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[The Promise of Chang'an]

[Episode 35]

My dreams are shattered into pieces! My heart as well!

I'm hollow and burning inside. Only despair is left.

Sister...I don't understand.

You were at first impressed by His Majesty. .

He has also been expressing his deep feelings for you

- The bitterness will end and the sweetness will soon begin for you. How could that be?

The bitterness will end and the sweetness will soon begin. Ha...

I thought having Qiheng

was Heavens' payback.

I didn't think...that it was an insignificant favour.

Everything is because...it's because of you!

Why isn't the battle i have been fighting in for a lifetime against you not over yet?

What time will I be able to break free from you?

Do you know that you have destroyed everything I have?

- You shall know how much I hate you! - Sister!

- Sister, cool down! - I hate you to death!

- Cool down a little!

Qiheng really wants to come back!

Sister!

Why are you so careless?

You really don't trust me?

Mingyu, listen.

This is Qiheng's voice.

All of my wishes you have destroyed during this lifetime.

Qiheng...

You're saying that the poison was cleaned up

but she may still not survive.

I...I can only waiting. I have no power to reverse anything. Saying: I cannot reverse the rotation of the sky.

There really is no other way?

Your Majesty, there is only one way we could try out.

In the secret warehouse of the Imperial Physician there are kept 9 strongboxes with cinnabar.

If we brew the cinnabar and make a soup out of it

there's a chance we might remove the poision from the organs and the blood vessels.

If you want us to use the cinnabar

then His Majesty has to order us to put it to use.

Otherwise we dare not take any decision and we can only wait.

How long can they hold on like that?

Can they wait until His Majesty returns victoriously?

I fear that there is only ten days, half a month.

How could this be good?

Your Majesty, you must help Consort Xian.

You must save Consort Xian!

Wanyin. This matter,

I will tell His Majesty the truth.

Your Majesty.

I am bold.

Would His Majesty really give up the military work at hand and come save the princess?

I cannot say for sure either.

His Majesty adores the Imperial Noble Consort. Perhaps he will come back quickly.

This way, Mingyu would also have rescue.

But... If the war really is urgent and he cannot leave,

and he hears and his emotions get all messed up,

would that not affect the morale of the soldiers and cause a delay with the war effort?

But Wanyin and Mingyu cannot keep waiting.

We must tell this to His Majesty without leaving anything out!

Then, if I could be so bold as to offer up a plan?

I had thought that in order to not affect the morale of the soldiers,

we need to find a person who understands the situation in the military

and can also control His Majesty's temper.

You're talking about the Prince of Yan?

No. It's not as if you do not know of their history.

If he knows that Mingyu got in trouble,

and he starts up a huge mess, wouldn't that be worse?

Besides, Chengxu...

Are you worried that the Prince of Yan is not satisfied with His Majesty

and will use this situation

to hurt His Majesty?

You have been with Mingyu for a long time.

This kind of thing really sounds like something he would do.

You're not wrong. I do have this worry.

Your Majesty, I thought that the Prince of Yan was a hero.

When he does things, he is very clear of his intentions. He would never hurt people with the cloak of darkness.

If he uses this as an opportunity to cause His Majesty hardship,

The Prince of Yan surely is not such a person!

Besides... Besides, this matter has to do with the Princess.

No matter how hard it is for the Prince of Yan,

he will still force himself to calm down

and think of a way to do both.

Your words make sense.

We cannot stall this. I will send a letter to the Prince of Yan immediately.

The Imperial Noble Consort is in critical condition. Only His Majesty can save her.

Xiao Chengrui has always adored Helan Wanyin, yet

Sister-in-law sent this letter to me.

Does that mean that it was Mingyu's idea?

At the time, Xiao Chengrui was willing to watch you die in the hands of Situ Kun.

Today, it is another life and death situation.

Won't he let you down again?

Brother.

I heard that there is urgent news from the palace.

What big news is it?

Nothing too important.

It's just that in the palace, there are lots of small tremors. Nothing big.

Our formidable enemies are in front of us. We cannot, because of little things, lose our morale and focus.

Your Majesty, the Prince of Yan asks for an audience with you.

Let him come in.

Yes.

Your Majesty, I have something to report to you.

Is it a report on Great Liang's reinforcements?

I have already gotten Chengxuan to get information on their reinforcements.

There will be news soon.

I came this time for a different matter.

It's deeply urgent. You mustn't...

What exactly is the situation?

Tell me.

The palace came with a message that the Imperial Noble Consort was terminally ill.

Terminally ill? What?

What exactly happened?

It was because the Imperial Noble Consort was very distraught.

