder you wanted to make your soldiers retreat.

No wonder you ravaged the fields.

I was so good to you. I trusted you so much.

Yet you betrayed me over and over!

Kneel!

Kneel!

Ask yourself, your conscience, are you worthy to Great Sheng?

Are you worthy to the great ancestors?

Are you worthy of my education and trust?

Your Majesty, you may blame me for anything,

but as a son of Great Sheng,

and the blood of the Xiao family,

how could I ever conspire with the enemy to betray my country

Such an ungrateful and rebellious act!

There were reasons why I withdrew my troops and took provisions.

I only did this for war opportunities, I had no choice. If there is any fault,

That is also because I was hasty for a victory,

And forgot the impacts of my actions.

I have a sincere heart toward you. Not a single piece belongs to anyone else.

This act of conspiring with the enemy and betraying my country, someone must have slandered me.

I would like you to investigate more thoroughly.

A sincere heart? Doesn't belong to anyone else?

Take a look at it yourself! What is this?

Look carefully. This is an agreement between you and the Emperor of Liang.

On it is the seal of your Wolf Battalion.

Even though the seal was obscured by blood,

but I asked someone to compare these,

and only your Wolf Battalion has such a seal! What do you have to say about this?

I do not know where you got this letter.

Don't bother trying to figure out where this came from!

I just want to ask if you wrote this letter!

Is this seal from the Wolf Battalion?

You did not listen to my orders and was disrespectful to someone of higher authority.

Because of your military contributions and our brotherly bond,

I could let you go,

but you conspired with the enemy and betrayed our country! Not only can I not tolerate this,

but our ancestors of Xiao also cannot!

Your Majesty, this letter was created to frame me. The seal on this

is not my personal seal. My own steal

was broken in a battle three years ago.

On the right of it, there is an obvious break.

In the beginning of the year, I recreated

the seal. According to the date this letter was signed,

it was the time when I was repairing it.

Though this seal is obscured,

you can clearly see that the right side of it is perfectly intact.

Your Majesty, this letter

was a forgery, Someone framed me!

Every sentence I spoke was the truth.

The truth?

Then how do I know

whether or not this seal was repaired after you signed this?

According to what this letter says,

this letter was signed one year ago,

but my seal

was broken three years ago.

and then you'll know if what I said was true or not.

I would like you to find me guileless!

I will obviously investigate clearly.

If you dare to trick me,

then I will punish you for both crimes severely!

Please investigate clearly.

Sister. The things in the past were supposedly already cleared up.

Even though the events that happened at the country's doors were Chengxu's fault,

from what I see, His Majesty purposefully tried to get this response from him.

Sister Qi, I have no idea why this happened.

I don't know whether or not you know the specifics.

This time, His Majesty received a letter

that confirmed that one of our ministers was agreeing to ally with Great Liang.

The seal that was left on this agreement, after investigation and confirmation,

was Chengxu's.

How is that possible?

I understand Chengxu. It is not possible that he would do a thing like this!

I also think the chances are slim.

I'm sure that there is someone

purposefully trying to frame Chengxu with this matter.

That year, Xiao Chengrui used his countermeasures to cause Xue Ji's death.

Now, I will use my own nasty methods to return an eye for an eye.

It has to be Great Liang's countermeasure!

How do you know of this?

This... I cannot explain with just a few sentences,

but I need to ask you a favor.

Let me go see Chengxu.

Some things must be asked clearly.

This is not possible. Mingyu, His Majesty has been suspecting you and Chengxu for a long time.

If he knew that you went to see him,

what if he accuses you of being part of this?

Then not only will we be unable to save Chengxu,

but you will also get tangled within it!

These consequences would be unimaginable.

However, I cannot just stand idly by and watch Chengxu get wronged.

I know that you care about Chengxu,

but if he really is innocent,

then His Majesty will surely prove so.

Mingyu, do not do things impulsively.

Prince of Zheng.

Greetings, Consort Xian.

There's no need to keep with formalities. Go back as you were.

I invited you here secretly because I had an urgent matter needing your help.

Thank you for coming here on time.

