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[A Lifetime Love]

[Episode 38]

- A'Mo.
- You're back?

How is Jing Shi?

His emotions are very unstable right now, randomly making a scene at times and refusing to respond at other times.

You should hurry go and check on him.

A'Mo!

Where are you going?

I'm going to find Sister Yun Sang and explain what's going on.

- All right, I'll go with you.
- You must not.

Not to mention that you're the King of Ling Yun,

even if you go, what are you planning to say?

I must give an answer to Xuan Mu.

Otherwise, if the Lunar Goddess Tribe doesn't kill Jing Shi, he'll still be killed by Xuan Mu.

I understand your dilemma.

However, you represent all of Ling Yun.

If this isn't handled properly, all of Ling Yun will get dragged down as well.

- Let me give them an answer in your place.
- No, you absolutely can't.

You're not only the Princess Consort of Ling Yun, but also the Princess of Xuan Yang.

Xuan Yang and Xuan Mu are at war with each other right now.

I can't let you get involved in this matter.

If you go, you'll be putting your neck right into the noose.

Don't worry!

Sister Yun Sang and I are very close.

She sees me as her own sister.

Nothing will happen to me if she's there.

Then why don't I send some guards to go with you?

They can at least protect you.

There's no need! Nothing will happen to me really.

Just wait to hear from me! I'll be back soon.

Your Highness, we've been waiting for so long and still haven't heard anything from Ling Yun.

Why don't I go into the city and find out what happened?

- What do you think?
- Don't do that.

Ling Yun values etiquette and they have many formalities.

Maybe they're being held up by something.

Just wait a bit longer! It's all right.

Yes.

Report!

Ling Yun's Princess Consort, Xuan Yang's Ruo, is asking to see you.

- Yun Sang! Yun Sang!
- General Jing Shi! General Jing Shi!

- Please calm down!
- Let go of me!

- General Jing Shi!
- Let me go!

- Yun Sang!
- Calm down first!

- Yun Sang!
- General Jing Shi!

General Jing Shi! General Jing Shi!

- Your Majesty.
- You can't go anywhere.

People from the Lunar Goddess Tribe still aren't leaving yet.

If you go outside right now, you'll walk right into their hands.

I don't care about that anymore.

I'm sorry! I can't let you take that risk.

I don't care!

I want to see Yun Sang.

Calm down!

Otherwise, you'll never see Yun Sang ever again.

A'Mo already went to explain to Yun Sang.

You should trust her.

I trusted you before, too.

And what is the result?

I'll give you an explanation,

but right now, I need to go to see the people from the Lunar Goddess Tribe.

- Cai Ling, Cai Zhong.
- We're here.

Lock Jing Shi in the forbidden area.

Without my permission, do not let him out!

Yes.

Your Highness, what happened exactly?

Let's go back to Xuan Mu.

Is Ling Yun going back on their word?

Do they really think Xuan Mu is gullible?

If Your Highness can't enter the city today,

I will bring an army to wipe out this place myself!

Enough now.

- Let's go back to Xuan Mu first.
- But Ling Yun—

A'Mo.

- Sister.
- What happened?

I know it must be something serious,

or Ling Yun would never lock the gate at this moment.

One of the four tribes of Ling Yun, the Lunar Goddess Tribe, is causing trouble in the city.

Ling Yun shut the city gate in order to protect Jing Shi.

The Lunar Goddess Tribe is causing trouble?

Are they going to rebel?

You just said, "To protect Jing Shi."

What happened to him?

What happened to him? Hurry, tell me! Don't make me anxious.

A girl named Yuan Han from the Lunar Goddess Tribe hung herself from the gate tower.

When the Lunar Goddess Tribe heard it, they looked everywhere for Jing Shi

and want Jing Shi to pay with his life.

Yuan Han?

Leave now!

Jing Shi, I've found

that the Lunar Goddess Tribe are trying to hunt you down right now.

For your safety, I must do this.

I just have one thing to ask, Your Majesty.

