1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:06,000 Timing and Subtitles brought to you by Fuyao's Court Team @ Viki.com 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,200 "Fuyao" by Karen Mok 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,300 ♫ I start to dance nimbly and gracefully ♫ 4 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:16,400 ♫ For what my beautiful face is frowned? ♫ 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:22,900 ♫ Without him, I'll drift with the current ♫ 6 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:28,830 ♫ Why is the tune of the zither a farewell song? ♫ 7 00:00:28,830 --> 00:00:32,800 ♫ Without me, he'll be lonely in this universe ♫ 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:40,000 ♫ My heart silently waits at the cliff of Firmament ♫ 9 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,420 ♫ The heaven, the earth, the sun and the moon are all in my bosom ♫ 10 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:50,000 ♫ How can I own the top freedom in this world? ♫ 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,600 ♫ There is no fear from my heart ♫ 12 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,600 ♫ Deep love won't hide ♫ 13 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,800 ♫ True love won't run short ♫ 14 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:02,000 ♫ Dreams give hopes through all the ages ♫ 15 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,600 ♫ Why go through storms and stress to be bright and beautiful? ♫ 16 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,300 ♫ There is no struggle from my heart ♫ 17 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:13,300 ♫ Swaying along with the wind ♫ 18 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:21,500 ♫ I can do anything freely ♫ 19 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:25,700 ♫ I enter my dreams easily and unrestrainedly ♫ 20 00:01:25,700 --> 00:01:28,400 ♫ What a beautiful dance ♫ 21 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,600 [Legend of Fuyao] 22 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,900 ~Episode 61~ 23 00:01:56,900 --> 00:02:00,000 Your Highness, where are we going now? 24 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,300 Go back. 25 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:09,820 Ha? 26 00:02:09,820 --> 00:02:11,600 Go back to the Imperial City. 27 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:16,400 If we dare to return to the Imperial City now, then that's walking into a net. 28 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,600 Could it be Your Highness has some additional plans? 29 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,300 Plan? 30 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:27,300 This is my last plan. 31 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:31,100 I've long secretly taken note of the configuration of Zhangsun Jia's army. 32 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,340 If he isn't reliable, 33 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,200 this then will be my last life-saving straw. 34 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,900 Your Highness is wise. 35 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:45,200 If a person... 36 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,200 ...doesn't know to prepare oneself a backup path, 37 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,700 then that's forcing oneself to walk a doomed path! 38 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:56,700 When we returned to the Imperial City, 39 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:59,800 Your Highness can tell His Majesty 40 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,700 that just for the empire, you bore the humiliation and sided with the enemy, so that you can investigate their military situation. 41 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:06,500 Your Highness is after all... 42 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:10,900 ...His Majesty's own flesh and blood. His Majesty will be lenient. 43 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,400 Yes! 44 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:17,400 No matter how my Royal Father will punish me, 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:21,600 as long as I'm alive, that's way better than anything! 46 00:03:23,150 --> 00:03:24,810 Right? 47 00:03:28,630 --> 00:03:30,240 Xu Lai... 48 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:35,990 Do you know what I did wrong? 49 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:43,600 My mistake is getting born in this imperial family, be this unfavored son, 50 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,300 and being unable to resign to my fate! 51 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,600 Your Highness, don't blame me. 52 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,200 You can only blame the unfairness of this world. 53 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,000 I've followed you for such a long time and just wanted to have a good future. 54 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,800 You have now lost your power. 55 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,600 I have to find myself a way to survive, right? 56 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,600 Prince Virtue said that you're unreliable. If you escape, I must kill you. 57 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,200 For a person like me, I never had any principle. 58 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,800 I only care about who's stand I'm taking, and not who's right or wrong. 