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[Destined]

[Episode 33]

To be brave enough to accept punishment

and seek justice for your husband,

I can see that

you are righteous

and won't stop

your husband from improving.

I'm sure

there won't be any conflicts

when you spend your days with my child in the future.

My child and Deputy Minister Gu

have an engagement.

I was thinking of

fulfilling this marriage

and allow you to divorce.

But my son pleaded for you.

He said that you and Deputy Minister Gu

have been through thick and thin together

and you are willing to be a commoner's wife.

So I agreed.

Thank Her Majesty.

Your Majesty,

I refuse.

How dare you!

I dare not

lie to Your Majesty about my feelings.

Gu Jiusi

is my husband.

I

am unwilling to share him with anyone.

How dare you say such ridiculous words

and talk back to the Majesty?

Fine.

Just continue kneeling here

and come to your senses.

Liu Yuru.

Do you think putting on an at here

can prove that

your relationship with Brother Jiusi is

tougher than gold

and can stop this marriage?

I thought

you were a smart woman.

I thought

you were a great pillar of support for Brother Jiusi.

I didn't expect

you to be so stupid.

Do you know

you are the only obstacle

between Gu Jiusi and

his bright future?

Your Highness is a noble lady.

You have the Empress Dowager's help.

If Jiusi becomes a consort,

it is his blessing.

In the future,

in the court,

it will be a smooth road for him too.

But I just refuse.

Gu Jiusi

is my husband.

And the man I love.

I have him in my heart.

I also wish that in Gu Jiusi's heart,

by him,

will always be

just me, Liu Yuru.

You...

How ungrateful!

Whoever wants to marry Gu Jiusi

will have to step over

my life.

I'll grant your wish.

Mother, save me!

Mother!

How dare you Gu Jiusi!

How dare you wield a sword at someone above you

in the palace?

Do you want

our lives?

Empress Dowager.

You have achieved your goal.

You can target me,

but please let Yuru go.

Fine.

I promise you.

[Loyalty and righteousness]

Guards!

Imprison Gu Jiusi!

-Yes. -Yes.

Jiusi!

Jiusi!

Take care of yourself.

Go!

Jiusi!

Jiusi!

Your Majesty!

Jiusi!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

[Changgeng Palace]

Your Majesty.

Lady Liu, a commoner,

talked back to me and I can let that slide.

But a mere Deputy Minister

broke into my palace

and wanted to kill me.

Your Majesty,

you misunderstood.

Actually Gu Jiusi...

He already had his sword

pointing at my throat.

If the guards hadn't stopped him,

I would have

already died.

Your Majesty.

I know.

Gu Jiusi

is your favorite subject.

But I was alone with my child

when I opened the city

and presented Darong

to Your Majesty.

From then on,

the world became Da Xia's.

The only hope I have

is to get His Majesty's protection.

So that I can spend the rest

of my life in peace.

Can't you fulfil such

a humble wish?

Your Majesty,

you're exaggerating.

When I ascended the throne,

I promised you and your daughter

that I will give you

infinite glory and wealth.

I am a man of my words.

I have already

put Gu Jiusi in jail.

He has suffered a lot

in that prison.

I am very grateful that Your Majesty remembers

the promise you have made.

But

I was scared to death.

If Gu Jiusi is not

executed,

I

will never have peace.

I will live in perpetual fear

that I will die sooner or later.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty,

if anything happens to you,

what would people think of His Majesty?

Please take care of your health

and just forgive this mere subject.

Your Majesty...

Fine.

Since you are so afraid

of Gu Jiusi,

then I shall...

I...

I shall just exile him from the Eastern Capital.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Between Gu Jiusi and I,

only one can be alive.

If Your Majesty decides

to let Gu Jiusi live,

I will go back today

and hang myself to death with a white ribbon

so that Your Majesty won't have to be so conflicted.

Your Majesty!

What are you standing around for?

Stop her!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Is he stupid?

He finally escaped from danger

yet caused such a disaster again.

Do you know Her Majesty

is seeking death now?

Those old ministers of the previous dynasty

are also on her side.

Everyone is very agitated,

asking me

to execute Gu Jiusi.

Your Majesty...

Please approve what I have requested

just now.

