Original subtitles

[Pursuit of Jade]

[Episode 27]

Be careful!

Changyu,

let me explain.

You lied to me.

You lied to me in Lin'an.

And you lied to me in the camp.

You've been lying to me all along!

Is this injury also fake?

Did you get hurt?

This is none of your business.

About what you just said,

I can explain everything.

Come back with me to get treated first.

I am just a butcher's daughter.

How could I let the grand Marquis of Wu'an trouble himself with me?

You want me to stay out of your business, right?

Then why did you drug me and go to the battlefield?

Do you know what a battlefield is?

It's a place where human lives are worth nothing!

Did you forget everything I told you

when you snatched the sheep and salt?

When we snatched the sheep and salt,

you were also lying to me, weren't you?

Marquis of Wu'an,

was it fun deceiving me?

I went to the battlefield

because you lied to me!

I drugged you

because I was afraid you'd die on the battlefield!

I can die,

but you must survive and live well!

If I die,

you can take Fan Changning away

and find somewhere to settle down.

You can either open a braised meat shop

or build a sty to raise pigs.

As long as you're alive,

you can do whatever you want.

Find a gentle scholar you like in the future

and bear children...

I won't be able to intervene.

But as long as I'm alive,

you will

always be mine.

Hyah!

Hyah!

My Lady,

your friend Mandi is seriously injured.

Where is he?

Jin Yuanbao took him back to the camp.

My Lady, your headscarf.

Hyah!

Hyah!

My Lord,

the Counselor is wounded!

Please wake up.

You've been with us since you were a teen.

If you leave without a word,

how am I supposed to explain it to your younger sister?

What happened to Mandi?

He was stabbed right through the chest.

Blood has been gushing out.

The medic lady was here just now.

She shook her head

and left without saying a word.

How could this happen?

When we were cleaning up the battlefield,

somehow,

from a pile of dead bodies,

a little soldier suddenly rushed out.

-Mandi! -Mandi!

Are you talking

about the boy who guarded the catapult?

It was him!

I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted.

If I had killed that kid back then,

Mandi wouldn't be lying here like this.

Didn't I say no crowding?

What's wrong?

Miss Beholden,

please save him.

Don't worry. It's nothing serious.

Nothing serious?

I just heard you say

he was stabbed through the chest!

It was his breastplate that got stabbed through.

Thankfully, it prevented the blow

from damaging his internal organs.

This breastplate was

what Mandi's sister asked me to give to him.

When I was cleaning his wound,

you grown men

all covered your faces,

too scared to look.

And now you're scaring yourselves.

What about his face?

A-And his lips?

He's even paler than a corpse dead for 3 days.

That's from excessive shock.

He's already frail.

That's why I told you not to crowd around him.

Let him rest well.

He's fine!

I'll get back to work.

Thank you.

That's great news.

He's fine, Big Brother.

I'm glad to hear

that he's okay.

Pull.

Report!

General Shi Hu was killed by a female soldier

with a butcher knife from the enemy forces!

What did you say?

The General was killed by a female soldier.

Hu?

Impossible.

Hu has the unmatched prowess, even against 10,000 men.

General Shi Hu has the unmatched prowess, even against 10,000 men!

I saw it with my own eyes.

General Shi Hu's Golden Melon Mace was snatched away.

Three hits.

No,

he was beaten to death by 2 hits!

I said it's impossible.

Scout again!

Yes, sir!

No.

That person must be Fan Changyu.

Fan Changyu?

Report!

The Yanzhou Army and Jizhou Army

gathered in the southwest and marched here.

They are joining forces to besiege us.

Our troops are now under attack from 3 sides.

Let's set off.

Father is waiting for us in Lucheng.

Your Highness.

I said, withdraw.

You're right, Your Highness.

The Prince's great cause

cannot wait.

Retreat!

I led men to block them desperately on the battlefield,

yet I still failed to stop them.

Shi Yue took Sui Yuanqing away,

and I got myself injured.

