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Nine-Part Rhyme by Ye Xuan Qing
♫ Time is like a shuttle which just passed by but comes back right away ♫
♫ Feeling is like silk that we're unaware of how entangled it has become ♫
♫ Weave a piece of glamorous ornamentation ♫
♫ With both of our deep loves ♫
♫ It's hard to entrust this love-sickness to someone ♫
♫ I'm willing to become that extremely hopeful bluestone ♫
♫ With your name seal carved into my heart ♫
♫ Turn back to be a butterfly inside a sealed cocoon to weave spring silk ♫
♫ Which cannot be cut but is mingled forever and ever ♫
♫ I'm willing to become that extremely hopeful bluestone ♫
♫ With your name seal carved into my heart ♫
♫ Turn back to be a butterfly inside a sealed cocoon to weave spring silk ♫
♫ Which cannot be cut but is mingled forever and ever ♫
The Eternal Love
Episode 18
Don't rush, Queen Dowager. If we want to save 8th Brother's life,
we can depend on the Soul Suppressing Orb's power.
The Soul Suppressing Orb?
This is a mystical object. It can lengthen a person's life.
It's said that the previous king happened to obtain it
and he treated it as a great rare treasure.
I... have heard about it.
Where is this orb now?
The 8th Princess Consort has it right now.
But this orb has a conscience. It only listens to one person.
Only if the 8th Princess Consort dies,
can 8th Brother use it.
Why are you telling me this?
Please punish me. No matter how you
and 8th Brother misunderstand, I am still 8th Brother's older brother.
Our views are different, but blood is thicker than water.
I am not willing to watch him die!
If Cheng'er can really make it through this crisis,
I will definitely remember your good intentions.
I heard that you recently obtained a treasure.
The various lands have given many treasures.
You and the King have also gifted many to us.
Queen Dowager, which one are you talking about?
The Soul Suppressing Orb.
I do have it.
But if you want to look at it, go find the Prince.
I have already put it into his care.
Cheng'er...
has Cheng'er's body been well lately?
Ever since he recovered from his injury, everything has been fine.
You can all leave.
Don't be nervous. I asked you to come over
to tell you something big.
What is it?
Cheng'er.
Cheng'er, he...
will only live until 25 years old.
Impossible! His body is quite strong and he eats well too!
He could live until 100 years old without a problem!
I am not jesting with you.
I am not willing to believe it either.
But this is what the previous king told His Majesty alone before he left.
I think you have heard about the previous king before.
He loved Cheng'er the most. He wouldn't talk nonsense.
Impossible!
I don't know what trap you've set for me this time,
but you cannot curse Cheng Cheng like that! You're too much!
Do you love Cheng'er?
Of course I do!
He is the only man I love in this life!
Good. No matter if you believe me or not,
I still must tell you.
Now, there's only one way to save Cheng'er.
What is it?
The Soul Suppressing Orb.
The Soul Suppressing Orb?
Cheng Cheng already has it!
You should know that the orb only accepts one master.
Only if the master dies will it go looking for a new master.
I won't force you.
I will give you three times to think it over.
Come again after you've thought it over.
I will prepare a cup of farewell wine for you.
♫ without ever thinking about whether they can be taken back or not ♫
♫ After speaking them, I actually feel the sense of loss more ♫
♫ and also sadder ♫
♫ Why cause such trouble? ♫
♫ I ask myself whether I'm able to let go or not ♫
♫ Let go or not that all the love becomes hate in a flash ♫
♫ Whom exactly are my tears for? ♫
8th Princess Consort.
♫ who really cares? ♫
♫ We're all hurt anyway ♫
Xiao Tan, what's wrong?
Jing Xin. I'm going to the palace to see the king!
You want to see the king?
Just what happened?
I don't believe it. Why will my Cheng Cheng only live until 25 years old?
I want to go ask him!
Xiao Tan!
♫ Only understanding each other fully can allow the blood to show in one slice ♫
♫ Exhaust all the possible harmful words to speak ♫
♫ without ever thinking about whether they can be taken back or not ♫
♫ After speaking them, I actually feel the sense of loss more ♫
♫ and also sadder ♫
Xiao Tan, the king must be busy.
Let's go back and come again another day.
Jing Xin.
I must see him today.
I must clarify things!
Or else...
♫ As for who wins and who loses, ♫
Jing Xin.
You must be tired. Go back.
No, I'm not tired.
I don't know what happened,
but seeing you so sad, something big must have happened.
