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[The Promise of Chang'an]

[Episode 36]

She is not allowed to lie down, right?

Switch with me.

Why is she so cold?

Mingyu. Mingyu.

Why is she like this?

Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician just said that if she continues to cough up blood,

she might die.

Man Fu, go make those imperial physicians hurry up. Quick!

I obey.

Mingyu. I will not allow you to die.

I will not allow it.

Hurry, hurry.

Your Majesty. The medicine is here.

Hurry. Give it to me.

Here.

I had thought that you had gotten tired of Mingyu.

I thought you abandoned her because you truly adored Wanyin.

However, I never would have thought that your heart

was still so complicated.

The sisters now have a bitter relationship.

Your Majesty, I originally wanted to go to Guan Ju Hall and see the situation,

but Wanyin blocked the way and wouldn't let anyone in.

She said that she was only waiting for you.

I...

I really don't know if by doing this,

you are deeply in love

or heartless.

I am here. I am here.

[Yong Ning Hall]

Older Sister. Older Sister.

Older Sister. Older Sister.

Mingyu. Mingyu.

Older Sister. Older Sister.

Where is Older Sister? Where is Older Sister? How is she doing?

Stay there. Don't move. I will go there right now.

I am going, too. I want to see Older Sister.

Lie here. Do not move.

Yunqi, help me take care of her.

Ok.

Older Sister.

Can we go back to Yonglin together?

Older Sister.

You... Don't go.

Wait for me.

[Guan Ju Hall]

I stayed in Yong Ning Hall.

I took your grace and gave nothing in return.

You are always so busy and are probably so tired.

After I found out that Your Majesty liked "Lovesick Melody"

I decided to play this song to make you smile.

Don't play that any longer.

This "Lovesick Melody", you still remember it?

I often would sing it.

After singing it many times, I realized

you and I had different destinies that never meant to cross.

I was meant to be lovesick.

How come you are not speaking, Your Majesty?

You are angry.

Naturally.

Mingyu is your precious. She's the one who lives in the bottom of your heart.

What am I to you?

Your Majesty, you should have said so sooner.

I'm just a lie. My child

is just the chess piece that you can abandon whenever you're in a fit of rage.

I didn't ask for anything at all,

but you give me everything.

You made me give my heart for nothing,

only to have me realize that everything was just a lie.

Wanyin. It is I who disappointed you. It has nothing to do with anyone else.

Yes. It is you.

I cannot take it back.

It's just Mingyu.

Choosing to do this...

Was it really worth it?

Your Majesty, did you know that the thing about Princess Consort Mu

was a ploy she made for the person her heart truly belongs to, Xiao Chengxu?

She did it to make you let him go.

All of your ugly histories and past actions.

She knows about all of it!

Your Majesty, does it hurt?

The person in your heart stabbed you there.

Of course it hurts.

I really want to see how you feel right now.

Let me go!

- Don't come over here! - Older Sister!

Older Sister!

Older Sister.

Mingyu.

- Is it Mingyu? - It is.

It's me, Older Sister.

Take me away! Take me away!

Older Sister.

Older Sister!

- Wanyin! - Older Sister!

Older Sister... Older Sister.

Older Sister.

Older Sister! Older Sister!

Older Sister... Older Sister, wake up!

Older Sister!

Older Sister, wake up.

Older Sister. Older Sister!

Older Sister...

It was you. It's all because of you!

I thought that you loved her truly.

Why would you treat her like this. Why?

Older Sister.

Older Sister.

Get your hand away!

Your Majesty!

Older Sister. Look at me, ok?

Don't leave me here.

Don't leave me here.

Older Sister.

Older Sister.

I thought that your feelings toward Mingyu

were that you were tired of her. You wanted to let her go.

I thought you truly loved Wanyin.

I never would have thought that your heart

was still so hard to understand.

I really don't know that by doing this,

are you deeply in love

or heartless?

You made me give my heart to you for nothing,

and then you made me realize that all of this was fake.

