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♫ Last night, I was worried about you ♫
♫ This morning, luxuriant blooms are right in front of my eyes ♫
♫ Once I saw your graceful reflection, I was deeply enthralled ♫
♫ My love for you is so deep that fear is inevitable ♫
♫ Yet it is making me feign sanguinity ♫
♫ I have removed and discarded my body armor and helmet long ago. Only wish, forever and ever ♫
♫ To whisper loving words in your ear ♫
♫ I am willing to forego immense prestige and glory for you ♫
♫ To hold your hand as we walk into the horizon ♫
♫ All the way, from fine black hair to white hair as an ordinary family along the way ♫
♫ I can't bear to step on the fallen petals everywhere on the ground ♫
♫ Our encounters and separations will all be merged together as alluviums ♫
♫ What avail do I have when I don't want to drink Lady Meng's tea to forget our bridge to the past? ♫
♫ Your most beautiful times with me are engraved in my heart ♫
[ The Eternal Love 2 ]
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[ Episode 16 ]
May I ask where you learned
your chess skills?
My chess skills aren't great.
I learned them from the Taoist monk who taught me how to make predictions.
Don't know why, but playing chess with you
makes me feel like I'm playing against myself.
That is really odd.
From the looks of it, I should visit that Taoist monk as well.
Taoist monks are very good at predictions. He surely will not play chess with Your Highness.
Whenever I play chess with Your Highness, I'm always a move behind.
For a game certain of loss, a Taoist monk will surely not play with Your Highness.
Your Highness, I have intel from our spy network.
As predicted by you and Scholar,
His Majesty did not let Dugu Yan attend to him in his sleeping chamber last night.
Today, Noble Consort shut her palace gates using her illness as the reason.
She has even increased her guards.
Just continue with our plan.
Yes.
What does that earlier news mean?
You two are indeed a pair of good friends in this bromance.
May I ask what do you mean by 'good friends in this bromance'?
'Ji' means chance or coincidence. [ But the true 'ji' isn't this same 'ji' ]
It pertains to an encounter because of fate. Good 'ji' friends are people who got together because of a very good fate,
with hearts that are tightly connected, and have become bosom buddies.
As your good 'fated' friend,
I surely will treasure it.
Let me ask you, do you know why you have the good fortune
to be able to kneel in front of me?
I am very grateful for Your Highness to have favored me.
Favored?
It's been a month, I still haven't gotten pregnant!
Because of it, my enemies are speculating and pressuring me. I'm filled with anxiety every day!
If there's still no good effect tonight,
I'll order that you be castrated tomorrow.
Dugu Yan!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Forgive me! I...
Your Majesty, I was forced!
How dare you...
Imperial Physician Gao.
Check the pulse of Noble Consort again.
If there's any mistake,
I'll execute your whole clan.
Your Majesty, Noble Consort isn't pregnant.
I indeed made a mistake before.
May Your Majesty forgive me. Please spare my life.
Your Majesty, have mercy!
Lift your head up.
Let me take a good look at you again.
Your Highness!
Your Highness. Everything went as you and Scholar planned.
His Majesty went to the Royal Consort's chambers and discovered that she had faked her pregnancy.
In his fury, he demoted her and sent her to the Cold Palace.
Her male pet and Royal Physician Gao will be beheaded tomorrow.
You can leave first.
Male pet?
You set up a plot to catch cheating lovers?
Precisely. Ever since discovering that Dugu Yan faked her pregnancy,
we sent people to watch outside her palace day and night.
In the end, we discovered that
every time the Royal Consort closes the gates and increases security,
she will order someone to bring the male pet through the back door.
Then how did you know that the Royal Consort would take action tonight?
When the 8th Prince and I went to greet the Royal Consort today,
we purposely suggested to His Majesty to stop sleeping with her.
In her rush to get pregnant, the Royal Consort would naturally search for other ways.
Then... what about His Majesty?
How did he just happen to go to her chamber?
Dugu Yan is not the only person who can speak to His Majesty.