If you want to kneel, I will kneel with you!
♫ Exhaust all the possible harmful words to speak ♫
♫ without ever thinking about whether they can be taken back or not ♫
♫ After speaking them, I actually feel the sense of loss more ♫
♫ and also sadder ♫
♫ Why cause such trouble? ♫
♫ I ask myself whether I'm able to let go or not ♫
♫ Let go or not that the love all becomes hate in a flash ♫
♫ Whom exactly are my tears for? ♫
♫ As for who wins and who loses, ♫
♫ who really cares? ♫
♫ We're all hurt anyway ♫
[8th Prince Manor]
Tan'er.
Tan'er?
What's wrong? You look troubled.
Did the Queen Dowager create trouble for you?
No! I...
I just don't have an appetite. It's okay.
Don't have an appetite? Why don't I order some new dishes to be made for you?
There's no need. Actually, I quite like eating this.
Cheng Cheng. Has your body been well lately?
Your injury is all healed?
My body is quite well.
It looks like tonight, I have to perform well!
No! If we do that too much, it'll be bad for the body.
From today on, you should sleep alone!
You have a lot to worry about. You sleep and eat so little too!
Alright, silly girl.
For you, I will take good care of my body.
Don't worry.
Cheng Cheng. I'm suddenly very afraid of losing you.
Don't be afraid. I'm here.
Aiya!
How many times have I told you?
I really don't know if the Soul Suppressing Orb can lengthen someone's life.
Just spare me!
Aren't you also looking for the Soul Suppressing Orb?
How could you not know?
I am looking for it, but after I find it,
it isn't for me to use!
Logically, it can lengthen someone's life.
Of course, I'm not certain.
Then let me ask you. Does it only have one master?
Yes.
Then is the orb's master, me?
It might be you.
Undo the life and death contract!
Really? You are finally willing to undo it, that's great!
Wait. In the past when I wanted you to undo it,
for that Mo brat, you would rather die than undo it.
Why did you suddenly change your mind?
You're so nosy! Just undo it!
Isn't that precisely what you wanted?
Let me think about it.
Based on this girl's personality,
if Mo Lian Cheng dies, she wouldn't live on alone.
Now, she's taking the initiative to undo the contract.
Could it be...?
What are you thinking about? Hurry and undo it!
Okay okay! I'll undo it, I'll undo it.
Undo it!
It's undone.
Just like that? So easily?
If you don't believe it, I'll kill that Mo brat and then you'll know.
Don't, don't, don't! I believe you.
Thanks! I have something to do, I'll leave first!
You must not tell Cheng Cheng about this!
Why should I tell him?
This is a little strange.
She won't let me tell that brat Mo Lian Cheng.
She doesn't even know she was being followed.
Is she in trouble or that Mo brat in trouble?
Thankfully, I was smart and didn't undo the life and death contract.
♪ There must be some hidden secrets ♪
Liu Qianshui?
Did you hear what they were talking about?
I couldn't hear it clearly, but I feel like the Princess Consort asked Liu Qianshui for something.
Now, go look for Liu Qianshui with me.
You don't need to. I came myself!
Senior. May I ask,
why did Tan'er come looking for you?
She told me to undo the life and death contract.
The life and death contract?!
That's right.
Actually, I wanted to undo it long ago.
Then you wouldn't drag her down if you died.
No matter how I tried to persuade her, she wouldn't let me.
Who knew that she would suddenly ask me to undo it today?
It's really an old woman climbing the tree faster than a monkey. (changing one's decision very fast)
Don't you find it strange?
Then today, did she mention anything to you?
She wasn't willing to tell me anything.
Then did you undo the life and death contract?
Guess!
Do you think I'm stupid?
When she came to me, I just did some magic tricks to fool her.
I feel like she's keeping something from me.
So, I came to tell you.
I'll leave the rest to you.
Senior!
Yu Hao. After Tan'er went to see the Queen Dowager,
she became very strange. Could this have to do with the Queen Dowager?
After the Princess Consort saw the Queen Dowager,
she hurriedly went to see the King too.
Could King Father have something to do with this too?
Yu Hao, prepare my horse. I'm entering the palace immediately!
I discovered something important. I wonder if it has to do with this?
Tell me!
While investigating the cause of the Crown Princess Consort's death, I discovered an important person.
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King Father.
What is it?
A few days ago, Tan'er came to see you.
What was it for?
Go ask her.
Could it have to do with my past?
It really does.
- You know about it all? - I'm just guessing.
