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 35

Fang Mansion

Fang Mansion

Deshengchang

County Government of Zezhou

We can't make full preparations for everything,

and the commitments won't remain unchanged forever.

Are you going to deceive yourself still?

You know

His Majesty dispatched him

not just to watch the Fang family

but also to uproot the Fang family.

Miss Jun.

Lady Jinxiu.

How is grandma?

From the day she got the news,

she can't eat or drink.

The doctor said she is too anxious.

Let's check her.

Senior Madame Fang,

take care.

My condolence.

Please take care, Senior Madame.

My condolence.

Grandma.

Grandma.

Grandma.

Chengyu

is gone.

He said in the letter that

you're the blessing

of our Fang family.

You're the bane of our Fang family.

Senior Madame.

Senior Madame.

It's my fault.

I didn't protect him.

You knew it clearly,

but you still did things intolerable,

causing a great calamity

to our Fang family.

Grandma, calm down.

Madame.

Grandma, calm down.

Grandma.

Senior Madame.

Grandma, calm down.

It's you.

You harmed our Fang family.

-You harmed my son. -Stop.

Senior Madame, stop.

Stop.

Senior Madame.

Your Ladyship.

Butler Gao,

may you ask

those who come to mourn to leave first?

Yes.

Excuse me.

Due to a family matter,

we can't receive you today.

Excuse me.

Due to a family matter,

we can't receive you today.

-Chengyu. -Well.

Please leave.

Please go back.

Please go back.

Please.

Take care.

Take care.

Take care.

-My condolence. -Be careful.

My condolence.

-My condolence. -Take care.

I'm sorry.

Due to a family matter,

we can't receive you today.

Please pardon us.

Please pardon us.

Take care. Take care.

Sun,

what happened?

They fought inside.

-They fought? -Senior Madame

was so angry that

she beat Miss Jun.

The own mother of Young Master Fang

also beat her.

They were in a mess.

They're one family.

Why did

they fight?

I don't know.

I was too far away

to hear clearly what they said.

They seemed to say

"you harmed Chengyu."

Wasn't Young Master Fang killed

in a fire at the post?

Why is it

related to Miss Jun?

I don't know.

Go. Go. Go.

Go. Go. Go.

Go.

OK.

Grandma,

Chengyu is still alive.

Chengyu is still alive.

Chengyu

-is still alive? -He is still alive.

Grandma,

Chengyu and I made the plan in the capital city

to help him slip away.

But it happened suddenly,

so we had no time to discuss with you and aunt.

Grandma,

I must

put on the show

to the public.

Only in this way

can we make Chu Rang believe that

Chengyu is dead.

Where is Chengyu?

He is safe.

Don't worry.

His Lordship has sent him

to the North,

the domain of Lord Cheng.

But now

we can't communicate with him.

Grandma.

Grandma.

Senior Madame.

Mother.

I'm sorry

I slapped you in the face.

Never mind.

As long as it can

make Chu Rang believe that

Chengyu is dead.

Does it hurt?

No.

I made you angry.

It serves me right.

Silly girl.

Should I say you were smart

or cruel?

You even made yourself part of the plan

at the risk of being hurt.

Grandma,

calm down.

You two are so crazy

that you came up with the idea of playing dead.

Yes.

Your Ladyship,

both you and His Lordship were good at keeping secret.

I thought,

I thought Young Master was gone.

We had no choice in haste.

Grandma,

this is Zhu Zan,

son of Lord Cheng.

My respect, Senior Madame.

Don't stand on ceremony.

We couldn't inform you in time that

Chengyu is playing dead.

We really had no choice.

Please forgive us.

Senior Madame,

please take care.

You've overstated.

I should thank you.

Grand...

We haven't seen each other for over a year.

Don't you know how to call me?

Grandma.

Grandma.

Grandma.

It's great that you come back.

Don't cry.

It's great that you come back.

Grandma.

It's great that you come back.

Today I found His Lordship quite liked you.

You said your engagement was fake.

Is it still fake?

If he can always be there with you

no matter what happens,

I'll be relieved.

Grandma,

now

Chengyu can slip away by playing dead,

but the Fang family

is still in crisis.

Chu Rang will settle

the deal he made

with the Fang family back then.

So besides that seal,

did he leave anything else?

Grandma,

the emperor is unpredictable.

If you want to protect the Fang family completely and hinder Chu Rang,

the key lies in

that batch of silver.

Follow me.

This is the second time I've come in.

I was led here by your grandpa before he died

for the first time.

He told me all the secrets.

I haven't

dared to come in again.

The third year of the Taiyan period?

Yeah.

In the third year of the Taiyan period,

the Fang family

melt the silver

and cast it into

ordinary silver ingots.

The official silver became private one

and was kept here.

I never dared to use it.

