Original subtitles

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

It's fine.

How's it going with the Imperial Hospital?

Its head said

your days are numbered.

Now you may relax.

I guess the Shus

will be so glad to hear

Su Rongqing is dying.

Yes.

Marrying a dead man

is like marrying nobody.

So the Shus won't make trouble with the Empress.

It's just

your life will be tough

in the future.

Cheng couldn't accept

being deceived.

What's done is done,

I can only explain it to her later.

Everyone hates to be deceived,

but nobody can avoid lies.

Though I'm not a fighter,

I read something about the martial arts.

You're being modest.

The Imperial University collected

many secret books of top martial arts.

You may not be able to fight,

but you've remembered the books already.

I could make so many achievements

all because of you.

Since you could control your pulse

to deceive the physician,

you already entered the Multiple State.

I didn't know

you learned the evil skill,

Joint Sun and Moon,

nor did I know

you made great progress

on the martial arts so soon.

Child,

I'm not blaming you for keeping me in the dark.

I'm just a bit worried.

Yu Huai taught me it.

He told me

that it was left by Shen Quan for me.

The scroll will lead you

to the book and evidence

he left for you.

Then

seek revenge

against your mother.

Didn't he kill Shen Quan?

Why did Shen Quan teach him that?

And why did he teach you afterwards?

There're many things

you don't know.

I'll tell you

in the future.

But there's a thing

you know clearly

but hasn't told me yet.

You want to know

if Yu Huai was

part of Shen Quan's plan?

Shen Quan helped Yu Huai to

gain the confidence with his life,

so he could carry out a plan.

Shen Quan didn't do it for some plan,

but for that child.

It was Wei Yunlan who rebelled.

She threatened Shen Quan with the child

in case he'd stand against her,

so she had to end his life,

right?

Please tell me the truth.

I was useless

that I couldn't let you grow up carelessly

and I had to

watch you become a pawn of the Empress.

But if I told you the truth,

you'd be in endless agony.

What could you do?

To avenge Shen Quan?

You were no match for her.

She's vicious and brutal.

If she knew you'd be a threat to her,

she'd kill you

albeit you're her own son.

So

you'd better not know it.

But I have to do something

for my father.

As a man,

you're meant

to fail something.

You grew up with her

as close friends,

if you have to

choose between Wei Yunlan and me one day,

who

will you help?

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Subbers: Archanfel, Josie

Ye Cheng

Episode 08

The Shus' Mansion

Greetings, mother.

It's good you're back.

You seem to be alright,

I'm relieved then.

Please forgive me for

letting you worry.

It wasn't

that simple.

The Empress made it public from the beginning

that the princess of Shu was kidnapped

which implicated the whole state,

so our reputation was tainted.

Luckily, you responded quickly

and sent people several times

to tell the people about the victory of the border.

Shu Huang did a good work, too.

Now

we got credits in the battle

and got closer to the Bais, too.

You were smart enough to

dress in armor,

it seemed like the princess returned

from the dangerous border.

People would consider

you were kidnapped because

you wanted to strike them from inside.

Well done.

But I feel ashamed

since it's not

a proper way.

You did it well,

our reputation mattered.

But

don't underestimate Wei Yunlan.

She ordered to negotiate with Yan

which seemed to

uphold justice for you,

but in fact,

she wanted to weaken this matter.

She also started a rumor

that the Shus colluded

with Yan long ago to

get interest from the war.

A nice move.

There's one more thing

I haven't told you.

When she got the news you were rescued,

she granted you the marriage at once,

saying she'd hold a wedding to change your luck.

Mother.

I'd like to see the Murongs.

Qiu'er.

Give me some water.

Take the underwear...

Why is it you?

Greetings, my Lady.

You may come here in public.

In public?

Do you think your family

will let the others visit you?

Have you no idea of

your situation now?

Stop looking

and turn around.

Thank you for visiting me,

but

I don't want you to

see me like this.

Shen Cong.

What're those things?