Ever since I married Tan'er,
strange things always happen near me.
Are there secrets about me?
Royal Grandfather also frequently called me.
Cheng'er. The 8th Princess Consort didn't tell you anything?
After Tan'er returned home that day, she became very strange.
No matter how I asked, she wouldn't tell me.
Please tell me, King Father!
Just what does Tan'er know?
Cheng'er.
When you were little, the bed you slept on had two columns of words. Do you remember them?
" I have been drinking continuously but still not drunk."
" I've read this book numerous times but I've forgotten it before."
Your Royal Grandfather left that behind.
However, there's a part he didn't finish.
Look at this.
Yes.
[ I have been continuously drinking but can't get drunk.]
[ Will be wandering the mortal world for twenty-five years.]
[ The royal territory is just one's past life's dream. ]
[ I've read this book numerous times but I've forgotten it before. ]
[ I only wish that his soul will wake up and travel back to his rightful place. ]
[ Leave the sorrow and look for his past happiness. ]
This was left for you.
Tan'er already knows
that I won't live beyond 25 years old?
Yes.
Cheng'er!
If I had told you earlier
would you have lived happier during these years?
Do you hate me?
I... have Tan'er with me.
I don't ask for anything else. If anything happens to Tan'er,
I will surely become an evil ghost.
When that time comes, the one to blame,
will not be you alone.
Cheng'er!
Tan'er, I haven't talked to you in a long time.
To let you appear, I have already kept my distance from the Soul Suppressing Orb for a long time.
I'm so afraid, afraid that my Cheng Cheng will suddenly disappear.
I don't understand why just based on a prediction by the Past King,
Cheng Cheng will die that early.
I can't bear that. I so want to use my own life to save him.
But I suddenly realized
that here in Dong Yue, I don't even have a life that belongs to me.
Tan'er, I know that I shouldn't involve you in this,
but I really am afraid that prediction will come true.
Tan'er, I can't hold on anymore.
Hurry and come out to help me.
♫ for whom are you turning gentle for? ♫
Xiao Tan,
don't worry. I surely will help you think of a way.
♫ for whom are you getting drained for? ♫
Mo Yi Huai,
how come I can't help but feel that
this matter has something to do with you?
♫ A wild arrogant self is actually the character that you are deeply hiding. ♫
♫ Let me flee your limitless control ♫
First Prince Manor
Who is it this late at night?
8th Princess Consort. I didn't know that you'd be coming. I apologize for not being able to--
No need for formalities. I have an urgent matter to talk with the Crown Prince about.
Hurry and inform him.
This... His Highness the Crown Prince is currently not in the manor.
What?
The Crown Prince isn't home?
Then do you know where he went?
The Crown Prince has recently been staying out the whole night. As for the details, I also don't know them very clearly.
I only know one thing.
His Highness the Crown Prince has been frequenting the western side of the city recently.
Western side of the city? The place where I used to meet with him often
is also on the western side of the city. Could it be he is there?
...Don't know how the Crown Prince's plan is progressing.
Tell your Master that I am a man of my word. No need for him to worry.
Crown Prince you are overthinking. My Master doesn't doubt your capability.
It's just that...
It's just that what?
Can Crown Prince really get past the obstacle of Qu Tan'er?
If you still have feelings with her...
Since time immemorial, the grand achievement of a general is built over thousands of rotting bones.
That Qu Tan'er is just a pawn in realizling my grand ambition.
Thinking about it now, maybe I never really had true feelings for her.
What does her life or death have to do with me then?
Okay, His Highness Crown Prince really acts resolutely.
Then we'll just wait for your good news.
Yi Huai, you used to be my only conviction.
But right now, you already are not the Mo Yi Huai that I knew
and instead, you're now a demon.
Xiao Tan, can you understand what I'm saying?
I really am afraid that you'll laugh at me.
The love that I treated as my life
was actually a lie from the start.
Right now, I already don't have any attachments to life.
If it can save 8th Prince,
I, Qu Tan'er, is willing to die with you.
Don't hesitate because of me.
Remember, no matter what decision you make,
you have never owed me anything.
Xiao Tan, in the end, I want to tell you
that during these times that I was with you,
I was very happy.
♫ Love til' turning the world upside down is only for the happiness now ♫
♫ The gentleness of a small stream which flows far ♫
♫ isn't something that extremely frivolous youngsters know ♫
Tan'er, thank you.
