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Wait.

Why are you here?

You're here to see Changxuan?

Ruitong, check

who let an outsider in.

Young Master Yu,

may I have

a minute?

Miss Ye, have you forgotten?

I made it very clear.

We don't ever

meet each other again.

You saved my mother.

No matter what,

I should thank you

in person.

I truly didn't know

it was you.

To me, it was

an insignificant matter.

You don't need to mention it.

Sorry

for disturbing you.

No need.

You just need to remember

that we have nothing to do with each other.

Thank you, the Bodhisattva, for bringing him back from the battlefield.

Otherwise,

I would never have had the chance

to thank him in person.

I have come specially to thank you.

May we each be well from now on.

May he have good fortune.

Bravo!

Bravo!

Thank you, everyone.

Thank you, thank you.

I have some things at home.

I'll be going.

It's fine. We'll take care.

Thank you.

I'm going.

Why is it raining?

How did it start all of a sudden?

Get me an umbrella.

Sir, buying an umbrella?

Sir, that's too much.

It doesn't cost this much.

Give it to

the lady in white.

Okay.

Here, ma'am.

Who asked you to give me this?

The Japanese in Changsha

are brutally killing our students and merchants.

Four hundred million compatriots,

we must all pool our

strength and wisdom for the dead,

to avenge them,

and to show that our bravery!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Carry on to the end!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Carry on to the end!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Carry on to the end!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Carry on to the end!

Carry on to the end!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Down with Japanese imperialism!

Abolish the Twenty-One Demands!

Down with Japanese imperialism!

Boycott Japanese goods! Carry on to the end!

Down with Japanese imperialism!

Abolish the Twenty-One Demands!

Down with Japanese imperialism!

Who is in charge

at the inspection office?

Immediately return

the two crates of cloth

confiscated from my shop.

We act according to

the regulations of

the National Salvation Association.

The Japanese government

has regarded China as something in their pocket

for decades.

Foreign enemies were eyeing us with predatory intent.

Millions of citizens were heartbroken.

But complaining

is useless.

Right!

Good!

Bravo!

Good!

Well said!

Bravo!

The patriotism

must be put into action.

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Boycott Japanese goods!

Shut up!

Who told you to perform?

Shut your mouths!

How dare you insult the Empire of Japan!

Stop the show!

They are Japanese! Beat them!

Shut up, all of you!

How dare you insult

our Japanese Empire!

Back off!

All of you, back off!

I'll beat you to death!

Come back!

Down with imperialism!

Down with Japanese imperialism!

Bear with it.

Are you all okay?

Put some safflower oil

on the bruises.

Here.

It's fine.

Just some minor injuries.

Getting to beat those two

Japanese good and hard

was really satisfying.

Careful!

Pingjun, Caizhi.

Are we still meeting

at Guangyi Street tomorrow?

I've contacted the parade group.

Tomorrow they'll

start marching north from Dongqu Street.

We'll give

speeches at the crossroads

and support each other.

Here.

These are speech drafts.

Pass them around.

What are you doing?

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

That anti-Japanese performance today

outside the Japanese Chamber of Commerce

was quite splendid.

This play.

You wrote it?

Yes.

You're quite famous

in Nanhuai's arts circles.

So how could you do such a foolish thing,

inciting trouble and undermining

Sino-Japanese friendship?

Seizing land.

Massacring civilians.

Do you call that friendship,

or robbery?

This

is our Japanese concession.

You wrote a play and led the trouble,

harming Japanese residents.

Do you know

you might very well

never walk out of here again?

However,

to express

the friendship of

the Empire of Japan,

as long as you apologize in public,

we'll let you go.

You break into

our home.

Burn, kill, and loot.

Why should I apologize?

Seems you aren't quite clear-headed yet.

Cool her down with ice water

every ten minutes.

In this weather,

she should sober up faster.

The swapped arms are already

circulating on the black market.

It's where the pistol

in the assassination came.

But the arms dealer committed suicide

and left no clues.

We thought the mole

in the army was Liao Dongfeng,

who's already been dealt with.

But now it seems

this mole is still among us,

and is even

a senior officer

with access to weapons.

