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♫ Those people, those affairs, those palace doors ♫

♫ One step into the commotions of this world ♫

♫ Listen to the wind, listen to the rain, listen to the endless ups and downs of life ♫

♫ Destiny indeed loves us ♫

♫ Look at the dreams sealed by the kiss of time ♫

♫ Remember half the life that’s already been lived ♫

♫ In these red walls, remains one person ♫

♫ Wait for the dead of the night, wait for eternity ♫

♫ If the world is a storm, then everything in it must take refuge ♫

♫ I’ll go with you ♫

♫ Traveling across thousands of mountains, don’t be afraid of the wasteland ♫

♫ There’ll be flowers on the side of the path ♫

♫ Love and hate are too messy; simply coming and going ♫

♫ The winds and clouds have not dissipated ♫

♫ Spring and fall are long; I can finally wander this mortal world with you ♫

[The Rebel Princess]

[Episode 17]

Princess Consort, we are making plans to defend the city right now.

It looks like we must prepare to resist

the Prince of Jianning’s attack on the city at any moment.

Based on your opinion, when do you think he will attack?

I think that Prince Jianning having missed Wu Qian’s internal response

don’t know if Huizhou is daring to suddenly attack is true or false,

but it shouldn’t take too long.

You’re right.

If His Highness were here leading the army, then he would surely take the initiative to send troops out.

So if we continue to not make any moves, then we’ll give the game away very soon.

Mou Lian already placed Prince Yuzhang’s flag on the gate tower according to Your Highness’s plan.

Sending large troops will add smoke to the fire, leading them to think large troops are stationed in the town.

But even so, I don’t think we can delay for too long.

A violent fight is inevitable then.

Jin’er, please stand up.

If you really love Zitan,

you should know already that his persisting feelings for Wang Xuan will hurt him for the rest of his life.

Crown Princess, please tell me what I should do?

Ni Chang.

Yes.

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I already gave one to Zitan.

This one, once you see Wang Xuan, make her drink it.

Your Highness, will... this thing be harmful to the body?

I grew up with the princess since I was young.

The princess is like an elder sister to me.

I...

I still believe His Highness will lead the troops and come rescue us.

But, Your Highness, even if His Highness already received the report,

it takes six days, riding day and night, to reach Huizhou.

No matter what, we’ll guard the city while waiting for His Highness to save us.

Your Highness, rest assured. Even if it doesn’t work,

I will protect you and help you flee through the waterways.

I’m not going.

As long as I’m alive, I won’t let Your Highness face any danger.

General Song, you only need to protect the city.

As to staying or leaving, I know what’s appropriate.

Your Highness, war isn’t as you think it is.

You followed His Highness for hundreds of battles.

When facing an imminent crisis, have you ever fled?

Of course, we never did!

But, Your Highness, you’re different from us.

If His Highness were here,

would he leave you behind and leave by himself?

But he’s the prince, you are Princess Consort Yuzhang.

It’s because I’m Princess Consort Yuzhang,

that I should advance and retreat together with his men.

This thing only hurts the feelings, it won’t hurt the body.

Don’t worry.

Once it’s done, I promise to make you Zitan’s concubine.

I actually never hoped for that.

I only wished for His Highness to live peacefully.

As long as it’s for the sake of Third Prince,

Jin’er is willing to do anything.

Then that’s good.

You may leave first.

Yes.

Your Highness, did Xiao Qi really enter Huizhou? How did I not see anything?

What is real is fake, what is fake is real. That is the military doctrine.

Then, will we attack or not?

Not attack?

If we do not attack, then how will we know what is real or fake within Huizhou?

Relay my order. Tomorrow, upon my order, fiercely attack Huizhou!

Yes! I’ll take my leave.

I turned and realized you weren’t next to me.

I just had a nightmare. I couldn’t sleep.

I heard you calling A’Wu just now.

I’m worried that A’Wu will face danger in Huizhou,

so I unconsciously called her.

Yes. I also hope A’Wu can remain safe.

Nothing must happen to her.

I have carried out Your Highness’s order

and sent people to make an inventory of the city’s granary.

We discovered that many of the provisions have gone bad.

Our enemies are in front yet our provisions have gone bad?

How many grains do we have left, excluding the grains which went moldy?

The ones we are left with, after the city’s defensive battles, are enough for half a month.

