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[Episode 53]
Father.
Your Majesty.
There's no need for you to be nervous today.
I... have summoned you here for your opinions.
- I wouldn't dare do so! - I wouldn't dare do so!
Don't worry about offending anyone.
Don't try to frame anyone either.
Your Majesty, I...
I then have nothing to say.
Your Majesty.
Gusong Zhi is secretly scolding me in his mind.
This is--
Master Xue, you know His Majesty prefers to hear the truth now.
You can just speak your mind.
Don't worry about me!
In times of danger, I can't function
if I don't push someone ahead of me as my shield.
Lift your heads up.
What I intend to ask you today is--
I don't know about anything.
- I know nothing. - Exactly.
I'm too old now.
I often lose track of what happened the next day the day before.
I mean...
I can't remember the next day what happened tomorrow.
That's not right either.
It's forgetting what happened yesterday the day before.
That's... still wrong.
You forget today about what happened yesterday.
- That's right! - Exactly.
Your Majesty, see?
Master Gusong has the same problem as well.
We're both quite sick--
That's enough!
What nonsense is all this?
What I'm going to ask you today won't cost you your lives.
That's good to know...
Your Majesty...
Other than my life, I don't have any other assets.
I only have the wages from the royal court.
My family and children used it up on food and drinks.
All I have left is my loyalty for the Duan Empire.
Xue Huo.
Don't be so sure of yourself.
I admit my mistake.
What I'm asking you today is
who you think is the most suitable candidate among the princes
to negotiate with Suoda Meng in Han Prefecture.
This matter...
Your Majesty should have a candidate on your mind.
Muyun...
Lu.
Prince Lu is very eloquent.
However, those in North Continent don't care about any reasoning.
Gusong Zhi, why didn't you say a word?
Well...
Those in North Continent admire strength and combat skills.
They often succumb to those who are fierce and strong.
That's as good as having said nothing.
Even a child in the Duan Empire knows that.
How about...
Muyun Han?
Unwise.
Muyun Han's Silver Army fought with those in North Continent.
If I send him, it will only cause another conflict.
Your Majesty.
Among the grown-up princes, there's one other suitable candidate.
Who is it?
This prince is convicted of a crime.
He is still being kept in captivity.
I blurted nonsense in a moment's anxiety.
Muyun He Ge?
Muyun He Ge's crime is as good as treason.
According to the law of the Great Duan Empire
he is to be kept in captivity for life.
There were officials who once pleaded on his behalf.
I... I had them all dismissed.
Aren't you afraid to be punished for suggesting him today?
Your Majesty...
Forgive me for speaking bluntly.
Negotiating in Han Prefecture is a life-or-death task.
The people of North Continent know no friend from foe.
If we are to negotiate on their turf
it's as good as sending a lamb to the wolf.
Since Prince He Ge is regarded as being given the capital punishment
why not... let him take the risk?
If the negotiation is successful, it will be an amazing feat!
He can then purge his previous sins.
If he fails...
Prince He Ge would have died a brave and dutiful member of the royal clan.
Your Majesty...
If you're willing to give him this chance
it means that you still keep him on your mind.
I'll consent to that.
Wu Ru Yi, convey my decree.
Yes.
That was my old wig.
Not Yin Rong's.
Yes.
What if His Majesty summons me suddenly?
I'll say this again.
I want Yin Rong's.
The cloud-floater wig.
Yes.
Empress.
Empress, Wu Ru Yi congratulates Your Highness!
He still has no manners at all.
You have no manners at all!
Come in here!
Wu Ru Yi congratulates Your Highness!
His Majesty ordered me to convey his royal decree.
Prince He Ge has been pardoned.
Mistress...
A-Shan congratulates Young mistress!
Say that again.
His Majesty has decreed to release Prince He Ge immediately.
My He Ge...
He Ge...
I haven't seen Your Highness so happy for a long time.
Why?
Why would His Majesty suddenly release He Ge?
Why would he release him for?
Your Highness, it's good that he's been released now.
You don't have to worry about the other matters.
Wu Ru Yi.
You now work for His Majesty.
Your loyalty...
Have you pledged it to His Majesty as well?
Your Highness, I feel so wronged.
Ever since Your Highness was married into the palace
I've always served at your side.
It's been 26 years now.
To me, that's my entire life.
Why won't you tell me the truth?