You mean to

investigate from within?

Your father,

Zhang Xiaoxian,

and the commanders

at every level,

from army to brigade.

No one can be left out.

What about

Brigade Commander Kuang?

Same.

Yes sir.

Trouble!

We've got a problem!

She...

I...

Speak.

You.

That darling of yours

has been taken away by the Japanese!

Listen.

Her theater injured Japanese residents

while promoting boycott.

The Japanese used it as a pretext

to ask the consulate to punish them.

Wait, wait.

Wait a moment.

I must remind you.

The Japanese have

administrative autonomy

and extraterritoriality.

You must not confront them head-on.

If this gets to Chu Wenfu,

it'll become a big deal.

Liang has been called for talks.

No one knows when he'll be back.

We can't wait any longer.

Right.

The Japanese ronins are the ones

who stirred up trouble.

How could they arrest Pingjun?

Come back!

Stop right there!

What are you trying to do?

You want to use a few sticks

to risk your lives against

their bullets?

That won't save Pingjun.

It'll only blow this thing up.

Put them down.

All of you, put them down.

Put them down.

Xueting.

You're irrational right now.

The more critical the moment,

the more you must stay level-headed.

If you go now,

it'll be a pointless sacrifice.

She is risking her life

for our campaign.

Why can't I?

She's my fiancée.

If she dies,

what's the point of me living?

All hell's broken loose!

What is it?

It's about Pingjun?

There are all the Yu army

outside the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.

May I ask,

what is your military doing?

Are you trying to declare war?

Nothing.

We're under orders to conduct training.

This is the Japanese concession.

This is Nanhuai,

and it belongs to the Yu.

Ninth Army, Second Regiment, Third Company, Seventh Platoon.

Ready.

Fire.

Who exactly alerted

Deputy Commander Yu?

We found out

that Ye Pingjun

seems to be his woman.

How come you only found out

just now?

Because

she was with Young Yu only for a while.

Then they broke up.

If we release the girl

under pressure,

we'll lose the face of our nationals

and the empire.

Understood.

But if we don't,

they're going to shoot

this place to pieces.

Changxuan,

it's done.

Chairman Takahashi

agrees to release Miss Ye.

But

he earnestly asks you

to do them the honor of

having a dinner to talk

about the business.

Yu Changxuan.

You came.

I'm here.

You're safe now.

How is she?

Is she all right?

General!

Training continues.

Yes sir.

Training continues.

Yes sir.

She's rescued.

That's what matters.

Drive slower.

Yes sir.

[Ye Pingjun.]

[Why did you appear]

[in my world again?]

Yu Changxuan is really hard to kill.

At the Battle of Luanjiang,

his weapons were tampered with,

and he still escaped with his life.

More than escaping.

He made his name in one battle

and rose fast.

But he's only just taken power.

His foundation isn't stable.

He sensed the existence of a mole in the army

and is investigating hard.

All senior officers,

even me, his brother-in-law,

he won't spare.

During this time,

let's not contact each other at all.

I won't

take any action either.

Good.

We'll do as you say.

As long as you stay by his side,

you'll find the right moment.

After all, outside enemies can be stopped,

inside enemies can't.

Why are you up?

I made some ginger soup.

Drink it while it's hot.

Okay.

What exactly happened?

Last night, Young Master Yu sent someone

to bring you back.

Said you got caught in the rain during performance.

Nothing else would they say.

I'm fine.

Just a little mishap.

Mom.

I'm sorry

to worry you.

Pingjun.

I know

a barrier

has stood between

you and Xueting.

I see it

and worry about it,

but I don't know

how to help you resolve it.

Mom.

Xueting and I grew up together.

He is a man of both

integrity and ability.

When I was little,

I always felt that the two of us

would surely

be together.

But now I've realized

that it seems we've been apart

for too long.

We're no longer

the people we were.

Some things

can't go back.

Pingjun.

What Young Master Yu did before

was wrong.

But I can see

that he truly

cares for you.

What I want to tell you is

love isn't habit.

No one

can make you choose someone.

I just want you to know

that you should follow your own heart.

Speaking of choosing a house,

my uncle's eye

is the best.

