Original subtitles

♫ Although my destiny is made by Heaven ♫

♫ Fortunately this life change occurred to me ♫

♫ The meteor made our souls overlap ♫

♫ So the knots in our hearts can be untied ♫

♫ Our romance started with an encounter in our youth ♫

♫ Thanks to the suffering we overcame with trust ♫

♫ I'm looking at the snowstorm in my hometown from afar ♫

♫ I want to enjoy the moon and clouds with you ♫

♫ The moon is so bright and I'm looking at the frontier ♫

♫ Who is waiting for her to wander the world ♫

♫ By the lotus pond, before the flowers and under the moon ♫

♫ Years have witnessed our love of truth and falsehood ♫

♫ The memory is constantly on a loop ♫

♫ So many years have passed ♫

♫ Clear up the heavy fog ♫

♫ The road is full of thorns ♫

♫ The meteor flew across the night sky ♫

♫ Its fragments are so dazzling ♫

♫ Who is dancing ♫

♫ Then turn into bubbles and disappear ♫

♫ Putting aside love and hate, drifting with the flow ♫

♫ Wake up from the gold-glided dreams, who is worrying and premeditating ♫

♫ Miss the tenderness in her chest suddenly ♫

♫ Break the starlight just to enter her eyes ♫

♫ Our romance started with an encounter in our youth ♫

♫ Thanks to the suffering we overcame with trust ♫

♫ I'm looking at the snowstorm in my hometown from afar ♫

♫ I want to enjoy the moon and clouds with you ♫

[The Trust]

[Episode 17]

Jiang Tang.

How's my wife doing?

Your Majesty,

I've already known its toxicity.

The army doctor stopped the bleeding timely,

but Her Highness has an abnormal pulse,

and her blood-gas is weak.

You don't have to explain that much.

I just want to know

how can you cure her.

I'll be honest then.

The toxicity has gone into

all her veins and arteries,

I'm afraid Her Highness is dying.

I asked you

how could you cure her.

It's not hard to make an antidote.

But we lack a medicinal herb.

What is it?

Freesia.

Freesia?

What is it exactly?

And where is it?

I only read about it

in an ancient book.

This herb

looks like an orchid

and is fragrant.

It splits the ice apart

and turns its flower towards the sun.

When the wind rises,

it's blown away.

As for where is it...

He's been there for a long time

and hasn't come out.

He seems mincing.

I doubt his medical skills, Jun.

Biao, don't talk nonsense.

Father and I

were both cured by Senior Doctor Jiang.

Yu traveled a long way here

but I haven't even got a chance to see her.

Biao, don't forget the etiquette.

Her Highness is the motherly model of the world.

Now we're subordinates first

and then her brothers.

I see.

Once married into the palace,

Yu belongs to someone else.

Staying here won't be of much help.

Let's discuss how to deal with Jiji.

Jiji's surprise attack this time

only won a Pyrrhic victory.

Everyone is furious in the Royal Court.

Father.

If we attack them

as Jiji cleans up the army,

we can conquer the Royal Court

and capture him alive.

Biao, don't be impulsive.

I...

With what I know about Jiji,

he's different from Zamsi.

Jiji doesn't look at the bigger picture.

He has two ways of doing things,

one, use force;

two, play tricks.

Father.

I lost big time to them. I...

I feel aggrieved.

Father.

Give me 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack the city.

If I fail,

you'll have my bloody head.

Father's right.

I...

We win a war by the brain,

not by impulse.

The war is tightening now.

Whoever makes a mistake first loses.

Everyone, let's stop here.

Go put the army in order.

Yes, General Xu.

Father, me and Yu...

Go back, too.

Military affairs are the priority.

Jun, I...

Your Highness.

How is His Majesty now?

Report!

General Xu,

Queen Huna is here.

Invite her in.

Yes.

General Xu.

Your Majesty.

Please allow me to introduce.

This is my son Jun,

and this is...

This is the miracle-working doctor, Jiang Tang.

I'm Jiang Tang's disciple,

just...

Just call me Baodao.

Baodao.

I've always heard

Tatar Huna is formidable.

Today, I finally got the chance

to meet you in person.

I know you.

General Xu, Xu Jun.

A valiant general of Dasheng.

Please take good care of His Majesty.

Of course.

By the way,

where's General Abhun?

During Jiji's sneak attack,

I have to thank you

and General Abhun

for saving us out.

A-gan went to settle the wounded.

Though it was a war,

it was also my family business.

Moreover,

I, Tartar Huna,

already subjected to Dasheng.