It isn't that I won't tell you the truth
but that I've kept part of it from you.
Your Highness.
There isn't much in life to rejoice over.
Most often than not, one only finds blessings with an eye covered.
If you insist on looking clearly, there's not much to be happy for.
You're done talking?
Yes.
Why did His Majesty release He Ge?
Your Highness...
Don't worry too much after hearing this.
I had hoped that Your Highness would be happy for as long as--
Speak!
His Majesty...
His Majesty has ordered Prince He Ge to set out right away
across the sea to negotiate in Han Prefecture.
Young Mistress!
Muyun Qin...
You... You're so vicious.
Wu Ru Yi, where are you going?
Your Highness, I have to announce the royal decree.
I'm already running late--
Don't go!
I'd rather that He Ge remains locked up in that forsaken manor.
I might not get to see him...
but I'll know that he's still alive.
If he's still alive, I'll have hope!
Although he's released now...
His Majesty is sending him to his doom!
Wu Ru Yi...
I command you to swallow this royal decree.
Young Mistress!
If Wu Ru Yi doesn't convey the decree, he will be a dead man!
If he does, He Ge is a dead man!
Should he die, I'll have everyone in the royal city buried with him!
Wu Ru Yi...
Hand over your life... to me.
Dress me up.
I'm going to visit His Majesty.
Young Mistress...
Which wig would you like?
Yin Rong's.
The cloud-floater wig!
Yes.
Resentment grows...
Loved ones depart.
I was too greedy.
Greed...
It made me covet all of the wonderful things in the world.
Authority...
Reputation...
Love...
Family...
I always thought that if I was clever and hardworking
I could have everything.
However, Yin Rong...
I was wrong.
I'm actually the dumbest of all.
On the day I stabbed you...
I lost everything.
I've never been happy since then.
Yin Rong...
I miss you...
Your concubine and subject, Yin Rong, asks to seek audience with His Majesty.
It's been days since I saw Your Majesty.
Yin Rong misses you greatly.
I have a favor to ask of Your Majesty.
May I go in?
Just say it right there.
- You're all to leave. - Don't bother!
Yin Rong...
She never talks in such a tone.
I have something on my mind and hence, I forgot my manners.
Your Majesty, please don't take it to heart.
Yin Rong wouldn't forget her manners even if she were troubled.
Your Majesty is unhappy?
What can I do to cheer you up?
Yin Rong can't do anything for me.
She's dead.
But...
aren't I standing right here, alive and well?
Nanku Ming Yi.
Fall, Yongning Reign 15th Year.
You set Yong Yin Hall on fire.
Have you forgotten?
That day...
you said to my Yin Rong
"Love and hatred are just like night and day."
Ever since you appeared...
my world has descended into chaos, oblivious to day and night.
I can't even figure out who I really am anymore.
I had thought that if I resembled you
it would be the best way to deceive others and myself.
Only now do I understand...
I can't keep deceiving myself.
Night and day come hand in hand.
They last just as long.
Both love and hatred carve their marks on our hearts.
Love makes one remember, but so will hatred!
Love is yours.
"Keep it, then."
"I won't take it from you."
All I want is hatred!
I want Muyun Qin to slowly forget what love feels like.
Until there's only hatred left in him.
Then, in his world, day won't exist anymore.
I'll be the only one in his mind.
Nanku Ming Yi.
How pitiful you are.
You wanted to plant hatred in my heart.
Who should I hate?
You?
Hatred...
It will also remain in Your Majesty's heart.
It stays on Your Majesty's mind as well.
You're an empress.
Yet you're willing to act as Yin Rong.
Aren't you afraid that everyone in the harem finds you absurd?
Your Majesty needs Yin Rong.
I made such a sacrifice for Your Majesty's sake.
But also for the Duan Empire.
Have I been kind to Yin Rong?
Yes.
I only realized after I pretended to be Yin Rong...
Your Majesty, you're two different men
when you're with Yin Rong and Nanku Ming Yi.
One is as warm as the sun in winter.
One is as cold as the snow on the ground.
You're the one who coveted warmth.
Don't say that you're doing this for anyone.
You say you came to me for the sake of the sovereignty.
But, in fact, you came here because of Muyun He Ge.
You pretended to be Yin Rong.
Just so that I would take pity on you and show you some mercy.
Nanku Ming Yi.
