Original subtitles

♪When sorrow and joy blend into ink♪

♪Flowers fade, rain falls, helpless as time♪

♪Lament this frail body, tangled in love and hate♪

♪Yet I still wrestle with fate♪

♪Snow drifts down, burying all glory♪

♪Blame this destiny granted to me♪

♪Trapped in the chains of love and cause♪

♪When the dust finally settles♪

=Glory in Shadows=

=Episode 19=

Father.

Escort Young Master Jingxu back to rest.

- Yes. - Yes.

You two think you can

bring me down?

It is far too early for such confidence, Old Madam.

Once we find the Fan Scorpion Poison

and prove you killed Qin Ruoyi,

no clever words will save you then.

What Fan Scorpion Poison?

I've never even heard of it.

And I didn't kill her.

I have nothing to fear.

Even now, you're still hiding the truth.

Why would I need to hide anything?

Just the two of you?

Against me? Such arrogance.

Then what about me?

You...

You're awake?

Brother,

Father has awakened.

Is the case concluded?

You just woke up.

How do you know?

Wan'er told me everything.

Master, you've just woken up.

You haven't recovered...

That's fine.

I've been confined to this sickbed.

I've had quite enough of it.

However,

during all those years of my coma,

I was not entirely unaware.

Today, at the Court of Judicial Review,

you talked your way out of the charges.

Now you've returned to the Marquis Manor,

I, as the Marquis,

will conduct my own trial.

Zhao Qingru,

kneel.

Kneel!

You wretch,

how dare you collude with others

to harm the descendants of the Li family!

While I lay in a coma, you humiliated me again and again.

Every single of these matters,

others may not know,

but I know them all!

I was left unconscious for so long.

You were the one

who poisoned me, weren't you?

It was her!

Your precious daughter found the poison for you!

I did not.

Mother, why do you falsely accuse me?

I've lived a sheltered life.

How could I know about poisons?

Besides, Father treats me so kindly.

He cherishes me deeply.

How could I ever harm him?

You deceitful girl!

I should have ended you!

Silence!

You wretch,

even now,

you're still trying to frame Wan'er!

Do you think that while I was in a coma,

I couldn't hear what you said

or know what you did?

Open your eyes and look clearly!

How dare you humiliate me like this!

If you truly could hear,

then you should know

why I did what I did!

We've been married for so many years,

why do you still resent me so deeply?

Is it all because of Jingchuan and Yan?

So many years have passed,

yet you still can't let it go?

How easily those words escape your lips.

But they've haunted me every sleepless night!

Back then, I defied my father's objections

and insisted on marrying you.

I was a fool to believe you.

You promised me a lifetime of devotion.

But in the end,

I was the one left behind.

It was all because of that woman!

We hadn't even been married two years

when she came straight to my door with that jerk!

Everyone in the capital knew.

She turned me into a laughingstock!

Don't you dare mention my mother.

Who would have known

that woman died the very next year,

leaving behind her son

who outshone my own at every turn.

How could I possibly accept that?

As the matriarch,

you were expected to be magnanimous

and treat concubines' children kindly.

This title of matriarch

has weighed on me my whole life!

Why must I be forgiving?

Why must I be magnanimous?

I refuse!

I want everyone who stand in my son's way

to die!

Zhao Qingru.

Zhao Qingru,

you are no longer fit to be the matriarch.

For your years presiding over this household,

you will be told to have succumbed to a sudden illness.

You'll spend the rest of your days

in the back courtyard.

No.

Master! Master!

I can give up the title of matriarch,

but Xu'er...

Xu'er is your legitimate son.

He must inherit your title.

It must go to Xu'er,

- not your eldest son! - Let go!

I am not dead yet.

I still rule this household!

No.

Xu'er is your legitimate son.

He must inherit the title.

He must inherit the title.

I'll kill you.

I'll kill you.

- I'll kill you. - Guards!

Take her away!

I'll kill you.

- Take her away! - Let me go!

I'll kill you.

My Xu'er is the rightful heir!

My Xu'er must inherit the title!

I'll kill you.

- My son is the heir! - Announce her death!

Wan'er.

Father.

Come here.

Sit by my side.

My Wan'er has grown up.

You've become more lovely and graceful.

Thanks for your concern, Father.

During all the years I was in a coma,

you rarely came to see me.

I feared angering Mother,

so I dared not visit you.

That no longer matters.

That wretch is gone for good.

From now on, you can stay by my side every day.

My Lady,

you've rubbed it red.

Leave.

- My lady... - Go!

Why is it me?

Why is it me?

♪This life, like foam♪

♪The wind is bleak, leaving me alone♪

♪New snow falls thick beneath the eaves♪

♪Covering the courtyard gate♪

♪Your gaze melts winter into spring♪

♪Turning back from the boundless multitude♪

♪Gazing at you in that fleeting moment♪

♪All the hardships fade into drifting dust♪

♪A foolish dream turns earnest with you in it♪

♪Even a feigned play can grow into true affection♪

♪Too many dusks walked alone beneath my umbrella♪

♪Yet I crave the warmth left in your embrace♪

♪Among thousands of bright lamps, is there one♪

♪That waits quietly for me?♪

♪Time grinds through the rings of memory♪

♪Only you keep me warm in the long night♪

♪Scars left by the days gone by♪

♪Lie upon the lines of our hands together♪

♪I hold out a heart sincere and true♪

♪Crossing the deep courtyard♪

♪Just to trade it for one kiss from you♪

♪Praying our hair turns gray without regret♪

♪So that true love will finally come to be♪