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We never fight.

Either we arrest,

or we kill.

You're interested in me, too. Right?

Get out.

Get lost! Get lost now!

Don't tell anyone I only have three years to live.

Keep it a secret for me.

Fifth Aunt,

this is Ye Xian's letter to you.

Sister, the Northern Tribes troop will reach Huxiao Gorge in a few hours.

I just realized that before I came to the border this time,

I didn't send my farewell to you and Mother.

So I'm writing you this letter.

In case I die in battle, this can be my words left.

You surely don't understand why I might die in battle.

Neither do I understand why I'm suddenly leading an army.

But you know what,

the Ye Family Army rallies much support.

When the Feihu command flag spreads, hundreds of people are spirited.

Father's decades of efforts at the border are not in vain.

By the way, if I really die in battle, don't cry for me.

Before I left the capital, a physician told me

I only had at most three years to live.

Anyway, dying in battle is much better than dying in a sickbed.

And don't blame Gu Jin Zhao.

One reason I accompanied her to provincial places

is to see the order in my lifetime,

the battlefield Father once mentioned.

Now I see it.

It's right in front of me.

Sister, words fail to convey how vast the land is.

But I know it's where I should be.

Do you think Father would be proud if he heard this?

Yet even if he were still alive,

I wouldn't admit this to him personally,

because he hit me so hard back then.

He was only tender to you, his daughter, not me.

But that's fine.

When I meet him in the underworld, I'll tell him

not to brag about his battles all the time, because I fought in one, too.

All right, time to discuss with Third Master Chen.

This time, I'm the commanding general, while he's the vice general.

Insolent!

This is the immunity certificate bestowed by the late emperor.

Stop me if you dare!

If I really die this time, our mother is entrusted to your care, Sister.

Remember to tell her that I didn't disgrace our family,

and she didn't raise me in vain,

so she shouldn't feel sorry for me.

I, Madam Ye, née Wen, pay my respects to Your Majesty.

With the Northern tribes' troops invading the south, our border is in chaos.

My son Ye Xian and the border soldiers are guarding Yi County with their lives.

Once Yi County falls, their cavalry will reach the capital within three days.

Our Dayan is in danger.

Hereby, I bring the immunity certificate bestowed by the late emperor

to beseech Your Majesty to send reinforcements immediately,

to save the border from chaos and people from danger.

I beseech Your Majesty to send reinforcements immediately,

to save the border from chaos and the people from danger.

They're petitioning.

The Northern tribes' troops invaded Yi County?

Really?

Menyuan and Shicheng must have been lost.

We must fight back.

Yes.

Your Majesty, had Yi County not been invaded,

Madam Ye wouldn't have brought the immunity certificate and petitioned for reinforcements.

I think the border has requested reinforcements,

but the letter has been suppressed by someone with ulterior motives.

Your Majesty, it's too absurd to be trusted.

Madam Ye shall be held accountable for trespassing on palace grounds.

Your Majesty, I think they should be summoned here to clarify.

And we shall inquire with the Transmission Office

whether we have letters from the border.

The truth will come to light.

Lord Chang, you have a point. Let them enter.

I, Madam Ye, née Wen, pay my respects to Your Majesty.

Madam Ye, née Wen, who taught you to all say that while outside?

Your Majesty, no one taught me.

My son Ye Xian fought hard at the border without any reinforcements,

thus he had to write to me for help.

You'll know once you read this.

I, your servant Ye Xian, wish Your Majesty good health.

The Northern tribes started an undeclared war.

Shicheng and Menyuan have been lost.

The defenseless Yi County is in danger.

Though Chen Yan Yun and I fought hard, we can't do it alone.

We expect immediate reinforcements from the court.

I'll die in battle without regret.

May our Dayan enjoy prosperity and peace for generations to come.

Circulate this letter among the officials.

Madam Ye, I believe what you said.

Thank you, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty...

Lord Fu, had you not insisted on reducing military expenditure,

the border wouldn't have been in such chaos!

Now that war has broken out there,

the Capital Garrison shall be sent at once to reinforce.

All the provisions will be covered by the treasury.

Are there any volunteers to lead the Garrison?

- Me! - Me!

- Me! - Me!

Me!

All of us!

Nonsense!

Your Majesty, such an extensive deployment

has to be carefully analyzed by the War Ministry

before choosing a proper leader,

rather than be left to volunteers.

Given the urgent war situation, you insist on careful analysis?

I think you intend to delay.

How dare you!

You are the one who dares!

Pray calm yourself, Your Majesty.

Third Master!

There's a box behind the painting in the study.

Inside are all the things that I treasure the most.

If I...

just keep it as a memento.