It was you! It was all because of you!

I had thought you truly loved her.

Why would you treat her like this? Why?

I was wrong!

I thought that on this earth,

there was nothing

that I couldn't beat.

But all along,

I had already lost completely.

I'm so ridiculous.

I'm such a huge joke!

Qiyuan.

Mingyu! Mingyu!

This is great.

- Qiyuan. - Here, Mingyu.

Slow down.

My Qiyuan.

For you,

I will live well for the rest of my life.

[Guan Ju Hall]

Your Majesty! The Prince of Su's soldiers fell right into Hong Guangzhi's trap!

The Prince of Yan plans to withdraw all soldiers!

They are trapped by Hong Guangzhi and Ling Qi in the middle of Qichuan Mountain!

Now, they are isolated, and it is hard to help them!

Your Majesty, make a decision immediately!

Your Majesty, this is the urgent report from the frontlines.

Go.

Yes.

Your Majesty, I have something I must say.

You don't eat, drink, or sleep.

You cannot do this.

You're Great Sheng's Emperor.

I, The Son of Heaven,

make others who look at me feel respect.

However, when I look at myself, I see a person who has lost everything.

I don't want to eat or sleep.

The wrongs I committed, I should endure.

Your Majesty. This really cannot do.

Our Great Sheng is waiting for you to make many decisions!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty.

How could this be good?

I also went to talk to His Majesty, but right now, he is inflicting self hate onto himself.

He won't eat or sleep. He also doesn't ask about the nation's affairs.

I was useless.

I waited all night to persuade him, but he refused to see me!

However, the military affairs are urgent. We cannot wait.

Within two days, we've already gotten two urgent reports!

The Prince of Yan has good sense. He wouldn't send that many reports if it wasn't very urgent!

Get in spirits!

Everyone, stand. Get in spirits!

Today, the enemies

are already monitoring and surrounding us!

Are we going to die

waiting for reinforcements?

Will reinforcements really come?

When will reinforcements come?

Will they come?

Ninth Royal Uncle, do you know when reinforcements will arrive?

Of course. Everyone, listen up.

On the day we were attacked, His Majesty's Dragon Battalion

and the Wolf Battalion's patrol were not here,

so His Majesty is not stuck here with us.

Now, we have already received a secret letter of invitation from His Majesty.

After seven days, the reinforcements will certainly arrive!

We need to get our spirits up.

Before the reinforcements arrive, we must join together

and emerge victorious in our battle!

We will win! We will win! We will win!

Brother, tell me the truth. Will there really be reinforcements?

Don't use the words you said out there to pacify me.

It's not like I don't know that Xiao Chengrui is still in the palace.

If I didn't say that, then the entire army would lose their motivation.

They would be stuck in their feelings of fear and would be unable to leave.

Then what about seven days later? Why are you sure

that within seven days, reinforcements would arrive?

I did not lie about the Wolf Battalion's patrol being outside.

By now, Xiao Chengrui has definitely received a military report.

He will have to send reinforcement soldiers to help us.

Why did I say seven days? It's because our rations

can only sustain us for seven days. Xiao Chengrui knows this very well.

But what if Xiao Chengrui

doesn't want to come save us at all?

When we use all of our rations, they can, without wasting a single soldier,

take us all alive. Besides, Xiao Chengrui had always planned to kill us.

Now, he is not coming. Isn't he just giving us to other people to kill?

Why did you let him go? Originally, we had an amazing opportunity,

and opportunities aren't always going to be there! Now,

he left. Mingyu is just as you wished her to be, peaceful and safe.

He now has his beautiful lady with him,

but now we're going to be ruined!

Maybe in this entire lifetime,

we are never going to get an opportunity to get revenge.

Our mother will not be avenged.

However, when I ask myself about it, I don't regret it.

I believe that he wouldn't do such a thing.

Xiao Chengrui is bothered by me.

He's targeting me more and more.

He just wants to prove that he's more formidable than I am.

