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♪The blade dance causing ripples to spread across the lake♪

♪Waving the banner amidst the storm and rain♪

♪The snow is not bothered by the sadness and the happiness♪

♪Blazing through the desert with the rein in hands♪

♪Young and inexperienced, it is apparent♪

♪Bold ambition interspersed with recklessness♪

♪Mind not the predestination♪

♪Solving all the problems that fate presents me♪

♫ Through trials and hardship spawns vast courage ♫

♫ The journey to seek glory and justice is not in vain ♫

♪One smile is all it takes to get what you're thinking♪

♪A ballad to our journey♪

♪Pursuing the dream of our youth♪

♪We take everything as it comes♪

♪The distant land might be dangerous♪

♪But what's life without an adventure?♪

♪Youths are supposed to dream big and be sharp♪

♪Every struggle in life has taught us♪

♪That we shall do what we can wherever we go♪

♪Together, another journey awaits♪

[The Blood of Youth]

[Episode 34]

If I'm right, the war in Tianqi City has started by now.

Yes. I wonder how my crazy nephew is doing now.

I guess he's being condemned and accused of being a traitor.

Many people can't wait to tear him apart and gobble him up.

Looking at the bright side,

maybe he has reunited with Xiao Lingchen

and avenged Lord Langya.

Perhaps they're sharing the throne now.

It seems like you still don't trust us.

Watch out!

What are you doing, Jinwei? Are you insane?

All of you have forgotten about Master's wish.

But I still remember it.

I just didn't expect we would eventually count on a good-for-nothing.

A good-for-nothing?

For the sake of your interests, you used my father's prestige

and the public's confidence in him to make him take the throne,

sowing discord among the Emperor and officials and destabilizing the kingdom.

My father sacrificed himself for the common good.

Do you want me to make the same mistake again?

Lord Langya's name was written on the scroll, to begin with.

He was supposed to be the Emperor!

It's ridiculous.

There are people who want to be the Emperor.

But I didn't know that someone must be the Emperor.

My father didn't like that position. He refused to take it.

What can you do?

I'm not interested either. How do you like me now?

Jinwei, stop it.

Stop making it worse.

My sword technique is no match for you.

If it wasn't for Master,

I would've died when I was five.

I just want to do something for him.

There's a thing I must tell you.

The person who killed Jinyu

was neither me nor Jinyan.

We aren't capable of doing that.

Jinwei!

General, what should we do now?

Go forward!

Here comes the news!

Stop!

General, there's an army ahead.

An army?

Is it Chen Kui's lower army that comes and meets us?

At his pace, they shouldn't be here so soon.

It's not the lower army.

It's Wangli Heavenly Soldiers who guard Tianqi City.

Wangli Heavenly Soldiers?

Stay alert!

Watch out, General!

It really is Wangli Heavenly Soldiers.

Why would they show up here?

Mr. Cheng, you must be confused.

My father is attacking Tianqi City.

Yet, I show up here with Wangli Heavenly Soldiers,

trying to stop the upper and lower armies.

Sometimes when the lord is too smart,

the counselor might seem to be redundant.

I was worried at first.

But seeing them cower in fear,

it gives me more confidence.

It seems like Xiao Se has made the right bet to turn things around.

I'm Lei Wujie, the son of Lei Mengsha,

who was the late General-in-Chief of Beili's Eight Pillars,

the Silver-Shroud Viper Marshal of the Langya Army!

All of you, please stand down!

♪Staring at the endless abyss beneath my feet♪

I'm Lord Langya, Xiao Lingchen,

the son of Xiao Ruofeng, who was the former commander of the Langya Army

cum Beili's Governor-in-Chief.

All of you, please back off!

♪I move forward desperately against the world♪

♪I can't resist the heartbeat♪

♪That changes with my breathing♪

♪It bursts into flames♪

I'm Lord Yong'an,

Xiao Chuhe, the son of Emperor Mingde...

♪And brightens up the dark night♪

the student of Lord Langya, Xiao Ruofeng.

All of you, please stand down!

But they are all dead!

Beili's Governor-in-Chief

and Silver-Shroud Viper Marshal are dead!

I, Golden Armor General, am the only one left!

Chuhe.

Yes, Father.

Announce the decree.

What decree?

I'll say it. And you announce it.

Noted.

In the 16th year of Mingde,

the mutiny of Lord Langya...

In the 16th year of Mingde,

the mutiny of Lord Langya...

Was wrongly judged.

Father, this is reproaching yourself!

Announce it.

It was wrongly judged.

