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 39

Anhuamen

Hurry up.

Move all the stones here.

Stop them from getting up here.

Hurry up. Hurry up.

Protect His Excellency Ning.

Go.

Chen Qi

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Jiurong, don't be afraid.

I'm not afraid.

Jiurong, don't be afraid.

Jiurong, don't be afraid.

I'm not afraid.

Kill the enemy.

Everyone can do it!

I'm not afraid.

General.

Bad news from the court.

Please return to the court immediately.

If we leave now,

all our previous efforts would be in vain.

I won't go back

until we occupy their capital city.

His Majesty passed away.

Please go back right now.

How come?

General,

His Majesty was assassinated.

Second Prince has withdrawn once learning this.

Lord Cheng

and Earl of Qinghe

have led troops south for supporting their army.

General,

if we fight alone against them,

we would face great casualties.

General,

the state should be always governed by a ruler.

If you don't go back,

I'm afraid the princes will fight against each other for the throne.

Please help me back to the court

to take charge of the overall situation.

Withdraw.

Everybody, listen!

Your emperor has been killed by me.

Our reinforcements

have surrounded the army of King Dapeng.

Surrender now.

The capital city was secured?

Yes, Your Majesty.

What a surprise!

Tell me

how it was secured?

Zhu Zan

assassinated the emperor of Beiqi.

In addition,

Lord Cheng

and Earl of Qinghe led troops to rush for help.

The Beiqi army was defeated.

Zhu Shan committed the crime of treason.

This matter

has already spread all over the state.

But now,

he leads troops

to secure the capital city.

How will

my people think of him?

Your Majesty,

he was accused for treason

by Minister Huang.

The evidence

was also presented by Minister Huang.

You just

trust Minister Huang.

Besides,

you also gave Lord Cheng the opportunity

and summoned him back to explain the matter.

It was Lord Cheng who insisted on not returning

but disobeyed the decrees and fled away.

A lot of misunderstanding

leads to the current situation.

It can't be said that it's your responsibility.

Now Minister Huang's missing.

Maybe

he had a guilty conscience

and had already run away

by taking the opportunity to leave for negotiation.

Huang Cheng's missing?

Yes.

If it's

really like what you said,

I might

believe a villain

and have wronged Lord Cheng.

This is a big mistake.

I left the capital city to avoid disaster.

This matter

is known to all.

At present,

the capital city has been secured.

In your opinion,

next,

how can I go back?

Your Majesty.

Dr. Jun and Prince Xian explained to the public that

before Beiqi besieged the capital city,

Your Majesty departed

to the imperial mausoleum to commit sin

for the war between the two states

that brings disasters to the people

and to apologize to the ancestors.

Unexpectedly,

the capital city was besieged by Beiqi

before you returned.

Although

you couldn't return,

you were

always concerned about the capital city.

What's more,

you also commanded Zhu Zan

to assassinate the emperor of Beiqi

and ordered Lord Cheng and Earl of Qinghe

to lead army back to the capital city

for defense.

They really said this?

Yes.

Your Majesty.

A state should always be governed by a ruler.

Now that the difficulties in the capital city have been solved,

you'd better go back as soon as possible

to preside over the overall situation.

All people,

get prepared for returning to capital city.

We'll leave early tomorrow morning.

Yes.

Lu Yunqi.

Stay behind.

Your Majesty.

In your opinion,

Jun Jiuling

did this for what?

I

don't understand what you mean.

Prince Xian said so

naturally is for my good.

But why did

Jun Jiuling say so?

Perhaps

she was begging for mercy for Lord Cheng.

No.

I feel more and more

this woman

is not that simple.

She released Prince Huai.

What Prince Huai said in the street,

like "I'm with you.

The court makes you suffer"

must be taught by her.

Did you hear that?

These words

are obviously alluding to me.

This woman

can incite the whole people in the capital

to defend the city with her.

I guess in the future,

she might be able to incite all people

to do something else with her.

