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[Nirvana In Fire II]
[Episode 19]
Quickly! Water!
- Quickly! - Coming!
Water!
- Water! - Quickly!
We need water over here!
Here comes the water!
Take the water up there!
- Quickly! - Crown Prince?
Quickly!
Faster!
Your Highness!
- Your Highness! - Your Highness!
Your Highness!
Put on your shoes, Your Highness!
- Your Highness! - Your Highness!
Your Highness!
- Get some water! - Keep up!
- Quickly! - Keep up!
Here comes the water!
Quickly!
Put out the fire!
Keep up!
Get out of the way!
Step aside!
Crown Prince, are you all right?
I'm all right.
It's fine as long as you're all right, here.
Quickly! Keep up!
- Yes! - Faster!
Investigate this thoroughly.
Yes.
Brother Xun!
What exactly happened?
We're not sure yet.
The fire could have just been an accident.
Fortunately, it was discovered in time, so the fire didn't spread much.
- It's out now. - How is Crown Prince?
He's in the empress's west quarters--
How did you get in here in the middle of the night?
The former emperor bestowed this to my father to enter the palace unsummoned.
He never used it.
Yuan Shi must be petrified.
I'll go and see him.
Is this the time to visit Crown Prince?
Do you know why His Highness never used this imperial badge?
Although it was an honor to receive this from the former emperor
it isn't simply just that.
An item that can grant you access into the restricted quarters of the palace
without being summoned or granted permission
you can't really use it!
I didn't use it at will.
The palace had sounded an alarm.
How could the Royal Changlin Manor ignore the alarm?
If your brother were here, he wouldn't have acted so recklessly.
You'd better leave now, before more people see you here.
If you're concerned about Crown Prince's safety
come and greet him tomorrow. Go now.
Go now!
Quickly!
Hurry up!
How could this happen in a heavily guarded area like East Palace?
Come here.
Explain this to me now!
Your Highness, we're investigating this accident thoroughly right now.
We have yet to reach a conclusion.
The maids on duty could have dozed off and caused the fire accidentally.
Dozed off? Accidentally?
Anyone?
Your Highness.
Each and every one of the servants who were on duty tonight
is to be killed!
Your Highness!
I'm afraid that it should be judged according to severity.
East Palace was in danger.
Any related personnel must not be pardoned!
Get this done according to my orders!
You need not report this matter to Crown Prince afterward.
Yes.
Ping Jing greets Your Majesty.
Ping Jing.
Come closer.
Come close to speak to me.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
You've been to visit Yuan Shi?
Yes.
His Highness is very brave.
He was terrified last night but when I visited him this morning
he had recovered from the shock.
That's good.
However...
What is the matter?
The personnel of East Palace are indeed responsible
for the safety of Crown Prince.
However, isn't it too harsh to sentence 37 people
from two shifts who were on duty last night?
They were all sentenced to death?
It must have been the empress.
Her Highness must be furious because of her concern for Crown Prince.
It's understandable.
All right, I heard you.
I'll send someone to talk the empress out of it.
Gentlemen, this way.
It will take some time to repair East Palace.
According to the Imperial Guards' security measures
I think that it's best to relocate Crown Prince
to Taiqing Palace temporarily.
I have faith in your arrangements.
Taiqing Palace it is.
Your Highness.
His Majesty has sent over an oral decree.
In regards to the personnel who were on duty last night
the Inner Court is to investigate and punish them accordingly.
His Majesty has always allowed me to decide on the matters of the harem.
He's never interfered or questioned my judgment.
Who has been wagging their tongues before His Majesty again?
I'll go and ask about it.
Don't bother.
I did. I pleaded on their behalf.
You...
I think that Crown Prince is naturally gentle and kind.
He wouldn't have wanted to see Your Highness so enraged.
Your Highness.
Guru Puyang seeks an audience.
I heard you.
Yes.
Your Highness, if you have no other orders
I'll take my leave now.
Your Highness!
Terrible news!
Guru, you've always been prudent.
What is the matter?
I've been observing the stars for months now.
I've noticed an abnormal sighting, but it's of great consequence.
So, I'm afraid to conclude rashly.
However, the White God spoke to me today.
I finally confirmed my suspicion.
What have you finally confirmed?
Crown Prince...
I'm afraid calamity shall befall him.
Speak.
Your Highness, do think about it carefully.
Security around East Palace is airtight.
However, there was an accidental fire last night.
