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[The Promise of Chang'an]

[Episode 50]

Protect His Majesty!

Go die!

Ninth Royal Uncle!

Ninth Royal Uncle. Ninth Royal Uncle!

Ninth Royal Uncle.

Military Physician, how is he?

Your Majesty, the arrow has already been pulled out.

However, the arrow was coated with poison, and it hit the regent deeply.

The fear is that he will not survive this.

Your Majesty.

Ninth Royal Uncle. Lie still.

Do not open up your wound.

I know my own injuries clearest.

This time, I fear that I will not recover.

Ninth Royal Uncle, that is not true. You will be fine.

Qiyuan. You have grown up.

I always thought that you were a child who could never grow.

Now, you have already become

a man who can hold the Heavens and Earth on his shoulders.

- Ninth Royal Uncle. - I am truly glad.

Ninth Royal Uncle. I was wrong.

I misunderstood you, and that is why I was so angry.

In the past, whenever I asked you to admit your wrongs,

you never dared to admit them.

Today, you are straightforward.

You finally admitted your wrongs to me.

Ninth Royal Uncle. Punish me, scold me!

I have no more energy to scold you.

I have no more energy to scold you.

Qiyuan. Take me back to the capital.

But your health...

Just fulfill this wish

for me.

Okay.

He...

Is it him?

What happened to him?

[Regent got severely injured when saving His Majesty]

The regent

was struck by an arrow and is on the verge of death.

What do we do, Mingyu?

Mingyu!

No way.

It will not happen.

Mingyu!

Your Majesty.

how can we leave the camp on our own?

Ninth Royal Uncle, rest assured.

I already got all preparations done according to the plans.

I also got people to hide this matter. It will not affect the morale of the soldiers.

Today,

Your Majesty, you can become the sole ruler.

The capital...

I fear that I cannot return.

Ninth Royal Uncle, that will not happen!

If we continue moving all day and night, we can surely make it.

In this life,

it was mediocre

accomplishing nothing.

To this day,

there are still two things in my mind that I cannot let go of.

Qiyuan,

do you know what they are?

I do not know.

"I regret not leaving with you."

"I regret not coming with you."

In the end,

In the end, all that was left was the word “regret”.

Qiyuan.

You cannot be like me.

If your heart belongs to someone,

you mustn't let go.

Dong Ruoxuan.

She is a good girl.

Ninth Royal Uncle, you know of all of this?

How could I not know of your business?

Even if you're in a high position,

If

you miss the opportunity to be with the one you love,

In life, all you will have is regret.

What is the meaning of it?

Ninth Royal Uncle!

Ninth Royal Uncle!

I heard that when commoners as getting married,

the woman needs to sew a purse for the man.

I want you to make one for me.

If the Prince of Yan wants a purse?

What kind of purse? You want me to sew it?

In this lifetime,

I only want purses sown by you.

To me, you are a person who does not matter.

Hate you?

Do you deserve it?

You cannot go your entire life without marrying, can you?

I never expected that the reason you came here today

would to become a lobbyist.

You want me to let go,

but can you bear to?

I have let go.

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

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

♫ This homeward journey, this boundless life ♫

I just hope that the two of us, in this life,

can be safe and secure. That is enough.

If you really

do not want me to face this risk with you,

then get through this.

As long as you get through this,

I will leave with you.

I will spend my entire life with you.

♫ 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 ♫

Ninth Royal Uncle.

Ninth Royal Uncle.

Ninth Royal Uncle!

Ninth Royal Uncle! Ninth Royal Uncle!

Mother Queen.

Why didn't you dodge it? Does it hurt?

It hurts.

Wait for me to make a name for myself,

to achieve military merits.

When the time comes, I will ask the Third Brother to give me your hand.

I do.

Only you in this world could be so silly

to put himself at risk for me.

Look at me...I can't do anything for you.

Loving and protecting you has already become one of my habits.

To me, you are my Achilles' heel, you are the only one.

For you, I would do anything.

In the end, we have reached an agreement.

I am Mingyu, and you are Chengxu.

No one must speak of the past.

Alright. From now on,

punish me by making me cook for you daily.

Please protect Qiyuan.

Leave him to me, do not worry over it.

I trust you.

Though the regent died for the country,

but Your Majesty also personally led the troops.

If we are considering according to merits,Your Majesty is the most noble.

How could we let the regent become even more honored than the Son of Heaven?

Your Majesty, the regent earned merits for Great Sheng on multiple occassions.

This time, he also saved Your Majesty's life.

If you do not give him lots of praise and rewards, then...

Your Majesty, from what I see,

just a lavish burial would be enough.

Your Majesty, you must not listen to these rude words.

Otherwise, how do we console the Regent's spirit in Heaven?

How do we comfort the people's hearts?

Your Majesty.

Mingyu, you haven't eaten even a single grain of rice for two days.

At least eat a little.

Just eat it for your own body, alright?

Today they are burrying him?

His Majesty has arrived.

Greetings, mother.

Your Majesty...I am not feeling well today.

I can't get off the bed to welcome you.

