All language subtitles for Story of Kunning Palace episode 22 [iQIYI]

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As long as I can take over Ning'an Palace,

I'm willing to pay any price.

[Ning'an Palace]

Cleanse the court of traitors and sycophants.

The cinnabar imperial brush determines one's life and death.

Everything

is like a dream.

I once was indebted to a lot of people.

Zhang Zhe, help me.

I'll be a good person after this.

I'll marry the one I spoiled.

There are things

you can't give me.

But he can.

To keep my life,

only you, Sir, can help me.

Everyone in the world is entitled to escape.

But I'm the only one who can't.

I want to do my best to make up for

my past regrets and wrongdoings.

Mr. Zhang, do you believe in predestination from the previous life?

I'd rather believe in what's in front of me.

Welcome, Your Highness.

Welcome, Your Highness.

Congratulations on returning to the capital of our homeland.

Ning'er, what are you afraid of?

But in the unfathomable,

there's always an invisible hand

that puts everything back to its original place.

You've taken revenge and paid your debts.

At the end of the day, who are you?

A bustling place, or a battleground.

A life of absurdity, a story of mistakes and regrets.

[Story of Kunning Palace]

[Episode 22]

For so many of us to enter the capital together,

it will attract too much attention and is not safe.

How about this?

Let's split up.

Sir will go with me.

Miss Zhang

will go with Huang Qian.

No.

I only know my brother.

Even if we have to enter the city separately,

why do you have to separate us?

Isn't it obvious?

Feng Mingyu is petty.

He's afraid you two might run away together

and don't trust you.

That's not it.

What General Feng means is

he's worried that the identity documents we prepared

will encounter issues during the inspection.

You siblings are close

and should be together.

But because of that,

once one of you is stopped,

the other will be worried and become anxious,

and we won't be able to enter the city.

So, it's more appropriate for you

to split up.

It's okay.

Just do as they say.

However,

please protect my sister.

Take care of yourself.

[Tongzhou]

Just now you told the guards at the capital gate

that we are workers of Hongmeng Tavern.

So that tavern

is the contact point you set in the city?

Sir.

Feng Mingyu is with Zhang Zhe

ten miles away from the city.

Dao Qin is keeping a watch over there.

General Yan Liu has also led people to search the mountain and forest.

But

we haven't found any clue about the gunpowder yet.

We don't know when Feng Mingyu will take action.

Ning'er is in danger.

Tell Xiao Bao

to find a way to get Ning'er out tonight.

Yes.

Also,

His Majesty has sent Duke Xue to lead the Xingwu Guards here.

But didn't you say

His Majesty planned to

send Xingwu Guards as reinforcements in a few days?

Why did they suddenly come earlier?

It's not strange.

He has been in the throne for 20 years.

He should have his own rights and consideration.

But we don't know

where Feng Mingyu buried the explosives yet.

We can't lure Xingwu Guards there.

If we miss this chance,

I'm afraid it'll be hard to deal with them again.

It's fine.

Notify Xue Dingfei.

Once Feng Mingyu takes action,

report immediately.

Yes.

[Hongmeng Tavern]

Miss,

why aren't you eating?

I'm not hungry.

It will take at least a few hours to enter the city in groups.

Miss Zhang,

don't be too anxious.

Come on. Eat while waiting.

Yes. Go have a bite.

See if you like the food.

Have some water.

Oh right.

Miss Zhang and Sir are siblings.

Why are your personalities so different?

We are cousins.

My surname is Jiang.

Miss Jiang?

I wonder

if you grew up in Jinling too?

Where do you life?

Are you done?

You've been trying to get information on my brother this entire way.

You've basically found out everything about my family.

You want to be able to match your statements

when General Feng arrives, right?

I didn't mean that.

I just think

you are a delicate girl.

By bringing you by his side,

if anything happens to you,

well...

Let me tell you the truth.

My brother and I love each other.

But our family doesn't allow for it.

This time round, it's not just for the mission,

but for our elopement.