Scholars really are useless on the battlefield.

I told you to wear armor, but you didn't listen.

You insisted on imitating Zhuge Liang.

Do you even look like him?

Xie Jiu,

go to the Yanzhou Army's camp and invite Medic Lu over.

Yes, sir.

Come back.

My injury is minor,

not enough to trouble a medic.

Don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Minor injury, huh?

Fine.

Fetch the vet here.

Yes, sir.

Come back!

Do we have no other physicians here?

How about

I invite the Princess Royal over

to check in on you?

Go tell Her Highness

that I'm gravely injured,

and my life is in danger.

But you don't look like it, sir.

Of course you can't tell from the outside.

It's actually all messed up inside.

Yes, sir.

I have urgent matters to handle.

I'll take my leave.

Little Gongsun,

I heard about your fatal injuries.

I came specifically to chant sutras for your final journey.

Om mani padme hum.

Om mani padme hum.

Om mani padme hum.

Om mani padme hum.

Stop it.

If you keep chanting, you'll actually send me away.

Little Gongsun,

you've endured trials along the way. Thank you for everything.

It's nothing.

His Lordship cares for the world.

I admire him greatly.

I'm willing to go through thick and thin with him.

It's really nothing.

During the confrontation with the Chongzhou Army,

His Lordship made a narrow escape, fortunately.

Grand Tutor, you really don't need to worry about him too much.

I won't be worried about that bratty disciple of mine.

Half a month ago,

in the Jizhou Army delivering supplies up the mountain,

there was someone whom I consider half my disciple.

She rashly went up the mountain to deliver supplies

and never came down.

I don't know how she is doing right now.

A soldier delivering supplies?

Yes.

And she's your disciple?

Yes.

But as far as I know,

your standards for accepting disciples are extremely high.

Across the entire Great Yin,

only Jiuheng caught your eye.

How could a random soldier on the road

win your favor?

And why is she half your disciple?

That girl is amazingly brawny

as a rare martial arts prodigy,

but she's just a bit less brainy.

She doesn't like to read.

So I

see her as half a disciple

of mine.

Girl?

Your Highness, please slow down!

Be careful, please!

Your Highness, are you alright?

Your Highness, this is improper.

Xie Jiu said he's dying.

Who cares about propriety?

Wait for me.

Grand Tutor,

is this disciple you mentioned named Fan?

Her surname is indeed Fan.

And her given name is Changyu.

She's 19.

What? Little Gongsun, you know her?

-Does my bratty disciple know her then? -Gongsun!

Is this what Xie Jiu meant by saying you're dying?

I am dying.

It's all messed up inside.

Your Highness, my greetings!

Your Highness!

Excuse me.

Your Highness!

Your Highness, let me explain.

Your Highness!

Your Highness, be careful. Your Highness!

Please listen to me.

Your Highness, please hear me out.

Why did you trick me, Headmaster?

I didn't mean to trick you. I was...

I'm sorry.

I...

I just didn't expect you

to come to visit me so anxiously, Your Highness.

So...

Don't bother taking it off.

It's too late.

Pardon my impropriety.

I just remember

you encouraged me when we were going out to battle...

Headmaster.

What I said this morning was

just to boost the morale of the troops.

Don't overthink it.

It seems you are fine, Headmaster.

I still have other wounded people to treat.

I'll take my leave.

Your Highness, does it hurt?

It hurts, but I can endure it.

Mrs. Fan.

The Mess Crew made ginger soup to ward off the cold.

I brought you a bowl.

Don't bother, General Jiu.

Please give it to someone else.

Is there anything else?

I didn't mean to hide it

from you back then.

I was set up,

hunted down,

and stranded in Lin'an.

You happened to save me in the snow.

If I had told you who I was back then,

I feared it would bring disaster.

So I chose to keep it secret.

I don't blame you for hiding it back then.

Then are you blaming me

for hiding it this time?

That you came to find me

made me really happy.

I also knew

that if you learned the truth,

you would be even more furious.

