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[General and I]
[Episode 32]
Our plan now...
We have to use the terrain to our advantage
to tire out the opposing force's troops
then wait for our chance to make a move.
Yes.
Ping Ting, who are they?
They came as soon as His Highness left.
They must have been prepared to attack.
They must also have ties to the imperial palace.
What is the underlying conspiracy?
Is it He Xia, Noble Consort Zhang, or His Majesty?
Who could it be?
What I am most worried about is His Highness's situation.
Young Master!
Were you the one to order Ping Ting's assassination?
Dong Zhuo, where did you get the audacity to speak to me like that?
Young Master, I am not afraid to follow you to my death.
If you want me to brave a mountain of swords, or a sea of flames
I would do so without batting an eye.
However, I do not understand why you want to kill Ping Ting.
She is our Ping Ting.
She is no longer our Ping Ting.
I am going to send Chu Bei Jie to his death.
Chu Bei Jie will be vulnerable after he leaves Bai Ping Ting.
Do you understand?
Have you forgotten our time at Prince of Jing An's Manor?
Prince of Jing An's Manor? It no longer exists!
Young Master.
Bai Ping Ting betrayed me first.
No, she didn't!
Ping Ting did not! I won't allow you to kill her!
Guards!
Present!
Take him away.
- Yes. - Young Master!
- Report!
General, there is news from Jin State.
Sima Hong had Chu Bei Jie seized for conspiring to murder the prince.
He is currently held in the dungeon, and is to be beheaded in three days.
What did you say?
Chu Bei Jie is to be beheaded in three days?
Young Master, if Chu Bei Jie dies, then Ping Ting does not need to die.
Ping Ting does not need to die!
Where are the mounted troops now? How is Bai Ping Ting?
Speak!
Reporting, Prince Consort.
The mounted troops have Mount East surrounded.
News just in reports that Mount East is tightly defended.
There is someone who can use the Mystical Doors Strategy.
The mounted troops want to break through the formation but they will need time.
Mystical Doors Strategy?
That means she is not dead yet.
How much longer will it take to break through?
Chief Commander, please give me two days time.
We will transport gunpowder to Mount East.
We will surely break into Mount East in two days.
Liang Qi Hui, receive my orders.
Order the remaining Weibei Troop to be ready and waiting.
I am heading to Mount East.
I accept the order.
Your Highness, this way please.
Your Highness, this is it.
You may go.
Yes, Your Highness.
Come.
The former General of Zhenbei, the prince regent.
Look at how far he has fallen.
You have quite the integrity.
You don't want to see me?
That is of no matter.
I am already content seeing you in such dire straits.
You must never have imagined you would end up in such a situation.
How does the dungeon compare to your country house?
Just as before, Your Highness still speaks nothing but nonsense.
I am worried
these words will be the only ones you will get to hear.
After you are in your grave, you won't hear a thing.
There is a piece of news you must not have heard yet.
I gave birth to a prince.
Prince of Zhenbei premeditated an attack on the life of His Majesty's only heir.
It is an unforgivable crime.
His Majesty is furious and has ordered your execution.
Chu Bei Jie.
Don't blame me for being cruel when you are on the scaffold.
To think I had believed you had seen the error of your ways and repented.
You still have not changed your ways
shamelessly committing evil acts and acting like a hypocrite, just as before.
It makes me sick.
Chu Bei Jie.
If you admit your mistakes today and kneel down to beg me for forgiveness
I might just ask His Majesty to spare your life
on account of our affections back in the day.
Isn't it daytime right now?
It is not the right time for Your Highness to be dreaming.
What kind of person am I?
You must be well aware.
I don't quite understand though.
Chancellor Zhang is already dead. Whose orders are you acting under now?
Whose orders am I acting under?
It is of no concern to one who is about to die.
The young prince has been safely born.
He is His Majesty's only surviving bloodline.
He is the future Emperor of Jin.
What is your purpose in doing this?
I am not doing this for anyone.
I am doing this for myself.
I hate you.
I am the one who wants you dead.
Who do you think you are?
A bastard child with unknown origins.
You are just one of the fatuous emperor's killing weapons!
You dared to despise my affections for you.
You belittled and humiliated me.
Chu Bei Jie.
Do not scorn a woman so easily.
When a woman seeks revenge
she will do exactly as she says.
However, you need not worry.