So there's such a reason.

No wonder on our way here...

What else?

Why else do you think

Mr. Dujun is someone who doesn't leave traces when he moves around

and why you didn't receive any news from Lord Pingnan?

My brother cherishes his reputation.

He didn't want to tell you too much.

But you guys

wouldn't stop asking our whole way here.

Why?

People who serve Lord Pingnan,

have to investigate all these personal matters too?

What does my relationship with my brother

have anything to do with you?

See.

I told you not to ask.

Now you offended Mr. Dujun's sister.

No.

His future wife.

When you reach Jinling,

what will you do?

How would I know that?

Feng.

Why didn't I hear

that Lord Pingnan has such a business in Tongzhou?

He can even get the pass document.

There are many things you don't know.

A pass document is nothing.

Soon,

the whole Tongzhou will be ours.

Yan's troops are stationed in Tongzhou.

If Lord Pingnan wants to act,

it won't be that easy.

No matter how valiant the Yan's troops are,

they can't beat my methods.

You don't have to worry.

Tomorrow,

there will be something exciting for you to see.

What's happening tomorrow?

We're here.

This is the place.

Dinner is ready?

[Hongmeng Tavern]

I'm starving.

Huang.

Is the meal ready, Huang?

Brother.

Let's eat.

Please, Sir.

What's wrong?

N-nothing.

Miss Jiang was quite worried about you today.

Eat up.

Here, eat.

Is something wrong with that girl?

No.

They are both normal.

Stop asking.

Let's eat.

What happened?

Nothing much.

I don't think you should know.

On the way,

Feng Mingyu kept asking me questions.

It must be the same with Huang Qian.

Miss Jiang, please tell me the truth.

So that I can be prepared.

Do you really want to hear it?

It's nothing much.

He asked me

about our relationship.

And why did you take me on

such a dangerous mission?

Didn't we discuss this question

on the way here?

Yes, we did.

But I came up with a better answer.

I said

we love each other.

This is an elopement.

What did you say?

I said this is an elopement.

Nonsense!

Eat, eat.

Eat up.

I said–

Don't talk nonsense.

I was afraid that by saying more things I'd make a mistake,

so I made an excuse to shut them up.

Did I say something wrong?

I can't think of a good excuse at that moment.

What if I ruin your plan?

Didn't you say

it's good for them to mistake

our relationship?

Them misunderstanding

is different from you

telling them that yourself.

It's all my fault.

I won't ruin your reputation anymore.

I'll say whatever you want me to say.

Don't be angry.

My reputation is nothing.

You have to get married in the future.

Such nonsense is inappropriate.

What's inappropriate?

I don't want to marry anyone else anyway.

All right.

Let's stop

talking about this.

I heard Feng Mingyu talking on the way here.

I'm afraid they'll take action tomorrow.

Miss Jiang.

There's no time to lose.

Just pretend to be sick tonight.

I know you're worried.

But it's dangerous here.

If you stay here,

I will only be more worried.

I promised you

that I'll make sure you return safely to the capital.

Since I made this promise,

I can't go back on my word.

What's wrong?

It hurts.

Where are you hurting?

Miss San.

How is my sister?

Please tell me the truth.

Miss Jiang looks like

she was poisoned.

Why are you looking at me?

As a man,

how can I poison a little girl?

This is your base.

Your men are everywhere.

You kept trying to probe me on the way here.

How can I believe that?

Don't be anxious, Sir.

It's true that

we want to probe you.

But if we really wanted to kill you,

everyone here is our man.

Why do we have to do this?

Our priority

is to treat

your sister first.

It's not dawn yet.

Where can we find a doctor?

There's one.

Physician Xie from Yongding Pharmacy lives in the shop.

We can send her there.

Look.

As expected of Xiao Bao.

Xiao Bao,

I'll send two men to you later.

If you meet an official, you can work your way through.

Don't worry, Mr. Zhang.

I will take good care of your sister.

Stop.

