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[Legend of Fuyao]
[Episode 46]
I think...
My parents must've had their reasons.
Otherwise, why wouldn't they want me when I'm so pretty?
However, who they are doesn't matter to me anymore.
I don't think about it.
Uncle Zhou raised me.
So... Uncle Zhou is my family.
Take this with you.
- I was wrong! It's my fault! - Uncle Zhou!
It's my fault!
I'm begging you, Chief Yan!
You were born with a five-tier spell.
But you ended up mastering the Ninth Heaven Breach!
The Ninth Heaven Breach fused with the spell on you
and pumps energy down your meridians.
The five-tier spell was triggered.
It has sealed your fate.
What's on your mind?
I'm thinking... why you aren't drinking yet?
Cheers.
Give me your hand.
This is for you.
What are you doing?
Listen carefully.
Ever since I can remember, I've had the Leaf of Spiritual Elixir on me.
It's made me who I am today.
So...
it's very important.
You're going to give me something so important?
Because...
you mean more to me that this does.
All right, I'll hold onto it for you.
It's different this time.
In this leaf...
there are things that mean a lot to me.
There are also memories I'm afraid to recall.
Be it good or bad, all of it is true.
My past, present, and future...
They are all in here.
I'm handing all of it to you.
Well? Is she feeling better?
She... She's still not willing to see me?
You saved my life!
I, Zhan Bei Ye, have nothing in return to repay your kindness.
From now on, my life is yours!
I'll risk life and limb for you without hesitation!
I don't know what else to say.
Thank you.
Get the hell in here!
What day is it?
Today is...
It's my birthday.
How would you remember?
Last year, on this day...
we had just arrived in Taiyuan.
A family was holding a wedding near the inn we stayed in.
The firecrackers made such a din.
I sat on the roof with an urn of wine.
I lit a string of firecrackers.
I drank a toast to myself.
I lit another string of firecrackers.
I drank another toast to myself.
It was so lively.
Two years ago, I was in Qiongye.
My father had just dragged me home.
In order to cheer me up
I told them to invite as many people and hold a banquet as lavish as possible.
I snuck away when the crowd gathered.
I snuck away in such a hurry that I even lost my bag.
I was starving late that night
so I bought half a slice of gingerbread with my gold hairpin.
I nibbled slowly on my gingerbread
while gazing at the fireworks in the palace.
I kept thinking that the grilled pork at the royal banquet
must taste more or less like the gingerbread.
I caught a whiff of the food...
It was as good as eating it.
Three years ago...
It was in Tiansha.
Some bandits in the desert wanted to rob me.
I killed them.
I later thought...
I mustn't die of dehydration in Geya Desert.
My corpse would look terrible.
No one would recognize me.
So I drank the blood of those bandits.
Stop it.
I'll celebrate your birthday with you.
I didn't tell you any of that to make you pity me.
I don't want you to feel guilty.
All I wanted to say is that every relationship is about suffering.
The more persistent one is, the more one suffers.
But I've never been afraid of such hardship.
As long as I'm willing to devote to this relationship
any hardship is still sweet to me.
What I fear most is not having the courage.
Zhan Bei Ye...
I never hesitated or regretted saving you.
However...
But you said that you wanted to thank me.
It hurts me so much to hear you say that.
I've followed you around all these years.
When did I ever want you to be grateful to me?
You've really done too much for me.
From now on...
I'll be your eyes and see what you can't see.
As long as I'm alive
I won't let you get bullied.
I don't want your pity.
Nor do I care for your sympathy.
I don't want you to make any promises.
What I want is your love.
Can you give that to me?
It's all right.
I can wait.
I know you like Fu Yao.
If I was a boy, I'd like her too.
But I've always believed that...
I believes that in the end, I'd be the one you love.
Zhu Zhu...
This is the first time you've called me by my pet name.
Prince Lie.
Thank you for helping me today.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to save Zhu Zhu on my own!
Please get up, quickly.
We're partners who share weal and woe.
Why would you say that?
I'll drink with you.
All right!
Here!
Earlier, you asked me.
If I can't ensure my own safety, how am I to protect the others?
I've thought it through.
I'm not at all ambitious.
I thought that if I put up with it, I could seek some peace.
But now it seems that...
there's no peace for me since I was born into the royal family.
It wouldn't matter if it was just me.
But too many people were implicated because of me.