She lost her mind and accidentally consumed poison.

Right now, the Imperial Noble Consort's life is on the line.

You are the only one who can save her.

Was this matter confirmed?

This is a letter Her Majesty purposefully sent to me. There are no signs of falsehood.

The Imperial Physicians say that the Imperial Noble Consort's life is hanging by a thread.

She is waiting for you to save her.

Please quickly make a decision.

How could this have happened?

I also would like to know why this happened to the Imperial Noble Consort.

Don't you think that you're overstepping your boundaries by caring about the affairs within my harem?

Your Majesty, the poison slowly seeps into her blood and bones every single day.

It steals her life bit by bit.

Your Majesty, they watch as the Imperial Noble Consort gets weaker by the day.

Her Majesty and the rest of the harem are waiting.

How hopeless must they feel?

Your Majesty, I would invite you to save her.

How is it possible to not worry about

Wanyin and the harem's safety?

But in order to protect my Great Sheng's territory, I have chosen to lead my soldiers personally.

How could I, for personal reasons, leave my soldiers without care?

If I go, then the morale of the soldiers will surely be messed up.

I will then lose my reputation.

Your Majesty, you still care more about your own reputation

and the nation's interests.

Prince of Yan, you are overstepping more and more!

The truth is that that time,

Consort Xian could have not been sacrificed,

and this time, it is the same.

If we do this,

Then the innocent Consort Li will meet the edge of the blade.

Consort Li is an innocent.

She must be innocent.

Stop using this attitude with me!

I put my country's lands first.

How is that wrong?

I did not disappoint the Heavens or my ancestors!

I have never owed anyone anything, and naturally, I wouldn't owe you!

Yes. You are correct.

You and I share the same sentiments.

Then why can't you let this go?

I can protect thousands of miles of land,

but I cannot even protect a person's heart.

This is what I am brooding over.

Perhaps from that point on,

I could never take it back.

Go.

Your Majesty, I have a plan.

It will allow you to leave the war to save her,

and it will also be able to hide your absence.

This will make all of the soldiers still maintain their motivation.

Tell me quickly!

I am willing to risk my life to keep this a secret for you.

I will prevent the soldiers from the three camps from learning that you left to go back to the capital.

Your Majesty, all you have to do is leave your soldiers and your seal,

as well as a handwritten letter

to notify everyone that your Dragon Battalion

will listen to my command and orders.

Then, this thing will be able to be completed.

My soldiers and seal will be yours?

My Dragon Battalion will also fall under your command?

You are going back to save your lover's life.

I will not disappoint you.

I will surely do my best

to win the battle of Song Jin.

If I fail at all, I will die ten thousand times.

I want you to trust me.

I am willing to give my life.

If even the slightest news of your return to the palace gets out,

and it destroys your honor,

then I am willing

to be destroyed like this arrow.

I trust you.

This time, I will definitely not lose the opportunity to save the person I love.

I will surely save her.

I trust that your efforts

will not be met with grief.

Chengxu, I will let you lead the soldiers.

You will follow the plan that I created in order to continue fighting.

My Dragon Battalion will be given to you in full.

Before I save her and return,

you must not make a single mishap.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I have already prepared the fastest horse and some soldiers for you.

Please go quickly in order to prevent being late.

Ok. I will take my leave now.

What exactly is her condition?

To reply to Your Majesty, because Consort Xian is unconscious, it is incredibly difficult for us to give her medicine.

I tried to give her acupuncture, but I don't know...

I do not know how many days she will be able to hold onto life.

Mingyu, you must hang on.

The Prince of Yan will surely find a way to have His Majesty come back and save you.

You must hang on.

The east wind blows the willow trees (T/N: Wanyin is reciting a poem)

that line the street in front of the door.

cannot stay.

Your tenderness feels like

My tears of our farewell resemble

the rain on the petals of the flower.

If they travel from all day to all night, they will make it in five or six days.

Xiao Chengrui is not completely ruthless.

I helped you go back because I wished for you to save the Imperial Noble Consort.

Brother!

I stopped a messenger from Great Liang. This is the order that was being carried by Hong Guangzhi.

Huang Guangzhi is such a traitor. I cannot believe he asked his reinforcements to steal our camp's supplies.

Good job. However, this is an important decree.

It raises suspicion that only one messenger was carrying such an important message.

Brother, my point is

that we should tell His Majesty about this matter. He should tell us how to proceed.

Otherwise, he's going to use this as an excuse to punish us again.

Chengxuan, His Majesty caught a cold yesterday.

The imperial physician declared that in these days, he must not leave his tent or get caught in the wind.

He needs to recover in the tent.