Have you made up your mind?

Your Majesty,

my husband worked his way to the court

all because of me.

I should be the one

to take all the blame.

For the sake of my husband's

contributions to the court,

please grant my request

and exempt my husband from execution.

You lass...

Wang Hong.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Go get a cup of poisonous wine.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

♫Tear stains on the letter♫

How long will it take...

♫The blurred contour of your face♫

For the poison of this wine to take place?

♫Looking into your smiling eyes♫

♫I lose track of time♫

About an hour.

♫The sound of snow falling♫

Will it look ugly...

♫The beacon fire on the vast desert♫

when I die?

♫Don't get lost on your way back♫

♫If by some twist of fate♫

♫We'll part ways in the end♫

No.

♫Remember you'll always be missed♫

That's good.

♫The world is so big♫

That's a relief.

♫You're my sun and moon♫

♫Lighting my way through the dark♫

♫How can I forget you♫

♫Forget us, and forget the days we spent together?♫

♫How can I move on as if you were never in my life?♫

♫I miss you♫

♫I still love you♫

♫But I can't hold you in my arms again♫

♫I reach out but only feel the wind between my fingers♫

Your Majesty.

♫When the wind picks up and the moon shines♫

♫I see you everywhere and nowhere♫

♫Memories of you flood back to me♫

Please allow me...

♫If I still love you the same♫

To let me meet

Jiusi.

♫Will we meet again in my dreams?♫

♫Will it be like the first time we met?♫

I want to

speak to him.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Jiusi...

Why are you so stupid?

How could you wield a sword at the palace?

Jiusi...

I made you suffer.

Jiusi...

Do you like me very much?

You like me so much that you don't even want your life?

Jiusi...

From now on,

like me less, okay?

Okay?

[In loving memory of the late wife Liu Yuru]

Your Ladyship,

take a rest.

You haven't slept all night.

Go visit mother-in-law.

She passed out

after hearing the news last night.

Didn't the doctor say

this shocking news

might threaten her health?

[White clouds to one's liking]

Sister Jiang.

Sister Jiang?

Sister Jiang.

Sister Su.

Why are you up?

Go back and rest.

I'm here.

I can't lie down.

Isn't Yuru

returning soon?

I need to make some preserved dates for her.

She

like sweets since she was a child.

I'm worried that her teeth might rot.

So I have to

make these preserved dates for her personally.

So I can rest assured.

Yinhong,

why are you crying?

Are you missing Yuru?

She's returning soon.

Let's go.

Go pick more fruits with me.

[White clouds to one's liking]

Yuru.

Yuru!

Yuru! Where are you?

Yuru?

[In loving memory of the late wife Liu Yuru]

Yuru!

My child...

Wake up and take a look.

Look what happened to your mother.

How could you bear to

leave us like this?

Madam!

Madam!

Hurry! Call the doctor!

Madam!

Madam!

Madam.

[In Mourning]

Yun'er.

Did I do something wrong?

I obeyed the Ye family's teachings firmly

and acknowledged His Majesty

as a wise founding ruler over the world.

I acknowledged Gu Jiusi

as a virtuous minister who can help govern country.

I followed them closely

without a doubt.

But what did I get in return?

Luo Zishang, the treacherous official,

stirred up trouble in court.

Yuru was wronged and died.

The situation is bleak.

When can we see the light again?

Young Master.

Young Master.

You're back.

[Memorial Tablet of the Late Wife, Liu Yuru]

Go and see

what you've done.

She drank the poisoned wine

to take the fall for you.

You told me

you would protect her forever.

That's why I

entrusted her to you.

But what have you done?

Do you deserve to be her husband?

Brother.

It's not all his fault.

Brother.

I will kill that Empress Dowager

to avenge my Eldest Sister!

That's a crime serious enough to get your whole clan executed.

I, Shen Mingchi, am all alone in this world!

What family is there to speak of?

My sister was my only family.

I don't care about my life!

Step aside!

What about her?

You don't have to care.

What about her mother

and her family?

She chose to die

so that

we could live safely,

not for you

to act like a reckless brute.