If you invite me here, how could I dare to skip out on you?

Your Highness, come inside.

Thank you, Consort Xian.

According to the rules, I am not supposed to meet you in private,

but I remember that during the days when I had just entered Great Sheng,

it was you who gave me extra care and advice.

From that moment on, in my heart,

I always took you as an older brother.

I really do not dare to have you think of me this way.

However, I would like to know for what reason you invited me here.

The thing I am asking your help for

might be a little hard for you to achieve,

but I still beg you to please help me.

However, I still am not sure for what reason you seek my help.

I just want to hear the truth from you. Is the proof that the Prince of Yan betrayed the country authentic?

This is not something you should trouble yourself with caring about.

I know that I should not ask about this matter,

but you also know clearly

that the Prince of Yan and I can be considered to have grown up together.

Because of this friendship, I cannot sit idly by and ask no questions.

Even more, I know the Prince of Yan's character well.

He would never do something like this.

However, the proof is as irrefutable as a mountain.

No one dares to defend the Prince of Yan.

Your Highness, when you say that it is irrefutable as a mountain,

are you talking about the seal on the letter?

Yes.

All along, you knew about this incident?

Would it be so impossible to make a fake seal?

The other princes and I have already taken a look at

the agreement to conspire with the enemy

It really is the Prince of Yan's seal. His Majesty has also confirmed it multiple times.

If someone comes out and says that they doubt it,

then they are suspecting His Majesty's ability to draw conclusions.

If there was not complete certainty,

I believe that His Majesty wouldn't draw such a conclusion.

Consort Xian, you're a consort in the harem.

Even if it were for the sixth prince, I advise you do not ask about this matter any longer.

No, the Prince of Yan surely was wronged.

His attitude ever since his youth was to protect the country and his family and help Great Sheng conquer the world.

How could a person like this possibly

conspire with the enemy to betray the country?

Consort Xian, you are correct,

but His Majesty has already made a decision for this matter.

The court is full of officials. Which one of them would dare to bring out suspicion?

I also am helpless.

If there was evidence to prove

that he letter of agreement was forged

and the Prince of Yan is innocent, I don't know whether or not you would be willing

to put yourself out there and speak for the Prince of Yan.

If there really was irrefutable evidence

that could prove that the Prince of Yan was wronged, then how could I

stand aside and watch him suffer?

Those words from you are enough, Your Highness.

Mingyu, how could we find evidence to prove the Prince of Yan's innocence?

This letter of agreement must be fake.

But since it is fake,

can't we find a mistake in it?

The mistake is in the seal.

Sadly, we don't have that letter in our possession.

We can't make comparisons.

We can't make comparisons,

but His Majesty can.

Your Majesty, you asked me to find

all of the Prince of Yan's battle reports. They are all here.

- You may leave. - I will take my leave.

Three years ago, my seal was broken in a battle.

On the right of it, there is a clear sign of damage.

At the beginning of the year, that's when it finished getting repaired.

Your Majesty, this letter

was written to frame me.

It looks like I really did wrong him.

Your Majesty, please give your grace.

Your Majesty, please give your grace.

Your Majesty, please give your grace.

The Prince of Yan truly is powerful. So many members of the court want to protect him.

I just hope that he can repay your kindness

and show loyalty to you.

Hurry! Hurry!

Hurry up!

If this burns down, His Majesty will take your lives!

Hurry!

Last night, the Imperial Study caught fire.

Fortunately, it was put out before it could spread.

Did anyone lose sleep over it?

The Imperial Study is an important part of the harem.

It's also the area where His Majesty deals with governmental affairs.

If the fire was put out on time,

then why would it be important whether or not we were able to fall asleep?

I just heard that even though the fire was put out in a timely manner,

the Imperial Study still took terrible damage.

Many very important documents were all destroyed. His Majesty was so angry when he heard the news.

He punished many eunuchs.

I heard that the Prince of Yan's agreement with the enemies

was also being stored in the Imperial Study by His Majesty.

Did that also turn to ash in this fire?

How did you all learn of the agreement?