Lord Langya, Xiao Ruofeng,

dedicated himself to the nation and the people.

Yet, he was framed by evildoers.

Lord Langya, Xiao Ruofeng, dedicated himself

to the nation and the people.

Yet, he was framed by evildoers.

Now that the evildoers have been brought to justice,

he's exonerated

and granted the posthumous title of "Distinguished".

He's readmitted to the Imperial Ancestral Shrine.

He'll be worshipped and honored forever.

Now that the evildoers have been brought to justice,

he's exonerated

and granted the posthumous title of "Distinguished".

He's readmitted to the Imperial Ancestral Shrine.

He'll be worshipped and honored forever.

His son, Xiao Lingchen,

inherits the title of Lord Langya,

named General Xuanwu.

He's allowed to reassemble the former Langya Army.

It's independent of the Three Armies and directly under the Emperor.

His son, Xiao Lingchen,

inherits the title of Lord Langya,

named General Xuanwu.

He's allowed to reassemble the former Langya Army.

It's independent of the Three Armies and directly under the Emperor.

I... trusted the wrong people

and killed my beloved brother.

I deeply regretted it.

I'll burn incense for him

at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine

once every three days until I die.

I

trusted the wrong people

and killed my beloved brother.

I deeply regretted it.

I'll burn incense for him

at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine

once every three days until I die.

Yes, Your Majesty.

My father, Xiao Ruofeng, Lord Langya,

sent himself to jail to end the insurgency.

It was me and my father who plotted the chaos in Tianqi City that night.

For the stability of the kingdom, my father forwent his glory

and committed suicide at the execution ground to pacify the world!

You, as the subordinates of my father,

didn't obey the order of the general

and marched to the imperial city, trying to revolt.

Do you deserve to be in the Langya Army?

General!

Why were you so reluctant

Your Majesty!

Father! Your Majesty!

Father!

Father.

Father.

(In the 22nd year of Mingde, in spring,)

(Emperor Mingde admitted that the mutiny of Lord Langya was a misjudgment.)

(He reproached himself and cleared Lord Langya's name.)

(Ye Xiaoying, the Golden Armor General, led the troops to Tianqi.)

(Zhuoxin and Jinwei were brought to justice.)

(Jinyan went missing.)

(It was then known as Langya Mutiny.)

Father.

Enough.

Say no more.

I've lost to those kids this time.

Actually,true to my nature,

I couldn't wait to raze the palace to the ground and kill all of them at that time.

You're brave but not brutal.

Xiao Se has already seen through this.

Yes. I value the army force.

And that kid is a judge of character.

Causing the 200,000 soldiers of mine

to be withdrawn by several kids

and some sort of ridiculous confession.

Xiao Se said if you hadn't withdrawn the troop,

Tianqi City would've no longer been adorned by the divine bird flag of the imperial family

but the army flag of Ye Battalion.

Right.

When I was holding the blades,

I thought if I should

kill all the Xiaos

and take the throne by myself.

However, I'm just good at fighting and battling.

I'm not fit to be an emperor.

So I gave up.

Besides, in the past,

His Highness took his own life.

So there's no reason for me to hold it against them.

Father.

Ruoyi, I'm getting old.

Back in the day,

the buddies who fought with me in Tianqi City

are all gone.

Over years,

I've fed on vengeance.

Now that is gone too.

It's over.

Well, stop talking about this.

Ruoyi, how do you feel?

I haven't had the episodes for so long.

I've asked the State Preceptor.

He said the zhenqi that the master on the celestial mountain left on me has protected my heart.

I'll be fine in the next ten years.

Ten years later when the master wakes up, I'll go to the celestial mountain again.

All right, then.

Ruoyi, I guess you are not ready to leave Tianqi.

After all, you've got many friends here. Am I right?

Do you want to be Xiao Se's wife?

Xiao Se is a good friend who I grew up with.

It's not a love affair. You've misunderstood, Father.

So it's the kid from the Lei family.

You know, he's different from his father.

Back in the day, Lei was quite a ladies' man.

But that kid looks dorky.

Father, what are you trying to say?

Ruoyi, I'm just thinking about

who can take care of you after I leave.

Where are you going?

Silly girl,

after everything that happened, do you think

I still can stay here?

Emperor Mingde didn't condemn me because he wouldn't dare to do it.

If I didn't admit mistakes and resign,

those people

would always think that I still want to rebel.

If so, they couldn't get a good sleep.

Well, you draft a memorial to the throne

and say that I'm going to retire.

Of course. There's no rush.

