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[Warm on a Cold Night]

[Episode 33]

Who is it?

Why are they so finicky

and coy?

They even made me come to them.

Mother.

You'll understand when you see them.

You have to be prepared.

Who do you think I am?

Nothing can shock me.

Let's go.

Seriously.

This place is so strange.

We're here, Mother.

Mother.

This is it.

Look.

What's wrong?

Jiu'er.

Have I never

told you that

I'm not a veterinarian?

I can't treat monkeys.

Veterinarian? Mother.

Look who that is.

Come here.

-Look— -Uncle Bu.

Uncle Bu.

Physician Qin?

Bu!

We caught two more.

They were hiding in their cellars.

General.

Don’t arrest me!

I don't want to go back to Shuobei.

I don't want to go back to Shuobei.

Don't arrest me. I won't go back.

-Stop shouting. -Don't arrest me.

Don't be afraid.

Don't be afraid.

It's okay.

Don't be afraid.

Father, it's okay.

Why are you shouting?

General, I couldn't control myself.

He wouldn't stop shouting.

I did it for the greater good.

Why are you shouting?

General.

Kaka.

Help your father rest.

Father, let's go.

Mother, how is it?

It's too strange.

His pulse,

tongue coating, and breathing

are all normal.

He doesn't look sick.

Thank you for your hard work.

Let's talk while eating.

This...

What is this?

What is this?

It's qing bu liang.

Drink some to cool yourself down.

Here.

Please have some, Your Highness.

Jiu'er.

You eat first.

Thank you.

Here, Jiu'er.

Thank you, Mother.

General.

I don't eat weird food.

You go ahead.

I'll go ahead then.

It's so cold.

No wonder you Qi like it.

Mother.

Let's get down to business.

You said

they don't look sick?

Yes.

Apart from his fangs and fur,

and the uncontrollable spasms,

there's nothing wrong with him.

But

they are easily agitated

and sensitive.

Drink it.

Especially when

they are feeling frightened.

How about this? Han Zheng, Jiu'er.

You two go back to He'an Hall

and bring me

some sedatives.

-Han Zheng? -Han Zheng?

I'll try to sedate them.

Let's go now.

Let's go.

I'll go too.

Wait for me.

Prince Jun.

Prince Jun.

Take a rest.

It's just a bottle of medicine.

They'll be back in no time.

Physician Qin.

You don't even call Brother Han "Your Highness" anymore.

You don't have to be so formal with me either.

Just call me Wen Jun.

That won't do.

Prince Jun,

your status is too noble.

Han Zheng is different.

He is my future son-in-law.

Future son-in-law?

Physician Qin, you must be mistaken.

You...

What's wrong?

The three of us

are together every day.

If they're getting married,

I'd be the first one to know.

I...

Am I the last one to know?

Have they

told you?

They've told you too?

Liu Fu.

They've told you as well?

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

I just found out.

I just saw that their tokens' pendants

are the same color.

I've known for a long time.

But you know

my personality.

I keep secrets very well.

They've been discussing marriage

for a long time.

Right.

It has been going on

since that time you said

you didn't like Miss Jiu'er.

Prince Jun, come here.

Take a rest.

-Your Highness. -Come here.

Your Highness, are you alright?

Do I not look alright?

Your residence was back there.

We walked past it.

I don't know.

My emotions

are very complicated right now.

You can't let go of Jiu'er, right?

I don't know.

I said I've let her go.

But when I heard Physician Qin say

he's her future son-in-law,

when I heard you mention the matching tokens,

when I heard Keha say

they're getting married,

I don't know why,

but my heart started to ache again.

Your Highness.

I know

it's really hard

for you to let go completely.

Think about it from another perspective.

In this vast world,

it takes a great deal of luck

to get to become

not only lovers,

but also friends.

They're all good things.

You're right.

I want to give them my blessings.

I want to give them my blessings.

I want to give them my blessings!

Your Highness, aren't you going home?