[In Mourning]

♫It's like a dream♫

[In Mourning]

♫Feelings of lovesickness♫

[Correct and Clear the Origins]

♫Love once begun, will never end♫

♫Spring breeze passing by♫

♫Like the smile of youth on your face♫

♫Drops of lovesickness immersed in days and nights♫

♫Nowhere to be found♫

♫You once said I'm heartless♫

♫I didn't know I wouldn't stop missing you♫

♫Love once begun, will never end♫

♫Follow you everywhere you go♫

♫Days and nights, I can't help myself♫

♫What is love and what is anticipation♫

♫Our hearts collide♫

♫If only one person understands the hopes I wouldn't give up♫

♫You are the one I hold on to♫

♫If only one person can get me through the storm♫

♫You're the home I come back to♫

♫If only one person can protect me through the long nights♫

♫You're the peace of my life♫

♫Hoping the hands that I'm holding tight are yours♫

Young Master.

Young Madam left this for you.

♫If I can make a wish, I hope we can be like this for the rest of our lives♫

[A Godsent Marriage]

♫You once said I'm heartless♫

♫I didn't know I couldn't stop missing you♫

♫Love once begun, will never end♫

♫Follow you everywhere you go♫

♫Days and nights, I can't help myself♫

♫What is love and what is anticipation♫

♫Our hearts collide♫

Jiusi.

I love your dignified character

♫If only one person understands the hopes I wouldn't give up♫

and your sincerity.

I know

♫You are the one I hold on to♫

the person I love

can't stand by and watch

♫If only one person can get me through the storm♫

as the people suffer,

and do nothing.

♫You're the home I come back to♫

You want to become a grand tree.

♫If only one person can protect me through the long nights♫

Just like what you promised me,

you want to protect those you want to protect.

♫You're the peace of my life♫

Jiusi,

♫Hoping the hands that I'm holding tight are yours♫

thank you for giving me

a new beginning,

a real,

tumultuous,

and uninhibited new life.

We didn't manage

to complete this lifetime together.

We'll continue

in our next lifetime.

Promise me.

Don't be silly.

♫If only one person understands the hopes I wouldn't give up♫

Keep living.

♫You are the one I hold on to♫

♫If only one person can get me through the storm♫

♫You're the home I come back to♫

♫If only one person can protect me through the long nights♫

♫You're the peace of my life♫

♫Hoping the hands that I'm holding tight are yours♫

♫If I can make a wish, I hope we can be like this for the rest of our lives♫

By the Heavens' will,

the Emperor speaks.

The way of governance

is to be cautious.

Now,

Gu Jiusi, Deputy Minister of Revenue,

has been lax in disciplining his family

and transgressed the honor of the Emperor.

Considering his previous achievements,

his family will not be implicated.

He will only be removed from his position in the six ministries

and demoted 600 li

to the position of the Waterways Supervisor of Yongzhou,

and placed in charge of hydraulic engineering of the Yellow River.

He shall depart today.

Such has the Emperor decreed.

Jiusi.

Accept the decree.

Your official

accepts the decree.

Third Sister.

I've come to see you.

It's my fault.

I failed to protect you and Jiusi.

Don't worry.

In the future,

I will definitely protect Jiusi

as a consolation to your spirit.

Brother Zhou.

Jiusi is a meritorious official of Da Xia.

Even if he did something wrong,

my eldest sister has atoned for it with her death.

Why did His Majesty still

demote him from the Eastern Capital?

And why a place like Yongzhou?

Have you asked His Majesty?

Brother,

I know

you just suffered the pain of the loss of your wife,

and you were just demoted to such a poor place.

It's natural to be depressed.

After finding out Yuru had passed away,

I couldn't sleep all night.

I was devastated.

But there are some things

that must be said by me.

Now,

the Yellow River is the most pressing issue at hand.

This year, both Qingzhou and Yongzhou,

which are situated along the coast of the Yellow River,

had no harvest.

The population was displaced.

Many people

became beggars,

roving bandits,

and rebels.

Some people even...

some people even exchanged their children for food.

If this continues on,

Da Xia is doomed to follow the footsteps of the previous dynasty.

The people will definitely

be plunged into the abyss of misery.

Brother,

His Majesty sent you over

because he recognizes your abilities.

He didn't ask you to become the Directorate of Waterways

to punish you,

but he wants to entrust the whole Yellow River

to you.