♫ Doing things vigorously will only promote joys and sorrows, separations and reunions ♫
♫ Everyone lingers and is unable to let go ♫
♫ What one can obtain is only agony? ♫
♫ There is not choice. ♫
What is it?
I've already caught the person. He confessed a lot of things. Prince, I think that it is better that you listen to them personally.
Prepare the horse.
I am going to take him to the Palace and let Royal Father listen too.
Yes.
You won't regret it?
I will never regret it.
It's rare that you are putting the general interest above all.
It's not a waste of Cheng'er's extreme love for you.
I'm sure that Your Highness the Queen Dowager
also used to be the same with my older sister, your hating me so much.
You have tried to kill me numerous times.
Right now, you'll finally have your wish fulfilled. Am I right?
Although the two of us
do have conflicts, I surely will forever remember it in my heart
the choice that you made today.
After I die,
may Your Highness the Queen Dowager take good care of Cheng Cheng.
Don't let him become vexed because of me.
And don't let him do some stupid things.
Don't worry. About Cheng'er,
I surely will console him the best that I can.
Thank you, Your Highness the Queen Dowager for agreeing with my request.
Hurry. Serve 8th Princess Consort
the royal wine that I've prepared.
Don't worry. This wine
was made by the royal physician that has served me for a long time.
It's effect is very fast.
After you drink it, you won't feel any pain.
There won't be any pain?
Then surely, this was already tested personally by that royal physician.
Cheng Cheng, if there is an afterlife,
I surely will not let you off easily.
I'll be the man and you'll be my woman.
By that time, just wait to be tormented.
Stop!
Cheng'er, you... what are you doing?
Then it depends
on what Royal Grandmother has really done.
The King is here!
Is Royal Mother trying to poison the 8th Princess Consort
and treat my kingdom's laws as nonexistent.
I did that
because I have no other choice.
To save Cheng'er's life,
I can only do this.
Royal Father previously told me very clearly
that the Soul Suppressing Orb will only acknowledge one master.
There is no way that it can be transferred.
Don't you know that?
The Past King?
This... is that really true?
Before Royal Father left,
he secretly gave this Soul Suppressing Orb to the Qu family
and told them to treat it as their family's heirloom.
Royal Father already predicted
that the real master of the Soul Suppressing Orb would appear in the Qu family.
This... it was the Crown Prince who told me that this Soul Suppressing Orb
can help prolong a person's life. That...
The Crown Prince wanted to borrow Royal Grandmother's hands to kill.
I was blinded by him.
I also never thought that he would be this heartless.
If we are going to talk about being heartless,
Royal Mother really it makes me look at you in a different light.
Your Majesty, what do those words of yours mean?
Bring him in.
Does Royal Mother still want me
to say everything that you've done?
Your Majesty, what is this about?
I don't know about it.
Absurd!
This servant has already admitted everything!
From the day of the attempted assassination on Cheng'er and 8th Princess Consort to now,
I already know very clearly what you've done in between.
Drag this servant out.
Spread my decree,
starting today,
the Queen Dowager will be confined in the Separated Palace. Without my orders, no one can go visit her!
Assist her to leave.
Cheng'er...
The Princess Consort got startled today. Take her back to your manor first.
I will take my leave.
Go now.
Let's go.
Spread my decree! Call for the Crown Prince to see me!
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Learning Until Old Age, Loving Until Old Age by Jin Run Ji
♫ Being together or separated, a flutter of fate will control ♫
♫ What is a flutter of fate? ♫
♫ The fruit of the world's karma suddenly descends from the heavens ♫
♫ which has been confusing to people ♫
♫ Heart fluttering is the prettiest moment ♫
♫ Infatuation is to float into a whirlpool ♫
♫ From removing the estrangement to degenerate willingly ♫
♫ Going downhill is a dead fish and a broken fishnet ♫
♫ With a happy heart or a mistake, ♫
♫ It keeps a record of who has come by ♫
♫ One doesn't live one's life in vain unless one has shed tears and repented ♫
♫ During my first awakening of love, I don't know whether it's worthy or not ♫
♫ Love til' turning the world upside down is only for the happiness now ♫
♫ The gentleness of a small stream which flows far ♫
♫ isn't something that extremely frivolous youngsters know ♫
♫ Should one be stingy because of the affection one has given out? ♫
♫ Doing things vigorously will only promote joys and sorrows, separations and reunions ♫
♫ Everyone lingers and is unable to let go ♫
♫ What one can obtain is only agony ♫
♫ There is no choice ♫