Kill her.

Yes,

Your Majesty.

Minister Lu.

His Majesty

wants to kill her?

Yes.

You promised him?

I can't resist the imperial decree.

When will you take actions?

You can't help her.

What about the two of us?

Ning Yunzhao,

do you know what you're talking about?

I know.

You want to save her

at all costs?

This is

not wrong.

But it's just a little narrow.

What I want

is a peaceful and prosperous state governed by a wise emperor who is supported by good ministers.

I see.

You're hiding the imperial seal

for this?

You should have guessed it.

So you haven't exposed me.

Who is the wise emperor in your heart?

The late emperor died of illness.

Prince Huai is supposed to ascend the throne.

This is the orthodoxy.

I see.

When is His Majesty going to act?

After he awards her in the hall.

♫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♫

Jiuling.

You are awake.

Be careful.

Be careful.

I'm back. I'm back.

I'm back alive.

You're back.

I'm back.

I'm back alive.

Are you all right?

Did you get hurt?

No.

No.

Why is everyone here?

What happened to me?

You defended the city so hard

with nervousness.

When you relaxed at once after the victory,

your body can't bear it.

Sister Jun,

you finally woke up.

Your Highness,

you were very brave on the ramparts.

You gave me the courage.

Thank you

for protecting me like that.

Forget it.

Dr. Jun.

You've done so much.

Why did you leave all the credit

to His Majesty?

If I didn't do this,

he wouldn't come back.

It's time

to end something.

But

all people in the capital city had seen Jiurong.

When His Majesty comes back,

how would he treat Jiurong?

The capital can be secured

because of your great efforts.

I thank you

on behalf of the Chu family.

I'm also happy that

I can guard our family.

Lady Flower,

Lady Grass,

Lady Stone,

and Lady Earth.

Which lady comes

and which lady goes?

Lady Flower,

Lady Grass,

Lady Stone,

and Lady Earth.

Which lady comes…

Jiuling.

What are you doing?

Sister.

I'm looking for Lady Worm.

You know what

-Lady Worm is? -It's dirty.

Come.

As a princess,

you should behave yourself.

Look how dirty you are.

Father will scold you if he sees this.

How boring is

to behave every day.

As descendants of the royal family,

we should behave ourselves.

Sister,

I don't want to behave myself.

I want to go out for fun.

Jiuling.

What did you just read?

It's very melodious.

How about

reading it to me again?

Okay.

Lady Flower,

Lady Grass.

Lady Stone,

and Lady Earth.

Which lady comes

and which lady goes?

Which lady comes

and which lady goes?

Lady Red,

Lady White,

Lady Yellow…

Sister,

it's the Lady Worm!

Jiuling.

What's that?

Lady Worm, sister.

Look.

Don't come here.

Sister.

Sister, look.

Jiuling, don't come here.

Sister, don't be afraid.

I don't like insects.

Don't be afraid.

Sister.

You're Jiuling.

Sister.

Since you scolded me last time,

I've never played with Lady Worm again.

But,

but why are your face and voice

changed totally?

It's a long story.

In short,

without the help of Mr. Jun and his daughter,

I wouldn't be able

to see you again.

Jiurong.

Come here.

Second sister.

You are back.

Jiurong.

You're back finally.

Are you really my second sister?

It's me.

I'm back.

Second sister.

Don't cry.

Shouldn't we laugh?

Tell me.

You're still alive.

Why didn't you tell us the truth earlier?

Life has been difficult for you

since you married into Lu Yunqi.

How could I

make it harder for you?

Moreover,

my name Jiuling

has roused Lu Yunqi's suspicions.

He's been staring at me in the dark.

So I didn't want to show flaws.

In fact, I'd been looking for a chance

to confess everything to you and Jiurong.

You bear so much alone.

As your sister,

I really feel sorry.

I'm sorry.

We are each other's most important family.

So,

from now on,

don't bear so much alone.

Let us

face everything together.

OK?

