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[A Dream Within A Dream]

[Episode 26]

Careful, careful.

Slowly, Honey.

Careful, careful.

Why did you drink so much?

-Here, be careful. -I didn't drink much.

Easy now, easy.

Hurry!

Let's have two more drinks.

Slow down, slow down.

Take it easy, Father.

Look at you, at your age,

still acting so recklessly.

Keep an eye on him here.

I'll go get some hangover soup.

Don't worry, Madam.

Father, seriously,

if you can't handle alcohol, don't push yourself.

Why did you have to drink so much?

Look at the state you're in.

Here,

tuck in.

Yimeng.

Father,

I'm here.

You've always been

the one who can't handle hardship.

Being out there isn't like being in the capital.

You won't have such a big house to live in,

with so many people to take care of you.

You should reconsider.

Father,

so you already know?

I sometimes

just play dumb.

Not only do I know you're leaving,

but I also know

you're leaving because of Nan Heng.

Right?

I don't know exactly what happened

between you and Nan Heng.

But I believe

if there's a misunderstanding,

you should clear it up.

But what if the problem

isn't with him,

but within my own heart?

When he was a good person,

I trusted him unconditionally.

When he was a bad person,

I confronted him without mercy.

When the good and bad person

were the same person,

I started to hate myself

for no longer being able to trust him.

Father,

tell me.

When a relationship becomes like this,

can it still be called love?

I can't even understand my own heart anymore.

How can I look to the future?

Very well.

Since you want to go,

I'll have someone escort you to Jiangnan.

When you've figured things out,

I'll send someone to bring you back.

[Laiyi House]

My Lady,

have you really thought this through?

You won't even take me or Zhixia with.

Who will take care of you there?

You have your own plot to follow.

You shouldn't change because of me.

Alright, Yingqiu.

If you really care about me,

just make sure the carriage is spacious

and pack me clothes for all seasons.

Most importantly,

ask the kitchen to prepare some good food for me,

okay?

Alright, alright,

that's enough, go now.

Just go.

Hurry up.

Where are you going?

How did you get in here?

This is my home.

I know it's your home.

Where are you going with all these things?

I'm going wherever I want.

It's none of your business.

So you're abandoning me?

You're an able-bodied man.

Why should I take care of you?

You know that's not what I meant.

Song Yimeng,

Song... Song Yimeng,

Song Yimeng.

Everything that happened before

was all my fault.

I'm sorry.

Please give me another chance.

What was your fault?

What chance should I give you?

Between us,

you and I...

Enough, stop talking.

I'm telling you,

I won't fall for a liar again,

nor will I be made a fool again.

Meeting you

was like tripping on the road.

I was just unlucky

and I accept that.

I...

So, esteemed Seventh Prince,

leave immediately

and don't ever come back.

I'm not leaving.

No matter what you say today, I won't leave.

Just give me one more chance.

Just give me one more chance.

Nan Heng!

Can you please stop pestering me?

Just go.

I—

Get out of my house.

Leave now.

What do I have to do for you to forgive me?

Disappear from my sight completely.

Don't let me hear your voice

or see your face again.

What if I refuse?

Then I'll make you suffer even more.

Since I could expose Chancellor Gao's affairs,

I can dig up much more.

You mean

you won't marry me anymore

and want to be my enemy instead?

Is this your answer?

So no matter what I do,

you'll never forgive me?

Yes.

I will never forgive you.

Never ever.

What else do you want to ask me?

Do I like you?

I don't.

Do I hate you?

Of course I do.

Would things have been different

had I known earlier that you were

the same person?

I'm sorry, Your Highness.

If I had known all this earlier,

I would have despised you even more,

hated you even more,

and even killed you sooner.

Do you understand?

I understand.

If you understand,

then get out.

♪ Trample past the abyss ♪

♪ Pick up the ashes of fallen stars ♪

♪ Listen to your memories ♪

♪ Reincarnations are like shadows ♪

♪ After waking, moving against the flow ♪

♪ Even if the kiss lands between truth and illusion, I’m still willing ♪

Leave now,

get out of my house.

♪ Above all sounds, the moon flows like silver ♪

Go now!

