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[Nirvana In Fire II]
[Episode 47]
[Jifeng Hall]
The Patrol Force?
Donghu Palace Guards?
- And his personal army? - Yes.
What should we do now?
What should we do right now?
Forgive me for being blunt.
We can only rely on the Imperial Guards.
Give up Jinling to defend the palace.
Await reinforcements from the loyal subjects! Master Jin!
Please take me into the palace to see His Majesty now!
Go!
General! General!
The Patrol Force is here!
- Leave now! - Come with me!
- Master Jin. - General Yue!
Why didn't I believe you in the first place? Why?
Hurry up, Master Jin!
Go!
- Let's go. - Go.
This area is restricted. Please stop.
Nonsense!
Without the seal of the cabinet, the Patrol Force has no right--
Master Jin!
I must see His Majesty!
I want to see His Majesty!
Open the door! Quickly!
Master Jin.
Master Jin, this is--
I seek an audience with His Majesty!
Master Jin!
It's the 15th. The Imperial Clan has to greet His Majesty!
His Majesty is with the old princes.
Master Jin! Master Jin!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
What's wrong, Minister Jin?
Prince of Laiyang has rebelled!
Commander Tang, we've come so far.
It's best for you not to be so soft-hearted.
Your Highness.
How is the situation in the streets?
It's generally within our control.
My son!
Quickly!
Quickly! Hold the fort!
Quickly!
Quickly! Faster!
Master, His Majesty decreed to summon the Imperial Guards
but there's no response from the South Yard Division
or the Front Gate Division.
Master Wu, the Imperial Guards didn't respond to the decree
for some reason.
How many men do we have in the palace now?
Master Wu!
There are only 500 men.
- Your Majesty! - What's going on, General Yue?
Forgive me for being blunt.
The Imperial Guards' Office must have risen in mutiny.
The guards in the palace aren't enough to hold the fort.
Your Majesty, where else can you deploy troops from?
That's impossible!
I don't believe you!
- The Imperial Guards will never-- - Your Majesty!
Where else can you deploy troops from?
There are still some at Mount Wei's Imperial Mausoleum.
But they surely can't fend off Donghu Palace Guards.
There's no other way now.
Your Majesty, please get changed.
I'll lead the elite soldiers to escort Your Majesty out of the palace.
Bring me my Imperial Seals.
Yes.
Your Majesty.
General Yue...
Even if my mother and I can escape out of the palace
we won't make it out of this city.
I hope that you will take this seal to summon a loyal subject.
Even if the gods show me no pity and no amends can be made
at least, the people will know the truth.
Your Majesty, however this might develop
I will do everything I can to bring reinforcements to Your Majesty!
Master Wu!
Isn't His Majesty going to leave?
Chun Jun!
General.
- Lead General Yue out. - Yes!
General Yue.
Take care.
Convey my orders!
Gather all the guards in the palace!
Everyone is to retreat to Chaoyang Hall to protect His Majesty!
We'll fight it out with the treacherous rebels!
Yes!
Ping Jing, what is this place?
This is Langya Hall's local messenger dove station.
Brother Xun, this way.
[Dove Station]
This is the latest information we have in our Lang Province station.
Please go through it, Second Young Master.
Thank you.
Ping Jing, what's wrong?
Brother Xun...
We left Mount Langya too late.
Your Highness.
With no one to lead the two divisions of the Imperial Guards
their confusion caused them to weaken and they have now surrendered.
There's some trouble at the South Yard Division.
I've already suppressed them.
Do rest assured, Your Highness.
With General Di's assistance
I've never been worried about anything.
Your Highness.
We're already closing in on the palace.
The Imperial Guards in the palace have retreated to Chaoyang Palace.
They are likely to put up a fight.
Let's see how long they can fend us off.
I can afford to hold out.
Charge!
- Charge! - Charge!
If my brother were still alive...
How could such a disaster happen?
If Prince of Changlin were still here, this would never have happened.
Charge!
Xiao Yuan Qi!
Treacherous subject! Thief!
His Majesty treated you well and yet you--
Empress Dowager, do you recognize me?
How could I recognize a treacherous subject like you?
I, Di Ming, was born and raised here in the capital.
My family had served the Imperial Court for generations as officials.
I wouldn't claim that we had attained merits
but at least we were never born to be treacherous subjects.
As the Chief Commander of the Royal Palace Guards
you live by your ruler's wages but failed to fulfill your duty!
Instead, you betrayed your ruler's kindness and rebelled!
How would a treacherous and immoral man like you
dare to bring up your family's honor?
It is because of Empress Dowager
that I'm the only one alive in the entire Di family.
What is it that I can't mention?
I've never met you!
I don't understand your nonsense!
