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[A Dream Within A Dream]

[Episode 16]

Are you restless

because of the marriage between the Song and Chu families?

It's not difficult.

Doesn't Song Yude have a second daughter?

If you can't marry Song Yimeng,

then marry Song Yiting.

There's always a second option.

No.

Why not?

Song Yiting is meticulous

and intelligent.

If I marry her,

won't I be asking for trouble?

Being meticulous

and intelligent

are the character traits of a good wife.

Do you have to marry a crazy woman

like Song Yimeng?

Song Yimeng is pretending to be crazy.

Those are her tricks to hide herself.

That's strange.

Instead of an intelligent wife,

you want a cunning woman who pretends

to be crazy.

It doesn't matter.

What matters is to stop the marriage between the Song and Chu families.

Then marry both daughters.

Marry a virtuous wife

and have a pretty concubine.

Ridiculous!

With all due respect,

if you want to fight for the throne,

you mustn't waste your time on love.

With your tactics,

it won't be difficult to ruin this marriage.

Why bother being upset

and affecting the important plan?

Your Highness,

your attendant is too hot-tempered.

He crossed a high-ranking official's daughter.

Please

take a look.

Why didn't you stop her?

You haven't learned your lesson from last time?

No,

Chief.

It’s not my fault.

Miss Song

came in with the notice for the method of weapon forging.

Who dares to stop her?

What notice?

Don't tell me you took an important thing

like the method of weapon forging

and posted it all over the streets.

I didn't put that up.

Don't yell at me.

Who else could it be?

[A few days ago]

Go secretly find

knowledgeable people

and see if anyone

can read these words.

Okay.

Yunlong,

find the clues in secret.

If you can't find it,

don't bother coming back.

Got it?

Shanhu,

find clues.

What is this gibberish?

Where can I find any clues?

What if I can't find any?

Yunlong already told me

that if you can't find any clues,

he'll chop your head off.

Yes.

Chief has given the order.

If any of you can't find any clues,

he'll chop off your head.

I have a lot of work to do,

so I had Yunlong and Shanhu do it.

But I didn't expect

they'd be so stupid.

Yes,

you're not stupid.

You're just lazy!

I didn't save you from the celestial prison

for you to be a freeloader.

Wait.

Mechanical arm.

Hurry up.

You're so slow.

This...

Are you doing this on purpose?

-Let me. -How many times has it been?

Let me do it.

You are so stupid.

Don’t move.

Mr. Li!

Let me.

Mr. Li!

You’re pressing my hair.

Be gentle.

S-Sorry.

Excuse me.

No.

He...

He...

He...

Song Yimeng!

Hey.

Miss Song!

Miss Song, just now...

Mr. Li.

Just now...

You don't have to explain to me.

You...

It's not a big deal.

Don't be nervous.

I understand everything.

What do you understand?

No,

I just...

Chief.

What do you want?

What are you doing?

The notice.

Clues.

Second Master said

I must report intimately.

I'm talking to Miss Song.

Let's talk about it later.

Chief!

The new guys from the northwest are here.

They're all so muscular.

Most importantly, they have good skills.

Do you want to give it a try?

We'll talk later.

No,

he's talking about weapon forgers.

Weapon forgers?

I understand.

I understand it all.

I understand everything.

What do you understand?

You don't look like you understand.

He's talking about weapon forgers!

He...

Shangguan He, come here.

Hurry. You're just in time.

Now,

tell Miss Song

about everything that just happened

in the room.

I can't tell her about

your identity change, right?

Mr. Zhang from the west of the city came to see you.

He said

the lives of his three sons

are in your hands now.

Please treat them...

Gently.

Okay.

I told you to explain what happened in the room.

Did you explain it to her?

Wait,

what should I explain?

Mr. Li,

you really don't have to explain to me.

I understand.

Don't show

this thing

to others again.

Since you are...

You are...

You...

You all...

I...

You...

You...

Take it as my wishful thinking.

In the future,

let's never meet again!

Song Yimeng!

No, I...

You did it on purpose, didn't you?

I...

No wonder

your men

said you're not interested in women.

No wonder

you're with that Shangguan He all day long.

And that day,

you let me take a look at the wound.

It's late and we're alone.

We'd better keep a distance.

But that's Chief's private domain.

But don't worry.

There are definitely no women there.

The Chief doesn't like women!

So that's where you hide your lover.

What a pity.

My love

has ended

before it even started.

Song Yimeng.

You're here?

My bestie.

Sit down.

