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"The Laugh of Peach Blossoms" by Rio Wang
♫ The moon in my hand laughs to it's heart content ♫
♫ The cloud in front of me goes to bed early ♫
♫ Spring breeze can't blow down my skinny waist ♫
♫ I’m bouncing and vivacious in the Peach Blossom Spring ♫
♫ Youngster, you shall not have the heart to return too early ♫
♫ Swallows also fly here in pairs ♫
♫ Peaches have died prematurely, and Japanese bananas also stay green ♫
♫ Who cares if it rains and wind blows in a howling and pounding night ♫
♫ Even if a flower bursts with fresh red color, it still will wither ♫
♫ The heart of a youngster will never turn old ♫
♫ Everyone heard, both young and old, ♫
♫ That I want to row the boat in the water ♫
♫ Willow catkins drift, drift beyond the corner of the sky ♫
♫ Have you ever seen turmoil in the mortal world? ♫
♫ Come back to chat with peach blossoms ♫
♫ Willow catkins drift, drift beyond the corner of the sky ♫
♫ Have you ever seen turmoil in the mortal world? ♫
♫ Come back to chat with peach blossoms ♫
♫ La la la la la la la la la la. La la la la la la la la la la ♫
♫ I’m bouncing and vivacious in the Peach Blossom Spring ♫
♫ Hurry up to chat with peach blossoms ♫
[ I Will Never Let You Go ]
[ Episode 43 ]
Bai Ma, you are really strong.
You finished moving the tea all by yourself?
Lady made the right decision to keep you.
Let's go and talk back in the store.
Set out!
Lord, message from Bai Ma.
Hua Buqi knew he was familiar with the Gobi desert,
so she kept him.
With her taking Bai Ma in at this moment,
makes me suspect that she wants to use his familiarity with the topography to do something.
It seems Chen Yu was arrested by the King.
You are right.
Hua Buqi dispatched all the guards of the House of Zhu to Qiyun Mountain.
She is preparing to intercept the prisoner convoy.
I'm really curious how she convinced the people of House of Zhu into dying with her.
In a few days, Chen Yu will be transferred to the capital city.
Send someone to ambush him. I can never let Chen Yu fall into the hands of the King.
Bring more fire arrows.
If there really is no solution,
I would rather him die than letting the Emperor have the treasure and the map.
Yes.
The Special Envoy is escorting the prisoner back to the capital city!
Clear the way!
The Special Envoy is escorting the prisoner back to the capital city!
Clear the way!
Zhu Shou, can't we go faster?
We are already very far away from the prisoner convoy.
I am really sorry, My Lady. This carriage was broken a few days ago.
This is the maximum speed.
Bai Ma! Do you know the lay of the land here?
Can you take me to get ahead of them?
I won't ride the carriage anymore. Let's ride the horses.
Chief Stewards, continue leading the caravan..
Xiao Xia, Xiao Liu and I will take the shortcut to Qiyun Mountain. We will be waiting there.
My Lady, be careful on your travel!
I know!
Only you? Where are the rest of the people?
The rest of them have already set up position in Qiyun Mountain.
Where is Bai Jianfei now?
The scout we sent hasn't sent anything back yet.
Bai Ma, Xiao Liu, you guys go out and check.
Yes.
My Lady, Bai Ma just joined us. Can we trust him?
You can rest assured, I am really good at judging characters. He can be trusted.
Xiao Liu.
What?
What did you call me?
You are really stupid. After serving me for so long, you can't even recognize my voice?
Young Master?
It's me. Let's quickly go.
Wait, Young Master!
- Young Master. - How is everything?
Young Master, there were not many people who came from General Guan. He promised to lend us 3,000 men,
but only 500 of them came.
The holy object and the map must be kept secret from General Guan.
He has some doubts about me and doesn't believe that someone will come to stop the convoy.
It's reasonable that he won't lend me so many people.
Young Master, what should we do now?
It's too late to ask for more people.
I was thinking we could divide into three teams, now we have to focus on one direction.
Today, I must seek revenge for Master.
Yes.
You see that place. The land is dangerous.
Shi'er, we must send more people.
to this location.
Yes.
What terrible idea that Chen Yu has.
I have to work with him even though he insulted me.
And he left all the hard work to me.
I have to carry the empty tumbril back to the capital, while I don't know where he is now..
When I get back to the capital, I must report this to the Emperor.
There's an ambush! Be careful!
How come they are not back yet?
Dongfang Shi?
With so few people in Qiyun Mountain, you guys want to stop the tumbril?
What tumbril? Don't talk nonsense.