Your Majesty, even though the harem is not to interfere,

what kind of person is the Prince of Yan?

He has lots of merits.

Half of the entire Great Sheng was won by him.

If he betrayed the country or did something of this nature,

then how could anyone possibly be able to keep that information hidden?

Don't even start to talk about the harem,

it has probably already spread across the entire land of Great Sheng as well as every place under Heaven.

There still hasn't been a conclusion to this matter.

Stop spouting nonsense.

Yes. I know I was wrong.

I will not say anything more about it.

Think about it. The Prince of Yan really is unlucky.

The fire in the Imperial Study

did not harm the agreement letter at all.

If this evidence had disappeared,

then if His Majesty wanted to punish him for his crimes, it wouldn't be so easy.

Zhen'er, look. The person talking to De'an.

Is he Wenyuan Hall's eunuch?

Yes, it's him. It's him.

Mingyu, in the past, when I went to check records for you,

it was this eunuch who helped me.

Since you and he are familiar with each other,

then please help me get information

on what they were just saying.

What's wrong? Did you figure something out?

What's important is that I find this entire matter to be strange.

There is definitely information here.

Go ask.

Ok. I got it.

Your Majesty.

I went to Her Majesty's place today.

I heard a lot of the consorts discussing the Prince of Yan's matter.

What was everyone saying?

If Your Majesty wants to know, I could tell you,

but these words were gossips from the consorts.

I don't know if they're correct or not. Do not get angry.

Otherwise, my punishment would be huge.

Tell me. I promise I will not get mad, ok?

They are all speculating

on whether or not the Prince of Yan's agreement letter really was burnt in the fire or not.

Would it matter either way?

They say that if it really was destroyed in the fire,

then Your Majesty would be too afraid to punish the Prince of Yan.

You promised me that you wouldn't get angry.

I'm not angry,

I'm just sighing.

My consorts seem to b severely lacking in knowledge.

Even without the agreement letter,

I can still get people to investigate.

How could I possibly let the Prince of Yan go so easily?

Because the Prince of Yan has incredible merits.

Everyone says that half of Great Sheng's land

was conquered by the Prince of Yan.

If Your Majesty did not have certainty,

then how would you punish Great Sheng's biggest contributor?

Correct.

Xiao Chengxu

really did win half of Great Sheng's land

and won many war exploits.

He's truly our biggest hero.

Even I cannot punish him easily.

But after I heard these words, I felt uneasy.

Everything under the Heavens is yours.

Everyone should be yours.

If you want to punish someone, then you should be able to.

But now, you haven't done anything,

yet everyone discusses you like this.

If this continues, then even the maids

will be on your head.

Mingyu!

Did you find anything?

The eunuch did not withhold anything from me.

After having small talk with me, he revealed some things.

- What did he say? - He mentioned that before the fire,

De'an personally went to Wenyuan Hall

and looked up the Prince of Yan's war reports from three years ago.

The Prince of Yan's war reports?

A little while after he saw the reports,

the Imperial Study caught fire!

The collaboration agreement letter was completely intact,

yet the battle reports were all completely destroyed by the fire.

The Imperial Study's fire truly is pretty strange.

It seems like it was purposefully set in order to destroy these war reports.

These war reports all have the Prince of Yan's personal seal

while the collaboration agreement's most important part

is also the seal.

You mean...?

Those war reports could definitely have proven Chengxu's innocence,

but His Majesty didn't even say anything of it. What does this mean?

It means that he does not want to prove Chengxu's innocence.

This large fire was surely not an accident.

It was purposefully set by His Majesty in order to destroy the evidence.

He wants to use this loss to give Chengxu the death penalty.

But on these war reports,

if there is proof on them that the Prince of Yan is innocent, then don't we just have to search within these three years

for the seal that the Prince of Yan was using?

Now, I fear that there is not a single document with Chengxu's personal seal on them.

Then what do we do? Mingyu, then isn't Chengxu going to suffer his death?

No. Chengxu did so much for Great Sheng.

He is clearly a hero.

I will not allow anyone to destroy his glory.