It's that bottle.

Don't tremble, Han Zheng.

You're the one who's trembling.

I'm not.

I'll try to control it.

You should have just

asked me to get it.

Why did you have to climb up there yourself?

No.

All of these bottles

are my mother's treasures.

I can only trust myself to get it.

If you and the bottle

both fall,

I won't know what to save first.

Come down. Let me do it.

Come on.

You're right.

Yes, that's it.

Why did everything fall?

I...

What's wrong, Han Zheng?

The first stage

of ancestral return

is trembling.

Your Highness, bad news!

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Is the first stage of ancestral return

the inability to control your body

and trembling?

This...

Are you okay, Keha?

Are you okay, Keha?

Y- Your Highness!

I can't control myself.

H- Help me!

Your Highness.

Why are you trembling so much?

All done.

Thank you.

Han Zheng.

Are you okay?

Jiu'er.

Don't come too close to me.

What if I hurt you again?

That was just an accident.

It's okay.

No.

D- Don't do this.

Don't avoid me.

Hurry up, go over there.

No.

Don't try to get rid of me.

No.

You can't.

Give me this hand.

Don't move.

Don't move.

Jiu'er.

Don't move.

I don't think I came at the right time.

Luckily,

you and Jiu'er are both fine.

Strange.

It seems ancestral return

is only affecting the Qi,

not the Qian.

It's not necessarily

ancestral return.

Maybe you just

lost control

of your body.

Look.

Your emotions are not out of control.

You didn't grow fur

that cannot be shaved off

like they did, either.

-Right? -You fool.

I'm the one who's going to grow fur.

Why are you so anxious?

Don't worry, Jiu'er.

I'll send a message back to Shuobei

and ask if Teacher has heard of

any similar cases.

As for Han Zheng,

you stay here and take care of Keha.

Don't go back to Shuobei Dance Tavern

for the time being.

What if it's really ancestral return?

Qi people are sensitive by nature.

If they see there's something wrong with their prince,

they'll be inconsolable.

Okay.

How about this?

You bring Jiu'er away first.

Then, lock Keha and I

in He'an Hall.

Tomorrow at noon,

come back

only if I'm fine.

No.

I want to stay and take care of you.

I'm not leaving.

Besides,

I can observe

your and Keha's situation.

It might be helpful

for my mother's analysis.

I'm not leaving.

No.

What if I shapeshift at night

and injure you?

What...

What if

you lose control at night

and hide yourself away

in a deserted cave?

I won't be able to find you ever again.

What should I do then?

I can't leave.

How could I be so fragile?

Jiu'er is right.

You need

a normal and calm person

to take care of you.

Otherwise,

you can't even drink water.

You're exaggerating.

How is that possible?

Look at you.

Why am I okay?

Han Zheng.

W- What's wrong?

Are you trembling again?

No.

I just wanted to pull out my hand

so that

you can sleep more comfortably.

Let me see.

Other hand.

You haven't trembled

for four hours.

Isn't that good?

You can finally

sleep in peace now.

What's wrong?

Tomorrow morning,

if I find that fur has grown

all over your face and body,

and your condition has gotten worse,

what should we do?

If that's the case,

will you be scared of me?

Will you stop liking me?

I won't.

I wish...

I wish your whole body

would be full of fur.

When that happens,

no one will want to take you away from me.

I'm just worried

you won't be able

to attend the Xuandong Grand Ceremony

because of that.

In that case,

I'll resign to fate.

Besides,

I am already prepared

not to ascend to the throne.

Actually, I’ve been thinking.

Isn't it a pity for you to give up the throne

because of me?

I have always thought

you will be

an even better king

than the King of Xueqi.

If I can still attend

the Xuandong Grand Ceremony,

I will do my best.

But if fate wants makes a fool of me,

or

if my people

can't accept our relationship,

there's nothing I can do about it.

It's not a pity.

Besides,

there are many outstanding talents

among the younger generation of Qi,

like Chilan.