I can't sit around doing nothing anymore!
Prince Lie, if people just resigned to adversity
it would only make their opponent even more unbridled.
Cheers!
After surviving so many attempts on my life
there's no reason to let anyone trample on me again!
It's just that my mother is still in the palace.
I don't know when the best time to make a move is.
I'll help you.
Count me in.
This is the place.
Thank you for coming.
Sir, please come in.
Follow me.
Sir, thank you for coming.
Great wine.
Eunuch Hua!
Your Highness?
Your Highness!
Your Highness...
You're still alive?
I am.
You're still alive!
I'm alive.
You must have suffered.
No, I didn't!
Is my mother well?
Don't worry.
- She's one of us. - Yes, she's fine.
We're all well.
Although Grand Consort is closely monitored by them in Xihua Palace
she's taken care of properly.
She hasn't suffered any hardship.
Grand Consort Jing asked me to relay a message to Your Highness.
"East, I look to my homestead."
Just words and no letter.
Eunuch Hua, "East, I look to my homestead, oh long is the way."
"My sleeves all dampened, my tears still rolling down."
"Here we meet on horseback, no paper nor pen in hand."
"So tell them this: I’m safe and well."
It's a message to say that she's safe.
It is.
When I was a child and trapped in the palace
my mother was worried about my safety so we came up with a phrase.
With those six words, we can both ease our minds.
Exactly!
Eunuch Hua...
I have a favor to ask of you.
Please do tell.
I have to get into the palace.
I have to show my mother that I, Zhan Bei Ye, am still alive.
Before I confront Zhan Nan Cheng, I must set her mind at ease.
Yes, you're right.
Your Highness, it's just that...
ever since Grand Consort Jing was locked up in Xihua Palace
she's been guarded by 300 guards every day.
There are 100 guards per shift, and they change shifts every eight hours.
I'm afraid there's no way to sneak in.
Your Highness, if you head in there recklessly
Grand Consort Jing is bound to worry!
Eunuch Hua, if I remember correctly
it should be Zhan Nan Cheng's birthday in five days, right?
On behalf of the King of Taiyuan
I wish the King of Tiansha great fortune and longevity.
May the nation prosper under your reign.
On behalf of the Queen of Xuanji
I wish the King of Tiansha great prosperity for generations to come.
Crown Prince.
I was exhausted from the challenge at the Ruins of Heaven's Gate
and have yet to visit the king.
I've been impolite.
Your Highness has too much to handle.
How could a trivial character like me dare to trouble Your Highness?
The first half of what you said is indeed true.
My father has made a decree.
I am to take on the responsibility of governing the kingdoms.
Now, I'll have to manage all affairs across the five kingdoms.
There's indeed much to ponder over, the many trivial and important matters.
It is indeed so.
The decree from the Imperial City just arrived in the kingdoms.
This means that you're now in charge of the five kingdoms.
I, Wu Ji, on behalf of the Imperial City of Tianquan
congratulate the King of Tiansha on your long life and everlasting fortune.
Thank you, Your Highness.
After you.
Slow down!
Be careful not to spill it!
Keep going! Steady!
These are much better.
Slow down.
The two of you!
Attend to Xihua Palace.
- Yes. - Yes.
Keep up!
- Is it so troublesome? - Hurry up!
Can't we just put on a disguise?
There are all sorts of spells in the palace to dispel sorcery.
We definitely can't use Zhu Zhu's powers.
Fortunately, we managed to find Eunuch Hua in Merry Wine House.
He's one of the informants my maternal grandfather planted for me
when he was alive.
He wasn't just waiting for you there recently?
Poor Eunuch Hua.
At his old age, he's actually not fond of drinking at all.
But because of my maternal grandfather's request
he's been getting drunk at Merry Wine House every day for the past 20 years.
He spent 20 years developing a habit
just in case something came up 20 years later?
Old Master Zhou really was amazing.
Over here.
Stop right there, the two of you!
Which palace hall do you belong to?
Turn around!
Prince Lie--
You should have died ages ago.
Watch out.
Quickly.
This is the only blind spot.
They won't notice us.
But the palace hall is more heavily guarded than before.
We can only await a chance to sneak in.
The quiet moor, the majestic rivers and oceans.
My son has gone off to somewhere unknown...
Grand Consort Jing, could you stop singing?
How annoying.
How dare you bite me?