Let's wait another month. So that those ill-intentioned people

can't sleep well this month.

You're going to Mount Fengxi?

Yes.

Your mother was buried there.

-Greetings to Father. -Greetings to Your Majesty.

You're here.

Come.

Come closer.

Did you two

plan this together?

He gave me a riddle.

So I made a bet.

You and I grew up together. How could you not know that?

Obviously, you made such a strange change in the troop movement because of what I said.

You opened the city gate, welcomed the mutineers,

and sent Wangli Heavenly Soldiers to stop the two army forces who were dispatched to save the Emperor.

I can't believe you could think of that.

I would believe it if he was the inside man of the Langya Army.

Father,

it was my idea to stop the army forces from saving you.

Please don't blame Uncle for that.

I understand why you sent forces to stop them.

Now that I'm severely ill

and the country is in tumult,

it's inevitable that the army becomes disloyal.

This behavior of yours has avoided conflicts from many sides.

No soldiers in Beili are sacrificed.

Well done.

Father, someone must've colluded with the forces.

Please severely punish them.

Sure. I'll ask Yueli to look into it.

Lingchen, from what you said and did in front of the hall,

I can tell that you got it from your father.

All I did was uphold my father's will.

If I did rebel and take the throne,

my father would whip me to death when I met him in the afterlife.

Moreover, with my personality, I can't be an emperor.

Then, what kind of a person is suitable to be an emperor?

Someone like you, Your Majesty.

You're a scheming man with a calm mind.

And you're thoughtful.

My father was too carefree.

It's all right to be a general.

But it's exhausting to be an emperor.

So he gave up on the throne. So did I.

The Emperor is the most powerful person in the world.

But meanwhile, he's most constrained.

Those eunuchs bet everything on me and my father.c

They were wrong about us.

Back in the day, we brothers

were the Emperor and the general.

We thought that the fate of Beili was in our hands

and that we could make the country prosper.

Yet, I didn't expect that we would be used by others.

I've been blaming myself

for what happened to your father all these years.

You should.

Go on.

Now, I've got a clear picture of that matter.

My father established brilliant achievements in war. The people respected him.

Many people in the army, including General Ye Xiaoying, tried to promote him to Emperor.

Especially that time when he returned from Nanjue with victory,

the street was smothered in flowers, and all the people were there to welcome him.

Many people in the army started to be provoked.

So the treacherous officials found that scroll, trying to make an issue of it.

It was said that they had talked to many generals in the army.

A chance was all they needed to promote my father to Emperor.

At last, my father would rather kill himself and ruin his own reputation to pacify the world.

But why did you

remain silent all this time?

I understand. That this was the tacit agreement between you two.

You were aware of his plan. He knew your thought.

But actually, there was another solution at that time.

You could've found out those officials who tried to revolt and killed them all.

You could've worked with my father and told the world,

"Yes, the name on the scroll is Xiao Ruofeng, so what?

I, Xiao Ruojin, am still the Emperor. Xiao Ruofeng is still Lord Langya."

This was the choice you two made.

No one can change it, not the Dragon Seal Scroll, and neither can the people.

But why couldn't you do that?

Because it was risky to do that.

If you had done that, it would've endangered the stability of your throne

and deeply affected the safety and peace in Tianqi City.

Those lords who lost in fighting for the throne

would march to Tianqi at any time.

The officials who were against you would take a chance to make a move.

Your Majesty, am I right?

Yes, you're right.

That's why I've been feeling guilty all these years.

I can deceive myself

that this was Ruofeng's choice.

I can also tell myself that one day,

I'll exonerate Ruofeng

and readmit him to the Imperial Ancestral Shrine.

But until the moment

you set foot in the palace,

I still haven't done this.

My father always remembered his promise to you

when you were young.

But then,

you forgot about it.

I don't know why you asked me to come over today.

But this is all I wanted to say.

And I don't wish to listen

to some sort of repentance.

If there's nothing else you want to say, I'll excuse myself.

I understand why my father did that.

But it doesn't mean I will forget about this.

I lost the person closest to me.

Whatever the reason is, it's unforgivable.

Be it the kingdom or the nation,

there's nothing special about the throne.

I didn't come here to catch up with you or to claim credit,

I just want to spit out the words

that I've kept inside all these years!

I can't tell people about it.

I can only say it to you.

I hope you can understand.

I do.

There's one more thing I want to ask you.

What should

I choose this time?

Your Majesty, it's actually very simple.

Which son do you hate the most? Just reserve the throne for him.

The Emperor is destined to be a loner.