I was just afraid. Since the House of Zhu was mistaken as traitors,
we can't predict what's going to happen on our way back to Zhu Manor.
Of course, we need someone to protect us.
You sure can make a good story.
Dongfang Shi, by the way you look,
could you have attempted to stop the prisoner convoy?
Yes. You want to know the result?
Bring him in!
The one who killed my Master will surely come to intercept the prisoner convoy.
I will then be able to pacify the rebels,
and I can kill the people who knew your identity.
This is the best solution I can think of.
Dongfang Shi didn't get caught.
Did Chen Yu fail to stop him and get killed?
What do you mean by this?
Bai Jianfei ran away. Chen Yu was killed by fire arrow.
This is his body.
My Lady, we should go back to Suzhou now.
Don't bother with the matters here for now. Grand Master must be missing you a lot.
He once asked me,
what would I do if he died?
I told him
that I will remarry for sure.
But actually I won't.
I like him.
Dongfang Shi, you know why I don't like you?
Why?
Because even if you are nice to me,
for your own purpose, you still cruelly brought his corpse here.
You want to see my reaction and make me confirm if it's really him.
So this is what you think of me?
He is important to the Emperor,
and he is equally important to me.
I indeed want you to confirm.
But more importantly, I want you to see the truth.
Stop lying to yourself.
You went all the way here, disregarding if the House of Zhu would get implicated for the crime of treason,
just for him. Right?
Dongfang Shi, you know how bad that man was burned.
How dare you force My Lady to look at him?
I will look, how can I not want to look?!
I just don't want to believe it.
It's better to see it for myself.
You want the truth. I want it, too!
My Lady!
My Lady.
My Lady, stop looking.
The body was burned like this.
Do you want her to have nightmares every night?
You kept saying that you want what's good for her,
but you keep causing her troubles.
Let's go.
Young Master, Bai Jianfei has escaped..
We only caught some of his escorting palace guards.
They said the one who burned and fell down the cliff was the Commandery Prince of Dongping.
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- Keep tracking them down. - Yes.
The scenery of Qiyun Mountain is beautiful.
As his grave,
it is not aggrieving him.
I will order someone to bury him.
Zhu brat,
you will go nowhere today.
You're going back with me.
Where are you taking her?
If you don't want Xiao Xia and the guards to die because of you,
stop resisting and come with me.
It seems...
you already got those two things.
It seems that you have found out about those two things.
Dongfang Shi,
you said you like me.
But you only want to use me to get those two items,
and then you will kill me
to get the treasure.
You helped me get those two things.
Why would I kill you?
Maybe he didn't know about the full prediction?
Xiao Xia.
Leave us now.
My Lady!
Leave.
Yes.
Do you know the full Biluotian prophecy?
So Chen Yu told you everything.
Then you know you are the Saintess of Biluotian?
I asked you, do you know about the full prophecy of Biluotian?
This dynasty will end on the Fifth Emperor.
The one who obtains the treasure of Biluotian will run the world.
If I want to get the treasure,
I will need the help of the Saintess of Biluotian,
which is you, Zhu brat.
You'll help open the treasure for me.
The full prophecy is...
This dynasty will end on the Fifth Emperor.
The one who obtains the treasure of Biluotian will run the world,
then activate the holy item
and sacrifice the Saintess.
You can then get the treasure.
Activate the holy item...
and sacrifice the Saintess?
You really don't know?
Chen Yu told you that?
Yes.
He told those to me.
No way.
You are lying.
You know I like you, so I would never kill you.
You want me to let you go.
based on that?
No way.
You can even decide that?
Seems like you rank really high within the treason army.
You are the descendant of Prince of Cheng, right?
Okay.
I will go with you,
but you can't hurt Xiao Xia and the others.
Since Chen Yu is dead,
I have no intention in living by myself.
Whether to sacrifice me or not,
you can do whatever you want.
Zhu...
No way.
- Young Master! - My Lady!
- Young Master! - Shut up!
Lord said you have to bring Miss Zhu back.
I will kill whoever touches Zhu brat today!
Zhu brat,
I don't believe in the prophecy you told me,
but I won't risk it.
I will go back now and confirm it with my old man.
If the prophecy is a lie,
I will come back to find you.
My Lady...
Ask our people in Qiyun Mountain to return to Zhu Manor.
Ask two people
to carry him back to be buried.
Yes.
My Lady, you are tired.
There are no inns on our way back.
Maybe, let's just find a place in this area to rest for now.
My Lady, have some water.
Just have a sip.
Who is there?
Bai Ma!
Who really are you? Why did you kill the guards of House of Zhu? My Lady, don't come near!
