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[Fated Hearts]
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[Episode 22]
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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The two princes have been
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accompanying His Majesty this whole time.
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I advised them to go back and rest.
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Tonight,
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I will stay here
to watch over His Majesty.
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Leave us.
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I already know about
His Majesty's illness.
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Please take care of yourself,
Your Majesty.
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Let me have a moment alone with him.
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Your Majesty...
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Get out!
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Fifteen years.
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You've been terminally ill for 15 years,
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and you never
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said a word to me about it.
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Your Majesty,
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you've really been keeping me in the dark.
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Never mind.
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You must have your reasons
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for not telling me.
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You're always the one
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who makes the most sense.
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We've been married for so many years.
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When have you ever considered me
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in any of your decisions?
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Your Majesty,
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guess
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what I've brought you.
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Zongzi.
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You didn't expect that, did you?
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Those people must think
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I've lost my mind.
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The Dragon Boat Festival was a month ago,
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but today I suddenly feel like
having zongzi.
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Your Majesty, you know
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I've always loved zongzi.
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But...
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I haven't had one
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in 15 years.
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Your Majesty,
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zongzi is so delicious.
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Smell it.
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Doesn't it smell good?
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Do you know
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why I haven't eaten zongzi
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in 15 years?
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Of course you do.
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On the 5th day of the 5th month
15 years ago,
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that woman died right in front of you.
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Since then,
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you've never celebrated
the Dragon Boat Festival again,
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and you've never eaten zongzi.
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Your Majesty.
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You actually have the leisure today
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to tend to plants?
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These plants
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must have accumulated great fortune
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over several lifetimes to receive your...
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What brings you here today?
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I came to celebrate the festival with you.
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Today is the Dragon Boat Festival.
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Your Majesty,
you haven't had any zongzi yet, have you?
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I made these myself today.
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They're just freshly steamed.
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Please try some, Your Majesty.
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I have no appetite.
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Just one bite, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty.
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How dare you!
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Your Majesty.
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Get up.
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I don't want them.
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Take them away
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and share them with the kids.
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You said you hated her
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and forbade anyone
from ever mentioning her.
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You erased
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every trace of her,
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as if
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she had never existed.
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But she's here.
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She's been here all along.
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I've spent 15 years
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and still haven't been able
to reach your heart.
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Is it because
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you don't care about me
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that you've hidden
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your terminal illness from me?
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Fine.
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From today on,
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I don't care whether you like me or not.
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I only want what I like.
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I've already given you
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the first half of my life.
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Now I want you to spend the rest of it
with me!
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Wake up!
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Wake up!
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Wake up!
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Pull the Empress away!
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Open your eyes and look at me!
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Hurry!
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Let go of me!
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Wake up!
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Feng Pingcheng, wake up right now!
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty...
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What should I do?
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What should I do now?
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Your Majesty...
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Feng Pingcheng!
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Let go of me!
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Let go of me!
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I can walk by myself!
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[Yifeng Palace]
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Get lost! All of you!
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-Yes.
-Yes.
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All of you, get out!
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Mother.
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Mother.
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Don't be too sad.
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I'm here with you.
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Brother said
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that Father will surely wake up.
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Mother,
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please take care of yourself.
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Don't cry until your eyes are swollen.
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If Father wakes up and sees that,
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he'll be upset.
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He wouldn't be upset at all.
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In his heart and eyes,
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there's no place for me,
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or for you.
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The only one he cares about is that woman.
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That woman?
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You mean Brother's birth mother?
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You see him as your brother,
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but has he ever acknowledged you
as his brother?
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Remember,
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Feng Suige
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is your greatest enemy in this lifetime.
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You'd better stay away from him.
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Do you know
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what will happen
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if your father doesn't wake up?
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Feng Suige will ascend the throne.
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By then, he'll kill you
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and me.
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If he succeeds,
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we'll both die.
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He's always hated me
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for causing his birth mother's death.
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That's why he refuses
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to acknowledge me as his mother,
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or you as his brother.
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He's been waiting for this day.
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He's waiting for your father to be gone
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so he can take his revenge.
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And your father, even though
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he knows exactly what will happen,
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still refuses to name a crown prince.
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I know he hates me deep down.
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Mother,
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please stop.
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Don't speak of them that way.
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Even you're taking their side now?
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Once your father passes away
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and Feng Suige takes the throne,
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he'll kill you
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and all of us.
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Our lives are in your hands.
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Only you can protect us.
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I want you to take the throne
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and kill Feng Suige.
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That's the only way we'll survive.
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[Imperial Hospital]
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From today on,
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no one is allowed to leave
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until we find a way to save His Majesty.
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Eating, drinking, and dumping—
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you'll do everything here.
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Even Lord Ling from Zhengnian Villa
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has no solution.
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We're at a complete loss as well.
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Physician Wei,
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that must be very difficult for you.
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No, not at all.
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Being at a loss
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just shows your medical skills
are lacking.
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It's better to die
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and, in your next life,
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study medicine properly from the start.
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Don't you all
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agree?
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What do you say?
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I'll take your silence
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as agreement.
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From now on,
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if you find any method in medical books
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that could wake His Majesty,
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try it on him.
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Don't worry about whether he might die.
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If he does, I'll get you
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another one.
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[Murong Residence]
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Elder Marquis eats well
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and sleeps soundly.
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Don't worry.