59 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,900 You were the one who taught me all these. 60 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,170 Young Lord, it's already the fourth night watch period (1 to 3 am). You should rest. 61 00:05:08,190 --> 00:05:09,570 Tell me, 62 00:05:11,790 --> 00:05:14,390 if these chess pieces have thoughts, 63 00:05:15,170 --> 00:05:17,440 what will they be thinking? 64 00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:26,080 The world is like a game of chess. Although we're not chess pieces, 65 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:32,600 just because we don't want to accept being manipulated, we unknowingly will give in. 66 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,800 After a long time, we tend to forget the principle that even if we keep calculating our wins and losses, 67 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,800 we won't be able to escape this small area. 68 00:05:46,570 --> 00:05:50,500 Who really is this person that you're talking about. 69 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:53,000 Who do you think? 70 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,600 It can't be the person that I'm thinking... 71 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,200 But in doing this... 72 00:06:15,220 --> 00:06:17,960 ...what is his purpose? 73 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:23,800 Who is he targeting? Is it Prince Virtue? 74 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,000 Or you? 75 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,800 Could it be...Wuji? 76 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,800 You are quite clever. 77 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,130 This... 78 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,400 I don't understand. 79 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,100 Of course, you won't understand. 80 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:51,800 All of these can only be explained by the past. 81 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:57,280 That year, I was just 16. 82 00:06:58,170 --> 00:07:03,600 But in my heart, I already was deeply in love with a certain person. 83 00:07:04,830 --> 00:07:08,760 We wanted to be together for a lifetime. 84 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:15,000 When he was preparing to go to my house and ask for my hand in marriage, 85 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,100 the newly crowned 86 00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:21,800 Father Emperor announced that he wants to marry me. 87 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,300 I didn't want to get married. I wanted to escape. 88 00:07:26,580 --> 00:07:31,560 But behind us, there were a lot of loved ones. 89 00:07:34,590 --> 00:07:39,010 In the end, I hesitated. 90 00:07:40,150 --> 00:07:42,420 He gave up. 91 00:07:44,290 --> 00:07:47,290 But only when I married into the palace did I know... 92 00:07:48,110 --> 00:07:53,350 ...that the emperor who married me didn't really care about me. 93 00:07:54,860 --> 00:08:01,330 Everything he did was just to separate us. 94 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:11,600 If not because of Wuji...that one day... 95 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:17,000 ...he'll be able to become the emperor, I would have long given up on all these 96 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,100 and just went away with him. 97 00:08:20,270 --> 00:08:23,400 As long one can be with the person she loves, 98 00:08:25,900 --> 00:08:29,000 those gossiping mouths 99 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:34,000 and a chaotic world won't really mean a thing. 100 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:42,000 You want to leave? 101 00:08:44,980 --> 00:08:48,980 Want to live paradise-like days with him? 102 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,600 Those ideas are possible too. 103 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,900 But Empress, 104 00:08:54,900 --> 00:08:58,800 you always like to mix reality with imaginations. 105 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:04,400 In this world, how can there be so many romanticism and sweetness? 106 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:20,800 Informing Prince. 107 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,200 Was your injury grave? 108 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,200 I was incompetent. 109 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,200 Did you get any information? 110 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,400 Empress indeed got abducted by His Majesty. 111 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,000 Our plan got leaked? 112 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,200 Yes. 113 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:37,800 I risked my life to return and inform you. I fear that the other palace spies have already... 114 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,600 Do you know where she's being locked up right now? 115 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,900 His Majesty did this matter in a very covert manner. 116 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:46,800 I wasn't able to find it out. 117 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,700 Leave and get your wounds treated. 