I believe

that he would not gamble with the lives of the soldiers.

Even more, he would not gamble with the land of Great Sheng,

so, Chengxuan.

Do not make rash decisions. Clear your head.

You do sound reasonable.

However, we are in the middle of a life and death situation.

If we make the slightest of mistakes,

we will never be able to have another chance at revenge.

How could I possibly have not made preparations?

How could I lead all of our soldier brothers to such a pointless death?

I have already found a way out. If we must,

then I will lead a battalion

to get through the west valley by killing everyone in the way.

I will use my own heart and soul

to lead all of the soldiers to kill everyone and get us out.

Brother!

Originally, I never planned to face His Majesty ever again,

but every time I think of the soldiers on the frontline

who will be exposed to risks on their lives at any given moment,

I always want to barge into his room and yell at him to wake up.

But I fear that His Majesty is still heartbroken over your relationship with Chengxu.

The day he protected you,

you had such a high fever that you kept spouting nonsense.

You would scream for Princess Wanyin, and then later, you'd cry for the Prince of Yan.

I am here. I am here.

Older Sister.

Chengxu.

So it turns out that

it was me who caused him to become like this.

How could we ever be able to clearly guess what is going on in the heart of the Son of Heaven?

Mingyu. I fear that after you go to him,

His Majesty will think that you only went for the Prince of Yan,

and then the consequences will be unimaginable!

I still must go.

For Chengxu, for the soldiers,

I still cannot let His Majesty be so careless. I cannot let him not take control.

Even if I am treated with hostility, I still must try.

[Imperial Study]

Greetings, Consort Xian.

The thing you are holding in your hand. Is it the military report from the frontlines?

It is indeed.

Give it to me.

Man Fu. If you give it to His Majesty,

then he'll just add it to his pile of unopened reports.

The frontlines will be faced with another unsolved problem.

You are a smart man. Surely you do not need me to say more.

Consort Xian, this way.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

I had thought that in this entire life, you would not be willing to see me ever again.

It's true. Originally, I had planned to never see you again.

So you were purposefully waiting for me?

Is this another method you use to control me?

That's true. I've controlled people for so long

that no one is still willing to believe that I am capable of being sincere.

I can also feel guilt.

I just suddenly felt tired.

I thought that this life got boring.

I also keep doing the same things over and over.

Am I not allowed to be bored and tired? Am I not allowed to find a place to hide?

To be peaceful. To rest.

Your Majesty. You have been the Emperor for half of your life.

You suddenly want to turn into a commoner?

Then you better write an abdication letter

and give this throne to someone who can shoulder the burden given by the Heavens.

You can go live a happy life.

Who do you want me to give the throne to?

Xiao Chengxu?

You and he think the same.

You both believe that I stole this position.

You hope that some day, the rightful owner would take it back, yes?

This is something you said yourself. I never thought of it this way.

That's what you think in your heart!

I would like to ask you.

You have not even taken a peek at all of these reports from the frontlines.

Is it because you hate the Prince of Yan

and want to use this opportunity to see him killed on the battlefield?

If I guessed correctly,

and you really think this way,

then I am disgusted with you.

Think whatever you'd like.

Anyway, in your heart, I'm not a good person.

No.

In my heart,

you are an ingenious man who works hard and chases ambition.

You know how to scout talents. The Great Sheng today

was exchanged with every drop of your blood and sweat.

In my heart,

you are a worthy and wise ruler.

I never would have thought that I could hear words like this from your lips.

I am not saying this to compliment you.

I just said the things I was thinking.

If because of personal hate and sadness,

you would impulsively give up everything under Heaven to become a commoner

without caring about the lives of the soldiers

and the safety and lives of the commoners,

then I can only say that I viewed you incorrectly.

The military report is right in front of you.

Look at it or don't. It's your choice.

You once said that in your heart,

I could only be your ruler, not your lover.

That's fine.

At least in your eyes, I'm still a ruler.

Brother!

The reinforcements have still not arrived.

