Original subtitles

♪Don't feel sad for the fallen flowers♪

♪Falling in the mortal world♪

♪Keep all the memories♪

♪Can't find any peace anymore♪

♪The storms can't kill my passion♪

♪But I need to endure♪

♪Be serious even though I'm naive♪

♪If this is the destined fate♪

♪Even if I'll be hurt♪

♪I'll protect the people♪

♪The mountains sun and moon can be my witnesses♪

♪Full of passion♪

♪Deep love and hatred♪

♪Melts in my heart along with the snow♪

=Royal Rumours=

=Episode 24=

Liuli.

Liuli.

Wake up, Liuli.

Liuli.

Liuli.

Liuli, wake up.

If not for the dry branches,

we could've died.

Wake up to our

beautiful lives.

Liuli, wake up and eat.

Eat the beef jerky, Liuli.

Liuli,

don't you want

a prosperous country?

We've achieved it.

If you don't open your eyes,

how do we see it?

You like

the lantern dance,

don't you?

After we go back,

I'll have them present a new one.

Didn't you say

in the future

we'd have a smooth life?

However, without you...

The tree has auspicious meaning.

The rest of your life

will surely be smooth-sailing.

This is Shi Shi Ru Yi [*smooth sailing].

I made it

specially for you.

Shi Shi Ru Yi?

However, without you,

how can I have a smooth-sailing life?

How can I have a smooth-sailing life?

Liuli.

Liuli.

Wake up! Liuli.

Miss.

Uncle Song.

Miss, look.

The sun has risen.

You should go home.

Wake up, please. Liuli.

Liuli.

Liuli.

Your Highness.

Don't leave me.

I beg of you.

Don't ever leave me again.

Why are you crying?

I was only sleeping

more than you did.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

Your Highness!

On our way here, Consort Xian

told us secretly that

if we couldn't find His Highness,

you'd be the crown prince.

She also said that

if we're able to find His Highness

and do something...

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Prince Ying's pretence is

Your Highness!

flawless.

- Your Highness! - Your Highness!

- Your Highness! - Your Highness!

- Your Highness! - The crown prince must be in trouble.

Shut up!

The crown prince

risked his own life

to distract the assassins.

Am I a scoundrel who rubs salt

into my brother's wounds?

Go away!

Go away!

You're still alive!

Great!

Great!

Help!

I've found the crown prince and Princess Hua!

Help!

Go slowly. Do you hear me?

Don't hurt

our future emperor!

Don't hurt Princess Hua, too!

It's all right to hurt the future emperor,

but not Princess Hua!

Go slowly. Do you hear me?

Stop.

Stop!

Uncle Song,

I've come back.

Your Majesty,

does that mean your illness

was just pretence, Your Majesty?

Of course.

Otherwise,

I wouldn't have succeeded

in my trickery during Taiping Banquet.

Yuansu

is caring,

smart, brave,

prudent and far-sighted.

However, he's still young

and he may misjudge people and situations.

I just wanted to support him.

Otherwise, if all officials

were controlled by Consort Lin,

things could've got really ugly.

The crown prince was willing

to risk his own life.

He really cares more about

the civilians instead of himself.

However, right now,

Yuansu, my son, hasn't returned.

Your Majesty,

my daughter Hua Liuli

hasn't been found yet, too.

In the past,

my empress caused political chaos.

The would-be successor of Grand Preceptor Du,

Prince Consort Xie, Xie Linzhou,

was her accomplice.

Besides, Consort Lin

stabbed me in the back.

I was totally heartbroken.

Your Majesty, you've indeed gone through

one heck of a miserable experience.

Your Majesty!

Why are you panicking?

The crown prince and Princess Hua

have been found.

(Be Your Own Light) (All my life,)

(only Your Highness treat me sincerely.)

(I'm willing to die for you.)

(Confession of Sin. Your sinned man, Yun Han...)

(I deserve death without your forgiveness.)

(I wish you luck.)

(I'll serve you genuinely in my next life.)

Your Highness.

Get prepared.

Let's hit the road.

Sure.

Yuansu.

- My daughter. - Father.

Yuansu.

Liuli, my dear daughter!

What happened to you?

My daughter.

Father.

Father, go easy.

My back still hurts.

You should see an imperial physician.

Father,

I'm still fine.

We're reaching a critical point.

It's time to conclude things.

As for Princess Hua,

I have an idea.

I plan to let her recuperate

in Eastern Palace for some time.

What do you think, father?

Good.

Your Majesty,

in view of Liuli's condition,

I should take her home to recuperate.

She shouldn't live in Eastern Palace.

She should. She's my crown princess.

This...

This...

This

may be okay.

