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[Unchained Love]

[Episode 15]

[Tanxi Temple]

Greetings, Your Majesty.

You look

much better these days.

It's been a long time

since I've been able to sleep so well.

Buddhist grounds

can indeed calm the senses.

Tanxi Temple has the protection of the Buddha,

and its sandalwood incense is very famous.

I heard that for the past few nights,

only half a stick was lit

before you fell asleep.

That's true.

Sun Taiqing.

Which monk has been serving the incense?

I want to see them

and reward them in person.

Send them in.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Sister-in-law.

Rong'an, are you the one

who has been serving incense?

Your Majesty,

I was indeed the one serving incense

these past few days.

I learned that His Majesty was disturbed by nightmares,

so I was only doing my best

to pray for His Majesty and share his burden.

It seems that the monastic living here

has changed you a lot.

Your Majesty,

I used to be

easily swayed by external things,

and my heart was not at ease.

It was hard to act considerately back then.

Now my mind

is much clearer.

I just want to live at this quiet place

till the end of my days.

What are you talking about?

You didn't commit

any serious crime.

It was merely one of negligence.

It was Lady Zhang who gave birth to that unlucky child.

You've repented for your mistake.

How could you

continue staying here?

Come back to the palace with me.

It's inappropriate

for you to stay at Fengyi Palace now.

Why don't you move to Changqing Palace?

Your Majesty, what do you think?

It's all up to you.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

More medicine for her.

What's going on even.

She likes eunuchs?

Let's see who likes eunuchs.

Let's see who likes eunuchs.

Who told you to like eunuchs.

Who?

Who likes eunuchs?

Eunuch Cao.

No one.

I'm just kidding.

No woman

would like eunuchs.

Some maids in the palace

get married with eunuchs

and live their life together too.

What...

What do you think about that?

What do I think?

It's hopeless.

A maid would only marry

an eunuch

when they are desperate.

They are lonely in the palace,

and there's nothing to look forward to.

It's just finding someone to back them up

to avoid being bullied.

Anyone who has a way out,

why would they do that?

And I heard that

some of those powerful eunuchs

are more powerful

than other men outside.

Many eunuchs in the palace

keep marrying people.

For example, Eunuch Liu,

does he regard women as human?

Anyway, it's not good for eunuchs

to marry.

I'm not talking about you.

Since you're not marrying,

you're a good eunuch.

Well...

Not entirely.

There are also those who love each other.

What's the use?

You can't have children

and enjoy the happiness of a family

if you marry an eunuch.

You can't even have the normal joy

ordinary women have.

How can they be happy?

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Godfather is calling me. I have to go.

Who called him?

There's something wrong

with everyone's brains here.

No, I need more medicine.

Xiao Duo.

Bu Yinlou?

Are you asleep?

No.

Let's have a chat.

About what?

Well,

don't you think I'm beautiful

and gorgeous?

What?

I said,

aren't I beautiful

and gorgeous,

and you are secretly in love with me?

I don't understand.

Stand there.

Don't come over!

Help!

Help!

Yes.

Xiao Duo.

Xiao Duo.

Mistress.

Xiao Duo. Xiao Duo.

Why did you come back?

I didn't want to.

I just can't control my legs.

Xiao Duo.

Chief Xiao?

Where is my godfather?

Where is my mistress?

Chief

fell into the river.

Her Highness

fell into the river too.

What?

Godfather.

Mistress.

Godfather.

Xiao Duo.

Xiao Duo.

Xiao Duo, wake up.

Xiao Duo, wake up.

[Outside Jinguan City, A Run-down Bamboo House]

Xiao Duo.

Xiao Duo.

What should we do?

What should we do?

Pull the arrow.

Pull the arrow.

It'll be fine after you pull the arrow.

[Tea Chamber]

Don't move.

What are you doing?

Don't move.

I'm pulling the arrow.

Do I pull out the arrow first or-

I'm the one who got shot.

Why are you the one screaming?

You didn't even scream though it hurt,

so I screamed for you.

W-what should we do next?