Mother, I have come here

because I have a problem I would like to ask your opinion about.

It's about Ninth Royal Uncle's burial ceremony.

You have an idea?

According to the rites, you are not to be invited.

You are thoughtful.

But, I think you should attend.

Your Majesty,

you are willing?

The minister of rites doesn't allow you to go along.

I will clear the memorial hall of people before the burial starts,

so that you can say farewell to Ninth Royal Uncle by yourself.

Perhaps this way... you can feel a little better.

Qiyuan.

This is Ninth Royal Uncle's item.

It's probably better for you to safeguard it.

The auspicious hour is almost here. Mother, you should prepare to leave soon.

I'll take my leave.

Chengxu.

From the year you first went on an expedition,

I always made a pair of shoes for you every year,

in the hope that you will be at east under your feet.

and hoping that someday

I would be able to give you these shoes.

These shoes are useless now in this life,

but I hope that

they will protect you to be safe and sound in the next life.

[Cheng Xu]

Chengxu,

can you hear me talk?

These twenty years,

we still missed each other.

In this lifetime,

I owe you... too much...

too much.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I can only repay you in the next life.

Wait for me.

You must wait for me.

Wait for me to find you.

Princess Consort,

before the Regent passed away, he had a special last will.

He ordered me to tell you, Princess Consort.

He... He was thinking of me.

Ultimately he did think of me.

Princess Consort, you are the official wife.

Naturally the Regent thought of you.

What did he say?

The regent said

that in these years, Your Highness has suffered too much for him,

and he let you down.

He felt really bad about it.

Therefore, he issued an order.

After the Regent died,

Princess Consort doesn't need to abide by the royal family's code of conduct

to stay chaste for him.

After your death, you also do not need to

be buried with him at the same plot.

The Regent said,

Princess Consort's first half of life was unlucky because of him.

In the second half of life, you must not be dragged down by him again.

You should be able to come and go as you wish,

so that you can still enjoy life.

Come and go as I wish,

and still enjoy life.

This is what he was thinking?

This is how he thought.

This is the Regent's handwritten letter.

[Letter from Xu to Yuying]

I'll take my leave.

Xiao Chengxu,

actually I know that

you don't want to have anything to do with me even when you die.

You are so cruel!

Don't dream of it.

You ordered a command as a prince

to force me to leave?

Fine.

Then I will make you

not die as a prince. Once you're demoted as a commoner,

you won't be able to leave me.

Mingyu! Mingyu! Mingyu!

- Su Yuying... Su Yuying has entered the palace. - What is she doing in the palace?

She handed over the ledger of the Regent's private army to the Prince of Chen,

to accuse the Regent of rebellion to His Majesty.

Your Majesty, Xiao Chengxu was dictatorial

and often disobeyed Your Majesty and bullied all the ministers.

Everyone in court knows about it. He should not be forgiven.

Your Majesty, Xiao Chengxu practiced cronyism.

The court is full of his underlings.

If not eliminated, they could become disastrous for Great Sheng.

Your Majesty, how can such a treacherous rebel

be saluted and honored posthumously? I plead that

his huge crime of coveting the throne be announced to the whole country.

Please issue the decree, Your Majesty,

to public announce his huge crime of coveting the throne.

Everything that you are saying,

I already know. But, I still have a few questions.

You say that the Regent was dictatorial.

Then I ask, how much of Great Sheng's territory

was won by him from battles?

You say the Regent practiced cronyism. Then the elite generals in the army,

how many of them were raised by him?

You say he rebelled?

But my own life

was save by him.

The accusation of rebellion... can't be substantiated.

Your Majesty!

Even if he had the thought, so what?

What he did for Great Sheng,

I cannot forget. What he did for myself, I cannot forget it, either.

My honoring him posthumously is as it should be.

Draft my decree, Scribe.

The Regent secured Great Sheng's land.

It's to expand. He was in a high position but did not fight for more.

It's justice.

For humanity, he safeguarded me.

His posthumous title is the three words: Kai (Expand), Yi (Justice), Ren (Humanity).

With this kind of achievement, it's not enough to treat him as a subordinate.

Today, I have decided to pay him tribute as Emperor.

From now on, there is no Regent in Great Sheng, but Emperor Kai Yi Ren.

Your Majesty, you must not! Your Majesty, you must not!

Your Majesty, you must not!

If Your Majesty give him such a posthumous title,

subordinates shall not submit in the future.

If you know that subordinates won't submit, then don't disobey me!

Ninth Royal Uncle, I've often heard that you gave me this throne.

Today, I am giving the throne back to you.

Why must you do this?

Why must you harm Chengxu?

He was your husband.

How could you be so cruel?

Yes.

He was my husband.

A husband whose heart never belonged to me.

Empress Dowager, you must be so proud of yourself.

You could keep your hold over him so easily.

You could let him never forget you.

Even after he died, his will stated

that he didn't want me as his official wife.

He did not want me to be buried in his burial plot.

Now, you still came to ask me

why I harmed him?

You're so condescending.