However, it's too sudden.

Would you give me time

to think about it?

You're right, General Hua.

However, General Hua, don't worry.

If you and General Wei agree,

I'll only marry Princess Hua

and no one else.

She will be

the only crown princess.

That's right.

Liuli is a bright girl.

If she marries into the royal family,

we will take good care of her.

- No one will bully her. - That's right.

Your Majesty,

you know

my household best.

Everything related to funerals and marriage

is decided by Mingyue.

I...

Everything about the imperial court is decided by me.

My personal affairs are decided by Liuli.

General Hua,

what do you think?

Are you

sure about what you just said?

I'm a man

of my word.

(I don't want to be rebuked by your mother.)

She's awake.

Liuli,

how are you feeling?

Does it hurt?

If you go out,

may I go with you?

Of course.

Father,

I suggest concluding

the marriage proposal

today.

If there're too many items for today,

you may invite General Hua

to stay in the palace

for discussions until we're done.

My future happiness

depends on you.

Okay.

(Prince Consort Mansion)

Master.

How is it?

All city gates have been locked.

The people there obey

the crown prince.

Junior Secretary Pei has been

guarding the place for days.

Their reason is that

assassins have infiltrated the palace.

No one is allowed to leave the capital.

Yun Han

never told me about the guards being changed

at the city gates.

It's all right to be trapped.

At worst,

we'll die with dignity.

It's your choice to stay,

not me though.

Committing treason at Taiping Banquet

will cause us and our families to be executed.

I should instead

talk to His Majesty.

At least our daughter and I

may be pardoned.

Say no more.

You've talked too much.

It's high time you rested.

Princess Le Yang missed her hometown so much

that she has lost her voice.

We have to hurry for homecoming.

(Yanqi Gate)

Commander,

Princess Le Yang was too shocked

during Taiping Banquet.

She is missing her hometown.

Could you make an exception

and let us leave the capital?

May we request her

to talk to us in person?

I'm just doing my job for His Majesty.

Sorry for the inconvenience, Princess Le Yang.

We're not lying.

The princess is in bad shape.

If she doesn't return to her hometown in time,

her condition will worsen.

Empress Dowager will also

be worried, won't she?

Prince Consort Xie,

don't you feel tired

of pretending for so long?

Your Highness,

I just want to

send the princess home.

Stop lying.

What do you mean, Your Highness?

I want you to pay

for Yun Han's death.

So he's dead?

Well, the dead can't speak.

Prince Consort Xie,

death is awaiting you.

You should die with dignity.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Please help my mother.

Arrest him. Hurry!

Don't move

or I'll kill her now!

Grand Preceptor Du treated you well.

Princess Le Yang married you.

The Xie family has been reputable.

Why would you want to kill

your master and wife?

What's so great about a reputable family?

I'm still belittled.

The woman I love became Consort Lin.

Grand Preceptor Du is too old,

but doesn't want to retire.

As Prince Consort,

the princess never treats me well.

Open the city gate!

Do you want more people

to die with you?

So what if I do?

Your Highness,

please save my mother.

Open the city gate!

Mother!

Master!

Mother!

Mother!

Liuli,

if you're tired,

let's go back to rest

instead of exerting yourself.

I want to

be with you all day.

I'll follow you wherever you go.

I've got it filled.

If you're hungry later,

remember to eat.

Where are we going next?

We're going to the palace

to see one last person.

(Tangli Palace)

Your Highness, I'm sorry.

You weren't involved.

You don't need to apologise.

Father

won't blame you because

of what your mother did.

Noted.

Liuli, let's go.

You're finally here.

When the evil consort caused chaos,

Xie Linzhou contrived

everything for her.

After the failure,

he escaped.

Since then, he had endured hardship

and acted on every chance.

The Battle of Yuncang Ridge,

which exhausted the State of Jin and the State of Jinpo,

was his doing.

I know your doubts.

Your mother

was killed by me.

The evil consort had no offspring.

She promised to help

the third prince to ascend the throne.

However,

unexpectedly,

you weren't the one

who drank the ginseng soup.

I wanted to help Hong'er

to seize some degree of power.

You were the biggest obstacle.

Anyone in the most advantageous position

will have the greatest authority.

In this lonely palace,

only authority means everything.

It's a tie between us then.

Your lover

was killed by me.

Prince Consort Xie helped you

with your ambition during Taiping Banquet.

Have you ever thought that

it was part of his plan?

If it failed,

he would have had a way out.

However, you would have nothing.

You were tortured by him.

He said he loved you

so that you would

do everything,

hide everything,

kill anyone

and even commit treason for him.

You made excuses for yourself,

thinking it was for your benefit.

