Episode 21
Then are you willing to play Pinggui?
For my love, I can afford being embarrassed.
Come on.
Come.
I'm up.
-Is it good? -Yes.
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Wife, you are pretty heavy.
Nonsense, I'm not heavy.
Have you carried anyone before?
No, today's my first time.
Then I want you to carry me forever.
Okay.
I promise you.
I will carry you forever.
You believe in this?
I didn't before.
Now, I suddenly want to believe it.
Then what are you wishing for?
Then, in the future, I can make your wish come true.
I won't tell you.
I know then.
You probably asked the gods to protect us.
Then you should pray a little too.
I don't believe in this. Why would I pray?
When you see the gods, you should worship them.
Okay. Today, I will only listen to you.
Please protect us.
May I never be parted from Pei Lin.
Jing Wan.
There's something I want to discuss with you.
What is it?
Look at these clouds, so beautiful.
Jing Wan.
As you know, the Chengzhou Army is now caught between two fires.
I'm unsure of the outcome of this war.
I am not sure if I will be able to protect you.
I...
I want you to leave the premises temporarily.
You'll return when the situation improves.
I won't go. I want to stay by your side.
Jing Wan
I understand you well. But do not worry.
I want you to remain with me,
but I want to be sure you survive.
We have already overcome many difficulties. I will not go anywhere now.
This time, it is not like in the past.
You have to realize the situation right now is much more serious.
Don't you?
Promise me.
Give me time.
All right.
I'll wait for you in Chengzhou.
You can't.
I have not yet restored the internal peace in Chengzhou.
And truthfully
our wedding ceremony was not formal. You going back to the Governor's residence
wouldn't be appropriate.
Then where should I go?
I will send you to France.
France? That's too far!
I have friends there. They will help you.
After the situation improves,
I will send for you.
Jing Wan.
All right.
Don't worry.
I will arrange everything for you.
You need to send for me quickly,
because...
Because what?
Naturally because
I need to take care of you.
You need to send for me quickly.
Pei Lin,
you are going to be a father.
Xin Zhi.
Why did you suddenly come here?
What? Am I the only one who unexpectedly came here?
What did you hear?
I heard my sister came to see you.
So you know...- What is the news?
Did you gave her an unspoken approval?
Pei Lin, are you really going to betray Jing Wan
and sell your marriage as a transaction?
Pei Lin, you have to listen to me.
Xin Zhi, you came!
- Jing Wan...- Yes!
Xin Zhi learned that we were surrounded.
He was concerned for your safety, so he risked his life to come.
Thank You, Xin Zhi.
Are you all right?
Don't worry, we are fine.
Right.
Don't worry.
I decided to send Jing Wan to France for some time.
Yes.
I will soon leave for France.
You are going to France?
What a coincidence. I am going there myself for business matters.
I will help you settle in.
What a coincidence!
It's a relief.
I will worry less if you were escorted by Xin Zhi.
So it is settled.
Xin Zhi, come. Come inside.
I know what you want from me.
As things stand, I have no right to camouflage myself.
What I am only worried about is Jing Wan.
I'll entrust her
to you temporarily.
Take good care of her during the trip.
So you want to tell me that you have already decided.
The last days were like living in purgatory for me.
Now...
if I wasn't cornered without a way to escape
I would never part from Jing Wan.
But, I am at a dead end.
I know you had to make a decision.
But did you think about it well?
If you accept Jin Zhi's conditions,
you, Jing Wan, and Jin Zhi
will all be unhappy.
And you will be sorry for this.
Of course, I know that.
You and Jing Wan came together after overcoming many obstacles.
How can you break up with her like this?
I will never break up with her. Never.
I just...
She will just suffer temporarily.
Suffer temporarily?
Jing Wan discredited herself
and abandoned her family for you.
She cut off all her close relationships.
How can you treat her like this?
How can you make her suffer? She sacrified it all for you.
Come with me.
Don't cry.
Cover yourself well.
The other day
I ordered the gates to be opened
so anyone deprived could leave the city.
But they knelt before me.
They wanted to stay here
and fight by my side.
Xin Zhi, if you had seen this happen,
you would have been also moved to tears.