How can you

be so calm

when faced with such a serious problem?

Maybe it's because

I have broken into the Qian palace,

gone to jail, fallen into water,

and had my Qi Vital Stone almost entirely dug out,

but

I'm still

alive and well.

As long as I'm with you,

I can get out of danger every time.

It's the same this time.

As long as we are together,

we can solve this problem.

Whether its ancestral return

or the throne,

we can deal with anything.

We just have to stay together.

If we get through it

this time,

I want to bring you back to Shuobei immediately.

At the Under the Moon Festival,

in front everyone, I want to—

What are you doing?

Stop talking.

Why?

Let me tell you a secret.

I'm very afraid of people

making these kinds of promises to me.

My father

once promised me

he would come back

in time to bring me to the lantern festival.

He did come back,

but

he had been poisoned.

Poisoned?

I've got it!

What is it?

You guys are undergoing

ancestral return for no reason.

Could it be

because you were poisoned?

It's possible.

How about this?

Tomorrow morning,

I'll look through all the medical books

in Jiuxiao City.

I don't believe

I won't find any clues.

Ancestral return?

This happened to Han Zheng as well?

This is very strange.

If Han Zheng is unable to return to Shuobei

because of this,

it'll be no different from announcing to everyone

that he's giving up his candidacy for the throne.

The Xuandong Grand Ceremony...

If Han Zheng is unable to

make it back in time,

who will benefit the most?

King Mucha of Xuanqi.

The Xuanqi is adept at making drugs.

Could it be...

If the Xuanqi tribe

really did this

to stop Han Zheng from ascending to the throne,

and in the process

even implicating

our clanspeople in Jiuxiao City,

then I don't have to

tolerate

their ambition any longer.

What does the incident in Jiuxiao City

have to do with me?

Your Majesty’s ability to impute crimes to others

is really admirable.

How dare you!

King of Xuanqi,

King of Cangqi.

Why did you bring troops into the palace?

Why?

I have a question for Your Majesty.

How could you

disregard

the welfare of the Qi race

in order

to protect your throne?

King of Xuanqi.

Do you think nothing

of rites and laws?

That depends on

whether our King

thinks anything about

the safety of the four tribes.

King of Cangqi.

You have always behaved in a measured manner.

Why did you come here

with the King of Xuanqi?

Your Majesty.

Your son

let my son, Keyuncha,

die in front of him,

and did nothing about it.

Considering the bigger picture,

I accepted it.

But now,

the far north has been covered over by ice.

Your Majesty didn't warn the people,

and even blocked the flow of information

to conceal it deliberately!

I cannot stand for this!

Everyone says

the strange weather in recent years

has to do with the loss of the Ember.

I want the truth from Your Majesty.

Is that true?

If Your Majesty doesn't say anything,

that's fine too.

Let’s go together

to the Holy Fire Hall

and we’ll know the truth.

You don't have fur!

Check if your hands are trembling.

I don't think they are.

Great.

Your condition hasn't gotten worse.

Bad news!

It's too serious!

I'm so sleepy.

I can't sleep.

Young man,

you're so naughty.

Poisoned?

It's possible.

I looked through all my mother's medical books,

but I couldn't find these same symptoms.

There are many kinds of poisons in the world.

So I asked you all to come

to brainstorm together.

That's easy.

Liu Fu.

Send someone to collect all the

medical books, medicinal books,

and herbal manuals they can find.

Let's look through them one by one.

Please bring the Qi language versions too.

OK.

I think I found one.

Here.

Can you understand it?

I can't.

Let me read it.

I...

Let me see.

This is Qi language, Mother.

General.

Writings on Perculiar Plants.

It records

a kind of poisonous mushroom

that grows

in hot and humid places.

After certain animals ingest them,

they will spasm all over.

They will also grow fur

and fangs.

It's really very similar.

Could...

Could it be

only a similar poison?

Wait for me.