You were actually used by him.

If there's even anything

you'd done for yourself,

I wouldn't have sympathised with you!

You're wrong!

I'm not pathetic!

I'm doing everything for myself

and Hong'er.

So what if I am?

Stop using the third prince

as an excuse

for your selfishness.

If you had ever cared about him,

you wouldn't have made him

so upset.

Shut up!

Who are you to berate me?

You were born rich.

You don't understand

how helpless the poor are.

Without fighting for it,

how can we succeed?

Why do we have to

eke out a miserable existence?

Have you ever thought

about the third prince?

If one intends to do evil,

his or her status,

what he or she encounters

and any trivial matter

can be magnified.

Your son asked me to give you this.

Come to your senses.

(Mother,)

(I'm not asking for anything.)

(However, I hope that)

(you will stop feeling down.)

(Let me)

(accompany you always.)

(You, father)

(and everyone in the capital)

(can live a happy and smooth-sailing life.)

Your Highness.

Yes?

Will there be

no more battle?

Yes, at least when

the both of us are alive.

Does that mean we have protected

the centuries-old sovereignty of the state of Jin?

My father has told me before

that every generation has its own

difficulties and misery.

The past emperors built the foundation.

My father inherited it.

I'll protect it.

When I was little,

I often waited for my parents at somewhere high.

Then I thought to myself that

the general's daughter

could see her parents returning after a battle.

What about other soldiers' loved ones?

If they died on a battlefield,

who would

bring them back?

Then my dad told me that

the people who

died fighting

thought about

not only their loved ones,

but also all civilians of the state of Jin

They protect

not only the land,

but also its sovereignty.

My father has also

told me the same thing.

Really?

He asked,

"What is a country?

Does it mean the magnificent mountains

or the swift rivers?

Neither.

It means all the civilians."

♪Flowers fall gracefully♪

(Without any battle...)

♪Securing all memory♪

♪One can hardly find peace♪

♪Not dampened by rain and wind♪

♪Secretly enduring concerns♪

♪Being naive, a serious glance♪

♪If destined♪

♪Despite being hurt♪

♪Protecting all beings♪

♪Only the mountains, rivers, sun and moon have witnessed♪

♪With all the passion♪

Look.

It's beautiful.

Exactly.

I'm no stranger

to this scenery.

However, the sunrise today

is the best so far.

Why?

It's because it doesn't

see anyone anxiously waiting

for his or her family's return from battle.

Most importantly...

Most importantly,

we're together

forever.

(What is a country?)

(Does it mean the magnificent mountains)

(or the swift rivers?)

(Neither.)

(It means all the civilians,)

(all the battles,)

(the righteous serving the country and civilians,)

(the learned in the schools,)

(teachers and students,)

(lovers')

(happy smile,)

(a life that)

(everyone can freely choose,)

(the warmth and pleasure,)

(young people's effort and responsibility)

(and the elders' love and help.)

(Han)

Are you not going to see her?

No, I'm not.

Let her assume that

I'm dead.

Serving the country anywhere

means my job

is putting me at risk.

What about my wedding?

Don't worry, Your Highness.

I'll present a decent gift.

I won't make it difficult

for you to explain to Princess Hua.

Your wishes are good enough.

(Ji Liu Yong Jin, Love Blossoms)

(Princess Hua of the State of Jin)

(sincerely invites the defeated enemy,)

(the Second Prince of Jinpo, He Yuanting,)

(to bring expensive gifts to the State of Jin)

(and attend the royal wedding)

(of the crown prince, Ji Yuansu, and Princess Hua.)

She's still alive.

So,

we're not done yet.

One day,

we'll meet again.

Liuli,

tomorrow is our wedding day.

Are you satisfied?

Your Highness,

what do you mean?

I don't get it.

Really?

(Gate of Great Awakening) Commander Yang.

- Here. Let me help you. - Thank you.

This way, please.

This way, please.

Officer Zhang, long time no see.

Long time no see.

- Thank you. - This way, please.

Thank you.

Yuan Wei.

Princess Jiamin.

Excuse me,

Princess Jiamin and Miss Yao.

His Highness and Princess Hua

have begun to recover from injuries.

Without Miss Yao's prescription,

they might've still been

very ill.

Let me thank you on their behalf.

Princess Jiamin and Princess Hua

are close friends.

You'll be generous, won't you?

She's the crown princess,

the future empress.

Don't you feel ashamed of asking for gifts

in front of the palace?

His Highness and His Majesty

dote on

the princess.

The wedding itinerary

was drawn up by her.

Mind your words, Princess Jiamin.

That's right.

She's the future empress.

Mind your words.

Look at my dad.

He's careful with his demeanour.