On the journey to the afterlife
you will have the company of
the beautiful woman you kept hidden in the mountains.
Speaking of which, you should hurry on your way.
I reckon at this moment
she must have already died by He Xia's hands.
What did you say?
What's the matter? Worried?
Even heroes can fall for the charms of a beautiful woman.
You truly do see this witch as a precious treasure.
He Xia's original plan was to lure you away to stall you.
He would kill Bai Ping Ting first
and then kill you on the battlefield.
However, it is a shame.
You are now locked in the dungeon.
In all likelihood, you will be on the scaffold in a few days.
Imagine this.
If you were on the battlefield
and saw the corpse of the woman you love hanging in the enemy's camp
your heart would break and you would collapse.
If that scene were to happen, it would be quite touching.
Zhang Yun Er! You colluded with He Xia?
Let me go, or else I will call for the guards!
Go ahead! You had best call for His Majesty as well.
I will then bring to light your crimes of treason!
Stop dreaming.
Who do you think would still believe a word you say?
That fatuous emperor?
Come to your senses!
Do not fret.
You will die first.
He will be next.
The new emperor has been born.
He is no longer of any use.
Father, do you see?
I have done it.
I will soon have him buried with you.
Noble Consort has arrived.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I have brought the prince to greet you.
Good. Noble Consort, do rise.
Your Majesty, the prince has grown a lot in the past few days. He even smiles.
Nanny, show His Majesty.
- Yes. - Come, let me see.
Your Majesty.
He is so adorable.
The prince looks so much like His Majesty.
Look at his nose and eyes. They look like they were carved in His Majesty's image.
Of course. My son would naturally look like me. Isn't that right?
Why is he crying? Is he hungry?
Take him and see.
Yes, yes. He is hungry.
- All right, all right. - Don't cry, don't cry.
Your Majesty.
The prince has not been sleeping well the past few nights. He often cries.
He cannot sleep without being in the nanny's arms.
Have you summoned the imperial physician?
He has already taken a look.
He says it is a residual effect of suffering a shock.
The prince will need to rest a great while before he fully recovers.
Suffering a shock?
Why would the prince suddenly suffer a shock?
Has Your Majesty forgotten what happened a few days ago?
The prince might be young, but he is more intelligent than most.
Someone was after his life. Fangqin Hall was full of dead bodies.
How could he not have been frightened?
He is so young, yet there is already someone who wishes to murder him.
How much danger will he encounter as he grows up?
Your Majesty.
The prince knows fear too.
I implore you to ensure the prince's safety.
If someone intends to injure the prince, please do not show mercy, Your Majesty.
Don't cry, don't cry.
Don't cry, my son.
Be good, my son. Nobody will hurt you.
I will risk my life to protect you from anyone who wants to harm you.
You are the prince of Jin. You are of royal lineage.
Since I have already issued the order to execute Chu Bei Jie
his death will be imminent in two days.
A king does not go back on his word.
There is no need for you to keep crying.
Since Your Majesty has said the word, I naturally feel relieved.
- I-- - I am tired.
Take the prince and go.
Yes, I will take my leave now.
Yes.
Nanny, take the prince back to his quarters.
Yes.
Noble Consort has arrived.
- Greetings to Your Highness. - Greetings to Your Highness.
Where is Imperial Physician Li?
I am here.
I have important matters to discuss with Imperial Physician Li.
Everybody else can step out.
- Yes. - Yes.
Why would Your Highness act so rashly as to seek me out in broad daylight?
Are you not afraid others might gossip?
Look at what a coward you are.
After today, I will be the queen.
You are chief scholar of the Imperial Academy of Medicine.
Who would dare utter a word of gossip about us?
Your Highness means...
I had just visited His Majesty.
His Majesty dotes on the prince.
He has already sentenced Chu Bei Jie to his death.
He will be beheaded in public in two days.
It's just that...
Even if it is just another two days, I find myself filled with fear.
I do not wish to wait any longer.
Who knows what may happen in these two days?
Therefore...
His Majesty must die tonight.
Your Highness!
Is that not too soon?
There is no such thing.
Your life and mine are on the line.
Whatever I say, you shall do.
His Majesty has already partaken of the azoth for many days.
The poison has already seeped into his heart.
Imperial Physician Li should know
how to make this seem like a natural passing.
You don't need me to instruct you.
