" Princess Silver "
Episode 40
Who are you calling a bewitching woman?
Who are you?
How dare you talk back to your superior?
I am the captain of Lady Rong Le's bodyguard.
I belong to her alone.
Talking back to my superior?
You are not my superior.
What rank does the bodyguard hold?
Besides,
she is not the real consort yet.
Even if she does become one,
she has no right over the generals.
You...
have no right to speak to me.
You are slandering the name of Lady Rong Le.
I must defend Lady Rong Le's honour!
General Luo,
show some respect.
You are quite the bold one.
To protect the succubus,
you openly challenge my patience on my feast.
That vile woman seduces His Highness with her charm.
And you...
got promoted because of a woman.
We are holding a feast for Luo Zhi to welcome him.
Now that you use this move,
I might have to break my promise with the officers.
This is just the first step.
I am trying to undermine his spirit.
Your Highness, Lady Rong Le,
General Luo and Captain Xiao are fighting on the feast.
Is this the second step of your plan?
It's not part of the plan,
but this could be in our favour.
Prince Li and Lady Rong Le arrive!
Greetings, Prince Li and Lady Rong Le.
I hear rumours about her white hair.
I thought it was just a rumour.
It's actually true.
So that is why she is hiding inside the manor...
and never show herself to the people.
Greetings, Prince Li.
Lady Rong Le's hair is white.
This is amazing.
Even with her white hair, she won His Highness' heart.
She clearly has some skills up in her sleeves.
The foods are getting cold.
Let them get up now.
At ease.
Much obliged, Prince Li and Lady Rong Le.
General Luo and Captain Xiao.
You are in the middle of a feast.
Why are you holding swords?
Don't you know? Except the Royal Army,
none of the officers can bring weapon into this house.
I apologise.
I am willing to accept my punishment.
I was just itching for a challenge...
and wanted to test my skills against Captain Xiao.
You are having a fight on the feast His Highness holds for you.
This is disrespectful to His Highness.
I do not care why you got into a fight.
You made a mistake,
so you must be punished.
Guards.
Take General Luo and Captain Xiao out of here.
They will have 20 beatings each.
If you may, General Luo.
Please come with us, General Luo.
Your Highness, during the battle at the border,
General Luo showed his prowess and led the army to triumph.
This feast is supposed to celebrate his victory.
If you punish him, that would be humiliating.
Please, do not punish General Luo.
I know.
The Luo Army has a strict discipline.
Punishment and reward are given equally.
But just because the Luo Army won a battle,
doesn't mean all the mistake he makes...
can be overlooked.
General Luo returned victorious.
That was a job well done.
His Highness will reward him for that.
But if he ignores the laws because he won a battle,
no matter what feat you achieve,
it would be meaningless.
General Luo, will you accept your punishment?
Fine.
I disrupted His Highness' feast.
I startled Lady Rong Le. I will accept my punishment.
But I will only accept punishment from His Highness.
I will not be punished by any other people.
You won't accept the punishment from me?
-No! -Why not?
I am a general. I don't speak with courtesy.
There are something that might hurt your feelings.
Please, do tell.
I will listen with open ears.
You just a woman.
You should do what a woman does.
You didn't carry out your duty to accompany your husband,
instead, you walk around and interfere with the national affair.
And now, you stood me up on my feast for hours.
You came right in to punish me and crush my morale.
I am the mighty General Luo of the Luo Army.
Yet I was fooled around by a mere woman!
Not to mention she is a demon with white hair!
General Lou. In the end,
you just won't admit your mistake...
because you disagree with my place.
You think that I am a woman...
who is incapable and has no right to punish you?
In that case,
in order to convince you of your mistake,
I have to impress you with my capabilities.
Who do you have to impress me?
I heard you are great at archery on horseback.
But we can't have a horse running in here.
Archery shouldn't be a problem.
Please, show me what you have.
Guards, bring us two sets of bow and arrows.