So there were many things I wanted to explain,

but I couldn't get started.

Changning was kidnapped

because of my identity.

I apologize to you.

I don't blame you for Changning

being kidnapped.

You got hurt trying to save her.

You lied to me on the mountain,

but I don't blame you for that either.

You don't blame me for anything.

Are you trying to say

that you want to split up with me?

We've never been together.

How can we "split up"?

What did you say?

What do you mean by "we've never been together"?

What do you mean?

We had an agreement.

You pretended to be my matrilocal husband.

But "Yan Zheng" doesn't exist in this world.

Since Yan Zheng is a fake person,

that marriage contract

should also be fake.

Then why did you come to find me?

Why did you say you'd feed me by butchering pigs?

Why did you decide to go to the battlefield

in my place?

I came for Yan Zheng.

Not for Xie Zheng.

Is there any difference?

They're both me.

It is different.

I can't treat you,

the Marquis of Wu'an, as Yan Zheng.

The Marquis of Wu'an is an unmatched hero

from a noble house.

If he is together with a female butcher,

everyone in the world will laugh at it.

I have at least that much self-awareness.

I decide who I marry on my own.

What does it have to do with the others?

You are not just a female butcher,

but also a heroine who made great contributions.

If you really fear the world's mockery,

fine.

I can ask His Majesty to grant us a marriage.

Then we will be together aboveboard.

Who would dare mock us?

Changyu.

♪ In gold-thread dress, with moth or willow ornaments ♪

My name is Xie Zheng.

My courtesy name is Jiuheng.

I serve in the army,

and I am from the Capital,

titled Marquis of Wu'an.

♪ Giggling, she melts into the throng with trails of scents ♪

With a sincere heart,

I ask for your hand in marriage.

May we be together in eternal peace

♪ But in the crowd once and again I look for her in vain ♪

and spend our days in tranquility.

♪ But in the crowd once and again I look for her in vain ♪

♪ When all at once I turn my head ♪

♪ I find her there ♪

♪ Where lantern light is dimly shed ♪

♪ But in the crowd once and again I look for her in vain ♪

♪ But in the crowd once and again I look for her in vain ♪

♪ When all at once I turn my head ♪

♪ I find her there ♪

♪ Where lantern light is dimly shed ♪

I see.

Master?

What brings you here?

Your injury is in a rather tricky spot.

It doesn't look like a wound from battle,

but more like

one from a brawl.

Could it be that you were once again...

In this battle, Lord Changxin

lost a major general, Shi Hu,

but Shi Yue launched a surprise attack

and rescued Sui Yuanqing.

It was due to an oversight in my plan.

The two most capable generals under Lord Changxin's command are

the Shi brothers.

With Shi Hu dead,

he has lost a right-hand man.

I heard that when you arrived to support the Yanzhou Army,

Shi Hu was already dead.

Who else in the army could have subdued such a fierce enemy?

Shi Hu was killed by his wife.

Wife? Whose wife?

His wife?

You're married?

Didn't you say you'd never marry in your life?

Why didn't you tell me you got married?

It's a long story.

It was a marriage formed during my time of misfortune.

Your time of misfortune?

I won't ask you anymore.

How did that woman kill Shi Hu?

At that time, we were outnumbered.

The Marchioness grabbed his mace

and killed him with 3 strikes...

What...

She killed Shi Hu with only 3 strikes?

She must be the scion of a famous general!

No.

No?

Then she must be an extraordinary woman from a common family.

Jiuheng,

you must treat her well.

Now that Shi Hu is dead,

Shi Yue will not let this go for sure.

And Lord Changxin is

determined to take Lucheng.

How do you plan to deal with this?

If I have the Xie Army go all out,

coordinate with He Jingyuan,

and defeat Lord Changxin,

someone else will surely swoop in to take advantage.

Now, on Wei Yan's side,

in order to cover up the grave error

Wei Xuan committed in the Northwest,

his best option right now is

to steal the credit for defeating the Chongzhou rebels.

