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Legend of the Phoenix
Episode 41 (finale)
Wei Guang.
How is the Empress's illness?
She is a little better after taking Lang Kun's medicine.
Ningzhi.
Tomorrow morning, I'll be leaving for the front line.
Is it helpful that you've defeated Princess Royal and Prince of Guangding?
No. It is still almost impossible.
Ningzhi.
I want to hear you say again
those two words.
Grand Marshal Wei,
stay alive.
You must stay alive.
You too.
Stay alive and live well.
Old Wei, you are here at such a late hour. Is anything the matter?
Royal Consort Ning, Grand Marshal Wei asked me to bring you this gift.
He is concerned that it's not appropriate for him to come, so he asked me to bring it here.
I will take my leave.
Slowly. Slowly.
-Lang Kun. -How is it?
Any improvement?
It's getting worse. She hasn't woken yet.
The Royal Physician says it won't go beyond these two days.
You've worked hard, coming back and forth. I'll be waiting at this tea booth.
If there is any news, please let me know.
Yes.
Ten thousand blessings to Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, the sisters from Lihua Academy are here to see you.
Your Majesty, is there anything you want?
Ningzhi.
I am here.
Lang Kun is alive.
He must live well in my stead.
Eunuch LI.
The Empress has passed.
I see.
Thank you for your trouble, Eunuch Li.
There is a note inside from Noble Consort Ning.
She said it's what the Empress wanted to tell you before she died.
[ Stay alive well in my stead. ]
Kill!
Grand Marshal! Grand Marshal!
Only I can be the ruler of the world.
Do you remember the two words you wanted me to promise?
Stay alive.
I want to hear you say it again.
Those two words.
Stay alive.
You must stay alive.
Long live Your Majesty for 10,000 years.
Your Majesty, Wei Guang has won decisively.
But it's won with great tragedy.
Great Liang has only a few thousand soldiers left.
Yang Kuang's army is completely perished.
Grand Marshal Wei sacrificed his life for the nation, and he died along with Yan Kuan.
Why?
Isn't what I have hoped for day and night
exactly this news?
Haven't I wanted these two men to die?
But I don't feel any pleasure.
Why?
I have been in such unease because of them.
Why is it that now,
I still don't feel any relief?
[ Wan Xiang Palace ]
Kang'er, from this day on, upon your ascension to the throne, you must remember that
Great Liang's destiny is now in your hands.
Royal Consort Ning, I will be like you to think of the people as my parents.
Their children are my children.
Your Majesty, I am still young and will now salute you as Empress Dowager.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and all the ministers are waiting to welcome the new Emperor.
They request that you elevate to Empress Dowager and accompany the new Emperor in the ascension ceremony.
After the revolt led by Princess Royal and Prince of Guangding was suppressed,
Great Liang's 6th Emperor returned to Heaven.
His young son, Pang Kang, succeeded the throne.
Royal Consort Ning, who had been respected by the people as Sacred Mother,
as lauded by all the ministers and generals,
formally entered the court to support the young Emperor.
Your Majesty, we wish you ten thousand years
of longevity.
All counselors, please rise.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
You may rise.
Continue the same practice at Chengxiang Palace.
Yes.
You can all leave now.
Greetings, Empress Dowager.
Eunuch Li, you may stay by my side from now on.
Yes, Your Majesty.
[ Guangxuan Palace ]
Has sufficient assistance been given to the counties that were hurt by the war?
Your Majesty, repair work is under way for most of the damaged cities and towns.
But...
Speak truthfully.
The people of Yan Capital do not care about the buildings being repaired.
Ever since the great battle began,
every day, many civilians have been leaving with their entire family.
From the beginning of the war to now, about half of the city's population has left.
Why haven't you reported this already?
So many things have been happening with the new Emperor's ascension.
So this matter hasn't been taken care of.
Why is this happening?
That day when Prince of Guangding was at the city gate,
the Imperial Army abandoned the city at the critical moment.
The entire city's civilians were left in grave danger.
Once the war ended, people learned that the former Emperor ordered the Imperial Army away.
The people of Yan Capital city are disappointed in Great Liang's emperor.
They think the Pang family is not entrusted with the will of Heaven.
Therefore, they have been leaving in droves.
Your Majesty, do you see?
It's so important to win people's hearts. You must remember the lessons from your Royal Father.
I will remember.
I remember the former Emperor Dowager had told me,
the Emperor is the face of Great Liang.
This face cannot be dirty. All the world is looking at it.
It must be clean in order to shine above the people.
Kang'er.
Don't cry. Someone has to bear the responsibility.
Let me help you safeguard the nation.
Everyone, please rise.
Thank you, Empress Dowager.
Your Majesty, why have you punished yourself to enter the Cold Palace?
Because I understand someone who was willing to carry the burden for the previous Emperor.
Previous Emperor loved his people as his own children. He couldn't help it when the enemy was at the gate.
He temporarily left Yan Capital, leaving the Imperial Army to protect the civilians.
However, Royal Consort Ning was arrogant because of the favor she enjoyed.
She secretly called away the Imperial Army, leaving the city without helpers during the great fire.
It is a great shame against the people.
It is an inexcusable crime. She is punished by being evicted to the Cold Palace,
never to leave for the rest of her life, as a way to repay the Great Liang's people.
Edict from the Emperor.
Everyone, the new Emperor has ascended and is granting amnesty to the entire nation.
Taxes are also reduced. Yan Capital residents have a special waiver to not pay taxes for three years.
It is to help the people to rest and grow again.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Ten thousand years of longevity to Your Majesty.
Royal Mother, today is my crowning ceremony at the age of 20. I especially came to see your well being.
Kang'er, you have grown.
