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[ Who Am I (我是谁) by Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) & Jony J (肖佳) ]

♫ Used to the depth of the darkness ♫

♫ No matter how wild, there is no fear ♫

♫ Waiting for a star to fall to see who its afterglow will illuminate (I tell myself to keep pushing on by feeling, it’s history in the making) ♫

♫ Of the same kind as the banished ♫

♫ Hiding the loneliness in defense (Climbing mountains and cliffs) ♫

♫ But gentleness is always invincible (I’m earth-shatteringly alone, with no purpose and no worry, just so I can push on harder) ♫

♫ Refusing to compromise with fate because my heart has a home ♫

♫ It's yours; I don't belong to anyone else ♫

♫ (But let me know who I am and give me a destination) ♫

♫ Who am I if I didn’t meet you? ♫

♫ (You took away what I care about and all my attention) ♫

♫ Who am I without you? ♫

♫ (But let me know who I am and give me a destination) ♫

♫ When a puppet hanging on a string has experienced warmth ♫

♫ The pupil is no longer black, white, or grey (You took away what I care about and all my attention) ♫

♫ The pupil is no longer black, white, or grey (But let me know who I am and give me a destination) ♫

♫ You know who I am ♫

[The Wolf]

[Episode 28] As long as I withdraw my troops,

the archers will leave too.

Prepare the horses!

When we reach five li away from here,

we will release Ma Jing.

Ma Jing will come back safely, won't she?

She will.

If Prince of Bo goes against his word,

I shall drench the entire kingdom of Yang in blood.

You've changed.

You've missed so many opportunities to kill Prince of Bo because of Ma Zhaixing.

Have you forgotten that Royal Father told us to never easily trust the enemy?

- If Father knows about this— - Eldest Brother.

She is Ma Zhaixing's own kin.

Even if that old guy rules with an iron fist,

the laws of Jin have never mentioned

anything about abandoning someone in need.

Without our Royal Father's order,

do you think I can deploy the Jin Troop myself?

Find him.

Join forces to rescue Ma Zhaixing and the Ma Army.

We must protect the scions of a loyal general.

Juyao, what Royal Father told you—

If you still want to bring up the past

to find an excuse for that old guy,

then we might as well not talk.

You have left home for seven years.

Since you were willing to follow me back to Taiyuan,

you must miss our father too, right?

Wrong.

I'm going back to Taiyuan only for Ma Zhaixing's sake.

The world is vast.

Only the kingdom of Jin

can be the final resting place for her and the Ma Army.

But you do know that deploying troops to rescue Ma Zhaixing

and taking her troops in is creating dissent in our kingdom.

It was Royal Father who went against all odds for you.

The old guy did the right thing.

The Ma Army won't let him down.

My Lord, Ji Chong and his troops did not go after us.

We are safe now.

They should be thankful that our master showed mercy.

If it weren't because we couldn't deploy more archers in time,

Master, we could have defeated the troops of Ma and Jin today.

No.

If we did deploy our archer troops,

Ji Chong and his army would have noticed.

That would place Fourth Brother in further danger.

Stop harping on how you're doing this for me.

I never wanted you to kill Brother Ji Chong and Sister Zhaixing.

Your Highness. Prince of Bo was trying to save you.

Can't you see who your enemies are?

When I just returned home,

Sister Zhaixing was still your consort,

and Brother Ji Chong was still my close friend.

It's only been a few months.

Why are they my enemies now?

My dear brother, I lack wisdom.

Can you explain it clearly to me?

You don't have to know all these.

It was my fault that you were held hostage

and placed in danger.

Are you treating me like a kid again?

Fine, since you won't tell me, I'll go back and ask Father Emperor!

Your Highness!

Hai Die, guard the Fourth Prince.

Yes, Your Highness.

Mo Xiao.

Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

This is Ma Zhaixing's bow.

I find it a nuisance. Return this to her.

Do you think Young Feudal Mistress would want a murderer's possession?

She would.

She's itching to kill me with this bow.

If she doesn't want it, dispose of it.

Move.

Brother, it's been hours.

I've sent some men to scout the area.

Prince of Bo's archers have withdrawn.

Why don't you lead the troops back to the camp first?

We will rendezvous later.

Fine.

Please be careful, then.

Young Feudal Mistress, why don't you go back with General Li and rest up too?

I shall wait here.

No.

I want to see Ma Jing back, safe and sound.

Only then can I be relieved.

- Brother Ye Han. - Yes, Young Mistress.

I have dragged all of you in this situation.

Why do you say that?

