Original subtitles

Two months later, Capital City

The Immortal Instrument Ceremony is approaching.

The Empress Dowager has issued an order

that displaced people are not allowed to wander around

in the capital

and must settle in the Guiyi Community

on their own.

Wanted Outlaw Zhang Ping, a remnant of Moluo Village

Old man.

You should eat this.

Thank you.

Move. Move.

Move. Move.

Move!

Get out of the way!

Hey!

What are you looking at?

You don't deserve to see the Empress Dowager's flower convoy.

Get lost.

It's Zhang Ping.

Chase him!

Stop!

Zhang.

Stop!

Have you seen

a displaced man passing by

whose face is covered with black mud?

No.

What are you doing here?

I'm selling baskets.

Officer.

This is our featured Western-style basket.

I have another one at home.

The three of you can have one for each.

How is that?

Let's go.

Officer, do you still want the basket?

Go away.

Zhang.

The wanted poster is still there.

Why are you back?

Chen Chou.

My mother, my clansmen,

and Mr. Lan's father

were all killed by the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager?

What should we do?

I don't know, either.

I have to see Mr. Lan first.

Zhang.

Zhang Ping!

You have to listen to me for once.

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Come back with me.

Chen Chou.

Listen to me.

The whole city is looking for you right now.

Just stay at home.

I'll find a way to send you out

as soon as the city gate opens.

Don't ever come back.

Chen Chou, I must go.

I understand what you mean.

But the most important thing to me

is to keep you alive.

You're not gonna leave today

unless you step over my dead body.

Ping, run!

I'm going to hide.

Stop!

In this awful world,

good people never end up well.

Does evil have to be met with evil?

You've come after all.

Benevolence Throughout the World

I know there will be such a day.

If you kill me,

the world will fall into chaos.

Do you dare to do it?

Father.

I've finally avenged your death.

Jue.

Father.

Father.

Jue.

Do you remember what I taught you?

Of course I remember.

A gentleman does not pursue mean goals,

and his pursuits are always just.

A gentleman does not act falsely,

and his actions are always righteous.

But what did you do?

Look at it.

This is the world when evil is met with evil.

Father.

Father.

What should I do?

I'm going to the capital tomorrow

to do something for Qingzhang.

I think he will be happy

if he can go back to the capital

and live with his mother.

It's just I don't know how long this trip will take.

Kuruo is gonna cry.

I don't want to leave him.

Kuruo, be careful.

But I have to go

for Qingzhang.

A gentleman does not pursue mean goals.

And his pursuits are always just.

A gentleman does not act falsely.

And his actions are always righteous.

I can't believe you forget it.

How can you forget what I taught you?

My son has grown up.

Zhang Ping.

Thank you and your clansmen.

You don't have to.

At the end of the day,

Moluo Village is just an ordinary village

with ordinary people living there.

Studying medicine

and treating people

are what we do in our daily lives.

Kuruo, you're back.

We're home.

Kuruo.

Jue.

How should

a gentleman act?

Have you seen this criminal?

No.

Go away.

What about you?

No.

Take a closer look.

Give it to Mr. Lan.

Sir.

Zhang Ping just handed me a note.

I hope to see you tomorrow at noon

at Guiyi Community.

Sir.

What should we do?

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Zhang!

Chen Chou.

You're useless.

Why did you have to sleep?

What should I do now?

What should I do?

It's all my favorite food.

You still remember it.

Chen Chou.

I know you did it for my good,

but there are some things that I have to do.

You said

it was not easy for us to meet

and become friends.

I felt the same.

I know you've been

taking care of me all the time,

but I've done very little for you.

I made these dishes

in return for your kindness.

If we won't meet again,

I hope you'll eat more.

It's delicious.

Take good care of yourself.

It's delicious.

Guiyi Community, Ning'an

To celebrate the Immortal Instrument Ceremony

with the world,

the Ministry of Rites decides to hand out money.

Everyone gets a share.

Come on.

Line up.

Don't push.

Don't you have ears?

You'll be given a whipping if you push again.

Could it be a plague?

A plague?

It's contagious.

Don't panic.

It may not be a plague.

Go get a doctor.

Yes, sir.

Is there anyone willing to give a hand

and take this man to a quiet place?

I'll do it.

Line up.

We're going to give out money.