At that point, I decided
to protect them by taking the danger away
and end their suffering.
I have to try everything
to stop the war.
To let the ordinary people,
victims of the flames of war,
live in peace again.
Pei Lin, do you remember when we were little,
Uncle Mu Rong and my father
asked us what we wanted to do when we grew up.
I remember.
At the time, you said you wanted to heal and save people.
My dream was very simple. I remember
my answer at the time disappointed my father.
But your answer made us all speechless.
Right.
My reply at the time was...
be a ruler and unite the world.
All the adults said they would never have thought
a six-year-old could say something like that.
"Be a ruler and unite the world."
I did this to unite the world.
Sacrificing the woman I love.
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Madam. Fourth Master says there's an unsteady situation at the front.
If he couldn't come to escort you off,
he said it was okay to not wait for him.
I understand.
Then, it's getting late, Madam.
Please.
Madam, please get in the car.
Jing Wan, maybe Pei Lin thinks the current situation is too unstable,
so he can't come to send you off.
You should understand.
-Let's go. -Let's go.
Fourth Master, do you really not want to bid Madam a farewell?
Jia.
Fight.
Forward.
Gun.
Hurry, go.
Hurry. Hurry.
Yu.
Stand straight. Welcome Miss Jin Zhi.
Thank you Fourth Master for welcoming me.
You are here to relieve Wuchi of its troubles.
I thank you on behalf of Wuchi's citizens.
No need.
Please.
Pei Lin.
What is it?
I want that flower.
Can you get it for me?
Okay.
Thank you.
Jia. Jia.
Jing Wan, I randomly selected something light.
I don't know if it's to your liking.
-Okay, thank you.-Please eat.
-Madam-What happened?
Are you uncomfortable because you've been in the train for too long?
It's fine. -Madam.
I might be a little motion sick.
Jin Zhi. You eat first.
I'm going to lay down for a bit.
-Madam, slowly. -Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Madam
Jin Zhi, we are being attacked from three sides.
The situation is alarming.
When can your reinforcements arrive?
Right away.
Then...- But I have one last condition.
What condition?
I want you to publish in all the major newspapers
in Wuchi and Chengzhou
an article about the split up between you and Yin Jing Wan.
Jin Zhi, you are taking it too far!
It's up to you now.
I will send my troops
the day I see this article in the newspapers.
Third Sister. It's me, Pei Lin.
Are you doing well in Chengzhou?
I know
that you will always hate me.
I know
I will never be able to make it right again.
Third Sister.
I have never wanted your forgiveness.
But I want you to understand one thing clearly.
I did a lot of things despite myself.
Pei Lin,
you are about to hurt yourself
and abandon your own happiness.
I have nothing to say to you.
Pei Lin, I am not able to get my old life back.
As my husband and my child are dead,
they will not come back.
But you,
you are at the crossroads of your life.
You still have time to reconsider.
Pei Lin, you are my only living relative.
I do not hate you.
I just want you to be happier than me.
If you take this path,
you will betray your own heart
and destroy your happiness. Do you know that, Pei Lin?
I hope that you will learn from your mistakes
and return to your senses.
If you trade your life
for goods or services,
your life will be hopeless.
Without love, you'll spend the rest of your life
in thick darkness.
When this happens,
it will be too late for you.
Jing Wan, the latest news!
Pei Lin defeated the Yingzhou Army.
No way! Really?- Yes!
What a relief! I knew Pei Lin would be able to fend off the danger.
Xin Zhi, I hope the war will end soon.
Absolutely.
Dear travelers, we will soon arrive in Huigang.
You are kindly requested to prepare.
Dear travelers, we will soon arrive in Huigang.
You are kindly requested to prepare.
We finally arrived.
How about we rest at the hotel today and start the boat trip tomorrow?
- Uhm. -Let's go.
What? Cheng's troops are already on the move?
When did they depart?
Already last night?
Great! You'll be able to attack soon.
It is going to be a quick battle.
You act fast.
You already sent troops north, right?
Yes, I moved my troops last night.
Thank you, Jin Zhi.
No need.
I got what I wanted anyway.
What does that mean?