What exactly did you do

to break off my engagement with Yuan Han?

There was a girl in Ling Yun.

Her parents were greedy for power.

They forced her to break off her engagement and marry someone else.

This chaste girl said,

"I'm as pure as white jade.

I can't let filth tarnish my body."

On the day of her wedding,

she drowned herself in the river with a piece of white jade given to her

by her former fiancé.

The white jade in Ling Yun,

is a symbol of chastity.

When Yuan Han died,

she had a piece of white jade in her mouth.

That's probably...

what she wanted to say before she died.

I implore you to tell me.

Back then, what you did to force her to prove her chastity with death!

At that time, when you were drunk in front of Di Yin,

you agreed to the engagement with Yuan Han.

You know Ling Yun values etiquette.

There was no way you could call off the engagement.

But then later I learned

that you were already in love with Yun Sang.

To make sure you could be with Yun Sang,

I considered all the possibilities before I made such a bad decision.

I set a trap for Yuan Han

and accused her of having an affair with another man.

That's what made the Lunar Goddess Tribe cancel the engagement.

What an ingenious king!

Should I kneel and thank you for that?

Do you know what reputation means to women in Ling Yun?!

Of course, I do.

Now that you saw her body, you're starting to feel sorry

and voice grievances for her.

However, have you ever considered

if I hadn't done that, the results would be even worse?

You already love someone else.

If Yuan Han was married to you by her family as a tool,

would you treat her just like Yun Sang?

Is your kindness really fair to her?

Even if you could forget Yun Sang

and marry Yuan Han as promised,

the Lunar Goddess Tribe already pledged their allegiance to Di Yin.

If you became their son-in-law,

you would be handing your military powers to the Lunar Goddess Tribe.

You know very well that once Di Yin obtains power,

you, me, and even A'Mo

would all be doomed.

Put aside our own lives, if Di Yin has control of the troops,

he'll immediately declare war against Xuan Mu.

By then, the people of Ling Yun will be plunged into misery.

As a general of Ling Yun, how should you handle yourself?

Your Majesty,

This reasoning behind the family and state,

it isn't like I don't understand.

But what kind of family

needs to be sustained by an innocent girl with her life?

Yuan Han was engaged to me without her consent.

Then she was accused of losing her virginity by you

without any knowledge of the truth.

She was just a fragile girl...

who was pushed around by those in power

and died for the family and state

that didn't even care about her.

I have only a question.

Whose family and state is this?

Is a girl like her a part of that state?

How presumptuous!

Yuan Han didn't have to die.

I had already decided on how to compensate for her loss.

Compensate?

How were you going to compensate her?

Even if you forced another man to marry her with your power as our patriarch,

her husband would still look down upon her.

She would still have to live with shame for the rest of her life.

I planned to marry her myself.

What did you say?

I had thought it through already.

I would marry her after I took over Ling Yun

and appoint her with a grand ceremony.

It would compensate for her pain.

Of course, she would help me win over and divide the Lunar Goddess Tribe.

But I never expected...

her to disguise herself as Qinu

to stay by your side.

I remember since childhood that you said I acted impetuously,

and I said you were too rational and thorough.

It's all my fault...

It's all my fault.

Yuan Han's death

was caused by me.

If I weren't so soft and indecisive,

Yuan Han wouldn't have come to me.

She wouldn't have died in vain like that!

Your Majesty, I beg you to tell the Princess of Xuan Mu

to consider Jing Shi...

is already dead.

That's outrageous!

How could they insult the Eldest Princess of Xuan Mu like this?

I must launch an attack against them

and make Jing Shi and Ling Yun's Sheng Lun pay for this!

I met with Jing Shi a few times.

He doesn't seem like the faithless type.

There must be a reason behind this; thus, you mustn't act on impulse.

That's Yun Sang, my sister!

Xuan Mu has never been insulted like this since its establishment.

Chi Yun, if you refuse to attack them,

I, Hao Xu, will do it myself.

I refuse to believe that several hundred thousand Xuan Mu soldiers

can't even conquer a mere Ling Yun Clan!

