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=Bloom in Turmoil=

=Episode 14=

Every time you come back, you're covered in wounds.

But the northwest is at peace.

I can take you to the red bean grove.

Look.

Xinnian.

This is my longing for you.

A red bean

represents love and longing for someone.

You got severely injured

just to pick a red bean for me?

You like red beans from the Western Regions.

So I seized the entire region for you.

I'll give you everything you desire.

I'll protect you for my entire life.

I want nothing. I just want you safe and sound.

You are everything to me.

Same with you.

Once I make a hairpin with this red bean,

you can wear it every day.

You promised

you'd protect me for a lifetime.

Now you lie here.

How will you protect me?

Lu Shiqi.

Please wake up.

This time, I'll listen to you.

Is it fun?

Xinnian.

Lady Lu.

Yunhe.

Madam?

I actually could see you again.

I'm so happy.

Madam.

I never expected to see you here too.

Lady Lu.

Luckily, my assassination attempt failed.

Otherwise, I would have been a sinner.

Don't blame yourself.

Some old troops of the Lu's Army

were sent here by Shiqi under the pretense of execution.

I never imagined that Lu Shiqi could be so formidable.

He actually saved so many people right under Lord Huai'en's nose.

Indeed.

Only I was kept in the dark.

Madam.

Madam.

The general is awake!

Xinnian.

Slow down, Xinnian.

General, you're now in stable condition.

General.

General.

Xinnian.

I'm glad you're awake.

You're still angry with me?

You're weak now.

Focus on your recovery.

Xinnian.

I have so much to tell you.

Alright.

Once you're better,

you can tell me slowly then.

Okay?

(I was a private killer trained by Lord Huai'en,)

(sent to a training camp at seven.)

(I fought for survival among the dead.)

(Lord Huai'en schemed for years under the guise of an unambitious man.)

(He planted agents in every government office)

(just to eliminate dissenters.)

(When I was ten,)

(I was intentionally captured,)

(using you to help me infiltrate your family,)

(becoming his spy within your household.)

In battle, you're literally at death's door.

Surrender means death.

Get up.

Get up, Shiqi!

(But over time,)

(you and your grandfather gave me warmth)

(and taught me loyalty to the nation.)

(I decided to stop working for Lord Huai'en.)

(I told your grandfather the truth.)

(For ten years, Lord Huai'en has aimed to usurp the throne.)

(Your family, loyal for generations, served the Emperor,)

(unwilling to work for him.)

(They were bound to become his thorn.)

(I pretended to obey Lord Huai'en)

(while secretly monitoring him.)

(The young Emperor believed Lord Huai'en's slander)

(and feared your family's prestige.)

(Lord Huai'en knew)

(that only by killing your grandfather could he seize the Lu's Army.)

(So, he ordered me to forge evidence of your family's treason.)

(In truth, he was the one secretly dealing with the North Land.)

(He seized military power and allied with the North Land.)

(His goal was to strengthen his own forces.)

I thought marrying Lord Huai'en

would keep my family safe.

However, Lord Huai'en never intended to spare them.

That's right.

Lord Huai'en never intended to spare your family.

He fabricated evidence of your family's treason

to seize military power and usurp the throne.

So, to save your family,

I had no choice

but to lead troops to raid your house,

hoping only to save your family.

For ten years,

I had no idea who you truly were.

Shiqi.

I've always been Shiqi.

Later,

your grandfather and I hid the truth from you

because we wanted to protect you from danger

and being implicated.

If we failed,

you could at least live like an ordinary person,

under a new identity.

Xinnian, I was wrong.

You weren't wrong.

The one who's been wrong is me.

I'd rather you misunderstood me, even wanted me dead.

I don't want you to avoid me.

Shiqi.

I never avoided you.

You saved my family.

You are one of us.

But that's not what I want.

But I cannot give

what you want.

Then why do you still keep this broken hairpin?

Can you truly let go?

Take this hairpin back,

and we are even.

Xinnian.

I am Yunhe now.

♪The moon kisses the blossom♪

♪Red beans bloom in stealth♪

♪Black hair entwined♪

♪Bound half a life to fate♪

♪The undone chess game♪

♪Is set up anew♪

♪Pieces clatter against the cliff♪

♪Longing shatters in my heart♪

♪A cold blade sunders every vow♪

♪In memory's abyss♪

♪How can regrets be filled?♪

♪When the wind blows♪

♪Candle shadows lean♪

♪A silhouette burns my eyes♪

♪Even if I crush mountains, rivers run dry♪

♪Just to undo the knot inside♪

♪Even if true hearts are buried in eternal night♪

♪I'd still wish to dwell in memories bright♪

♪Shadows in the game♪

♪Truth's hard to tame♪

♪Wanting closeness, kept apart by worlds between♪

♪Wanting to forget, but memories replay their sting♪

♪A tear of hatred♪

♪Falls onto fingertip near♪

♪With obsession♪

♪I mend the world's♪

♪Ever-changing cracks♪