The Murongs

really don't care about you.

There's even no physician here.

Take a pill

each day.

I also brought you a roast chicken.

A roast chicken?

It's the only

pill I need.

I implicated

my family this time,

so I understand

their anger.

Anyway, I'm alright with this.

Want to share it?

I heard you summoned a man here,

so I came to see

how he looked like.

Sister.

This

is a friend of mine.

You have a friend?

Would you mind to

tell me who you are?

The Phoenix House.

Shen Cong.

What?

Sister,

you just made trouble

which almost got all of us killed,

now you summoned a call boy here stealthily.

You really want to

ruin our family's reputation?

No, sister.

He just came to visit me as a friend,

it wasn't a date.

Bah!

How could a call boy

be a friend of the Murongs'?

You're not a formal child,

so you're so rude.

Guards.

Arrest that Shen Cong

and take him to see my mother.

Hold on.

Sister.

Just do me a favor.

You are shameless.

I'm the formal daughter.

What makes you think

you deserve to ask me a favor?

Shameless.

You're so shameless.

Guards.

Tie them up.

Yes.

Sister.

What?

You dare fight at our home?

It's for her.

You...

A minor punishment.

What do you want?

What do you want?

Let me go.

Let me go.

Make way,

or I'll kill her.

Shen Cong.

No.

She's my sister.

Did she ever take you as sister?

That's my family affair.

The princess is here.

Cheng.

Tell him

not to hurt my sister.

Your Grace.

I met your brother

and I drove him away.

Now

I regret for that.

I'll tell him

when I see him.

If there's nothing else,

I'll proceed.

Go on.

It's on me if you kill her.

Let them

come after me.

What?

Cheng?

Come.

Your Grace.

You are so stubborn,

you didn't learn a lesson

when you were beaten before?

Your Grace.

It's because

she summoned a man here stealthily

and ruined our reputation.

You fool.

I'll protect the person

if I want to, whether she's right

or wrong.

There's no need

to reason with me.

Come.

Come with me to recuperate.

I have many things to tell you.

Don't put your hand under my foot again.

Such a hindrance.

Cheng.

Is this

proper?

I heard

you've been grounded

since you were released.

I guess you were treated poorly.

You were implicated

by Cheng on many things,

shall I apologize to you?

No.

I don't deserve it.

I don't deserve it.

I made those troubles.

Please don't apologize.

I was kidding.

No need to be serious.

But

you may come here for dinner every day.

Feel free to tell the Murongs,

I'll admit it.

Mother, you mean

Murong Wanqing

is same as

a member of our family.

Cheng.

She's not an outsider anyway.

Eat.

Then

I'll start.

The head of the Imperial Hospital said

Su Rongqing

wouldn't live too long.

Tell nobody

about that secret.

I feel sorry for your master

and in the meantime,

I think it's a good thing.

Tell nobody about that, either,

or something

will go wrong.

Mother, you also want

him to die?

Or what?

I'm close to your master,

so is the Empress.

She granted you this marriage

to use the Sus to

restrain and weaken us.

I never

craved the throne,

but I shall not be restrained by anyone.

Now it's a good thing

since Su Rongqing can't live long even if

the wedding is held.

But what if

he keeps hanging in there

for eight

or ten years?

If he's so persistent,

I'll help him to leave

and claim that he dies of illness.

I'm sure the others will believe it.

So Su Rongqing is doomed

once he enters

our home.

But he's my master's only son after all.

That's why

it's a secret.

Whoever knows it,

except us,

shall die.

Please spare me, my Lord.

I didn't hear anything.

Please spare me.

I forgot she was here.

Eat.

- My Lady. - My Lady.

You want to hang yourself?

Yes.

Whenever I

offended the Empress

or my family

in the past,

you were there for me.

Now I heard the Shus' secret

which I shouldn't have listened,

I even lost your support.

Since it's too tired to live,

death will be a easy way for me.

I'm bathing now,

can't you die

a bit later?

No.