Last night I wrote an article
and sent it to major newspapers in Wuchi and Chengzhou.
It concerns
a break up between Fourth Master Mu Rong and Ying Jing Wan.
You!
How could you do it on your own accord?!
I was worried you were taking too much time and would miss the opportunity.
You are really absurd!
Did I give you permission to publish this article?
Have it removed immediately!
All right.
It's too late.
I think that everyone in Wuchi
is rushing to buy the newspaper.
This is really shocking news.
Cheng Jin Zhi.
It was you who cornered me with your lies and betrayal.
Do not frown so much.
The situation on the north bank will return back to normal
and people will live a peaceful life.
You should be happy.
[ Huigang] Sir, the ship will depart tomorrow afternoon.
Today rest at the hotel and tomorrow an arranged car will pick you up.
All right, I know. Thank you.
Mr. Cheng.
What is it? You do not look too good.
Jing Wan... I need to tell you something.
Actually..
I will leave you.
Actually...
I am sorry.
You were saying...
Jing Wan... are you perhaps...
Give me your hand.
You are pregnant.
Promise me that you will keep it a secret from him.
You still decided to take this trip?
When one marries, one places the other person before oneself.
Is this today's newspaper?
Let me..- No, it is an old one.
Nothing interesting.
Then rest well. It was really nothing.
I will go now.
[Chengzhou]
Fourth Master.
We suppressed the rebellion. We defeated
the Yingzhou Army.
You can finally sleep soundly.
Pei Lin.
Do you know how much I was hurting
when I left you last time.
I was always telling myself
"Fate wants me to live together with Pei Lin
and nothing will change that."
Are you not inviting me in?
Please.
Your order. - Thank you.
Put it here.
Yin Jing Wan.
Xu Jian Zhang?
What? Are you not happy to see me?
You are a disgusting traitor!
You dared to stab a knife into Pei Lin's back!
Finally I see your true face!
That's right.
It was me who dealt him the blow.
But on the day of our wedding,
you dealt the deadly blow to me and my family.
Have you ever thought about that?
I confess.
It was me who broke off the engagement with you.
But it was an arranged marriage.
I wanted to feel love with someone I desired.
I already asked for your forgiveness.
I thought you were over those events.
But you always held a grudge against me.
So you decided to commit treason.
You pretended that you forgave me.
In fact, you were only waiting for the opportunity to take revenge.
You underestimated me.
Despite everything, we almost got married.
So I did it all to protect you.
I did it all for your own good.
My own good?
You say you did it all for my own good?
Of course.
I did all these things to show you Fourth Master's true colours.
The person you chose,
what your Fourth Master Mu Rong
is really capable of!
Read this newspaper and you will understand.
You will see the real enemy is not me,
but your Pei Lin.
Should I read it to you?
Madam Yin was only a companion
I was temporary attached to during my military expeditions.
There was no commitment of marriage between us.
Today, I declare I have broken up with her
and will marry someone else.
I issue this announcement
to avoid any rumors or suspicions.
Yin Jing Wang.
This is the good guy you chose. This is the bright path you chose.
You sure have an eye.
Madam. Madam. What happened to you?
Xin Zhi.
I want to see Xin Zhi.
Why did you hide it from me?
Why did you not tell me?
Jing Wan, I
In truth, you already knew, right?
The only thing I could do was to protect you from harm.
Do you think if you hid it from me like I'm an idiot, I wouldn't be hurt?
Tell me.
Who does he want to marry?
You don't have to hide it for him.
Why would he otherwise make a public announcement?
To break up with me and deny any responsibly for our relationship?
Is it not because he wants to marry another?
Xin Zhi.
Please tell me,
who does he want to marry?
Jing Wang.
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I understand.
He wants to marry your sister.
Jin Zhi!
Jing Wan, listen to me.
I don't want to listen to you.
So I didn't guess wrong.
Since it is the truth.
Today, even if I die, I need to know the truth.
Right now I will go back to Zheng Zou,
and look for him to clearly ask him.
Jing Wan.
Pei Lin, what do you want me to do?
Since she wants to see me,
please send her here to Chengzou.
I will wait here for her.
What are you looking at? Go outside.
Yes.
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