The war between Xuan Mu and Xuan Yang is in full swing right now.

Even with Xing Mang joining the battle,

he might only make it to be on par with Yu Chen.

We still don't know what the outcome would be yet.

If you're going to attack Ling Yun right now,

I'm worried it'll give Xuan Yang's troop a great opportunity.

However, if you insist on giving the order, I guarantee you,

no official shall be able to leave Xuan Mu Mountain.

Are we just going to suffer this indignity without a protest?

Brother Hao Xu!

Brother Hao Xu! Sister Yun Sang has been hiding on the Moonlight Peak ever since she came back.

She won't even see me. Please go to check on her!

Moonlight Peak?

All those years I was in the extreme north,

I witnessed too many separations and deaths.

I've heard too many stories, too.

Are you interested in hearing them?

If you want to tell me, I can't refuse, can I?

You know I love to drink.

But do you know where I had the best wine in the world?

It was in the extreme north.

At the time, I followed a tribe of hunters

in hopes to cross the extreme north,

and spend the winter somewhere south of it.

When we arrived at the foot of Snow Dragon Mountain

and were about to arrive at our destination,

an avalanche wiped out the entire tribe without warning.

Only a few agile young folks,

an old man, and I survived.

That old man leaned on me while dragging his lame left leg

and pulled out a bronze flask.

That wine was so delicious.

I don't know for how long it was aged,

but it was also really strong.

My intestines were burning.

I asked him why the wine was so good.

He said it had been aged for twenty years.

After a few sips of the wine,

he told me

his ancestors didn't live in the extreme north.

They were from a small household in Xuan Yang.

There was endless warfare everywhere.

People were being conscripted everywhere.

If they were enlisted, they would never come back.

In his family, his father, his eldest brother,

and his second brother were all conscripted.

None of them came back.

When it came time for him,

he had just gotten married and had a child.

His child was just one year old.

According to him,

his wife was as beautiful as a blooming lotus flower.

I didn't really believe him.

Until there was a day.

Because he wanted to keep a whole father for his son

and a whole husband for his wife,

he ran away.

Deserting in face of a battle is a capital offense.

Exactly!

That's why he headed all the way north.

He doesn't know how many years he had been running.

He ran until he reached the extreme north.

All the things he brought from home were eaten or used.

Only that flask of wine, he was reluctant to drink.

He would only take a few sips of it

every time he had a narrow escape.

He said only this wine

could remind him that he once had a family,

and had a wife who is as beautiful as a blooming lotus flower,

and a child who has already grown up.

The world...

still has so many pitiable people.

Who would negate that?

I know you're an upright, honest, and introspective man.

In this world, you're a real gentleman.

You think Yuan Han died wrongfully

and the world is unfair.

However, there are some sacrifices I have to make.

It would be the same for you.

I'm not speaking as a king.

I'm just speaking as Sheng Lun, your brother-in-arm.

I hope you can come around.

Ling Yun still needs you.

This world and this period of time need a gentleman like you.

You should think carefully about it.

Sister!

Sister! Open the door Sister!

Sister?

Sister, don't carry all burdens on your own.

You've always been the one to take care of me.

Now that I'm a grown up, I can protect you.

Sister, do you hear me?

It's all my fault.

I'm so useless and too weak

to let you be insulted like this.

As the King of Xuan Mu, I can't even do anything to help you!

I can't even protect my own sister.

I'm really useless.

I remember when we were little,

my spiritual power was weak

and my health was bad.

You were always the one who took care of me.

I remember whenever someone bullied me,

you would always keep me behind you.

If I wanted anything,

you would definitely do your best to get it for me.

Later on, when Father passed away,

you assisted me despite all the pressure.

Everyone thought you were power hungry.

But only I knew...

it was because you were worried about me.

You've never asked anything for yourself.

However, this time... Just this once...

I can't even give you what you want the most.

I really am useless.

Sister.

Sister, don't worry!

I'll surely seek justice for you.

There's no need.