118 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:58,400 I wasn't able to fulfill your order. I deserved to die! May Prince punish me. 119 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,000 It's fine. 120 00:10:01,210 --> 00:10:04,890 This wasn't your fault too. Go now. 121 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:15,200 Prince, the reinforcements that Crown Prince mobilized has already arrived through the southern mountain pass. 122 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,400 Roughly estimating it, there are about 300,000 of them. 123 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:24,700 Also, they seemed to be trying to surround us. Our plan... 124 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,800 Spread my order, we'll go to battle tomorrow. 125 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:34,800 When they see the smoke signal, let General Ma set out to war. 126 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,600 What about our arrangements in the palace? 127 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,000 I still have to carefully think about it. 128 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,600 Leave now. 129 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,000 Yes. 130 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,400 Leave now. 131 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:22,220 I'll send men to escort you. Nothing bad will happen to you. 132 00:11:26,100 --> 00:11:31,530 In the past, it's me who was unfaithful to you. The sins, the mistakes, 133 00:11:31,530 --> 00:11:35,400 the retributions should all be paid by me. 134 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:43,560 It's me who didn't take good care of you two. In the future, 135 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,970 I fear that I won't have any chance to make up for it anymore. 136 00:11:47,970 --> 00:11:53,110 The only thing I can do now is to let you go. 137 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:57,100 Let you live well. 138 00:11:58,700 --> 00:12:00,380 Why aren't you asking... 139 00:12:00,380 --> 00:12:04,650 ...for the reason that I took Lian'er and left without a word? 140 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:11,190 Where have I been hiding all these years? How did I live my days? 141 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:22,940 I was disloyal to you. You should hate me. 142 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:29,940 I didn't search for you two then, not because I was heartless, 143 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,600 but because staying farther away from me 144 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,410 might allow you two to live better. 145 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,000 Live better? 146 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:46,680 You totally don't know what happened that time. 147 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,100 What really do you want to do? 148 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:02,940 Try guessing where Wuji's army is now. 149 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,460 No... 150 00:13:07,460 --> 00:13:11,130 Wuji is the crown prince of Megrez! He's your son! You... 151 00:13:11,130 --> 00:13:13,450 You shouldn't treat him like this! 152 00:13:13,450 --> 00:13:15,060 You're going to harm Wuji?! 153 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:18,260 Isn't it enough that you take Zhangsun Jia and my life? 154 00:13:18,260 --> 00:13:21,000 Why must you still involve Wuji in this?! 155 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,490 What mistake has he done?! 156 00:13:23,490 --> 00:13:27,500 Wuji respected you so much! You actually want to use him to seek revenge?! 157 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:32,890 You all think that I'm using others, but have you ever realized... 158 00:13:32,890 --> 00:13:36,230 ...that the whole Megrez is also using me? 159 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:42,200 The Father Emperor may look like he has power over the whole world, but that's not actually the case. 160 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:47,680 He's being restricted by the Five Regions, being exhausted by millions of citizens. You all can see that. 161 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,340 We still have time today. 162 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:03,790 In here, I'll tell you two a story. 163 00:14:03,790 --> 00:14:05,930 Maybe after today, 164 00:14:05,930 --> 00:14:10,770 no one will know about the origin of this matter anymore. 165 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:18,980 Once, there was a pair of brothers born from the same mother and grew up together. 166 00:14:18,980 --> 00:14:22,780 It can be said that they had deep affection for each other. 167 00:14:22,780 --> 00:14:27,830 The little brother was intelligent and quick-witted, easily earning the doting of people. 168 00:14:27,830 --> 00:14:32,370 Everyone would love him 169 00:14:32,370 --> 00:14:35,920 a bit more. 170 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:41,510 And this older brother was young but lacked vigor and drive, was not eloquent. 171 00:14:41,510 --> 00:14:47,150 His father treated this character of his 172 00:14:47,150 --> 00:14:50,610 as being mediocre and dull. 173 00:14:50,610 --> 00:14:53,550 He wasn't good in explaining, 174 00:14:53,550 --> 00:14:57,360 so he just focused on studying hard, 175 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,920 from early in the morning to late at night. 176 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:04,860 Hoping that one day, he can 177 00:15:04,860 --> 00:15:07,290 unburden his parents on some responsibilities. 