General Xu, don't speak of it.

So Zamsi passed on his throne to her.

She's indeed extraordinary.

How's His Majesty now?

Could I go check on him?

I'm going to see

if Hao Yunlai has decocted the herbs.

I didn't venture to come to see you.

I'll definitely repay you

for saving my life.

Freesia.

This herb is essential

to cure His Majesty's illness.

I've seen it.

Jiji.

What are you doing sneaking around?

You loser.

See what you look like now always dealing with poisons and drugs!

And what is this?

Freesia.

When was the freesia destroyed?

Father smashed it.

It blooms every ten years,

so it's very precious.

Where does it grow?

As the name implies,

it only grows on Mountain Freesia.

Once we have it,

His Majesty's illness can be cured.

When I was studying medicine,

I went to Mountain Freesia with my master,

but I didn't see any freesias.

In recent years,

Jiji has almost all the last remaining freesias.

Take him down

and we can have them.

Sirs,

it's time for His Majesty to take medicine.

Baodao, stay and serve His Majesty.

Everyone else, please leave.

Senior Doctor Jiang,

when will His Majesty come to his senses?

It depends on His Majesty's will.

I'm not sure about it.

Maybe it'll take six hours

or three days.

Or even

three months.

Thank you, Senior Doctor Jiang.

Thank you, Baodao.

Yu.

I'll take Jiji down

and avenge you.

I hurt the emperor of Dasheng this time.

It will go down

in the history of the North

as the greatest merit!

You're omnipotent, Your Majesty.

What, General?

Lord Zuoxin?

What do you mean?

Father fought for years

and didn't fulfill this wish.

But I made it

as soon as I took the throne.

How do you think

I compare to my father?

You're inferior to him.

Not even close.

Is that so?

Zamsi passed his throne to...

Well, well...

Guards!

Yes.

Zuoxin showed disrespect to His Majesty.

Take his body out.

Yes.

Jiji.

If I see you

refine pills and make poisons again,

I'll use you to do the toxicity test.

There's no man like you in the North.

Father.

It's just Jiji's hobby.

He didn't harm anyone.

Please don't be angry.

I deserve to get a scolding.

Since when is it your turn to butt in?

Jiji.

Huna will be the queen of the North.

How could you be so disrespectful to her?

Father.

Huna is only a woman.

What qualifications does she have

to be the ruler of the North?

I never place a high value on rules and lineage.

What I value is one's ability.

What?

Show me your qualifications if you can.

Father.

Father, stop being mad.

Huna.

Accursi.

Yes, sir.

Baru set off for Jing'an days ago.

Has there been any reply?

Yes.

[Xunfang Brothel]

Good, good.

How nice.

It's hard to find a bosom friend in Jing'an.

Being able to play for Mr. Baru

is my honor.

I didn't expect that

there's such a good place as Xunfang Brothel in Jing'an.

Miss Mudan,

you're even better.

You make me linger.

I don't want to leave now.

I'm glad you're satisfied.

As long as I have you,

I'm satisfied.

The lady I mentioned to you

is arriving soon.

Sir, please enjoy this free moment.

After this, you'll be kept busy.

Gorgeous,

every minute I spend with you is precious.

Please be patient, sir.

I'm going to get you another bottle of wine

to add to the fun.

Wouldn't it be better?

Why drinking wine at this time?

You're thoughtful, Miss Mudan.

Be quick about it.

Who's the lady arriving?

[Xunfang Brothel]

I do have a tacit understanding with the new king of the North,

Tartar Jiji.

Duke.

The gifts and letters have all been identified.

His Majesty sincerely wants to cooperate with you.

OK.

Good.

Dear Mr. Special Envoy,

if this deal is reached,

you will have more chances to see Miss Mudan.

Wonderful.

Wonderful.

Exactly.

Duke,

Mr. Baru,

and the new king of the North from afar,

I wish you success.

I've noticed that you love the sweets in Jing'an.

I'll bring more for you.

What exactly are you planning for my father?

What do you think?

Sure enough, women

are like these beautiful desserts.

The more delicate,

the easier it is to let your guard down,

and the more sinister motives it has.

Then please

return these delicate desserts to me.

They have their own places to go.

I overestimated you

by saying that you were an information dealer.

I didn't expect

that hiding in this Xunfang Brothel,

you even manage to ally with the North

and intend to rebel.

Do you think that

if you shift all the blame on me,

you'll feel less guilty

as Hengshan Duke's son?

You...