After I made an inspection tour I realized

that many commoners don’t have grain and they have never even seen meat.

If we were to divide the army provisions between the army and the common people,

I am afraid it wouldn’t last for five days.

Then we should halve the provisions and give them to the people.

Please tell them...

As long as we have food,

we will not let the people starve.

Yes.

Princess Consort.

Princess Consort, the sentinels have returned with a report.

Prince Jianning’s rebellion forces are rushing to manufacture scaling ladders as we speak.

It appears they are planning to attack the city.

If Prince Jianning were to plan a large scale attack on the city, how long would our troops be able to hold him off?

Even the combined forces of the Ningshuo Army, Huizhou Army, and the Covert Guards from the Wang clan

cannot make up one-tenth of Prince Jianning’s great army.

Just tell me this. If we were to truly engage them in combat, how many days would we last?

Not even two days.

It looks like we have only one option left then.

We have to make Prince Jianning believe that Prince Yuzhang is in Huizhou at this very moment.

This is the only way he will be filled with dread and be afraid of the consequences.

We might even have a chance at staving off his troops for a few more days.

There’s no need to fight. Everyone will get their share.

Thank you, Princess Consort.

Thank you, Princess Consort.

Thank you, Princess Consort.

Stop right there!

- Those without tokens are prohibited from entering. - Out of my way!

Don’t you know who is behind us? We want to see the Princess Consort!

Whoever that person is, it’s no use.

- Who is making such a ruckus? - Report!

Reporting to the Princess Consort. An unidentifiable person at the door

says they’re from the capital and insist on seeing you.

A’Wu!

Older Brother Zitan!

Older Brother Zitan.

A’Wu.

It’s been a while since we last saw each other.

How have you been?

You’ve lost weight.

It’s only been half a year,

but it feels like half a lifetime.

Why are you here?

Ever since you were kidnapped from Huizhou,

I’ve gone looking for you.

I later heard that you encountered a mutiny in Huizhou.

I rushed over from the capital and traveled here overnight.

A’Wu, Prince Jianning’s forces are right outside the city gates.

Huizhou is no longer safe.

If the rebellion army lays siege to the city, you will be in danger.

Leave with me.

Leave with you?

To where?

To a place where there are only the two of us.

Leave the grudge between the Xie and Wang clans behind. Leave behind the imperial clan.

Leave behind Xiao Qi.

A great battle is coming,

yet you are able to say such disrespectful words.

Have you forgotten? I am Princess Consort Yuzhang.

How can I just leave with you?

You were not supposed to be Princess Consort Yuzhang.

I do not care about who you are at the moment.

You are my A’Wu.

I am still your Zitan.

It was not easy to find you.

No one can separate us.

What’s the point of saying these things now?

I worked hard to find my A’Wu from the past

and return back to the day we separated.

You dare mention the day we separated.

Ever since you did not come that day, everything has changed.

That day, it’s not that I didn’t come,

it is you who did not wait for me.

Missing one step...

is like missing a lifetime.

I have already gone through life and death with Xiao Qi.

He and I are of the same heart and mind.

This Princess Consort Yuzhang is...

no longer just a title.

In my heart, I am already Prince Yuzhang’s woman.

You are saying this because you are afraid of the empress and

Xiao Qi harming me.

It is to anger me, right?

A’Wu, I already lost you once,

I can not lose you again.

Leave with me.

We can live the life that we desired.

We can wander the world and live freely.

I am no longer your A’Wu.

You are no longer my Older Brother Zitan.

Please accept the truth.

If you are willing to stay and assist me,

then I, Wang Xuan, will be very grateful.

If you still insist, you should leave now.

I do not want other people to know about this

and ruin your reputation as a prince.

Ruin my reputation as a prince?

I cannot even keep the woman I love the most.

What’s the meaning of having this reputation of mine?

A’Wu, you must leave with me.

Look at these innocent people in front of you.

Can you truly bear to abandon and forsake them?

My fellow countrymen, this is His Highness the Third Prince.

He came from the capital to help us defend Huizhou.

Everyone rest assured.

With Third Prince here, we can defend Huizhou.

- Is it real? - For real?

Greetings, Your Highness the Third Prince.

We can be saved.

Let me through.

Greetings, Princess. Greetings, Your Highness the Third Prince.

What is the matter, General Song?

The rebellion army is gathering at the front gate.

It seems like they are preparing to attack the city.