This is a sign of a great disaster.
The Purple Star has been outshone by the General Star for a long time.
Several months ago, the elements crumbled--
Don't speak in such terminology!
What exactly did the White God say to you?
Just tell me!
The bloodline of the dragon shall be broken.
Crown Prince...
His life might be in peril.
How dare you?
How dare you jinx Crown Prince?
Do you think that I won't dare to kill you
because you have the title of Guru?
Your Highness, calm down.
Please allow me to finish.
Since I was able to sneak a peak into the abnormal phenomenon
it indicates that the God has shown some sympathy.
Some sympathy?
Do you mean that...
Crown Prince's life is destined to be threatened but it can be resolved?
Exactly.
This threat is the result of the General Star's invasion.
It's against the natural law, so there's always a solution.
What is the solution?
I can perform a ritual to pray for the White God's blessing.
He can then transfer Crown Prince's mishap away.
Someone else will bear the consequences instead.
However...
However?
However, the life of a crown prince is of great importance to the world.
If we were to offer lives of commoners as a sacrifice
thousands of people would have to die.
What exactly is Puyang Ying plotting?
Your Highness must be well aware.
Should His Majesty learn of the method I suggested for overcoming the mishap
I would most likely be dragged out of the palace tomorrow
to be burned alive for suggesting witchcraft.
I'm willing to risk my life to report this to Your Highness.
Could it be that you're now hesitating out of doubt?
Guru, you can read into the future plans of God.
You've never made any mistakes.
I certainly am willing to believe you.
However...
However?
However, just as you have said, His Majesty...
He'd never believe this.
Never mind His Majesty, even my own brother--
Should His Majesty lose Crown Prince
he still has the second and third prince.
As for Your Highness...
What about you?
It won't be easy to keep this confidential.
I've considered all aspects for Your Highness.
When His Majesty is away on Mount Wei for his vegetarian ritual
that will be the best time to do this.
Your Highness.
If you miss this opportunity, it will be lost forever.
My son...
Your Highness!
There's not much time left, so Your Highness must decide quickly.
May I set up the altar to transfer Crown Prince's mishap away?
Your Grace, you're either training in martial arts all day
or sneaking out of the manor alone.
Could you have gotten yourself involved in some matter?
- Uncle Tai. - Yes?
I'm not qualified to be involved in any matters yet.
I'm just...
I have yet to make up my mind about one matter.
What is it?
I have yet to decide which side I will be on.
I know that I don't have many choices.
However, even if I become someone's pawn
I hope that whoever manipulates me is someone reliable.
I don't wish to leave my future in the hands of a lunatic.
After much observation and investigation
Rosy Cloud Town to the west of the capital is the best choice.
There are several thousand residents in this town.
Most locals sell stone sculptures for a living.
The town is built against the mountain.
It's closed off and access can be easily restricted.
The point is it's closer to Jinling City.
Master, even if the plan does go the way we want it to
it will eventually be traced back to you.
I'm afraid you will no longer be able to stay in the capital.
So?
We didn't come to Jinling City to seek a promising future.
Aren't we here to make our enemies have a taste of the pain we went through?
Yes.
Xi, you must come often to chat with me.
If not, I'll be bored sick.
It's quite rare to see Second Young Master so focused.
You're right.
He said that he never means to cause Father any trouble.
But he makes mistakes every now and then.
If he doesn't handle matters as his brother would
he's worried that he might not be of any help in the future.
That's why he's now studying diligently.
I had always thought that he preferred to be carefree in the fighting world
rather than politics.
If he has no interest, no one can make him.
However, if he's interested, his brother will be very pleased.
I wonder where Ping Zhang and Father are right now.
Judging by their pace, they should have reached Yuan Province.
Then, they will have to part ways.
You can actually hear us?
Why didn't you say so sooner?
Do you have any basic manners?
I've been reading in here.
You're the ones who came over just now.
Moreover, it isn't as if you're telling my sister-in-law
about how much you adore me.
What can't I listen?
Don't be rude. Or I'll beat you up.
All right now.
She really got mad?
I was just joking.
You never seem to mind.
It's true!
I used to joke around with her like that and she never minded.
Are you such a fool?
What is the matter with her today?
Your Grace?
If Your Grace wishes to know
why didn't you come and ask me about it?
After being mentored by Marquis Mo Zi
your skills in martial arts have improved greatly.