♫ I once held a brush to paint the seasons ♫

♫ But I fell into the chasm of time ♫

♫ Every shade of light and dark became a bitter wine ♫

♫ Every inch of longing turned to sorrow ♫

♫ I have seen through all the rights and wrongs ♫

♫ Our old vows have turned to ash, like water spilled and flowing eastward ♫

♫ Tender companionship is to truly understand the freedom deep within your heart ♫

♫ One word, one sentence, hands held tight ♫

Don't catch a cold.

♫ I send you on a thousand-mile trip under the Milky Way ♫

♫ A single thought, ceaseless and unyielding ♫

♫ You have a cherished companion to share your days ♫

♫ I, alone with my shadow, drift through the twilight hours ♫

♫ Memories of the past fill up every wrinkle of time ♫

Green willow droops gently, crimson crabapple bursts open.

How I wish I could see her again.

Autumn, 35th year of Jingning.

The beauty I painted became my wife.

♫ Every heartfelt word I spoke was twisted into a lie ♫

I must hide this soon,

so that Jin Zhao won't tease me for my infatuation.

Remember.

Remember.

Autumn, 2nd year of Shengde.

♫ With each step we drift further, then one glance back ♫

♫ The heart's burdens turn to rust ♫

♫ I send you on a thousand-mile trip under the Milky Way ♫

♫ A single thought, ceaseless and unyielding ♫

♫ You have a cherished companion to share your days ♫

Miss!

♫ Memories of the past fill up every wrinkle of time ♫

Why are you here?

I'm fine.

How long has it been... since His Majesty sent reinforcements?

It's been five days.

Lately, I've been inquiring as well.

The War Ministry said, "To dispatch a troop of 50,000,

mere mobilization takes quite a few days,

let alone provision transport."

They told us to wait.

I also heard that though Fu Hai Lian is under sentence,

the key positions of the six ministries are occupied by his men.

With his hint, they'll try all means to postpone.

I see.

Tell my second brother to find Uncle Ping

and take the Chen family out of the capital tonight,

without belongings.

If they take their belongings, they'll be suspected.

My second brother knows where to go.

You go and escort them.

- Miss... - Let me finish.

You have good martial arts, so I ask you to escort them.

If Fu Hai Lian dispatches a troop smoothly and saves Third Master,

you'll naturally return to the capital along with everyone else.

If not,

you needn't return.

I've burned your indenture contract...

and purchased some properties for you.

The property deeds are kept by Uncle Ping.

He'll give them to you.

Miss, the Chen family...

will be taken care of by your second brother.

Don't leave me.

I want to help you.

Just now... I had a dream.

People say a dream is the opposite of reality.

I believe it's auspicious.

It's not that I don't want you to help,

but that you can't help with what I need to do.

Since childhood, I've seen you as my younger sister.

I discuss everything with you.

I entrust the Chen family to you.

Don't let me down.

- Miss... - Let her go.

He always feared loneliness, so I stayed and talked to him for a while.

Jin Zhao, he has done all he could.

The rest is on us.

Do whatever you want.

So long as I'm here,

no one can ever lay a hand on this coffin or the Chen family.

Many thanks.

Stop!

I thought you were here to risk your life.

This is poison.

Grand Secretary, if you dispatch troops immediately,

I'll reward you with my death.

I am under sentence, how am I qualified to dispatch troops?

You must have come to the wrong place, Madam Chen.

Grand Secretary, I once disrespected you and threatened you with a sword.

I shall atone for sin with death.

Since Third Master has passed away,

I have no one to care for in this world.

But before I close my eyes, I'd like to beg you

for forgiveness and immediate dispatch...

to save the soldiers from a bloody battle at the border

and the Dayan people in danger.

Even if I die now, I'll be grateful.

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Drink it.

Third Master!

Jin Zhao...

Third Master.

Third Master.

Wait for me.

I'll find a way to make the court send reinforcements.

Even if I'm not backed by anyone, the vast territory remains.

Today, for the gorgeous territory,

I'll charge once more!

Kill!

Ye Xian,

see?

We won.

This feat belongs to you.

Are you ready?

I don't want to leave.

You...

shouldn't push yourself too hard.

The more I think, the more I regret...

believing in the cult leaders in Shicheng.

As a result, we were cheated by the Northern tribes.

And it ruined your plan.

You're prone to be drunk.

Drink some tea.

Now... I don't blame you or anyone else.

Ultimately, I was too impatient and overconfident.

I concentrated on holding power at court

and manipulating the new policies.

I thought with a stable situation, even if the Northern tribes betrayed,

it'd be nothing to fear.

I calculated everyone and every trend,

yet didn't expect them to betray so soon and fiercely.

Fate did not favor me.

I am sorry to have implicated you.

In our 20 years of marriage,

I've never given birth for you.

You didn't blame me, and never took a concubine.

For this devotion, I'm willing to live and die with you.

