Original subtitles

♫Swords tell all the scars, and I sigh for fleeting life♫

♫Once we meet, how can I like to be apart?♫

♫Walking alone with cold in heart, I deep hide the past♫

♫I keep love and hatred deep in heart, naive no more♫

♫My memories roll when I see you again♫

♫I only dare to be gentle in my dream♫

♫This kiss is boiling with your complex♫

♫Intimacy has disturbed the stars♫

♫Take art of healing as a weapon to guard the homeland♫

♫I'm not swallowed by sorrow and hatred♫

♫I don't want to regret in troubled times Let me change sincerity for eternity♫

♫Let's embark this journey for a slim portion of prosperity♫

♫I'd like to rewrite life, but your looking back breaks my heart♫

♫With you for the rest of my life, I'll risk everything and wait for the morning♫

♫Early morning♫

Episode 32

Guanghuamen

Lord Cheng's Mansion

Jiuling Drugstore

Please open the gate.

Please open the gate.

Please open the gate.

Please open the gate.

Please open the gate.

Please open the gate.

Please open the gate.

Your Highness,

His Majesty ordered you

to open the gate immediately

to welcome Mr. Qi and Lord Cheng into the capital city.

Open the gate.

Open the gate

to welcome Lord Cheng

and Mr. Qi.

Thanks, His Majesty.

Lord Cheng.

Great. Great.

-Lord Cheng. -Welcome, Lord Cheng.

Uncle Yuan,

please accept a bow from me.

What, what are you doing?

Uncle Yuan, let me finish it.

Thanks to you, my father could enter the capital city

smoothly this time.

Get up. Get up. Get up.

Come on. Get up.

Come on. Take a seat.

Hurry up.

Get up.

Yes.

You make me

feel uncomfortable.

You didn't see it.

No one could stop

the grace of Lord Cheng.

I wonder

it is always said that successors excel the predecessor.

How come

you're so inferior to your father?

Look, when Lord Cheng entered the capital city,

there was a sea of people.

When you go into the street,

it will lead to a general turmoil for sure.

Uncle Yuan,

I think you're jealous of me.

Believe it or not, there is also a sea of people

when I go out.

I, I don't believe you.

I think

Huang Cheng

must be angry now.

He planned for so long,

and spent so much money

in a big way,

but he still failed.

He totally failed.

He is just a contemptible scoundrel.

Don't look down upon such a contemptible scoundrel.

If it hadn't been for the arrival of the refugees in the North,

our plan wouldn't

have gone so smoothly.

It all depended on you.

I didn't do anything.

It was mainly because

your wife did a great job.

Your wife?

They are all at home.

Which one among them

are you looking for?

By the way,

the play is almost over.

Why doesn't your wife come out yet?

Uncle Yuan,

in order to get rid of

Lu Yunqi's entanglement in public,

Jiuling needs me to put on a play with her.

Your Excellency,

it was my oversight.

Tens of thousands of refugees came to the capital city.

But you didn't know it until today.

Your Excellency,

those refugees

mixed into the caravan

and made a detour

by water and land.

I really didn't expect that

there was someone

with such financial and material resources.

I was negligent.

But only

she can think of it.

You're back at last.

Your Excellency,

as you expected,

Miss Jun came back.

Yunqi,

I'm back.

You're back.

Catch her.

She is the daughter-in-law of Lord Cheng.

Who dares to touch her?

So what?

I don't mind.

You don't mind?

His Majesty minds.

Now my father is meeting with His Majesty.

How dare you touch my wife?

You are slapping His Majesty in the face.

Indeed.

Minister Lu is shameless,

but His Majesty isn't.

You're a man under His Majesty.

If you slap His Majesty in his face,

he won't let you go.

In this case,

you won't be able to catch us.

Zhu Zan,

the person who obstructs Arm Moral Department's handling of the case

will die.

So what?

You're looking for a fight, huh?

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Fine.

Honey,

we don't have to fight with people like this.

Come home soon.

I told you to go home.

What took you so long?

I was wrong.

It doesn't matter.

Apology accepted.

Let's go home.

Did you hear that?

I forgive you

for her.

Let's go home.

You Lordship,

please.

Go. Go. Go.

Well done,

my dear wife.

So are you,

my dear husband.

My dear wife,

if you hadn't stopped me today,

I would have beaten him.

A great man like you

rarely stoops to pettiness.