♪ The stars fall from the sky ♪

♪ Follow the light and fall into this maze ♪

♪ In the depths of passing time, who's still waiting ♪

♪ A single glance back ♪

♪ If the vows are vain, if the journey is too tumultuous ♪

♪ Love and hate intertwine but won't forget ♪

♪ The light shines, sighs turn into frost ♪

My Lady,

the kitchen has prepared over a dozen desserts,

both sour and sweet ones.

Would you like to choose some?

♪ Is there still hope at the end of the wind and snow? ♪

My Lady,

why are you crying?

♪ Your face ♪

♪ Even if the road ahead is veiled ♪

♪ And the rest of our story fades unfinished ♪

♪ I'll still choose to meet you ♪

It's nothing.

The wind is too strong.

It got in my eyes.

[Song Residence]

Your...

Uh,

General,

did you see Miss Song?

She said she's leaving the capital.

Where is she going?

Keep an eye on the Song Residence.

Wherever she goes,

ensure her safety.

I understand.

General!

General!

General,

there's news from the palace.

The Noble Consort is going to plead with His Majesty for Chancellor Gao.

[Fengyi Palace, the late empress' palace]

[Memorial Tablet of Late Empress Yurong]

You shouldn't be here.

I have no other choice, Your Majesty.

Liangzhou is harsh and cold,

with sand storms everywhere.

My brother is too old

to endure such hardship.

I beg for Your Majesty's mercy.

I can give up my title as Noble Consort.

I can go guard the imperial tomb.

I just want my brother to live.

Your Majesty,

I'm begging you.

Your Majesty,

what must I do

for you to spare my brother?

As long as Nan Heng surrenders the Xuanjia Army's command token,

I can spare Gao Changyin.

But if Heng surrenders the token,

those wolves in the court

will surely harm him!

Wolves?

Do you know

who are the wolves that keep me awake

at night?

They are your precious son and your dear brother.

My brother

has indeed made grave mistakes.

But what wrong has Heng done?

He personally sent his own uncle to the imperial prison.

Your Majesty,

why do you still make things difficult for him?

Is it

just because he is my son?

Fine.

So all the blame

falls on me.

I know my sins are grave.

Please grant me death.

Mother, you don't need to blame yourself.

Get out!

Your Majesty,

I couldn't stop him.

Your Majesty,

everything is my fault.

It has nothing to do with Mother.

Your Majesty,

please do not punish her.

I told you to get out.

Did you not hear me?

Is this a place you should be in?

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have come.

Your Majesty, blame me.

Don't punish Heng.

Very well!

In the Empress's chambers,

you two

still dare to be so presumptuous!

I don't dare.

I don't dare.

I think you definitely dare.

The Empress died because of you.

Do you want her to

not find peace, even in death?

If you weren't my son,

I would have killed you

on that grassland years ago.

I thank Your Majesty

for your mercy.

You...

Fine.

Heng.

There are some things

I need to make clear

to you today.

The position of Crown Prince

has already been

reserved for Rui.

If you truly care about protecting your mother,

then

hand over the

Xuanjia Army's command token

and I promise

to ensure her safety for life.

Also, from now on,

no one will dare

to interfere with either of you.

Your Majesty,

only the Xuanjia Army

can protect my mother.

If we want to survive,

we must rely on the sword in our hands.

Therefore, I cannot surrender

the Xuanjia Army's command token.

Nan Heng.

Do you truly believe I don't dare kill you?

Your Majesty is the ruler.

If you order me to die,

I dare not disobey.

Very well.

If you refuse to hand it over,

I will keep you

under house arrest in the capital.

You won't be able to go anywhere,

and the rest of your life

will be spent right under my watch,

barely surviving.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Get out of my sight!

[Fengyi Palace]

Heng,

we owe your uncle so much.

You must make sure nothing happens to him.

Don't worry, Mother.

[Fengyi Palace]

I'll have my men make sure

that he won't suffer.

[Fengyi Palace]

Your Majesty.

Nan Heng commands his own army.

What if

he uses this opportunity to rebel

in the future?

My son

is none of your concern.

Yes.

[Capital Prefecture's Office]

Come, time to eat!

Eat up, Chancellor.

Chancellor,

the Seventh Prince is occupied with official matters

and cannot see you off.