- Tie her up! - Yes!
The woman deserves to be taught a lesson.
She keeps singing every day.
It's so annoying!
I think now that Gu Ling Feng is dead
the palace will be even more heavily guarded.
In this outfit, we should wait till it gets dark to sneak in.
That face of yours will be recognized, no matter what you wear.
But it's different for me.
No one would care about a maid.
I have an idea.
Cheers.
King of Tiansha.
I've long heard that there are many treasures in Tiansha.
King of Tiansha has collected numerous treasures.
I wonder if I can have the honor to have a look today?
Your Highness is referring to my Singing Frost Tower?
Its fame has long resounded in my ears.
If it's the Singing Frost Tower
Your Highness should be very familiar with it, right?
Report!
My King, General Gu Ling Feng... he...
Speak!
Assassins must've snuck into the palace.
General Gu Ling Fen is...
He has been assassinated.
Nan Cheng, fret not.
I'll lead my men to investigate it.
I'll be sure to arrest the assassins!
Hold on.
I just thought of something.
When King Suzong of Taiyuan reigned, such an accident also occurred.
That day was also the birthday of King Suzong of Taiyuan.
King Suzong's uncle wanted to usurp his throne
so he raised a rebellion on King Suzong's birthday.
I heard there were assassins in Taiyuan's palace that day.
Then, the uncle forced his nephew to his death.
I find it somehow similar to the situation we have today.
Bei Heng, have a seat.
It's too dangerous to send you to arrest the assassins.
Send the officers to handle it.
Bei Heng, just stay and celebrate my birthday with me.
- You're dismissed. - Yes.
Prince Huan, here's a toast to you.
Convey my decree.
The garrison at the three palace gates, Changning, Guang'an, and Changxin
must be relieved right away.
It's time for Grand Consort Jing's meal.
Head inside.
Grand Consort Jing.
Are you all right, Grand Consort Jing?
Shush.
Zhan Bei Ye sent me here.
Zhan Bei Ye.
Bei Ye?
Yes, it's Bei Ye.
Where is he?
He's waiting outside for us.
He's waiting for me?
He's waiting outside because he can't get in.
I'll tell the guards that I'm walking you to the toilet.
Zhan Bei Ye will be waiting there.
Just follow me and don't say a word.
Shush. I won't say a word. Not a word.
I won't.
- Someone wants to kill him. - Yes.
Step aside!
Ling Feng!
This is...
Crown Prince, what's your opinion?
There's something amiss.
How so?
I don't know if I should say this outright.
Your Highness, please speak your mind.
The cause of his death lies in the lethal blow right here.
Judging from the wound
it was caused by the Cold Blade of Tiansha's guards.
So this assassination was an inside job.
King of Tiansha, be careful.
Crown Prince!
Aren't you a bit too hasty in coming to such a conclusion?
Prince Huan, fret not.
I'm just stating the facts.
I didn't say that you're related to this case.
- You-- - Besides
your own brother wouldn't doubt you.
Let's go.
Hold on!
There's an assassin in the palace.
I only did it to ensure your safety.
Grand Consort, please forgive me.
Bei Ye...
Mother...
Bei Ye...
You've lost weight.
Nan Cheng, I'd never betray you!
I definitely had nothing to do with Gu Ling Feng's death!
If it really is as His Highness said and this was done by Tiansha's mole
I think that... he must have returned!
Zhan Bei Ye?
Set out to Xihua Palace!
Mother...
You ended up in such a predicament.
I'm so sorry.
It's all right.
You've suffered, my child.
The king has arrived!
They are here to arrest you.
Run.
Go now!
Mother, I'll take you away from here today.
You won't be enslaved again.
No, you mustn't.
I can't let you take such a risk.
That isn't the freedom I seek.
I'm content to just see you.
Take this.
This is very important.
It has something concealed in it.
Take it.
Leave!
We didn't manage to rescue Grand Consort Jing.
I'm very upset about it too.
One day, should you need my help, I'll be sure to give it my all.
Thank you.
My mother left me a poem in the hairpin.
"I should be like the peach and plum trees."
"Its blossoms might fall with the wind but its buds remain on the branches."
"I wish that my son can reestablish his career again."
"In Pan City, he shall rise as the king."
Every word is what my mother asked of me.
I've been too meek.
I made my mother worry, scared and trapped in Pan City.
I'm not fit to be her son.