Why would you, a woman,

spend so much effort

working for such a thing?

You could have lived

a comfortable and carefree life

in Xunfang Brothel as the courtesan.

Comfortable?

I'll tell you someday

why I did this.

By then,

you could tell

whether I'm comfortable or not.

Duke.

If I could bring back the message

that you agreed to forge an alliance,

His Majesty would join hands with you

to defeat Xu Ding's army,

and eradicate him,

then the two states would enjoy peace.

Since Xiao Jinyun is dying,

we can corner Xu Ding

in the name of the Xu family

murdering His Majesty.

I'll go to put down the riot.

Great, Duke.

My leg!

General Xu.

Everybody, stay. Don't move.

I came to check on you.

I can't do this.

Help me.

Hang on there.

You shouldn't be here, Your Highness.

It hurts.

Seeing this,

I feel the cruelty of war much more.

It hurts so much.

Why is Xu Jun here?

Isn't he injured?

Why is Sun Simian here?

Your... Your Highness.

What... What a coincidence.

You're also in the North.

What?

Can't I be here?

I think you're not supposed to be here.

I... No, your humble servant

dares not talk irresponsibly.

I was ordered...

I was ordered to come here.

I see you're daring enough.

But you were right. You're humble.

Tell me.

Under whose order?

I...

If I hadn't captured you,

you would have been

getting the compliment from Jiji

with Hengshan Duke's secret letter.

It was my fault.

I deserve death.

Since you want to die,

I'll grant your wish.

General Xu,

Sun Simiao conspired with Hengshan Duke to rebel.

Flog him to death.

Yes.

Please spare me, Your Highness.

Get up.

Please spare me, Your Highness.

It was Hengshan Duke who wanted to rebel.

He forced me.

I'll tell you everything.

I'll tell you now.

Well, think hard

about what you're going to say.

It's better to be something

that can keep you alive.

When did Yu

get such a powerful vibe?

Hengshan Duke told me

to ask about the health condition

of His Majesty as soon as I got here.

If he's not doing well,

I'll go to the Royal Court

taking the layout of the barrack

and Duke's secret letter

to forge an alliance with Jiji.

Xu Youran.

Is it gonna kill you or what?

You really don't know anything

about comfortableness.

Comfortableness.

Is it comfortable

to be surrounded by women?

It's at least better than you

deducing at Zhaixing Pavilion every day.

I can't believe you.

You're getting blind

at such a young age.

Well, I'm not sure about that.

But

it's better than you

trying to scare people here.

There's nothing scarier

than us two men

pushing and shoving.

Let's go. Come on.

Look.

Miss Mudan.

Miss Mudan, where are you?

Do you know

where Miss Mudan is?

Over there.

Let's go.

Look.

Interesting.

Your...

Your Highness.

Please don't be sad.

With you caring for him,

I'm sure His Majesty will be fine.

She will be alright.

General Xu.

I want to tell you something.

But you can't object.

Just do what I say.

How may I serve you, Your Highness?

I want to meet Jiji.

You want to lead the army yourself?

Yes.

But I'm not going to war.

I want to pretend to be the emissary

to negotiate with Jiji

before Hengshan Duke finds out.

On the one hand,

I can prevent them from allying with each other.

On the other hand,

you can go take Jiji down

when he relaxes his vigilance.

Your Highness, you can't do this.

Now there's a wolf in front and a tiger behind.

We have enemies from all sides,

and there's no going back.

I've made up my mind.

If I want to succeed the first time,

this has to be done by myself.

But it's too risky.

I have a favor to ask of you.

Please say it.

I want to ask you

to pick some elites for me

and ask them

to go to the Royal Court

together with me

as Hengshan Duke's mission.

I need them to be agile

and skilled in improvisation.

When the timing's right,

I'll send someone to inform you of

the attack time.

You can start to attack then

and Huna can lead her army

to block Jiji's escape from the rear.

This way,

my plan is foolproof.

But Your Highness,

you arranged everything,

and subject yourself

to all the risks.

It won't be easy.

To be on the safe side,

I have to do it myself.

Now His Majesty is in bed.

I'm his wife.

You should know that

this is the only option.

General Xu, take my order.

Yes.

Ask Senior Doctor Jiang

to attend His Majesty day and night.

And tell Hao Yunlai

to go to the Royal Court with me.

The troops should stand by

to take Jiji down in one stroke.

As you wish.

I'll go make arrangements.

Go.

Your Highness,

your life will be at stake.

Please remember

that His Majesty,

me, as well as

all the people of Dasheng

are waiting here

for your triumphant return.