This Western-style building

was designed by a famous

French designer.

My uncle bought it specially for us

as a wedding gift.

The flower hall outside

even has hot spring water piped in.

The flowers in the hall never fade.

The annex building even has a banquet hall.

I've already seen it.

It's not small at all.

Big enough

to serve as a dance hall.

It'll be very convenient

to host friends.

But I instructed

that your study

should still be in Chinese style.

Open its window,

and you can take in the beauty of the whole garden.

Let me take you to see the garden.

Ziyi.

Sorry.

What for?

Don't tell me fighting a war

got you a

camp follower wife?

I want to call off our engagement.

I never imagined

that coming to view the house

would be the last flicker

before our engagement

dies out.

You can't even wait to finish viewing?

You won't give me

even this tiny bit of patience?

I don't want to deceive you,

nor myself.

For a long time,

for the sake of power,

I've worn a mask,

deceiving everyone,

including my family

and myself.

In front of rivals,

I played the pleasure-seeking wastrel.

In front of family,

I played the spoiled rebel.

In front of women,

I played the tender lover.

Everything could be used.

And everything

could be discarded.

Including marriage.

Including love.

So all along,

your wanting

to marry me

was fake.

It was all weighing interests,

right?

Yes.

You've been a perfect actor.

Not a single crack.

Impeccable.

You could have

kept acting like that,

gotten the reputation

and fame you wanted,

satisfied your ambition.

So why did you

suddenly stop acting?

On the battlefield,

facing the death itself,

I finally understood.

I don't want to wear a mask

for my whole life.

Stop making these

high-sounding excuses.

Isn't it just because

of that accident?

Isn't it just that you fell for

Ye Pingjun?

Yes.

I do like her.

When I was on the edge of life and death,

I was thinking

that toward the girl I like,

I had never,

not even once,

expressed my feelings.

Ziyi.

There are some places

that once you've been,

you can't come back.

Like the battlefield.

Like

one's own heart.

The Yu army's military funds

need financial support.

My family's money

is necessary for your rise.

For Ye Pingjun,

you'd rather go against reason,

harm your prospects,

make enemies everywhere.

And you don't care,

right?

Since I planned to tell you the truth,

I've thought through

all these consequences.

For this,

I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart.

Of course I know

no amount of apology

can make up for it.

When Mr. Tao returns,

I will come to your door in person to apologize.

Yu Changxuan.

I can tell you plainly:

even if you deceived me,

even if you used me,

I, Tao Ziyi, don't care.

Between the two of us,

it's just each taking what we need.

You want my family's support.

And I

want the title of Mrs. Yu.

I'll compromise.

If you want her as a mistress,

or even give her a title,

make her a concubine,

I agree.

But I don't want to.

You want to

marry her properly?

Wake up.

She doesn't love you at all.

Whether she loves me or not,

I love her, and that's enough.

But she's already

about to marry Jiang Xueting.

Even if she's going to marry someone else,

I don't want to marry someone

I don't love,

using a false marriage

to deceive you

and deceive myself.

Yu Changxuan.

Do you know how ridiculous

those words sound

coming from your mouth?

You bow and scrape,

humble yourself begging for love.

You've been heartless, loveless, calculating.

Since when did you become a lovesick fool?

I'm sorry.

Miss,

please have something.

You haven't had a bite since last night.

Miss.

Your sister won't be back

for days.

And your father has gone to Tianjin.

What am I

supposed to do?

Miss.

If you want to eat, just call me.

General Yu.

I've prepared this humble banquet

to thank you for doing me the honor.

Truly an immense honor.

Chairman Takahashi, your Chinese

is quite good.

From Northeast China to Tianjin,

and then to Nanhuai,

I've lived in this Country

for sixteen years already.

I have very deep feelings

for this place.

Although the chamber

of commerce was only established

in Nanhuai a short year ago,

we have also received

the protection of the Yu army.

I express my deep gratitude.

Regardless of nationality,

as long as it's lawful and reasonable

and legitimate business,

it should be protected.

Mr. Fujiwara Ko,

you've come.

General Yu.

Allow me to introduce.

This is Mr. Fujiwara Ko.