All along this journey...
I only survived because my comrades sacrificed themselves.
I owe my mother and my comrades way too much.
I have to fight my way back to Pan City.
Nan Cheng, I've already done what you asked of me.
Well done.
In a few days, it will get warmer.
That isn't good for Tiansha.
I somehow feel that everything's different in Tiansha this year.
Nan Cheng, you mean...
It feels as if there's a huge net dropped from the sky or sprouted from the ground.
It's slowly covering Tiansha.
Moreover...
the net is tightening, more and more.
Don't you feel like something is about to happen?
Nan Cheng, you needn't be overly worried.
We're examining all the suspicious officials, scholars, and merchants.
We won't leave out any that should be arrested or killed.
The gods must have blessed us as there hasn't been a disaster so far.
Gu Ling Feng actually died in the palace.
We can't even find any clues as to the real culprit.
It's negligence on my part.
This isn't as simple as it seems.
Crown Prince Wu Ji returned from the dead.
Zhangsun Ping Rong happened to leave without a word.
That can't be a coincidence.
Most importantly, I also sense that Zhan Bei Ye isn't dead.
The snow finally stopped falling.
It's about time I take back what's mine.
You finally figured it out.
This is the former king's royal edict of succession.
The responsibility of duty and the conscientiousness of the mind
are now passed to my seventh child, Prince Lie... Zhan Bei Ye.
If my mother hadn't hidden this back then
Zhan Nan Cheng probably wouldn't be here today.
It was Queen Rui Ning's older brother who announced the edict.
He's Zhan Nan Cheng's maternal uncle.
Who will be able to make out the truth after all these years?
Zhan Nan Cheng succeeded the throne with a fake edict.
It's all right.
What is meant to be yours will be yours eventually.
So what if you get it back later?
We'll snatch it back for you.
In the past, whatever Zhan Nan Cheng did wrong
or however hard he tried to kill me, I could put up with it.
He's the king.
I'm his subject.
If he really wanted me dead, I'd have to comply.
One shouldn't endanger one's nation for one's kin and loved ones.
The nation is as good as your family.
I thought that putting up with my own grievances...
I could bring peace to Tiansha.
That would have been nice.
But now that my father's posthumous edict has been revealed
How can I let him down?
Upon the edict of the former king
your subject, Ji Yu, shall follow you at whatever the cost.
Until my life is forfeited!
It's easy to launch a war but it is the people of Tiansha who will suffer.
There are three weaknesses in Tiansha.
One, the immoral are in favor.
Two, the talentless are high in position.
Three, those who contribute little are paid high wages.
Zhan Nan Cheng himself has all three of these weaknesses.
I shouldn't be interfering with Tiansha's royal family disputes.
However, I have to say right now that if you truly care about Tiansha
you should not be overtaken by misgivings and fear.
General only has 3,000 men in the Black Wind Cavalry.
However valiant we are
how are we a match for Zhan Nan Cheng's thousands of soldiers?
You've underestimated Prince Lie.
The Black Wind Cavalry was founded to supervise the royal family of Tiansha.
Therefore, I'm the only one who can take Zhan Nan Cheng down.
When the five kingdoms were first established
the royal family that founded Tiansha had unsurpassable powers.
Qiongcang was worried that the royal Zhan family would be too powerful
and cause harm to the five kingdoms so they founded the Black Wind Cavalry.
They were given powers of Qiongcang to retrain the royal Zhan family.
Upon the soaring Black Dragon
whoever wields the Black Dragon Sword shall command all Black Wind warriors!
We shall follow you till death!
The Black Wind Cavalry is more than just 3,000 soldiers
They're also a power of Qiongcang that can break the spell in the palace.
They're also the only ones who can annihilate a traitor of Zhan family.
You mean that only the Black Wind Cavalry can break
those curses and spells in the palace of Tiansha?
Exactly.
It's just that there are too few of them now.
3,000 men against 300,000 men.
There's no chance of winning at all.
You'll have to borrow some soldiers.
It's a huge world out there.
Who is he to borrow soldiers from?
Aren't you the crown prince?
Can't Tianquan help out?
The Imperial City may reign over the five kingdoms
but we're not authorized to interfere with domestic affairs.
I can easily lend you the soldiers but without the tally of Tiansha
they will be blocked outside the border.
Where else can we borrow soldiers from within Tiansha?
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