With all the officers and His Highness as witnesses,
I challenge General Luo.
You are challenging me on archery?
You are biting off more than you can chew.
I love a tough challenge.
Only by winning can I convince you.
I am the general of Luo Army.
Having an archery match with a lady...
will not bring me any glory even if I win.
If this is too boring for you,
let's put in a wager.
With the bullseye as the mark,
the person who shoots closer to the bullseye...
will win this match.
-If you win... -If I win,
you will withdraw from the court and never interfere again.
Then you will use the Command Emblem as wager.
If you lose, the Luo Army...
will be mine to command.
Fine, you have a deal.
Don't be a crybaby when you lose.
It will be an awful sight.
Of course.
If I lose,
I will admit my defeat.
You'll go first, General Luo.
Great! Remarkable!
Great! That was amazing!
I am impressed by your prowess in archery.
Just as I said.
You overestimated yourself.
The match is not over yet.
It's too early to tell who will be the winner.
Guards.
What? Is she serious?
Is she being serious?
Do you admit your defeat?
Not a chance!
You lose, why won't you admit the defeat?
If you shot first,
I would have made a better shot. I want a rematch!
General Luo, if this were the battlefield,
the enemy won't give you another chance.
You are a general.
You should understand...
the duty on your shoulder.
What's cruel about the war...
is the difference of defeat and victory.
What's done cannot be undone.
You lost today.
But all you lost is your pride.
If we were on the battlefield and fighting against each other,
you would have lost the whole Luo Army!
Do you know why you lost?
You made the greatest mistake for a soldier.
You underestimate your opponent.
With my skill, there is no way I can win.
But you were too arrogant and confident.
You only use a third of your strength for that shot.
As for me,
I used all my strength.
I lost.
I lost without any regret.
General Luo, you came back victorious.
I didn't get a chance to congratulate you.
Let Madam Luo come in.
Mother!
Greetings, Your Highness and Lady Rong Le.
Please, stand up.
You raised General Luo into a fine warrior.
He did well in defending the border.
I am giving you this silk robe.
It carries my gratitude for you. I hope you would like it.
Please, don't say that.
His Highness has rewarded the Luo family.
I am already grateful.
I will surely appreciate this gift.
You insolent child. Kneel down.
Mother, I let you down. I lost the Command Emblem in a bet.
What?
Lady Rong Le.
Zhi's father hated gambling the most when he was alive.
And this insolent son used the emblem as a wager!
His action is such a disgrace to the family.
I feel so ashamed by his action.
Seeing that General Luo had too much drinks,
I pulled a prank on him.
The Luo Army is a crucial part of our land.
And General Luo...
is a fine commander that plays an important role.
The Command Emblem...
cannot be used so lightly as a wager.
Much thanks, Your Highness, Lady Rong Le.
Zhi, show your gratitude now.
I believe General Luo...
will not let Prince Li and I be disappointed.
I...
thank you for the mercy and kindness.
From now on,
the Luo Army is yours to command!
We will fight to our last breath and at all cost!
It was a long match. I am starving.
Let's start eating then.
Miss Sun.
Ya Li.
Ling Yue, what's wrong?
Lady Rong Le was kind enough to let me stay here for the night.
You don't have to come here to see me off.
Come.
Ling Yue, what happened?
Bad news, Ya Li.
Xiao Sha just told me.
General Luo has his eyes on you on the feast last night.
He made a proposal to His Highness to marry you!
A proposal?
You mean Luo Zhi did that?
Yes, it's the General Luo.
My father will never agree.
The Sun family is a noble bloodline.
None of the daughters were married to commoner.
But His Highness agreed.
Ya Li, wait for me.
-Luo Zhi surprised me with his pick. -Ya Li.
The army camp is his home.
He only ever saw Ya Li once.
And he came to me in private to make a proposal.
This is the key moment to execute our reformation plan.
Luo Zhi has command over the army.
