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[Lost Love In Times]
[Episode 26]
I've followed Master's instructions to pass on a message
to Elder with the bat.
It's just that whenever the bat left, it always just disappeared.
However, when I followed the bat all the way
I discovered that the bat had flown toward the palace.
Who would have known that Elder is hiding in the palace?
In the palace?
Yes.
I sent a message to Elder saying that I have an important matter to report.
She should then come to see me.
In the palace...
She actually dares to hide right under my father's nose.
This does seem like what the Elder of dark sorcery would do.
However, I wonder if she had deliberately revealed her tracks?
Tell her that Elder Tao Yao of The Mages will be among those nuns.
They have already located her whereabouts so they might try to harm her.
Master, you wish to make use of The Mages to get rid of
the Elder who has been manipulating us in the dark?
It could also be to use her to get rid of Elder Tao Yao.
However this turns out, someone will have to pay a price for it.
Silly Che!
Didn't you say that you're taking me for good food?
You lied to me again!
What on earth is this place?
How could you come with me if I didn't say it was for good food?
This is so gloomy and scary.
What exactly is this place?
This is The Mages' sacred land, the Meandering Skies.
- What? - Shush!
Shush!
Isn't this too scary?
Could The Mages still be hiding in here?
Don't worry, The Mages are all dispersed.
They shouldn't be in here anymore.
Are you sure?
Don't worry.
Ling and I had accidentally trespassed into this place.
However, The Mages and the imperial family were on good terms.
Outsiders aren't allowed in freely
so the Elders of The Mages had us driven away very soon.
However, I have always remembered how beautiful it was in here.
What's beautiful about it?
It's just gloomy and scary.
Don't worry.
Even if something happens, you still have me here!
When do I need--
If you still talk so loudly in here
you'd really draw The Mages here.
The Mages hate the imperial family so much.
If they find out that we've trespassed into their lands
they will surely kill us and feed us to the wolves.
You're still laughing?
Let's go?
Go away.
Prince Che took a young lady with him
to the secret woods of the Meandering Skies?
We have sent someone to keep an eye on them.
What have they done in the woods?
They were just taking a look around.
Elder, should we drive them away?
There's no need to alarm them.
Prince Ling and Prince Che have always been friendly to The Mages.
Just have them watched from afar.
Yes, I'll inform the others now.
You might as well also remind everyone
to remain alert and not to let your guard down.
We will soon have quite an ugly fight with the imperial family.
Elder, don't worry.
We won't let our guard down.
This is one perilous attempt...
We can't afford any casualties.
Wow!
This is too beautiful!
My goodness!
Over here.
Be careful with it.
- Cai Qian... - Don't move!
Doesn't it hurt?
It's fine as long as you're happy.
How is it?
Isn't it beautiful in here?
It's just like some fairyland.
Who found this place?
Although it's very beautiful
it would be even better if it were Ling who's enjoying this view with me.
Sure.
You can wait here.
I'll head back to get him for you.
Hey! Don't go.
I'm just being honest.
You're really leaving?
Wait for me!
Consort Lian!
Have you thought it through?
If you insist on sacrificing her life to deceive everyone
your powers will be halved once Ding Shui is killed.
In order to set up a perfect trap
why should it matter to make a bit of sacrifice?
Are you really going to get everyone killed?
Don't be frightened.
Whatever The Mages once owed me
I will surely make you pay for it a hundred fold today.
Don't be so scared.
I won't take your life.
I will only create another you.
I went to such great lengths to capture you back here.
How could I let you die so easily?
You haven't even seen Tao Yao yet.
It seems that Consort Lian will surely sacrifice Ding Shui this time.
I'm afraid that she's using Ding Shui to tackle Tao Yao.
I could only hope that Junior Tao Yao sees through her ploy.
This is the layout of the palace security Prince Ling has just sent over.
All exits are marked on it.
His personal bodyguards are also here to meet us.
Elder Tao Yao and I will enter the palace tomorrow.
Lu Qian, lead everyone to wait at the various exits.
Should anything go wrong, I'll send a message with the golden butterfly.
Whatever happens, Elder Tao Yao's safety must be guaranteed.
Yes!
Senior, The Mages have long been wrongly accused
and hunted down by the imperial family.
Now, we finally have a chance to redress such an injustice
and make it known to everyone that The Mages never betrayed Great Wei
nor did we take innocent lives with dark sorcery.
This is all because of your hard work.
We're all very grateful.
Senior, please allow us to bow to you.
Get up quickly!
You should all get up.
You have overstated.