We cannot wait. We must leave now. Put my plan into motion.

Later, I will take my battalion and divert the attention of the enemies.

I will attract them to the West and then blow up this canyon.

It will start a mudslide, and then all of the Liang troops

will be drowned. You and Qihan

will lead all of the other battalions to surround from the East. You must take Song Jin for me!

No!

If you start a mudslide, then you are doomed to die.

I will do it. I will attract the enemies over there.

After we surround them and kill Xiao Chengrui, you can avenge me!

Chengxuan, if I do not show up there,

then they will naturally think that I have another plan.

Only if I am there, they will take the initiative to attack.

This is the only way our army

will be able to win. Do you understand?

Ninth Royal Uncle!

Ninth Royal Uncle, how come my Royal Father has still not arrived to save us?

Where are the reinforcements you mentioned? How much longer are you going to toy with us?

Qihan. I'm also trapped here.

Do you really think I'd put everyone's lives on the line

in order to trick you?

Who knows what you're planning?

- Perhaps you two already kil— - That's enough.

Don't spout nonsense to decrease the morale of the soldiers.

Use your power to fight Great Liang's soldiers.

Isn't it because of you that we're stuck in this valley anyway?

- You— - Enough!

Right now, this is a matter of life and death.

Stop arguing with each other.

Save that fighting strength. Perhaps with it, you can kill one extra Liang soldier.

Report!

Your Highness, Hong Guangzhi and Ling Qi

have taken lots of soldiers and horses. They're surrounding the mountain more and more tightly.

- Yan Hai! - Present!

Carry out my plan. Order the first battalion to gather.

Yes!

Give the other battalions to the Princes of Yu and Su. They will brea—

- Brother! - Stop arguing!

As Great Sheng's soldiers, we are not greedy to live and afraid to die!

Today, as brothers,

we will all fight at the risk of death

in order to win victories and protect more people!

Are each of you willing to follow me and fight until the very last moment

without surrendering?

- We will not surrender! - We will not surrender!

Bring this fight to the West!

Kill them!

Ha!

- Brother! - What?

His Majesty's reinforcements are here! You don't have to start the mudslide!

Kill them!

Your Majesty saved us. I will toast this to you.

Toast.

I don't know how things are going in the palace.

Consort Xian is doing well.

Your Majesty, your lung issues have acted up again?

Did you ever think that I wouldn't return?

I knew that you would return.

I just didn't know that you would be so late.

Good thing you ended up coming.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have gotten to see me. I would be dead.

Is it because you hate the Prince of Yan

and you want to use this opportunity to have him killed on the battlefield?

If I guessed correctly,

and you really think this way,

then you have lost my respect.

You promised to protect me with your life. You kept your side of the promise.

Of course I would not break the promise either.

We won this battle beautifully.

You were also able to steady the hearts of the soldiers and moderate the internal fighting within the camp.

I would like to thank you.

Our Royal Father often said

that the hardest battles

were the battles within the heart.

It's true.

Yes. The battle within the heart truly is hard.

However, I have never admitted loss.

Until we reach the end, no one is able to determine a clear winner.

What do you say?

Your cough is getting worse and worse.

You keep worrying about my old sickness.

Do you always think

that my illness was caused because of you?

- Third Brother! - Giddy up!

A choice made in the past can still affect the present.

Don't you think so?

You need to find an imperial physician to prescribe the right medicine and to trace the roots of whatever is the cause of your illness.

With some things,

tracing the roots is not the best way to solve them.

I fear that your stubborn personality will never change.

Take a look. I'm old now.

The imperial physicians said long ago

that if I do not take care of my lung illness,

it will be the thing that kills me,

so this time may be the last time I get to personally fight on the battlefield.

In the past, I thought too much about gains and losses.

I cared too much about what you did. I blamed you wrongly.

Here. Today, your Third Brother will properly toast you.

In the future, I hope that you will help me

make Great Sheng win everything under the Heavens.

What? You're not willing to accept this kindness of mine?

[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 ♫