Line up.

Don't push.

Mr. Lan.

I've found out the truth.

Gu Qingzhang is the real prince.

30 years ago,

he was switched at the Resurrection Array.

I know.

He told me himself

and admitted that he is Mr. Jinghu.

Why did he admit it?

Now he's a doctor in the palace

and he plans to cause chaos

at the Immortal Instrument Ceremony.

He also invited me to join him

in taking revenge on the Empress Dowager.

Did you

say yes to him?

The Empress Dowager's crimes were too numerous to record.

We could never forgive her.

But Shulin is like gunpowder.

He is desperate for revenge

and has no regard for the lives of innocent people.

If he triggers a convulsion at the ceremony,

the consequences would range from

causing turmoil in the central government

to chaos throughout the world.

What should we

do next?

The Immortal Instrument has been completed.

The inauguration ceremony will be held soon.

The Empress Dowager made a big gesture this time

and decorated the palace

with tens of thousands of valuable night-blooming cereus.

She also invited all the feudal lords

and foreign envoys

with the intention of showing her power

at the ceremony.

I see.

What I saw should be a flower convoy.

Move!

Get out of the way!

Hey!

What are you looking at?

You don't deserve to see the Empress Dowager's flower convoy.

Get lost.

Shulin only told me that he would run riot

at the Immortal Instrument Ceremony

and make the world fall into chaos

and everything vanish into thin air.

I'll reveal her crimes

at the Immortal Instrument Ceremony

and make her fall

from the top of power.

But he doesn't trust me.

He didn't mention anything about his plan.

He has been planning for years

just to make the Empress Dowager fall from the top of power.

He must have been well prepared.

Even if we can get him under control,

we may not be able to stop his plan.

Hanyuan Hall, Imperial Palace There's only one solution now.

Enter the Hanyuan Hall

and tell everything to the Empress Dowager.

Ask her to cancel the ceremony

to stop Gu Qingzhang's plan.

But

when she finds out everything, she will kill us

and continue to cover her crimes.

But if that's the case, there will be no chance

to clear your father's name

and my clansmen's names.

We must choose between the lesser of two evils.

We have to solve the gunpowder first

to stabilize the situation.

If we're lucky enough to live until the return of the Emperor,

we'll find a way to punish the Empress Dowager.

Search carefully!

Yes, sir!

The soldiers are here.

Sir, we don't have much time left.

Zhang Ping, that's decided.

You should leave first.

Father.

I finally know what to do.

But I may not

be able to clear your name.

Let me see.

What do you have?

The Empress Dowager stopped meeting with people after she was burned.

Go ahead.

Only Shulin can enter the hall to apply medicine to her every day.

Then when it's time to apply medicine,

- I'll pretend to be Dr. Gu's apprentice - Keep moving.

And get into Hanyuan Hall to see the Empress Dowager.

I'll find a way to stall Shulin

and ask about his plan.

Dr. Gu.

It's about 4:00 PM now.

You should apply medicine to Her Majesty.

The Empress Dowager has become suspicious

since she was burned.

Not only did she get more guards,

but even Eunuch Ying Xi was suspected by her

and transferred away from Hanyuan Hall.

I had someone get into the Imperial Medical Academy

to get a copy of the prescription Shulin made up for the Empress Dowager.

With it as proof,

the guards might believe your word.

Hanyuan Hall

Please go inside.

Shulin.

Peizhi.

You're not Dr. Gu.

Who are you?

Your Majesty.

I'm Zhang Ping.

Guards...

We met because of calligraphy and painting

and became close friends.

We were drinking and talking at that time,

just like in a dream.

That was the freest time

of my life.

I often wonder,

when the injustice done to Lan's Mansion is redressed one day,

are we gonna be able to

return to the days

when we drank and talked together?

Peizhi, you can speak freely.

There's something I've always wanted to know.

Did you drink

the poisoned wine for me ten years ago?

I did drink the poisoned wine.

That was when I just learned

the person who wanted to kill me

was my own mother.

I felt hopeless

and tired of earthly life.

To my shame, I thought you were just playing around

and didn't care about the exam.

I didn't know

you were suffering so much.

Maybe it was providence

that I managed to survive.

But from that moment on,

I've been only living for revenge.