If the Sun family becomes his in-laws,
our quest to undermine the noble's influence...
might run into some troubles.
Normally,
I would disagree at once.
But Ya Li's marriage is at stake.
If she does has love for Luo Zhi,
there is no need to be obsessed with our wild guess.
Perhaps...
she might get a happy marriage after all.
Wu You, the reformation is important.
But Ya Li's marriage is not expandable.
Rong Le is trying to marry me to General Luo?
I could tell something is off with Ya Li.
For the past year,
I am worried she might feel too lonely.
She might start to be paranoid after all the rumours.
Maybe Luo Zhi...
could bring some changes to her life.
Did she...
Did she planned this all along?
How about this?
Let me talk to her.
If she agrees,
there is no need to stop them.
If she disagrees,
we shouldn't worry too much.
Just turn Luo Zhi down.
A person's love...
cannot be manipulated so easily.
This is what I realised the most...
after I met you.
I was so fortunate.
After all the mistakes I made,
you are still here with me.
Ya Li.
Don't blame Lady Rong Le. She is just...
Ling Yue.
Look at this.
I am not like you.
I am not one of the lucky ones.
I don't even have the chance.
You know?
When I learned that you found your true love,
when I see Prince Li and Lady Rong Le,
my heart is so...
Why?
Why am I the only one who can't make a choice?
Ya Li, I understand how you feel.
It's not that you don't have the chance,
it's just that you missed it.
But remember,
when you meet someone you can rely on...
and you are willing to give him all your love,
you must hold onto the chance.
Love with all your courage.
Do not let go of the chance.
Even if I hold onto him,
will he ever become mine?
Of course.
You are such a nice girl.
You have your hands around him, he can't get away.
Fine, stop hesitating or worrying about it.
If you want something, you need to work hard to get it.
But in the process of fighting for it,
if you face some setback or anything unfair,
you must fight back.
Ya Li, listen to me.
As a weakling,
you are destined to have nothing.
You will always be hurt and be used.
Do you understand?
I thought this is about secrecy and learn the people's life.
It's hard enough to go out in disguise.
And now you are messing around.
Even the officers have seen you.
You need not fear the people.
I don't care what they say about you.
Don't be bothered by gossips.
Steamed cake for sales!
Sir, have a cake for your wife.
-Sure. -Here you go.
It has mashed dates and brown sugar as filling.
I wish you stay sweet and loving.
Sweet and loving.
Thank you.
Sir, you are paying too much.
Sir, we are buying all of your cakes.
Please, send these cakes to the refugee camp.
The wind is getting stronger and the weather has gone cold.
Go home and get some rest.
Thank you, sir and madam.
You have such a kind heart.
I can go home earlier...
and listen to some stories at the Serene Hill Inn.
Have a nice day.
I heard a lot of people are going to the Serene Hill Inn.
Indeed, I go there every day.
The story is about the Silver-Hair Demon.
You mean the story about Silver-Hair Demon?
Right, the story went on for days, it's getting more exciting.
-Is there really such demon? -Let's go.
We need to be there before the seats run out.
-Have some tea. -Thank you.
This way, please.
-Please. -Waiter, get some hot water.
I heard this is the most famous teahouse in Qingzhou.
I never thought there would so many people here.
It's quite different from the graceful Moon Embrace.
Madam, are you from Zhongshan?
When I was on a business trip there,
I went to the teahouse because of its fame.
The premise may be there,
but no one is there to welcome us.
I heard the teahouse is owned by the Prince Regent.
Now, he is the only person...
goes there and sits in silence for hours.
What a waste of good tea.
Come, have some tea.
The bard is here.
He is here.
Gentlemen,
we will continue the story...
of the Silver-Hair Demon.
The Silver-Hair Demon...
is the incarnation of a white vixen after years of meditation.
It uses its charm to seduce the heart of man.
It came out of nowhere and bring chaos to the land...
and spends its time around those with power.
This filthy creature is the bringer of disorder.