[Prince of Jianning]

[Longde Garret]

Your Highness, look!

All of you, listen up!

The rebel traitor Wu Qian has already been captured alive by Prince Yuzhang!

Who is not afraid to die, come and fight me!

The Ningshuo Army is mighty! Prince Yuzhang is mighty!

The Ningshuo Army is mighty! Prince Yuzhang is mighty! [Huizhou]

Prince Jianning’s forces are already in position.

The battle is inevitable.

I want Prince Yuzhang to come out and receive his death!

They are completely mad.

Princess Consort, this lesser commander seeks your permission to go out there

and kill them so their might may be extinguished.

The rebellion army is strong.

If you head out right now, you will not be able to return.

I will go and meet with Prince Jianning.

- Prepare to attack! - Attack!

[Prince of Jianning]

[Huizhou]

Halt the attack! Halt the attack!

It looks like a lady, Your Highness.

[Prince of Jianning]

Greetings, Prince Jianning.

It turns out to be you, A’Wu.

Prince Yuzhang is very fortunate.

Princess Consort is brave enough to stop an army for her husband.

I do not know why your well-known husband

allows a weak woman like you to come to a battlefield.

I am not going to hide it. Prince Yuzhang wants to remove the rebellion army.

If it was not me who stopped him,

this place would’ve already seen the glint and flash of cold steel and smoke rising in all directions.

People say that Prince Yuzhang is the God of War.

Where is he hiding at this time?

And where did the might and power of exterminating Liupan and striving for Hulan disappear to?

I am afraid that Prince Yuzhang is not in this city.

A’Wu, your tricks cannot fool me.

You said Prince Yuzhang’s awe-inspiring authority and presence isn’t here.

I would like to pose a question to you.

Are you showing your own awe-inspiring authority by

righting the world’s greatest injustice and creating chaos?

Creating chaos?

The one sitting on the throne should be me.

Now, the emperor’s life is hanging by a thread

and imperial authority lies in the hands of that treacherous official Wang Lin!

What I’m doing is bringing order out of chaos!

Prince Jianning, do you think that if you win the battle and the city,

you can win over the world?

Do you not understand the principle of “those who win the hearts of the people win the world”?

Prince Jianning, I request that you take back your army for one day.

Allow the common people here to leave the battlefield,

so they are not harmed.

Since your husband is loyal to this corrupted imperial court.

there is nothing to say between us.

I want to have a battle with him.

To see who is the real God of War of the Great Cheng Empire.

Prince Jianning, it is only for one day.

You are making the people inside the city your enemies.

I ask you to consider this carefully.

Military orders are as unmovable as mountains. They cannot be rescinded.

Then please have your tens of thousands of armored cavalry step over my body.

[Prince of Jianning]

- How is the situation? - Madam Mou, the city’s common people must evacuate immediately.

- I’ll need you to help shift those who have nowhere to go into the governor’s residence. - Yes.

- Yu Xiu. - Here.

- You help Madam Mou. - Yes, Princess Consort.

It’s good that we were able to buy some time.

What is one day going to do?

Soldiers!

Huizhou is the last defense of the capital.

If the rebel army breaks through, the capital will be in their hands.

I, Wang Xuan, maybe a woman,

but in a battle, I am not afraid of death.

Tomorrow, there will be a deadly battle.

I will die to protect Huizhou.

Brothers!

Princess Consort is giving up her life to guarding Huizhou.

What should we do?

- We pledge our lives to guard the city and defend Huizhou! - We pledge our lives to guard the city and defend Huizhou!

Taoist Priest, the emperor’s headache has returned.

The medicine for today has been used up.

I am here to get another one.

The Taoist Priest Qingyun was born deaf and mute.

It is of no avail even if you shout at him till your throat becomes sore.

Master.

Now that Prince Jianning is rebelling, the world has become a mess.

If I do not make a move, I will miss the best opportunity.

How long until the poison inside the pill takes effect?

Replying to you, Master.

Only when the emperor takes the medicinal elixir three to four times a day can he relieve his pain.

If this continues, he will pass away within half a year.

I want results within three months.

But... rushing is not the way, Master.

It will be easier for other people to notice.

I said results in three months.

Yes, Master.

Servants... Servants...

Your Majesty.

My head hurts really bad.

The medicine is here. Medicine!

My head hurts.

Water! Hurry up.

Here’s some water, Your Majesty. Slowly.