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No need to thank me.
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Yixiao.
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My Lord,
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we chased down 3 streets
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but couldn't find the archer.
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Pull back all the people
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watching Feng Suige's residence!
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But if we pull them back now...
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My father is in someone else's hands!
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What's the point of keeping watch?
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Go!
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Fu Yixiao,
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just you wait.
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[Wutong Mansion]
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Lu Ke.
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Miss Yixiao?
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Where have you been?
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His Highness has long known
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that you haven't left Yujing.
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I'll explain later.
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Where is your master?
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He entered the palace last night
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and hasn't returned today.
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Then please pass on a message for me.
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I want to see him at 3 p.m. today.
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Tell him to come alone.
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Is there anything else
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you want me to convey?
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Give this to him.
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He knows where we should meet.
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How does he...
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Make sure to tell him.
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I have something very important
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to tell him.
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Don't worry.
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I have one more thing to tell you.
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Appointing a crown prince
is a major matter.
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His Majesty is wise and mighty.
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He must have made arrangements already!
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Do you really think,
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while he's ill,
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that you alone
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can turn everything upside down?
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Give up that idea!
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Greetings, Prime Minister Zhuang.
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May I ask why
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you summoned me?
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You don't know why?
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It's just the two of us here.
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Mr. Ma,
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let's just
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speak plainly.
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You've been serving His Majesty
for so long.
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You must be his most trusted person.
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His Majesty always plans ahead.
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Since he knows
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he has a terminal illness,
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he must have made preparations.
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Has he already drafted
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an edict of succession?
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I am merely
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the head eunuch.
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Many things are beyond my knowledge.
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Please understand, Prime Minister Zhuang.
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You are his most trusted person.
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If there is an edict,
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it should be in your custody, right?
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I truly know nothing.
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I'm only asking.
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Since you don't know,
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I'll trust you.
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I will fulfill my duty as Prime Minister
292
00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,860
and summon all the key ministers at court
293
00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,360
to discuss the matter
of appointing the crown prince.
294
00:16:12,150 --> 00:16:12,960
Mr. Ma,
295
00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,240
don't wait until we reach a decision
296
00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:17,750
and then suddenly pull out
297
00:16:17,750 --> 00:16:19,030
some imperial edict—
298
00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:20,120
that would be
299
00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,150
impossible to deal with.
300
00:16:56,790 --> 00:16:57,390
Yao.
301
00:17:12,710 --> 00:17:14,510
I heard about what happened
to the Elder Marquis.
302
00:17:14,510 --> 00:17:15,910
How is the situation now?
303
00:17:16,109 --> 00:17:17,200
You've heard that?
304
00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,000
Someone actually dared to lay hands
305
00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,589
on the Elder Marquis in Yujing City.
306
00:17:20,589 --> 00:17:21,990
They're courting death.
307
00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:23,270
I'll order all the elite soldiers
308
00:17:23,270 --> 00:17:24,599
from the Feng Battalion
309
00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,720
to search the entire city.
310
00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,160
We'll leave no stone unturned
311
00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:27,640
to find...
312
00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:29,770
No need to trouble the Feng Battalion.
313
00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,730
I have the Imperial Guards.
314
00:17:32,690 --> 00:17:33,370
Yao,
315
00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,160
The Elder Marquis is like a father to me.
316
00:17:36,350 --> 00:17:37,880
Anyone who dares to kidnap him
317
00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,310
is making an enemy of me.
318
00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,030
Tell me
319
00:17:41,270 --> 00:17:42,200
what happened
320
00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,680
before the Elder Marquis disappeared.
321
00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,140
I want to figure out
who might be behind this.
322
00:17:48,070 --> 00:17:49,480
My father spent most of his life
on the battlefield.
323
00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:50,880
He made too many enemies.
324
00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,200
Countless people want to harm him.
325
00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:54,150
Forget it.
326
00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:55,460
Don't worry
327
00:17:55,590 --> 00:17:56,350
about it.
328
00:17:56,830 --> 00:17:57,810
I came to see you
329
00:17:58,350 --> 00:17:59,880
because the duty of guarding the palace
330
00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,880
has to be temporarily handed over to you.
331
00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,160
You must keep watch over
the palace for me.
332
00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:04,720
Alright.
333
00:18:16,270 --> 00:18:16,830
What?
334
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,590
You don't trust me?
335
00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:25,840
Of course I trust you.
336
00:18:26,550 --> 00:18:27,920
You're my best friend.
337
00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,030
You seem a bit off today.
338
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,510
What I'm going to do now
339
00:18:44,270 --> 00:18:45,720
is catch the person
340
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:46,830
who harmed my father,
341
00:18:46,830 --> 00:18:48,400
flay him, pull out his entrails,
342
00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,530
grind him into mince
343
00:18:49,750 --> 00:18:51,010
and feed it to the dogs.
344
00:18:59,310 --> 00:19:00,880
I'm not like my father.
345
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,960
I'll collect any debts
346
00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:06,210
owed to the Murong family.
347
00:19:07,550 --> 00:19:09,310
Even if it's my closest friend,
348
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,270
I'll settle the score.
349
00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,030
A dancing girl
350
00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:20,210
got beaten to death for no reason.
351
00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:21,000
I know
352
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,550
you wanted to teach the Prince of Zhennan
a lesson,
353
00:19:22,550 --> 00:19:24,110
but you shouldn't have killed her
so recklessly.