I know, I know.

Hold it first.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Press it.

Don't worry.

It's okay.

It will be fine.

Don't worry. Wait.

I'll bandage it for you.

Bandage. Bandage.

Does it still hurt?

No.

That's good.

That's good.

Press it.

Blood.

Stop the bleeding. It will be fine as long as it stops.

Drink some water.

Be careful.

Here.

What is this?

Judging from the quality of this bottle,

it's delicate and glossy,

it's definitely no normal item.

What's inside?

I...I...

Medicine.

Medicine?

Yes.

How can the Chief of Zhaoding Bureau not carry

some medication that would

be able to bring a dead back to live.

Have two.

Here.

Have some water.

How is it?

Have some more.

Here.

Have some water.

How is it?

Those bandits didn't come after us.

Are we safe now?

Those bandits are not ordinary bandits.

I observed their skills,

they're not ordinary.

And this attack

was planned.

More suspiciously,

they don't want money,

and only want to kill me.

Looks like they're not water bandits,

but assasins.

Are they sent by the Prince of Nanyuan?

Most likely.

You came to West Shu under the imperial order.

He dares to go against the court openly?

It's exactly because I'm here on His Majesty's order,

he was afraid that I had an ulterior motive.

Because of His Majesty's order,

they don't dare to do anything to me openly.

But it doesn't stop them from trying to

kill me secretly.

But they underestimated me.

They sent

a bunch of losers.

If I were him,

Xiao Duo

would've been dead.

Enough.

Look at your state,

what's the point of comparing yourself

to them for things like this?

Doesn't the Zhaoding Bureau

know everything about the world?

The Prince of Nanyuan tried to assassinate you.

You don't have a spy

that would inform you in advance?

Where did you hear that from?

The Zhaoding Bureau is not godly.

How could we know everything?

The Prince of Nanyuan has some tricks up his sleeves.

All these years,

none of the Secret Services

sent by the Zhaoding Bureau have survived.

I don't know

what he's doing at all.

Fine then.

You still seem pretty proud.

What should we do in such

an adverse situation?

Let's not go.

Don't worry.

As long as we

step into the territory of West Shu,

he won't be able to touch me easily.

If anything happens to me,

he won't be able to get away with it.

Let's go to West Shu now.

Let's go.

What's wrong? Let's go.

What's wrong?

Are you okay?

I'm badly injured.

I can't move.

Didn't you just eat

some extremely precious

and super nutritious pill?

So it's not the pill that could bring a dead back alive

like written in the books.

Not one that makes you invincible...

I'm human too.

If I'm injured, I have to rest too.

I think this place is quiet,

it should be a temporary fishermen residence.

It's not fishing season,

we should be fine

if we just hide away here.

Let's wait for Cao Chun'ang

and Qilang to find us.

Alright.

I'll listen to you.

It's just that

I feel sorry towards you.

Life is more important now that we are outside.

Nothing to feel sorry about.

Whatever it is, just tell me.

Are you cold?

Are you feeling better?

A little more.

It's warmer now.

When I was young,

my legitimate mother deducted my mother's money,

and we were always short of charcoal

and bedding at home.

It was so cold that I couldn't sleep.

My mother said

when I grow up,

there will be warm quilt

warm soup,

and snacks every night.

But now I think,

these don't even matter that much.

It's already

warm enough having you.

With Her Highness around,

I feel much warmer too.

Why are you calling me Her Highness again?

We are not in Imperial City now,

don't call me Her Highness.

I don't like it.

Change it back.

You can call me by my nickname.

My nickname is

is Zhuo Ying.

Zhuo Ying.

The water of Canglang River runs clear,

so clean I can wash my crown tassel.

What's your nickname?

Zhuo Ying.

Have you read

Zhuo Ying Collection?

Honor becomes prominent in the future,

and resentment is entangled in the past.

My name is Fang Jiang.

Fang Jiang.

Into the future.

Zhuo Ying.

Zhuo Ying.

What a coincidence,

it has the same pronunciation as my nickname.

Why are you laughing?

