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[Sui]

[Xie]

Soldiers!

Kill Lord Changxin with no mercy!

Charge!

Hyah! Hyah!

Charge!

Charge!

Charge!

[He]

Lord Li!

Soldiers!

Lord Changxin's main force has started attacking the city!

Follow me

to the rear of the Chongzhou Army

and go straight to Lord Changxin!

Yes!

Lord Li, you're badly injured.

Don't fight them head-on.

Leave it to us.

We will handle it!

If my life can save more people,

then my death will be worth it.

Mr. Jin.

You...

My Lord!

Lord Zhuo,

take Lord Li to a safe place

and take good care of him.

As for destroying the rebels' stronghold,

we will handle it.

Mrs. Fan, we'll go with you!

We'll go with you!

-We'll go with you! -We'll go with you, Mrs. Fan!

-We'll go with you! -We'll go with you!

We'll go with you!

[Pursuit of Jade]

[Episode 30]

♪ There's an unknown storm ahead ♪

♪ After a long night ♪

♪ Only then did I see the light of dawn ♪

♪ The stubbornness in my palms ♪

♪ Walk a rugged path with honesty and integrity ♪

♪ Trampling along the way. In the end ♪

♪ It will all be worth it ♪

♪ Fate, on its unstoppable path ♪

♪ Burns away sorrow and lays the seeds of kindness ♪

♪ The starlight in the dark ♪

♪ Will eventually light the way for the heart ♪

♪ Fate, on its galloping path ♪

♪ Sheds all hesitation and tempers its edge ♪

♪ The desire hidden in your eyes ♪

♪ Will one day spark the fire of love ♪

♪ The gaze of the world is light ♪

[He]

Why is He Jingyuan's army here?

♪ With hearts united, the weak can defeat the strong ♪

Stop them! Don't let them disrupt our formation!

♪ The world is full of ups and downs ♪

Yes! Follow me!

Hyah!

Hyah!

♪ Kindness can only belong to the victorious ♪

Hyah!

Hyah!

Hyah!

Report from the front line!

We have breached the city walls,

but casualties are heavy. We need reinforcements immediately!

Very well. Go there at once.

[He]

Yan Zheng!

I knew you would come.

Stay behind me. Keep close.

I won't hide behind anyone.

Lord Changxin or Sui Yuanqing? Pick one.

Lord Changxin.

Be careful.

Hyah!

[He]

[Sui]

Brother!

Then you can die with him!

Mandi!

Sui Yuanqing! I'll kill you!

Brother!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

-Mandi! -Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Yuanqing!

Lead the troops to attack the city, now!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Mandi!

Xie brat!

Do you really think you can win?

Look at the smoke signals behind me.

The Chongzhou Army has already breached Lucheng!

You can't go anywhere today!

Xie Wu!

Stay here and protect Changyu!

Yes!

Hyah!

Where are you running, Xie brat?

Hyah!

Hyah!

How strange.

How dare a pawn like you stop me?

To kill a rebellious old man like you,

I can do it alone!

Arrogant brat.

When I was leading armies to kill enemies,

you were still a kid.

Not bad, kid.

Following that Xie brat is a waste of your talent.

Why not follow me from now on?

I am a Xie for life.

I will never take a dog's last name!

You don't know what's good for you.

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

On the battlefield,

the enemy's moves change in an instant.

How can you lose your composure

the moment someone sees through your move?

You think you can defeat me with these petty tricks?

Kill me.

Make it quick!

Tie him up. Take him back.

Yes!

♪ The world is vast ♪

♪ The storm is rising ♪

Who is He Jingyuan to you?

He is the commander of our Jizhou Army.

This blade technique of yours

♪ Day and night ♪

was created by the Two Tiger Generals of the Wei Family.

But Wei Qilin is dead.

♪ We strive to save the world ♪

Only He Jingyuan still knows this technique.

How did you learn it from him?

You know General He's sworn brother?