All of the military orders will be decided by me.

You must tell the flanking soldiers to be on higher alert.

His Majesty is that sick?

- He even has to recover in isolation? - Yes.

This is an extremely important turning point of the war. We cannot let our guard down.

- But, Brother— - Ninth Royal Uncle.

I heard that you passed the order that my Royal Father was ill,

and he would not get near anyone besides you. What exactly is going on here?

Rest assured. His Majesty just caught a wind chill. He is not to get exposed to the wind in the next few days.

If people go in and out of his tent, it will prevent him from recovering properly.

You have military affairs to deal with. You should focus on

leading your own battalion properly.

This way, you can help His Majesty shoulder the burden.

Ninth Royal Uncle, as his son,

I need to go in and see my Royal Father.

Was I not clear enough?

This is a military decree as sturdy as a mountain. You dare to disobey?

I just want to go in and take a glance. Why so agitated?

I just fear that this matter is suspicious.

His Majesty's military seal is here. If you are not convinced,

then you will be killed.

Ninth Royal Uncle, I respect you as my elder,

but if His Majesty is just sick, then why is he not allowed to see his own son?

Today, I must go in myself in order to make the suspicions in my heart disappear.

Fine. You don't know when to back down.

If you insist on disobeying the military decree,

then I will not stop you,

However, the Dragon Battalion that is guarding the tent only listens to His Majesty.

If you barge in like this,

then you must ask them.

His Majesty has a decree that besides the Prince of Yan, no other bystanders may enter!

You—

Qihan, you are a minister and His Majesty's son.

You worry about His Majesty, and it has clouded your judgement. I get it.

However, military decrees are as strong as the mountain. As a prince, you must be a good example.

Only this way, can His Majesty feel at ease during his recovery.

If you really must see His Majesty, then I will tell him,

and see if His Majesty is willing to see you or not.

Fine.

His Majesty has a decree. He wrote it by hand. Take a look yourself.

It truly is my Royal Father's own handwriting.

Prince of Su, listen to the order!

- I am here. - Lead your soldiers and horses

I obey!

Brother.

It's already late. For what reason have you come to see me?

Don't hide it from me any longer.

Xiao Chengrui is not within the camp at all.

I was on duty behind the Dragon Battalion. I saw with my own eyes

his food was completely untouched and dumped out.

What exactly are you doing?

Besides you, does anyone else know of this?

Only I do.

Brother, how come you cannot even trust me now?

Tell me where he went.

- Did you k— - We are in the middle of a war.

How could I do something so stupid?

If I wanted to kill him, I could have killed him in the Mulan Hunting ground.

Great Liang is getting more and more powerful. Causing trouble within our own army is dangerous. No matter how much hate I have for him,

I still cannot put Great Sheng to gamble with it.

Right now, he is on the way back to the capital.

I knew that the letter from the palace couldn't have been so simple.

What exactly happened within the palace?

Helan Wanyin accidentally ingested posion.

She accidentally put herself in critical condition.

Right now, Xiao Chengrui is rushing back in order to find a plan to save her.

He and I negotiated a plan to make sure no one would realize.

I only got him to keep a few guards close by. He packed lightly to rush there faster.

Brother, I will lead a battalion

to catch up to him before he makes it to the capital and kill him!

Chengxuan.

I will not allow you to do this.

If he gets in an accident and cannot return to the capital,

then Helan Wanyin will be forced to die.

Even worse, if this matter goes out and people think that Great Liang assassinated Xiao Chengrui,

then our soldiers will surely lose their morale.

We wouldn't be able to protect our commoners of Great Sheng.

We want to get everything under the Heavens,

but what's the point?

He and I have a promise right now.

I am dignified.

I must do things honorably.

If this makes me break my promise,

then wouldn't I be too ruthless?

Brother, you—

You make me so agitated!

You're just like this. You always insist on upholding honor.

I just fear

that in your entire life, you will never be able to beat him!

We cannot gamble with our soldiers' lives and our commoners safety.

Chengxuan, I know that you have always been using your whole heart to care for me,

but this time, it concerns our country.

we cannot use our own hate

to act so impulsively.

Our vengeance against Xiao Chengrui

will be acted upon.

Before the current situation is fixed,

His Majesty's whereabouts

cannot be leaked to the outside.

Do you understand?

Xiao Chengxuan, listen to my order.

Right now, lead your soldiers and horses

Leave during the night and ambush the Great Liang's forces.

We must win! You cannot make mistakes.

I obey!

Wen'er. Wen'er.

Imperial Noble Consort, you've awakened?

Why is it so dark?

You didn't even create any light.

Imperial Noble Consort. Y-your eyes.