I'll show you how I die,

so you'll remember me

each time you bath.

Then my ghost

will show up to scrub your back.

Then do it,

I need someone to scrub my back now.

Go ahead.

Shu Cheng.

You're so heartless.

It's fine

that you can watch

Su Rongqing die,

but you also want to watch me die?

Why didn't I notice

that you have

such a good shape?

No wonder

Shen Cong favors you.

There's nothing between him and me.

Tell me

when something happens

between you and him.

Let's go to the Sus' mansion later.

There are things

we need to handle

early and secretly.

My mother wasn't kidding.

She's really planning to kill Su Rongqing.

I'll go let him

cancel the engagement.

At midnight?

Fire. Help!

Hurry, put it out.

What happened outside?

Brother,

a fire broke out.

Go check on my mother.

You're weak

when you're cultivating,

I have to protect you.

It's fine.

I can finish in a while.

Just go.

Yes.

- Hurry. - Hurry.

Hurry up.

Keep up.

Who?

It's Shu Cheng.

Nice to meet you, Mister Su.

Please forgive me

for visiting you at night.

I came here

for our marriage.

Please cooperate with me

and cancel the engagement.

I go back on

my word,

so I apologize to you.

Your Grace, you don't think

I deserve you?

You're good,

but I can't tell you

the reason.

So

I came to apologize.

What if I don't accept it?

It's not a bad thing

to you,

but

since I'm in love

with another man,

I can't

fail you.

If you're in love with another man,

you may marry him later, too.

I won't mind.

I will.

I mind it so much.

There's only him in my heart,

no place for another.

Who's he then?

A call boy from a joy house.

Are you giving up the marriage with the Sus

because of a call boy?

Yes.

I'm afraid you'll be regretful.

No.

Never.

You're so affirmative...

but you're the princess of the Shus,

how could you be so capricious?

Who are you?

Why're you here?

Since you came,

why couldn't I?

So you just hid behind the curtain

to watch me made a fool of myself?

I was moved by what you said

just now actually.

So I didn't kill

Su Rongqing for you in vain.

How's it?

Go check on the young master.

You killed Su Rongqing?

Couldn't I?

I came to talk him out of

marrying me,

why did you kill him?

Are you feeling sorry for him?

He was the child of my master

and he didn't do anything wrong.

Didn't you hear what I said just now?

How could I

feel sorry for him?

Did you set the fire outside?

One of us killed a man and one set a fire,

we're such a good pair.

I told them not to hurt people while setting the fire.

Tonight, we're meant to be

a pair of bandits who kill and set fire.

He was my master's only son,

how could you do it so rashly?

Forget it.

You shall leave now.

Since the thing is getting worse,

I don't know

how to protect you.

I've been missing you

since we separated at the border.

We'll never separate again.

You have my word.

But do you have the heart to let me go

after this short meeting?

It makes no difference

if I have the heart or not.

Just leave.

Let me worry about

what happens the next.

Listen up,

I killed Su Rongqing,

not others.

That's the way you deal with it?

Greetings, Your Grace.

Your Grace,

Lord Su sent us

to protect the young master.

Didn't I tell you

that I killed Su Rongqing,

not he?

Mister.

Brother.

You may leave.

I have something to tell the princess.

Yes.

Why did they call you mister?

Why did the soldiers here follow your orders?

Shen Ye?

Su Rongqing?

You're him?

Greetings,

I'm Su Rongqing.

You slipped away so fast.

I almost got caught.

Did you see Su Rongqing?

Did he agree to cancel the engagement?

When I was there,

I saw a man who looked like Shen Ye

was asking them to put out the fire.

He was called Biyu

or something like that.

But

I thought

it wasn't possible.

Unless Su Rongqing

is Shen Ye.

That isn't possible.

Why isn't it possible?

Then he must be

the weirdest man in this world.

Yes.

He is the weirdest man.

Are you kidding me?

Is Shen Ye

really Su Rongqing?

Then it's a good thing

or a bad thing?

What will you do?