In my opinion,

it's not a bad thing if he grabs the credit.

Grand Tutor, what do you mean?

Who else in the Great Yin

has been made a marquis at 20?

The moon waxes only to wane;

water brims only to overflow.

Even if you quell the rebellion

and gain military merit,

when you return to the Capital,

what else can His Majesty reward you with?

Given the current treacherous situation at court,

it is better to step back

and watch others fight desperately to the death.

You mean,

let the Li family and Wei Yan fight first,

and we will reap the benefits?

Wei Yan holds military power,

and he has He Jingyuan guarding Jizhou against the enemies.

That is why all these years,

Grand Tutor Li hasn't dared to openly confront Wei Yan.

Otherwise, Li wouldn't have sent

his heir, his beloved grandson, Li Huai'an,

to the Northwest

to join the army.

In this case,

Lord Changxin rebelled

to let the military power fall into the Li family's hands?

The Li family's plot against Lord Changxin

wouldn't go that far.

However, word has it that Lord Changxin's eldest son,

Sui Yuanhuai, has secret dealings with the Li family frequently.

There's no smoke without fire.

It is very suspicious.

Sui Yuanhuai?

I recall some past stories.

After Crown Prince Chengde and Old General Xie

died in battle in Jinzhou,

the late Emperor suddenly announced his abdication

[Diligent and Virtuous]

and passed the throne to the incumbent Emperor,

Qi Sheng.

One day, a fire suddenly broke out in the Eastern Palace.

[Virtuous and Meritorious]

The Crown Princess and her son perished in the flames.

At that time, Lord Changxin's wife was

visiting the Eastern Palace with their eldest son.

Their eldest son was burned beyond recognition

and couldn't show up in public.

The late Emperor made no compensation.

Lord Changxin has kept a low profile for years.

He hates the Imperial Court.

This is undeniable.

After going down the mountain,

send a message to the Capital immediately

to secretly investigate the Eastern Palace's fire case.

Lord Changxin's eldest son, Sui Yuanhuai,

has a trusted aide named Zhao Xun.

He holds the Eastern Palace seal.

Sixteen years ago,

in that fire at the Eastern Palace—

I was one of the lucky survivors.

But now,

Sui Yuanhuai has issued a warrant for his arrest.

We must find Zhao Xun's whereabouts

before he does.

Just now in Little Gongsun's tent,

I couldn't ask much about your personal affairs.

Now let me ask you.

In this marriage,

did you take a wife or a concubine?

A wife, of course.

Since it is a proper marriage,

why do you look so gloomy?

I hid my identity and deceived her.

Now that she knows

she is marrying the Marquis of Wu'an,

she refuses to accept it.

She said

she never needed military merits to match me.

She is quite an insightful woman,

very similar to the female disciple

I recently took in at Baxia.

Even if you offered the Marquis of Wu'an to her in exchange for her husband,

she wouldn't agree.

My wife is also like this.

High office and generous salaries

mean nothing to her.

They are not as worthwhile as a bowl of rice.

If you give her a few roast chickens,

she'll be happier than anyone in the world.

She never complains about heavy work

and always has endless energy.

She is always rejoicing and laughing happily.

Why do I feel like

they are talking about the same person?

Master,

I want to ask you for a favor.

Go ahead.

I implore you, Master,

to take my wife as your goddaughter.

You want to give her

a respectable family background

to silence the gossip?

Yes.

I don't care about her origins.

But I don't want people

to use them as an excuse

to criticize her, either.

What if she's unwilling to accept it

and just wants to be a commoner?

I will respect her choice.

But if she is willing to follow me,

I will never let her suffer again.

I didn't expect

you to be so devoted,

just like your mother.

Alright.

I promise you.

What's the name of the woman

you just married?

And how old is she?

Her name is Fan Changyu.

She is 19.

Your...

Your wife?

Your female disciple?

You are that matrilocal husband?

You were caught to repair the dam?

You...

My Lord...