The big traitor Wei Qilin?

♪ All people ♪

Who doesn't know him?

Who hasn't heard of him?

♪ Are part of the past ♪

♪ What's the date today? ♪

Once I have captured you,

♪ How lamentable ♪

while He Jingyuan is still barely alive,

I'll negotiate another deal with him!

♪ The world is vast ♪

♪ The storm is rising ♪

♪ Day and night ♪

♪ We strive to save the world ♪

Please send troops to rescue them immediately!

♪ All people ♪

♪ Are part of the past ♪

♪ What's the date today? ♪

♪ How lamentable ♪

[Sui]

[Jizhou Government Office]

How did a fine young lady...

get hurt like this?

I didn't mean to hide my identity.

Are you...

angry?

Back in the military camp,

I knew you were not just anybody.

But I never expected

that you were the noble Princess Royal.

And now you're treating my injury.

I also thought my status was noble,

and that agreeing to a marriage alliance for the country

would be the greatest sacrifice of my life.

But after going to the battlefield, I realized

being a Princess Royal means nothing.

Now, beheading the rebel leader

is a glory you earned with your own hands.

Now that Lord Changxin is dead,

the court and the public will be shaken.

Your name will be remembered by everyone in Great Yin

and recorded in history.

I'm bowing to you

as the Princess Royal,

and also as Qi Shu.

Changyu, have a good rest.

I used to think...

that as long as I was kind,

I could protect those around me.

But after experiencing life and death separations, I realized...

misplaced kindness

will only drive more people to desperation.

Sister...

I'm here.

I'm right here.

I'm here.

Brother...

I'm here.

Look how well I've done.

I... I'm not a coward.

Mandi!

Mandi!

Godfather was right.

On the battlefield,

it's either you die or your opponent does.

Where is General He?

General He... is on the city walls.

Hurry!

General, we won!

[He]

General?

General?

General?

General!

General!

If I had known this...

if I had killed Lord Changxin sooner,

General He and the others wouldn't have...

General He's death

is not your fault.

Changyu,

he was just like you—

wanting to protect this land.

Your Highness, Mrs. Fan, Lord Li is requesting a meeting.

Let him in.

Changyu,

take a good rest.

I'm off now.

Captain Li.

You all have earned merit.

Recover well.

Lord Li.

Commandant Fan, you played the hero

and finally got what you wanted.

You were injured too badly.

Knocking you out

was to stop you from acting rashly

and throwing your life away.

I would rather have died outside the city

than be knocked out,

only to wake up and be told the battle is over.

It's even impossible for me

to avenge my master.

I'm just a joke now.

It would be a real joke

if Lord He's prized disciple were to die foolishly

in a moment of anger.

I came here

to fulfill Master's dying wish.

[To He]

Let's not meet again.

[To He]

He...

[Thanks to your help, He,]

Help...

In shame... 100,000...

[Now the Prime Minister has issued another kill order.]

Thanks to your help, He,

I have lived until now in shame.

I wish to restore the truth to the 100,000 souls of Jinzhou.

Now the Prime Minister has issued another kill order.

Blabla... can no longer live in shame.

Nor do I wish to put you in a difficult position.

I, Qilin, can no longer live in shame.

Nor do I wish to put you in a difficult position.

I will end my life along with my wife.

[I, Qilin, can no longer live in shame.]

Our lives

have lasted 16 extra years.

[I, Qilin, can no longer live in shame.]

It has been a great fortune.

I beg you, He,

to protect

my two daughters.

Sister.

Sister?

Coward,

pretend you never saw this letter today.

And don't tell anyone else about this.

Leave the letter here. Go back now.

Alright, Sister.

You know General He's sworn brother?

The big traitor Wei Qilin?

Who doesn't know him?

Who hasn't heard of him?

The big traitor, Wei Qilin.

He escorted the grain with no loyalty

[Wei Qilin]

and cost 100,000 heroes their lives!