354
00:19:24,110 --> 00:19:25,040
If this gets out,
355
00:19:25,070 --> 00:19:26,000
how will it look?
356
00:19:27,350 --> 00:19:28,060
Also,
357
00:19:28,350 --> 00:19:29,620
when I came in just now,
358
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,350
I saw another official's wife
359
00:19:31,350 --> 00:19:32,400
leaving your place.
360
00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:33,090
Tell me,
361
00:19:33,310 --> 00:19:34,780
what's with her clothes?
362
00:19:36,110 --> 00:19:37,590
Mother,
you think it looks good too, right?
363
00:19:37,590 --> 00:19:38,310
I picked it for her.
364
00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:38,920
Absurd!
365
00:19:39,510 --> 00:19:41,840
That's the Princess of Zhennan's outfit.
366
00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,440
Don't tell me you have feelings for her.
367
00:19:51,270 --> 00:19:52,790
I didn't think it that way.
368
00:19:53,510 --> 00:19:55,030
But now that you mentioned it…
369
00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:56,510
Don't you dare set your sights on her!
370
00:19:56,510 --> 00:19:57,550
There are plenty of consorts
in the palace,
371
00:19:57,550 --> 00:19:58,680
but you never touch them.
372
00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,160
Yet you always scheme after
373
00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,220
officials' wives.
374
00:20:01,270 --> 00:20:02,070
I'm tired of lecturing you
375
00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:03,350
about your rotten behavior.
376
00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:04,190
But remember,
377
00:20:04,310 --> 00:20:06,270
you are not
to touch the Princess of Zhennan.
378
00:20:06,270 --> 00:20:07,000
Mother,
379
00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:08,310
you don't actually treat him
380
00:20:08,310 --> 00:20:09,570
as your own son, do you?
381
00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:12,680
If I had a son like him,
382
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:14,130
would I still be getting angry every day
383
00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:14,880
like this?
384
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:20,590
You sent him back to the capital
385
00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:21,920
without consulting me.
386
00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:22,590
This is clearly
387
00:20:22,590 --> 00:20:23,720
asking for trouble.
388
00:20:25,110 --> 00:20:27,170
You humiliated him again last night?
389
00:20:29,670 --> 00:20:31,070
He can't stay in the capital anymore.
390
00:20:31,070 --> 00:20:32,600
Send him away immediately.
391
00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:33,920
Send him away?
392
00:20:33,990 --> 00:20:35,350
That's like releasing a tiger
back to the mountain.
393
00:20:35,350 --> 00:20:36,240
Once he reaches Shengjing,
394
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,040
Pingling City will get the news.
395
00:20:38,510 --> 00:20:39,920
Mother, are you really that afraid of him?
396
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,920
What I'm afraid of is political instability
in Jinxiu
397
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:43,240
and internal strife.
398
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:45,940
As you said,
399
00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:47,000
his greatest support
400
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,600
is the army in Pingling City.
401
00:20:49,070 --> 00:20:50,350
Now that he's in Shengjing,
402
00:20:50,350 --> 00:20:51,310
he's in danger.
403
00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:52,230
Mother,
404
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,000
how do you think he can communicate
405
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,530
with them in Pingling City?
406
00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,720
If he's obedient, it'll be fine.
407
00:20:58,720 --> 00:20:59,590
But if he's not,
408
00:21:00,350 --> 00:21:02,750
he'll definitely make moves in Shengjing.
409
00:21:02,790 --> 00:21:04,160
I want him to reveal
410
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,070
all his cards
411
00:21:05,590 --> 00:21:06,750
in Shengjing.
412
00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:09,020
Just one thing—
413
00:21:09,550 --> 00:21:12,480
you must not set your sights
on the Princess of Susha.
414
00:21:20,790 --> 00:21:21,590
Bai Shouzhuo!
415
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:25,680
Your Majesty.
416
00:21:26,750 --> 00:21:27,790
The Empress Dowager forbids me
417
00:21:27,790 --> 00:21:29,200
from setting my sights
on the Princess of Susha.
418
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,930
I had no such intention anyway.
419
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:32,200
But now,
420
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:33,610
somehow,
421
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:35,920
I find this very intriguing.
422
00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:00,680
Grandfather.
423
00:22:01,510 --> 00:22:02,970
I heard your mother is ill.
424
00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:04,960
Mother is sleeping.
425
00:22:05,790 --> 00:22:07,650
Last night she went to see Father,
426
00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:08,830
stayed up all night,
427
00:22:08,830 --> 00:22:09,960
and ran a high fever.
428
00:22:10,590 --> 00:22:11,400
The imperial physicians have already come
429
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,000
to check on her this morning.
430
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:18,830
How are you?
431
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:20,610
I spent the whole night
copying the Heart Sutra
432
00:22:20,610 --> 00:22:21,930
for Father and Mother,
433
00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,540
hoping they'll recover soon.
434
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:26,610
Let me ask you again—
435
00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:27,720
how are you?
436
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:30,040
I...
437
00:22:30,510 --> 00:22:31,680
You're 20 now,
438
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:32,720
a grown man.
439
00:22:33,070 --> 00:22:34,160
Are you ready?
440
00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:37,240
Father was perfectly fine before.
441
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:39,830
I don't know why
442
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,270
he suddenly became like this.