If you don't register yourself,

- This is from me. - His Highness will check you.

Don't worry.

Hua Liuli is my close friend.

I won't be stingy with the gift.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

Yuan Wei.

(Gate of Great Awakening)

♪A new song around fingertips♪

♪Wordless and sleepless under the moon♪

♪How many times have I thought about it while wandering at the pavilion♪

♪It's hard to say even when you see no storm♪

♪Who is in this human world♪

♪Who knows I cover my face when I cry♪

♪A memory that has gone by♪

♪Whose face appears in dream♪

♪How many times will you fall for someone♪

♪Sitting alone at the window with tears♪

♪Last night I listened to the rain and the wind caressing my face♪

♪However, this heart remains the same♪

♪The clouds have the shadow of the shy moon♪

♪Who dances in the wind♪

♪I don't care about others in this world However, the people I know♪

♪Talking about sorrow at Fengyi Pavilion♪

♪How many years have passed♪

Say no more.

I get it.

Do you?

♪A memory that has gone by♪

♪Whose face appears in dream♪

♪How many times will you fall for someone♪

♪Sitting alone at the window with tears♪

♪Last night I listened to the rain and the wind caressing my face♪

It's the auspicious time.

Perform the ceremonial bows.

First bow to the heaven and earth.

♪The clouds have the shadow of the shy moon♪

♪Looking back, waiting♪

Second bow to the parents.

♪Why there are a thousand sorrows in the world♪

Bow to your spouse.

♪Be with you forever♪

Ceremonial bows are completed.

♪Looking back, waiting♪

♪The shadows of the past do not reflect the sorrows of the present♪

♪Why there are a thousand sorrows in the world♪

♪Going to grow silver hair when asked about something in mind♪

That's enviable.

What's so enviable?

I'm outstanding and handsome.

Our wedding will be

much better than the crown prince's.

♪A memory that has gone by♪

♪Whose face appears in dream♪

♪How many times will you fall for someone♪

Your Highness.

Yes?

I've always

had an

unrealistic dream,

which is to become

the most famous sickly beauty.

I know this is silly.

However, my family

agree and support me.

♪Who dances in the wind♪

I had never thought that,

after arriving in the capital,

there would be someone

who would understand

my naive behaviour.

I feel lucky

to have met you.

However, I'm sad, too.

Everyone in the capital

knows I saved the crown prince.

They think I'm strong.

I'm happy and sad at the same time.

I'm happy because

I saved you.

I'm sad because

my dream is shattered.

Besides, I had never thought

of getting married,

let alone marrying you.

♪However, this heart remains the same♪

You've decided to

give up your dream

and happiness for me.

It's because you

treat me really well.

Besides my family,

you

treat me best.

Why are you crying?

It's a taboo

to shed a tear on the wedding day.

Let's go.

So beautiful!

♪Looking back, waiting♪

No problem.

I'll have the court historian record that

my crown princess has been

the most charming sickly beauty

since the establishment of the State of Jin.

Today, you are

the Empress of the Century

in the State of Jin.

Really?

That's true!

We're your witnesses!

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

(Pretentious Hour)

Why did you prepare

so many bamboo slips?

They are all classics

stashed for years in the palace.

They are for my brother-in-law.

What?

What do you mean?

My wife's brother.

You're naughty!

Anyway, the bamboo slips

have been preserved well.

It's been so many years

and they are still in good condition.

That's because

they've been through

a special process.

What kind of process is that?

It's a wrap.

It's a wrap?

It's a wrap.

Let's alight.

- It's a wrap! - It's a wrap!

♪A new song is played by my fingers♪

♪I can't talk or sleep under the moon♪

♪I'm missing someone walking around the pavilion♪

♪I can hardly tell anyone♪

♪Who will be in this mortal♪

♪Know my heart and how I cry without showing anyone♪

♪The memory has gone♪

♪Whose face is showing in my dream♪

♪How many times do I need to go through this♪

♪Crying alone in front of the window♪

♪Hearing the rain last night♪

♪But my heart will not change♪

♪The clouds are being covered by the shadow of the moon♪

♪Who is rolling up the sleeve with the wind♪

♪Not worried about the grudges but for the ones not around♪

♪Telling my sorrowfulness in Fengyi Pavilion♪

♪But it's a shame a few autumns have passed♪

♪It's hard to balance between the world and the one we love♪

♪The clouds are being covered by the shadow of the moon♪

♪I'm waiting while turning back♪

♪I sighed as the old days are no longer here anymore♪

♪How many worries are there♪

♪How many of us can grow old together♪

♪I wish you can have the world and the one you love♪

♪I wish you can have the world and the one you love♪