My father was Wei...

Wei Qilin?

The big traitor Wei Qilin?

That can't be true.

That can't be true. That can't be true.

If my father were a traitor who harmed the country and the people,

with my mother's temper,

how could she ever forgive him?

But what exactly happened?

Crown Prince Chengde and General Xie Linshan

defended the border,

fighting valiantly on the battlefield.

The big traitor Wei Qilin colluded with Beijue,

delaying the army's provisions.

One hundred thousand soldiers

starved for 5 days and nights.

The big traitor Wei Qilin.

Who doesn't know him?

[Wei Qilin]

Who hasn't heard of him?

The big traitor, Wei Qilin.

[Wei Qilin]

He escorted the grain with no loyalty

[Wei Qilin]

and cost 100,000 heroes their lives!

Jinzhou was suffering, the soldiers seethed.

He caused the Crown Prince's death and the people to starve to death.

General...

Fan Changyu!

Stop singing!

Come here!

Do you understand why you're kneeling?

Mother,

I won't play the "Big Traitor" game anymore.

Good girl, Changyu.

How many in this world

can truly distinguish

loyalty from treachery and right from wrong?

The big traitor, Wei Qilin.

No.

My father was not him.

It's not true.

It's not true!

It's not true!

It's me.

Does it hurt?

Is Sui Yuanqing...

dead?

He escaped.

Your Highness, I've come to save you!

Take the Heir Apparent away now!

Hyah!

Let's go!

He will die sooner or later.

I will bring his head back to Lin'an

to pay tribute to our people.

Alright.

It must hurt, right?

It's just a minor cut.

How is General Wu's injury?

He broke his shoulder.

Fortunately, he's always been strong.

His life is not in danger.

It's just that...

he may not be able to wield a sword again.

It was all to protect me.

He risked his life twice on the battlefield to save me.

I owe him a lot.

Today,

if he hadn't blocked that spear from Lord Changxin,

I would have died.

In this world,

No one has the right to make you die.

I've been having nightmares all night.

In them, it was either Mandi's face

or the faces of our soldiers.

They died over and over again in my dreams.

And every time,

every time, I couldn't save them.

Was the Battle of Jinzhou 17 years ago

just as brutal?

The Battle of Jinzhou

was even worse.

Seventeen years ago,

my father fought the Beijue Army for months.

But because supplies never arrived

and reinforcements didn't come,

the soldiers were too weak to resist, and the city fell.

Beijue people marched straight in.

Tens of thousands of lives were treated as worthless as grass.

And my father was hanged on the city wall.

Then,

the one who transported the grain back then...

Wei Qilin...

Did he really...

cause so many people to die?

Is it possible there's another story?

Wei Qilin

was Wei Yan's most trusted general back then.

He also fought side by side with my father.

He was a loyal and righteous man.

But later,

in the eyes of the Yanzhou Army,

he became a traitor to Great Yin.

Why do you suddenly ask about this?

Fan Changyu, tell him.

Telling him the truth is the right thing to do.

Even if he turns against you from now on,

it would just be the right thing to do.

Tell him!

Changyu?

I want to know,

when will General He's funeral be held?

In 6 days.

General He's seventh-day memorial coincides with my father's memorial ceremony.

It's almost like it was destined.

Seventeen years ago today,

my father died in battle in Jinzhou.

Every year at this time,

the generals of the Xie family,

no matter where they are,

return to pay their respects to my father.

Then at that time,

I also want to offer incense for General Xie.

May I?

Yes.

[The Coffin of He Jingyuan, General of Loyalty of Great Yin]

[In Memory of My Late Father, Xie Linshan]

Wenkan,

since you were a child,

you've been following me.

You are my proudest student.

The reason I kept you by my side

is that the court is treacherous and unpredictable.

The Li and Wei factions manipulate power.

I don't want you to be misled by them

and become a pawn in their schemes.