This is the third pill today, Your Majesty.

Even if it is a magical pill, it shouldn’t be taken this way.

Hurry.

Go! Go!

Yes.

The prime minister said A’Wu would soon return to the capital.

When A’Wu returns, she will immediately come and see me.

So many days have passed and there is still no news.

I am still terrified and can’t rest easy. What if something happened to her?

Grand Elder Princess, Princess Consort is worthy, so I’m sure Heaven will help her.

When she was kidnaped last time from Huizhou,

it was dangerous but she came back safely.

You have to believe that

Princess Consort is under the protection of Buddha and the ancestors.

She will surely be safe.

You must be tired, Princess Consort.

Why are you sitting here?

I want to rest a little.

Then I will go and prepare dinner.

No need.

Wake me up in an hour.

Yes.

Greetings, Third Prince.

Princess Consort has been very tired the last few days.

She has not been sleeping well.

She just came back to rest.

Let her rest.

Yes.

[Huizhou]

- Everyone, prepare yourselves! - Everyone, prepare for battle!

- Yes! - Yes!

Everyone! Prepare for battle!

Everyone, prepare for battle! Everyone, prepare for battle!

Your Highness, it’s time.

Let’s not wait any longer! Attack immediately!

Attack!

- Exercise caution and take cover! - Take cover!

Take cover!

Beware of artillery fire!

- Kill them! - Kill!

- Archers! - Present!

At the ready!

Wait for the enemy to come closer before shooting!

Archers, get ready!

Fire!

Disperse the powder!

Disperse it!

[Huizhou]

[Govenor’s Manor]

Everyone, please follow me.

Come here, faster. Be careful.

Come.

Over here, could you help me carry this?

Princess, everyone in Huizhou has settled down.

No one has been left behind.

That’s great

I want you to send someone to count every member of the household in each family.

See if anyone is missing.

Also, gather the womenfolk in the household and

allow them to help the injured.

Yes.

- Yu Xiu. - Here.

Quickly prepare porridge; hand it out to the people.

Yes.

Princess Consort, what about us?

Right, what about us?

Everyone, please do not panic. Food is available in this residence.

I will think of a plan so everyone can get settled.

Please trust in General Ningshuo and that he will triumph in every battle.

The soldiers have pledged their lives to defend and protect Huizhou City.

Everyone, please believe that Prince Yuzhang’s army will be here soon.

Everyone, listen to me!

Princess Consort is protecting us from the harm of the rebellion army

and distributed the government’s food supplies to us.

We must do our part to help Princess Consort.

Those who are fit and strong will follow me and help Princess Consort defend the city.

- Let’s go! - Let’s go!

- Pang Gui. - Everyone, come with me. This way.

Do you have any news of the prince?

Not yet.

Throw them all down!

Soldiers, anyone who enters the city will be rewarded 10,000 pieces of gold.

Kill them!

General, the gate has been breached!

Soldiers of the Ningshuo Army, follow me and attack them!

- Come on! - Kill!

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♫ The fear of rain and tears stain your plume ♫

♫ Time chases the distance of soldiers ♫

♫ There is still a limit to what you can miss ♫

♫ Why are there guests in this world? ♫

♫ Tears can be deceiving, love is hard to fake ♫

♫ I hear the wind withers and dies as if it’s singing a thousand songs of sadness ♫

♫ In my dreams, I see you smiling like a painting ♫

♫ I’ll be going to you on my horse ♫

♫ Return to your gentleness ♫

♫ I can’t let go of my heart, I can’t let go ♫

♫ Waiting for the sea to changed and wash away the burden ♫

♫ Spend time with you ♫

♫ Because of you, I’ve lived a lifetime of prosperity ♫

♫ Waiting for the sea clouds to fade away ♫

♫ Home at all corners of the earth ♫

♫ We will meet again in spring, autumn, winter, and summer ♫

♫ For us, the moment that we’ve met ♫

♫ With the pace of a lifetime ♫

♫ To struggle, to worry ♫

♫ I will leave the world for your promise ♫

♫ Waiting for the sea to wash away the lead ♫

♫ Spend time with you ♫

♫ Because of you, I’ve lived a lifetime of prosperity♫

♫ When the sea has changed, the universe will already be changed ♫

♫ Home at all corners of the earth ♫

♫ We meet again in spring, autumn, winter, and summer ♫