You are

not the same level as him.

Moreover,

I can't ruin

your reputation.

I just wanted to tell him in public that

I'm your wife.

You are really smart.

After many people witnessed it,

Lu Yunqi

must stop dreaming about you in the future.

You have publicly angered him.

If he makes a move,

even if he presses the case to His Majesty,

you won't be wronged.

Where are we going?

The Mansion of Lord Cheng.

You're my wife.

Certainly you have to return to my home.

Go.

Hurry up.

Are you trying to join the Zhu's army?

We belong to Arm Moral Department.

Our souls belong to Arm Moral Department, too.

Then why don't you

wear uniforms?

We were incompetent.

Miss Jun came back safely.

You are not so incompetent.

Thank you, Your Excellency.

Go put it on.

It's really hard

for Lord Cheng

to return home

after a great victory.

Get up.

I was guilty.

I beg Your Majesty to punish me.

How can you be guilty?

I had no choice but to resist

the imperial edict ten times before.

Your Majesty is generous and benevolent,

and has not investigated me for my crimes.

My son Zhu Zan

escaped from the crime.

Although the cause was the war between the two states,

he was still to blame.

Your Majesty was kind

and did not prosecute him.

Now the war is over.

I'm guilty of two crimes,

so I can't sleep or eat with worry.

I beg Your Majesty to punish me.

You resisted

the imperial edict

for state affairs.

It is understandable that

you put the overall situation first.

Your son Zhu Zan

risked his life

to save

the refugees.

In this case,

merits and demerits offset each other.

Get up.

Your Majesty.

Don't

mention it again.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Turn passive into active.

After a few words,

he got rid of his sin.

Your Majesty,

I have another unreasonable request.

Go ahead.

Now the war is over.

The treasury is empty.

I hope Your Majesty

can take back the donation order

and return the donated property

to all ministers

and people.

In this case,

I will feel guilty

for the soldiers in the North.

For me and the soldiers in the North,

Your Majesty's trust

is more important than everything.

I approved it.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

In this way,

Compiler Ning's uncle

should be very happy.

Lord Cheng returned with honor.

He wasn't

suspended from his post for nothing.

Your Majesty,

my uncle

just opposed peace talks.

It had nothing to do with Lord Cheng.

Today, Tianyou is peaceful and the people are safe.

Nothing had happened as my uncle had feared.

He is now at home

regretting having offended Your Majesty.

Your Majesty,

please forgive my uncle for his offence.

There are always different views

on the state affairs.

Minister Ning is devoted to his country.

How can I blame him?

He has been pondering upon his faults

at home for some time.

Let him

go back to

the court tomorrow.

Let me thank Your Majesty

for my uncle.

Zan.

Sister-in-law.

Zan.

Sister-in-law.

Make yourselves

at home.

When I saw Lu Yunqi's face just now,

I really wanted to slap him in the face.

I wanted to slap him in the face, too.

Come on.

I wonder

if my father entered the palace smoothly.

Zan, don't worry.

His Excellency Complier Ning is eloquent.

He has flattered His Majesty so much

that His Majesty must see Lord Cheng.

The noble childe in those days

is not noble now.

It is said that

His Excellency Ning is so honest.

How could he raise

such an evil covetous nephew?

He suffers.

No wonder

as someone with a thin skin before,

he is thick-skinned now.

It turns out that

there is an expert behind him.

What do you mean?

Excuse me.

Go ahead.

I have one more thing.

What's so serious?

We found out who Huang Cheng had

secretly met.

Who?

Yu Chihai,

Crown Prince of Beiqi.

Where is he?

He left a scapegoat to deceive the public

and had long disappeared.

All evidence was also destroyed.

I'm afraid it won't work

just by our identification.

He can move so freely

in the capital city.

It can't be done with the support of one person alone.

In addition to Huang Cheng,

someone must have facilitated it behind the scenes,

or someone didn't report it.

Could it be Lu Yunqi?

There is nothing in the world

that can be concealed from Arm Moral Department.

Lu Yunqi always only listens to the His Majesty

and has no contact with others.

He won't secretly help Huang Cheng

unless there are some benefits.

Minister Zhu,

what are you doing?

Your Majesty,

I'm old.

I'm not

as competent as before

to guard the North.

I beg Your Majesty

to recover my military power.

Well,

you must have misunderstood me.