Have a seat.

It's dangerous to drink on a rooftop alone

in the middle of the night.

Let me tell you.

I thought you were good to me

because you liked me.

I didn’t expect this, Mr. Li.

I didn’t expect

you only see me as a bestie.

It's not what you think.

I...

Shush!

Shush!

There are so many people here.

It won't be good if they hear your secret.

It's bad for you.

Understand?

Enough.

Listen to me, Song Yimeng.

Listen to me carefully.

I...

don't like men.

Do you hear me?

You...

don't like men?

Yes.

So you just

simply like Shangguan He?

Are you an idiot?

If my relationship with Shangguan He is like that,

then is everyone in Waning River Crescent

blind and can't see it?

What's wrong?

You don't only like Shangguan He?

Who else?

Yunlong

and Shanhu?

Or is it that...

That...

Those Northwestern boys?

I mean...

Alright.

Don't say anything.

I’m afraid it’ll be harder for me to accept it.

I know, Mr. Li.

You can’t force yourself

to like someone.

I know all of this.

I really know.

So,

me liking you

is just

my own business.

It has nothing to do with you.

No matter what kind of person you like,

or whatever,

in my heart,

you’ve always been the best.

You're the best.

I’ll always support you.

Really.

Cheers.

So no matter what I say,

you won't believe me?

Then I'll prove it to you.

♪ If frost etched traces of weariness ♪

♪ If surging clouds hid the stars ♪

♪ The gaze you once cast upon me ♪

♪ Does it still remember love and hate? ♪

♪ If the rising wind scatters the dust ♪

♪ If every dream must be awakened ♪

♪ How much of the past can we recognize? ♪

♪ In a single thought lies tenderness ♪

♪ Look at the vast heavens, letting rain fall, indifferent to all ♪

Do you believe it now?

♪ Watch how time quietly waits for stories to take root ♪

♪ Look at the way you're going, destiny has it all planned out ♪

♪ We lead remarkable lives in this mundane world ♪

I'm speechless.

Your qin skills are excellent.

You expressed the great passion

of Mr. Chu's sword dance piece.

The qin still can't express

the decisiveness of killing.

People say

our lady is extremely talented,

but I know

you have your own

ambitions in your heart.

In this case,

Mr. Chu is indeed

more suitable for you.

A martial artist

is despicable.

He's just a homeless dog.

Then,

do you like the Seventh Prince?

He's scheming

and calculative.

He's just a bug in the gutter.

In that case,

only the Eighteenth Prince is left.

Yinzhu.

Humans

can't fall in love with idiots.

They're another species.

Don't you understand?

Someone like me

should cultivate immortality.

It's a pity that my mother is forcing me to get married

and fall into the mortal world.

My heart is full of sorrow.

I can't find solace.

Oh, moon,

since ancient times,

are you the only one

who understands my sorrow?

Sir, please wait!

♪ Phantom dragon lurks in the black market ♪

♪ Radiant lanterns illuminate the Nightwalkers ♪

Moon Immortal.

♪ In the dark of night, pure dreams run deep and wide ♪

May I ask

where you came from

♪ Who dares to join the game? This isn't child's play ♪

and where you're going?

Don't ask where I came from

♪ Footsteps that shake the sky, fear refuses to fade ♪

or where I'll return to.

♪ Every punch lands hard on this wild melody ♪

Rivaling the moon's glow,

sailing on the wind.

I didn't expect

that someone in this world would ignore me.

Shannai,

within one day,

I want all of his information.

I was drunk last night.

You two carried me back to my room?

Did you see anyone else?

Someone else?

My Lady,

I don't know how you came back.

In the skies, may we be birds flying side by side.

On the ground, may we be besties.

My Lady, you...

Don't worry about having no soulmates.

Best friends' feelings stretch

for millions of miles.

My Lady,

what's wrong?

You're rambling while looking like

you've lost your soul.

What should we do?

How could Li Shiliu

do this to you?

I think you should break up with him

and date General Chu.

My Lady, you have no idea

General Chu visits us every day these days.

He's about to flatten our doorsteps.

How about

you meet him?

Meet him.

What a bad idea!

You're treating him like a backup.

What?

Forget about that.

You can't be depressed forever.

The best way is to heal a broken heart

is to cut off the old relationship

and start a new one.

If you don't like someone,

you have to reject them clearly.

Acting hesitant and ambiguous

is scumbag behavior.

Anyway, I've thought it through.

I will definitely break off

the engagement with Chu Guihong.