Chu Rang plotted for years

even at the cost

of lives of three generations of men of the Fang family.

Now he restrained you with the imperial decree

and tried to do harm to you.

If grandpa didn't leave this batch of silver behind,

this matter

would never come to light.

We must obey

His Majesty,

but it depends on whether he is

qualified to be an emperor.

If he is unqualified to be an emperor,

he'll be punished.

Your grandfather wasn't innocent.

If I had known that

Deshengchang made a fortune

with this batch of silver,

I would have stopped him.

He killed the emperor's father indirectly

and was killed by others.

He got his just deserts.

Damn him!

But our Fang family doesn't have a day of peace.

Punishment.

Punishment.

This is a shame.

This is also

the will of God.

Grandfather.

Father.

I promise,

the truth

will soon come to light.

I'll justify for you.

Grandma,

I'm not Zhenzhen.

I'm Chu Jiuling.

You,

you're the princess.

You didn't die.

I didn't die.

We harmed you.

It was our fault.

We were greedy.

We're sinful.

It was our fault.

It was our fault.

Grandma, stand up.

We harmed you.

The Fang family

harmed you.

Grandma,

it wasn't your fault.

You don't owe me anything.

I was saved

by Zhenzhen.

I'm sorry, grandma.

I didn't tell you that before.

Grandma,

the Fang family has protected me

and you have treated me sincerely.

If you don't mind,

I'll always be Zhenzhen.

No wonder we couldn't find the clue.

It was hidden in the room of Senior Madame.

If Chu Rang hadn't

hidden the silver,

my grandfather and father

wouldn't have been involved.

Beiqi wouldn't have fought against us

for so many years.

Beiqi is ambitious.

Coveting our prosperity,

they fought all the way

to the capital city and took your grandfather away.

They even asked us to pay a large ransom.

This was

a shame.

Such a shame can only

be washed away by bloody wars.

Even if we had paid the ransom

and your grandfather came back,

Beiqi would still treat Tianyou

as sheep to be slaughtered

if Tianyou remains weak.

Therefore, Tianyou must be guarded

by those capable.

The silver

and the seal

are enough to prove

what Chu Rang did back then.

The Fang family has been having a funeral recently.

With so many people,

it's difficult to send the silver

back to the capital city without being noticed.

I know that.

So I've discussed with grandma.

When Deshengchang sends goods

to the capital city,

they'll send it together.

It's safer to do that.

Good idea.

It hurts. It hurts.

Will you stop hugging me

when you're tired of doing that?

Yes.

♫The wind and rain chill the night.♫

♫In lonely and cold autumn, the dream lasts long.♫

♫Beams of moonlight♫

♫shine beside me.♫

♫I'm not afraid of the long and arduous journey.♫

♫Tormented by lovesickness, we still need to move on.♫

♫Beside the window who is dressing up?♫

♫I will always remember♫

♫those old days and beautiful memories.♫

♫Don't be afraid to spend years in love and hate.♫

♫The human world is cold,♫

♫where partings and reunions are common.♫

♫The past story♫

♫is like a dream in the old times.♫

♫Turning back and looking at each other,♫

♫we find that life is pretty long.♫

♫Don't forget what I used to be.♫

That's impossible.

You know what,

my parents

often talk with each other

hugging like this at home.

They said

as they hug each other,

their hearts

get closer.

I really envy of

your parents.

They always love each other.

We'll always love each other, too.

No matter how long it is,

I'll

always

love

you.

As Chengyu escaped by playing dead,

it's time to deal with Deshengchang.

But with dozens of

Deshengchang shops in the country,

how can we

deal with them?

Divide

and reduce gradually.

You mean divide it up.

Yes.

Divide Deshengchang into three parts.

The bigger the noise, the better.

What people like most

is the secret story of a family feud.

Storytellers love it, too.

Before long,

the separation of the Fang family

will cause a sensation in Zezhou.

The more attention the Fang family gets,

the safer it will be.

OK.

Just do what Jiuling said.

But I'm afraid that

Jinxiu needs to act as a villain.

As long as I can protect the Fang family,

I don't mind that.

Butler Gao.

Butler Gao,

something happened.

Calm down. What's it?

Lady Yuxiu closed shops.

Closed shops?

I was just in the Fang family.

Old Master didn't mention that.

She just

closed the dozen shops

she managed before.

The rest Deshengchang shops

are doing business as usual.

Butler Gao.

Butler Gao,

go check it.

Lady Jinxiu went to the county government office

to beat the yamen drum and appeal for justice.

She said she will ask His Excellency County Magistrate

to help recover her share of property.

Go and check it.

It's a big deal!

She is beating the drum.

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

How serious the lawsuit is?

Who is she going to sue?

This is Lady Jinxiu of the Fang family, right?