What's wrong?

Stop.

What's wrong?

Miss Ning'er.

This is the antidote.

Ning'er?

Are you Xie Wei's man?

You poisoned me?

It's just a temporary plan.

Fortunately,

I managed to get you out.

I have some money here.

Go stay a night

at that inn across the street tonight.

No matter what happens on the street tomorrow,

don't come out.

Someone will come to pick you up.

Where is Mr. Zhang?

What about him?

Don't worry.

Viscount Dingfei is with Mr. Zhang.

He will be fine.

He's also Xie Wei's man?

Things have been set up in Yongding Pharmacy.

There are always plans in the court.

All we need to do now is to save Mr. Zhang.

That's good.

Thank you for saving me.

You're welcome.

You went out for so long.

You managed to send her there?

She fell asleep after taking the medicine.

So I left those two at the pharmacy.

If anything happens, she can be protected.

That's good.

At least there's someone keeping an eye on her.

Come in. Get ready to go.

Father.

The forest is so big.

Where are the rebesl?

If Xie Wei takes the first credit,

our trip will be wasted.

Check around

and see if there are any clues.

Yes!

Sir,

Xiao Bao has brought Miss Jiang out.

Xue Dingfei also sent a message.

Saying that before dawn,

Feng Mingyu instigated them to go to Shangqing Temple.

Looks like that's

where Feng Mingyu set the gunpowder.

It's strange.

Why aren't they targeting Yan's troop

but instead, set up this gunpowder

in the temple?

In that case I should inform Duke Xue

to go to Shangqing Temple.

No need.

For military merits,

Xue Yuan only trusts himself

He won't listen to us easily.

Dao Qin.

Pretend to be the rebel.

Let them go there themselves while investigating.

Yes.

Sir.

Zhang Zhe has noticed your connection with the rebels.

Today,

we must get rid of him in the chaos.

Xiao Bao is Xie Wei's man.

It should be the same for Xue Dingfei.

In that case,

why didn't Xie Wei tell Zhang Zhe about this earlier?

Could it be because he's afraid that

Zhang Zhe suspects that he's related to the rebels?

If that's the case,

by asking Xie Bao to get me out,

isn't he exposing himself in front of Zhang Zhe?

With his meticulousness,

he would never make such a mistake.

Unless...

Guest.

I brought you some snacks.

Come in.

Did anything happen in the city today?

Like,

the barracks sent troops or the government is out to suppress bandits?

Not that I've heard of.

In the past, if the government takes any action,

they would issue an official notice

and inform us businessmen in advance.

Enjoy.

Xiao Bao brought me out last night.

It means the court is ready to take action.

But it's been hours.

Why is there no movement?

No.

I have to check it out.

[Yongding Pharmacy]

Is this Yongding Pharmacy?

Yes.

Miss,

are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?

It's not me.

It's Mr. Zhang.

He's in danger.

Please inform the reinforcements immediately.

What Mr. Zhang?

What reinforcements?

This is a pharmacy,

not the barracks.

You don't know?

How is that possible?

Sir,

how many Yongding Pharmacies are there in Tongzhou?

There's only us.

Miss, what are you trying to do?

If you don't need to see a doctor,

don't disturb our business here.

Xie Wei lied to him.

Xie Wei didn't set any plan

for Yongding Pharmacy to be a point to get help.

He wants to kill.

He never wanted Zhang Zhe to leave Tongzhou alive.

Where is Yan’s troops' barracks?

I'm asking you where Yan's troops' barracks is.

Xiao Bao.

You don't have to follow us up the mountain.

Guard at the foot of the mountain.

If anything happens,

come up to report to us anytime.

[Shangqing Temple]

This used to be an abandoned temple.

I came here a year ago

and have occupied this place.

I sent people to train here to practice

while gathering information about the court and the barracks.

Now,

it's at quite a large skill.

You're quite something, Feng.

You've hidden well.

You did such a big thing in Tongzhou,

yet I didn't hear anything about it before.