General.

You are...

According to the book,

the calls of a cat can

intensify its toxicity.

Let's test it out.

Stop it.

Cat?

Han Zheng.

Are you alright?

Your Highness!

-Why is it so serious? -Keha!

Save me, Your Highness!

It seems this is the poison.

It can't be wrong.

The book also said

this mushroom

will only become poisonous

when the surrounding temperature

reaches a certain level.

No wonder only Qi people were poisoned.

Qian people haven't

because Qian people's body temperature

is higher than that of Qi people.

Who poisoned them then?

Could it have been an accident?

Such a rare poison

couldn't possibly appear in Jiuxiao City,

much less get accidentally ingested by so many people.

But it's hard to find out where it came from

for the time being.

Well...

Is there an antidote for it?

There is a plant

called xieshanlong.

Physician Qin, have you heard of it?

Yes!

I've heard of xieshanlong!

But I heard that plant

only grows

in the frigid regions of the far north.

I think it only grows in Shuobei.

That's not a problem.

Chilan.

Send a letter to Shuobei

and ask Teacher

to help us find some xieshanlong.

In that case,

isn't everything solved?

-Right? -Yes.

That's Qing'er's call.

Teacher replied to us.

Maybe they already know that

xieshanlong is the antidote.

That's great!

Teacher said that

xieshanlong has stopped growing

because of polar night.

To think that

our problems are compounding.

If it weren't for the fact that we are desperate,

we wouldn't have told

Prince Jun

about the missing Ember.

So no matter what,

the Ember is the only antidote.

We must find the Ember

to cure Qi's strange disease.

Don't worry.

Although I'm a prince of Qian,

more importantly, you are my friends.

I will never tell

anyone else about this,

including Father, Eldest Brother,

and Liu Fu.

I didn't expect

you all to trust me enough

to tell me such an important secret.

Jun.

You haven't thought of

the more serious side to this.

Xuanqi has always

seen the Qian as a thorn in its side.

But in the past,

the Cangqi and Chiqi

supported my father.

They also believed in the philosophy

of living in peace with the Qian.

But it's different now.

The loss of the Ember was exposed.

The King of Xuanqi

colluded with the King of Cangqi

to force my father

to send troops as soon as possible.

They believe

only by conquering the state of Qian

and moving south

can the Qi

survive polar night.

Will the King of Xueqi agree?

Father

is discussing it with the Chiqi.

He hasn't agreed yet.

But I think the Xuanqi and the others

can't wait long.

Soon,

the Qi will fragment.

The Cangqi

and Xuanqi

will form an alliance to advance south.

Isn't the Qian

in danger?

Looking at you,

there's no way we can defeat the Qi.

Can we avoid war

by finding the Ember?

All these years,

we’ve been looking for

the whereabouts of the Ember.

If it's really that simple,

why have we waited till now?

What should we do?

There's still hope.

What?

The Qian-Qi Six Treaties.

This is the reason why

His Majesty and Teacher

tasked us with it.

After all,

the Chiqi has always stood with the Xueqi.

And the King of Cangqi

is just worried that the Qi would be exterminated.

He doesn't really

want to start a war with the Qian.

If we can get the Qian-Qi Six Treaties

signed successfully

and move our people to Dongji Island

before polar night comes,

the King of Cangqi

won't have to ally themselves with the Xuanqi.

When that time comes,

the Xuanqi will be all alone

and there's nothing they can do about it.

It looks like

we can only ask Eldest Brother for help.

After all, only he

can influence Father's decision.

Boss,

what kind of teas do you have?

We have the best Longjing

and Pu'er from Yunnan.

What would you like to drink?

Give me the best one.

Okay.

Jun.

You're looking for me in such a hurry.

Did something

happen again?

Why couldn't we talk

at home?

Since the incident with Uncle,

many Qi people

have left Jiuxiao City for good.

I'm afraid I won't have a residence

full of theatre lovers again in my life.

