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[Unchained Love]

[Episode 32]

[Deer's Reed Residence]

[Permeating Fragrance]

Xiao Duo.

Zhuo Ying.

I have something important to tell you.

While His Majesty is recovering from injury,

he won't have the energy to think about us.

I've already started preparing in the meantime.

But it will need a bit more time.

Be it the route we leave by,

or what will become of my men at Zhaoding Bureau,

I'll need to work something out.

We'll leave

once I'm done dealing with all those.

Really?

I'm afraid your life together with me

will be difficult in the future.

Then you can follow me instead.

At worst, I'll just change

my aspiration of bumming around

and be more hardworking.

In the future, with every mouthful of rice I get,

I'll feed you a mouthful of rice too.

That's good.

It's a deal then.

By the way,

I packed some things for our journey.

Have a look to see if we're still missing anything.

This is what you meant by

'packed some things'?

I've already sent away

most of our possessions.

These are just some money we'll bring as travel expenses.

We can only pack lightly this time,

so it's a little shabby.

You'll have to suffer for a bit.

As long as I can be with you,

this bit of suffering

is bearable for me.

You're blinded by money.

Instead of hugging these inanimate things,

you might as well come hug me.

He is in the imperial prison.

Do you want to visit him?

He is guilty of treason, which is punishable by death.

I'm afraid this meeting

might be your last time seeing him.

With things like this now,

he won't want to see me.

I don't want to see him either.

Those knee pads you were rushing to make,

who are they for then?

I-

I made them for you.

I'm young and strong.

I don't need that.

Since you've made it, give them to him.

Don't waste your effort.

Your legs can't be exposed to the cold.

The imperial prison is cold and dark.

These knee pads

are for you.

You unfilial girl.

You ruined me,

and ruined the Bu family.

The Bu family was so illustrious back then.

But it gradually went into decline

in my generation,

and was looked down upon by others.

I joined the Prince of Nanyuan

so that I could

earn credit by supporting the future ruler

and regain the glory of our family.

But all this,

all this was ruined by you.

You are my blood-related daughter.

But yet, instead of being grateful,

you chose to help others,

and ruined all my years of careful planning.

Do you think that

I, as your daughter,

have let you down?

In my heart,

you have let me down

as a father too.

As father and daughter, we're not too different from each other.

Unfilial wench!

I was wrong.

I was wrong to have

birthed a child like you!

Father.

Let me tell you a joke.

When I entered the palace,

I kept having the same dream.

In my dream,

on the day I entered the palace,

you were following me from a distance

behind my sedan.

You were calling my name

and we travelled like that for a long while.

Just like before,

you were still calling me Zhuo Ying,

and I was still calling you Father.

But I know

you didn't come on the day I entered the palace.

Be it me,

or Bu Yinge,

we're both just

pawns for your plot for power.

I too once wished,

I wished that you could

love me and dote on me

like a normal father,

even if it was just for a moment.

But I know

there is never a time that that will happen.

Isn't it funny?

As father and daughter,

we are the closest, but yet the most distant.

In this life,

I can only go this far with you.

From now on,

I won't dream about anything anymore.

I hope you'll feel comfortable wearing these knee pads.

If you don't like it,

just throw it away.

Zhuo Ying will leave now.

I'm afraid

I won't have the chance to visit you again.

Take care.

Zhuo Ying.

Leave.

It's better that you leave.

Don't ever come back

to this Imperial City again.

Fang Jiang.

I really

have no home now.

You have a home.

I'll take you home.

[Deer's Reed Residence]

Your Majesty, be careful.

Say it again.

Your Majesty got hit by falling rocks,

and seriously injured your lower body.

You will not be able to

have children in the future.

-Your Majesty. -Brother.

Liar!

Drag him out and behead him!

Your Majesty, please spare my life.

Your Majesty, be careful.

You should not!

Your humble servant, Xiao Duo, greets Your Majesty.

Xiao Duo.

Xiao Duo, you must help me.

You must help me.

Does Your Majesty want

the whole world to know about this?

No, this...

This news cannot leak out.

You just need to focus on recovering.

I will make sure that everything is in place

so that this can be covered up.

Okay.

We can't keep any of these people.

We need to kill them all.

Your Majesty.

Right now, you still need

the imperial physicians to nurse you back to health.

And you need the palace servants around to take care of you.

Don't worry, with me around,

no one will dare to gossip.

Fine. I'll listen to you.

-Yes. -Your Majesty.

Please get up first. Come.

Leave us.

I am in this situation

all thanks to Yuwen Liangshi.

I'm going to crush him into pieces

to vent my anger.

Also,

that Yuwen Liangxu.

I want him to die.

I'm going to sentence every member of the Yuwen clan

to death by slow slicing.

Your Majesty.

Indeed, they do deserve death.

But the Yuwen family

is quite popular among the people in West Shu.

If the Yuwen clan is overthrown,

I'm afraid there will be chaos in West Shu.