That year...
The plague in Jinling City...
Ping Jing, I don't understand what you're thinking!
Since you said that we're already late, we shouldn't waste more time here!
With just the two of us, what can we do even if we get to Jinling right now?
As a disciple of the Meng family
I was born to defend His Majesty!
Even if I have to die, I'll die on the battlefield!
Brother Xun!
Even if you have the determination to die on the battlefield
you might not have the chance.
Just for the sake of your so-called blessing...
The lives of people in Great Liang and the citizens of the capital
mean nothing more than worthless dirt in the eyes of nobility like you!
No!
The plague in Jinling was plotted by the villains of Yeqin State!
It wasn't my mother!
Nearly 10,000 people fell ill and died from the plague in Jinling!
Piles of corpses and innocent souls.
Empress Dowager Xun, do you dare to step forward right here
and say that you had nothing at all to do with it?
Mother?
You betrayed His Majesty because of that?
Do you know that His Majesty was still very young then?
He is not to be blamed!
As long as he has a mother like you
he's not fit to be an emperor!
We certainly mustn't give up.
What I'm calculating is His Majesty's chances of survival.
Tell me your conclusion.
Mother!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty...
The former emperor always taught you that as an imperial descendant
under no circumstances may you lose your dignity and composure.
Don't you remember that?
Your Majesty, although I was tricked
I did cause the plague to spread throughout the capital.
My sins...
I must not be pardoned.
I should bear the consequences.
Today, this is the outcome of retribution.
Kindness is rewarded and evil is punished.
Your Majesty shouldn't obstruct this out of your bias for me
Do you understand?
Yes.
Today...
I'm willing to accept my punishment and forfeit my title as Empress Dowager.
After my passing, I am not to be buried in the Imperial Mausoleum.
I am not to be given offerings.
I am not to be worshiped in the ancestral hall.
My corpse is to be abandoned out in the suburbs
as an offering to the people who died from the plague.
His Majesty was chosen by the gods' will.
He inherited the throne from the former emperor.
Since he took the throne
he has never acted out of moral incompetence.
I will bear the consequences of my own wrongdoings!
After my passing, as long as you retreat and put an end to this rebellion
His Majesty promises never to hold you responsible.
Xiao Yuan Qi...
General Di...
From this moment onward
you no longer have a just cause for this rebellion!
No one can take my son's life in the name of his mother's sins!
Your Highness, doesn't this make our rebellion unjustified?
General Di...
You're now free to avenge your family.
- Empress Dowager! - Empress Dowager!
Mother!
Yuan Shi.
Bear this in mind.
You're the emperor of Great Liang!
Empress Dowager Xun...
Please take your own life.
- Empress Dowager! - Empress Dowager!
Mother!
Your Majesty!
Mother!
What are you doing? What are you doing?
Mother!
Brother Xun, you mustn't forget that Xiao Yuan Qi
belongs to a branch of the Imperial Clan.
He's Emperor Wu Jing's grandson.
If he can succeed the throne
it will appear to everyone that it is still the reign of Xiao family.
This is his greatest advantage.
You mean to say he will think of ways
to justify his rebellion and exonerate himself of his crime.
Is that it?
- Empress Dowager! - Empress Dowager!
You have already forced Empress Dowager to kill herself.
What other grudges do you still bear?
If you don't leave right away, you shall incur the wrath of all men!
When the loyalists come to annihilate the rebels
it will end badly for you.
Although Empress Dowager is dead
Xiao Yuan Shi is still on the throne.
How can we feel at ease about that?
What else do you want?
In history, it has always been the able who hold sovereignty.
Xiao Yuan Shi!
He's young, without a mentor, and influenced by a woman.
Externally, he failed to keep our territory intact.
Domestically, he failed to impress his subjects.
I want him to write down his Edict of Introspection.
Abdicate his throne to a better ruler.
Prince of Laiyang is the grandson of Emperor Wu Jing!
He's the descendant of an emperor, the best of the Imperial Clan!
Everyone knows of his merits in defending the eastern frontier!
We are willing to serve Prince of Laiyang as our ruler!
Your Majesty--
I might have made many mistakes.
However, whatever the circumstances, I'll never bow to treacherous subjects!
You want me to write a edict to cover up your sins
and deceive everyone in the world?
You're just a young child raised deep in the palace.
How much dignity do you think you have?
Xiao Yuan Qi!
The gods are watching!
Would you dare to kill the emperor?
Gao Fu!
Right now
if His Majesty announces his Edict of Introspection
and abdicates his throne to him
that would be the best ending for Xiao Yuan Qi.
That treacherous scum thought it would all be so simple.
I do hope this is what he has planned.
If this is his intention
His Majesty will be able to survive for a few more days.