Hope you understand.

Decisive when needed,

as expected of the prince

trained by me.

Let's go.

Yes.

Wait, Chancellor.

As we part today,

I fear we may never meet again.

There is one matter

I wish to ask you in person.

Please speak freely, General.

When enemy forces launched surprise attacks

and captured two cities during the war years ago,

and Pingrong City was in imminent danger,

I sent a scout

with a handwritten letter requesting aid

to Youcheng,

asking Nan Heng to send reinforcements.

That letter said...

This battle

was to defend

Great Jing's borders and people.

As long as the Xuanjia Army deployed soldiers,

you would put aside your years of grievances with him.

You've seen it?

Where's the letter?

Where is it now?

Such evidence must be thoroughly destroyed.

Otherwise, how could we have firmly established

your crime for losing the battle?

I raised His Highness for over 20 years,

yet when matters concerned himself,

he turned around and cast me aside.

Such ambitious character.

If you still harbor illusions about him,

no wonder you lost.

It's time.

Let's go.

General,

should we go to the palace

to report this matter to Your Majesty?

With Chancellor Gao's testimony,

perhaps Nan Heng can...

[Song Residence]

My Lady,

must you leave tonight?

Didn't Master say

he would send someone to escort you tomorrow morning?

You all saw just now

how my father and Yiting were acting.

If I wait until tomorrow,

there will surely be a lot of emotional nonsense.

But leaving the city so late might not be safe.

Can you really manage alone?

Don't worry,

my father has arranged everything along the way.

Nothing will go wrong.

My Lady,

it's time to go.

Then please

take good care of my father.

My Lady,

take good care of yourself.

I'll miss you so much.

[Xuanjia Soldier A]

[Xuanjia Soldier A] [Xuanjia Soldier B]

[Seventh Prince's Mansion]

General!

General!

General!

General!

Did something happen?

Miss Song

is in danger

in Huyang Forest.

What?

Sir,

why did you stop?

Sir,

where are you going?

Sir?

Sir!

S—

No, wait.

This is Huyang Bamboo Forest.

[Dream of Qingning Episode 26, Scene 16]

Who are you people

and why are you trying to kill me?

♪ Who drinks in the wind as snow turns to ash? ♪

Yimeng,

I've arrived too late.

Here it comes.

It's that scene.

In the original script,

Song Yimeng was angry at Nan Heng due to

what happened at Zijin Pavilion,

so

she was attacked by assassins dressed in black.

It was Nan Heng's ploy to win her heart again

by saving the damsel in distress.

So what's going on

this time?

Search thoroughly

and if you find her,

kill her on the spot.

Yes!

[Dream of Qingning Episode 26, Scene 19]

Go.

Quickly!

Your Highness,

you're bleeding.

Don't be afraid, Yimeng.

I'm fine.

But those men

won't give up

until they catch us.

There is

a secluded cave ahead

where we can hide for now.

Before dawn,

the Xuanjia Army will surely find us.

Alright.

Let's go.

I have no choice but to make the best of it.

Let me

borrow your cave.

Song Yimeng!

Your Highness,

your wounds haven't healed yet.

Be careful!

Everyone,

spread out and search for her.

Yes!

Search!

Song Yimeng!

This time, I'll handle it myself.

After her!

Boss.

Wasn't she supposed to be just an official's daughter?

How can she be so ruthless?

No matter how ruthless, she's still just a weak woman.

Find her and kill her, that's all.

[Dream of Qingning, Episode 26, Scene 24]

I'm right here.

Kill her!

How does this woman have so many tricks?

She's hidden traps in this place.

Kill her!

Are you alright?

Were those

your men?

What do you mean?

Are you okay?

You're bleeding.

It's nothing.

They've caught up.

Go down this way.

You take the small path first.

Don't worry about me.

I'll stay behind to cover you.

Run!

He won't die, he won't die.

Plot armor! Plot armor!

He won't die.

He won't die.

Plot armor.

No need to run away so quickly.

We only want that woman's life.

You can still leave now.

Tell me,

who sent you?

So you're not planning to step aside?

Think carefully.

You're injured.

You're no match for us.

Is this worth it

for a woman?

Kill!