The Qi are gone,

but there are still Qian people.

Yes.

But we can't go back to the way things were.

My roof is broken,

but I can only get a Qian to fix it.

The repairman said

I will have to wait

for three months.

That long?

It's not just your roof.

The medicine in my shop

cost three times as much

when Qian people supply them,

even though they're the same products and take the same route.

Yes.

The devil is in the comparison.

There are some things

that the Qian and Qi do differently.

Yes.

You can't say that.

Everything

has their own advantages and disadvantages.

Those people who used to

compete with the Qi for business

must be doing well now, right?

Those who used to do business with the Qi

cannot make a living now.

Look.

I have a whole cart of ice that I can't sell.

Look, now that the Qi have left,

isn't it rather inconvenient for us?

It's not rather inconvenient.

It's extremely inconvenient!

Exactly.

Don't you all think that

after the Qi left,

our quality of life

has regressed

by 20 years?

20 years?

Really?

We can't even make a living.

Yes.

It's regressed by 20 years.

It's too hard nowadays.

Yes.

Eldest Brother.

Eldest Brother.

That's not acting.

No one can script the commoners' talk

down to the last word.

We just used some tricks

to make them say

what they really think.

How?

Jiu'er, Physician Qin,

and their neighbors

got up early

to chat with everyone.

They left before I came?

Yes.

Brat.

As a prince,

you allowed yourself to be manipulated by others,

and you used such a cheap trick at that.

Eldest Brother,

no one is manipulating anyone.

Those commoners

had not been manipulated either.

What they told us

was what they really thought.

And everyone

genuinely believes

we should sign

the Qian-Qi Six Treaties

and keep Qi people in our city.

The Qian-Qi Six Treaties are very significant.

You can't go by feel on this matter.

No.

I've thought about it carefully.

Besides...

What?

Eldest Brother.

Something has happened both in Jiuxiao City

and in Shuobei.

I’m afraid

this is our best opportunity

for an alliance between the Qian and Qi.

If we miss it,

we might have to wait ten,

or even hundreds of years.

What happened in Shuobei?

Your Highness.

This is an important matter.

I'll explain it to you myself.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

This way, please.

I wonder what General Chilan

has to tell me?

Have a seat.

Your Highness, you have so many travelers in Qi.

How can you not know what I'm going to say?

Qi is in such a big trouble,

but you are still in the mood to joke?

I'm not joking.

Just like you know the situation in Qi

very well,

I am also clear about what Qian is thinking.

In the past, you didn't want to sign it

because you were afraid that

something would happen

from close cooperation with the Qi.

Now, you don't want to sign

because you want to reap the benefits

of Qi's internal strife.

Right?

This is the most direct

and undemanding

political discussion I've ever had.

But Your Highness,

with all due respect,

you won't be able to reap any benefits.

Really?

The Qian and Qi are not evenly matched.

If we don't sign the Qian-Qi Six Treaties

and the King of Xueqi can't unite the four tribes,

the Qi will be thrown into chaos.

When the time comes,

the Qi will not be fragmented.

They will only cast their sights

onto Qian's territory.

Because whoever takes over Qian

will become the new king of Qi.

General,

we might not lose the war.

Yes.

But the King of Xueqi

once told me that

instead of mutual mistrust

that leads to loses on both sides,

we should work together

to create a win-win situation.

Is the Qian really going to choose war

instead of collaboration for mutual benefit?

I've tried my best.

The rest

is up to General Chilan.

Don't worry.

Chilan has never lost an argument

in all of her 60 years.

But Jun also said that

the Crown Prince

has never lost a debate either.

Who do you think

will win

the argument of the century?

I'm done.

General.

How was it?

My brother lost so soon?

No.

Did you lose?

No.

General, tell me quickly.

What happened?

What's the result?

Your brother isn't the one signing the treaties.

How could he

give me a result now?

Right.

But

you can send someone

to get news from the palace in a couple of days.