All these years, Lord Pingnan has been stopped in the north.

He's been suspicious.

At first, I thought

Mr. Dujun betrayed the court.

So I've been very cautious on our way here.

Please forgive me.

You've done a lot of work to help Lord Pingnan.

It's good to be cautious.

However,

where is the good show that you want to show me?

I have to keep the good show to the end.

Why are you in such a hurry?

Please.

[Celebrate with Light]

I heard you've always been good at drinking.

You loved Gusu Yellow Wine the most when you were in Jinling.

Unfortunately,

we don't have any here.

Where did you hear that?

Mr. Dujun likes reading scriptures.

He can be considered half an innocent outsider.

He doesn't

drink.

General Feng.

I'm happy today.

I can drink with you.

I didn't expect Mr. Dujun

to be such an outgoing personality.

It suits our temperament.

Coincidentally,

I have something I can't make a decision on.

Let me tell everyone

so you can help me make a decision.

After we left the capital,

I secretly sent people

to keep an eye on the court.

Soon after,

news came.

The court sent Duke Xue

to bring a large number of Xingwu Guards to suppress the rebels.

They came straight to Tongzhou.

General Feng,

since you already knew about this,

why didn't you tell us earlier?

So that we can prepare for it.

What are you afraid of?

There are many soldiers in Shangqing Temple.

We also have a lot of gunpowder.

Who knows who will win?

I was just thinking

we should be cautions

on the way here

and be careful.

Unless Duke Xue is able to have the power of god,

how would he know we are in Tongzhou?

You mean...

there's a mole?

General.

There's a girl outside

claiming to be Mr. Yan's friend

asking to see you.

Mr. Yan?

A girl on top of that?

Yes.

Mr. Dujun is resourceful.

Don't you want to say anything?

General Feng said the news.

You're not explaining it yourself

but are asking me about it.

It's putting me in the spot.

Before I came to the capital,

Lord Pingnan suspected you

of defected to the court.

Now it seems that

it can only be you

who colluded with Duke Xue.

I'm innocent.

I have a clear conscience and carry out Lord Pingnan's orders.

Except me,

is General Feng not suspcious?

Me?

What do you mean?

I wasn't sure at first.

But now General Feng has gotten anxious.

If you had suspected me on the way,

why didn't you send a letter to Jinling

and get Lord Pingnan's confirmation?

Yet you're trying to stir up trouble here.

Jinling is far and high up.

When the letter reaches,

you would have succeeded.

Let me ask you.

When you left Jinling,

did Lord Pingnan say I have defected

and told you to only listen Feng Mingyu?

No.

Lord Pingnan just told me

to pass most of the forces in the capital to Mr. Gongyi's

and Mr. Dujun.

As for General Feng's visit to the capital, there is another mission on him.

Yes.

I'm a strategist.

And you are a soldier.

Most of the secret services in the capital are in my hands.

Gongyi Cheng's has been abandoned.

But General Feng

left the capital and entered Tongzhou

just like entering a deserted place.

I would like to ask

if you haven't joined forces with the court, what other explanation can there be?

That's because–

Viscount Dingfei,

are you still going to stand by?

General Feng and I will fight till death.

Aren't you afraid that the higher-ups will blame you?

You're slandering me.

My loyalty for Lord Pingnan is witnessed by heaven and earth.

There's no way I will rebel.

I'm already a fifth-rank official in the court.

If I weren't loyal to Lord Pingnan,

I wouldn't have been not afraid to be in danger

and got involved in this mess.

But you.

You have gunpowder.

Why didn't you ambush Xingwu Guards on the way

but lured us here?

Are you trying to kill us?

Nonsense!

Don't listen to him!

This mountain

is Yan's troops.

We chose this place

to bury the barracks

with the mountain's slope as an advantage.

I...

I'm doing this for the great cause of Jinling.

There are thousands of soldiers in Tongzhou's barracks.

Their tents are pitched wide and apart.