The nation falls because of her and there will be pandemonium.
War will ravage the land, the people lives in flame.
I heard the wife of Prince Li is a lady with white hair.
You mean her?
Gentleman,
something is better left unsaid.
Otherwise...
your head might end up being chopped.
I was right?
The Silver-Hair Demon is Consort Rong Le?
She is not a consort yet.
Prince Li simply accept her into the palace.
They are not married yet.
What is so odd about this?
What trouble could a lady cause?
You said she brings chaos, do you mind explaining that?
Right, enlighten us.
-Come on, tell us. -The Silver-Hair Demon...
is destined to be a evil entity...
and bring disaster to the world.
Maybe the earthquake at Zhuo...
is the disaster caused by the demon!
I heard that not only does it drink blood,
-it eat brains too! -Mother, I am scared.
If you don't behave,
the demon will suck your blood too.
Nonsense.
Prince Li is ever so benevolent.
He can't be seduced by the demon.
Right, I don't believe it either.
Prince Li executed the reformation and improved our life.
And you are slandering him with rumours about a demon.
That is right.
If Prince Li is being charmed by the demon,
he would have spent his days in the arms of demon.
He will have no time for the people.
Prince Li is wise and brave,
there is no way he will fall in love with the demon.
This bard is clearly trying to stain His Highness' reputation.
-He is right! -The bard is telling the truth.
You are just being ridiculous.
-Yes, you are being unbelievable! -Miss, can I have this?
Of course.
Stop running around, go back to your mother.
You are clearly spreading lies!
The bard is telling the truth!
-Nonsense! -Lies!
Silence, gentlemen.
The story of the Silver-Hair Demon is not over yet.
We will continue the story.
That Silver-Hair Demon...
She is...
She is the Silver-Hair Demon!
-Demon! -Silver-Hair Demon!
Silver-Hair Demon!
She is just a child, don't hurt her!
Man Yao, are you all right?
Your Highness.
Xiang Ying?
Princess Rong Le.
Your Highness, I should have come sooner.
Lock this man up and interrogate him.
Take him to the cell.
I shall leave now.
We cannot stay here.
We should leave.
Xiang Ying.
It must have been a tough year for you.
Since you are in Qingzhou,
you can stay with us if you have no place to go.
You can still be my personal bodyguard.
I thank you for the offer.
I got used to the easy life.
I wander the land, free from all worries.
I don't wish to have my old life back.
Please, forgive me.
In that case,
I won't force you.
You were here for so long...
but you never came to me.
Perhaps that is the reason.
I am glad we meet again.
We meet because of fate.
But it is not a coincidence.
I went to the teahouse about two weeks ago,
I heard the nonsensical story of that bard.
I had my suspicion so I went there for the next few days.
But I couldn't get any solid evidence.
I was surprised...
they actually waited for you to go there.
Your Highness.
I have searched the Serene Hill Inn.
We didn't find anything suspicious.
This is not your fault.
The mastermind must have planned this for a long time.
They won't leave any evidence behind.
That bard had a poison pill in his mouth.
His Highness reacted fast enough to stop him from killing himself.
That waiter even gave up his own life...
just to frame Princess Rong Le.
I think this could be the doing of Creed of vengeance.
I don't think the Creed did this.
They have been hunting me since I left Princess Rong Le.
But three months ago, the Creed disappeared.
The Creed disappeared?
I took the risk and returned to Zhongshan.
The Eastern Suburb Inn is sealed off.
General Fu is now the Prince Regent.
He has all the attention.
Maybe he wishes to wipe away the past, just like me.
However,
not only did the incident framed Man Yao into a murderer,
the true motive of the mastermind...
is to sway the people that don't know the truth...
into hating Man Yao...
and all who follow me.
If we lost the people's trust in us,
it might not bode well for the progress of our reformation.
Troops of Northern Realm were defeated by General Luo and his men.
They suffer a loss of morale.