You stalked my men for a long time without them noticing.
How did you know that I was here?
I am skilled in divination.
Don't bother acting all supernatural.
You might be able to fool others with trickery of the Western Regions
but not me.
You must be thirsty.
I'd like to treat Your Grace to a cup of tea.
Your Grace, you've changed your mind every now and then.
That does worry me.
Do you really think that the Royal Changlin Manor
can help you have a chance to realize your ambition?
If I really thought that...
what could Guru do about it?
Judging by the schedule
the old prince of Changlin and the first born prince
must have reached Yuan Province by now.
Yuan Province...
[Yuan Province]
Once we get into Yuan Province, I have to part ways with you.
I've given orders to stay here for half a day.
It isn't because we have to part ways from here.
There's a place in Yuan Province that I wish to take you.
Marquis of Laiyang Manor has declined
and Your Grace has been left helpless on your own.
If you trace it back to its source
it's all because your father's deeds were discovered.
Your Grace, do you really not bear any grudge
against Xiao Ping Zhang's father?
Guru has a tongue as sharp as a blade.
Every word you say stabs right into people's minds.
Unfortunately, I'm not some woman, like my mother, who only stayed at home.
I won't believe your every word and be manipulated by you.
Looking at my current circumstances
it would be a lie to say that I bear no hatred in my mind.
However, just because Prince of Changlin was ordered
to investigate my father's case
you're deemed an enemy for killing my father.
Guru, don't you find that a bit far-fetched?
Your Grace, you've misunderstood.
The father of Xiao Ping Zhang whom I was referring to
is not the Prince of Changlin.
Lu Yuan...
I've come to visit you.
This is...
Him?
That answer you received in that pouch from Langya Hall
couldn't have had given you much detail, am I right?
You are right.
Yuan Province is where his birth was registered.
He said that he wished to be buried back here.
Although I did fulfill his wish
I wasn't allowed to erect a tombstone for him.
From what I've learned...
Father, you were the best of friends.
No...
It wasn't just that.
Do you still remember the story I told you about me
being adopted by the former emperor?
I certainly do.
Father was originally a slave from Yeyou Yard.
An erudite gentleman needed a few children
to learn swordsmanship to compete against a warrior of Northern Yan.
Father was fortunate to be selected.
After you successfully accomplished the task
you were adopted by the former emperor.
Was that also related to him?
There were hundreds of young slaves in Yeyou Yard then.
Mister Mei only needed three.
Your father was the eldest of the three of us.
Lu Yuan, you're older than both of them.
You have to look after them.
Rest assured, Mister Mei, I'll look after them.
The three of us were taken into the former emperor's manor.
Then we all chose to become military men together.
Back then, Changlin Army had just been founded.
On the battlefield at the northern frontier
the three of us climbed up icy mountains and slept on snow together.
On horseback, we killed enemies.
We saved one another's life so many times that we couldn't even keep track of it.
If we were to look at contributions made in Changlin Army
your father's accomplishments were no less than mine.
When was it... that he began to change?
Great General of Changlin Army’s Left Battalion.
Lu Yuan.
The former emperor conferred him personally as a third-rank marquis.
All military affairs of the 11 provinces along the passage of
Gan and Mian Province were left in his charge.
As for your father, Prince of Laiyang's benefice estate
happened to be within these 11 provinces.
You mean to say...
Both of them...
In Great Liang, military and civil systems are kept separate.
Without the cooperation and participation of this Great General
how could your father have managed to pull off such a huge feat?
Wealth, fame, prestige, and authority.
They could often make one forget their original intentions.
I remember that before Mister Mei passed away
he warned me.
No matter how high I rank or how much authority I wield in the future...
I must not lose myself.
Ping Zhang...
Do you know why?
Because it has no limit.
Exactly.
Greed knows no boundaries or limits.
However much you already have, you keep thinking you deserve more.
I often remind myself.
I must not feel aggrieved because the former emperor was strict with me.
Nor must I indulge myself because His Majesty is generous.
Until this day, I believe that I have kept my promise to Mister Mei.
However...
I... I never thought that my sworn brother
whom I trusted with my life
had, in fact, gradually fallen into the abyss of greed.
But he regretted his actions.
Deep down, he was never a bad person.
Am I right?
A moment's weakness, desire, and greed robbed him of a decade of merits.
However, a man's true conscience and the fine line he draws
between right and wrong can't be wiped out so easily.