Why don't we keep them

to stabilize West Shu?

This will speak to your benevolence and reputation

and also secure the hearts of the people and the country.

Fine.

I can spare them from the death penalty,

but I'll make sure they pay for it even if they are alive.

Yuwen Liangxu

will be demoted to a commoner

and be imprisoned in the capital forever.

Yes.

Thank you.

The Prince of Nanyuan and I

were constantly at odds with each other.

But yet I can't ignore his last request

before he died.

However,

this is the most that I can do.

But for Young Prince Yuwen,

being demoted to a commoner

is not the worst punishment.

I know.

[Fine Court of the Xiao Residence]

What are you doing here?

Leave.

I just learned to cook porridge.

Try it.

Don't say it's not good.

I told you to leave.

I know you don't want to see me.

I'll leave now.

I just hope

you won't make it hard for yourself.

At that time...

I just wanted to stop my brother.

I didn't expect him to die.

I was the one who caused his death.

It's not your fault.

Even if you didn't show up,

and you didn't come to save me,

by choosing to rebel,

your brother had already embarked on

a road of no return.

I know, I know.

But every time I see you,

I think of my brother.

I don't know how to face you.

I have no choice.

Wanwan.

Leave.

I beg you.

Leave.

Don't come again.

Do you not

want to see me at all anymore?

Okay.

I understand.

I won't bother you again.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I can never

leave this place for the rest of my life.

I can't drag you down.

[Shadows of Bamboo Swaying in the Wind]

That's the situation now.

Zhuo Ying and I must leave.

Whether you all leave or stay,

it's up to you.

I'm your godson.

Obviously I will go

wherever you and Godmother go.

How can a family be separated?

Right, honey?

I'll go

wherever Mistress goes.

Qilang will also go with you.

All our men have also given their opinion,

they all agree too.

If it wasn't for the fact that we had to feed ourselves back then,

who would have come to Zhaoding Bureau?

We've been risking our lives for so many years.

How many of our men have died or gotten injured?

We are tired. At least if we follow you,

we will still have hope.

If you leave,

there will really be no hope for us

if we stay here.

Since you've made up your mind,

I'll take care of the rest.

Cao Chun'ang.

I need to go out for a bit.

Help me watch

the situation at Deer's Reed Residence for a while.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

What are you looking at?

I'm not looking.

Are you all

laughing at me inside

thinking that I'm a useless person?

I dare not.

I deserve to die.

I deserve to die.

I deserve to die.

You don't have to die.

Life is so precious.

Guards!

Dig out their eyes

for me.

Yes.

I was wrong.

Your Majesty, please spare us.

Your Majesty, please spare us.

Young Prince Yuwen is demoted to a commoner.

For the rest of his life,

he can only be trapped within

the confines of where His Majesty allows him to be.

What will happen to me and Xiao Duo?

Can we really escape?

Your Highness!

Your Highness! Bad news!

Bad news!

The maids in the room

offended His Majesty.

His Majesty wants to dig their eyes out.

Your Majesty, please spare me.

Stop!

Stop! Stop!

There are too many people here.

Let them leave.

Yes, Your Highness.

Leave.

Leave now.

Hurry up.

Your Highness, let me do it.

Sun Taiqing.

Who let her come here?

Your Majesty, please calm down first.

I know,

many things have happened recently,

and you are upset.

But the future of Great Ye

lies in your hands.

You need to take care

and rest well to recover.

[Deer's Reed Residence]

Greetings, Master and Mistress.

For matters like taking care of the master,

you can leave it to me from now on.

You don’t have to, Chief Xiao.

Her Highness is concerned about His Majesty,

and insisted on

serving His Majesty personally.

Your Majesty.

The Imperial Hospital came up with

a new prescription that is better suited for you.

Since Her Highness wants to

serve His Majesty personally,

why don't we get Her Highness

to brew the new medicine for His Majesty?

I'll brew it.

[Prescription]

Bastard.

What new prescription?

Isn't it just the old prescription

written in reverse now?

Your Highness was so quick to

rush to the Emperor's side to serve him.

I guess brewing this medicine

is no big deal for you either.

These cherries look familiar.

They look rather like

the ones I sent over to you.

Don't all cherries

look the same?

How can you even tell?

This medicine isn't brewed well.

Don't make trouble for me.

If you piss me off, I...

What are you going to do?

I...

Since it's a new prescription,

we should be more careful.

According to the rules in the palace,

for the first time brewing any medicine,

you will need to brew ten pots to practice.

Ten pots?

Why haven't I heard of this?

Who set the rule?

Tell him to come out.

I just set it.

It's not that

I willingly went over today.

At first, His Majesty lost his temper,

and wanted to dig out the eyes of all the maids in the room.

So much blood,

how scary would that have been?

I know I was wrong.

I know you did it for my own good.

If anything happens in the future,

I'll discuss with you in advance.

I won't act on my own.

Don't be angry.

His Majesty just suffered a huge shock,

and his mood is unstable.