Please don't, Young Mistress.

All of us are willing to sacrifice ourselves for you.

I shall remember this.

From today onward, I, Ma Zhaixing, and the Ma Army

pledge loyalty to the king of Jin and you, Prince.

I'd rather you call me Ji Chong.

It sounds better.

The Ma Army have now pledged loyalty to Jin.

We now work under you.

We must address you respectfully.

Those are just trivial formalities.

And they should be followed.

Did my true identity make you distance yourself from me?

Or was it the truth of your father's murder

that is making you push everyone away?

Zhaixing.

I am still the same person that I was.

I haven't changed.

How can that be?

The Ji Chong whom I knew

was a vagabond, a bounty hunter.

Now, the person in front of me

is a dignified prince from Jin.

Ever since I knew about the truth,

everything has changed.

- Zhaixing. - Young Feudal Mistress!

Ma Jing!

Young Mistress!

Young Mistress!

Young Mistress, how are you?

Are you injured?

I'm fine.

What about you? Are you hurt?

Did Prince of Bo torture you?

I'm fine and well. Everything's good.

By the way, Prince of Bo said that he doesn't want this wolf bow anymore.

You may do whatever you want with it.

What did he mean?

Does he think Zhaixing would want his garbage?

Prince of Bo said that one day, Young Mistress will use this bow to kill him.

What a shameless man.

Just throw this away!

No!

Why do you want to keep an item he gave to you?

In order to prove that I no longer love him,

I once swore to this bow.

I said, I will use it

to avenge my dead family

so my father can rest in peace.

Zhaixing.

From now on, this vendetta is no longer just about you and the Ma Army.

We are now sworn enemies with them.

The kingdom of Jin shares your woes.

No.

The king of Jin is waging war against Chu Kui for the sake of world justice.

Meanwhile, the feud I have with Prince of Bo

is of my personal concern.

I must kill Prince of Bo with my own hands.

I miss the girl who squabbled

and joked around with me.

She's dead.

Youzhen?

Greetings, Father Emperor.

Let me take a good look.

You were kidnapped by those bandits.

You're not hurt, are you?

No, I am not hurt.

-

I was just shocked by what had transpired.

Zhang Jin, summon the imperial physician.

No need!

You just need to answer a question.

That would be enough.

Father Emperor. Fourth Brother simply heard some rumors.

You need not take heed.

I shall bring him back to rest.

Are they rumors?

Or is it a guilty secret?

Silence!

Let him speak.

I'd love to hear what is it that scared him so.

Allow me to ask you this.

Were you the one who killed Ma Ying and his entire family;

then left Sister Zhaixing alive out of fear of

unable to control the Ma Army,

just to use her to control the Ma Army;

then, you set the king of Jin up to cover your heinous crime?

Are you interrogating me?

Calm down, Father Emperor.

Pardon his ignorance.

Let go of me!

He ruined your life.

Why are you still hesitating?

Father Emperor!

Insolent child, kneel!

Kneel and apologize to your third brother!

The entire world may curse him, but you can't!

You can't!

Insolent child!

Men!

Come!

Drag this insolent child to Xun Royal Mansion,

so he can reflect on his doings!

Without my orders, no one may release him!

Take him away!

Don't touch me! I will walk by myself!

You! Take him away!

Calm down, Father Emperor. Fourth Brother is immature.

How is Ma Zhaixing now?

I am sorry.

I couldn't kill her in time.

She was saved by the Ma Army and the Jin Army.

And Ji Chong is the actually youngest son of the king of Jin, Li Juyao.

What?

To think he is the son of the king of Jin.

He tried so hard to sneak into my kingdom.

What does he want?

It's my fault for keeping my guard down.

Ma Zhaixing is a lucky girl indeed.

Now she has Jin to back her up!

I don't understand.

How can a lone woman like her

help Jin in any significant way?

Forgive my incompetence.

We're reaching Taiyuan soon.

Young Feudal Mistress.

[Taiyuan]

It wasn't long ago that I misunderstood the king of Jin.

But now, Taiyuan is our resting place.

I find this an irony.

Young Mistress.

Please don't harbor such thoughts.

Think about it.

We managed to find out the truth behind the Ma Family massacre

and leave unscathed.

We have Ji Chong to thank for it.

Your encounter with him

must have been a blessing from the late General Ma.

What Ji Chong did for me and my troops

is truly immense.

Oh, right, Young Mistress.

Why do you think Ji Chong left the palace seven years ago?

Now that he's back, instead of staying in the palace,

he chose to stay with us in our camp outside the city.

