All language subtitles for EP06_ The Legend of Zhuohua [WeTV]

♪Roaming freely
through the cycles of time♪

♪In an ardent and liberated soul♪

♪Over thorny roads,
across treacherous heights♪

♪With whom do I travel along?♪

♪I'm willing to brave
life's twists and turns♪

♪For the well-being of people♪

♪Still embracing the original innocence♪

♪Promises made, heard and fulfilled♪

♪And it reaches far and wide♪

♪I will shine like stars
in the dark night♪

♪And stride through fate's ups and downs,
leaning toward the sun♪

♪Moments turn into eternity,
fleeting years become forever♪

♪Despite the long journey ahead,
the light within never dims♪

♪Because someone is waiting for me♪

♪And they will shape the dream
to completion♪

=The Legend of Zhuohua=

(Adapted from "She Was Once
a Playful Soul" by Sui Yu Er An)

=Episode 6=

(This is a work of fiction.)

Yun Xiangyue?

So,

after rescuing his wife and daughter,

he led the pursuers away.

It seems the person
using the hawk-claw-like weapon

had tried to capture him alive.

The one using needles
wanted to kill him.

They are not from the same group.

Logically speaking,

the human skull is quite tough.

Only a few weapons are capable

of piercing through the skull.

I heard

that the Tang Sect, known as the master
of hidden weapons in Shu,

has a similar weapon.

It's called...

It's called

Stormy Pear Blossom Needles.

The needles are as fine as cow's hair,

too thin to be seen.

And it can pierce through bones.

But I've only read about all this
in books.

I don't know if it's true or not.

I've seen them before.

It's Wandering Needle,

the Imperial Shadow Guards'
unique and powerful weapon.

Don't speak recklessly.

Ju.

Ju?

(Young Liu Yan)

Ju, stop writing.

(Young Liu Ju)

Let's go and play.

(Young Liu Ju)

Just go without me.

What's this? Let me play with it.

Your Highness, this isn't a toy.

Let me play with it.

Just a little while.

You can't play with this.

Just let me pay with it.

Yan.

Yan.

Ju, I want to play with it.

Yan,

that's the Imperial Shadow Guards'
Wandering Needle.

It's a lethal weapon.

You can't play with it.

But if you like it,

I'll make one set for you

when you grow up.

It can be kept as a self-defense weapon.

Fine,

all right.

Help!

Yan, hang in there!

Help!

Ju!

Your Majesty,

the Crown Prince
has been in poor health.

I'm afraid it has damaged
his fundamental well-being this time.

In the future, he needs
to take extra care of himself.

Any carelessness can lead to illness.

We will make every effort
to maintain his health.

It's just

that His Highness has to suffer a lot.

Mother,

forgive me.

It was all my fault.

No, it's not.

Yan.

Ju.

Yan,

didn't you promise

not to be a crybaby anymore?

(I didn't expect
even the invincible Lord Ding)

(to be in this state.)

Put the body away.

We'll return to the capital.

Protect His Lordship.

My Lord, leave first.

My Lord, make way!

It's so high up.

Why do you have poison with you?

Poison?

Oh, you mean
the one I threw at the man just now?

That's not poison.

It's lime powder.

Lime powder?

What's wrong?

I think I've caught a cold.

What should I do now?

The metropolitan examination
is around the corner.

Where are you going?

Find His Lordship and Miss Mu.

His Lordship said

not only this operation aims
to expose the mastermind,

but it's also to test Miss Mu.

We can't be present.

Thank you, My Lord.

My Lord,

I...

You have to be responsible for this.

Despite anything,
you're the chief examiner.

You see.

It won't be too much to help me

secure a place

through the back door, right?

I don't need a high rank.

Just as long as I can
take the palace examination.

You should learn how to treat

your subordinate from First Prince.

I can't do that.

My Lord,

are you in a better mood now?

Were you trying to please me?

Well, I dare not try to please you.

But I noticed you were in a bad mood.

The ones

who tried to kill you

didn't seem like
Shadow Guards, right?

If they were not Shadow Guards,

who do you think they are?

How... How would I know?

My Lord, are you suspecting me?

Your memory is really poor.

I just saved your life.

I just think

that this Wandering Needle
is like a silent killer.

If they were really Shadow Guards,

we would have been dead by now.

If Shadow Guards are really here,

what will you do?

Mu Zhuohua.

My Lord, didn't you want
to lure the enemy into the trap?

So I'm doing you a favor here.

Five years ago,

30,000 soldiers of the Cangwu Army
perished at Juma River.

That included our father.

