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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 ♫

[Rebel Princess]

[Episode 26]

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General.

Regarding what happened today,

if anyone divulges even the slightest news,

don’t blame me for being merciless.

Princess Consort, do not be anxious.

There’s still a little more than two hours before dawn.

If nothing goes wrong on our journey,

we will definitely make it in time.

I behaved rudely tonight and even dragged you into this mess.

However, you are repaying my insult with kindness by taking me to Ci’an Temple.

I really do not know how to thank you.

Princess Consort, no need to be so courteous.

If we encounter any inspections from officials or soldiers,

then I can be a cover for you.

Although it’s a dangerous night,

it reminds me of when my husband was in the military.

I’m old now.

I stay at the manor all day long. It is extremely boring.

I’m actually quite happy to come out for a walk.

However, I do have a question.

I wonder if Your Highness could answer me.

I will not hide what I know.

If my son had not obeyed you today,

then what would Your Highness have done?

Old Madam, forgive me for being disrespectful.

I am afraid I would have had to make you suffer physically

to force General Wei to obey.

It seems that I have guessed correctly.

Although I stay at home,

I have long heard of Your Highness’s deeds.

Seeing what happened today, you indeed live up to your reputation.

In times of calamity, one must be decisive.

Although my young son seems filial,

he would not yield to you and forget his loyalty to the nation just because of me.

[Eternal Prosperity and Prestige]

- Madam! - Yes.

There are many soldiers chasing behind us.

Quick! Quick!

Faster! Quick!

This way.

Grand Elder Princess, Her Highness is back.

- A’Wu! - Her Highness is back!

[Supreme Enlightenment]

A’Wu.

Mother.

Who is this?

Tonight, I was fortunate enough to have help from Madam Wei.

It’s a long story. I’ll tell it to you slowly another day.

- We are being chased by soldiers. - All right. Hurry and go inside then.

Come.

Hurry! Hurry!

[Supreme Enlightenment]

Quickly! Quickly! Close the doors quickly!

- Quickly! - Hurry!

Stop!

Who are you? How dare you be so rude.

I did not know that Your Highness and Madam Wei were here. I have been rude.

I am the Commissioner of City Patrol, Zhang Dong.

Someone reported that a carriage was fleeing in a hurry in the middle of the night.

Fearing it might be a criminal, I chased it here.

Only Madam Wei was in that carriage.

Where is there a criminal?

I have been disrespectful.

It’s just that lately, the capital is under curfew.

Why have you come here at this time, Madam Wei?

Grand Elder Princess, do not be angry.

I think that this commissioner had no choice.

My daughter-in-law is going into labor soon.

I heard Her Highness say that Ci’an Temple’s incense for praying for sons is quite effective.

Which is why I came before dawn.

I did not think that you would misunderstand, Commissioner.

If we keep delaying and the incense is not burned as an offering,

it would ruin Madam Wei’s wishes.

The whole capital knows that General Wei is a very filial son.

If General Wei knows of this, what would he think?

I... do not dare.

Grand Elder Princess. Madam Wei. Please accept my apologies.

I will take my leave now.

Let’s go!

Mother, time is running out. I must hurry back now.

Go on back.

- Please take care. - Okay.

Madam Wei, you take care, as well.

Princess Consort, take care.

Your Highness the Second Prince.

- How was last night? - Everything was normal. Nothing suspicious.

- Open the door. - Yes.

Second Prince! Second Prince!

Something happened. The two court officials Your Highness ordered to be hung as punishment...

died.

After the court officials of Taiji Hall heard that those two died,

they started to cause a ruckus again. They said...

What did they say?

They said that Your Highness disgraced the family.

They s-said they would all rather die to remonstrate,

so w-why not just kill them all?

Do they really think I wouldn’t dare?

Wait until I obtain the imperial edict and imperial jade seal. Let’s see how they’ll continue to be stubborn.

- Your Highness, there’s one more thing. - Speak.

Just now, someone from outside the palace reported that he seemed to have seen Princess Consort

ex...exiting the palace...

I deserve to die. I deserve to die.

- I deserve to die. - What did you say?

- I deserve to die. - Who did they see?

They said...

They saw Princess Consort Yuzhang.

Useless thing!

Younger Sister A’Wu.

You have worked hard.

It is my duty to wait upon Uncle’s every need.

How is Your Majesty the Emperor feeling today?

Thanks to you,

I won’t be dying anytime soon.

- Uncle, are you all right? - It’s all my fault.

A’Wu, go and change your clothes.

You must be tired from staying up all night.

Go back and rest for a while.

Yes.

Go on back.

Stop.