Are you okay?

You're bleeding.

Will he die?

He's the male lead.

In the script world,

he should be fine.

And a female lead who can't fight

will only get in the way by going back.

Why did you come back?

Run!

Come on!

Jump down with me!

Are you crazy?

We'll die if we jump!

Just trust me this once.

In this world, jumping off a cliff

definitely won't kill us!

No way I'll trust you!

Holy crap,

why is it so high up?

General,

we've checked.

There were at least four containers of petroleum tied to the prison cart.

He must be dead.

It must have been set up in advance.

Such ruthlessness.

That's Nan Heng for you.

General,

Nan Heng

could even kill his own uncle.

I had planned

to use Gao Changyin as a witness

to reopen the Pingrong case.

Since I thought of it,

he could naturally think of it too.

Chancellor Gao was right.

Eliminating a problem at its source

is indeed his nature.

Have our men come over

to take the body back.

I will

investigate this thoroughly.

This time,

I won't give him any opportunity to exploit.

Yes, General.

Nan Heng,

how are you?

My God.

Why is it so cold?

Nan Heng,

wake up and tell me

what was with

all those assassins just now.

Nan Heng,

wake up.

Say something!

Nan Heng?

Stop pretending.

I've never seen a male lead

die from jumping off a cliff.

Stop faking it!

Nan Heng.

Nan Heng.

Nan Heng?

Nan Heng, don't scare me like this.

Nan Heng!

Nan Heng!

We're in the middle of nowhere.

What am I supposed to do?

I'm telling you,

I don't care if you live or die.

Wake up now,

do you hear me?

Nan Heng!

Nan Heng!

Nan Heng!

This is a script world.

Scripts always have clichés.

Nan Heng.

Please wake up!

Why aren't you waking up?

Don't people in costume dramas wake up after a kiss?

Nan Heng.

Nan Heng!

Nan Heng.

Nan Heng.

You can't die.

I haven't forgiven you yet.

What gives you the right to die first?

Get up now!

If you can't do something,

don't make empty promises.

Who asked you to save anyone?

Why did you have to play hero?

Who needs your protection?

Get up now.

Wake up, do you hear me?

I told you,

I haven't forgiven you yet.

Get up right now!

Nan Heng.

Nan Heng.

Nan Heng!

Please wake up.

Please wake up now!

You're awake?

You finally woke up.

I thought you were going to die.

Couldn't you say something nicer?

You didn't die.

Why were you pretending to be dead?

You did it on purpose, didn't you?

I just fell off a cliff

and barely survived.

Give me a break, will you?

How did your hand get injured?

What's it to you?

Don't touch me.

You got hurt because of me?

Stop flattering yourself.

You'd better worry about yourself.

You've lost so much blood.

Don't die on me again.

Wouldn't it be better if I died?

Then you wouldn't have to cry like this

and still refuse to forgive me.

It's too exposed here.

The assassins might catch up.

Let's find somewhere to hide.

Let's go.

You...

I-I'm injured

because of you.

Let's go.

Careful.

Sit there first.

Take it easy.

We're in the middle of nowhere,

and you're injured.

Will we ever get out of here?

Don't worry.

If Fugui can't find me,

he'll surely bring the Xuanjia Army to search,

and by

dawn at the latest, they'll find us.

Tomorrow morning?

With injuries like yours,

I'm afraid you won't make it till then.

You'll freeze to death here first.

Here.

Help me

gather these branches,

and then

find a thicker stick.

Are you trying to

make fire by drilling wood?

Bro,

can you do it or not?

Why don't you try?

No, no,

you go ahead.

You did it!

How was that?

I did pretty well, right?

It took you an hour

and you're proud of that?

I've seen male leads in other scripts

who succeed in one swift move.

Well, did your script

ever mention

that jumping off cliffs can kill you?

Did you die?

I got injured.

That was from the assassin's blade.

Besides,

I've never seen

any protagonist in a costume drama

who actually died from jumping off a cliff.

Ever heard of plot armor?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Alright,

stop acting tough when you're so badly hurt.

Song Yimeng.

I didn't send those assassins.

I know.

Then why did you

come back to save me?

Because

I made a bet with myself.

What bet?

Did you win?