He'll never be happy.

I didn't expect he'd give me an answer like this.

You've heard Lingchen.

What happened in the past is just like he said.

I got it.

Back then,

I was afraid those treacherous officials would lay a hand on you again.

So I brought myself to evict you out of Tianqi.

Don't blame me for that.

Thanks to this, I've met a lot of friends.

They are the friends that you can rely on.

Just like how I relied on Ruofeng back then.

Over years, I've been thinking

about the way Ruofeng looked at me at the execution ground.

Guess what I saw.

I wasn't there that day.

But I guess you saw disappointment in his eyes.

To the people, he was like a deity.

To the officials, he was a saint.

But at the moment when I gave the command to execute him,

he must've been very disappointed

in me.

Father.

Yes?

I've also got a question.

But you might feel upset after hearing it.

Just say it.

I ask you guys to come over today

because I want you to talk about what happened back then.

Just say it.

I was thinking

if the situation back then was that urgent.

The period between Lord Langya being framed and imprisoned

until his execution was too short.

Would it have caused a rebellion if you hadn't executed him?

Would a rebellion break out that easily?

If it was the case, how could the people allow him to be executed?

You said something Lingchen dared not to say.

Chuhe, very well.

All these years, you haven't changed a bit.

Yes.

I killed him so soon because I was afraid.

Actually, it wasn't that complicated.

It was because I was tied

to the throne at that time. You know?

Thank you for sorting out my confusion.

I'll excuse myself.

I...

am disappointed in myself as well.

[Lord Chi's Residence]

I've failed completely this time. Thoroughly.

Your Highness.

I thought

this time, the world would be in tumult and that both sides would lose.

We just have to sit back and watch the show.

But in the end, be it Tianqi City or Langya Army, they're all safe and sound.

It's absurd. Ridiculous.

It was remiss of me.

No. It wasn't because of Xiao Lingchen

but Xiao Chuhe.

He let Wangli Heavenly Soldiers leave Tianqi City

to stop the two army forces from protecting the Emperor.

I just received a letter from Luo City Army.

He said the leader of the soldiers was in green, who was Ye Ruoyi, Ye Xiaoying's daughter.

They thought Ye Ruoyi was sent over by Ye Xiaoying.

This step that Xiao Chuhe took

has ruined all of my plans.

Your Highness, just forget about it.

But, after this dispute,

there was something left behind.

Are you referring to the joint petition from the officials?

[Snowfall Villa]

I thought this matter has finally come to an end.

But after hearing everything,

there's still one important thing missing.

Is it the name list that Jinyan's got?

Eunuch Jinyan got a name list of all the officials that participated in the Langya Mutiny.

But this is also why Xiao Lingchen could successfully lead the 200,000 soldiers to charge into Tianqi.

With this name list, we can have those officials by their throats.

those officials by their throats.

Why don't we try to snatch it?

You seem to be in a good mood recently.

You even tell jokes.

After all, a load has been lifted off my mind.

But this is not a joke.

If Xiao Yu got this name list,

he'd surely stir up trouble again

and use this name list to threaten those officials to work for him.

We can't let him have it.

Now that Tianqi City is heavily guarded, Jinyan can't get out of the city.

He must be hiding somewhere.

Where do you think he'll hide?

Could it be...

He'll go to the only person who cares about his life in Tianqi City.

(There's a thing I must tell you.)

(The person who killed Jinyu)

(was neither me)

nor Jinyan.

We aren't capable of doing that.

Are you copying and reciting the scripture?

Is it for Jinyu? It's very kind of you.

Why are there two copies?

Another one is for Jinwei.

We were brothers.

It's the least we can do.

When we were young, we didn't get together often.

Jinyan was always with Eunuch Zhuoxin.

In fact, it was you, Jinyu, and Jinwei

who grew up together.

So I must avenge them.

Indeed, something is fishy about Jinyu's death.

You can seek revenge for him.

But Jinwei died in the rebellion.

Who can you take revenge on?

I guess Langya Army wouldn't have expected that it could be so easy to enter Tianqi City.

I always have this feeling that someone is behind

promoting the development of everything.

Jinwei and the others were just a pawn.

Jinwei wasn't an ambitious person.

He just wanted to fulfill Master's wish.

But there's a person,

I'm sure he's not our ally.

You mean Jinyan?

Yes.

He must die.

If he comes to you, keep him here and inform me.

But if you don't do as I say, there'll only be one person left in the Five Eunuchs.

Are you threatening me?

No, I'm not threatening you.

I'm just worried you'll do something silly.