I'm so tired.

I want to rest.

Is this

killing two birds

with one stone?

You should rest, too.

Take a look.

You've been absent-minded,

something's brothering you?

Mother.

Is there no room

for maneuver on this matter?

Su Rongqing

must die?

We'll get to that.

Just accept the edict and thank the Empress today,

put the other things aside.

Mother,

did our force grow stronger

after what happened

at the border before?

Is the Empress

more intimated by

us?

Why do you ask?

I just want to know

the consequences

if I don't accept the edict.

You're growing

bolder and bolder.

I'm just asking.

It's fine if you don't answer me.

I know your thoughts.

You'd better hold your generosity

and mercy back.

She won't let you refuse it

because Su Rongqing

is the spy she'll plant at our home.

Your mercy for him

will be a sword

stabbed on us.

Don't forget who you are.

Shu Rou,

the Bulwark Duke,

and the princess are summoned.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Accept the edict.

Yes.

By the grace of Heaven, the Empress hereby decrees.

Shu Cheng, a formal daughter of Shu Rou,

gained my favor because of her talents, moralities

and loyalty.

Since she's old enough

to get married,

I'll ask Su Rongqing, the son of Su Qi,

to marry her.

Issued by Her Majesty.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Grace.

You may accept it and thank Her Majesty.

Your Majesty.

I'm sure my daughter is so glad to hear it

that she doesn't know what to do.

Let me accept it for her.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Please forgive me

for rejecting it.

Are you rejecting the edict openly?

Shu Cheng.

I'll

give you a chance

to take your word back.

I can't.

Cheng.

Ministry of Ceremonies.

Your Majesty.

How should

Shu Cheng be handled?

You're brave.

Very well,

I will

give you what you want.

You've committed the crime of rejecting the edict.

Guards.

Take Shu Cheng

to the prison.

Thank you.

Your Majesty.

My daughter

offended you out of ignorance,

please pardon her.

I want to see how you'd

defend your daughter on the court.

That's absurd.

Do the Shus really think

they can subdue me?

They rejected

my edict openly,

weren't they afraid that I'd execute them all?

Calm down, mother.

Calm down?

That's all what you can say?

Why should I keep you?

Since it happened already,

why don't you take this chance...

You want me to gamble

with my life and the state?

I dare not.

I want to share your burden,

I'm just angry

to see the Shus are getting

more rampant.

What's more,

that stupid Shu Cheng

dared to suspect your intention

and to deceive the people.

She was a captive,

but people thought she was a heroine.

If we can't take this chance,

we may use the soft way.

What do you mean?

Say it.

Mother.

I used to study with Shu Cheng.

Let me persuade her

to accept it

and to apologize.

She shouldn't have disappointed you.

Certainly,

she shall be punished more or less.

Fine.

Go tell them

that Chu

and the Shus

all belong to me.

Remember

not to go too far,

so all shall have a way out.

Go tell Shu Cheng

that I

won't mind it

since she's still young.

I understand.

I'll let her write a report to confess and

announce it publicly.

Go ahead.

I'm taking my leave.

Your Majesty.

Shall I go with her

in case the Crown Princess

is angry and...

Leave her be.

Maybe

she can make it.

Where's my son?

My Lord.

Tell him to come here.

Yes.

Mother.

You want to see me?

Shu Cheng rejected the edict.

To think she'd mind it so much.

That child

seems to be indifferent,

but she's stubborn in fact.

She knew the Empress detested her,

yet she still made her angry.

It wasn't stubborn,

but a bit stupid.

It seems

she's really angry with you.

She'd come around gradually.

The Shus are powerful,

so she won't hurt them.

I'm sure

she took advantage of that,

that was kind of discreet.

Considering her temper,

I have to

apologize to her every day in the future.

The chamberlain said

the Crown Princess was sent to discipline her.

She just needs to write a report to apologize

and give the Empress a way out.

We may plan

for the rest things.

The Crown Princess,

Wei Xin?

No!

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