443
00:22:41,270 --> 00:22:42,730
I truly don't understand.
444
00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:44,880
If Father truly doesn't make it,
445
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:45,350
then...
446
00:22:45,590 --> 00:22:47,120
That's not what I'm asking.
447
00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:48,070
I'm asking
448
00:22:48,070 --> 00:22:49,160
if you're ready
449
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,000
to become the ruler of the realm.
450
00:23:00,590 --> 00:23:02,520
Once your father passes away
451
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,480
and Feng Suige takes the throne,
452
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,920
he'll kill you
453
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,160
and all of us.
454
00:23:07,830 --> 00:23:09,480
Our lives are in your hands.
455
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,240
Only you can protect us.
456
00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:15,240
I've...
457
00:23:16,150 --> 00:23:17,610
never thought about that.
458
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,200
Don't you even trust your grandfather?
459
00:23:20,550 --> 00:23:21,200
I do.
460
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:23,960
I...
461
00:23:24,860 --> 00:23:26,280
respect you the most.
462
00:23:29,270 --> 00:23:30,510
Then why aren't you looking at me
463
00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:31,720
when you speak?
464
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:34,310
Remember,
465
00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:37,270
I always stand by your side.
466
00:23:37,590 --> 00:23:38,450
You, your mother,
467
00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:39,600
and I—
468
00:23:40,310 --> 00:23:41,410
our fates
469
00:23:41,830 --> 00:23:43,500
rise and fall together.
470
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:51,580
I'll do
471
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,160
whatever you say.
472
00:23:57,270 --> 00:23:58,050
I want you
473
00:23:58,570 --> 00:23:59,950
to become Emperor.
474
00:24:09,270 --> 00:24:10,200
Yes.
475
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,890
To be Emperor, you must act like one.
476
00:24:13,270 --> 00:24:14,070
Louder!
477
00:24:23,180 --> 00:24:25,290
I want to be Emperor.
478
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,100
Your Highness,
479
00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,290
Miss Yixiao asked me to give this to you.
480
00:24:39,290 --> 00:24:40,490
What else did she say?
481
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:41,690
Nothing.
482
00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:42,700
She said that once you see it,
483
00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:43,830
you'll understand.
484
00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:47,440
She was so cautious
485
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,510
about asking me to meet.
486
00:24:48,510 --> 00:24:50,180
There must be a reason.
487
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,150
Did she look well?
488
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,110
She seemed fine.
489
00:24:54,110 --> 00:24:55,350
No illness, no injuries,
490
00:24:55,350 --> 00:24:56,390
nothing unusual—
491
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:57,870
just a bit mysterious.
492
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:58,600
Oh, right.
493
00:24:58,640 --> 00:24:59,720
She repeatedly reminded me
494
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:00,350
to tell you that
495
00:25:00,350 --> 00:25:01,750
you must go see her alone.
496
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:21,590
It's not safe to talk here.
497
00:25:21,590 --> 00:25:22,300
Follow me.
498
00:25:37,050 --> 00:25:40,200
♪ Lost in the wilderness ♪
499
00:25:40,570 --> 00:25:43,050
♪ I've been looking for you ♪
500
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,410
♪ Even if devastation fills my eyes ♪
501
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,450
♪ The shadows continue to sway ♪
502
00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:48,510
Don't move.
503
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,790
♪ The phoenix going against light ♪
504
00:25:51,030 --> 00:25:52,490
Let me give you a hug first.
505
00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:56,170
♪ Has been looking for a thousand miles ♪
506
00:25:56,990 --> 00:25:59,870
♪ As years pass, dust stirs,
stirring deep longing ♪
507
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:06,000
♪ All I ask is to be together forever ♪
508
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:08,290
I know
509
00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:10,660
that the reason you cautiously
510
00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:11,460
asked to see me
511
00:26:12,110 --> 00:26:13,970
must be that something happened.
512
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,040
I've already caught Wu Ying.
513
00:26:21,750 --> 00:26:23,000
I'll make her
514
00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:23,960
feel the pain
515
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,920
you once suffered a thousandfold.
516
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:32,750
Aren't you happy
517
00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:33,640
to hear that?
518
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:36,350
I am.
519
00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:38,680
Really?
520
00:26:39,790 --> 00:26:40,960
On your face,
521
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:42,160
I can't see
522
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:43,420
any sign of happiness.
523
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:54,640
Do you remember that day,
524
00:26:54,750 --> 00:26:56,480
when I helped you save Yun Qing,
525
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:58,790
you promised me 5 favors?
526
00:26:59,310 --> 00:27:00,440
Now there are 4 left.
527
00:27:02,030 --> 00:27:02,680
Today,
528
00:27:03,110 --> 00:27:04,510
I want to use another one.
529
00:27:05,030 --> 00:27:05,720
No matter
530
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:06,750
what you hear,
531
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:08,500
you must promise me
532
00:27:09,030 --> 00:27:10,110
to stay calm.
533
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:12,720
Alright.
534
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,480
I've discovered Meng Junran's
true identity.
535
00:27:20,030 --> 00:27:21,210
He is Murong Yao.
536
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:37,820
What are you saying?
537
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,010
How could he possibly be...
538
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,700
You're not joking?
539
00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:55,760
I know it's hard for you to accept.
540
00:27:56,070 --> 00:27:57,470
Before coming to see you,
541
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,110
I considered all possibilities.