Gu Qingzhang is your son who you tried to kill

back then,

but he didn't die.

He is lurking by your side

and waiting to take revenge on you.

Dr. Gu, It's past 4:00 PM.

Why haven't you gone to apply medicine to the Empress Dowager?

I wrote this after you left

without saying goodbye.

I've been waiting for a chance to give it to you.

Parting at death is so painful that groaning is hard to hush.

Parting in life, on the other hand, is always devastating.

My old friend...

My old friend came into my dream,

likely in knowing I always think of him.

Shulin.

I want to take revenge with you.

Don't worry, Peizhi.

After the Immortal Instrument Ceremony,

your father's name will be cleared.

I know you have planned well.

What can I do?

Dr. Gu,

a man claimed to be your apprentice

and entered Hanyuan Hall.

Hanyuan Hall

I've told you everything.

Please stop Gu Qingzhang first.

Kuruo.

You're back.

Is our home still the same?

Has the water of the Sacred Lake

dried up?

Is there any fruit hanging from

the apricot trees on the back hill?

When I was a kid,

I got toothache because of it

and I couldn't eat for days.

Are the bookmarks

made of a sacred branch still on the table?

Your mother made them for me.

You hadn't learned how to talk at that time.

While she was using wax to create the image,

you were messing around.

I didn't take those bookmarks with me

cause I didn't want them to be stained by the filth outside.

It was

still the same as before.

No.

It was frozen in that moment.

Our clansmen are all dead.

It's all because the Empress Dowager

thirsted for power so much

that she would kill her own flesh and blood

and wipe out the paradise.

Now

I will make everything she worked so hard for

fall apart in front of her.

Kuruo.

When the time comes,

you'll stand beside me

and we'll watch the initiator of evil

receive the most severe punishment.

No.

I will never be on your side.

Don't you want to take revenge for your mother

and your clansmen?

Do you know

that would only create more misery?

Misery?

You had such a good mother

and met such a good master.

You lived a carefree life for many years.

Do you even know what misery is?

Do you know how I have survived all these years?

I used to like to read on the hill behind the Sacred Lake.

I was tired from reading that day

and fell asleep on the hill.

Suddenly I was awakened by a loud noise,

and I saw a scarlet mist over the village.

I was confused and rushed back to the village,

but what I saw was

the dead bodies of all the villagers.

Sir, over here!

Find him.

Don't miss a single hair.

Sir, how can we find him?

Look for a boy about ten years old

with a night-blooming cereus headdress.

Search.

When I heard they were looking for the night-blooming cereus headdress,

I realized

that they came to kill me.

Fortunately, I had the clan whistle with me,

so I blew the whistle as hard as I could

to make the water of the Sacred Lake vibrate and boil

as it was during the ceremony.

What's happening?

Sir.

It's witchcraft.

It's witchcraft!

Run!

Run!

I scared them away with a trick,

but I was afraid they wouldn't give up

if they couldn't find my body.

I had to sneak back to the village

and hid the night-blooming cereus headdress

on the body of a dead boy of my same age.

Then I lived on my own.

Over the last ten years,

I've been through thick and thin

and suffered scorn and ridicule.

I returned to the capital at all costs

only to find out the one

who wanted me dead is my own mother.

Well,

she brought me to this world,

but why did she send me to the infernal hell?

If she hadn't given birth to me,

if your mother hadn't saved me,

if I had died quietly in the scarlet mist,

or if the poisoned wine

for Peizhi had no antidote,

then my life

would have been considered lucky.

That's why

you should stop.

Then you won't suffer anymore.

Now you've known everything.

Can't you still feel my pain?

No.

You can't feel it.

Maybe if you had come back ten days earlier,

you would have seen your master's body

hanging from the gate tower.

That would have been the last time you see him

and your last chance to fulfill your filial duty.

Kill her.

Not only to avenge the deaths of your mother and your clansmen,

but also the death of your master.

No.

I can feel your pain.

Your hatred.

But

pain can't be healed with pain, and hatred

can't be healed with hatred.

Her Majesty has known everything.

It's over now.

Is it?

Didn't I tell you to take good care of Mr. Lan?

It's good that you're here.

Her Majesty has been killed.

You saw

who did it.

Mr. Lan.

Guards!

Zhang Ping assassinated the Empress Dowager.

Take him down!

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