My Lady!
My Lady! My Lady!
My Lady!
You didn't die!
You really didn't die!
Buqi, I am alive.
I am alive.
What happened exactly?
I saw Dongfang Shi...
that scar on the hand of the corpse he brought in...
I really thought you failed and was burned to death.
Buqi,
we didn't have enough people to catch them.
But I pretended that I was hit by their arrows and fell down the cliff
to make them believe that I was dead.
Buqi,
there are just too many risks in this operation.
I was afraid if I told you I was going to fake my death, you would be exposed.
So just in case,
I did a trick to that body.
I had to do that.
Don't you ever scare me like that again.
I thought you were dead.
I panicked.
I didn't know what to do.
I didn't know what I was thinking.
I think everything is meaningless.
I even wanted to go with you.
You stupid girl.
Even if I were to die,
you can't do that.
Stop talking about these things.
You and your people were really careless.
You didn't know you were being followed by spies.
Spies?
I was following you guys, and I found that someone followed you guys,
so I killed them.
Then I found out
that there were some people in your crew
with horses that have hoofs that are different from others.
I'm sure
that someone must be reporting through this way.
As for who they were reporting to, I don't know anymore.
It might be someone from Dongfang Shi.
Might be from Bai Jianfei's side.
Or it might be from both parties.
There must be someone from Dongfang Shi's side.
Otherwise, how could he always find out where I was?
Good thing, you're now safe.
Oh crap.
With me suddenly running out like this,
Xiao Xia must be worried.
You can rest assured.
You came with me willingly.
They will surely figure it out.
Besides,
I left a message before we left.
I said that this was arranged by Zhu Baye,
and that they should immediately go back to the Zhu Manor.
When they get back,
they will discover that the House of Zhu has been disbanded,
and Zhu Baye will help them find a place to hide.
They will go in hiding.
Then where should we go now?
I have sent the portrait of my Master's murderer to the Emperor
and told the Emperor
that they want to rebel in name of Prince of Cheng.
I told him to prepare in advance.
But once the news of the prisoner convoy getting intercepted
reaches the ears of His Majesty,
he will surely have suspicions
on why they have to get me.
And then he will be thinking about the day when Master got killed,
I reported that I was sick and bedridden.
He can easily guess that I have the items,
but I've asked Xiao Liu to hide the stuff in a secure place.
And Zhu Baye is surely on his way here now.
We can hide first, and then seek a chance to take revenge for my Master.
- Then, let's quickly go! - Okay!
Is there more to the Biluotian prophecy?
Yes.
Why didn't you tell me?
Have you ever asked?
You knew that to get the treasure, we must sacrifice the Saintess.
Why then must you still make a marriage agreement to marry the daughter of the House of Zhu?
Why did you make me fall in love with Zhu brat?
It was initially for getting the Saintess of Biluotian.
That is still the reason now.
I told you to bring Hua Buqi back.
Did you? I need to watch her by myself.
I didn't bring her back.
Why?
I want her to live. I don't want her dead.
She has to die.
That is the fate for being the Saintess of Biluotian.
Only by killing her
we can have the treasure by ourselves,
so we can rule forever.
Fate my ass!
I won't allow anyone to kill her!
It seems that letting you go to Suzhou was a mistake.
In the past, I was bewitched by Xue Fei's eyes.
I loved her deeply,
but I knew that
there would be a day that I would have to kill her for the throne.
Shi'er,
I know that you like Hua Buqi.
But comparing a woman and the throne, which one is more important?
You should know.
I don't!
If I have to kill Zhu brat,
I would rather not have the throne.
How dare you?!
For this war,
for having you become the Emperor, I spent all of my sweat and blood!
I've used the hundred years of resources accumulated by Gui Valley!
You are giving it all up for a woman?
Can you face your parents?
Can you face your grandfather?
Can you face all the people who died in the battlefield just, so you can be the Emperor?!
Old man,
this is a throne that you wanted.
Not me.
I can help you get it,
but I won't allow you to touch Zhu brat.
Are you disobeying me for a woman?
Please forgive me, old man.
I really like Zhu brat.
I will not let her die for a ridiculous prediction.
If you dare to kill her,
I will burn Gui Valley!
Your mother was just like you.
Prince of Cheng ended up in Gui Valley when misfortunes befell on him.
Your mother insisted to marry him.
I looked down on that defeated Prince,
but your mother,
when I forbade her to marry him,
she also threatened
to burn Gui Valley just like you did.
I promised your mother
that you would take back your grandfather's throne
that was supposed to belong to your father.