We should be able to find out soon.

Yes.

Let's go back and wait.

Let's go.

As long as we can sign the Qian-Qi Six Treaties,

we can resolve

Shuobei's crisis.

But

we still don't know

where the poison came from.

Those poisoned Qi

are very agitated

and incoherent.

I can't get anything out of them.

If only there was a way

to help them relax.

That'll be great.

Keha.

What are you doing?

I'm enjoying happiness.

Happiness?

What happiness?

We like this kind of grass.

It's so comfortable to rub up against it.

I didn't know there would be so much of it in Jiuxiao City.

You're an adult.

Can't you control yourself?

Han Zheng.

Here.

You try it too.

There's no need.

Just try it.

Try it.

Try it.

Come on.

Feel it.

Do you feel anything?

I have a lot of self-discipline.

What are you doing?

I know.

Isn't this

the thing that can help you Qi

relax?

This is it.

Come here.

This is very comfortable.

Don't be afraid.

Come here.

Don't be afraid.

Come on.

Stand here

and listen to me.

Just do

whatever I say.

OK.

Next,

imagine that

you are in a safe

and comfortable environment.

There are countless foxtails around you

and

all of your loved ones.

Since it's so comfortable,

can you tell me

where you went

and what you did

before you found that

you had been poisoned?

Okay.

I went to Jiuxiao City to carry bricks.

It was very hot.

The foreman even gave us iced water.

Qiwei Pavilion

received a batch of premium frozen beef liver.

I cut them for a whole day

and ate a few pieces.

It was so delicious.

I spent a whole day milling iced soy milk

in Miss Wang's tofu shop in South Street.

The soy milk was so sweet.

Iced soy milk.

So comfortable.

Iced water.

Frozen beef liver.

Iced tofu.

Ice...

I've got it.

The only thing that stands out

is that they had all eaten ice.

Ice?

Right.

We all had some of the

qing bu liang.

Only Chilan didn't.

But this

is just speculation.

As for the specifics,

we must still consult my mother.

Let's go.

Let's go.

The person who planted the poison

is really cunning.

What do you mean, Mother?

This poison was originally light yellow in color

and

had a bitter moldy taste.

But as long as it

is in cold water,

it becomes colorless and tasteless.

Qi people like ice.

Isn't this poison

targetting them?

But now that we know the source of the poison,

we have a way to deal with it.

I'll let

the Qi people in Jiuxiao City know

to be cautious.

I'll send someone to keep an eye on the ice warehouse.

Once there is anyone suspicious,

we'll take him down immediately.

Han Zheng.

Don't worry.

I will

arrest the murderer

before you grow fur.

I'm just thinking about how

this poison

seems to be

designed by Yinxue Pavilion,

but it's not fatal.

What are they after

in planting this poison?

Maybe they want to use the crime of shapeshifting

to kick Qi people out of Jiuxiao City.

No.

They even silenced

Marquis Xian.

Why do they only want to

expel the Qi people?

This is very strange.

What are you afraid of?

No matter how troublesome they are,

we can deal with them.

Besides,

good news is coming.

You guys go after the source of the poison.

These days,

Eldest Brother has been busy.

He has been conferring with

some officials from the Pro-Qi Party.

They just finished writing a memorial yesterday.

Today, they went to

the Palace of Great Supremacy

to discuss it with Father.

And then?

Father agreed to consider it.

Great.

Then, this matter is settled.

The Qian-Qi Six Treaties will be signed soon.

Why do I feel like

this is so surreal?

It's real. How is it surreal?

There's nothing

we can't achieve.

But

I still want to say something to

the person I admire the most.

General Chilan.

We

tormented Eldest Brother for so long,

but couldn't make him agree.

You managed to convince him

with just a few words.

Here's a toast to you.

This is also because

you guys had set it up well.

That's enough.

Why are you flattering each other?

Sit down.

Alright.

I admire

Jun's brother,

our Crown Prince,

the most.