Prince Consort, we are lost.
Young Master, watch out!
It is Ping Ting.
Young Master, come find me!
Young Master, find me!
Come out! Come out at once!
I will spank you when I find you!
Bai Ping Ting, come out!
Come out! Come out!
Ping Ting, come out!
Ping Ting.
Why didn't you dodge? Where are you hurt?
A quarter of an hour has passed. Young Master, you have lost.
What do you think of my five elements formation?
Everybody follow me!
Young Master, head eastward into the Growth Door.
Those who enter the Growth Door don't die.
They don't die and don't give up.
Take ten steps southwest into the Rest Door.
One must grow to rest.
One must rest to think.
One must think to have intelligence.
One must have intelligence to understand.
Quick, Young Master! Charge straight north!
This is great! We've finally gotten out!
What was that just now?
Just some tricks.
Ping Ting, who is that?
Your Highness, bad news. The formation has been broken.
I have heard.
It's just that they are not the ones who solved the formation.
The sound of the flute came from the east.
The ones who solved the formation are new visitors to the mountain.
New visitors to the mountain?
- New visitors to the mountain? - There are others?
I originally did not think so.
Yet, now that I think of it, I find it quite interesting.
These people solved my formation in an hour.
It must be an old friend.
It is Your Highness's friend?
Friend?
We were never considered friends.
This is good though.
The war between Bai Lan State and Jin State will not happen.
How does Your Highness know?
The one who has come is He Xia.
With Bai Lan's Chief Commander absent from the battlefield
how can there be a war?
He Xia? How is that possible?
If He Xia has advanced so far into our land
wouldn't that mean Jin State has been defeated?
If there is no battle, then there is no victory or defeat.
This was just a trick to lure the tiger out of the mountain.
Each takes what he needs.
He Xia wants to kill me to spare himself trouble later.
His Majesty wants to kill me to have his fierce general back.
This is just a deal between those two to keep each other's power in check.
Without His Majesty's permission
how could He Xia lead his troops straight to Mount East so easily?
That's...
All right, don't think about it.
We have less than a hundred men
and less than ten days worth of food.
We have no way out.
Even the five elements formation has been broken.
We only have one path left.
Your Highness.
You can say there is a bit of history between He Xia and I.
I hope he still places some value in our past.
Put down your weapons and leave the mountain.
Zui Ju, there is still some gold, silver, and valuables left in my room.
Bring them out here and distribute them.
- Your Highness, you must not! - Your Highness!
You do not need to be like this.
As long as Prince of Zhenbei is alive
I, Bai Ping Ting, will definitely live on.
Even if I have to use every method I can think of
I will live on to await his return.
Your Highness, we are willing to wait with you for His Highness's return.
Thank you, soldiers.
Chen Mou greets Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty.
General Chen Mou, you may rise.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
How is the matter coming along?
Reporting, Your Majesty.
According to your orders, I have allowed passage to He Xia.
He has successfully arrived at Mount East with his troops.
Very good.
Your Majesty, please do tell what I am to do next.
Continue to monitor He Xia's every move.
We must be able to control the situation should there be any sign of trouble.
Should he end up not killing Bai Ping Ting
you are to promptly allow him passage.
If he kills Bai Ping Ting
you are to surround and annihilate him before he leaves Mount East.
Chen Mou will do as you bid.
Go on.
I take my leave.
Your Majesty.
I only wish to take Bai's life.
Your Majesty can even recover the pillar of your state.
Is this not pleasing to all?
If Your Majesty will not allow it
Bai Lan's army of 300,000 will attack immediately.
[I am interested in killing her too.]
Deliver this letter to Bai Lan's Prince Consort.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Young Master, I will go knock on the door.
No need.
She will come out.
Ping Ting, the concoction Wei Ya makes sure is effective.
Your hair is so jet black and smooth. It looks good no matter how it is combed.
Zui Ju.
Find me a deep red dress from my trunk.
Deep red? Another color won't do?
Just deep red.
Okay, I understand.
Ping Ting, there isn't...
Give it to me.
But... This is your bridal outfit.
Zui Ju, come help me comb my hair.
All right.
Ping Ting.
This is such a complicated hairstyle.
It is fun when I have the free time.
But I cannot arrange it properly when I feel unsettled.
This hairstyle does look nice. However, I...
Zui Ju.