The reason why

I appointed Earl of Qinghe

to guard the North temporarily

was that

I thought you worked too hard

and wanted you to rest in the capital city.

As soon as you get better,

I will entrust you with the task

of guarding the North again.

I am grateful for

Your Majesty's great kindness to me,

but my words

are also genuine and sincere

and from the bottom of my heart.

Earl of Qinghe is in his prime

and more suitable for guarding the North than me.

I beg Your Majesty

to recover

my military power.

In this case,

how about

putting this commander's tally here

for the time being?

I'll

return it

to you

when you get well.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

You sleep here tonight.

I will sleep in the guest room.

Look,

how nice and gentle

your smile is!

You not only have a good smile,

but also

have both wisdom and courage.

Many men can't compare with you.

Do you remember

when I was a child here,

I always said I wanted to see

Lord Cheng practice his sword?

You quietly carried me up

and told me that

no one

could spoil me more than you in the world.

This is also where

you told me you were going to the North.

I said that

whenever you came back,

you must inform me in advance,

and I would wait for you at the gate of the city.

You remember all this, huh?

How can I forget

such a precious memory?

In the future,

we will create

more precious memories

and slowly tell them to our children.

Annoying.

All right,

let's get down to business.

Wait for me.

Jiuling,

this is Bing'er,

who served the late emperor before.

Now

she changed her name to Sujuan.

Sujuan,

this is

Princess Jiuling.

Bing'er,

where have you been?

Everyone is looking for you.

She isn't Princess Jiuling.

Bing'er,

I survived the disaster

and changed my face.

Do you remember

when I took away the stove poker in the firewood house,

you were scolded by Wet Nurse Zhou?

I'm really sorry.

You,

you are really Princess Jiuling.

It was all my fault.

Blame it all on my big mouth.

Otherwise

you can live well.

Get up quickly.

We both were not wrong.

Look,

I'm still alive and well now.

I've been

looking for you.

I didn't expect you to be here.

It was His Lordship who saved me

and kept me safely outside the city.

When I knew you were dead,

I thought there was a problem.

So I asked the people of the Sky Pavilion to look into it.

I found Bing'er

and saved her before Arm Moral Department did.

Bing'er,

tell Princess Jiuling

the details

of the death of the late emperor.

Your Lordship,

I have already told Her Highness the details

before and after the death of the late emperor.

But

I haven't had time

to tell you about the pattern of the seal impression.

Your Highness,

the late emperor once mentioned

the pattern of the seal impression to Highly Skilled Doctor Jun.

And His Excellency Huang Cheng

also saw it.

On that day,

His Excellency Huang was in the Imperial Study,

when the late emperor

accidentally knocked off the memorials on the table.

His Excellency Huang

has also seen that seal impression.

Father.

Mother.

Jiuling.

I handed over

the military power to His Majesty yesterday.

We can go after you break off

your engagement with Miss Jun.

Dad,

there's no need to rush.

You brat,

Miss Jun was kind enough to help you.

You can't delay

her marriage.

Madam,

Lord Cheng,

we'll

discuss this

later.

Take it easy.

Zan,

you know

I've always liked Miss Jun.

How about

taking Miss Jun as my adopted daughter?

You'll be siblings in the future.

What do you think?

Adopted daughter?

Why didn't you refuse

when my mother took you

as an adoptive daughter just now?

Of course I won't

refuse to be

Madame Yu's adopted daughter.

That's not what I meant.

Why didn't you explain when my father said

he was going to break off the engagement?

Isn't that an expedient?

When did I agree to the marriage?

No.

You were very happy

when you were called to be my wife.

It was in the North.

Well, it was known to all.

I couldn't

embarrass my adoptive mother.

Fine.

Then I'll explain

your true identity to them.

OK.

Give you another chance.

If you don't sit down,

no one will stop you.

I'll do you a favor.

Now Lord Cheng is exhausted

because of the case of His Majesty and Huang Cheng.

I can't make him

worry about me anymore.

I'm just afraid that anything may happen

after we break off the engagement.

After all,

I'm already your third husband.

If Lu Yunqi is included,

I'm the fourth one.

Who said that?

Maybe there's another one.

Serve on the second floor.

I don't think you've ever dined here.

Miss Jun.

Call her sister-in-law.

You didn't allow me

to call her so yesterday.

Sister-in-law.

Sanbing.

Call her sister-in-law.

There's something wrong here.