Yes,

sister.

Jiuling.

You're going to the palace tomorrow.

Are you nervous?

After waiting so long,

I finally wait for this moment to expose the truth.

God is fair.

You will get what you want.

Chengyu came back with me.

To prevent him

being recognized in Jiuling Drugstore,

I arranged him

to settle in the Sky Pavilion.

How's he now? Is he okay?

He's fine.

Going through so many things,

he has matured a great deal.

After going through so many things,

everyone of us has matured a lot.

I'm not that Chu Jiuling anymore.

This is not a bad thing.

This is growth.

But you're still the same.

You're still my Jiuling.

This hasn't changed.

Is it dangerous to assassinate the emperor of Beiqi?

Not at all.

I went and left there freely.

I haven't had any injuries.

Really?

I can risk everything to ensure

the well-being of the people in our state, including my life.

If it were you,

you would do the same.

If you take another risk in the future,

remember that

I'm worried about you.

These days when you were away,

♫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♫

♫Despite the rumors, I firmly believe you♫

♫When I meet you again, I fall in love for you♫

♫This kiss is our promise to be together forever, in life or death♫

♫When you call me again, my loneliness is cured♫

♫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♫

♫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♫

I realized how much I missed you

and how much I was afraid to lose you.

I often wondered

when I could hear from you

and when

you could come back to me.

I recalled the scene

of our meeting for thousands of times.

Every time I told myself

if you really came back,

I would hold your hand tight forever

and never let go.

Jiuling.

Do you know how much I missed you?

Every time you were not with me,

I felt quite empty.

I wondered what you were doing.

I was thinking

when you were bored,

whether there was anyone making you happy.

I was thinking when you were bullied

or wronged,

what you would do without me by your side.

When assassinating the emperor of Beiqi,

my only faith in surviving was you.

Jiuling.

I organized many words

to tell you the moment I see you.

But I,

I didn't know what to say.

I love you.

I didn't hear it.

Say it again.

I love you.

I didn't hear it.

Say it again.

I love you!

Jiuling.

Summon

Lord Cheng, Zhu Shan,

Earl of Qinghe, Zou Jiang,

son of Lord Cheng, Zhu Zan

and County Princess Shanyang, Jun Jiuling,

to the hall.

My respect, Your Majesty.

Stand up.

This battle

devastated Beiqi.

It's so gratifying.

Lord Cheng

has worked hard and performed a valuable service.

You made a great merit.

So did Earl of Qinghe.

With good generals

like you in the court,

I am very relieved.

County Princess Shanyang also did a lot of things.

Very good.

You are smart

and decisive

and care about the people.

You set a good example

for all other women.

I am determined

to confer you the title

of Princess Shanyang.

Princess,

promise it

and thank His Majesty for kindness.

Your Majesty.

I have something to report.

My father's act of protecting the state

is enough to prove

that the accusation of treason

is merely slander

and frame-up for him.

I surely

trust

Lord Cheng.

But

there are thousands of people in the state.

I

have to get enough evidence

to appease the hearts of the people

as well as

the officers and soldiers in the army.

However,

Huang Cheng

ran away

via the excuse of peace-talk negotiation.

Until now,

he is still missing.

Don't worry.

I

have arranged men to arrest him.

When he is arrested and taken back,

I

will do justice

to Lord Cheng.

Lord Cheng,

you should

understand

this matter.

I understand,

Your Majesty.

Princess Jiuli

and Prince Huai come.

We are late.

Please forgive us, Your Majesty.

You brother and sister

helped to guard the capital city.

You are really

the descendants of my brother

and the glory of the Chu family.

We're flattered.

How could we abandon the city

and flee in the face of the attack of enemy?

Prince Huai and I

chose to try our best to resist them.

We're flattered.

Go.

Brother.

Brother.

Go.

It's Prime Minister Huang.

Kneel down.

Brother.

You know what?

This old man

was almost killed by Beiqi soldiers.