Do not worry.
The hairstyle is not perfect today, but this will have to do.
Hand me the clothes.
Ping Ting, you cannot go see He Xia.
You'll be heading towards your death.
If I do not go
Mount East country house will be drowned in blood today.
If I do go
perhaps this massacre can be delayed for a moment.
Zui Ju, what we need right now is time.
Do not fret.
When I remember that His Highness will return in three days
my heart feels calm.
Zui Ju, do not worry.
Give me the clothes.
Your Highness, please stay in the house!
The soldiers and I will protect you!
Your Highness!
Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude.
Bai Lan's troops are right outside our door.
No matter what happens, we must not allow you to step outside.
Even if I risk my life, I must ensure your safety!
Mo Ran, have you lost your senses as well?
If it were anyone else
perhaps we could stand a chance to ward them off.
However, it is He Xia who has come.
There are not many in this world
who can stand up against His Highness on the battlefield.
He Xia is the only one.
I know him better than any of you.
I cannot put you all in such a dangerous situation.
I will not let Your Highness walk out to your death!
Even if we try our best, we will not be able to ward off He Xia's assault.
Mo Ran, this is not a strategic military location.
What are the odds of successfully resisting
those weapons for besieging used on the battleground?
You are a seasoned warrior on the battlefield.
Look at the soldiers of Jin State behind you.
They are your comrades who risk their lives with you.
Do you have the heart to do it?
Soldiers, listen to my command!
- Yes! - Yes!
Obey Her Highness's orders!
Your Highness, rest assured!
- Your Highness, rest assured! - Your Highness, rest assured!
Young Master, you lied!
This color on a dress doesn't look good at all.
It looks foolish and is in bad taste. I'm never wearing it again.
Don't go!
Ping Ting.
This dress looks very nice. I'm not lying to you.
You will look even prettier after I arrange a new hairstyle for you.
You best not be lying to me.
You will see when I'm done.
Ping Ting.
It has been a long time.
Young Master, it has been a long time.
I remember deep red was your least favorite color to wear.
However, Young Master liked to see me wear this color the most.
Yes.
Seeing you in it now, you still look just as beautiful as back then.
Are you cold?
This hairstyle.
It looks similar, but this is not how I did it for you back then.
Thinking carefully
there are already 15 years of history between you and I.
Yes, 15 years.
It's been 15 years.
I had thought that with these 15 years
we would never have to part again.
Yet now, everything has changed.
This red dress is not the one from back then
and the hairstyle that seemed like a flower has also changed.
Ping Ting, even if you had not worn this red dress
I would not have forgotten our 15 years of history.
In your eyes, am I such a heartless person?
Young Master rushed here in the dead of night just to spare my life.
Just for Young Master's painstaking efforts
I wore an outfit which pleases you
and combed a hairstyle that you once arranged for me.
It is insignificant in comparison to our 15 years of affection.
That is my Ping Ting.
Regardless of how the world changes, your exceptional intelligence does not.
My arduous journey was truly worthwhile.
For what reason did Young Master come especially to spare my life?
How will you answer to Emperor of Jin and Princess Yao Tian?
No.
I need not answer to anyone now.
In my heart, I only care about Ping Ting.
Chu Bei Jie is dead.
Everything has come to an end.
You said His Highness...
What has happened to His Highness?
Your husband, Chu Bei Jie, is already dead.
This is the only deep red dress.
It is your bridal outfit from your wedding to Chu Bei.
He Xia has surrounded us.
I cannot allow you go out wearing this dress.
Zui Ju.
You must think I have never been afraid before.
I have never been more afraid.
I am afraid of the armor-clad soldiers outside
and afraid of the stormy seven days.
I am afraid I will not live to see the moment he returns.
I am not as strong as you think I am.
However, now that Bei Jie is not here
I must safeguard our home in his place
safeguard all the lives of the soldiers within this estate.
If I hide behind them
and allow a thousand troops to bring this house to the ground
then even if Bei Jie returns, how would I face him?
Ping Ting, elders always say tearing up a wedding dress is inauspicious.
It will tear apart your relationship.
He will come back.
We will grow old together.
If altering this wedding dress can save Mount East country house
I believe Bei Jie would also give me his permission to do so.
But Ping Ting...
Zui Ju, I can't bear to do it. Do it for me.
We don't have much time. Do it quickly.
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