At the most critical moment
he was the one who rescued the 17 witnesses
that Prince of Laiyang was going to silence.
He was also the one who wrote his confession
in order to preserve the evidence.
He sent his men to deliver it to me.
A man like Lu Yuan could never succeed.
He was greedy but he wasn't ruthless enough.
He couldn't forsake that insignificant friendship.
Friendship...
He was just like you.
He thought that he had a chance to turn back from the path he had chosen.
He thought that he could still make up for his mistakes.
However, the outcome proved that he only brought disaster
upon himself and others.
Lu Yuan was the whistleblower?
Everyone knew that the former emperor never condoned corruption in the army.
Even in Changlin Army.
Whoever was involved in that case exercised great caution in every way.
If Lu Yuan hadn't turned on them and reported it
how could a legitimate prince like your father
have been sentenced to death with solid evidence?
What became of him?
He knew that he had no way out.
Before Xiao Ting Sheng got to him
he killed himself along with his wife.
On the battlefield, whenever I made a wrong decision
it was your father who noticed it and corrected me in time.
However, when he became the one to take the wrong path...
I...
I failed to notice it in time.
That year, you were only five years old.
My child, go on.
My dear, from today on
he will be our first born son.
He was rebuked for his wrongdoing.
Why would Father insist on conferring me as Changlin Manor's first born prince?
You grew up by my side.
I know what sort of child you were.
Someone once said that the spirit and strength of Changlin Army
aren't just continued through the bloodline.
Ping Zhang...
You have never once let me down.
Nor will I ever.
Father.
Xiao Ting Sheng is just the former emperor's adopted son
yet he already holds such a high position.
Your father was a legitimate son of the empress dowager.
He was the emperor's younger brother.
If Xiao Ting Sheng hadn't meddled in that case
would Your Grace and your mother have ended up in such a predicament?
Therefore, if you pretend to be friends with the Royal Changlin Manor
you're smart.
However, if you then get manipulated by Xiao Ping Zhang
I'm afraid that Prince of Laiyang won't rest in peace.
[Mount Fei, Tong An, Hui Province]
[Gan Province]
Ping Jing.
Here you are.
- Sister-in-law. - I wanted to have a match with you.
What are you doing?
Ping Zhang left me some homework.
He told me to deduce how Father would adjust the garrison
according to the current situation at the northern frontier.
Your brother has been away for a month.
Qian Xue, think of it like this instead.
Ping Zhang will be home within 20 days.
That's true.
- You may be dismissed. - Yes.
Didn't you make Miss Lin angry a few days ago?
Did you apologize?
I visited her twice.
She said that she was too occupied with her patients.
She ignored me.
Only twice?
Qian Xue, I have so much homework to finish.
How about this?
I'll make more snacks and you can make time to deliver them to her.
Thank you, Qian Xue.
Get on with your work.
It's the former emperor's birthday anniversary on the ninth.
According to the customs
I have to go on a vegetarian ritual at the royal mausoleum for a month
with the close kin of the Imperial Clan.
Crown Prince should come with me.
That night when East Palace caught fire, Crown Prince was petrified.
He's still suffering from nightmares every night.
The imperial physician said that it's best for him not to travel.
In that case, he can stay in the capital.
There are Palace Guards at the royal mausoleum.
I'll leave Fei Zhan with Crown Prince.
I'll be sure to manage the harem well.
Your Majesty, do rest assured.
Once seven medical cases are discovered in Rosy Cloud Town
it will be reported to the Metropolitan Government Office at once.
Don't worry. Guru has considered that.
He won't let anyone find out about this disaster in Rosy Cloud Town
when this plague can still be contained by the local authorities.
[Rosy Cloud Town]
Mentor, all three water sources in Rosy Cloud Town
are now contaminated with the virus.
In a few days, there will be some obvious medical cases.
Xiao Yuan Qi...
Is he still stalking Wu Liang?
After Mentor reminded him, he has paid more attention.
They said that he didn't.
He...
What do you want to say?
Mentor, you're particularly forgiving toward this young marquis.
Xiao Yuan Qi is clever and suspicious by nature.
He has the brains and the will to tolerate.
He's far more dangerous than the others.
I'm making such an effort with him
because he will become a poisonous thorn
that I've planted in Great Liang's Imperial Clan.
My dear disciple, you need not be jealous of him.
I have to die one day.
However, as long as he's alive
there shall be no peace in Jinling City.
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