Please tell His Majesty

I will definitely repair the Yellow River.

Before you leave,

His Majesty wants to see you.

Some words are more appropriate

for you to tell him in person.

[Memorial Tablet of the late Liu Yuru]

The left move to Yongzhou

is such a serious crime.

[To be benevolent and honorable]

His Majesty is willing to

take it so easily on Gu Jiusi.

Isn't that being too biased?

Mrs. Gu has died as a scapegoat.

Empress Dowager,

you should

spare him where you can.

I'm just worried that

that if the court is not in order, it will damage your reputation.

That will also be a disgrace to you, Your Majesty.

My dignity is secondary.

The people that are most hurt by the matter of Gu Jiusi

are the Empress Dowager

and Princess Yunchang.

You have previously said that

I will have the final say

in the Princess' matters.

These few days, I have been considering

the marriage alliance

that was raised by the Northern Liang's emmisary.

Your Majesty.

Empress Dowager,

the matter of Gu Jiusi

is just a small issue when compared to

the safety and security of our borders.

Empress Dowager, you are an understanding person

who cares about the world.

Why don't you first

discuss about the marriage alliance with the Northern Liang

with me?

[All-embracing Walls for Worldly Matters]

Your Majesty,

you must take care of yourself.

How is Gu Jiusi?

It seems that...

He is lucky that he has the company of two young generals,

Zhou Ye and Shen Ming

Those two

are good kids.

Have you told Gu Jiusi that

I want to see him

before he leaves?

Well...

General Zhou

has sent the message.

But...

Tell me the truth.

Gu Jiusi said

he is unsure exactly who wants to see him.

If he is really the Emperor's son,

then...

he is just a sinner

who is undeserving of any honour.

If it was

Commissioner Fan of Youzhou back then,

he asks for your understanding

for he is unwilling to meet anyone

as he mourns the death of his new wife.

If the Commissioner were to be angry about this,

then there is nothing he can do about it

Calm down, Your Majesty.

What's there to be angry about?

In terms of playing with words,

if Gu Jiusi ranks second

in Da Xia,

no one dares to be the first.

Then

I'll go invite him again tomorrow.

No need.

He's upset at me now.

It's better not to meet.

It's getting late.

You may leave.

Tomorrow morning,

ask Zhou Gaolang to come see me.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Master.

Why?

When I used her as a bargaining chip,

I should have known

she would lose her life.

I knew she was stubborn.

I thought I could

keep myself from

sympathizing with her ever again.

But why does it still hurt

now that she's really dead?

Liu Yuru.

You've been smart your whole life.

But why are you always

so stupid

when it comes to Gu Jiusi?

I set this up

[Fragrant Lanzhi]

to get rid of Gu Jiusi.

Not you.

Not you.

Master,

should we kill Gu Jiusi

on his way to his new post?

No need.

Yongzhou is my territory.

When Gu Jiusi reaches,

his

every move

will be under my control.

I can easily do away with him

anytime I wish.

But for now,

I want him to live a little longer.

I want his heart to be in piercing pain everyday.

I want him to wish he were dead.

I want him to rot in Yongzhou

and become a good-for-nothing.

Become a good-for-nothing.

Become a good-for-nothing.

Zhou,

you don't want to even

talk to me now?

I dare not.

I just

don't know

what to say to Your Majesty.

Fine.

I don't want to hear it either.

Go.

Your Majesty.

I don't understand.

The Crown Prince was the one who committed a serious crime.

Yet Gu Jiusi was the one

exiled to Yongzhou.

Gu Jiusi is a rare talent.

That's not true.

This is just a plan

I had devised

and have yet to discuss with you about.

Only because the Emperress Dowager was being stubborn

and forced me to make a choice.

I had no choice

so I could only think of a win-win situation.

So,

I had to sacrifice Liu Yuru

to pacify the Empress Dowager

and save Gu Jiusi.

By asking him to be away from this chaos,

can I keep him alive.

This was also

a suggestion of his earlier on.

Now,

although he is resenting me,

it doesn't matter anymore.

When I'm gone,

Yu'er will ascend the throne.

By then, he will still be an important subject

by Yu'er's side.