Indeed.

Big problem.

It's only one day.

Things got a little caught off guard.

Zan's performance

is really better

and more real.

All right.

Just follow Zan's wishes.

I'm envious.

Eat your dinner.

Sister-in-law,

have you ever dined here?

That's a pity.

Sister-in-law,

listen to me,

the food in this restaurant

is delicious.

I must blame Zan

for not dining here with you.

Am I right, sister-in-law?

You must depend on me, sister-in-law.

Even food can't stop you from talking.

You're so talkative.

OK, sister-in-law, enjoy yourself.

Have a look at

nice prints.

Prints.

In addition to nang,

every dish here is tasty.

Sister-in-law, please.

Your Excellency Lu.

Your Excellency Lu.

-Zan. -What would you like to eat?

Lu Yunqi.

Let's enjoy our food.

It's a good dog if it stays out of the way.

Here.

Give us

whatever they order.

OK.

Sister-in-law,

you can eat more.

Stop picking up food for Zan.

Zan,

I envy you having such a nice wife.

Baotang.

Your Excellency,

Third Madame sent someone to ask us

if we should go over tonight.

She said

she practiced a new song.

No need.

Those alternatives

are meaningless.

Dismiss them all.

The genuine one

has been found anyway.

What's wrong?

Sister-in-law,

are you pregnant?

I'm sure.

You are retching because you're pregnant.

Baotang,

I retch at someone every day.

Am I pregnant?

It makes sense.

That could be…

Disgusting.

That's outrageous.

Does someone feel guilty

when they hear something

they shouldn't listen to?

I saw disgusting people

and heard disgusting words,

so I was disgusted.

Sanbing.

Here is the mutton soup.

Let's go.

Go.

Go.

No need.

Enjoy yourselves.

Your Excellency Lu,

my master invites you for a chat.

Please come with me.

This way, please.

Take a seat.

What do you want with me?

It is said that

you are ruthless.

I can see that

you are also

an infatuated man.

Don't bother you

about my private affair.

It isn't a private affair.

It's just that

my private affair and yours

are one thing.

If she were any other woman,

as long as you liked her,

I am sure

she could be delivered to your mansion

without the least effort.

But Miss Jun

has sought refuge with Lord Cheng,

so it's a little difficult.

You want me

to help you deal with Lord Cheng.

Not really.

I only need you

to turn a blind eye

to what I do.

What good would it do?

The good thing

is that

she has to come to the door and beg you.

Bast*rd.

I might as well have beaten him to death.

He was taught to steal as a child.

Now he has become

full-fledged already.

That was Princess Jiuling's fault.

Baotang,

shut up.

What I said is true.

If Princess Jiuling hadn't stopped us at that time,

how could he…

Baotang, shut up.

Princess Jiuling

asked you to save Lu Yunqi?

When did this happen?

That's not on me.

Miss Jun asked about it.

Don't get involved in

their affairs.

I will tell her.

It was

about ten years ago.

At that time, Lu Yunqi

stole things from our house in exchange for money.

We found it,

but he refused to admit it.

We taught him a lesson at the door.

Stop it.

It's bad for you

to bully the weak.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Who I saved turned out to be Lu Yunqi.

I'm afraid the time has passed so long

that even the parties involved have forgotten.

If Princess Jiuling knew

she had saved such a person,

she would regret it.

Zan,

I'll go out of the city with Baotang later.

Would you like to join us?

No,

I'll accompany her back to Jiuling Drugstore.

With love,

there are rules.

Maybe

I'll find you a wife, too.

No.

I'm very free

now.

No, thanks.

Don't find one for me.

My mom has arranged it for me.

Jiuling,

let's go.

Waiter,

I will pay the bill.

Coming.

Young Master,

Miss Jun

is engaged to His Lordship.

It's not good for us

to visit her again.

Even if she and I are not married,

we are still friends.

Why can't I visit her?

I'm afraid His Lordship will be jealous.

You're not like His Excellency Lu.

He practices martial arts.

What if you two fight?

What can I do?

He's not like that.

Neither is she.

You must take medicine on time when you go back.

OK.

Remember to

simmer the herbs slowly over soft fire.

Here you are.

OK, thank you.

Miss Fang.

What are you doing here?

I'm looking for Miss Jun.

She's not free.

Tell me what you want.

How can you talk like that?

Ding.

What?