His Lordship has always believed
that he lives with shame.

That's why he does everything himself,

never relying on others.

I'm also a survivor.

The Falcon Squad consists
of former Cangwu Army members.

You would never disobey
His Lordship's orders.

But we're different.

My father traded his life
to save His Lordship.

So I won't allow anything
to happen to him.

I shall entrust His Lordship's safety
to you two.

Let's go.

(What...)

(I thought he didn't have any urges
because he was injured.)

(I thought the rumor was true.)

(After all, Father said)

(all men have urges.)

(Unless he's not a man.)

(What's happening now?)

(What... What is he planning to do?)

(No, no, no.)

(I need to stay away from him.)

(It's)

(a repeating crossbow?)

(What was I thinking?)

You

didn't even release the arrows.

How did they die?

This is...?

Wandering Needle.

Wandering Needle?

Where are we going?

This thing is indeed powerful.

My Lord.

(Imperial Shadow Guards)
We were late. Please leave first.

Let's go.

Who's there?

(Ciming Hall)

You don't need to be too restrained.

Based on seniority,

you should call me Great-grandaunt.

Your Majesty, it's very nice of you.

(Peilan, Dowager Empress Zhou's maid)
I know my place.

(Peilan, Empress Dowager Zhou's maid)

I'm just an orphan
of the Zhou clan's collateral line.

It's all thanks to Your Majesty's care

that I'm where I am today.

I dare not overstep my bounds.

Well, well.

All of you can be excused.

Mother,

you promised me before.

Why did you eat your words?

Do you think I'm willing to do this?

To harm your dear little brother?

Your Majesty,

everything I've done

is for you.

Liu Yan holds great power and influence.

If he were to rebel one day,

who could control him?

He would never do such a thing.

We've been brothers for many years.
I trust him.

Then, what if he finds out

the truth behind the war
at Juma River five years ago?

What if he discovers

that I wanted him gone forever?

You plotted the war at Juma River

all by yourself back then.

I only learned about it afterward.

I helped you handle the aftermath
to protect you.

Deceiving Yan like this

made me feel deep remorse.

But why do you still
have to take his life now?

He's the one
who doesn't want to let me go.

Mother, you...

That's why he discovered Yun Xiangyue
and Yuan Chengming.

Your Majesty,

only when he's dead

can you truly feel at ease.

Mother!

Yan has always considered you

his birth mother.

You protect him time and time again.

If he were to learn the truth
behind these events,

would he still remember
the sibling bond he shares with you?

Yes.

I believe he would.

Mother,

a mother's debt is repaid by her child.

Back then,

when you wanted Yan to drown,

I risked my life to save him.

And I ended up with a lifelong ailment.

Now,

if you still want his life,

I

can only follow suit as I did back then.

Are you trying to threaten me?

I dare not.

My Lord, I lost your cloak.

It's all right.

What is it again this time?

My Lord,

I've finally figured it out.

The clues pointed to the Shadow Guards,

so

you deliberately took this risk

to see if His Majesty
would show up to save you.

Now that the Shadow Guards
have appeared,

do you...

Do you now believe
that it wasn't His Majesty?

The ones who can mobilize
the Shadow Guards

can only be His Majesty or...

Mu Zhuohua.

Are you truly that bold

or timid?

Forgive me for speaking out of turn.

(Chen is honest and impulsive.)

(Roujia doesn't care
about worldly disputes.)

(The one who can mobilize
the Shadow Guards)

(and know my health condition)

(could only be)

(Dowager Empress.)

(Yet we have a strong bond
even if we're not biologically related.)

(Our mother-and-son bond
has lasted for thirty years.)

My Lord, you can only drink it
after boiling it.

You'll get sick
if you drink it like this.

We're on the run now.

So just make do with this.

What should I do now?

I won't be able to make it
for the examination now.

If so, sit for the next one.

I can't wait until then.

I've been preparing for so many years.

Let's hurry on with our journey, then.

I...

Get on.

I'll carry you.

But...

But it's not appropriate, My Lord.

I...

I'll just rest here for a while.

I'll be able to walk after resting.

Just let me rest for a while.

Then, prepare to sit
for the exam next time.

But I still feel it's inappropriate,
My Lord.

Get on.

Why are you so light?

My birth mother passed away
when I was young.

No one cared about me.

They often bullied me
for being the illegitimate daughter.

They didn't give me enough food.

That's why I've grown
so thin and petite.

I don't think the Mu family

would go to the extent
of being stingy with food.

My Lord, you have no idea

servants in prominent households like this

tend to treat those
who are powerless with disdain.