Jing Shi and I

aren't meant to be together.

Maybe it was a mistake starting from the Uneven Dwelling.

Since it has come to this, it might as well.

From now on, I'll just stay in Xuan Mu.

I'll stay on Moonlight Peak to accompany you,

accompany Royal Father, accompany Mother, and accompany our sister.

- Sister—
- Enough now. Say no more!

Hao Xu,

from now on,

your diligence is the greatest consolation for me.

I'd rather not unify the world.

- I just want you to be happy.
- I won't allow you to say such thing.

From now on, Xuan Mu is relying on you.

I'm also relying on you.

Have you seen Jing Shi?

How is he doing now?

He refuses to listen to anything.

I'm afraid all of Ling Yun is talking about this.

I've suppressed it,

but it's just a temporary solution.

I'm at my wit's end about this, too.

Jing Shi is so dispirited.

I wonder how Sister Yun Sang is doing.

Right now, Jing Shi is like a rock of despair.

Storms, thunder, nor lightning can move him.

If he doesn't bounce back on his own, no one can help him.

But it took so long for him and Yun Sang to be together.

How can he give up so easily?

I can't even imagine how sad Sister Yun Sang must be right now.

What can we do now?

Currently, many clansmen are urging to denounce Jing Shi.

Yuan Han's move was obviously the result of deliberate consideration.

She was willing to disguise herself as a maid

and remain by Jing Shi's side to gain his trust.

She hung herself from the gate tower in a wedding dress

to completely destroy Jing Shi and Yun Sang's wedding.

That's the cruelest way to seek revenge,

which leaves no possibility for them to turn the situation around.

So Jing Shi and Sister Yun Sang can never be together?

I'm afraid it'll be difficult.

The Lunar Goddess Tribe is trying to blow up the situation even more

to let the entire city know that Jing Shi broke off an engagement to marry another woman.

The power hungry and noble Eldest Princess of Xuan Mu

forced a pure, innocent girl to prove her chastity with death.

All of Ling Yun are spitting on Jing Shi and despising Yun Sang.

Even if I can keep the Lunar Goddess Tribe quiet

and order the entire court not to discuss the matter,

I still can't do anything about public opinion

that comes in like a flood.

Let's just forget about their marriage,

I'm afraid Jing Shi's official post might not be able to be preserved.

Is there really nothing we can do?

General Jing Shi, please wake up.

I know you're not asleep.

Can you pull yourself together?

Sister Yun Sang is still waiting for you.

It's been so many days already.

Are you really going to stay like this and live the rest of your life in a daze?

Where's that attentive man who designed the Uneven Dwelling?

Where has that man who won't even flinch in the face of a massive army gone?

Do you know what you look like now?

A drunkard! A scoundrel!

If you keep giving up on yourself like this,

forget about Sister Yun Sang, I'll even look down upon you!

Get up!

You're upset; you're in pain.

We all understand.

But have you thought about Sister Yun Sang?

Won't she be upset, too?

Do you think she can laugh it off and pretend that nothing happened?

Do you know what it means to be a real man?

That is someone that when a woman he loves needs him the most,

he'll show up immediately to be at her side.

But what about you?

All you do is hiding in here wallowing in self-pity.

I know.

You feel responsible for Yuan Han's death.

But are you going to abuse yourself like this for the rest of your life?

Jing Shi, I'm not talking to you as the Princess Consort.

I'm a f'riend of yours and Sister Yun Sang's.

I really don't want to see her

forcing a smile when she's really upset.

Although you can't see each other right now,

I believe there will be a day when you'll see each other again.

For Sister Yun Sang's sake,

please take care of yourself.

Do you know how the old hunter died?

What?

The old hunter... died from drinking.

How is our sister doing?

As usual, each day as the others, she won't talk.

It's as if she has lost her soul.

Sometimes, when she wakes up in the middle of the night,

she'll sit by the window and look outside by herself.

Sometimes, her mind wanders while she's doing embroidery work.

Who knows what she's looking at?