You'd better stay away from him.

After you send the medicine in later,

don't go to his room again.

If anything happens,

just get me to go over and deal with it.

Then...can you reduce the number of pots of medicine I have to brew?

No.

I said ten pots,

not a single pot less.

If I don't punish you, you won't learn your lesson.

Have you learnt your lesson?

Of course, of course I've learnt my lesson.

I'll brew it faster.

The smoke is getting into my eyes and nose.

Your Majesty, slow down.

Your Majesty.

Sun Taiqing.

Slow down.

Why does it still hurt so much?

Your Majesty.

You'll be fine after a few more days.

Slow down.

It's so hard.

Slow down.

Here.

Your Majesty.

They do say that one's true colors come out in times of crisis.

Look at Her Highness.

She's been taking such good care of you.

Whenever something happens to you,

she will rush over immediately.

As long as Her Highness is here,

Your Majesty,

You will definitely get better.

Yes.

I...

won't make her worry anymore.

Neither will I force her anymore.

Nothing else matters.

Because no matter what happens,

I just need her by my side.

I want to

treat her well.

Because she and I

still have a whole lifetime to live.

Here, Your Majesty.

Let me help you lie down.

You-

Don't move. Let me do it.

[Lifelong Learning]

Sun Taiqing!

Sun Taiqing!

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, slow down.

You haven't recovered yet.

Where's Yinlou?

Your Majesty, it's late.

Your Highness must be asleep.

If you need her,

I'll go get Her Highness

for you.

No need.

Don't disturb her.

I just want to see her.

Come on.

Put on my shoes for me.

I'll go check on her.

That won't do, Your Majesty.

It's fine.

Don't come along with me.

I want to go see her myself.

Your Majesty, slow down.

It's fine. It's fine.

I won't

make her worry anymore.

Neither will I force her anymore.

Nothing else matters.

Because no matter what happens,

I just need her by my side.

I want to

treat her well.

Because she and I

still have a whole lifetime to live.

Yinlou.

Yinlou?

Yinlou?

Who upset you?

Take me away.

I can't stand it anymore.

What's wrong?

Every day,

I tell myself repeatedly that

it's not wrong for me to be with you.

I didn't mean

to lie to others either.

But so what?

No matter how much I was forced,

or how much of it was out of my control,

the fact is that I still lied to many people.

Especially His Majesty.

I don't want to be like this.

I want to be with you

openly and proudly.

But when I'm with you,

I can't be open nor proud at all.

Tell me,

was it wrong of us after all?

The world is unfair, and people are like scoundrels.

Even if we were in the wrong,

a world like this

has no right to judge us.

The world is constantly changing and evolving.

Who knows if the world after many years

will be different from today?

Maybe after a hundred or a thousand years,

there will be

a completely different era.

By then,

there will be no concept of nobility

or monarchy,

nor emperors and concubines,

masters and slaves.

And there won't be people like you and me

who can't have freedom.

By then,

there may be someone

who might say we are right.

And there must be people

saying that we are in the wrong.

But so what?

I don't care in the least.

Do you care?

I do care about it somewhat.

After all,

I'm not as experienced at

being scolded as you are.

But I have you.

I'm not afraid.

Don't worry.

I've arranged everything

relating to our departure.

I've requested an edict

to take you to buy supplies tomorrow.

We'll leave tomorrow.

We're leaving tomorrow?

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

It's rare to see

you looking all miserable.

I'll miss it, so I wanted to enjoy it for a bit more.

Then I'll make you miserable too.

Try then.

This...

How can this be?

But Xiao Duo is a...

Xiao Duo is actually a fake eunuch?

The man having secret relations with Yinlou

was him after all.

So I was a joke

all along.

I was a joke all along.

Bu Yinlou.

Xiao Duo.

For playing me all this time,

I'll make sure you two suffer

a fate worse than death.

This way please, Your Highness.

Your Majesty.

You're back.

Have a seat.

Recently, operas are popular among the people.

So I invited a troupe over

for you to enjoy,

and liven things up a bit.

Do you know why

this play became popular?

It's all because of

Consort Duan and Chief Xiao.

♫ No one knows I'm a true man ♫

♫ Pretending to be a eunuch hiding in the palace ♫

♫ O, how foolish is the Emperor ♫

♫ Sending a beauty into my tent! ♫

♫ O, how foolish is the Emperor ♫

♫ Sending me into your tent! ♫

Consort Duan and Chief Xiao have made

great contributions in pacifying the rebellion.

You two are now

the most popular figures in the capital.

There are also rumors that

the two of you watched an opera

together in West Shu.

The people are busy imitating you two

and it actually became a trend.

Look.

How exciting is this show!

It's about the story of how

Consort Duan risked her life to deliver the edict,

and Chief Xiao suppressing the rebellion.

But,

I didn't think it was a good performance,

so I asked them to add in a scene.

He's my real man.

What a pair of adulterers!

I want both of you

to end up together in Hell!