Yes.

Who is she going to sue by beating the drum?

Didn't you notice?

The gate hasn't open yet.

She's suing the Fang family,

her grandma and mother.

How ungrateful!

I'm ungrateful?

I started learning accounting at 6

and working in the bank at 8.

I was too short,

so I stood on chairs

to study on the account.

For more than ten years,

I had never dared to slack off,

let alone playing games

like other girls did,

because we were told to shoulder

the business and responsibility

of the Fang family in childhood.

You think

as the eldest daughter of the Fang family,

I can live

a rich life.

But who I envy most is Sanya,

who sells tofu jelly at the entrance of West Street.

As long as she sells tofu jelly for half a day,

she can go fishing happily

with a basket by the river,

but we can't.

The whole family relies on us.

We don't dare to relax at all.

It's hard for them.

When their peers

were still spoiled by their mothers,

they began to shoulder all this for their brother

and had shouldered it for over a decade.

It's difficult.

It's hard.

Fang Jinxiu,

you bastard.

Don't make a fool of yourself here.

Don't talk nonsense.

Go home now.

It isn't nonsense.

I'm telling the truth.

Chengyu was weak since childhood.

You asked me and Yuxiu to support the family business.

You asked us to refuse others' proposal

and recruit a husband at home.

You know

what kind of man

I can recruit.

A decent man

doesn't want to be a live-in son-in-law.

Now we're getting old.

For Chengyu,

Yuxiu and I

accepted that.

But,

but Chengyu is dead now.

Shouldn't we divide

Deshengchang?

Fang Jinxiu,

how dare you mention that as a girl!

Who instigated you

to do such an evil thing?

Grandma,

Madame,

frankly speaking,

I've worked

for the Fang family for 10 years.

During which,

Deshengchang has kept growing

and developing.

Is it not our credit?

What's wrong with us

getting back the property

we've earned?

Ladies and gentlemen,

do you think

it's unreasonable for me to ask for

property from my family

as a daughter?

Are we ineligible

to inherit the family business?

Yes.

Yes. Yes.

You're eligible.

A daughter is eligible to inherit the family business.

OK.

Now that you've made it a mess,

the life can't go on.

From now on,

the Fang family

is divided.

Just say what you want to say.

It's unhealthy

to bottle it up.

Well,

the Fang family got together

for wealth.

Now

they're separated by wealth.

Do you think it's fate?

I tend to believe that

man is the master of his own fate.

Look.

After meeting you,

their fates

have been changed.

Chengyu survives.

The Fang family isn't harmed secretly by Chu Rang.

And

we decided

what is happening now.

No need to worry.

What matters

is man,

but not money.

Man is the master of his own fate.

It's getting late.

Let's go.

Jiuling.

Nothing.

Jiuling.

What's wrong?

Just want to call you.

Come on.

Jiuling. Jiuling. Jiuling.

What's wrong with you today?

I like your name,

so

I called you for more several times.

And you're a doctor.

If anything goes wrong with me,

you have to save me.

Dr. Jun,

check me, OK?

I think you are terminally ill

and incurable.

That's great.

Thus, you'll always stay with me

and heal me all this life.

Only you can

heal me.

Really?

Let's go.

When he was buried,

the women of the Fang family cried sadly and loudly.

They said it was unfair

as nobody would carry on the Fang family.

I don't think they could

pretend to be so sad.

By the way,

a few days after the burial,

the Fang family was divided.

What?

Those women

in the Fang family,

young and old,

caused a big scandal.

Don't worry, Your Majesty.

Those women in the Fang family

can't cause great trouble.

OK.

Did Zhu Zan and Jun Jiuling

come back?

A few days after the burial,

His Lordship came back

with Jun Jiuling.

Your Majesty,

Commander Lu wants to see you.

Let him in.

Where are they now?

Your Excellency,

after passing Xin'an,

Miss Jun and His Lordship

separated from the convoy.

His Lordship shook our men off.

We don't know

where he is now.

But I think that servant girl Liu'er

can get to the capital city

in three days.

Both of them can ride,

so they should arrive today.

Commander Lu,

His Majesty wants to meet you.

Please.

Your Majesty,

I just intercepted a secret letter

sent by Lord Cheng to the North.

Please read it.

What?

A secret letter to the North?

Yes.

He hasn't given up yet.

He is still pointing fingers

at the affairs in the North.

Does he,

does he think

he is necessary

to the court?

My right eyelid

has been twitching recently.

I can't sleep well at night.

I don't know what's wrong.

Well,

of all the civil and military officials

kneeling before me every day,

I can't tell

who do that

with sincerity.

Just go.

I want to be alone.

Yes.

When you saw your grave just now,

what did you think?

Come have a look. Flower umbrellas.

Come have a look.

Flower umbrellas.