Tonight, Eunuch Xue just happened to mention
to His Majesty that the Royal Consort was ill.
His Majesty was worried, so naturally, he went to visit her.
Eunuch Xue is your spy, right?
What a great plan!
It was a good plan, but it couldn't have been carried out with just the two of us.
Your Highness is right. Eunuch Xue should be rewarded too.
The bromance came on too fiercely. I wasn't able to hide this time.
- You may leave first. - Oh...
You have always been very cautious and conceal your emotions.
But with Tan'er, why don't you ever hide your emotions?
If true love can be hidden, then how can that be true love?
Since you are so direct, I will respond in the same way.
I will not pressure her with my status as a prince.
But I will not give Tan'er up.
Your Highness is broad-minded and strongly advocates for a fair contest.
I will definitely do my best not to disappoint Your Highness.
Who are you?
The Royal Consort has fallen from favor. To get revenge, this is the only thing I can do!
Mo Lian Cheng, I've waited five years for this day!
You dare to deliberately plan a rebellion?
Continue acting.
Five years ago... do you dare to say that you knew nothing about the fire at the Wei Manor?
That year, I left the capital to fight the enemy.
But because of differences in our political views, you sent the Garrison Army to burn down my house.
My entire family was killed in that fire!
Since you don't dare admit it, I then can only use your blood as an offering to my family—
General, please wait! When Wei Manor was burned down, wasn't that the day of the Moon Festival?
Five years ago for the Moon Festival, the Palace held a grand banquet.
The entire Garrison Army was then recalled by 8th Prince to the Palace to reinforce its security.
It was impossible for them to find the time to set any fires.
In the face of certain death, you still dare to tell me nonsense!
If you don't believe me, there are daily report logs in the Palace for examination!
Did the arsonists have secret talisman tattoos on their body?
That kind of tattoo
was a symbol for the treacherous organization of the past dynasty, Hongshun Hall.
Based on what I heard, there were other fire incidents in the city that day.
Based on the investigation, they were started by three members of Hongshun Hall.
A few days ago, the City Gate guards caught three people.
After interrogation, they discovered that the series of fires during the Moon Festival 5 years ago
were done under orders from the Royal Consort.
If you don't believe me,
you can go to the prison and ask them yourself.
General Wei, you are loyal to your family.
If you are used by other people, it would have terrible consequences!
I was so foolish to the very end.
That is why I listened to what Dugu Yan's words!
After falling so far,
I... cannot continue living!
General, please wait!
General.
You got fooled by the words of a villain. If you acknowledge the truth in time, I won't look into this matter any further.
Thank you, Your Highness!
No matter what I have to do,
I... will definitely make up for my wrongs!
[Eldest Prince Manor]
As you see it,
Dugu Yan was caught cheating and 8th Brother was cleared of all suspicion.
Were they both connected to Scholar Liu Shang?
That's right. Liu Shang is very capable.
He seems to be even more powerful than the 8th Prince. We must guard against him.
His Majesty suddenly became ill this morning. The Imperial Physicians are at their wit's end.
The other Princes are rushing to the Palace. Your Highness, you should go as well.
What symptoms is His Majesty showing?
I heard that he suddenly feels hot or cold, and has episodes of body twitching.
It must be because he has stopped drinking Dugu Yan's medicine.
I will go to visit Dugu Yan. Perhaps I can find out how to treat the poison.
Brother Yi Huai, please wait for my news.
Royal Father!
Did the His Majesty have any unusual behavior today?
There wasn't anything really unusual.
Royal Father!
That's right! The nourishing soup!
Dugu Yan has always provided His Majesty a nourishing soup.
Today, His Majesty hasn't eaten any yet.
Your Highness!
Your Highness. His Majesty might have been poisoned by Dugu Yan.
I will stay here to treat His Majesty.
Why don't you go to the prison to find out how to neutralize this poison, perhaps His Majesty can still be saved!
I will have to trouble you then.
No one can interfere before the Scholar is done treating His Majesty!