I could never have done any of this on my own.
Our mission tomorrow is of great importance to us.
We must all work closely together and make sure that nothing is overlooked.
- Yes! - Yes!
You have finally showed up.
Tomorrow, I'll make use of this opportunity to take out The Mages.
From then on, The Mages will be no more.
Elder is taking them on alone but The Mages might have set a trap?
I could offer you my assistance.
But the condition is that I would need to see your face.
You wish to assist me?
Or are you going to get rid of me?
Elder, you're too sensitive.
Tomorrow, I just want to wipe out The Mages.
As allies, I don't even know of your plan at all.
Do you not trust me at all?
Your Highness will know of my entire plan tomorrow.
Whoever matters the most to His Majesty, I will take that person's life tomorrow.
Elder, are you referring to Crown Prince or Consort Lian?
I only ask that Your Highness remains a faithful ally.
Everything is within my control.
I hope that Your Highness understands.
If you break your promise...
I've never been lenient with anyone who betrays me.
It doesn't matter.
We shall know tomorrow who she is and who she wants to kill.
I have already informed the dark sorceress.
She will surely show up tomorrow.
You must take every measure to stop her from getting away again.
Rest assured, Your Highness.
Not only so, I'll also uphold justice for everyone tomorrow.
I'll congratulate The Mages in advance then.
May you achieve what you wish for.
Your Highness will also have your wish fulfilled.
I congratulate you just as much.
Honestly, an ally like you really is very likable.
It seems that I have made the right choice.
Likewise.
Your Highness must not forget to watch out for Feng family.
Since they could conceal the truth for so long
they will not tolerate being exposed so easily.
What of Feng family?
Whoever dares to get in my way
I will have him buried with Xian Wu!
Xian Wu wouldn't be so lonely anymore
should she see them in the netherworld.
I have made all the arrangements for tomorrow.
Your Highness just needs to go along with the plan.
Sure, I'll wait and see.
How is it all going?
I have had all my confidants stationed inside and outside the Buddhist Hall.
We have the Buddhist Hall closely surrounded now.
It is entirely within our control.
Keep this in mind.
The Mages aren't that easy to tackle.
Back the, The Mages had Mother killed in the palace.
Mother, she--
She and I joined in a marital bliss but we couldn't make it till the end.
Should The Mages dare to come here
I will surely have them all taken down!
We must not let them escape this time.
Should things get out of hand
we must trap them here even at the risk of destroying the hall.
We'd rather kill them all than to let one go free!
We have already spilled kerosene all around the Buddhist Hall.
Should The Mages dare to put up a fight
I will give orders to have the hall burned down.
Hao, bear this in mind.
As an emperor, you have to be ruthless so that your nation can survive.
Compassion is but a means to win others over.
You're going to inherit the throne.
You can't only be compassionate.
If I can catch The Mages' tribesmen alive
I'd like to find out what exactly happened on the day Mother died.
Your Highness?
These are pastries from Changyue Bakery.
Che told me that you like them so I've brought you some.
Things could get ugly tomorrow.
Your Highness is still in the mood to buy pastries?
One must always remain calm before a great war.
Just do what you wish.
Think less and you can then calm your mind down.
Didn't you say that you're confident of succeeding?
What are you still worried about?
Your Highness once said that
one must be fully prepared in order to have the confidence to succeed.
Any oversight would have caused the entire strategy to fail.
Your Highness have fought against a great many armies.
You must know a lot more than I do.
You're so clever.
I believe that you must have had everything taken into consideration
and that you won't make any mistakes.
Since Your Highness trusts me
you must remember not to get yourself involved tomorrow.
It's good enough that you arranged for Elder Tao Yao
and the others to enter the palace.
You asked me to help you but you won't let me look out for you.
Sometimes, I really don't know what is on your mind.
How could someone be so contradictory?
If you keep contradicting yourself, one day, you won't know what you want.
I just don't wish to implicate you.
The Mages should at least ensure your safety.
Is this what you think or The Mages?
I am not joking either.
Your Highness is the only person The Mages can trust in the palace.
Whatever happens, you must not be harmed.
Otherwise, I'll never forgive you.
You're actually so worried about me?
Don't worry.
I won't give you the chance to never forgive me.
You should also bear in mind what I said to you then
at Emperor Mountain.
Who is it?
It's me.
Your Highness.
I wonder what brings Your Highness here so late at night?
When you enter the palace tomorrow, could you carry this on you?
Your Highness...
I might not know what you and Ling plan to do at the Buddhist Hall tomorrow
But I can tell that it must be very dangerous.