Yu.

Why are you crying?

Did you have a nightmare?

I promise you.

When you wake up,

I'll take good care of you

and get you home,

alright?

So Yu,

you have to wake up soon.

Xu Youran.

Why didn't you let me

expose Third Uncle?

I wanted a cozy compartment.

You didn't let me.

I wanted two girls to keep me company.

You still didn't let me.

What on earth do you want?

In here,

we should see the view, of course.

You want to see the view?

Look.

The view is here.

Third...

Don't speak.

Let's just watch.

Just watch.

He... Hello.

Jinyue.

The weather's so cold,

why have you been standing here for long?

I've been waiting for you.

Jinyue.

Why don't you look happy?

His Majesty is lingering in the shadow of death,

and we aren't clear about the war situation on the front line.

How could you plan to rebel?

I think you've been loafing about

and you don't know the situation in the court.

Before, no matter

how you lashed out at His Majesty,

you didn't ever think about killing him.

You're blood-related.

What good would it do

to Dasheng

and our Xiao family?

What good would it do to the Xiao family?

You think I want to take his life?

He insisted on marching to the North.

It's Tatar Jiji's poison

that's killing him.

What am I supposed to do?

Watching Xu Ding

taking control over the court

and giving the world away

that's supposed to be ours?

Father.

The Xu family has never had such an intention.

The Xu family.

You just can't stop talking about them.

Do you know that one word of Xu Ding's

matters even more

than His Majesty's order in the army?

Xiao Jinyun is incurable now.

If Xu Ding's still loyal to him,

even if I don't do this,

other seigniors will.

By then,

how can you ensure

your beloved Xu Yu's safety?

But... But Senior Doctor Jiang is skillful.

Even if there's the slightest chance,

he'll save His Majesty's life.

However skillful he is,

can he bring back the dead?

With the slightest chance,

I wouldn't venture into the world

of the Xiao family.

Father.

Jinyue.

That being said,

I really hope that

you can understand

no matter it's Xu Yu's future,

or the world and social livelihood,

eventually,

they'll have to rely on our Hengshan Mansion.

Father.

It is nearly dawn.

How long are we going to wait?

How about we...

Wait.

Father knows what we're doing.

Yes.

My honorable king,

I'm the emissary of Hengshan Duke.

How dare you!

Why don't you kneel

in front of His Majesty?

I came

with the sincerity of us entering

into friendship and alliance.

As the emissary of Hengshan Duke,

I represent

the honor of the Hengshan Duke of Dasheng.

Therefore, I can't kneel.

I believe you should know this.

These are

the treasuries

presented by Hengshan Duke.

Take them.

And keep a close eye on them.

Yes.

You've adopted a condescending manner.

Do you think I'm a man who believes

that "No man threatens a messenger"?

You must be joking.

There's no threat

between you and Hengshan Duke.

Collusion means harmony.

But

you must be a fake emissary.

How so?

If you're not fake,

why do you conceal

your muliebrity?

♫ Lend me a little bit of luck so I can meet you ♫

♫ Lend me a little tacit understanding so I can be very happy ♫

♫ Lend me a little longing and give it back to you double ♫

♫ Don't worry ♫

♫ There are many storms in this world, I will give you a small piece of sunshine ♫

♫ There are many suspicions in the future, I will never give up on you ♫

♫ During our lifetime, there are so many things out of reach ♫

♫ But our love is always the same ♫

♫ My love has gone through so many tests ♫

♫ It's so close but I'm not sure about it ♫

♫ Fortunately the first time it appeared ♫

♫ It has been detected by you (me) ♫

♫ Please don't complain about my dullness ♫

♫ Luckily, the Love Lord doesn't mind it ♫

♫ Let our past experiences become red threads ♫

♫ Bring you and me together ♫

♫ First, thank heaven and earth to bestow me with you ♫

♫ See through our two true hearts by trusting each other ♫

♫ It might be a promise made three lifetimes ago ♫

♫ We won't separate for four seasons ♫

♫ Steal the tacit understanding of marriage in five elements ♫

♫ You're the one and only in six realms ♫

♫ When I'm seventy years old and meet you ♫

♫ I'll still feel flipped like we were young ♫

♫ First, thank heaven and earth to bestow me with you ♫

♫ See through our two true hearts by trusting each other ♫

♫ You are the only one I want among all the treasures around the world ♫

♫ I want to spend my life with you ♫

♫ La la la la la la la la la la ♫

♫ La la la la ♫