Director,

you were involved in this rebellion and you supported Lord Chi.

So what?

But the Five Eunuchs should be loyal to Emperor Mingde only.

Do you know why our masters remained silent when Lord Langya tore the scroll apart?

They had long yielded to the majesty of the new emperor.

Will you kill me as he said?

I will.

Unless you give me the name list.

No one will kill me as long as I have that name list.

If I hand it over,

even you will kill me.

Then, why did you come to me?

I've made the wrong choice once.

I'd like

to choose again.

Master, His Highness Lord Bai is here.

In Tianqi City, I suppose there's no better tea than the one I have here.

I'm flattered, Your Highness.

But I guess you're not here just to enjoy tea.

That day, at the front of Tai'an Hall,

Zhuoxin, Jinyan, and Jinwei

used the forged Dragon Seal Scroll to initiate an insurrection.

The Dragon Seal Scroll was ruined.

But there's another scroll in Jinyan's hands.

The signatures of hundreds of officials are on the scroll.

Since everyone said it was a forged Dragon Seal Scroll,

then the signatures can be forged as well.

But everyone has heard of it and it has gotten around.

Everyone in the city cares a lot about this.

So, you're also interested in this name list?

Father has issued a verbal edict.

From this day forward, I'll be the acting minister of the Court of Judicature,

and I'm in charge of this case.

Lord Bai actually went to Hongqing Hall.

So everybody has figured out that Eunuch Jade Deity is the last refuge of Eunuch Jinyan.

Just that Eunuch Jade Deity is a hard man to deal with.

Chong has the verbal edict from His Majesty.

It's easy for him to deal with everyone in Tianqi.

After all, no one wants to go to the Heavenly Prison.

There's one thing I don't understand.

Why did His Majesty leave this to Lord Bai?

Chong is prudent.

It's convincing to put him in charge.

What about us?

We were the ones who settled the mutiny.

We?

To them, we're with Langya Army.

If we were in charge,

I'm afraid those officials in Tianqi City would be restless.

What should we do, then?

Since Lord Bai is in charge of this, it's hard for us to interfere.

We can't possibly just take it from him.

There was a special guest who just visited Baixiao Sect.

Was it Jade Deity's man?

As you're so smart, it'll show that I look dorky.

Say it.

Eunuch Jade Deity has contacted us.

He said he'll send Jinyan to Baixiao Sect, and he asked us to protect him.

Great, then.

When Jinyan is sent to Baixiao Sect, we can arrest him.

Then, we can get the name list.

Ji Xue is our friend,

but we can't ruin Baixiao Sect's years of reputation.

Connection and business are two different things.

What to do, then?

We have to wait for Eunuch Jade Deity's terms.

We can't just wait like this.

I knowwhat Eunuch Jade Deity needs.

We have to be prepared for this.

Ruoyi, what's the situation out there?

There are more people guarding out there.

The street is surrounded by spies.

There were only men of Lord Bai and Lord Chi who kept eyes on us back then.

But now, half the people in Tianqi City are watching us.

We have more enemies now.

It's not only us who are interested in the name list.

I'm sure there are many people watching Xiao Yu as well.

So, we have the same enemies.

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♪The silent temple♪

♪We still have a long way to go in the martial arts world♪

♪The falling snow♪

♪Only clouds know the warmth of the cold moon♪

♪The roaring fate♪

♪At last, we see the light at the end of the tunnel♪

♪Everything is just a flash in the pan♪

♪Waiting for the ride to the highest heaven♪

♪The ethereal fog♪

♪Fame and fortune do not matter to an enlightened person♪

♪I face the sun♪

♪To have a pristine soul in this polluted world♪

♪Travel far And overcome challenges life throws at me♪

♪I do not waste my youth away♪

♪Like blade and sword, relying on each other♪

♪We are devoted friends How strong our bond is♪

♪No dream is small♪

♪Despite the conflicts and the feuds We sing proudly♪

♪Youths ought to be fearless♪

♪Visiting all corners of the world With our youthful spirits♪

♪Traveling freely with friends♪

♪It won't be lonely if I have my confidants♪

♪Travel far And overcome challenges life throws at me♪

♪I do not waste my youth away♪

♪Like blade and sword, relying on each other♪

♪We are devoted friends How strong our bond is♪

♪No dream is small♪

♪Despite the conflicts and the feuds We sing proudly♪

♪Youths ought to be fearless♪

♪Visiting all corners of the world With our youthful spirits♪

♪Traveling freely with friends♪

♪It won't be lonely if I have my confidants♪