I wonder why

Junior Official Ning said that.

I was wrong.

Now I should call you Your Excellency Ning.

Your Excellency Ning,

you're really awesome.

In just half a year,

you have flattered His Majesty

and been promoted all the way from complier to associate editor.

Your Excellency Ning,

you are really eloquent.

You…

I still want to see her.

Don't you understand?

Are you

-out of mind? -Please

pass it on.

Fine.

Then you wait.

Aren't Jiuling Drugstore and Childe Ning

always on good terms?

What happened today?

Don't you know?

Childe Ning,

who used to be a noble childe,

has become an evil covetous minister

without scholar backbone.

What are you talking about?

Keep it down. Keep it down.

Ding.

He praises his Majesty all the time.

Even when His Excellency Ning

was demoted

for speaking for Lord Cheng,

he shouted that His Majesty was

No wonder that Jiuling Drugstore doesn't like him.

Miss Jun is now

the wife of the son of Lord Cheng.

Naturally, she wants to draw a clear line between them

and supports her husband's family.

What a pity!

At first,

those Beiqi barbarians

were very arrogant,

but after fighting several times,

they were frightened.

When they saw

our flags from a distance,

they all threw away their armor

and fled in all directions.

Then what?

Good.

They were all respectful

when they saw my father.

Ning Yunzhao is looking for you.

What's he doing here?

How do I know?

He said he was looking for Jiuling

Why?

The capital city is really influential.

He was clearly not like this

before we left.

How come Ning turned out to be

an evil covetous minister

after we came back from a trip to the North?

I wonder, too.

Miss,

when I went out this morning,

I heard someone say that

he wasn't as noble as His Excellency Ning at all.

His Excellency Ning would rather quit his official post

to speak for Lord Cheng

with his own advice.

And

what he talks about all day is that

His Majesty is wise.

Let's meet him.

After all,

we'd better make it clear.

Your Excellency Ning.

Why did you come to see our young lady?

You're a big official now.

We can't make friends with you.

-Liu'er. -You…

Stop it.

Miss Jun.

You should address her

respectfully.

Your Ladyship.

I wonder why Your Excellency Ning

came here today.

Your Excellency Ning.

You wouldn't have called me that before.

Of course it's different.

What you are now

is different from the former Childe Ning.

Are you even blaming me, too?

Your Excellency Ning,

different moral convictions

cannot get along.

You'd better not

come to me again in the future

to avoid embarrassment.

We're not even friends anymore?

What we want is different

and what we do is different.

Your Excellency Ning,

how can we be friends?

I got it!

In the future,

I won't bother you again.

Your Excellency Ning, go slowly.

♫Outline in my dream♫

♫can be carved on your face♫

♫Time interlaces in the eye waves♫

♫For unspeakable cause and effect♫

♫Let me weigh every word♫

♫Life is full of twists and turns♫

♫So hard to be free and easy♫

♫Tomorrow always comes♫

♫I'd like to entrust myself to you♫

♫to enjoy stars and the land together♫

♫In long silence♫

♫We are far separated by a sea of faces♫

♫What else can I do except for a sigh?♫

♫The rest of my life is bumpy♫

♫You are like vast nature, while I'm a gust of wind♫

♫I'm be eventually be passed by♫

♫The wind is in hot pursuit♫

♫to stay with nature♫

♫If memories can tell♫

♫It will make me shed tears♫

♫Rare to meet you again, tears well up in my eyes♫

♫Tomorrow always comes♫

♫I'd like to entrust myself to you♫

♫to enjoy stars and the land together♫

♫In long silence♫

♫We are far separated by a sea of faces♫

♫What else can I do except for a sigh?♫

♫The rest of my life is bumpy♫

♫You are like vast nature, while I'm a gust of wind♫

♫I'm be eventually be passed by♫

♫The wind is in hot pursuit♫

♫to stay with nature♫

♫If memories can tell♫

♫Every of its words will make me shed tears♫

♫Rare to meet you again, tears well up in my eyes♫

♫You are like vast nature, while I'm a gust of wind♫

♫It's me♫

♫You shuttle through the bottom of my heart♫

♫Has nature ever asked for any clues about the wind?♫

♫Any clues?♫

♫If my longing for you can be written down♫

♫Every word would be as strong as pouring rain falling down♫

♫You take me as a stranger when we finally meet again♫

♫Tears well up in my eyes♫