General Yu, I've long heard of your name.

Nice to meet you.

You also hold a position

in the Japanese Chamber of Commerce?

His father

was a founding elder of the Meiji government and a hereditary count.

After Mr. Fujiwara inherited the title,

he traveled through countries.

He is especially fond of

China's wondrous landscapes.

After coming to Nanhuai,

he found the commerce here thriving

and well-ordered.

I finally see

your extraordinary bearing.

You show your invincibility

wherever your banners go.

Truly admirable.

You are too kind.

I merely stand on

the merits of my forebears,

which is why I have opportunities.

You are too modest.

You probably know

that several years ago,

the Japanese Chamber of Commerce lent

General Xu of the Cheng Army

three million yen

through the Bank of Korea.

He used it all to buy weapons.

Throughout the Sujing region,

we think most highly

of you.

We are willing

to offer you various favorable conditions.

General Yu. Please.

No matter what,

to meet you today

is a great honor.

This is our family's medal.

It is only given to our most precious friends.

You have come from afar.

As the host,

it should be I who gives you a gift.

Then I thank you

for your kind intentions.

No need for thanks.

Go look into this Fujiwara Ko.

He's probably not

a Japanese nobleman simply

for sightseeing.

Yes sir.

Chairman.

We have received

a gift from Yu Changxuan.

We can put this news in tomorrow's papers.

Proclaim his

friendliness toward Japan.

Do you know

the name of this painting?

This is called The Honnoji Incident.

Oda Nobunaga was driven to a dead end

and ultimately took his own life.

His body was never found.

This painting represents Japan at that time,

an empire on the verge of collapse.

If this news gets out,

it will only make

the whole empire a laughingstock.

So we've been

wasting time

with this bastard

all along.

This man won't be controlled at all.

Our plans for China

are by no means a matter of a single day.

China is a giant whale.

It can only be eaten after being divided.

It absolutely cannot be swallowed in one bite.

Extra! Extra!

Breaking news! Breaking news!

Extra! Extra!

Breaking news!

Yu Changxuan colludes with the Japanese!

Today's front-page headline.

How could he do such a thing?

This is absurd.

Look at this Young Yu!

As the leader of the Yu army,

he actually colludes with the Japanese.

How could he do this?

How could he?

But this is the Japanese military.

A general in the army,

openly in league with the Japanese army.

It's treacherous to our country!

Fight to the end! Down with the traitors!

Fight to the end! Down with the traitors!

Traitors

deserve death!

Fight to the end!

Down with the traitors!

They deserve death!

Down with the traitor!

They deserve death!

They deserve death!

Back off! Back off!

Down with the traitors!

Stop shouting!

Did you hear what they're shouting?

It's the same in the army.

They're all asking me what's going on.

I need an explanation.

When I met the man,

he called himself Fujiwara Ko.

I had no idea

he was

a Japanese military man, Kuraida Ichiro.

And we were only

doing a business deal,

opening the port

to transport cotton yarn.

That's all.

For no good reason,

what cotton yarn business

do you have with the Japanese?

You think I don't know?

A few days ago,

you rescued that Ye Pingjun

from Takahashi's hands.

Tell me the truth.

Was it because of her?

Speak.

Changxuan.

A few days ago,

you showed me

your calmness

and rationality.

But now,

for a woman,

you're willing to destroy your own future

and drag the reputation of the Yu army

through the mud?

In your eyes,

you've long since decided

I'm this kind of man,

haven't you?

Otherwise, what?

You've done so many things

behind my back.

Can I still trust you?

If you want to convict me,

I have nothing to say.

No matter what,

you traded with the Japanese

without reporting to the army.

By any standard,

I must punish you severely.

Go.

Report for the fifty strokes with the cane.

Go.

General

really did this?

Right now the common people

hate the Japanese most.

Everyone hates the Japanese now.

After verification,

General Yu

privately reached a trade agreement

with the Japanese military,

seriously violating military discipline.

Fifty military canes.

Execute immediately.

This time the Commander is really going all out.

Yes.

Young Master really

went too far this time.

This Kuraida Ichiro has a terrible record.

His hands are stained with the blood of Chinese people.