Since you don't wish to tell me, I won't keep probing either.
As long as you carry this on you
it will surely ensure that you can escape unscathed.
Your Highness has already learned of my plan.
You and Ling teamed up to make Crown Prince and Ming
into convincing my father to hold a ritual
for the deceased empress in the palace.
It's not hard to guess the reason for it.
Your Highness is indeed meticulous.
However, I can't accept the jade flute.
In terms of this matter, I must stand hand-in-hand with my people.
This is a token from me.
Since I've brought it here, I should get going.
Whether you accept it or not...
It's entirely up to you.
There were times when I'd rather that you remained
the man you were in the previous universe.
At least, I'd know how I should behave toward you.
Prince Ling.
Check very carefully.
- Make sure that nothing goes wrong. - Yes.
Your Highness, this way, please.
- Is everything ready inside? - Yes.
- Dismiss now. - Yes.
Your Majesty, please set out to the Buddhist Hall.
Convey my orders.
Ling and Zhan will be guarding the venue.
Other than the empress's sons, Crown Prince and Ninth Prince
no other princes are allowed into the Buddhist Hall.
- Your Majesty-- - In addition...
Summon Minister Feng and his family into the Buddhist Hall.
I'd like to see what sort of a lady Feng Qing Chen really is like.
Yes, Your Majesty.
His Majesty arrives!
Let's begin.
All these years...
I've used the blood from my heart as the nourishment
and used up so much of my spiritual powers.
It's now time to let you take the stage.
Do you know what to say to them?
What you think in your mind is what I will think in my mind.
Protect His Majesty!
Father!
The Mages?
The Mages were wrongfully accused.
We have come specially before the deceased to appeal.
Your Majesty, please uphold justice and clear The Mages of the accusation.
Elder Tao Yao?
It is you indeed.
It's a known fact that The Mages had the empress murdered.
How have The Mages been wronged?
Your Majesty!
The day the empress passed away
my sister, Xian Wu had been to visit her in the palace.
However, she suddenly died when she returned to Feng Manor.
Her death is certainly suspicious.
Your Majesty, please make a decree to have this matter investigated.
Answer me.
Did Xian Wu collude with The Mages to murder my mother?
The Mages never once tried to harm the deceased empress.
Princess Consort Ming would also never collude with us to kill anyone.
Father!
Xian Wu's death is highly suspicious.
I hope that Father will re-investigate this case!
Ming, you--
Father, if The Mages think that they were falsely accused
why don't we allow them to explain this matter clearly before us all?
Otherwise, people would think that the imperial family had bullied them.
Father, my mother said that the day the empress passed away
she happened to run into Xian Wu.
It wasn't until much later that she realized Xian Wu wasn't looking right.
She had been poisoned by Flame Poison of dark sorcery.
Elder, may I ask if the victim of Flame Poison
would show symptoms of crimson dark nails and blood-smeared eyes?
Indeed.
The ten fingers are connected to one's heart.
The poisoning of the heart shows in the eyes.
If an autopsy is carried out
you would then discover that the victim's heart is burnt to ashes
and all internal organs scorched.
Only Flame Poison of dark sorcery could cause such symptoms.
Your Majesty, Xian Wu was poisoned here in the palace.
Since the Elder of The Mages is here
could Feng family stay to learn of the truth as well?
You all claim to seek out the truth.
Is this questioning the verdict that I made back then?
Elder, it is already a grave crime to have trespassed into the palace
and startled His Majesty.
Should you fail to provide us with solid evidence
to prove the innocence of The Mages
do you know the consequences you will have to bear?
If I fail to prove our innocence
I'll take my own life for committing lese-majeste!
From then on, the Meandering Skies shall exist no more.
Fine.
Without any concrete evidence
all the nuns, maids who came here with you today
and the entire tribe of The Mages will be buried along with you.
[Elder Xi Xie, I've discovered a sorceress living in the palace.]
[Ding Shui is still alive.]
Could Your Majesty recognize the handwriting on this letter?
This is...
This is Mother's handwriting.
This is the urgent letter the empress had sent to the Meandering Skies that day.
My senior rushed to the palace after reading this letter.
Unknowingly, he had fallen for Ding Shui's trap.
As one of The Mages' Elders
Ding Shui was banished as a traitor due to her personal relationship.
She later died in the Magic Circle of Blades and Flames.
Little did we know that she faked her death to deceive us all.
The empress somehow discovered the truth and was hence murdered for it.
My senior was also ambushed by Ding Shui.
His whereabouts are not yet known to us.