178 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:14,510 You have guessed it, right? The younger brother is Zhangsun Jia. 179 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:21,620 And that dull older brother is me. 180 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,490 Afterwards, 181 00:15:26,490 --> 00:15:30,330 my Royal Father never hid 182 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:36,930 his favoritism on Zhangsun Jia. Everyone in the government knew it. 183 00:15:36,930 --> 00:15:41,250 After conferring me as the Crown Prince, the voices of people 184 00:15:41,250 --> 00:15:45,920 wanting to remove me and making Zhangsun Jia as the Crown Prince didn't stop, 185 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,210 but my Royal Father never did so. 186 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:56,080 Fuyao, do you know why? 187 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:04,750 Maybe...your Royal Father still cares about you. 188 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:09,470 That's also what I initially thought. 189 00:16:10,860 --> 00:16:13,350 The emperor position of our Megrez is really an ominous one. 190 00:16:13,350 --> 00:16:17,010 For the past 3 or 4 emperors, not one was able to live beyond 40 years old. 191 00:16:17,010 --> 00:16:21,240 With His Majesty suddenly collapsing from sickness now, it must be an unlucky sign. 192 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,140 To tell you the truth, based on His Majesty's appearance earlier, 193 00:16:24,140 --> 00:16:29,910 he probably will just last for 3 to 5 days. Even if they are able to come up with a method to save him, I fear that it's already too late. 194 00:16:29,910 --> 00:16:34,290 - But we must preserve our life. - Of course. 195 00:16:34,290 --> 00:16:37,460 I heard that someone just died in the palace today. What's that about? 196 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:40,020 Someone wanted to suggest making Second Prince as the crown prince. 197 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:42,770 This angered His Majesty so much that he ordered his execution right there and then. 198 00:16:42,770 --> 00:16:45,320 But doesn't His Majesty always favored Second Prince? 199 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:50,200 Since he loves him so dearly, how can he bear to let him suffer that evil curse of the royal throne? 200 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,540 That's right too. Before, I heard His Majesty and Her Ladyship saying 201 00:16:53,540 --> 00:16:55,970 that Second Prince is their favorite. 202 00:16:55,970 --> 00:16:58,620 They are not wiling to let him unfairly die just for the Five Regions. 203 00:16:58,620 --> 00:17:00,790 So, they were talking about this? 204 00:17:00,790 --> 00:17:05,750 Yes. Think about it. If he becomes the emperor, he'll only be able to live upto 30 plus years. 205 00:17:05,750 --> 00:17:09,100 But isn't this being too unfair to Crown Prince? 206 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:15,550 But afterwards, I learned that Royal Father clearly knew 207 00:17:15,550 --> 00:17:17,750 that the emperor throne of Megrez 208 00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:23,660 is a death game (hopeless situation) that no one can decipher. And I... 209 00:17:23,660 --> 00:17:29,880 ...was just a chess piece in his hand that he pushed into that throne. In the end, 210 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:35,570 I became a sacrificial offering to the throne of Megrez Empire! A sacrificial offering! 211 00:17:35,570 --> 00:17:39,760 Since you knew it, why didn't you make a choice? 212 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,120 You still couldn't let go of that supreme power. 213 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,980 Of course, I've thought about it. I realized 214 00:17:45,980 --> 00:17:49,660 that even if I won't get a good death while on this throne, 215 00:17:49,660 --> 00:17:52,120 but other than myself, 216 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,450 I will be able to control the life and death of everyone! 217 00:17:54,450 --> 00:17:58,060 Yours, hers, the life and death of all of you! 218 00:17:58,060 --> 00:18:02,320 Your Majesty, but for so many years, 219 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,450 you were able to sit on that throne. 220 00:18:05,450 --> 00:18:08,120 It's enough to prove that those short life rumors are false. 221 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,060 Those rumors are not false. 222 00:18:10,060 --> 00:18:13,950 It's because I used several decades to decipher a way out of that death game, but in exchange, 223 00:18:13,950 --> 00:18:16,930 I am to suffer pain for a lifetime. 224 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:21,950 But so what? The descendants of Zhangsun 225 00:18:21,950 --> 00:18:25,630 can now forever be rid of this curse. 226 00:18:25,630 --> 00:18:29,060 In my Megrez imperial throne, 227 00:18:29,060 --> 00:18:31,680 the heir can now live for a very long time, 228 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,270 so all these pain is nothing. 229 00:18:35,270 --> 00:18:39,470 Your Majesty, since that's the case, why then must you— 230 00:18:39,470 --> 00:18:42,560 Because someone betrayed me! 231 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:49,790 Not only a betrayal, she caused an emperor to suffer humiliation! 232 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:57,940 Timing and Subtitles brought to you by Fuyao's Court Team @ Viki.com 233 00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:04,740 So...you've known it all along? 234 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:18,570 Empress...I want you to tell it to me personally. 