Make you become the Emperor,
but I'm not a god.
No matter how powerful I am,
I am still mortal.
Shi'er,
I'm old now.
Old man,
we don't have to rely on the treasure of Biluotian
to be the Emperor.
We don't have to kill Zhu brat.
Shi'er,
even if don't kill her, you still can't marry her.
Why?
Think about it.
You were able to raise an army in Jingzhou without any problems
all because Northern Wilderness King was willing to work with us.
You can only marry his daughter, their Princess.
So,
you can't marry Hua Buqi.
Even if I can't marry her,
I can't let you kill her.
You!
Lord, there is an update!
Speak.
Informing Lord, the people we sent to follow Miss Zhu
were all killed.
Miss Zhu is not back in her manor. She has gone missing.
Got it. You may leave.
Yes.
Shi'er,
after Hua Buqi saw that body,
how did she react?
She was really sad.
Every time I saw her,
her eyes were so bright.
But this time,
I couldn't see any energy
from her eyes.
It seems that Chen Yu is really dead this time.
He was intimate with Hua Buqi,
so maybe,
he handed the holy object and the map
to Hua Buqi,
and Hua Buqi hid them.
Also,
Shi'er,
we fought with the Emperor's people twice
within a short period of time,
so there is no need for us to hide anymore.
Hence, we have to rebel within this month.
You need to be prepared.
I will go to Feiyun Fortress one last time.
Shi'er, about Hua Buqi,
let's discuss it later.
Old man,
just you wait.
I can take over the throne
without the help of the treasures of Biluotian.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Get up.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Regarding Chen Yu's death,
what do you think about it?
I saw it myself that
Commandery Prince of Dongping was shot and fell off from the cliff.
I thought he was really dead.
But then I thought more about it,
I think he is not dead.
Why?
Getting arrested by you for a fake rebellion
was Dongping Commandery Prince's original scheme.
He also borrowed soldiers from General Guan.
From this, it shows that he knew someone would definitely come to attack the prisoner's carriage.
Commandery Prince is a meticulous strategist.
It's impossible that he'd easily die.
I think
there must be
something wrong with it.
But blades and arrows in the battlefield are blind.
Maybe he died.
I bribed some guards from the House of Zhu,
but we lost contact with them on the day the prisoner's carriage was attacked.
When I found them based on the tracks that they'd left,
I discovered that they were killed.
The other guards from Zhu Manor told me that
they were killed by Bai Ma.
Hua Buqi was also abducted by Bai Ma.
The weird thing is
the guards who were killed
were all the ones I bribed.
Those guards were good fighters,
but were killed quickly when fighting with Bai Ma.
His fighting skill is exceptional.
Also,
he is helping the House of Zhu.
Who is this Bai Ma?
He is a person of Western Hu descent that had been taken in by Hua Buqi in Xichu.
I've investigated him.
This person is a normal laborer.
He only had brute force,
but afterwards,
he became a good fighter.
Also, he works for the House of Zhu.
I feel that it's a disguise of Commandery Prince of Dongping.
He abducted Hua Buqi on purpose.
He is probably afraid that Your Majesty is going to blame Hua Buqi and execute her.
It makes perfect sense.
It looks like you got lots of
information this time.
Is there anything else?
Your Majesty,
I think Dongping Commandery Prince is not controllable.
Other than faking his death and abducting Hua Buqi,
is there anything else?
When I used the poison to test him inside the prison,
not only did he disobey,
he stuffed the poison in my mouth.
If he is loyal to Your Majesty,
taking the poison is just to show how loyal he was.
On the contrary, he used the poison to threaten me
to be mindful with my words.
Quite bold.
You dare to use a poisonous pill
to poison a royal Prince,
so he can be controlled by you.
I'm sorry. Those were only supplements.
I was just trying to test Dongping Commandery Prince.
You guys grew up together.
How could you come up with such an idea?
The day you went to see him,
he already wrote me a letter.
He also sent back all the pills.
He wrote that
he was upset about your attitude,
so he fed you those pills.
Get up.
Thank you for not punishing me.
But I still insist that
Dongping Commandery Prince is not controllable.
After he listened to your decree,
he looked very angry.
He didn't show any respect and fear towards you.
If he can see through my test,
it shows how scheming
and meticulous he is.
With him telling you about me testing him
and sending back the pills,
how is that not taking advantage of the situation for his own benefit
and using my scheme for his own good?
For him to fake his death
and abduct Hua Buqi,
is an act of belittling Your Majesty.
Also,
I got to know this information.
It's about the Saintess of Biluotian.
What did you say?!