Why did he choose to do so?

[Taiji (Supreme Ultimate) Palace Hall]

Your Majesty, enjoy your dessert.

You may leave.

I shall execute your orders.

I take my leave.

Shall we ask him?

Of course.

He's here!

Ask him!

You go!

This is about the youngest prince we miss so much!

Go ask him!

Come out, all of you.

I have no time to play hide-and-seek.

What a coincidence, Chief Eunuch! You're here!

Chief Eunuch, has the king forgiven the youngest prince?

- Can he come back now? - That's right.

Can we start cleaning his room now?

- Can we start preparing? - Can we?

When is he coming back?

I've reminded you time and again.

You ladies should speak softly.

Slowly.

Elegantly.

You shouldn't be hollering.

Back to the point.

His Majesty has said that we don't have to clean that brat's room.

He's not coming back to stay anyway.

So, it seems that His Majesty has not forgiven the prince yet.

So, did he smash the bowl of snow fungus soup that you brought him again?

Oh, now this is interesting.

His Majesty didn't say a word today.

I myself have been serving him for decades.

Until now, I still can't fathom his thoughts.

This should be a good start.

The snow fungus soup is the king and the prince's favorite food.

But when the prince left seven years ago, whenever

we serve that soup, the king would smash the bowl in frustration.

- Isn't it? - Exactly.

He'd always do that.

While the king was silent today,

at least he didn't smash the bowl.

Yes, that's great! He didn't.

Most importantly, even though the king has forbidden so many things,

he has never forbidden the prince from returning.

That means the prince can come back!

That's great! That's right.

If you ask me, the king is missing his son.

Taiyuan looks so quiet.

You can't even see a single hawker around.

There's a lot of soldiers around, though.

But the people seem to be on good terms with them.

We're at Taiyuan's main road.

The market is somewhere else.

Also, in Taiyuan,

every adult man must join the army,

unless they are the family's only son or handicapped.

Looks like the rumors about Taiyuan not having any beggars is true.

The king's mandatory service is successful.

Indeed. If that old guy sets his mind to it,

there's nothing he can't do.

Now that I have witnessed this,

it is indeed so.

While I hate complimenting him, I have to admit

that the old guy has brilliant strategies.

He started with reorganizing internal affairs,

decreasing the taxes and lightening the people's burdens.

He also put a halt to corruption so that everyone in Taiyuan

can live a peaceful life amidst the chaotic world.

But no one is perfect.

Once you meet that old guy,

you will see how arrogant and stubborn he is.

He's akin to this road.

Stiff and dull.

What happened between you and the king?

He gave a military order to behead me.

What? Behead you?

Is that the young marshal?

Just kidding.

Look at your shocked faces.

Who would joke like that?

- It is him! - It is!

Young Marshal, you're back!

- Young Marshal! - You're back!

The young marshal is back!

- Ke Lang. - We missed you!

You're Ke Lang?

I didn't expect that you'd remember me.

Back then, these soldiers and I got together because of you.

The King is still waiting for Prince of Chuan to return to the palace.

Ever since you left,

I thought we would never meet again.

Indeed.

Looks like you're living the good life now.

Now that you're a leader of the city garrison army.

Your mother must be relieved.

When the Chuanlong Army lost you, most of us were deployed to build the palace.

But we refused, so we came here.

Young Marshal, everyone here misses you.

- Yes, us too! - We miss you!

I shall remind Prince of Chuan to stop delaying.

No need.

Judging from Juyao's personality, the more you force him,

the more he'd retaliate.

Just wait.

- Yes, Your Highness. - Stay here, please.

Young Feudal Mistress, look.

The prince is well-loved by his people.

It's the same as how you were back in Kuizhou.

- How are you? - Everyone's doing great.

Yeah. You seem to be drunk.

I remember now!

You still remember that?

Exactly.

A warrior wolf!

Ma Jing, did you see that?

Where? I can't see it.

Were you mistaken?

Impossible.

I'm sure it was a warrior wolf.

Prince of Bo must be spying on us.

Young Mistress, where are you going?

Young Mistress!

Young Mistress!

Ma Jing, what's wrong?

She said she saw Prince of Bo's warrior wolf.

Preposterous!

How can there be a wolf in Taiyuan?

What a farce!

Brother. If I remember correctly,

this road leads to the market, right?

Then, you should remember

that horses are barred from galloping in the market.

The market is full of people now.

Your Young Mistress Ma is about to get into trouble.

Ke Lang, bring the soldiers to stop her from the other side.