235 00:19:20,300 --> 00:19:23,640 Whose son is Wuji? 236 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,300 It's... 237 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:37,900 Wuji is... 238 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,390 Wuji is... 239 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:58,090 These past years, have you always thought that it was because 240 00:19:58,090 --> 00:20:02,030 I discovered your affair with Empress, and in a moment of anger, 241 00:20:02,030 --> 00:20:04,520 took Lian'er and left? 242 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:08,130 I indeed believed so. 243 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:17,690 Yes... The peach flower that year... 244 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:21,010 ...blossomed so beautifully. 245 00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:27,150 I brought Lian'er to the palace to admire the flowers. 246 00:20:27,150 --> 00:20:30,620 If not because we accidentally saw you and Empress secretly meeting, 247 00:20:30,620 --> 00:20:33,360 we wouldn't have left in a rush. 248 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:37,340 The more we wouldn't have lost our way inside the palace... 249 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 ...and heard things that we shouldn't have heard. 250 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:50,740 Mother, where are we going? Mother. 251 00:20:54,020 --> 00:20:56,610 - I'll take you home. - Your Majesty! 252 00:20:56,610 --> 00:21:00,730 These past years, Pingrong and I never did anything wrong. 253 00:21:00,730 --> 00:21:05,470 How come the one who is a crown prince now is her son? 254 00:21:05,470 --> 00:21:09,960 The royal throne of Megrez has always been for the most talented and not who is the eldest. 255 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:13,820 Wuji has been outstanding since he was little. 256 00:21:13,820 --> 00:21:17,560 And now, he has been chosen as a disciple of the Changqing Palace Hall in Firmament. 257 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:21,000 Making him the crown prince is what the public desires. 258 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,540 But Pingrong...is your real son. 259 00:21:24,540 --> 00:21:26,250 Your Majesty, you clearly know 260 00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:28,920 that Wuji...is just an illegitimate child! 261 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,650 Shut up! 262 00:21:32,510 --> 00:21:34,200 Royal Mother. 263 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:46,750 That day, I learned about the greatest secret of the imperial palace. 264 00:21:50,830 --> 00:21:53,490 I was so afraid. 265 00:21:53,490 --> 00:21:55,040 I... 266 00:21:57,970 --> 00:22:01,530 I was afraid... 267 00:22:02,930 --> 00:22:04,370 I took Lian'er 268 00:22:04,370 --> 00:22:08,820 and tried to escape for our lives, escape back home. 269 00:22:08,820 --> 00:22:12,170 The only thing I could think of is you. 270 00:22:12,170 --> 00:22:14,800 I didn't care what you've done. 271 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:20,000 As long as you could preserve Lian'er's life, I can overlook everything else. 272 00:22:21,410 --> 00:22:24,390 But where were you? 273 00:22:24,390 --> 00:22:30,840 You were in the warm embrace of that woman, while Lian'er and I were being chased to be killed! 274 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,060 Go look around. They are just nearby. 275 00:23:06,330 --> 00:23:08,150 Don't make a sound. 276 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:29,600 Afterwards, Palace Master Fei Yan rescued me out of the fire. 277 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:34,970 She never saves people out of pity. 278 00:23:34,970 --> 00:23:37,570 One has to pay a price. 279 00:23:37,570 --> 00:23:39,190 What price? 280 00:23:39,190 --> 00:23:41,900 She took away a part of my lifespan. 281 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,310 Muddled my consciousness. 282 00:23:45,310 --> 00:23:50,970 I became a crazy woman. But Lian'er... 283 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,410 My Lian'er... 284 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,830 I couldn't find my daughter. 285 00:23:59,830 --> 00:24:01,770 I will never... 286 00:24:03,210 --> 00:24:06,460 ...will never find her again. 287 00:24:09,630 --> 00:24:14,950 When Lian'er and I needed you the most, where were you?! 288 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:21,880 Our pain and suffering allowed you and that woman to successfully be together. 289 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:28,820 Yes, the person who wanted to kill me is your Royal Brother Zhangsun Jiong. 290 00:24:28,820 --> 00:24:33,000 But the one who truly killed me is you! 291 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,300 I know... 292 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:53,030 I know that any explanation is useless anymore. 293 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:56,200 I don't ask for your forgiveness. 294 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,910 But for the situations in the past...sometimes, I was left with no choice. 295 00:24:59,910 --> 00:25:02,230 Of course, you had a choice! 296 00:25:02,230 --> 00:25:08,600 If from the start, you didn't have an affair with the Empress, all of these wouldn't have happened! 297 00:25:10,030 --> 00:25:16,610 It was you who killed Lian'er. It was you created all of these! 298 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:23,910 I hate you! I hate you! 299 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:31,520 Hence, you allowed Zhangsun Jiong to use you to kill me? 300 00:25:33,250 --> 00:25:35,170 Kill you? 301 00:25:36,110 --> 00:25:39,000 Your life is worthless. 