It was because I never had enough
to eat as a child

that I made a vow.

When I grow up,

I must succeed
in the metropolitan examination

and make sure I get to eat my fill.

Eat more from now on.

(His Lordship has a well-shaped head.)

Don't kill me.

Please don't kill me.

Don't kill me.

Please don't kill me.

Don't kill me.

Stay away from me.

Don't kill me.

Don't kill me!

Please don't kill me.

Don't kill me.

Don't be scared.

My Lord! My Lord, are you all right?

Don't kill me.

Looks like you're safe and sound.

We don't have to worry anymore.

Let's go.

No, don't kill me.

Don't kill me!

Go and decoct some medicine.

Yes, Your Lordship.

No...

The decoction is ready.

Why don't you deliver it?

Me?

I lost my temper the other day

and scared Miss Mu.

I didn't know
His Lordship still needed her.

I'm afraid I may mess it up for him.

Just go and do this favor for me.

Hurry. Go quickly.

She has a fever.

Metropolitan examination.

I'm going to be late.

I can't make it for the exam.

Here's the medicine.

Are you expecting me to feed her?

"The benevolent do not doubt;

the wise do not worry,

the virtuous do not fear."

What... What does that mean?

"The virtuous do not fear."

She's reciting scriptures

to prepare
for the metropolitan examination.

"The benevolent do not doubt."

Don't...

Don't you know how to feed someone?

Zhijian does.

Then, tell him to come inside now.

He...

He's

upset.

Zhijian

seems cheerful.

But he tends to overthink things.

Let me do it, then.

You can go and comfort him.

Just say it
if you have something to say.

Stop flipping through your notes.

Or I'll ignore you.

I'm looking for a phrase

to comfort you.

His Lordship refuses

to believe that His Majesty
is behind all this.

He's even willing
to put his life at risk

as a stake.

Fortunately, it ended well.

His Majesty really sent his men
to protect His Lordship.

But this time,

our investigation is in vain again.

We'll get to the bottom eventually.

After news that our father and brothers
had died on the battlefield reached us,

our relatives were too busy
fighting over the family wealth

to care about our lives.

It was His Lordship

who stormed into the residence
on a rainy night

and took us both away,

giving us a chance to survive.

From that night on,

you could no longer speak,

and I lost my heart.

Yes.

But I never thought about

what His Lordship had lost.

Everything.

My Lord, let me feed her the medicine.

Which of you two

can come and feed her?

Come here.

"It is said..."

"It is said in history,

a wise person should speak
and act with caution."

But you're far from cautious
in your words.

Your talk is full of nonsense.

"It is said,

to trust the capable without doubt."

"T-Trust the capable without doubt."

How can you still think of currying favor
when having a fever?

This phrase has a well-known meaning.

It indicates that one should trust

and utilize capable individuals
without hesitation.

But, My Lord,

she sounds

like she's ironically criticizing.

It sounds like she's saying
that you are...

Enough.

Can you stop talking nonsense

and focus on feeding her the medicine?

"It is said..."

"It is said,

a wise person should speak
and act with caution.

The benevolent do not doubt,

the wise do not worry,

the virtuous do not fear."

All right, I get it.

Just drink your medicine.

(Are you sure you want)

to use the rewards granted to you

in exchange for allowing females
to attend the imperial exam?

Yes.

When I was among the common people,

I witnessed women
with extraordinary talents,

strong character, and determination.

They're no less knowledgeable than men.

But due to outdated beliefs,

they couldn't take an exam

and contribute to the country.

Their lives are not easy.

I believe

if knowledgeable women
can stand in the court

based on their abilities,

they will be like a flag

for the world to see

and remember.

Over time, their mindset
will gradually change.

I ask that you give
women all over the nation a chance

to prove themselves

by allowing them
to attend the imperial exam.

(The path of the imperial exams)

(is like the rivers and seas
with undercurrents.)

(You think that passing the exams
might change your destiny.)

(Yet none of these paths
will be like a stroll.)

Mother?

Mother.

Mother!

Mother,

I miss you so much.

Mother,

you were right.

You told me

that I must study.

After studying,

I would gain knowledge,

and my understanding will expand.

You also said
that medical knowledge was beneficial.

Even if we can't save anyone's life,

we can still save ourselves
at a critical moment.

Mother.

Mother!

Mother!

Mother.

Mother.

Mother.

I failed to save you.

But you saved me.

(I'm your mother.)

(I can even trade my life for you.)

(I was incompetent)

(that you have to strive
for your future on your own.)