I currently have to stay by her side every minute,

in case she hurts herself.

- Where is she now?
- She just went to clean Father's grave and probably went to the cliff.

Why didn't you go with her then?

- What if something happens to her?
- I wanted to go with her.

However, sister wouldn't let me go, no matter what.

Yun Sang's mood is unstable right now.

We don't know when something might happen.

You must stay by her side at all times.

Even if she won't allow it, you still have to follow her.

Do you hear me?

Sister Yun Sang, are you all right?

I really miss you, and I'm worried about you.

Don't worry about the situation in Ling Yun.

Just leave it to the rest of us to take care of it.

You just need to relax and recuperate.

General Jing Shi will come see you soon.

Thank you very much for your concern, A'Mo.

Life is always unpredictable,

but I've also seen a lot of it.

You and I both have had difficult romantic relationships.

Now that I'm already like this,

I don't want you to be troubled by love anymore.

While you two still have hope and you still love each other,

don't keep Chi Yun waiting anymore.

Sheng Lun, I...

What's with you?

I'm just a bit worried about Sister Yun Sang.

Can I leave Ling Yun for a while?

Sure.

You're not asking where I'm going?

You can't do anything about Jing Shi's matter anyway.

A change of scenery might do you some good.

- But...
- Stop hesitating

Just follow your heart.

Remember to take care of yourself.

Thanks.

A'Mo!

Ling Yun will always be your home.

Sun-flare, what do you think of this place?

If you think it's good, then it's good.

All right, from now on, we're going to decorate our new home.

Let's go inside.

General, the Xuan Yang Army is forming an array outside of Fu Yuan.

They're not rushing to besiege the city, and we aren't launching an attack, either.

Although there aren't any damages from battles, we keep consuming army provisions.

If this goes on, it isn't a long-term solution.

It won't be much longer.

Go to Xuan Mu immediately and notify Ju Ze.

Tell Ju Ze, it's time and to do as we planned.

Remember! You must tell Ju Ze yourself.

Don't let anyone else hear it!

I understand.

Chi Yun, I've already decorated our home.

It's peach blossom season again.

You promised me that you'll never break your promise again.

I believe you.

This time, I'll be waiting right here for you.

I'm here.

For this year's Blossom Dancing Festival,

you're finally here.

A'Mo,

I will never let you down again.

♫ Fate is always so stingy toward one side ♫

♫ Beautiful words always come to me from the clouds ♫

♫ They emerge clearly in the night ♫

♫ His Lord's words fly over thousands of mountains on the evening mist ♫

♫ No matter who asks, the lovesick person won't ever change ♫

Look! Look at our new home.

What do you think?

I finally have a home.

I, Chi Yun, finally have a home.

♫ The emotions of parting suddenly emerge when awakening from the dream ♫

♫ It's hard to dispel an inexplicably sorrowful, empty heart ♫

I grew up in the wilderness since I was a child.

All I knew was how to dash across mountains and roam through forests.

At the time, I thought the entire world was mine.

Even so, since childhood,

I've never had a real home.

I never knew what it felt like to have a home.

Now, I finally have a home.

That's because I decorated it well.

No.

What is that then?

It's because this home has you in it.

The Xuan Yang Army has been in a deadlock with Xuan Mu for days.

Do any of you have any good advice?

Your Majesty, I have an idea.

Quickly tell me!

Your Majesty, the six cities that Xuan Yang's troop has captured are heavily guarded.

General Tong Zheng and General Xing Mang are also afraid to leave the city impulsively.

If this goes on, our troop will lose its momentum.

The Xuan Yang's troop has plenty of supplies that can last until the next autumn.

Xuan Yang is also constantly sending people

to reinforce the six cities they captured.

If we drag on any longer, Xuan Mu will have no hope of recapturing the lost territory.

I believe

we must send troops to reinforce the border.

General Kun Bu.

I'm here, Your Majesty.

I order you to lead twenty thousand recruits to reinforce Xing Mang immediately.

- There can be no mistakes with this.
- Yes.