Everyone else should retreat now.
Let's go!
May the Lady put in a good word for me
in front of Eldest Prince. I surely...
Yes.
While the Royal Noble Consort is staying in here,
you probably don't know that there are tremendous changes taking place in the Palace.
This morning, because His Majesty didn't take the nourishing medicinal soup from you,
his whole body keeps twitching as if his body is yearning for its daily ration.
If Your Highness can tell me the method to cure his poison,
maybe I can get you released from here.
Your Highness, if this merit is taken by someone else,
I fear that you'll miss out on this convenient opportunity.
The method to cure the poison
is to drink the blood of a family member.
Pan'er, you are now my only hope.
Lady Pan'er, 8th Prince and 14th Prince are on their way here.
Let me take you out through the side door, to prevent any conflict.
It's that Mo Lian Cheng again. He caused me to end up in this state.
Your Highness Noble Consort,
why don't you tell them a remote place to look for the antidote?
Use the scheme of luring the tiger out of the mountain to make them look disloyal and unfilial?
Where are 8th Prince and 14th Prince now?
When the two princes learned where the antidote could be found from Dugu Yan, they immediately left the Palace to get it.
This must be the scheme of luring the tiger out of the mountain created by Dugu Yan.
From the scent of that last dosage, the medicine is the Spirit Capturing Herb. I've seen it before in the Magical Spirit Land.
Once it's added to the medicine, you can refine it to become the Spirit Capturing Powder.
You need to take this medicine every day.
Once you stop taking it, you'll show symptoms of a drug withdrawal.
And the method of curing it is to use blood from the heart of a loved one.
Let's go.
Medical Commissioner, I dare to guarantee with my life
that the medicine in this bowl can cure His Majesty.
Scholar Liu Shang,
what demonic method are you using to treat His Majesty?
- I... - It's I who ordered the Scholar to do such a thing.
Huai'er...
Royal Father.
- Huai'er. - Royal Father.
Huai'er.
Royal Father, just rest first.
Eldest Prince.
What method did you use to cure His Majesty?
The poison that Royal Father got inflicted with is called Soul Capturing Powder.
It's the poison that was in the nourishing medicinal soup that Dugu Yan served him.
Only the blood from the heart of a relative can cure it.
Scholar, am I right?
What Your Highness said is all true.
After Scholar diagnosed it, he was unable to find any other Princes in the Palace.
Hence, he could only ask for my help.
Hence, the liquid in that bowl was made from my blood.
Could it be that Eldest Brother used the blood from his heart to save Royal Father?
It was indeed so.
No wonder Ninth Brother kept hindering us and wouldn't allow us into the Palace.
They surely knew what the antidote was, hence, they set up such a scheme.
In your opinion,
whose blood did Liu Shang use to cure Royal Father?
8th Prince got tricked by Noble Consort into leaving the Palace.
It's also impossible for Liu Shang to realize what the antidote was sooner.
Which means that the blood in the bowl
couldn't be from 8th Prince or Mo Jing Xuan.
And the other Princes in the Palace and the Queen Dowager had all left to avoid the summer heat.
Ninth Little Brother and I didn't donate our blood either.
There are also no other people here in the Palace who could be the owner of that blood.
Unless Liu Shang isn't who he claims to be.
If Liu Shang has a blood relationship to His Majesty,
then everything can be explained.
How does Brother Yi Huai plan to prove this?
That Mo Lian Cheng...
He just had to use his own blood. Isn't that inviting the suspicions of the Eldest Prince?
But how can the blood of these chickens and ducks fool him?
Little duck, don't blame me.
Miss, are you buying or not?
If everyone is like you, not buying after looking for such a long time, won't I only have the northwest wind as a meal?
Owner, do you have a knife?
You must keep this blood pouch well.
I almost killed a little duck earlier,
just to get you this much blood.
What's wrong? What's wrong?
Blood!
Help! Who did it?!
Quickly help us! Quickly call for a doctor!
Quickly call for an ambulance!