Outside the city,

he said everywhere

he knew Yu Chihai

and begged to meet him.

But those soldiers of Beiqi

just took him as a joke.

When they were about to kill him,

coincidentally,

my bodyguards arrived there

and saved him.

Your Majesty.

I was wronged.

I was wronged.

Huang Cheng,

how dare you

collude with enemy country

and bring chaos to the court!

Your Majesty.

I…

Shut up.

Take him away.

Wait a moment.

Your Majesty.

Huang Cheng is now in the hall.

And I

haven't proved my innocence yet.

If we can't make

things clear in the court,

I'm afraid it's hard to reassure the people.

Making things clear

to prove my innocence

is a move to convince the court.

I led thousands of soldiers to fight in the North for several years.

As for whether I had a rebellious heart

or I maintained the army and defied orders,

the officers and soldiers have their own judgment in their hearts.

If you understate it like this,

it would disappoint my heart

and all the hearts of officers and soldiers.

By then, Your Majesty's grace and regime stability

will also be damaged.

I ask for a confrontation in the court.

I agree.

Me, too.

I agree.

I agree.

Me, too.

Me, too.

I agree.

Huang Cheng.

Answer me.

Did you really fabricate facts

to frame Lord Cheng up

for rebellion?

Your Majesty.

I,

I nourished personal hatred

for Lord Cheng.

I can't let go that

his son Zhu Zan

killed my son Ziqing.

Therefore,

I waited for an opportunity to revenge him.

Please forgive me, Lord Cheng.

Bastard!

How dare you do such a thing!

Hand him over to the Supreme court

to interrogate him carefully.

Brother, wait a minute.

The oldster colluded with the enemy and betrayed our state

and framed up loyal ministers.

According to the court law,

he should be executed

to uphold the fundamental principles of administration.

Please make a decision.

Prince Xian said

you colluded with the enemy and betrayed the state.

Huang Cheng,

do you admit it?

Your Majesty.

I was wronged.

Huang Cheng.

You colluded with Yu Chihai privately

and went to Beiqi for shelter.

Prince Xian's people have seen it.

How did I treat you?

I trust you so much.

Hand him to the Ministry of Punishments.

Choose a day

and execute him.

This, this, this…

Execute him?

Your Majesty.

You're vicious.

Have you forgotten what happened in the third year of the Taiyuan period?

Take him away.

Wait.

Huang Cheng.

What happened

in the third year of the Taiyuan period?

Answer me.

Huang Cheng.

What are you afraid of?

What happened in the third year of the Taiyuan period?

Can't we know it?

Your Majesty.

If I remember correctly,

the only big event happening

in the third year of the Taiyuan period

was that Beiqi received the ransom

but broke its words

and killed the emperor's father

and the princes.

Huang Cheng.

What on earth happened

in the third year of the Taiyuan period?

Say.

Is someone

in the hall scaring you

so you dare not say it?

Say it boldly.

I,

will do the justice for you.

Do you think you can survive without talking?

What happened exactly

in the third year of the Taiyuan period?

Answer me!

I can tell what happened

in the third year of the Taiyuan period.

Is Your Majesty wondering

why I am here?

If that day

I left later,

I would really die in the fire

started by you.

What?

How dare you!

I, Fang Chengyu,

came to thank you on behalf of the Fang family.

Thank you

for your trust.

In the third year of the Taiyuan period,

you handed that batch of silver

over to the Fang family.

Deshengchang prospered

due to this.

Nonsense!

That batch of silver

had been delivered to Zezhou by me.

These must be fake.

The third year of the Taiyuan period.

Imperial treasury.

This is not counterfeit.

This is the only batch of silver made

by the court in the third year of the Taiyuan period.

It was supposed to be shipped to Zezhou

to redeem the emperor's father.

It seems that Beiqi

didn't break its words

to kill the emperor's father

after receiving the ransom.

They killed him because this batch of silver

wasn't shipped to Zezhou at all.

♫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♫