You're so calculative.
You hate me.
You hate me, don't you?
You humiliate me so badly because you hate me?
Hate?
I'm not in the mood to hate you.
You just don't want to admit it.
You fail to understand.
What is hatred?
What is revenge?
What is dislike?
What is poking fun at someone?
To me... you are nothing more than a passerby.
Hatred?
You're not worthy of it.
Your Majesty!
I don't want it...
I don't want anything, Your Majesty.
You don't have to love me.
You don't have to hate me either.
Your Majesty...
If you need me to be Yin Rong, then I am her.
If you dislike that, I can be Nanku Ming Yi.
I'm begging you!
Keep He Ge here.
Let He Ge stay...
I just want He Ge alive...
Your Majesty...
The day he usurped my throne...
he was already dead.
Two, three, four, five, six...
Eunuch Wu, don't bother yelling.
You'll have to put up with the pain.
After the beating, you still have to announce the decree
to release Prince He Ge.
His Majesty already is lenient.
Eunuch Wu, stop yelling.
He Ge...
Mother is here to see you.
Mother...
You're here?
Young Mistress.
One has to eat to survive.
I won't eat then.
Young Mistress.
Young Mistress, one has to eat to survive.
It's not hot.
It's the right temperature.
Whatever milk it is, human or animal alike
it's what a mother would save for her children.
It shouldn't be wasted.
My He Ge...
I still have to stop you from going to Han Prefecture.
[He Ge]
Greetings, Prince He Ge!
Do rise.
Your Highness!
The lantern of a sinned subject...
I'll keep it.
As a souvenir.
Yes.
This world...
It's mine now.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
The day I'm released...
is actually the day I seek my doom.
Round and round the firewood is bound.
The Three Stars appear in the sky.
What an evening, that I see this good man?
What an evening, my, oh my...
That I should get a good man like this.
Round and round the grass is bound.
The Three Stars are seen from the corner.
What an evening, that we have this unexpected encounter.
Happy couple, what a couple.
That we should have this unexpected encounter.
This song is about reuniting with a loved one.
You look how you did when I saved you on that night.
Prince De...
Take your hand off me.
Sure.
You think that you can become the empress again
now that Muyun He Ge's been released?
I have that capability.
My destiny...
I can strive for it.
Arrogant people think that they can win.
It's actually because they see too little of this world.
If you realized that I'm the one playing this game of chess...
you wouldn't be gloating over the fact that you've offended me.
What game is it that you're playing?
Prince De.
Mister Qin, take good care of our guest.
Give him more meat.
He will need much strength to carry out his task.
Yes.
Little one, we meet again.
Someone asked me to visit you.
Who are you?
You can't recognize me with my mustache?
- Who are you? - Han Jiang.
You're that famous young rogue in Tian Qi City?
Don't believe in such nonsense!
A rogue?
I'm a man of law and order.
Mister Qin?
Where are those people who came here with me?
They are staying in our best rooms.
There's a young lady who is wounded.
How is she doing?
You mean Miss Su?
She stayed here once, so I remember her.
Many visitors come and go at this inn.
Can you remember every one of them?
I can.
We manage several businesses here.
Customers come and go at this inn.
They are friends, but also enemies.
They are also business clients.
It's hard to tell.
Therefore, I make a bit of an effort and remember them all.
That young lady, she...
How is she right now?
She can get out of bed and walk now.
We've prepared all sorts of rice congee for her every day.
We also send our men to bring back nourishment from the clinic.
She's recovered quite well.
You're smiling so happily.
As her friend, I'm definitely happy to hear that she's fine.
You--
How does it feel to be in love with someone?
How would I know?
Go and fall for someone. Then you'll know.
What will you do if the lady you love looks down on you?
I forgot that you were born of a rich and noble family.
You were born with a family crest.
Women would only look up to men like you.
Mister Qin...
I'll have to remind you.
I'm Han Jiang.
I grew up in the Temple of Healing Buddha.
Go and ask around there.
Just at the sound of my name...
so many rich people would hide their treasures away.
They are scared that I'll steal from them.
I've learned not to care since I was a child.
I don't care what people say about me.
However, if there's something that I care about
I'll be sure to defend it.
What can I accomplish if I look down on myself?
What do you think?
I understand that theory.
It's just that when it happens to me...
the theory is one thing, but reality is another.
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