I will tell you, Empress Dowager, why I must hurt him.

Because I want his reputation to be ruined.

I want him to leave a hated legacy.

I don't want him to have any authority to order me not to be with him.

I didn't let go while he was alive.

I'm not letting go, either, after he is dead.

You can take his heart away,

so I can take him away.

As long as I can be with him,

even if the corpse is covered by a straw mat,

I still want to accompany him.

There will only be the two of us.

Helan Mingyu.

The truth is that you are the most pitiful one of us all.

You think that you have deep affection and feelings.

In my heart,

you are just a self-deceiving coward.

If you had even half a bit of courage,

Xiao Chengxu wouldn't have ended up this way.

The biggest tragedy for Xiao Chengxu in this lifetime

is his love for you.

What I've wanted to say, I've finally said it out loud.

After all these years,

I have finally vented everything.

Helan Mingyu,

issue your decree to kill me then.

I have nothing left anyway.

It's the same whether I'm alive or dead.

Just issue your decree to kill me.

You are right.

It's me.

Go.

I do not have the right to kill you.

Xiao Chengxu.

I am coming to keep you company.

Even your life is mine.

You repay me like this?

Are you even worthy of me?

You think I have always owed you my life.

Then just take it from me.

After the regent died,

Princess Consort does not have to follow the royal family's code of conduct

- or stay chaste for the regent. - Princess!

After her death, she is also not required

to be buried alongside him.

The regent said that the Princess Consort's first half of life

was unlucky due to him. The other half

should not be ruined by him either.

Princess Consort! Someone, come quickly! Come quickly!

[One Year Later]

[Blessed by Heaven]

[Memorial Tablet for Great Sheng's Emperor Kai Yi Ren]

Chengxu left us

a year already.

Yes.

His Majesty has already been sole ruler

for exactly one year.

Time flew by so quickly.

[Blessed by Heaven]

Your Majesty, the northwest this time...

Your Majesty is wise!

Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince has returned.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, I—

I have returned. (T/N: He paused to address himself formally as a military official rather than informally)

After getting on the battlefield, you have truly changed.

You even started to be polite with me.

Sixth Brother!

That is good. You have gotten tougher.

Back then, when my Mother Queen told me to learn to become a soldier,

I was so unhappy. I never would have thought that personally leading soldiers into battle,

the glory of the ancestors, and the prestige of the Great Xiao Battalions

were all roaring in my blood!

When I remember my stubbornness as a child,

- I feel so ashamed. - You were fine.

In the future, I will become a wise ruler, while you will be a noble general.

We two brothers will protect Great Sheng together with one heart.

Do not worry, Sixth Brother. In the future,

wherever there is a war, I will be the first

- to volunteer to fight. - Great.

Your Majesty, it is getting late.

- It is time to eat. - Let us do it here.

Qirong. Us brothers have not seen each other in a long while.

Today, we should be like adults and drink a few glasses.

What do you mean, "be like adults"? We already are adults.

- That is true. - Sixth Brother, it looks like your

eyebrows are dancing. How is it?

The taste of being sole ruler. Isn't it wonderful?

The more I learn of governmental affairs, the more I understand

that the responsibility is huge.

Greetings, Empress Dowager.

Princess Dowager, no need for formalities.

Rise quickly.

Thank you, Empress Dowager.

The moment you returned to the palace, you came to find me.

That is very considerate.

Sit down.

That day, I was possessed.

I kept trying to create schemes to harm you.

You are magnanimous.

All you did was punish me by asking me to chant for the Empress Dowager

and praying for Great Sheng. It was truly merciful.

Now, I think about it every day.

I just hope that there would be one day when I could personally

repent in front of you.

Let the past stay in the past.

In the future, we do not have to talk of it.

This time, His Majesty specifically allowed you to return to the palace.

You and Qirong can reunite.

In the future, you must cherish it more.

Empress Dowager, you are magnanimous.

In the future, I will be in the palace peacefully. I will no longer carry malicious schemes in my heart.

Zhen'er, get some offerings later

to bring to the Consort Dowager.

Yes.

Thank you, Empress Dowager.

Mother!

Qirong!

- Mother! - Let me take a good look at you.

You have grown taller.

You look to be in much better spirits.

I won a battle and returned. Mother, your face is full of happiness.

Now, the only person I can rely on is you.

Now, you have obtained military merits, and one of the Great Xiao Battalions was given to you.

Have you gained military prestige?

Are you able to hold it in your hand and unleash it?

Mother, it is hard for us to meet,

why talk of such boring matters?

When you told me to learn military tactics and how to lead troops,

I will never forget that knowledge.

That is so wonderful.

As long as you are here, I still have hope.

Now, the regent has died long ago.

Now, your young generation rules the lands.

- You must remember that having troops at your disposal is most important. - Mother.

On the way back,

I brought you something interesting. I will get someone to get it for you immediately.

Qirong!

Xiao Linzi, is the Lu Family's side pavilion that you looked into nearby?

It should be very close ahead.

- I heard Princess Ruoxuan was living around this area. - Let us go there.

[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 ♫