If he wasn't fair, selfless,

and far-sighted,

we couldn't have resolved this so soon.

Of course.

We can't let our guard down.

We haven't settled the poison yet.

Yinxue Pavilion might also obstruct

the signing of the Qian-Qi Six Treaties at any time.

Don't worry.

I've sent people

to guard all the shops in the city.

Once the poisoner shows up,

we'll take him down immediately.

Prince Jun and I

will also send someone to keep an eye on

Administer Deng.

How would all of these difficult problems

been solved

without your help?

On behalf of His Majesty and the Qi race,

I want to thank you all.

What you said

makes us

feel a little embarrassed.

Actually,

I'm the one

who should thank everyone.

Why are you

suddenly being polite too?

Exactly.

We're not used to

you being like that.

But I still want to say it.

I have never thought that

a group of friends from Qian

would be the ones to help the Qi

in our time of trouble.

I'm not someone

who can express myself well.

But I'm lucky

to have met

friends like all of you.

Brother Han.

Having a friend like you

makes me feel lucky too.

Why are you being so cheesy?

This is the Han Zheng

we know.

Come on.

Let's have another toast

to celebrate.

-Come on. -Come on.

Come on.

Cheers.

Your Highness.

This way, please.

You've also prepared wine?

You knew I was coming?

I dare not think that way.

I prepared wine

because today

is a special day.

What wine is this?

Osmanthus wine.

Mine too.

What a coincidence.

Whose should we drink first?

Either.

We must finish both anyway.

Here.

I came to find you today

for two reasons.

-Firstly... -To thank me?

Does Your Highness mean

the Qian-Qi Six Treaties will definitely be signed?

I didn't say that.

Don't worry.

I'm not here to sound you out.

I'm here

to tell you that

whether the Qian-Qi Six Treaties are signed or not,

I'll be going back to Shubei.

Will you come back?

If they don't get signed,

there is no way I can come back.

If they do,

I'll have to stay in Shuobei

for the time being

to handle Qi official matters.

If you want to drink with me,

send a letter to Shuobei

and tell me you have other joint initiatives

you wish to talk to me about.

I'll come right away.

What's the second thing?

Today is my birthday.

I don't have many other friends

in Jiuxiao City.

You've been helping me a lot lately.

I've kept it in mind.

So

I came to have a drink with you

and bid farewell.

Take it as an expression of my gratitude.

It's really the thought that counts

with you.

Don't you Qian have a saying that goes,

"Great benefactions do not need expressions of gratitude"?

Do you know why

I prepared wine today?

Why?

Because today

is my deceased wife's birthday.

The late Crown Princess and I

have the same birthday?

It's a kind of fate.

Happy birthday.

I'm suddenly curious.

What kind of person

was she?

What makes you so taken by her?

Suddenly,

I don't know how to describe her.

She was

a very rounded woman.

I've been talking about myself for a long time.

What about you?

What kind of husband

would a rational and decisive female general like you

choose?

I've never thought about it.

Do you have someone you like?

I didm

when I was young.

And then?

Did you confess?

Sadly,

I didn't get to

before he left Shuobei.

Sometimes I wonder

if things would have turned out different

had I

told him about it earlier.

There are many decisions to make in life.

That was the best one you made at that time.

But it doesn't mean you have no regrets.

If someone else asked me about this,

I would have kicked them into a lake.

I don't know why

I told you so much today.

Maybe it's because

we get along well.

By the way,

I know

a great sword maker.

I went to his place a few days ago

and found that he had made a new dagger.

It's sharp and lustrous.

I thought it's a good fit for you,

so I bought it.

Just in time

for your birthday.

Thank you.

I hope the Qian-Qi Six Treaties

will be signed successfully.

That way,

we can meet again.

When that time comes,

I will give you a gift in return.

We will.

We will meet again.

Stop the carriage.

The food is here.

Bring the food in.

Okay. Hurry.

Here.

Here, take it.