They won't be easily buried under a landslide.

Your excuses are full of flaws.

Viscount Dingfei,

are you still not making a move?

Xue Dingfei.

Are you crazy?

Huang Qian.

What are you waiting for?

When he detonates the explosives,

we will all die here.

Hurry up!

General Feng.

I didn't want to be your enemy.

But the situation is complicated now.

Could you two please surrender

and go back to Jinling with me to see Lord Pingnan?

Let Lord Pingnan

make the decision.

I'd love to

have my name cleared.

No.

If we let such eloquent rebel go back,

who knows how he will taint my name in front of Lord Pingnan?

You can leave.

But he must stay.

General Feng is afraid that after I leave,

you won't be able to give Duke Xue a good answer, right?

You...

What are you doing?

He's the one who is suspicious,

not me.

Explain your identity first.

Have you ever betrayed Lord Pingnan?

Two idiots.

What are you waiting for?

Waiting for them to start a gamble game?

Let's go.

Sir.

Xue Yuan fell for the trap.

He's on his way to Shangqing Temple.

Why are there so few people in the barracks today?

Sir,

a girl came this morning

saying that she has clues about the rebels.

The general led an army and went into the mountain with her.

They have been gone for a while now.

A girl?

Is she a girl about 18 or 19 years old?

Yes.

She also said she was an old friend of Viscount Yan.

She talked about many things about the Viscount Yan.

They are really close.

No way.

Didn't Xiao Bao do the things according to the plan

-and brought Miss Jiang to–
-Since she's here,

it means she has found something wrong.

Immediately deploy the troops and move with little things packed.

Attack from the back mountain.

You must bring her out

before Feng Mingyu ignites the gunpowder.

Yes.

Are you going too?

You haven't recovered yet.

It's too dangerous.

Medicine.

Give it to me.

Stop fighting!

Open your eyes!

Is Zhang Zhe still here?

This...

Viscount Dingfei is gone too.

Idiots.

Why didn't you trust me?

They are clearly in cahoots.

Xue Dingfei has already defected to the court.

What?

General, bad news!

Xingwu Guards are sneaking an attack.

They're already at the gate.

Stop!

Go!

Stop!

Stop!

Hurry up.

Didn't you ask Xiao Bao to guard down the mountain?

Where is he?

Now you know to panic?

Don't panic.

I have a plan.

So what if they're Xingwu Guards?

Today,

they will all die here.

I'll go kill them!

Stop!

You...

come with me.

Let's go.

Hurry up.

Xue Dingfei!

Are you working for Lord Pingnan

or for the court?

We need to escape now.

Can we talk about it after we go down the mountain?

Otherwise, when they come to their senses,

none of us can escape.

Let's go.

If we leave like this,

what would happen to the lives of the Xingwu Guards

and the innocent people in the barracks?

What ideas do you have?

Just you?

You're just a weak scholar.

If you go back, Feng will kill you first.

What are you doing?

See?

He's looking for death. I won't accompany you for that.

I won't.

I'll go.

Kill them!

Don't let anyone escape!

Kill!

Mr. Xue.

Mr. Zhang?

Where is the Duke?

I have something important to tell him.

It's just a den of rebels.

My father and I chased them

and beat them up.

We then led troops to hunt them down separately.

But it's none of your business.

The Xingwu Guards

will help His Majesty to stop the rebellion.

Chase!

No!

Watch out for traps, Mr. Xue!

If you are afraid,

just stay here.

Don't chase the poor.

This place is surrounded by mountains.

It's obviously a hidden plan to lure the enemy in.

Feng Mingyu has gunpowder.

What a coward.

You're a civil official. What do you know about war strategies?

Move aside!

Mr. Xue, no!

Mr. Xue!

There’s a trap ahead, Mr. Xue!

Mr. Xue!

Retreat!

Hello, Mr. Dujun.

It’s now obvious

who's the court's lackey.

What else do you want to say?

How dare you rebels

be so brazen?