I'm afraid few people in the world

can see

their own graves like me.

I don't know

when I can tear it down.

Soon,

because I'm here.

When I put northern manjusaka

in front of your tomb,

where did you hide?

I was right behind you,

in a corner you couldn't see.

When seeing me come all the way

to send you a bunch of flowers,

were you moved?

I wanted to

rush up and beat you up.

It's a kind of precious medicinal material,

but you wasted it

for the blossoming moment.

The flower

is medicinal material to you,

because you're a doctor.

But to me,

it was a promise.

Is it beautiful?

Yes.

Really?

I'll take you to the North

to see the sea of flowers.

That's really beautiful.

We'll be busy in the North.

Busy?

Why?

Think about it.

You said you'll

enjoy sea of flowers,

starry sky and grassland with me.

You...

Have you forgotten it?

No.

It's here.

In the future,

wherever you want to go,

I'll be there

and go with you.

We'll experience suffering together

and see

great mountains and rivers together.

Keep your promise.

What's wrong?

What's this?

Come here.

Conduct yourself.

You always

fooled me.

It's my turn today.

Young people now are...

Sanbing,

they're at the gate,

but they don't go in

and sit here.

We know it.

We know it clearly.

I told you not to pick me up.

If we hadn't come,

we would have missed the wonderful scene.

Get down to business.

Is there any news?

There is still no news from the North.

Lord Cheng has made several secret reports,

but he hasn't got a reply.

Is Earl of Qinghe going to launch an attack?

We've sent someone to the North

to get information,

but it may not be so soon.

Be patient.

That's all we can do.

It's not convenient to negotiate here.

Let's go back to the mansion first.

OK.

Jiuling,

where will you go, Jiuling Drugstore

or my home?

Jiuling Drugstore.

Go discuss business

with Lord Cheng.

OK,

or I'll have no place to sleep.

How can you say that?

Come on.

Can such an indecent thing

be discussed in public now?

Is it indecent?

We're talking something serious.

Miss Jun just said

she'll sprawl all over the bed

when sleeping,

so there is no space for you.

He means

if I go home with him,

he needs to sleep in the guest room.

I see.

I believe that.

I believe that.

Go.

Go.

I do believe that.

You...

Miss Jun and you are great.

Your Excellency,

shall we take action?

Of course,

but not now.

Mother,

I'm back.

You're back, Zan.

Where is father?

He was summoned to the palace by His Majesty early in the morning

and hasn't come back yet.

What for?

Nothing else

but retiring from office

to be a person not concerned.

Is it not enough to give up the military power?

Must he resign

from the court?

His Majesty, but not us

has the final say.

Lord Cheng,

do you admit your guilt?

No.

You secretly ordered the officers and soldiers

to discord with Beiqi

and incited them to conflict with Beiqi.

Don't you admit that?

Is that true?

Yes.

I've always

done this.

I don't know the secret letter Your Majesty is talking about,

but I always told the officers and soldiers in the North

to always

guard against Beiqi.

I've been dealing with Beiqi all my life.

I know their nature.

Offering kindness

won't make them surrender.

If they offer kindness,

it must be out of wild ambition.

We can't cede our territory

even by an inch.

If we cede the three counties,

we'll lose more counties.

It's easy to make peace now,

but it'll be cruel to fight in the future.

Your Majesty,

the situation today

is more critical than that before.

Your Majesty, please rectify military affairs

and strictly guard against Beiqi.

We can't be gentle

to them at all.

If they attack us,

we must fight back.

I see.

Lord Cheng has always disagreed with the peace talk.

Your Majesty,

in the war against us,

Beiqi gathered troops

and spent a lot.

Now we should go on

dampening their spirit.

Don't give them a chance to breathe.

Your Majesty,

don't always

give in to Beiqi.

Your Majesty,

let alone the border dispute caused by the disagreement

between the officers and soldiers and Beiqi,

the secret order means that

Lord Cheng

is still running the army privately

against your order.

Lord Cheng boasts of his prowess in battle,

but he ignores the policy of defending inside and making an empty show of strength outside.

He is greedy and warlike.

We've lost tens of thousands

of soldiers in Beiqi

and suffered great economic losses.

Luckily, with the peace talk,

the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

But he still wants to fight.

Is he going to send

Tianyou to Beiqi?

Your Majesty,

since Lord Cheng returned to the capital city,

I've received many memorials

from officials in the North.

They put pressure on the court

and ignored the government officials' orders.

Earl of Qinghe can do nothing in the North.

Officials agree outwardly but disagree inwardly.

Your Majesty,

as long as Lord Cheng is still there,

the border will never be peaceful.

Your Majesty,

please remove Lord Cheng

from the military service

and punish him

for his abuse of power

and action without authorization.

♫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♫