Could they have infiltrated our land to strike from the dark?
The mastermind knows well about the south.
If they are really working with the Northern Realm,
The consequences of the rumours...
will be even greater.
Leng Yan, you need to follow the tracks of the rumour.
Pay attention to the officers' contact with the Northern Realm.
Consider it done.
Your Highness, let's return to the palace.
Your Highness.
Come, watch your steps.
Watch out.
We need to find the Blood Raven Root before sunset.
We've searched for days and this is a huge place.
There is no one around.
We don't even know if this is Youji Mountain.
There is a rock there.
Ke, have a break.
Come on, Uncle.
So,
could the Blood Raven Root be up there?
This cliff is barren.
Nothing grows here.
How could the devine herb grows here?
I will go and take a look.
Ke, slow down. Take it easy!
Don't worry, I am used to doing this.
It should be me that goes first.
Thanks.
Are you all right?
I am fine.
Ke, are you all right?
I am fine.
It's you again.
Who are you?
I am a hunter from the downhill.
You mean someone else came here before?
Yes, a bunch of people came here last month.
They searched the woods for days.
What were they searching for?
It's the precious herb that grows on the cliff.
Before this, we couldn't reach the herbs that grows there.
That man was amazing.
He somehow got up to the cliff.
He even plucked the herb himself.
What was the herb? Was is the Blood Raven Root?
I don't know what that is.
Anyway, it was bright red in colour...
and surrounded by thorns. It's right on the cliff.
It's the Blood Raven Root.
Do you remember what that man looked like?
I didn't get a good look. I have work to do, so long.
We were too late.
We have to go home empty-handed.
This is strange.
Normal people don't need the Blood Raven Root.
We need human blood to feed the herb...
to make the hair dark again.
It will have a great impact on the feeder's health.
No normal people would want this herb.
Who could have taken it?
I can't help but to ask after you.
Our hearts are lifetime apart.
No one was here for us.
How to we keep living this life?
Finally, I've learnt how to trust.
But I've underestimated love and hate.
This tastes good, eat all you want.
I regret the one mistake that I made so much.
All hopes are lost, how do I start over?
I asked for too much, I hesitated for too long.
I blamed the mistake that happened too soon.
You were standing right behind me,
mocking the promise I made for you.
I must give it all I had...
to accept the lies of affection.
Our fate is intertwined and I can't let go.
I must preserve the memories that are wonderful.
I can't let you know how lonely I was.
This brings us to this stalemate.
I made this mistake...
because I was too selfish.
I walk in a desert, but my heart is being flooded.
My heart is beating senselessly.
I regret the one mistake that I made so much.
All hopes are lost, how do I start over?
I asked for too much, I hesitated for too long.
I blamed the mistake that happened too soon.
You were standing right behind me,
mocking the promise I made for you.
I must give it all I had...
to accept the lies of affection.
This really is the Blood Raven Root.
It never ends, love will fade.
The blossoms fall, and I waited in silence.
I cling onto the past despite the pains.
Your Highness.
Come in.
Your Highness.
The Empress Dowager asked for you many times.
Your Highness should return to the palace.
You have been in the army for the past year.
Victory is finally yours today.
The officers are holding a feast in the royal palace.
They are waiting for your return.
You took good care of this place.
The Tranquil Garden hasn't change at all.
I followed your order.
I sent my men to clean up the place every day.
Same goes for the Moon Embrace Teahouse.
However,
there is no one there.
Everything has changed.
Let's head back.
How is my mother?
Is she still suffering from the sickness?
She takes her medicine on time every day.
After the treatment, her condition has improved a lot.
She hasn't had any relapse recently.
It looks like her hysterical psychosis is cured.
But she refuses to live in the palace for recovery.
She insists to stay in the Cold Palace.
Was it Senyan Palace?
Yes, I tried talking to her.
But she refuses to leave.
So I ordered my men to renovate Senyan Palace.
Right, any reports from the south?