Yes, Young Marshal!

Follow me! Get into position, now!

Young Mistress Ma is already breaking the law upon arriving.

Let's see how you will explain this to Royal Father.

Ji Chong!

Ji Chong! Ji Chong!

Master.

Hai Die. Go to the Fourth Prince's mansion and pass my order.

Recall the Palace Guards monitoring him.

Yes, Your Highness.

- Mo Xiao. - Yes, Your Highness.

Send a spy to Taiyuan.

I want to know Ma Zhaixing and her troops' whereabouts.

Report to me instantly if there is any news.

Your wish is my command.

Are you fine?

Young Feudal Mistress, that was a ridiculous mistake.

You mistook a hunting dog for a wolf

and created a mess in the market.

No matter how much you hate Prince of Bo, you should at least have a sane judgment.

Eldest Brother, cut it out.

You can protect her as you like.

But those merchants who had their stalls run over are suffering from great losses.

They have lost all their income today.

Ke Lang, help the people rebuild their stalls.

Then, report the amount of losses to me.

Yes, Young Marshal!

Your Highness. I am at fault for today's happenings.

I shall bear all responsibility.

My brother has been cleaning up a lot of your messes before this, am I right?

Your Highness! Please don't say that!

The princess is just traumatized by Prince of Bo.

That's why she was paranoid that he'd set an ambush here, hence, her mistake.

She wasn't like so in the past.

Ma Jing.

Enough.

We have delayed long enough.

Can we meet the king now?

Zhaixing, this insolent prince

can only come this far with you.

But don't worry.

I'm a capable man.

If something happens to you inside this palace,

even metal walls won't stop me from breaking in.

Thank you, Ji Chong.

- Ma Jing. - Yes, Young Mistress.

Please go back to our camp first.

Royal Father. Young Mistress Ma requests an audience.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

It has been a long journey for you.

You must be exhausted.

No, not at all.

I must thank you and the crown prince for saving me.

How are your troops?

Your Majesty, the Ma Army and I have settled down.

Our thousands of soldiers are ready to kill your enemies in the battlefiled.

Juji.

Escort Young Feudal Mistress Ma back to her camp to rest.

This way, Young Mistress Ma.

Your Majesty.

I have heard about what happened when you entered the city.

My worries have now been confirmed.

My father is worried that your history with Prince of Bo

would give rise to hatred and affect your judgment.

This is a military taboo.

As expected, when you saw a dog that looked similar to Prince of Bo's warrior wolf,

you lost your composure.

Pardon my ignorance.

I have committed a serious military mistake.

I beg you, Your Majesty, to give me another chance.

That old man must be giving Zhaixing a hard time.

I need to help her.

Who's this?

Someone's scratching his butt here.

It's you.

I thought you're the legendary Xia Yu who didn't go home despite

passing his house three times just to remedy the Yellow River flooding.

Have you finally realized where your home is?

Darn...

Dear Chief Eunuch, I've missed you.

I heard you say darn.

And you miss me?

I thought you're so scared of the king

that you're not coming back anymore.

What a joke!

Why would I be scared of that old guy?

You seem to be having a rough life out there.

Don't you even know you've torn your clothes?

Other side.

Yes, raise your arm.

Yes, come here.

See, it's right here!

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

- Go easy on me, please! - Go easy?

Now, I'm itching to hang you up and beat you like a punching bag!

It's been seven years since you left.

We had no news from you.

If you die out there,

who's going to bury you?

Who'd care about you?

You brat! You heartless boy!

Chief Eunuch. That's enough.

I'm alive and well now, see?

You're alive and well?

Let go of me!

Chief Eunuch.

Come, follow me.

If I don't let the king beat you to a pulp today,

you can change my name!

Wait, Chief Eunuch!

I'm not going to see that old guy!

You're not? You can't choose!

Move!

- Chief Eunuch! - Move!

For now, your priority isn't to attack the enemy,

but to heal your wounds.

But...

I have waited so many years to uphold justice.

Isn't it possible for you to wait any longer?

Attacking the enemy kingdom is the same as waging war.

We cannot afford to be reckless.

The enemy is stronger than my six royal troops combined.

Besides, your troops were just hurt by the miasma.

Shouldn't they be recuperating too?

When it comes to a dire war like this, don't you have

any sense of judgment left in you?

If you let your emotions lead you as you fixate yourself on revenge,

this would not only worry me and our allies,

it would also be a disgrace to General Ma Ying himself!

Your criticism is just, Your Majesty.

I realize my errors now.

You need to gather sand to build a tower.