Ding Shui...
I know her.
She was the sorceress who seduced my older brother.
Go and get it done.
Show them just how powerful you are.
That's the meaning of your existence.
Your Ladyship!
She's a dark sorceress!
Quickly! Inform the Imperial Army!
Consort Lian, are you all right?
I'm fine. Catch her!
She's a dark sorceress!
Don't let her harm anyone!
I knew that you're hiding in this palace and now you've finally shown up.
- Call for the Imperial Army now. - Yes!
Your Majesty, bad news!
Your Majesty. a dark sorceress has barged into Lotus Palace to harm Consort Lian!
Are you all right?
Ling...
Senior Tao Yao, it's been a long while?
I never thought that I would see you again.
You've made such an effort to conceal yourself within the palace for years.
Do you really think that you can fool everyone?
Now that the Meandering Skies is already in ruins
the Elder of The Mages who once protected Great Wei
is now way worse than a beggar on the streets.
You were the ones who destroyed my life with the deceased emperor!
I only have one question for you.
Do you have anything to do with the empress's death?
Didn't Your Majesty already convict The Mages for her death?
Who would dare to admit to the grave crime of murdering the empress
unless there's concrete evidence to prove one guilty?
Your Majesty, we have another evidence
that can prove she's related to Xian Wu's death.
Present it.
A few days ago, this person sneaked into Xian Wu's room
and destroyed a copper mirror.
However, she didn't know that I had hidden the real one.
This book recorded that by smearing the extract of a rare flower
on the copper mirror could reveal hidden messages written on it.
[Lian]
You had Xian Wu killed because she witnessed you murder my mother.
Is that so?
Back then, the empress actually discovered my true identity.
I could only have her silenced.
I used the most brutal Venom Flames on her.
I had her toss and turn in agony, begging me for mercy.
She was your empress.
But you don't even know how she died!
Yes, I killed her.
Just like you killed the former emperor!
Shut up!
Exactly.
I also framed Xi Xie for it.
I had you announce to have The Mages annihilated.
You and The Mages had destroyed everything that His Majesty and I had!
I want you to pay a far bigger price for what you did to us!
Even if I'm killed today...
Don't even dream of seeing Xi Xie again.
I already had him killed.
You were the ones who forced me to a dead end!
Now, I will have you get a taste of what it's like to lose your loved ones!
Today...
I will have you all buried with me!
Be careful!
Ling!
Qing Chen!
Ling!
What a fool...
You would get yourself killed for a woman...
Qing Chen.
Ling is so badly wounded.
It's better to have Elder Tao Yao take a look at him.
Elder Tao Yao!
Ling is wounded by dark sorcery.
Please see to his injuries.
Elder Tao Yao, please save Ling!
Crown Prince!
You must have this case thoroughly investigated!
Yes!
Your Majesty...
Your Majesty, now that the deaths of the empress and Xian Wu are clarified
what will Your Majesty decide to do?
Tomorrow, I shall give you my answer.
Right now, I want you to save Ling with whatever means you have.
Your Majesty.
Prince Ling is injured because of me.
Please allow me to stay and look after him.
Senior Xi Xie?
Crown Prince, look!
Senior Xi Xie...
Senior Xi Xie?
Senior Xi Xie...
Senior Xi Xie, I'm sorry...
I still came too late.
I'm sorry...
The Mages are now finally cleared of the injustice.
Yet you didn't get to see it.
Senior Xi Xie...
Now, The Mages have finally returned to the Meandering Skies in glory.
Yuan Ling...
In that critical moment...
Why were you so silly?
I came here so that I could change the past.
I'd even choose to overlook my true affections
just so that you can be safe and sound.
Although I've cleared The Mages of the falsely accused crimes
what is the meaning of it all if I am to lose you now?
You must pull through this.
I promise...
As long as you're well and alive
I'll never push you away ever again.
I will do all that I can to stay by your side forever.
Can you hear me?
Consort Lian.
It's getting quite late.
You should head back to Feng Manor to get some rest.
Both the imperial physician and I will be here so you don't have to worry.
But Prince Ling, he...
I heard that the Imperial Army found an underground dungeon in the palace.
There's actually...
Elder Xi Xie was in it.
You should head home.
If Ling regains consciousness, I'll send someone to inform you.
Qing Chen will take my leave.
Ling...
Who knew that you'd fall for that woman?
You'd even risked your life to save her from harm.
You mustn't blame me.
I had to fake my death to alter my appearance.
Who knew that Yuan An ruined it all?
This vengeance runs deep...
I must avenge it personally.
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