302 00:25:39,940 --> 00:25:44,680 Zhangsun Jiong just want me to tell you a truth. 303 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:49,540 If I'm able to do it, he will tell me where Lian'er is. 304 00:25:49,540 --> 00:25:53,720 No matter if what he said is true or not, I'm willing to give it a try. 305 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,950 I finally can go see my daughter. 306 00:25:57,830 --> 00:26:00,040 What truth? 307 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:12,890 Zhangsun Wuji is yours and Yuan Qingyi's son. 308 00:26:19,890 --> 00:26:22,010 Is he crazy?! 309 00:26:44,060 --> 00:26:49,290 Wuji is the most outstanding among the descendants of the Zhangsun clan, 310 00:26:50,150 --> 00:26:53,670 but he is that person's bloodline. 311 00:26:54,370 --> 00:27:01,590 As a ruler, I think highly of his talent, loves him. 312 00:27:01,590 --> 00:27:06,210 But as a man, I hate him. 313 00:27:06,210 --> 00:27:09,420 He is after all not my son. 314 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:14,350 Every time he calls me Royal Father, 315 00:27:14,350 --> 00:27:17,880 my hatred towards him would increase. 316 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,470 But Wuji is innocent! 317 00:27:19,470 --> 00:27:22,530 No one is innocent! 318 00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:30,320 As the descendant of the Zhangsun clan, the more he should understand 319 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,560 the principle of survival of the fittest. 320 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,500 A sin stained with blood can only be washed cleanly using more blood. 321 00:27:37,500 --> 00:27:41,120 No one can escape it! No one— 322 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,000 Enough! 323 00:27:48,550 --> 00:27:51,620 Other than forcing Zhangsun Jia to death, 324 00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:55,180 what else do you want to do?! 325 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:00,100 Empress, 326 00:28:02,830 --> 00:28:09,440 I have a medicine here that when a person takes it in, her consciousness will shatter and her liver and gallbladder will rupture. 327 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,130 - He will slowly die in pain. - No... 328 00:28:13,130 --> 00:28:15,680 No! You mustn't treat Wuji this way! 329 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,430 How should I treat the child that you and my younger brother gave birth to? 330 00:28:22,120 --> 00:28:26,350 Don't... Your Majesty... 331 00:28:27,650 --> 00:28:31,100 Of course, I won't let him die now. 332 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,590 He is the royal heir that I've chosen. 333 00:28:40,590 --> 00:28:43,860 He must ascend to the throne of Megrez. 334 00:28:45,130 --> 00:28:50,030 I want him to know that even with the supreme kind of honor and glory, one can't break a death game. 335 00:28:50,850 --> 00:28:54,180 You and Empress had been having a secret affair for so many years. 336 00:28:54,180 --> 00:28:58,200 Have you never thought that her son might be yours? 337 00:29:03,350 --> 00:29:05,180 Impossible... 338 00:29:06,030 --> 00:29:09,830 Impossible! Impossible! Totally impossible! 339 00:29:12,490 --> 00:29:16,940 Zhangsun Jiong is really so patient. 340 00:29:16,940 --> 00:29:22,060 He favored Crown Prince for so many years, wasn't it to wait for this day? 341 00:29:22,890 --> 00:29:25,160 Wait for you to incite an uprising, 342 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,530 you and your son meeting with swords and spears, hurting each other. 343 00:29:28,530 --> 00:29:32,900 Let that woman who betrayed him suffer this heart wrenching pain! 344 00:29:39,250 --> 00:29:44,780 He...used 20 years? 345 00:29:48,260 --> 00:29:52,830 You are saying that he used 20 years to set up a game (trap)? 346 00:29:52,830 --> 00:29:57,600 When you become the supreme ruler, you sever your affection for all your six relations. (close family ties) 347 00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:04,960 He...hated you so much. 348 00:30:51,970 --> 00:30:56,330 What do you plan to do now? 349 00:31:03,460 --> 00:31:05,770 What else? 350 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,130 Fight. 351 00:31:12,610 --> 00:31:16,070 You clearly know that he is your real son. 352 00:31:16,070 --> 00:31:21,650 You clearly know that this is Zhangsun Jiong's trap. You still are fighting? 353 00:31:25,870 --> 00:31:28,230 I have no choice. 354 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:37,300 Hence, just to continue living, 355 00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:42,820 just for power and prestige, you're not even sparing your own son? 356 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:59,900 Right now, I am a traitor of Megrez. 357 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,700 Anyone has the right to punish me. 358 00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:09,300 If Wuji kills me, he'll be able to win the hearts of the people, the world. 359 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,700 Only if I die in the battlefield, 360 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:16,000 can Wuji's crown prince position be preserved, 361 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,200 can I give Zhangsun Jiong... 362 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,300 ...the last fatal blow. 363 00:32:28,500 --> 00:32:32,800 I never had the wild ambition of usurping the throne. 364 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,900 All of these today 365 00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:38,100 was a product of Royal Brother's pressuring. 