I won't get him involved.

Regardless of the fact that the marriage is an imperial edict,

My Lady, think about it.

You've only liked Li Shiliu for a few days

and you’ve become like this.

Mr. Chu has liked you for a dozen years.

Will he do something extreme?

Bravo!

Bravo!

What's going on?

Who are these people?

Mr. Chu,

what's this for?

The Waning River Crescent

posted notices without authorization.

The capital prefecture's office

is here to investigate.

Ridiculous.

What shop in capital doesn't post notices?

Mr. Chu paid a visit

just for

this small matter.

Tell Li Shiliu to come out.

Chief is not here.

I make the decisions

for Waning River Crescent.

Since Li Shiliu is not here,

we'll take you back to the capital prefecture's office.

Guards!

Stop!

Mr. Chu,

didn’t we work together on restorations a few days ago?

What's this supposed to mean?

The Qianyu Army received a report.

Last night at midnight,

you sneaked into the Song Residence.

Mr. Li,

can you explain

why you flipped over

the wall at midnight and even entered

the women's ward?

Mr. Chu,

didn’t you just say it's about us posting

notices without authorization?

Why is it about me breaking into the Song Residence now?

I've been in and out of there many times,

but no one reported it to the officials.

I think

you brought so many people here today

to make a scene, right?

So what?

You told Yimeng to break off the engagement with me.

Song Yimeng wants to break off the engagement?

Stop pretending.

Yimeng is getting married with me.

Please stay away from her.

What if I refuse?

[Invitation]

The wedding invitation is here.

No matter how unwilling you are,

don't forget to come to our wedding.

I've been on the battlefield for years.

She has been waiting for me for years.

The wedding date

was decided by Mr. Song and His Majesty.

Li Shiliu,

no matter how capable you are,

you will never affect this marriage.

Mr. Chu,

since you are so confident,

let's make a bet.

I bet I can force you to

cancel

this engagement within 10 days.

[There will be a banquet at my residence on March 18—Chu Guihong]

Didn't you just say yesterday

you didn't want to get Song Yimeng involved?

Why did you make her break off the engagement today?

Things are different now.

Elaborate.

How are things different?

Didn't you hear just now?

Song Yimeng

took the initiative to break off the engagement.

She doesn’t want to get married.

I'm helping her.

I heard it clearly,

but I have to remind you.

Song Yimeng doesn’t want to marry Chu Guihong,

but she doesn’t want to marry you either.

Let me put it this way.

She might've considered you before yesterday,

but now,

because of our relationship,

I don't think so anymore.

Why are you so upset?

Listen.

From now on, stay three steps away

when talking to me.

Otherwise,

I'll stuff you back into the celestial prison

like how I pulled you out before.

Understand?

Yes, yes.

You talk about sending me back every day.

You don't even spice things up.

No wonder you can't even handle Song Yimeng.

[Song Residence]

You help me break off the engagement?

Do you think I'm a fool,

Your Highness?

If I break off the engagement with Chu Guihong

and then marry you,

I'll be the one doing

all the offensive things.

You, on the other hand,

will get all the benefits of a political marriage

and attacking your enemy.

Wake up, Your Highness.

Stop dreaming.

Song Yimeng,

when can you

be honest with me?

Am I not being honest?

I am.

Here.

Look at this.

The mechanical arm?

What did you do to him?

In your heart,

I'm just a cruel and merciless person.

All of this is normal for me.

Now,

I've only made him suffer a little.

But as long as I want to,

I can kill him anytime.

What makes you think

you can threaten me with him?

Stop pretending with me.

I have many spies in the capital.

I know clearly when you went to

Waning River Crescent,

and when you left.

As long as I want to,

I can also find out

what you said

to Li Shiliu.

As a prince,

you're really rich and idle.

Is a martial artist

worth all your efforts?

It's not him I care about.

It's you.

If you marry Chu Guihong,

the Song family

will definitely fall into Nan Rui's hands.

I'm doing this

to protect myself.

Now, Chu Guihong is holding

a sword over my head.

How can I just sit by and do nothing?

That's why you're threatening me with Li Shiliu?

How despicable.

Whatever you say.

Anyway,

you have to listen to me.

Stop!

Do you really care about Li Shiliu this much?

Could it be...

you like him?

Yes.

That's right.

I like him.

What does it have to do with you?

You like him so much

that you're not afraid

I'm manipulating you?

He won't like me anyway.

You can manipulate me however you want.

What if he likes you?