What's the matter?

It's almost midnight.

I think you should rest.

How is Xie Wu's injury?

The medic said his internal organs are fine.

He just needs rest to recover.

Glad to hear that.

Bring my horse.

Well, My Lord...

Go.

Yes, My Lord.

[Xie]

Did the marquis order you to guard here?

Yes.

I won't leave the camp.

General, please look after Changning for me.

Yes.

Who's there?

Come out!

It's me.

What brings you here?

I couldn't fall asleep,

so I came out to clear my head.

You can't sleep either?

I saw too many dead bodies on the battlefield.

It weighs heavily on my heart.

The first time I went to battle,

I couldn't fall asleep either

and had nightmares all night.

But the second time,

I killed even more people than the first.

I couldn't sleep

at all the whole night.

So I went out and found a random place to fish

for the entire night

until I was exhausted.

Then I went back and fell asleep right away.

Since then,

I've never had a nightmare again.

It's all in the past.

If you're still feeling stifled,

let's spar a bit.

What?

Scared?

Let's do it.

What was that?

Biting the hand that fed you?

All is fair in war.

That actually makes sense.

You weren't fighting seriously.

On the battlefield, I couldn't beat you.

Close combat relies mostly on speed.

You're good with short blades,

but your moves are heavy and powerful.

Use less brute force,

go with the flow,

and use more finesse

to pick up your speed.

Let me try again.

Come on.

You were holding back just now?

I'm not stupid.

I've got to figure out your style first.

One more round.

Here, this is ready. Be careful. It's hot.

It's so good.

It tastes sweet and sour.

Did you bring seasoning?

No.

I picked some fruits.

Some are sour, some are spicy.

You tasted them one by one?

What's wrong? Is it bad?

Don't be so nice to me.

You are the Marquis of Wu'an.

And I'm just an ordinary female butcher.

You are the best woman in my eyes.

I'm just into you.

Don't be into me.

You should find a wife whose background matches yours

and live a glorious life,

admired by thousands.

Admired by others?

I, Xie Zheng, got where I am today

through military merits,

not by their admiration.

I am the Marquis of Wu'an.

If I have to fear

the world's judgment when choosing my wife,

wouldn't that be too pathetic?

In the past,

I never thought of getting married.

Being ruthless like my uncle

or being devoted like my mother were

neither what I wanted.

I was born on the battlefield,

and I'll die on the battlefield.

I thought my life was

bound to end in battle.

So,

I didn't want a woman to remain a widow for me.

But after meeting you,

I've actually become

a little afraid of death.

Alright,

let's talk about you.

When all this is over,

what do you want to do?

Still want to raise 100 pigs

and butcher 100 pigs?

The future is too far away.

I can only think about the present.

I promised Changning

I'd find Qian and Bao'er.

Also, Mr. Zhao,

Jin Yuanbao and his crew,

and all the other fellow villagers of mine scattered all over the land,

I want to bring them home.

Although Lin'an is destroyed,

we can rebuild it

with our own hands, brick by brick.

Alright.

When everything is over,

I will petition to govern the Northwest.

That way,

whatever happens in the Capital won't concern me anymore.

I'll rebuild Lin'an with you.

How does that sound?

You are willing

to stay in Lin'an?

The days I spent with you in Lin'an were

the happiest time

in my life.

Brother-in-Law, Mrs. Zhao asked you to go there for lunch.

Woke up every morning to the sound of you butchering pigs.

Spent time with Changning and Mr. Zhao,

playing chess

and building snowmen.

At noon,

I could eat the noodles with pork intestine you made.

and listen to Mrs. Zhao talk about all the village gossip.

Thirty taels?

Look who's here.

At night, you and I

listened to the sound of insects chirping and studied together.

I miss

all of it so much.

You're gripping so hard.

Aren't you afraid your hand will bleed again?

I'm more afraid you'll hit me.

That's because you kissed me randomly.

If you don't hit me,

I won't kiss you randomly again.

Eat up.