542
00:27:59,110 --> 00:27:59,810
I know
543
00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:01,620
Murong Yao is your best friend
544
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,370
and the person you trust most.
545
00:28:03,370 --> 00:28:05,280
I considered
whether I should hide this from you.
546
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:06,200
I also thought about
547
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,460
who you'd choose to believe
548
00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:08,480
between him and me.
549
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:09,580
I even thought
550
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:10,480
you might suspect
551
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:11,720
that I'm a spy from Jinxiu,
552
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:12,790
or that I've been sent
553
00:28:12,790 --> 00:28:13,960
by Xia Jingshi
554
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:14,960
on some secret mission—
555
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:15,720
that I
556
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:16,720
came to you
557
00:28:17,110 --> 00:28:18,310
only to help him drive a wedge
558
00:28:18,310 --> 00:28:20,170
between you and your best friend.
559
00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:27,640
Feng Suige,
560
00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:30,040
I've thought through all of it.
561
00:28:31,030 --> 00:28:32,450
Even if you doubt me,
562
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:34,640
even if my words hurt you,
563
00:28:35,510 --> 00:28:36,270
even if
564
00:28:37,420 --> 00:28:38,760
it means losing you,
565
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,650
I've still decided to tell you.
566
00:28:43,110 --> 00:28:43,750
I don't want to
567
00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:45,030
keep anything from you.
568
00:28:45,030 --> 00:28:47,030
You have the right to know the truth.
569
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,070
Can you tell me again—
570
00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,770
who is Meng Junran?
571
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,510
You said it's Yao?
572
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,000
Murong Yao?
573
00:29:15,350 --> 00:29:17,280
I know this must be painful for you.
574
00:29:17,830 --> 00:29:19,030
If your chest feels tight
575
00:29:19,030 --> 00:29:20,350
and it's hard to breathe,
576
00:29:20,350 --> 00:29:21,880
just take a few deep breaths
577
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:23,570
and let it out.
578
00:29:24,420 --> 00:29:25,180
It's okay.
579
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:27,560
Everything will be fine.
580
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:29,570
It will all get better.
581
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:47,920
I'm fine.
582
00:29:50,470 --> 00:29:52,330
I'll go ask him face to face.
583
00:29:53,310 --> 00:29:54,480
You promised me.
584
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:56,540
You must stay calm.
585
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:03,410
Don't worry.
586
00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:30,280
I invited you all here today
587
00:30:30,830 --> 00:30:32,070
to discuss
588
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,840
several important matters.
589
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,590
Minister Hou of the Ministry of War
was attacked and injured;
590
00:30:36,590 --> 00:30:38,240
he has requested leave to recover
in his hometown.
591
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,550
The position of Minister
592
00:30:39,550 --> 00:30:41,030
cannot remain vacant.
593
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,590
Let's have Vice Minister Liu Qin
of the Ministry of War
594
00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:48,870
temporarily take over the duties
of the minister.
595
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,340
I will serve with utmost dedication
596
00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:53,810
until my dying breath.
597
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,070
Second,
598
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,290
His Majesty's condition is now critical,
599
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,030
and the position of Crown Prince
remains vacant.
600
00:31:01,030 --> 00:31:01,640
As
601
00:31:02,270 --> 00:31:03,470
both a court official
602
00:31:03,590 --> 00:31:05,000
and a member of the royal family,
603
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:05,590
I
604
00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:07,830
shouldn't speak pessimistically,
605
00:31:07,830 --> 00:31:09,650
but for the sake of the realm,
606
00:31:10,350 --> 00:31:11,570
we can no longer delay
607
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,340
the matter of succession.
608
00:31:14,590 --> 00:31:15,560
In my opinion,
609
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:18,440
the Second Prince,
being the Empress's legitimate son
610
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,590
of noble birth
611
00:31:19,610 --> 00:31:20,790
and virtuous character,
612
00:31:20,790 --> 00:31:22,030
is the most suitable choice
613
00:31:22,030 --> 00:31:23,510
for Crown Prince.
614
00:31:25,790 --> 00:31:26,960
But after all, the First Prince
615
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,310
is the eldest legitimate son.
616
00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:29,440
Throughout history,
the tradition has always been
617
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:30,920
to appoint the eldest legitimate son
as Crown Prince.
618
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,880
Shouldn't the First Prince
be appointed the Crown Prince?
619
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,680
His Majesty is the founding emperor—
620
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:36,480
there's no fixed rule
621
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,100
for succession in Susha.
622
00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:40,880
Although the First Prince
is the eldest legitimate son,
623
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,590
he has repeatedly defied His Majesty
624
00:31:42,590 --> 00:31:43,640
and acted without restraint.
625
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:44,900
With such conduct,
626
00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:46,640
how can we entrust Susha's future
627
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:47,240
to him?
628
00:31:47,830 --> 00:31:48,940
I agree.
629
00:31:49,070 --> 00:31:50,680
Before, during the Ancestral Ceremony,
630
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:51,720
His Majesty personally appointed
631
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,310
the Second Prince
as the secondary officiant.
632
00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:55,400
Clearly, in His Majesty's eyes,
633
00:31:55,590 --> 00:31:57,880
the Second Prince possesses
both virtue and talent.
634
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,540
Thus, he is the best candidate
635
00:31:59,790 --> 00:32:02,300
for Crown Prince.