The ability to command an army

does not form overnight.

You should go back and study the art of war.

You may leave now.

I take my leave.

Looks like this Young Feudal Mistress Ma isn't as astute as Juyao described.

She loses her composure easily.

She can be very headstrong.

Be it headstrong or tough,

since that brat sees highly of her,

I'd like to see how capable

this young lady is.

Chief Eunuch, I'm not meeting him!

You brat.

This way.

You're still the best, Chief Eunuch.

I'm just concerned that the king doesn't want to see you.

If I rashly take you to his side...

Sit.

The guards will surely drag me out of this palace.

To think I'm doing this for you.

It's not worth it.

Food!

Ever since my mother passed away,

I've never had this anymore.

Eat up.

Fourth Madam loved lilies,

and the king loves snow fungus the most.

As for you, you've always loved eating pears.

Back then, your mother often made sweet soups like this.

She said this soup represents you, your father, and her.

Sometimes, when the king and you weren't in Taiyuan,

she would make this soup

and think about both of you.

Your Highness.

Both you and the king have a stubborn temper.

You've been clashing and fighting with each other for seven years.

You may not be tired of it, but your father is.

For the past seven years,

he has never touched this soup.

When he heard that you're coming back today, he actually drank it.

What does this mean?

It means he has forgiven you.

He's just embarrassed to say so.

Since you're back, just apologize to your father.

Patch up with him.

You should know that for the past seven years,

the king has never ordered to repeal your regal title.

Even before you reached Taiyuan,

you were permitted to deploy the Jin Troop to save Young Feudal Mistress Ma.

The palace is heavily guarded.

You leave and go as you like.

Do you know who gave you such a privilege?

Your Highness, I earnestly ask you

to please change into this attire to meet the king.

No way.

That would mean I'm giving in to that old man.

If that's the case, let me ask you this, Your Highness.

With your identity as Ji Chong,

are you really capable of saving the Ma Army and Young Mistress Ma?

Come back here! Do not go to Ji Chong!

Young Mistress, your hand is injured. It's bleeding!

Have you forgotten what the king said?

Do not let your emotions lead you.

Otherwise, we would bring dishonor to the troops and my father!

Can you stop listening to everything the king says?

If you continue practicing like this, you'd collapse soon.

But you still can't go to Ji Chong!

He's helped me enough.

Announcing the arrival of Prince of Chuan!

Is this really Ji Chong? He's different now.

Oh my. I've never seen you in this appearance.

You look like a shining dragon!

- Greetings, Prince of Chuan. - Greetings, Prince of Chuan.

Get up.

Zhaixing, stop staring.

I'm still me.

Listen. I reclaimed my title

just so I can conveniently approach you from now on,

not because I've patched up with that old guy.

I've heard about how you were aggrieved by that old guy.

Your Highness, I didn't suffer any grievances.

It was me who was too reckless.

I must make use of my time to master archery and the art of war.

I will prove to the king that I can lead the Ma Family Army.

Look at you.

If you continue your impetuous behavior,

your plan would backfire.

Even if you train for 100 years,

you wouldn't defeat Prince of Bo.

If you need a teacher, someone is ready to serve you.

Our youngest prince was a great general of the Jin Troop.

Be it strategy, archery, or cavalry, he is nothing but top-notch.

That's right.

Back in the streets of Yang,

didn't you see Prince of Chuan and Prince of Bo

in an archery showdown?

So, I think if you want to command the troops,

Prince of Chuan will be your best teacher.

Prince of Chuan, I humbly request you to teach me the ways of battle

so I may avenge my father in the future.

I indeed can teach you archery.

But you have to listen to me.

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[Flowing Backward 倒流 by Jolin Tsai 蔡依林]

♫ Separation is not unbearable ♫

♫ What is unbearable is when two hearts are not truly separated ♫

♫ What is unbearable is when two hearts are not truly separated ♫

♫ That the only one who can change me is still you ♫

♫ I really want to run into your embrace ♫

♫ Thank you for indulging me to be superstitious ♫

♫ Flowing backward to when we started to love, when there is still no hurt ♫

♫ Forever being together ♫

♫ Going backward to that second in time ♫

♫ Firmly holding your hand and keep walking like that ♫

♫ I am willing to wait, wait until you understand ♫

♫ Eternity actually is hiding within the love that we believed in ♫

♫ I really want to run into your embrace ♫

♫ Thank you for indulging me to be superstitious ♫

♫ Returning to when we started to love, when there is still no hurt ♫

♫ Forever being together ♫