366 00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:43,600 Since I now know that Wuji is my son, 367 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,000 how can I treat him as my enemy? 368 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,700 This path to the throne... 369 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,150 ...Wuji... 370 00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:58,200 ...must step on my corpse to climb up to it. 371 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,800 This imperial throne has always been stained by the blood of one's kin. 372 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,500 Wuji will not be an exception! 373 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,300 Is this... 374 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:22,700 ...the revenge of Zhangsun Jiong? 375 00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:30,100 I'm going to make him endure pain and injury that's... 376 00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:32,400 ...beyond the ordinary. 377 00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:42,800 Oh, right. 378 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,600 You two are the most important people for Wuji. 379 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,000 If one of you... 380 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,800 ...personally poisoned the other one, 381 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,300 how would Wuji deal with that? 382 00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:58,900 Don't... 383 00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:18,880 Your Majesty, 384 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:25,200 ever since, Wuji has treated you like his real father. 385 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:31,000 He respected, loved, and cared for you. 386 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,000 From Deep Water Nation to now, he has been cautious and careful. 387 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000 He dared to not be lax at any moment. 388 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:40,800 It was because he was afraid to disappoint you. 389 00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:44,050 Because in his heart, 390 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,200 you are his most respected person. 391 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,200 Now...maybe... 392 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,400 ...because he wasn't of your bloodline, 393 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,600 can you really bear to treat him like this? 394 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:00,900 Wuji... 395 00:35:03,540 --> 00:35:06,540 ...is a good child. 396 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:12,300 He never disappointed me. 397 00:35:14,010 --> 00:35:16,600 But today... 398 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,200 ...just treat today as the last class I'm giving him... 399 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,700 ...about the principles of being a ruler. 400 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,300 Even if everyone will abandon him, 401 00:35:31,290 --> 00:35:34,940 he still must continue moving forward alone 402 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,000 with a heart that's as strong as iron. 403 00:35:51,370 --> 00:35:54,780 After one incense time, 404 00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:00,100 this place will be filled with poisonous mist. 405 00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:06,200 I don't care if either one of you poison the other and leave this place, 406 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:11,700 or you two both die in here. You two decide. 407 00:36:15,970 --> 00:36:18,440 My Wuji... 408 00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:23,750 You will finally be able to experience the taste of extreme agony... 409 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,000 ...just like I do. 410 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:34,200 Your Majesty, don't! Don't... 411 00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:40,400 Your Majesty... 412 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:10,200 Your Highness Crown Prince, Prince Virtue's rebel army has been surrouonded. He has no chance of winning. 413 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,900 Why are you still hesitating? 414 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,300 Prince. 415 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:31,000 Informing Prince, the time has come. Crown Prince's army indeed entered our trap. I'm just waiting 416 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:35,500 for your command. Upon lighting the smoke signal, General Ma can then set out with his army. 417 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:42,180 Prince, chances come and go in an instant. Please immediately give the order. 418 00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:48,600 Fine. I'll personally face him. 419 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,000 Prince. 420 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,200 Spread my order. Tell Ma Wende to withdraw. 421 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,500 Prince, you must not! 422 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:57,200 If General Ma withdraws, we will surely lose this battle! 423 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,300 I have made my decision. Don't try to urge me anymore. 424 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:02,400 I'll bear the result of this battle... 