There was a report from one of the palace servants,

saying that...

someone saw Your Highness outside the palace last night.

Is that so?

How would I have returned if I had exited the palace?

I’m warning you. Don’t play games with me.

A’Wu, what’s happened? Why didn’t you return all night?

I was taking care of Uncle the whole time.

Did Zilu make things difficult for you?

Why do you look so exhausted?

I need to rest.

A’Wu!

I waited for you the whole night.

I’m very tired.

You’re tired? Do you know how I spent the night?

My heart was torn with anxiety the whole time.

I kept dashing out to look for you, but was held back by them every time.

You’re tired?

Do you think my body isn’t weary and my strength isn’t exhausted?

You dashed out?

Do you know the consequences of dashing out there?

In the palace, danger lurks in every corner.

Did you think Zilu would let you go easily on account of your previous brotherly affection?

So what if he doesn’t let me go?

If I were afraid of death, would I have returned to find you?

You’re so muddle-headed that you’ve lost all sense of propriety.

I’m muddle-headed? That’s because I’m worried about you!

You face danger time and time again. Don’t tell me you—

You’re worried about me?

If you were worried about me,

then you shouldn’t have let yourself be imprisoned here with me.

Here, we won’t be able to find a solution and we are helpless in the face of this crisis.

If you were truly worried about me,

right now, you should be outside of the palace doing everything you can to stop Zilu.

You’re so muddle-headed that you’ve walked yourself right into the trap.

Not only are you unable to rescue me,

but now you can’t even save your own life.

What is there to fear about death?

As long as I can be with you—

Wake up.

Zitan,

in your heart, there is only our childish romance.

That’s not the case for me.

Reporting to Your Highness the Second Prince.

The emperor’s body is deteriorating and is getting worse by the day.

I’m afraid he won’t be able to make it through winter at this rate.

That’s long enough. You are dismissed.

Yes.

[Prince Jianning]

They want to break out of the enclosure?

Then they are seeking death!

Today, I must capture Xiao Qi alive!

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Halt.

Your Highness, why have we halted?

Have we received Duke Huan’s signal yet?

Not yet.

But even this entrance to the valley has become undefended.

I believe Duke Huan has already made his move.

The man you dispatched has already poured the medicine into the water source.

All of those who drank the water within this month will lose their lives.

On such a hot day, they would not make it if they do not drink water.

Prince Yuzhang is most certainly not just any ordinary man.

If Duke Huan has already succeeded, then why hasn’t he ignited the signal?

Your Highness, look! It’s a smoke signal!

Good! This way I have no worries about anything going wrong later on.

- Cavalry, listen to my orders! - We are present!

Run down Guiwu Valley! Kill them!

Kill! Kill!

Halt!

- Release the arrows! - Release the arrows!

Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!

The usage of these long spears in warfare is only effective from a long distance!

They will lose their efficacy once the distance is shortened.

Heavily armored soldiers, cover us!

Rush ahead and smash that war chariot!

[Xiao]

The middle! Quickly turn them towards the middle of the road!

Your Highness, they’ve already moved out of our firing range!

Good!

- Throw the bombs! - Yes!

Prepare bombs!

Release!

[Xiao]

Your Highness, it’s Duke Huan!

Duke Huan...

- Retreat! - Retreat!

Your Highness!

Quickly!

Quickly!

Run quickly! Quickly!

Quickly!

- Kill! - Kill!

Xiao Qi, you’ve said before

that Huai’en is someone who can be trusted.

Last night, I entrusted the Tiger Emblem to him,

which is equivalent to entrusting him with the fates of the nation and the capital.

I don’t know

if I made the right decision or not.

However, I cannot hesitate and be indecisive.

I also had no other choice.

Who are you?

I am General Song Huai’en, Prince Yuzhang’s subordinate!

I have urgent matters to discuss with the general.

General Song, please

General Song, what is it?

I am here to deliver His Majesty’s secret imperial edict to mobilize the imperial army surrounding the capital to save the capital from peril.

[Imperial Edict: Seeing this edict is equivalent to seeing me (the emperor) in person. This is an imperial order, you are to enter the palace immediately and eliminate Zilu’s rebellion.]

[If you meet any rebels who refuse to submit even unto death, let them be beheaded at once.]

Capture him!

Bringing me here,

why?

If I were to say

that I just wanted to be a bit filial? Would Your Majesty believe me?

I don’t dare have a good son like you.

In my memories, this is the place

where I can see you most often.

Because over there...

I can always see Your Majesty sitting there alone.

I would think...

His Majesty is the son of Heaven, so perhaps he is like me

and have times of loneliness.