The Villa Master of Mingyue Villa, Liu Qingwu, told me that
she knows who the Saintess of Biluotian is.
Where is Liu Qingwu?
She is outside your palace
awaiting for you to call her in.
Call her in!
Yes.
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Your Majesty, Liu Qingwu is here.
- Leave us. - Yes.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Lift up your head.
Get up to speak.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Do you know
who the Saintess of Biluotian is?
Replying to Your Majesty.
Hua Buqi is the Saintess of Biluotian.
Hua Buqi?
Do you have evidence for it?
I know this because the Commandery Prince personally told it to me once
when he was very drunk.
Yu'er?
Yu'er is usually very careful.
He even was able to hide his identity as the Lotus Robe Knight
from me for many years.
You said that he got drunk
and told you such important information.
Do you know how serious the crime would be if you lie to me?
If you don't believe it,
just call the Commandery Prince to have a confrontation with me.
He also told me that
Hua Buqi
is not the Seventh Prince's daughter.
The Seventh Prince knew about it
but he still searched for Hua Buqi for more than ten years.
The reason for it
is very interesting.
Hua Buqi is not the Seventh Prince's daughter?
The Seventh Prince really hid it well.
I was only a tool for Liu Mingyue.
Liu Mingyue was making money for a certain person.
We call this person "Lord."
He has intentions to rebel.
He has been searching for Hua Buqi.
Rumor says that the Saintess can open the treasure.
My guess is
he wants to find Hua Buqi,
get the treasure of Biluotian, so he can rebel.
Because of that, I believed what the Commandery Prince said.
I am sure that Hua Buqi
is the Saintess of Biluotian.
I will trust you for now.
What else do you know about Biluotian?
I've told you everything I know.
You've come all the way here with Jianfei.
Thank you for your trouble.
Why not stay a few days in the palace?
Once I'm free, we can have talk more.
It was a blessing
to get Your Majesty's trust.
I will be waiting for Your Majesty's visit.
Servant!
Take Miss Liu to the Xiangyuan Hall to rest.
Call Bai Jianfei to come here.
Yes.
I will be waiting for Your Majesty in Xiangyuan Hall then.
Your Majesty, please do come.
I will definitely go there.
Hua Buqi,
my guess can't be wrong.
You are the Saintess of Biluotian.
Now that the Emperor knows,
don't even think about having a peaceful life.
Go to Jiangnan now and bring me back that Zhu Baye.
Also, send out notices to catch Commandery Prince of Dongping
and these two people in the portraits.
I will obey, Your Majesty.
Lord,
we've drugged the water source around Feiyun.
Good.
Hua Buqi and Zhu Baye
were gone all of a sudden.
Send someone to go search.
Remember,
don't let Shi'er know about it.
Yes.
Dad, something happened in the stable!
More than twenty horses died last night
and thousands of horses are sick.
The disease seems to be spreading.
Is the doctor there?
I've sent him. The horse plague is more serious this time.
Also, it doesn't seem to be the same.
Feiyun's horse medicines were barely enough to deal with the horse plague,
but we still need the bitter horse grass and iron horse lotus.
Also, the drug stores nearby
all ran out of these herbs.
We don't know why.
At present, we can only control the horse plague,
but we can't cure it.
How could it be so coincidental? The Emperor just ordered to collect all the horses in Feiyun.
Why is the plague happening all of a sudden?!
That's right.
Mingyue Villa has been destroyed.
Who knows if Liu Mingyue is in hiding or not?
Could it be her again?
We've tried everything, but still failed to defend against it.
Ah Lang, immediately go to Mo Manor in the capital!
Go get some medicines from the Lin siblings!
Okay. I'm on my way.
What are you thinking about?
Sorry for bumping into you, Your Majesty.
Please forgive me.
Quickly get up.
You didn't mean to.
Also, it was only water.
How could I punish you for that?
Your Majesty, you are so generous.
You are the blessing of our empire.
Also, my blessing.
Right,
you haven't told me yet what you were thinking.
If I tell you,
don't laugh at me.
Of course not.
Just tell me.
It was my first time seeing the might of the Emperor.
My heart is like a confused deer knocking into objects left and right.
I don't know why,
but my mind
is full of Your Majesty's face.
Earlier, I was thinking about...
Your Majesty.
♫ If we're to bid goodbye in this lifetime ♫
♫ Brush by your shoulder and face ♫
♫ An infatuation, a sincere love ♫
♫ Little warmth remains in between my fingers ♫
♫ If we're destined to forget in this lifetime ♫
♫ That red jian where we left behind our love ♫
♫ I'd rather sever my fate with you in this life ♫