Would you marry him?

Hey,

are you really this bored?

Does this have anything to do with you?

It has nothing to do with me,

but...

I heard that Li Shiliu

and Shangguan He, the Second Master

of Waning River Crescent...

Shut up.

Don't worry about this.

Breaking off the engagement

is not that easy to do.

Give me some time

to think about it.

But before that,

if you dare to hurt Li Shiliu,

I'll make you die with me.

I'll keep my promise.

You hear me?

I thought you'd have to show up personally as Li Shiliu.

Unexpectedly,

you only used one arm

and Song Yimeng agreed to do the rest.

Why are you still unhappy?

It's not that I'm unhappy.

I just think it's too smooth.

It's strange.

Doesn't Song Yimeng think

Li Shiliu and a loser like you...

Have that kind of relationship?

Then why would she be threatened by me

and break off the engagement?

If it weren't for a loser like me,

Song Yimeng wouldn't have

realized her feelings.

Look,

she knows it's impossible with Li Shiliu,

but she still protects him without hesitation.

This is love.

Your Highness,

you finally understand love.

[Peace and Serenity]

Anyway,

this is the situation.

I won't marry

someone I don't like.

Father,

I think you should

break off the engagement.

Father,

what are you doing?

Stop!

This thing

was originally prepared

to negotiate with your stepmother, Zhou.

I didn't expect

my good daughter would force me

to this step today.

We can talk.

Come down first.

Don't fall.

What do you want to talk about?

I begged and pleaded

for this engagement's

imperial edict.

The emperor's fury

can cause a million deaths.

Do I have to watch as you jump into danger

and fall into the Seventh Prince's trap

to be used and tricked by him?

The love of parents

is a long-term plan.

Yimeng's mother,

I'm coming to join you!

Alright, alright.

Stop.

Please come down,

Father.

No need to speak further.

I don't need your help anymore.

You

don't need to threaten me with death,

okay?

Alright?

Come on. Get down.

Come down!

Unbelievable.

Your Highness.

Miss Song is here.

Bring her here.

Yes.

Why aren't you saying anything?

Didn't you swear yesterday that

you'd break off the engagement?

Are you here

to give me the good news?

Something happened

with my father.

Anyway, I failed.

Oh?

What?

It's because my father has sharp eyes

and knows you're a vicious villain.

He's sure we have something between us.

That's why he won't break it off.

Are you blaming me?

Of course.

You...

You're so cunning.

Give me an idea.

What should I do?

In the end,

you still need me.

[Song Residence]

Really?

It can't be wrong.

I paid

my cousin's

uncle's

cousin's

aunt's

aunt's

nephew.

Get to the point.

The person who came to the Song Residence that night

was indeed Li Shiliu.

The capital's top fighter

and Chief of the Waning River Crescent.

I've heard of him before,

but I didn't expect it

to be him.

My Lady,

it's been so many years.

This is the first time

you've ever met someone you liked.

Why don't we

go to Waning River Crescent now?

How about it?

Mother has been watching me closely.

I'm afraid I'll be brought back

before I arrive at a place

like Waning River Crescent.

You're right.

Yiting!

Madam.

Song Yimeng of the first wife's side

has started to prepare for marriage.

How come

there's nothing on your side?

Do you really want to

make Eighteenth Prince wait until next year?

I'm talking to you.

I'll ask His Highness

to meet up at the Waning River Crescent.

Is that okay?

You finally got it.

How is it?

With my glamorous outfit today,

even if I say I'm the most handsome man in Great Jing,

I'm afraid

it's not an exaggeration.

Jixiang,

you don't know,

but this is Yiting's

first time asking me out.

I'm afraid

she's finally broken through her fear

and can meet me with confidence.

It's not easy.

What if

she can’t help herself today

and proposes to me?

Should I agree to her immediately

or should I

delay it for a few days

and think about it

before I agree?

Don't worry, Your Highness.

This kind of trouble won't come to you.

Nonsense!

I...

Your Highness,

she's here.

Yiting!

Yiting,

you're here.

Slowly.

Here.

Let me help you.

Let's go.

Yiting, this way.

Yes.

You know the way.

A toad wants to eat swan meat.

The good cabbage has been taken by a pig.

What's this supposed to mean?

Your idea to break off the engagement

is horseback riding?

Your Highness,

you'd better give me a reasonable explanation.

This is

the imperial stables.

The guards around here

are the Imperial Guards of His Majesty.

If I ride with you alone here,

then within an hour,

His Majesty will hear about it.