You have endured hardship for the past 10 years. I will take you out of here today.
The announcement back then said Royal Consort Ning was never to leave the Cold Palace.
The edict from the Emperor cannot be reversed.
Royal Mother, you've been living in the Cold Palace for the last 10 years.
But you never stopped teaching me. You've told me to become a good monarch.
I want to be an Emperor who abides by loyalty, filial piety, compassion, and justice.
Today, I am here to take you out of the Cold Palace.
Kang'er, I understand you don't want me to suffer. But I have to ask you,
Do you think I'm suffering in here?
Do I have to wear glamorous clothes and eat gourmet food to say I'm not suffering?
You think I'm suffering, because you haven't understood what true suffering is among the people.
Kang'er, you have to know it.
I will keep it in mind and further understand about people's lives.
But Royal Mother, you took on the guilty burden and have been reviled by all the people.
Ten years, you've never stepped out of here, as if you are in prison.
I don't feel it's fair. I want to return your good reputation.
What's called good reputation is just a covering
used by those upper-class elites to hide what they do.
If it's ripped apart, the person inside is about the same as the next.
Only the Emperor's reputation cannot be ruined.
Don't worry about one Royal Consort Ning's reputation.
They can revile all they want.
Royal Mother, don't you want me to do anything for you at all?
If you really want to do something for me, then proclaim to the nation
that the ruinous Noble Consort Ning has died of illness in the Cold Palace.
Are you really leaving me, Royal Mother?
Kang'er, you've grown up.
You can decide on policies on your own at the court, and become a wise monarch.
It's time for me to leave.
You are the Emperor, and you cannot be controlled by anyone, including me.
In one's lifetime, one seeks to look up to Heaven and down to Earth without shame.
When one reaches old age, one must face one's own heart without shame.
Kang'er, can you achieve that?
I will heed what Royal Mother says, to be a good person and a good Emperor.
I was never supposed to be inside this palace.
Back then, when I first stepped inside the palace, I didn't like it.
But fate joked with me.
It has locked me up tightly inside the palace.
This joke really went too far.
This place is already becoming unfamiliar.
Because you guys are not here.
I won't be able to see your warm laugh,
or hear you talk about the citizens of the land.
I won't hear you overbearing voice anymore,
we won't bicker anymore, and no one to call me younger sister anymore.
I won't have to worry about your identity being revealed.
No more living on the edge, no more uniting against the same enemy.
No more hands to pull me close to that shoulder I relied on.
No one left for me to get worried over.
No one ever to make my heart flutter again.
It's because of you guys that this was a familiar place.
it's because you prayed for compassion and received the people's hearts.
It's you who died to protect our only hope.
It's your unwavering support in standing by me so that I won't panic.
It's you that left a ray of light in my heart,
so that I can find the way.
Throughout this journey,
I was able to make decisions in my life.
Now,
it's time for me to leave these palace gates.
Get some proper rest when you go back.
Thank you.
Noble Consort Ning, you're finally here.
There is no longer any Noble Consort Ning.
I received your letter and hurried to get here.
The past years, where did you go?
That year, after the Empress passed away, I went to Ping Cheng County.
Wei Guang and Yan Kuan's armies fought their final battle there.
Yan Kuan's troops were everywhere.
I heard Wei Guang and Yan Kuan died together.
I sneaked to the battlefield in the middle of the night, wanting to find Wei Guang's body to bury it.
Unexpectedly, I found Wei Guang still had a slight breath.
I immediately performed acupuncture and snatched him back from the Grim Reaper.
Wei Guang?
Wei Guang didn't die?
Then where is he right now?
He went to buy a flute. He said, once you are here,
the flute and the qin will make harmonious and lovely music.
But why didn't you come to find me?
We wanted to. However, Yan Kuan's remnants were killing everyone they encountered.
We followed some refugees and secretly boarded a boat, but the winds were strong.
We don't know for how long we were on that boat.
In the end, it drifted into Nanzhou.
Nanzhou?
We were there all this time during these past ten years.
I healed people for a living. Wei Guang became a teacher.
We saved money and looked for a boat to take us back to Great Liang.
We tried six times in ten years.
They all failed.
If not strong winds forcing the boat to turn around,
or we almost sank by hitting hidden reefs.
♫ In the clear sky, thousands of fireflies drift around ♫
♫ You were once the most ordinary firefly of them all ♫
♫ When you approached me, time stopped ♫
♫ My heart started racing It was like a dream ♫
♫ I travel against the light in search for a faraway shadow ♫
♫ The crowded mountain cities, but I find it so peaceful ♫
♫ I really want to let go of my name and identity ♫
♫ I will watch the peaceful marketplace with you ♫
♫ I will wait with you for the rain to stop ♫
♫ I will light the light of love to shine
into your life ♫
♫ So that all the dangerous rivers can soften your eyes ♫
Ningzhi.
You are the phoenix that finally flew outside.
Compared to golden bricks and jade tiles,
I much prefer blue mountains and green waters.
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♫ In the clear sky, thousands of fireflies drift around ♫
♫ You were once the most ordinary firefly of them all ♫
♫ When you approached me, time stopped ♫
♫ My heart started racing ♫
♫ It was like a dream ♫
♫ I travel against the light in search for a faraway shadow ♫
♫ The crowded mountain cities, but I find it so peaceful ♫
♫ I really want to let go of my name and identity ♫
♫ I will watch the peaceful marketplace with you ♫
♫ I will wait with you for the rain to stop ♫
♫ I will light the light of love to shine into your life ♫
♫ So that all the dangerous rivers can soften your eyes ♫
♫ Like the crystal tears in the dead of night ♫
♫ My heart has become more transparent and stronger ♫
♫ Even if it aches, it will not break ♫