At that time, Crown Prince had Empress

and Zitan had Consort Xie.

Every time you went to their palaces,

they could see their own father.

But what about me?

I once spent a whole night studying painstakingly in hopes of getting some words of praise from you.

During the monthly test for princes,

I placed first.

But what difference did that make?

Then, in order to appease the Wang family,

you forcibly gave my Mi’er

to Wang Su for marriage.

That’s when I started to hate you.

I have only myself to blame.

If I had known earlier

that you were the product of Prince Jianning and that woman,

you would have been killed the moment you were born.

What Your Majesty says is right.

What you say is right.

Have you ever heard of a type of bird from the south?

It’s called a cuckoo.

It will lay its eggs in the nest of another bird species.

Those other birds are not aware of this.

They will raise the cuckoo chicks as their own until they have matured.

Your Majesty, do you know what happens to the cuckoo chicks

after they’ve broken out of their shells and matured?

What do you want?

Your Highness! We’ve fallen into a trap!

Prince Yuzhang’s subordinate, General Tang Jing, is outside the valley entrance!

He has tens of thousands of cavalrymen under his command and they have surrounded us completely!

- Also, also... - Also, what?!

They said Liuzhen has already been captured!

The Governor of Pengze, who colluded with us, has been beheaded!

Soldiers, let’s kill our way out!

Why are you all just standing here?

Are you all trying to defy a military order?

Prince Yuzhang has killed his way to us!

Xiao Qi, boy! Today, only one of us

shall survive!

Your Highness, we have no chance of winning.

How about we just surrender?

Your Highness, I was fortunate enough to not die and the rebels of Liuzhen have been eliminated.

Great!

Kneel!

Do not be rude.

I did not expect

that I, who has lead a military life from birth to death, would die in your hands, Prince Yuzhang.

I want to die with clarity.

Please go on.

How did you know that Duke Huan was my mole?

Duke Huan sent his men to poison the water source of my army.

He was seen.

You suspected Duke Huan long ago.

Yesterday, you deliberately divulged your plan to make me believe you really intended to break through our enclosure.

You used the wrong person, Prince of Jianning.

Do you think that because it was the prime minister who sent Duke Huan,

that His Highness would surely trust him?

Then, where did your reinforcements come from?

Everyone thinks that this Guiwu Valley is a deathtrap.

I actually knew that there was a road in this valley that led to the outside.

Springing a surprise attack on Pengze and outflanking your retreat path

was all done by my Ningshuo Army.

I had no reinforcements.

What a great Ningshuo Army.

You have actually made me tragically lose twice.

The title of “God of War” is indeed correct.

However, even though you have defeated me, you may not be able to save the capital from peril.

“Soldiers put their lives on the line countless of times in battle, some die while some live. Alas, fast and strong.” (T/N: lines from a Mulan poem 木兰诗)

Prince Yuzhang, make your move!

Just surrender, Prince of Jianning.

Surrender?

There’s no need.

He and I cannot possibly live under the same sky.

Prince Yuzhang! Prince Yuzhang! Prince Yuzhang! Prince Yuzhang! Prince Yuzhang!

Bury him with great honor.

Yes.

Decamp and return to the capital immediately.

- Yes! - Yes!

Hold on!

- What did you bring? - Here.

All the prisoners are sentenced to death, yet they eat better than we do.

They are all young masters or royal descendants, after all.

The food in this imperial prison has always been like this.

What?

You are looking down on us newcomers, right?

I do not dare. I do not dare.

Only when the people here eat well will we benefit.

Everyone here in the imperial prison is a member of the imperial household.

They’re more likely than not to be released soon.

If they’re not served properly,

the ones who will be out of luck will be us.

That makes sense.

Open the door.

Prime Minister, you have not eaten much these days.

You should eat some.

Don’t neglect your health.

[Princess] (王)

[Consort] (妃)

That is the right decision, Prime Minister.

“A live dog is better than a dead lion.”

[Princess Consort]

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Song Huai’en,

do you admit to your crime?

What offense have I committed?

“What offense have you committed?”

You stole the Tiger Emblem and delivered a falsified imperial edict.

You privately mobilized the troops to the capital and had them enter the palace.

Each of these three crimes is punishable by death.

Tell me.

Where did these items come from?

Have you planted a mole in the palace?

Does Prince Yuzhang know about this?

General Lu, every hour you waste here is pushing His Majesty to his death.

The Tiger Emblem and imperial edict were handed to me personally by the emperor himself.

Are you saying the mole I planted in the palace is the emperor himself?

You–!

I actually already know without you telling me.

You’re Prince Yuzhang’s subordinate.

♫ 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 ♫