I took no concubines and sought no offspring,

because I had ulterior motives.

Knowing the hard way ahead,

I didn't want...

Whatever you say,

I won't flee without you.

Come.

Grand Secretary.

Take good care of her.

- Yes. - Yes.

Grand Secretary, I wonder...

You wonder why I agreed to Madam Chen's request?

It's not because she begged,

but because of Dayan.

All I did over the years was for the new policies.

If our nation is gone,

the new policies are meaningless.

I understand now.

Grand Secretary, how about Madam Chen?

Keep her for now.

So long as she's alive, someone will come to see me.

Yes.

Why did you not let me drink the poison?

What do I need a woman's life for?

If all goes as expected,

Jiu Heng will arrive in the capital tonight.

You know he's alive?

I have many students in this life,

among whom Jiu Heng is most similar to me.

He won't die easily.

It's good that he's alive.

My hopeless case is left to him.

You kept my life to threaten him?

Zhang Qi.

Grand Secretary.

Send Madam Chen away from the residence.

As I said, what do I need a woman's life for?

Yes.

Madam Chen, please.

He's supposed to be back.

Where's my wife?

Summary of Dayan's New Policies...

contains my decades of experience

in implementing the new policies.

What a masterpiece!

Throughout the 120 years of the Dayan Empire, among the numerous rulers,

royal families, and influential officials,

who is as talented and devoted as me?

Jiu Heng, do you think the Dayan Empire is fair to me?

Fu Hai Lian, you're ridiculously arrogant! How laughable!

"For the people's benefit, regardless of personal gain and loss."

Where has your original aspiration gone?

"For people's benefit, regardless of personal gain and loss."

How ridiculous!

If I disregard personal gain and loss, how can I have the high position now?

And how can the new tax law be implemented smoothly?

Jiu Heng, so you oppose me because you don't understand.

Well, well. Now I'm finished.

The new policies are finished.

Let's make today the last day of everyone, including you.

The new policies aren't finished.

Among the dozens of new policies, though some are extreme,

most are good governance.

What went wrong is yourself.

Tell me where my wife is.

Chen Yan Yun!

Put down your sword.

Yu Zhu, why are you back?

What do you want?

Let him go. I'm the leader of the Chunyuan Cult.

Everything was done by me.

It had nothing to do with him.

Why put yourself through this?

Master, I can't bear to see you die.

Listen to me!

No!

Master...

How are you?

Are you all right?

Third Master.

I'm late.

Master...

Yu Zhu.

Yu Zhu.

Yu Zhu.

Fu Hai Lian, I, Chen Yan Yun, will never repeat your mistakes.

The original aspiration you failed to keep, I will keep them.

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By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that:

The Chunyuan Cult is misleading,

against the ethical norms, rebellious, and harmful.

Such a grave crime is legally intolerable.

All the ringleaders have been executed now and the remnants cleared.

The people of Dayan shall abide by the laws,

tell right from wrong, and stay away from evil forces.

Never be misled by heresy and get into trouble.

This is made known to everyone.

It's hereby decreed.

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"Starry Night" - Zhou Shen

♫ I once held a brush to paint the seasons ♫

♫ But I fell into the chasm of time ♫

♫ Every shade of light and dark became a bitter wine ♫

♫ Every inch of longing turned to sorrow ♫

♫ I have seen through all the rights and wrongs ♫

♫ Our old vows have turned to ash, like water spilled and flowing eastward ♫

♫ Tender companionship is to truly understand the freedom deep within your heart ♫

♫ One word, one sentence, hands held tight ♫

♫ The heart's burdens turn to rust ♫

♫ I send you on a thousand-mile trip under the Milky Way ♫

♫ A single thought, ceaseless and unyielding ♫

♫ You have a cherished companion to share your days ♫

♫ I, alone with my shadow, drift through the twilight hours ♫

♫ Memories of the past fill up every wrinkle of time ♫

♫ We once drank over our grudges and gratitudes ♫

♫ Yet stumbled into the deep trench of idle gossip ♫

♫ Our meetings and partings played out like moves on a chessboard ♫

♫ Every heartfelt word I spoke was twisted into a lie ♫

♫ I've seen through the sunrise and sunset ♫

♫ I can only lament that light and shadow can not coexist ♫

♫ A single mistake cast old friends away like drifting seagulls ♫

♫ With each step we drift further, then one glance back ♫

♫ The heart's burdens turn to rust ♫

♫ I send you on a thousand-mile trip under the Milky Way ♫

♫ A single thought, ceaseless and unyielding ♫

♫ You have a cherished companion to share your days ♫

♫ I, alone with my shadow, drift through the twilight hours ♫

♫ Memories of the past fill up every wrinkle of time ♫

♫ Memories of the past fill up every wrinkle of time ♫