At this time, Xiao Chengrui should have already found proof

to show that the collaboration agreement was forged.

What

will he do?

His Majesty has an order.

I will listen.

The Prince of Yan, Xiao Chengxu, collaborated with the enemies and betrayed the country.

Tomorrow, at noon, he will be sent to the prison

and wait for death.

Prince of Yan, are you not going to quickly grab the document?

I will take the document.

What?

Xiao Chengrui is taking my brother to death row?

Tomorrow, at noon, His Highness will leave Dali Temple.

When he goes to death row, it will be very hard to get him out.

My brother is innocent! How dare he do this?

He wants to kill my brother? I will not let it happen! Yan Hai!

Please explain. As long as the Prince of Yan can be saved,

I will go through fire and water to do it.

Ok! Go contact

Wolf Battalion, Eagle Battalion,

and the Elephant Battalion's generals to come over.

Yes.

Three generals are meeting in the Prince of Yu's manor?

It looks like Xiao Chengxuan also cannot sit still.

This is good, too.

I can use this opportunity

to kill two birds with one stone.

Supervise the Prince of Yu's manor well.

If Xiao Chengxuan dares to move at all,

then he is part of the conspiracy to rebel.

Xiao Chengxu's punishment for betraying the country

would not be anything he doesn't deserve.

I obey.

It's bad, Mingyu! I just heard that tomorrow at noon,

the Prince of Yan will be taken out of the Dali Temple and brought to death row!

What?

I never would have thought His majesty would dispose of Chengxu so quickly.

Mingyu, you're so intelligent. You surely have a plan to save His Highness, right?

If the Prince of Yan dies without clarity, then he is surely too unlucky.

Right now, there is something more urgent.

What could possibly be more important than the fact that the Prince of Yan is going to death row?

It's Chengxuan. If he know of this matter,

with his personality, there is no way he would sit and watch.

I fear that he will do something wrong impulsively.

At that time, even if they jump into the Yellow Sea,

they will still be unable to wash away the false accusations of treason.

- That's right. - Go meet up with Chengxuan.

Tell him that we will find a way to prove Chengxu's innocence. Tell him not to make rash decisions.

Ok. I will go right now.

Wait,, Zhen'er.

Do not go to the Prince of Yu's manor. I fear that His Majesty has eyes on it.

- Find a way to invite him out. - Ok. I got it.

- Hurry and go. - Yes.

No! I cannot agree!

I cannot let my brother die!

Prince of Yu. Prince of Yu, trust my princess this once.

You also know how much my princess worried for His Highness,

she would never leave him without caring.

It's not that I don't trust Sister Mingyu.

I just fear that she underestimates how far Xiao Chengrui is willing to go.

No matter how intelligent Mingyu is, she still is not a worthy opponent of him.

Anyway, before tomorrow at noon,

if Mingyu still cannot find any methods,

Don't do that!

Your Highness, they will see it as a rebellion.

He will not let you all go!

Please reconsider.

Once my brother enters death row, he will never be able to come back out.

As long as I can save my brother,

My brother and I have fought so many years on the battlefield.

When have we ever been afraid?

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Imperial Noble Consort, I'm begging you.

Save my Prince, ok?

His Majesty wants his life.

Chengxu is my husband. If he died,

then I wouldn't want to live either.

Princess Consort of Yan, it's not that I do not want to save him,

it's just that these are military affairs.

I don't understand them.

Imperial Noble Consort, as long as you are willing to say a few good words for the Prince of Yan,

then he will surely listen to you.

Princess Consort, our Imperial Noble Consort is not like Consort Xian.

She has never dared to discuss the court or interfere with His Majesty's decisions.

You should get up.

No.

Imperial Noble Consort, I'm begging you.

Just do it because I'm usually so submissive to you.

Save my Chengxu.

What are you doing?

Get up.

Imperial Noble Consort. I'm begging you.

Fine. I'll try it.

Thank you, Imperial Noble Consort.

Chengxuan really said that?

I think the Prince of Yu has already lost his common sense.

When he told me these things, I was absolutely shocked.

Mingyu, please come up with some ideas.