This trick again?

So old-fashioned.

How old a trick is doesn't matter,

as long as it works.

The problem is it doesn't work.

A scandal between us

is not enough

to make His Majesty cancel the engagement.

Didn't you fail last time?

You made such a commotion in the palace

and implicated Her Ladyship.

Now you're doing this again.

Aren't you afraid of offending your father?

I've offended him many times.

Once more won't make a difference.

Come up.

We're riding one horse?

Help!

We're gonna crash!

Slow down!

I'm here.

Why are you so scared?

I'm not afraid of the horse.

I'm afraid of you!

Sky blue Ru porcelain.

Good taste.

Wang Muqing's painting from the last dynasty.

It's indeed classy.

This table

is Siamese rosewood

with golden thread.

The craftsmanship is exquisite.

The owner of Waning River Crescent

is indeed a wonderful person.

Your Highness,

what's this for?

Miss Song,

pick to your heart's content.

I'll buy anything that you

have a fancy for

and send them to your residence.

Are you flaunting your wealth?

No.

I...

I'm not.

I...

Can you

not be so mean when you see me?

I...

Jixiang, Jixiang.

Put these down.

Yiting,

I want to say

that I pay attention

to your words.

I never treat others like this.

You want to marry me.

Why?

Men and women should marry when they become of age.

A gentleman pursues a beautiful woman.

What's the problem?

Eighteenth Prince, may I ask you

what marriage means?

It means...

It means...

Well...

Marriage

is when a man and a woman

are willing to accept each other

as their companion.

In sickness and in health,

for richer, for poorer,

they're willing to comfort,

protect,

love,

and respect each other,

never leaving

till death

do them part.

Wait, this...

Which famous

author wrote this line?

Song Yimeng.

My older sister,

Song Yimeng, told me this.

Miss Song,

are you playing with me?

You know very little about me.

You want to marry me

because you don't want to lose to Seventh Prince.

If it weren't for the matter between my sister and Seventh Prince

causing a stir in the city,

it wouldn't matter

whether you married

me or not,

right?

No.

Absolutely not.

I really like you.

And Father also thinks you are good.

You're the one getting married, not His Majesty.

You keep talking about His Majesty.

Are you getting married

or is His Majesty getting another consort?

I... No.

I mean, I...

This...

I'm sorry.

Forgive me for being rude.

Yiting.

Yiting?

Hey,

did I not make myself clear?

It's only been an hour

and I've learned how to ride horses.

How is it, Your Highness?

Not bad, right?

It's because I'm a good teacher.

However,

the battlefield's war stallions

aren't as good as the palace's tame horses.

On the battlefield,

there's not enough food for the horses.

Many of them are injured too.

In a battle, no matter if it's an arrow

or cannons,

they'll all affect your control of the horse.

Don't make it sound so miserable.

Isn't it your choice?

Everyone knows that Seventh Prince

fights on the battlefield

to win military merits.

Am I right?

Yes.

Winning military merits and seeking fame.

You're right.

You sound sarcastic.

You won't believe me no matter what I say.

Everyone in Great Jing knows

His Majesty doesn't like me because of the past.

If I don't go to the frontier to kill the enemy,

is there any other way for me to survive?

Going to war is a dangerous thing.

Why is it

a means to save yourself?

When I was nine,

I was banished to the cold palace.

I'll starve you to death!

I was mistreated,

and went hungry.

I was even thrown into the fire

and had my food poisoned.

His Majesty knew about all of this,

but he never cared about it.

I won't kill you.

Chop off the hand

that you used

to break Rui's arm.

Or do you want people to insult me

as a tyrant who kills his subjects?

You are father and son.

How can you be such enemies?

There are no father and son in the imperial court.

Everything I have now

was earned by fighting

through seas of corpses and blood.

With this kind of backstory,

it's no wonder his personality is twisted.

No, no.

How can I sympathize with him?

Song Yimeng,

don't be a Mary Sue.

Wake up.

We're in the capital now,

but we can't become out of shape.

Have our men

practice hard.

Yes, General.

General.

General.

Look.

Here.

I can come down by myself.

Let go of me!

Let go!

Chu Guihong is here.

Don’t look.

A short pain is better than a long one.

Whether you can break off the engagement or not depends on this.

What do you want to do?

What are they doing?

Nan Heng,

do you want to die?

Let go of me!

Do you hear me?

General.

General.

Calm down.

He is a prince.

Nan Heng!

Let go of her!