- Your Majesty, I still have another matter to say.
- Go ahead!

I believe, not just General Kun Bu,

even if Chi Yun went personally, we still might not ensure a victory.

It's only a temporary solution; it won't solve the real problem.

What do you mean?

A long battle is unfavorable, it's mainly because of the lack of momentum.

Your Majesty is wise and valiant.

We have counselors and generals unified in strength.

If Your Majesty can personally lead the troops into battle,

it'll drastically enhance morale,

repel Xuan Yang, and turn our defeat into victory.

Even if we can't win immediately,

we still can disrupt Xuan Yang's original deployment

and knock them out one by one.

Ju Ze, what do you mean by that?

The battlefield is dangerous and risky.

His Majesty's safety is of utmost importance.

How can he personally lead the troop?

What intentions are you harboring?

General Kun Bu,

may I ask why the soldiers are fighting on the battlefield?

Certainly because of their loyalty to Xuan Mu and His Majesty.

You're absolutely right, General Kun Bu.

They are fighting because of their loyalty to His Majesty and Xuan Mu.

Now, countless soldiers have already died at the battlefront,

while we're entrenched on Xuan Mu Mountain.

How can we ask the soldiers to charge ahead courageously?

Your Majesty, I believe that we're at the crucial moment of life and death.

Tong Zheng and Xing Mang refuse to give in.

Once the two of them are defeated, Xuan Mu will have no fortress to defend.

Then Xuan Yang's troop will march straight toward Xuan Mu Mountain.

Especially that Xuan Yang's troop, they're rampant,

bringing misery to everyone they pass.

I dare to implore you, Your Majesty.

Please lead the army into battle for the sake of the subjects of Xuan Mu.

Your Majesty, this isn't child's play.

Please reconsider, Your Majesty.

Ju Ze, is the Xuan Yang's troop really like you said,

really bringing misery to every person they come across?

Your Majesty, Xuan Yang's troop is barbaric and wicked.

They forcibly occupy farmlands and slaughter civilians.

Currently, within a hundred-mile radius of those cities, people are starving and dying.

Trading their children for food, Tthey're deprived of their means of survival.

- That isn't nearly enough to describe their atrocity, Your Majesty.
- Nonsense!

Why haven't I heard about this?

The King of Xuan Yang is known for his benevolent nature.

Why would he do something like that?

Kun Bu!

As a courtier of Xuan Mu,

how can you speak for the King of Xuan Yang?

Your Majesty, I can guarantee that every word I said is true.

Your Majesty, please lead the army into battle and reclaim our lost territory.

Your Majesty, you mustn't!

General Kun Bu, say no more.

The Xuan Yang's troop invaded our borders bringing misery to people everywhere they go.

I'm the King of Xuan Mu. How can I stand by and watch?

I, Hao Xu, will put on my armor and lead the army into battle

to wage a fierce war with Xuan Yang.

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❝ Peach Blossom Promise ❞
Lyricist: Zhang Ying - Composer: Luo Kun - Singer: Deng Ziqi

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♫ Yet an oath is like the wind blowing away the clouds ♫

♫ In the river of time, I wonder what year this is ♫

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♫ In a heartbeat, how many times the flowers bloom and fall through the fingers? ♫

♫ The intertwining of this life has touched my heartstrings ♫

♫ I wonder if we'll meet again in the next life ♫

♫ Leave a peach blossom as commemoration to resolve the fate of this life ♫

♫ My whole face gives telltale signs that I miss you ♫

♫ Every inch of land, every year the tree lives ♫

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♫ Passion is a kind of adoration that goes astray from the original intention ♫

♫ Forget the future, forget the past ♫

♫ Forget my heart, forget you, and forget how we began ♫

♫ The blossoms stain the path of loving you ♫

♫ I pray piously for my long-cherished wish that in our next life ♫

♫ We could have an outcome as simple as the peach blossom ♫

♫ On the thought that the time will start to repeat itself ♫

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♫ Memories scatter on the path of loving you ♫