If the Prince of Yan really went to death row,

then the Prince of Yu might actually take his soldiers to intervene!

Right now, the most important thing is the find Chengxu's seal,

but we can only do this in private,

and we do not have very much time left.

I see it clearly now.

She is just treating me carelessly.

She doesn't want to save Chengxu at all.

My fault for being so respectful of her in the past.

That woman is full of deep, ulterior motives!

Princess Consort, be quieter.

If someone heard you, the consequences would be unimaginable.

What am I afraid of?

His Highness is already in this situation.

What could I possibly have to fear?

Helan Mingyu?

Su Yuying?

It's all because of you.

It was you who set up my prince.

Ever since my prince met you, he never had anything good come of it!

That's enough.

If you really want to save the Prince of Yan, you must calm down.

You... You have a plan to save His Highness?

If I did, would you be willing to listen to me?

As long as His Highness can be saved,

I will listen to you unconditionally.

All of the documents and letters in His Highness's room are all here.

How come there's so little?

Yesterday, His Majesty brought people here to investigate and took away many things.

There is only this much left.

It looks like His Majesty had already come up with precautionary measures.

What are you talking about? What precautionary measures?

Also, what are you planning on doing with the things you asked me to bring?

We cannot explain so much to you right now.

Zhen'er, take a look.

How come the Prince of Yan's seal is not on any of these?

Marriage contract!

Your marriage contract must have his seal on it!

Suxi, quickly. Go get the marriage contract.

Yes.

This truly is the Prince of Yan's personal seal.

But the seal is perfect without flaws.

It looks like there is nothing special to point out.

That is not right.

It was three years ago that you got married,

but the documents that got destroyed in the fire were from within these three years.

In these three years, what kickoffs could there have been?

You've looked for so long.

Have you found a way to save Chengxu or not?

Helan Mingyu, you dare to trick me?

Princess Consort, we heard that His Highness was getting taken to death row.

Will something happen to His Highness?

Why are you so anxious?

His Highness has not been killed yet!

Why are you speaking nonsense?

Get out.

Princess Consort, usually, no matter how you treat me, I can always tolerate it.

I am His Highness's wife.

If His Highness gets in trouble,

why am I not allowed to ask?

You dare to talk back at me? I—

Stop.

I'm disciplining my own people, how is it your business?

Maybe Kelan is the one who can save His Highness.

We still need to investigate more carefully.

If His Highness is taken to death row at this time, it might shake the military's hearts

and offer a chance for the enemy.

I would hope for you to reconsider.

Your Majesty, the Prince of Zheng makes a very important point.

I beg you to reconsider.

Your Majesty, I have a different opinion on this matter.

The evidence that the Prince of Yan conspired with the enemy cannot be disproven.

A prince should be punished in the same way as a commoner.

I would request for Your Majesty to immediately punish the country's traitor.

This way, we can shake the enemy and keep the morale in the hearts of our soldiers.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Please help me!

How dare you?

Princess Consort of Yan, do you know that barging into the court

is an offense that can be charged with death?

Your Majesty, I had no other choice.

His Highness did something that took him to death row.

Even though you have already been merciful once

and didn't punish me as well,

as his wife,

I was also linked to his crime of treason.

I don't know anything of what he did outside!

I was wronged!

At the time, you were the one who arranged our marriage.

Today, I would like your grace.

Please let me divorce His Highness and give me freedom!

Please let me divorce His Highness!

Princess Consort of Yan, you harassed the court

- Someone, come! - I am here.

- Throw them both out. - Yes.

Wait.

Your majesty, will you listen to me?

Prince of Zheng, don't you think you've been speaking too much?

Your Majesty, I might already be able to find

proof that His Highness was wronged.

Prince of Zheng, be careful of your words.

you don't fear that I will punish you for being disrespectful of me?

Your Majesty, if my words are incorrect,

I will accept your punishment.

Princess Consort of Yan, Consort Lan,

could you please let me look at your marriage contracts?

Everyone, take a look.

This wedding contract...

[The Promise of Chang'an]

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♫ 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 ♫