Surrender now

and I will spare your life.

How dare you!

Shoot!

Protect Sir!

Sir.

We are outnumbered.

And they're on a vantage point.

We are disadvantaged.

What are you afraid of?

I'll send the signal now.

When my father comes,

-I’ll teach them a lesson!
-No!

No.

They have gunpowder

and deliberately lured us here.

They must've set a trap here waiting for us.

If you inform the Duke,

Xingwu Guards will be destroyed here too.

Don't shoot!

Mr. Xue!

It's a message from Xingwu Guards.

They're here too?

It's time.

To send them off!

Miss,

this is our first time in this mountain too.

It's too slow to keep looking.

How about

I lead a team to save Mr. Zhang first?

No.

The rebels brought him here.

There must be a base in the mountain.

If you split up,

it will be dangerous for you to go alone.

The rebels must be plotting something.

We must not only save Mr. Zhang,

but also stop this.

General.

I'm really Mr. Zhang.

I'm really...

It hurts. Don't.

It's you.

Miss.

You know him?

When I was patrolling,

I found this man suspicious

and interrogated him.

But he said he's Mr. Zhang.

I don't think so.

So I brought him here.

All right, it's a misunderstanding.

I mean

I'm looking for someone to save Mr. Zhang.

Where is he?

Over there.

Father!

I'm here!

Ye'er!

Duke, be careful! Don't come over!

They have gunpowder!

Ye'er!

Father!

Save me!

Ye'er!

Ye'er, are you okay?

Duke, retreat!

I destroyed the way down the mountain.

You have nowhere to go.

Today,

everyone will die here.

Why are there so many people?

Father.

We've been tricked.

It's not that easy

to kill me.

I'm not afraid of you rats.

Attention, Xingwu Guards!

If you don't want to die here,

then slaughter a path out for me!

Yes!

Kill them!

Kill all of them!

Yes!

Sir, I went down to have a look.

The road down the mountain was blown up.

There might be gunpowder ambushed on the mountain.

Sir.

They should be up there.

Sir.

You're not feeling well. Please wait here.

Right, Dao Qin?

We will definitely bring Miss Jiang back.

Stop talking.

Hurry up.

Sir!

Mr. Zhang!

Don't come over!

The Yan's troops are here too?

God is on my side.

Protect Mr. Zhang!

Yes!

Why did you come back?

We agreed to leave together.

I can't leave you here alone.

I planned to

trap and kill the Xingwu Guards first

then get some capacity to deal with Yan's troops.

I didn't expect that they would come here themselves.

That's great.

So what

if we die together today?

General.

What do you mean?

Do you want us to die together?

If you're afraid of death,

how can you achieve great things?

The whole mountain is filled with gunpowder.

Once my flute rings again,

the whole mountain will turn into ashes.

All the people on the mountain

can't escape.

General.

So many people have died.

How will you explain this to Lord Pingnan?

Lord Pingnan will succeed soon.

The whole Jinling will remember my name.

He's crazy!

Stop!

Are you two going to betray Lord Pingnan too?

Father.

Save me!

Ye'er!

Ye'er!

Let's go!

You foolish woman who's afraid of death.

Give me back my flute!

Huang Qian died in your hands.

I'll kill you!

Mr. Zhang, Miss Jiang,

Let me take you out first.

Don't worry about us.

As long as we can stop Feng Mingyu from sending the signal,

we still have a chance to survive.

You guys come with me.

Yes.

Duke!

It's not the time to escape.

Please order Xingwu Guards

to go up the mountain to help the Yan's troops.

Otherwise, we will all die.

Ignore him!

While the rebels are busy,

inform all Xingwu Guards

to evacuate the valley!

Duke Xue!

Duke!

The war is coming.

Yet they just want to retreat.

Retreat! Retreat!

Come on.

Let's go.

Xie Wei! Don't kill him!

Junior Preceptor Xie.

All the rebels

should be killed without mercy!

Yes!

Are you okay?

This is ridiculous!