What I hope for

is that you become a loyal subject of Great Yin.

There is one more thing.

It concerns the Fan sisters.

After I am gone,

I hope you can treat them with sincerity.

Only then can I rest in peace.

Lord Li, this is the elegiac couplet sent by Prime Minister Wei.

[With iron will and a tempered blade, he chilled the enemy;]

Lord Li,

[his loyal name shines like the sun, his spirit stands tall.]

this is the elegiac couplet sent by Grand Tutor Li.

His blood-forged soul shines in history; his righteous courage humbles us.

My Lord, which pair have you decided to hang?

This means you've decided to help the Grand Tutor against the Wei faction?

I, Huaian, will carry on your legacy,

and won't let down the soldiers and civilians

of Great Yin who sacrificed their lives.

[Ximo Pavilion]

Cousin.

Please enjoy.

[Liu Wan'er, the illegitimate daughter of a cousin of Lord Changxin's wife]

Mother said...

your injuries are severe.

This tonic is good for...

healing wounds.

She also said...

that Father has already found out

the Marquis of Wu'an isn't paying attention to this place.

So please, stay here...

and recover in peace.

Why are you shaking so badly?

Are you afraid of me?

Cousin!

Careful. It's hot.

I don't like plain food.

Why don't you...

drink it for me?

I...

Cousin!

Run.

Father heard that the Marquis of Wu'an is coming to arrest you personally

and is afraid that our whole family will be executed if the city falls.

He put poison in the soup,

saying he would offer your head to surrender.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't want to hurt you.

Thanks for telling me, Cousin.

[Ximo Pavilion]

Father!

Father!

Mother!

Mother!

Why did you kill my parents?

With your skills,

you could have escaped!

Why didn't you just run?

Why did you have to kill them?

They were going to offer my head to surrender.

Why couldn't I kill them?

They aren't worth your tears.

You don't mean that much to them.

Otherwise,

they wouldn't have sent you to bring me that poisoned soup.

Now,

you are free.

Cousin, take me with you.

My family is dead.

I don't know where to go.

I killed your whole family,

and you still want to follow me?

I'm begging you.

Please take me with you.

What a delicate flower.

But why are some flowers, like you,

only able to cling to and depend on others?

Without others,

you can't survive for a moment.

And some flowers

grow wild and free,

are covered in thorns,

and make you love and hate them at the same time.

Master, the Heir Apparent slaughtered the entire Liu family last night.

Big deal.

It's nothing to be surprised about.

Where is he?

In the study.

Yuanqing!

Yuanqing!

Min!

I've finally found you.

How are you?

Is Mother alright?

Min,

am I really...

really inferior to Xie Zheng?

Is that why I keep losing

and caused Father's death?

To me,

you are the most formidable man in this world.

Xie Zheng only won a few battles by sheer luck.

But our great cause is not lost.

We still have a chance.

Our great cause?

It's nothing but an illusion.

Ever since Father was misled by the Late Emperor,

he was obsessed with achieving this so-called great cause.

And in the end?

It was all for nothing.

I don't believe in this bullshit cause.

What do I care who becomes the Emperor?

The Sui family

cannot give up so easily!

Just because Xie Zheng has every advantage,

you're afraid to seek revenge?

Even though I am in poor health,

I will use every last bit of strength in this broken body

to fight them to the death!

What about you?

A true man stands tall between Heaven and Earth.

How can you accept defeat without a fight?

If we cannot win,

that is our fate!

Look at you today.

You're a complete mess!

How can you face Father's spirit in Heaven?

Do you know who killed Father?

It wasn't Xie Zheng?

It was Fan Changyu.

Fan Changyu?

Fan Changyu!

She again?

That butcher girl again?

How dare she!

Min!

I want revenge!

Go ahead.

No matter what you do,

I will support you.

I will take care of Mother along the way.

Just go and kill Fan Changyu

to appease Father's spirit in Heaven.