(Every parent would plan everything)

(for their children.)

Mother.

Mother!

Mother!

Mother,

I will grow up someday.

And I will be a parent someday.

So I must strive for my future myself.

Look at me now.

Am I not in the capital now?

I'll sit
for the metropolitan examination soon.

The metropolitan examination...

The metropolitan examination.

I'm going to miss it.

I'm going to miss it.

Metropolitan examination!

The metropolitan examination.

We're already on our way back
to the capital.

We're, My Lord?

Hyah!

Hyah!

That's great.

That's great.

My Lord,

thank you.

Thank you very much.

(Could it be)

(that His Lordship looked after me
for the past two days?)

(That's impossible.)

(What virtues or abilities
do I even possess to deserve that?)

(The dignified,)

(prestigious,)

(and approachable Lord Ding)

(isn't as arrogant and cruel)

(as rumored.)

(What are you going to do now,)

(Mu Xiaoqi?)

(You even told Mother in your dream)

(that you'd strive
for your own future.)

(How can you think
about relying on him now?)

(I used to consider First Prince)

(would be the perfect candidate
for the throne.)

(Lord Ding and First Prince
have a good relationship.)

(Then, Lord Ding
must be a stable support for me.)

(But)

(I've overheard shocking secrets)

(and run into powerful individuals)

(who want to take Lord Ding's life.)

(Even if it weren't His Majesty,)

(it must be someone prominent.)

(So should I rely on him or not?)

(If he abandoned me
in the woods back there,)

(I would betray him without hesitation.)

(But Lord Ding)

(never abandoned me.)

(He even carried me on his back)

(and took care of me in person.)

(Wake up!)

(Come on, don't be soft-hearted.)

It looks like you've almost recovered.

My Lord,

we can arrive at the examination hall
on time, right?

My Lord, you're the examiner.

So,

you'll definitely
be there on time, right?

I am the examiner,

but if I have another engagement,

I can find someone else to replace me.

So you're not going?

That won't do.

Then, I must get off the carriage

and ride a horse back.

Calm down.

My Lord...

We have one day left. We'll make it.

Wait, My Lord.

If I didn't make it in time
for the examination,

what should I do?

You can sit for the next one.

The next one?

My Lord,

have you ever heard of a folk tale

about Cao Cao and Hua Tuo?

Yes, I've heard of it.

Do you know the lesson from that story?

Helping others doesn't always lead
to a good outcome.

Enough.

Stop trying to feel me out.

If you fail the examination,

I'll support you for three years.

But what if I can never make it?

Then, I might as well support you
for a lifetime.

What if I do well in the exam?

Then, I'll reward you with a gift.

I get a gift for doing well?

What gift do you want?

I...

Can I have this jade pendant?

Sure.

We shall see how well you do, then.

Hyah!

(One day to go)

(Metropolitan Examination)

What should I do?

Why is Young Lady not back yet?

This is bad. This is really bad.

(Jishan Hall)

Mr. Shen.

Is there anything I can help you with,
Your Highness?

It's an important day
for the imperial exam.

I can't ask you to do anything for me.

I'm giving you the Four Treasures
of the Study from Qingzhou

for your exam.

May everything go smoothly.

Your Highness, please rest assured.

For this examination,

I shall not disappoint you.

♪Unceasing love stalks my mind♪

♪Couldn't get over it♪

♪Memories touch the edges of our souls♪

♪Nowhere to anchor, lost in the expanse♪

♪We gaze at each other
in the drizzling rain♪

♪But you have gone without a trace♪

♪Leaving me all alone in the world♪

♪Like waves without a shore♪

♪Clearly you know♪

♪Clearly I understand♪

♪Clearly, our eyes brim
with muffled affections♪

♪For a hug, we burn our life♪

♪Searching for you
throughout the long journey♪

♪Clearly you know, clearly I understand♪

♪We swear to stay together
in every lifetime♪

♪For this heartbeat,
I can suffer for aye♪

♪Never part ways,
we made this promise long ago♪

♪Love and hate entwined, unforgettable♪

♪Even if we are far apart♪

♪Two souls embrace in chaos♪

♪Impossible to erase, destiny's light♪

♪Clearly you know♪

♪Clearly I understand♪

♪Clearly, our eyes brim
with muffled affections♪

♪For a hug, we burn our life♪

♪Searching for you
throughout the long journey♪

♪Clearly you know♪

♪Clearly I understand♪

♪Our minds occupied with each other♪

♪For this heartbeat♪

♪I can suffer for aye♪

♪Want to have one more glimpse of you,
even just for a second more♪