Hey! Is there any doctor here?!
Liu Shang, wake up!
Quickly call 119! Oh damn, wrong...
Dial 120!
Liu Shang...
Wake up.
Liu Shang! Doctor, please save him!
Cheng Cheng...
Cheng Cheng, wake up.
♫ I'm within a vast sea of people, ♫
♫ while you're in the summit of the end of the world ♫
♫ Chilly spring, autumn dreams, no one thinks of you ♫
♫ The gentle wind infiltrates into the dark night, ♫
♫ the peach flower blossoms for a year again ♫
♫ We are like swallows who can't bear to part ♫
♫ Looking as heavy snow falls outside the window from afar, ♫
♫ I've dreamt of you a thousand times in my heart ♫
♫ Just like a flower or a butterfly, so indistinct ♫
Do you feel better?
Cheng Cheng, you must hold on.
If you don't, how can I continue
in this world alone?
♫ We can't return anymore to our first encounter ♫
Bastard! Liar!
If not because of you, how could I end up in this rotten place?
♫ Yet still gambled one's lifetime for it ♫
If you have decided not to go back,
I won't go back either. Okay?
♫ I'm within a vast sea of people, ♫
♫ while you're in the summit of the end of the world ♫
♫ Chilly spring, autumn dreams, no one thinks of you ♫
♫ The gentle wind infiltrates into the dark night, ♫
♫ the peach flower blossoms for a year again ♫
♫ We are like swallows who can't bear to part ♫
♫ Looking as heavy snow falls outside the window from afar, ♫
♫ I've dreamt of you a thousand times in my heart ♫
♫ Just like a flower or a butterfly, so indistinct ♫
♫ Rather than missing, it's better to not think of her; ♫
♫ Tears will age one's face ♫
♫ Thousands of continuous strings, it's so hard to get stranded ♫
Cheng Cheng...
What did you call me?
Cheng Cheng.
You're that proactive now?
What's to fear in me taking a look?
It's actually the blood pouch!
In my panic, I forgot all about it.
You lied to me again, right?!
Once I'm done handling everything here,
I'll take you back. Okay?
♫ People have always known that it's hard to fulfill true love ♫
♫ Yet still gambled one's lifetime for it ♫
No need to worry. Yesterday, I took one dosage of Soul Capturing Powder.
Now, I only need to immediately take in the antidote and I should be fine.
What's important now is to use this act
to determine the bloodline of Liu Shang.
This cup has Mo Jian Kang's blood.
If Liu Shang's blood can't cure you,
we still have Jian Kang's blood as an urgent substitute.
Your pulse is getting more unstable.
I indeed don't feel comfortable.
Then, Prince, you should hurry—
Don't panic.
The pulse is starting to stabilize now.
This Liu Shang isn't of the Royal bloodline.
Whose blood then did he use to oppose Royal Father's poison?
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♫ The fireworks ended, then you lit a lamp and looked back ♫
♫ The mortal world gets tossed around; I lift my flute and sigh ♫
♫ Who keeps breaking the string? When the tune ends, each one leaves ♫
♫ There is no more fate, so why mention the promises? ♫
♫ The moon waxes and wanes, who is lusting to be alone? ♫
♫ Enjoying the music alone while looking at the lantern's light come to an end ♫
♫ Time always slip by; our meeting was a blurry moment ♫
♫ This face was guarded for a thousand years ♫
♫ Willing to ride the wind to come and go; flourishing blossoms fall all over the ground ♫
♫ The shifting sand has faded but I still am waiting for you ♫
♫ Willing to accompany you to walk up to the sky's horizon; the clouds roll off and then return ♫
♫ By the wayside of you, I was never seen lonely again ♫
♫ Willing to ride the wind to come and go; flourishing blossoms fall all over the ground ♫
♫ When the bamboo curtains were rolled up, there is only one green robe left ♫
♫ Dream for a drizzle in the south of the river, no worries so there's no need to be concerned ♫
♫ After an elegant night of fun, whose heads will be together in the background? ♫