636
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:03,790
I agree.
637
00:32:08,270 --> 00:32:09,480
I understand
638
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:11,720
what you are suggesting.
639
00:32:12,270 --> 00:32:13,470
Please rest assured.
640
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,510
Appointing an heir
concerns the nation's fate,
641
00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:18,200
and I
642
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,640
will handle it with the utmost care.
643
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,640
Prime Minister Zhuang,
the wise carry heavier burdens.
644
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,170
Thank you for your efforts.
645
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,460
Thank you for your efforts,
Prime Minister.
646
00:32:46,070 --> 00:32:47,240
I heard from others
647
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,440
that you were badly wounded
in the Battle of Pingling.
648
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:49,110
I came here to
649
00:32:49,110 --> 00:32:50,310
end our brotherhood.
650
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:51,680
I no longer consider you my brother.
651
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,150
You've been saying that
652
00:32:53,170 --> 00:32:54,500
since we were children.
653
00:32:54,510 --> 00:32:55,440
Don't tell me
654
00:32:55,780 --> 00:32:56,830
you'll miss me.
655
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,110
Get lost!
656
00:32:58,440 --> 00:32:59,240
With you in Yujing City,
657
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,720
I'm annoyed nonstop all day.
658
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:01,790
Annoyed?
659
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,160
Aren't you happy with me here?
Why are you annoyed?
660
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,000
But then again...
661
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,640
If I were the Commander
of the Imperial Guards,
662
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,570
I could certainly be of help to you.
663
00:33:09,030 --> 00:33:10,730
Don't you do that for me.
664
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:11,880
I know you.
665
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,160
You hate being tied down the most.
666
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:14,940
But you have no influence
667
00:33:14,940 --> 00:33:16,050
in the court.
668
00:33:16,270 --> 00:33:18,110
Now that His Majesty has even had
the Second Prince
669
00:33:18,110 --> 00:33:20,030
take your place at the Ancestral Ceremony,
670
00:33:20,030 --> 00:33:21,310
how could I leave you behind
671
00:33:21,310 --> 00:33:22,710
and enjoy freedom alone?
672
00:33:44,150 --> 00:33:46,010
[Murong Residence]
673
00:33:47,540 --> 00:33:52,190
[Murong Residence]
674
00:34:35,210 --> 00:34:36,670
I've been waiting for you.
675
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:37,580
I knew it.
676
00:34:37,870 --> 00:34:39,600
Fu Yixiao told you everything.
677
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,360
Looks like she really does
678
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,650
mean more to you than I do.
679
00:34:42,650 --> 00:34:44,440
We've been brothers for so many years.
680
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,300
You believe everything she says?
681
00:34:46,590 --> 00:34:47,420
I came here
682
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,900
to hear it from you directly—
683
00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:54,110
are you Meng Junran?
684
00:34:56,550 --> 00:34:57,360
Yes.
685
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,490
Did Zhuang Shen force you?
686
00:35:04,590 --> 00:35:06,520
What leverage does he have on you?
687
00:35:06,580 --> 00:35:07,650
If you weren't being coerced,
688
00:35:07,650 --> 00:35:08,090
if you had no weakness,
689
00:35:08,090 --> 00:35:09,220
you'd never do this.
690
00:35:10,070 --> 00:35:10,920
Yao,
691
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,150
we've been brothers for so many years.
692
00:35:13,150 --> 00:35:14,580
What can't you tell me?
693
00:35:14,670 --> 00:35:15,990
Are you in trouble?
694
00:35:16,070 --> 00:35:16,730
Tell me.
695
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:17,860
I did it willingly!
696
00:35:18,130 --> 00:35:19,340
No one forced me!
697
00:35:23,190 --> 00:35:24,380
Why?
698
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,760
I can't stand seeing you do so well.
699
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,020
I'm jealous of you.
700
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:30,090
You still won't tell me the truth?
701
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:31,000
See?
702
00:35:32,270 --> 00:35:33,870
You don't believe me anyway.
703
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:35,510
Fine.
704
00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:37,650
Then tell me—
705
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,670
what have I
706
00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:40,930
ever done to wrong you?
707
00:35:41,110 --> 00:35:42,150
Why must it be that
708
00:35:42,150 --> 00:35:43,320
only if you wronged me
709
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,870
could I stand against you?
710
00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:46,920
Am I not worthy to be your rival?
711
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:48,800
If I want to go against you,
712
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,110
it doesn't have to be
for some hidden reason.
713
00:35:50,110 --> 00:35:51,770
It can simply be my own choice.
714
00:35:52,670 --> 00:35:54,510
Your own choice?
715
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:57,530
All my life,
716
00:35:58,230 --> 00:36:00,260
I've seen you as my closest brother.
717
00:36:01,150 --> 00:36:02,590
And now you're telling me
718
00:36:02,610 --> 00:36:03,550
you're going against me
719
00:36:03,550 --> 00:36:05,070
of your own choice?
720
00:36:05,510 --> 00:36:06,960
So you colluded with Xia Jingshi
721
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:07,990
and Zhuang Shen
722
00:36:08,710 --> 00:36:10,190
to take my life?
723
00:36:11,190 --> 00:36:12,850
I could have spared your life.
724
00:36:13,670 --> 00:36:14,320
I could have done everything
725
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:15,360
I wanted
726
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,820
without you ever knowing.