You're pulling my leg.

I didn't mean to hide it from you.

My hometown suffered locusts when I was young.

My family passed away one after another.

Only my brother and I were left.

So, no elders named me.

I'm sorry.

Zhuo Ying.

Is he trying to find a connection

between the two of us

through details like this?

I like Fang Jiang

as a nickname.

It sounds like

there's endless hope,

and an infinite future.

Just take this

as your nickname in the future.

People need nicknames.

For the person closest to you to call you by.

Zhuo Ying.

Fang Jiang.

♫ Our previous life is still asleep, it's still conjecture ♫

♫ My song of moonlight ♫

♫ Who will I sing it with ♫

♫ The candle is out ♫

♫ How do I cover my dried tears ♫

♫ It's my fault for being too harsh ♫

♫ The faraway mountains have been undisturbed for a thousand years ♫

♫ Snow falls and hair grays overnight ♫

♫ Are you also ♫

♫ Wallowing in sorrow ♫

♫ I'd rather not stop ♫

♫ Our previous life is still asleep, it's still conjecture ♫

♫ My song of moonlight ♫

♫ Who will I sing it with ♫

♫ The candle is out ♫

♫ How do I cover my dried tears ♫

♫ It's my fault for being too harsh ♫

♫ The flowers have scattered ♫

♫ Their color has changed ♫

♫ Overlapping, disillusioning ♫

♫ Warmth still remains ♫

♫ What can I do ♫

♫ The song of longing ♫

♫ Sings of nothing but ♫

♫ The entanglement between sobriety and intoxication ♫

♫ I'm still awake but I can't do anything ♫

♫ I'm still pretending in my dream ♫

♫ I don't know I am a wanderer ♫

♫ I want to know how ♫

♫ You could divide this moonlight ♫

♫ Or is there not an ♫

♫ Otherwise ♫

A dream?

Bu Yinlou, how dare you.

How dare you have such a dream?

How dare you! Ridiculous!

You're a Consort Dowager,

yet you're dreaming about Chief Xiao.

What am I even doing.

I'm blinded by beauty.

It's early in the morning.

Where is he?

Don't move.

You look pale.

You slept outside all night?

Why didn't you go in?

It's cooler outside.

Last night, did I...

No.

Snore when I sleep?

Tong Yun said

I don't sleep well,

and grind my teeth when I sleep.

I didn't believe her.

I'm sorry.

I'll go fishing

and make you fish soup

for your health.

What's wrong?

It occurred to me that

I don't know how to fish.

Well,

I have a question.

I don't know if I should ask.

It's been two hours.

Do you even know how to fish?

No.

Then why are you acting like you do.

I'm not.

I just look like I do.

Are you trying to

be smart with me?

How about

you put your face closer to the waters,

and see if you can

attract any

female fish that would

volunteer to take the bait.

That's a good idea.

This fish...

Is this fish really female?

Probably.

The devil who kills without blinking.

I didn't expect him to be so good

at killing fish too.

I'll teach you a lesson.

Nice.

That's it?

That's it.

Here.

As expected,

the soup I made painstakingly

is filled with sweetness.

The soup you made?

All you did was...

Thank you for cooking for me.

Thank you.

It's my duty.

Give me the spoon.

Save some fish for me.

Eat more.

Godfather.

Chief Xiao.

Godfather.

Mistress.

They don't seem

happy seeing us.

How about

we go back?

Chief Xiao, as for the Prince of Nanyuan...

Let's talk outside.

Let's not disturb Her Highness.

Mistress,

you've suffered.

I didn't suffer much.

How could you have not suffered?

Look at your face.

You do...look good.

You must be hungry.

No problem,

I got you some food-

Sorry.

I ate too much yesterday.

You are in the middle of nowhere,

what did you eat?

With Chief Xiao,

I really didn't suffer much.

Don't worry.

I'm glad we found you.

How can you stay here?

Mistress, let's go now.

We're leaving already?

The men who were sent to West Shu

took the fake jade you gave

to set on their search,

and indeed had some discoveries.