425 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,800 ...by myself. 426 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,500 - Prince! - Spread my command! 427 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:15,800 Yes. 428 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,900 Wait. 429 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:40,000 In the past, whenever you set out for war, 430 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,800 it has always been me who puts on your armor and sword. 431 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,500 Today, 432 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,560 can you let me put it on you one more time? 433 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:11,300 Before, whenever you leave, I would recite these words 3 times in my heart, 434 00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:19,400 "Come back safely..." 435 00:40:20,970 --> 00:40:25,010 Every time, you would come back safely. 436 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:31,200 Being a married couple, 437 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:36,800 no matter what, it's a fate we've cultivated for thousands of years. 438 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:03,600 Too bad...we're both old now. 439 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,500 I wronged you. 440 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:21,400 From now on, our ties are severed. You made your choice. 441 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:26,600 Life or death, rich or poor, all are destined. You don't need to worry about anyone anymore. 442 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:33,700 Your Princess Virtue is already dead. 443 00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:51,200 A'Rong... 444 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:58,300 I believe that our Lian'er is still alive. 445 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:05,070 You must find her. No matter what, you must find her. 446 00:42:06,180 --> 00:42:08,000 You two... 447 00:42:10,630 --> 00:42:13,400 ...must live well. 448 00:42:54,980 --> 00:43:05,020 Timing and Subtitles brought to you by Fuyao's Court Team @ Viki.com 449 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:12,300 "Hard-to-Get Love" by Lala Hsu 450 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,100 ♫ What do you know? ♫ 451 00:43:17,100 --> 00:43:21,100 ♫ What are good about the three realms? ♫ 452 00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:24,900 ♫ If there were no three poisons, if there were no worries, ♫ 453 00:43:24,900 --> 00:43:28,100 ♫ How can it make me reluctant to leave? ♫ 454 00:43:28,100 --> 00:43:31,800 ♫ Worry for love, beg for hate ♫ 455 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,600 ♫ And even discard my soul for affection ♫ 456 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,800 ♫ The one, who asks me to love him, loves me ♫ 457 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:42,100 ♫ I only want him to love me ♫ 458 00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:49,200 ♫ What do you use to exchange for this hard-to-get love? ♫ 459 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:53,100 ♫ If there's no sickness or weakness, if there's never oldness ♫ 460 00:43:53,100 --> 00:43:56,400 ♫ How can it make a spark to chase after stars alone? ♫ 461 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,800 ♫ Slim down for him, stay for my heart ♫ 462 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:03,800 ♫ And even chase away all luck for dreams ♫ 463 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,000 ♫ It wants me to be so pretty that I seize his soul ♫ 464 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:13,100 ♫ And continue dazzling in his heart ♫ 465 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,400 ♫ There is a saying that what a person asks for the lifetime ♫ 466 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:23,700 ♫ Is no more than staying together with one's lover by any means ♫ 467 00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:25,500 ♫ If one can't obtain what one asks for ♫ 468 00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:29,500 ♫ one is filled with anxiety and with knitted brows ♫ 469 00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:32,600 ♫ There is a saying that if a person asks for the next lifetime ♫ 470 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:37,800 ♫ one should only ask to know everything about warfare ♫ 471 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:41,800 ♫ Dreams beg heart to grant me love ♫ 472 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,400 ♫ And have someone's company for the rest of my life ♫ 473 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,200 ♫ Have someone's company♫ 474 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,200 ♫ There is a saying that what a person asks for the lifetime ♫ 475 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:55,500 ♫ Is no more than staying together with one's lover by any means ♫ 476 00:44:55,500 --> 00:44:57,300 ♫ If one can't obtain what one asks for ♫ 477 00:44:57,300 --> 00:45:01,300 ♫ one is filled with anxiety and with knitted brows ♫ 478 00:45:01,300 --> 00:45:04,300 ♫ There is a saying that if a person asks for the next lifetime ♫ 479 00:45:04,300 --> 00:45:09,600 ♫ one should only ask to know everything about warfare ♫ 480 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:14,000 ♫ Dreams beg heart to grant me love ♫ 481 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:19,700 ♫ And have someone's company for the rest of my life ♫