Imperial Noble Consort.

It was my eyes.

It was my eyes. I'm almost blind, aren't I?

I will get the imperial physician right now!

There's no need.

The Imperial physician said long ago

It was impossible to prevent my five senses from slipping away

No! No way.

No, Imperial Noble Consort. Nothing will happen to you.

Why cry?

If I died, I could stay with my son.

When I stay here, I am just a person without a family, without love.

If I die, mother and child can be reunited.

Imperial Noble Consort, don't think these bad thoughts.

Nothing bad will happen to you. Nothing.

It's just that I still want to see His Majesty.

Do you think I will still be able to see him?

You will. His Majesty will surely return for you.

Why would he return for me?

You're right. Maybe he will come back!

Wen'er, look at my appearance right now.

Am I ugly?

I cannot let His Majesty see the way I am right now.

Help me clean everything up. I want to wait for His Majesty.

- I will wait for him to return. - Imperial Noble Consort!

I cannot let him see me like this!

Imperial Noble Consort!

I cannot let him see me like this.

Imperial Noble Consort.

Imperial Noble Consort.

Auntie, I think you look pretty unoccupied.

Earlier, that servant girl from Guan Ju Hall wanted the two of us to keep the Imperial Noble Consort company.

How come you said that you were busy?

This Imperial Noble Consort...

She's almost dead.

I need to keep my distance.

I originally thought His Majesty would return to save her.

She's not of any use to me now. She's a failure.

Who cares whether she lives or dies?

Back then, I cried and kneeled and begged her for mercy.

I wanted her to save Chengxu, but she rejected me.

I never would have thought that she was such a lunatic.

She dragged Helan Mingyu with her to their deaths.

Mingyu! Mingyu!

Imperial Physician, come up with a cure!

Your Majesty, Consort Xian's insides have been wounded.

Your Majesty, I am sorry. I cannot do anything.

Mingyu. Mingyu. Mingyu!

You must hang on. Just think about it.

Qiyuan is still so young.

How could you bear to let him go without taking care of him?

Mingyu, you must hold on! You must hold on!

Mingyu...

Your Majesty! Your Majesty! His Majesty has returned to the palace!

- His Majesty has returned to the palace! - What?

That's so wonderful.

Mingyu! You must hang on!

His Majesty will come immediately to save you!

His Majesty will come back! When he comes back, things will be better, Mingyu.

What? Mingyu also contracted the poison?

Why would Wanyin be this muddled?

- Aren't you going to ask the imperial physicians to hurry up? - Your Majesty!

- Yunqi. - Your Majesty.

You have finally returned.

The moment I got back, I immediately got the imperial physicians to take the nine precious cinnabar pills.

I made him turn it into soup medicine. In this period of time, you have worried a lot.

It was much more than worry.

Your Majesty, are you going to Guan Ju Hall?

- I... - Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, I admit my wrongs, I admit my wrongs.

What happened? Didn't I ask you to make it into soup medicine?

To reply, in the past, I made an incorrect calculation.

This stick of cinnabar can only create one soup medicine that will work.

But now, we can only save one of the Consorts!

The other one must... must return to Heaven.

But now there are two people waiting for their lives to be saved.

There's only one medicine?

How could this be good?

Your Majesty, this time, Consort Xian really was innocent.

Go to Yong Ning Hall. Do not just stand there!

When His Majesty made me his Imperial Noble Consort,

Come, Wen'er. Help me put this on.

I will wait for His Majesty to return

and make him remember the days in which I was most beautiful.

Imperial Noble Consort. His Majesty has returned.

His Majesty went to Yong Ning Hall.

The Imperial Physician said that that cinnabar...

There was only enough to save one person.

His Majesty, he... He chose to save Consort Xian.

What?

You can leave.

I haven't put on my earrings yet, have I?

Hurry! Help me put on my earrings!

Wen'er, Wen'er, are they on properly?

Am I pretty?

Imperial Noble Consort.

He will come here.

I will wait for him to come.

Mingyu.

Do you remember when your consort status was revoked,

and we had to go to the outskirts palace?

At the time, the eunuch on duty

thought that we were out of favor,

so he gave us so many hardships and bullied us.

At night, he wouldn't even give us a stove.

We were so cold that we had no other choice

but to use matches and light the fire ourselves.

However, we were so dumb

that we almost burnt down the whole house.

You always told me that you missed those times.

I never understood why, but now I do.

A little more bitterness, a little more pain,

what's the significance?

At least we don't have to be so worried all the time

and have to protect ourselves against the people who matter most to us.

[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 delicate blooms ♫

♫ 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 ♫