Prince of Nanyuan

and a local pirate

have private connections.

The attacker that night

was not an ordinary water bandit.

They're most likely Prince of Nanyuan's assassins.

If I step into West Shu,

under his nose,

I'm afraid I won't be able to do much.

Why don't you just

assassinate the Prince of Nanyuan?

It was a narrow escape this time.

On top of that, it's a capital crime

to kill a royal, and you will be executed.

In the past,

we could clean up our traces

and wouldn't be afraid of anything.

But His Majesty has a grudge against you.

He might suspect you.

Even if you succeed,

you wouldn't be let off the hook so easily.

When I chose this path,

I never thought that I could live a long life.

Don't worry.

I will make arrangements.

This is my own doing,

and has nothing to do with any of you.

Even if His Majesty dislikes me,

he still needs Zhaoding Bureau

to work for him.

He won't make things difficult for you.

No.

Godfather,

I have something to say.

What about Her Majesty?

You tried everything

to bring her to Western Shu.

But you disappear halfway.

What about Her Highness?

What?

Why are you talking about Her Highness?

Your Highness.

The Zhaoding Bureau want to see you.

They said they were ambushed by the water bandits,

and Chief Xiao fell into the water and went missing.

The Zhaoding Bureau has searched for days

but to no avail.

They came to

ask for backup.

Since the Zhaoding Bureau

has come to my doorstep for help,

how could I

ignore them?

Lend them our men,

but pass a secret order.

If they see Xiao Duo,

kill him.

Yes.

You've been working hard lately.

I made some snow fungus soup

to relieve your fatigue.

All you think about is leaving the palace.

You're so obedient today. Something is wrong.

Tell me, what do you want from me?

A few days ago,

I read some novels,

and found them interesting.

I want to share them with you.

What the hell have you been reading now?

It says that there was an Emperor

who imitated Yao and Shun, and made great political achievements.

But when it came to dealing with

the family members of political enemies,

he was fond of collective punishmnet.

Someone in the story asked him,

"His family members are innocent,

why do you have to kill them all?"

Brother,

if it were you,

what would you say?

This Young Prince Yuwen

is really something.

He

is locked up outside the palace,

but in the palace,

there's still someone speaking on his behalf.

Brother,

he's innocent.

You've locked him up for so long.

He can't leave the capital anyway.

You don't have to do this.

He has been all over you.

Do you think

I'm unaware?

His brother, Yuwen Liangshi,

is a great threat to me.

Why do you think

he's trying to get close to you?

Can't you tell?

Brother,

Yuwen Liangxu is a simple person.

This isn't what you think it is.

He is of the Yuwen family.

You are Princess Hede,

the eldest princess of the Great Ye,

and my sister.

You must always remember

the two of you are enemies, not friends.

You are not allowed to see him again.

Brother.

Leave.

I'll take my leave.

[Jinfu Official Station]

What's wrong?

Every time there's a problem,

you will touch your ring.

I have to tell you something.

Do you remember

what the name of my sword was?

Denghuo.

The foremost of the Eight Hells.

Having it on me

is like allowing the King of Hell to lay claim on my life.

None of its previous owners

had a good end.

I'm afraid I'll be no exception.

The reason I joined the Zhaoding Bureau,

and am wielding this sword,

is because there is something

I have to do.

Maybe after that,

I can never come back.

Well,

let me see you off.

Will you be coming back tonight?

Should I keep the door open for you?

Did you not understand

what I just said?

I did.

You might die.

Aren't you going to stop me?

Can I?

You are even willing to risk your life.

Is this something

you can give up on doing?

No.

But aren't you

worried about me at all?

I'm worried.

So,

you must come back.

When I was guarding the mausoleum,

I had nothing to read,

so I read Buddhist scriptures every day.

I found out

there is another name for Denghuo,

called Rebirth.

After enduring the 3000 hells,

one can be reborn from the dead.

I'll wait for you to come back.

Maybe by then,

you can lay down the sword,

and be reborn.

There's only one left.

It's quite sweet.

Take it.