Search the premises thoroughly.
- Find the Six Imperial Seals. - Yes!
The Imperial Seal is no longer in the palace.
When you initiated the rebellion
I sent someone to take one of the seals out of the palace.
I believe that even if the capital is taken
and I end up dead by your hands
he will hand over the Imperial Seal to someone trustworthy!
I'd quite like to know who you deem trustworthy.
Is it Prince of Changlin, who is far away on Mount Langya?
Xiao Yuan Shi...
You used to be high up on the throne.
Therefore, it's only natural that people treated you faithfully.
However, once they get a chance
once the throne is placed before them
everyone will be just like me, and Xiao Ping Jing is no exception.
His Majesty took the throne at a young age
and the Imperial Court was led by the cabinet for years.
He lacks in prestige.
Not to mention our defeat against Eastern Sea State.
As long as Xiao Yuan Qi can force His Majesty
to abdicate his throne in public, he can then deceive the people.
If we wish to go against him
courage and the sacrifice of a few lives will be fruitless.
Right now, what we need is an army of loyal subjects.
You should know that my father never interfered with military affairs
near the capital, so as to avoid any unnecessary suspicion.
The frontier tally was even returned after every battle.
However, Cabinet Minister Xun and many officials still doubted him.
What do you think they were taking precautions against?
You mean to say...
Second Young Master.
We've sent out the news.
This is the first reply.
Send this letter out.
Yes.
Ping Jing, what have you arranged that I didn't know of?
Brother Xun, I have a question for you.
If we haven't seen each other for a long time
and if you still hold great armed forces
I approach you one day out of the blue to say
that His Majesty and the nation are in grave danger
without any solid evidence or military authority
would you come with me?
I would.
Why?
I believe in your abilities and your unwavering loyalty to His Majesty.
Simply put, this is exactly what your uncle meant to prevent.
Changlin Manor defended the northern frontier for a long time.
Two generations of courageous and loyal men.
In the minds of the people
such loyalty and trust can be influential.
You wish to...
From here to the capital
I'm going to summon all the loyal subjects in the name of Changlin.
Enforce the curfew in the capital!
Kill all who leave without authorization!
Enforce the curfew in the capital! Kill all who leave without authorization!
Min...
Accept this.
All I can do for you now is to let you leave this burning pit.
You won't get a chance once he returns.
I have had someone destroy your documents.
You can leave without a care.
What are you doing?
Don't be stupid.
Traitors! Rebels!
I'd rather die than become one of you!
- Traitors! Rebels! - Rebels!
General.
There's an empty house in the back alley.
Lock them all in there.
Remember to send them food and water regularly.
We're not going to kill them?
We are not.
Yes!
General, you still can't leave the capital.
I've discovered a few less guarded spots but I have to check again.
Where are the things I told you to prepare?
We took seven uniforms from the Palace Guards.
General, even if you manage to find Prince of Changlin at Langya Hall
he doesn't have an army.
What can he do?
You're right.
I don't know what he can do.
Brother Xun, didn't you ask me yesterday why we took a detour to Lang Province?
Look.
Dong Qing?
You were actually waiting for them?
Greetings, Your Highness!
Dong Qing...
All of you still hold military posts.
You have a promising future.
The outcome of the battle in Jinling is unpredictable.
I hope that everyone can think this through.
Whether the title still exists in this world or not
once a soldier of Changlin, we shall always defend our ruler
to fight for our home and nation!
Your Highness, please allow Dong Qing to follow you on this conquest!
Your Highness, please allow us to follow you on this conquest!
Yes.
Second Young Master!
General Wei...
Second Young Master, we've brought you
all of your past subordinates in Gan Province.
[Prince of Changlin]
Commander of Gan Province division is willing to follow Prince of Changlin!
Commander of Sui Province division is willing to follow Prince of Changlin!
Commander of Ji Province division is willing to follow Prince of Changlin!
Commander of Chang Province division is willing to follow Prince of Changlin!
Although you visit the palace often, you've never been here, have you?
Do you know what this place is?
Chaoyang Hall.
The place where the emperor handles all state affairs!
I told you that I'd make you the most prestigious woman.
I didn't break my promise.
An Ru...
An Ru!
Aren't you happy for me and yourself?
If this is the most important thing to you...
if you think it's worth committing all those sins
and betraying your conscience
you can surely be happy and gloat about it.
But I can't empathize with you.
I can't feel any happiness at all, not even a little bit.
That's because you have yet to understand or have a taste of the utmost supremacy!
I've already made the arrangements.
Whether Xiao Yuan Shi is willing or not
in two days... His abdication ceremony will happen in two days.
An Ru...
You're destined to become a lady of the harem.
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