727
00:36:17,070 --> 00:36:18,590
But you got in my way.
728
00:36:19,590 --> 00:36:20,560
I have no choice.
729
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:22,500
There's nothing else I can do.
730
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:24,880
What are you trying to do?
731
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,280
Tell me!
732
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:30,380
Murong Yao,
733
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,630
what do you want?
734
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:43,740
When we were 10,
735
00:36:44,190 --> 00:36:46,190
we went with our fathers
to inspect the border.
736
00:36:46,190 --> 00:36:46,960
Do you remember
737
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,150
that time we sneaked off
738
00:36:48,150 --> 00:36:49,110
without permission to play
739
00:36:49,110 --> 00:36:50,440
and ran into assassins?
740
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,220
Don't come any closer!
741
00:37:04,590 --> 00:37:05,670
What are you doing?
742
00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:10,480
Stay back!
743
00:37:13,590 --> 00:37:15,590
If my father hadn't arrived in time,
744
00:37:15,630 --> 00:37:17,090
we would have been doomed.
745
00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:19,760
But there were too many assassins.
746
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:21,760
My father couldn't handle them all.
747
00:37:22,150 --> 00:37:23,350
I only realized later
748
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:24,840
that my father at that moment
749
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:25,550
never thought
750
00:37:25,550 --> 00:37:26,710
he would survive.
751
00:37:27,150 --> 00:37:28,030
The only person
752
00:37:28,110 --> 00:37:29,110
he cared about
753
00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:31,400
was you,
754
00:37:32,470 --> 00:37:33,840
the First Prince.
755
00:37:38,150 --> 00:37:42,190
Kill!
756
00:37:42,820 --> 00:37:44,480
In that life-and-death moment,
757
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:45,710
the first person he tried to save
758
00:37:45,710 --> 00:37:47,310
was you, not me.
759
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:47,860
Father!
760
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,560
I was his own son!
761
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:50,320
Go!
762
00:37:50,610 --> 00:37:52,440
At the time, I couldn't understand
763
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:53,190
why your life
764
00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:54,790
was more precious than mine.
765
00:37:55,070 --> 00:37:56,350
Later, I realized
766
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:57,710
it was because you were the First Prince.
767
00:37:57,710 --> 00:37:59,480
If anything had happened to you,
768
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,340
the entire Murong family
would have been executed.
769
00:38:03,190 --> 00:38:04,440
That's why my father
770
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,170
risked everything to save you.
771
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,030
Father!
772
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:15,280
Father!
773
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:24,960
Yao!
774
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,230
Yao!
775
00:38:32,150 --> 00:38:33,450
Yao!
776
00:38:34,070 --> 00:38:35,150
That was the first time
777
00:38:35,150 --> 00:38:36,550
I ever truly faced death.
778
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,550
I remember countless blades
779
00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:40,410
slashing toward my father and me.
780
00:38:41,070 --> 00:38:42,660
My mind went blank,
781
00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:44,050
and all I could do was cry
782
00:38:44,190 --> 00:38:46,020
and beg for someone to save me.
783
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:56,980
It hurt so much.
784
00:38:57,190 --> 00:38:58,590
The pain was unbearable.
785
00:38:59,220 --> 00:39:00,760
I passed out from the pain.
786
00:39:01,230 --> 00:39:02,360
When I woke up,
787
00:39:02,670 --> 00:39:03,960
they were all dead.
788
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,300
My father was severely wounded,
789
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:07,440
all from blades.
790
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,150
It was then that his leg was injured
791
00:39:09,150 --> 00:39:10,320
and left with a chronic ailment.
792
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,850
Even now,
it still pains him from time to time.
793
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,670
Father!
794
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,010
Son.
795
00:39:17,630 --> 00:39:18,480
Father!
796
00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:19,590
With me here,
797
00:39:20,030 --> 00:39:22,230
you don't need to be afraid of anything.
798
00:39:23,710 --> 00:39:25,480
Suige!
799
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:30,360
Suige, please come save us!
800
00:39:31,590 --> 00:39:32,720
What happened next?
801
00:39:33,590 --> 00:39:35,400
How did you get out of danger?
802
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:37,800
I kept waiting,
803
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:40,760
waiting for His Majesty to send people
to rescue us.
804
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:41,590
But I waited for a long time,
805
00:39:41,590 --> 00:39:43,030
and no one ever came.
806
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,280
Later I realized,
807
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,630
as long as you,
the First Prince, was safe,
808
00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:50,960
no one would care
whether we lived or died.
809
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:54,000
The First Prince was ambushed,
and His Majesty flew into a rage.
810
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:54,840
At that time,
811
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,030
who would have remembered
812
00:39:57,030 --> 00:39:58,000
my father and me?
813
00:40:02,590 --> 00:40:03,360
That road
814
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,140
was only a few miles from the border camp,
815
00:40:06,150 --> 00:40:08,150
yet it was the longest, hardest road
816
00:40:08,590 --> 00:40:10,120
I've ever walked in my life.
817
00:40:21,190 --> 00:40:22,510
Here's His Majesty's verbal decree!
818
00:40:22,510 --> 00:40:24,370
Murong Zhong, heed this command.
819
00:40:24,550 --> 00:40:25,500
From this day on,
820
00:40:25,550 --> 00:40:26,710
the Murong clan
821
00:40:26,710 --> 00:40:28,550
is to guard the northern border of Susha.
822
00:40:28,550 --> 00:40:29,880
You are forbidden to return to the capital
823
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,210
without royal summons.
824
00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:33,140
I
825
00:40:33,590 --> 00:40:35,240
will depart tomorrow.
826
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:36,820
Better if you leave today.
827
00:40:37,150 --> 00:40:38,430
His Majesty also said
828
00:40:38,630 --> 00:40:39,920
that the Murong family
bears unshirkable responsibility
829
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:41,000
for what happened
830
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,940
to the First Prince.
831
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:44,690
But
832
00:40:45,150 --> 00:40:47,510
in recognition of your service
in protecting him,
833
00:40:47,510 --> 00:40:49,190
you will not be punished.
834
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,630
Thank you, Your Majesty.
835
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:54,930
Yao,
836
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:56,840
my father and I
837
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:57,880
gave you the chance to live,
838
00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:58,710
yet in the end, we were sent to suffer
839
00:40:58,710 --> 00:40:59,590
in the northern frontier.
840
00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:00,670
Why is your life
841
00:41:00,690 --> 00:41:02,030
worth more than ours?
842
00:41:02,230 --> 00:41:03,590
Why must the Murong family
843
00:41:03,590 --> 00:41:04,230
always be ready
844
00:41:04,230 --> 00:41:06,090
to sacrifice for the Feng family?
845
00:41:06,590 --> 00:41:08,520
Why didn't you send people to get us
846
00:41:08,590 --> 00:41:09,800
after you returned?
847
00:41:10,230 --> 00:41:11,630
Why didn't you send people to save us?
848
00:41:11,630 --> 00:41:12,960
Why didn't you
plead with His Majesty for us?
849
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:14,320
Aren't we brothers?
850
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,200
Where were you when I needed you?
851
00:41:19,070 --> 00:41:20,150
Where were you?
852
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:21,360
After I woke up,
853
00:41:22,110 --> 00:41:23,320
the first thing I did was ask
854
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:24,920
how you and your father were.
855
00:41:25,630 --> 00:41:26,980
But they told me at the time
856
00:41:26,980 --> 00:41:28,980
that you were already out of danger.
857
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:30,280
When I saw you again,
858
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:31,630
it was two years later.
859
00:41:32,030 --> 00:41:33,430
So at that time I thought
860
00:41:33,510 --> 00:41:34,030
you...
861
00:41:35,070 --> 00:41:36,070
You thought?
862
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:37,190
You Fengs
863
00:41:37,190 --> 00:41:38,670
always only care about what you think.
864
00:41:38,670 --> 00:41:41,000
Have you ever considered how others feel?
865
00:41:41,190 --> 00:41:41,880
Yao,
866
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,360
why didn't you
867
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,120
tell me all this sooner?
868
00:41:46,230 --> 00:41:47,630
If I had told you earlier,
869
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,000
could you have given me back
part of my foot?
870
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:50,630
Could you have made my father's legs
871
00:41:50,630 --> 00:41:52,490
stop hurting so much every night?
872
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,500
Even if I had told you earlier,
873
00:41:54,790 --> 00:41:56,030
what could I have gained—
874
00:41:56,030 --> 00:41:57,100
besides your pity?
875
00:41:57,510 --> 00:41:58,220
Feng Suige,
876
00:41:58,360 --> 00:41:59,220
let me tell you—
877
00:41:59,630 --> 00:42:01,110
the thing I despise most
878
00:42:01,110 --> 00:42:02,000
in this life
879
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,360
is your pity.
880
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,930
I also come from a military family!
881
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,070
I want to be a great general
882
00:42:09,070 --> 00:42:10,520
like you.
883
00:42:11,510 --> 00:42:13,110
But I can't even ride a horse.
884
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:14,920
Back then, my father and yours
885
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,440
fought side by side
to build Susha together.
886
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:17,360
Your father became emperor,
887
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:18,190
while mine is just a marquis
888
00:42:18,190 --> 00:42:19,760
in name only.
889
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:21,550
Is that fair?
890
00:42:23,510 --> 00:42:24,480
Yao,
891
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:27,050
stop this.
892
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:29,900
While you still can.
893
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,190
I've been thinking about this
for over a decade.
894
00:42:33,190 --> 00:42:34,270
How do you expect me to stop?
895
00:42:34,270 --> 00:42:35,100
How can I?
896
00:42:36,590 --> 00:42:38,320
For once, I want to live for myself.
897
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:39,920
I only want the Murong family
898
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,590
to get what it rightfully deserves.
899
00:42:41,590 --> 00:42:42,500
Is that wrong?
900
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,840
While my father is in Fu Yixiao's hands,
901
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:48,300
I can't do anything to you.
902
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:49,660
You can kill me.
903
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:53,600
What?
904
00:42:54,150 --> 00:42:55,810
Can't bring yourself to do it?
905
00:43:18,150 --> 00:43:18,950
How about now?
906
00:43:19,110 --> 00:43:21,040
Can you bring yourself to do it now?
907
00:43:21,550 --> 00:43:23,010
I have only one condition:
908
00:43:23,110 --> 00:43:24,170
release my father.
909
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,040
He knows nothing about this.
910
00:43:36,710 --> 00:43:38,360
From today on,
911
00:43:40,110 --> 00:43:41,480
we're even.
912
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,480
We're no longer brothers.57960
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