[Dimsum.Asia Ver] E22 Princess Silver -♥ Hafiz Adam ♥- http://twitter.com/hafizadam
Episode 22
Our marriage has always been a lie.
You know that you'll use me more than once.
So, why do you keep on lying to yourself...
and why do you want to make things difficult for me?
Please go out.
I want to be by myself for a while.
Rong Le.
Don't scare me, Rong Le!
Sir.
What's wrong with my wife? When can she wake up?
General Fu.
Your wife's illness is very rare.
Although her pulse is weak,
it's not so weak until she'll lose consciousness.
I think the reason she fainted is of a psychological factor.
This kind of illness...
can only be treated on the mental plane.
I can only give her some medicine for nourishment...
and help her to recuperate.
As for whether or not she can wake up,
it'll be up to fate to decide.
Thank you, Sir.
-See him out. -Yes, General Fu.
Let me.
I don't think that we will be talking anymore after this.
We have been through so much.
When will she wake?
Why didn't I realise it sooner?
My heart is bleeding when I saw you leaving me.
There was once...
when we were so happy together.
Although we haven't known each other for long, I already miss you so.
Do you dare to...
When Brother Wu You rushed there to save Princess Rong Le today,
I've never seen him...
so anxious and agitated before.
I think Brother Wu You still cares about Princess Rong Le.
Impossible that he'll fall in love with Miss Sun in Qingzhou.
Brother Wu You won't shilly-shally like that.
Wu You's mind...
is not something that we can comprehend.
I think there must be some misunderstanding between them.
When I went fishing with Princess Rong Le today,
she was so shook when she heard that...
Brother Wu You is coming back.
She still cares about Brother Wu You for sure.
They love each other, but they cannot be together.
It's so unfortunate.
It's hard to find love in that reciprocates this world.
They love each other but they cannot be together.
It's better off if they remain as strangers since the beginning.
So,
we can't make the same mistake as them.
We have to be together forever...
until we are old and gray.
I don't think that we will be talking anymore after this.
We have been through so much.
Why didn't I realise it sooner?
My heart is bleeding when I saw you leaving me.
There was once...
when we were so happy together.
Although we haven't known each other for long, I already miss you so.
Do you dare to...
face the possible truth?
I cried when you leave and I keep on reminiscing the happy times we had.
The regrets that I have...
will last me a lifetime.
After all of those hardships, we are no longer young.
I'm doomed to live in loneliness forever.
It's bad but I can't help it.
" General's Manor "
After all the boom and bust, I have lost all hope.
General Fu, let me feed the princess.
You've been awake for three days and three nights.
Let's drink to forget our worries and bottoms up for...
you who have turned gray.
You may leave now.
Yes, General Fu.
Rong Le.
Are you punishing me...
or is the heaven punishing me?
I can't bear with this kind of punishment.
As long as you can wake up,
I don't care...
if you don't love me,
I don't care if you leave me...
or...
even hate me.
I don't care as long as you can wake up.
Emperor Wen watches from the heaven,
shining bright and bring us light.
The Zhou kingdom has its age,
but the fate of nation is yet to be known.
The princess is awake.
You are awake, Rong Le.
Do you feel unwell anywhere?
Come.
Ling Yue.
Slowly, Princess.
If you don't feel well, do you want me to get you a physician?
What happened to me?
Princess, you've fainted.
And you are out like a light for three days and three nights.
General Fu has never left your side for these three days.
He had stayed with you all the while.
How about this?
Ling Yue, take a good care of Lady Rong Le...
and give her some food.
-I'll leave now. -Yes, General Fu.
-Princess, anywhere else feels off? -General Fu.
General Fu, aren't you going to eat?
Is your headache still there?
Princess, for the three days when you were out,
General Fu hasn't eaten or drank anything.
" Tranquil Garden "
Princess Rong Le, Miss Chen Yu is here.
Mistress. I heard that you've lost consciousness for three days.
I'm fine.
Ling Yue, go and have a rest.
Yes, Princess.
Have a seat.
Are you alright?
Ling Yue told me that you had a fight with General Fu.
At first, I thought that...
the General's Manor will be my home for the rest of my life.
Now, it looks like I'm too naive.
This world is so big and yet I belong in nowhere.
I don't know where my home is.
Don't say that, Mistress.
You have a home for sure.
But you've just forgotten about where it is.
That's right.
I dreamt about Yu's Fort before this.
That place has become clearer and clearer to me.
Have you ever thought of going into that fort again?
Maybe you can remember more if you go there again.
Emperor Wen watches from the heaven,
shining bright and bring us light.
The Zhou kingdom has its age,
but the fate of nation is yet to be known.
Shilixiang wine.
Who is she?
Greetings, General Fu.
General, the princess...
What's wrong with the princess?
There's nothing wrong with her. But she went to...
Moon Embrace Teahouse this morning with Miss Chen Yu...
and she hasn't been back since.
General Fu, it's already so late.
Do you want to send someone to bring her back?
General Fu.
How about you reheat this medicine for her first?
Yes, General Fu.
Who is she?
I thought that you were never coming back.
I thought that I'll never see you again in this lifetime.
I won't leave this place.
Does that mean that...
you'll forgive me?
I'll keep my promise.
In another half a year's time, everything will come to an end.
Is it going to be just...
a cold and frigid agreement between us?
I hope that you won't forget about the promise that you made.
I remember.
I'll respect your wish and I won't force you.
If your heart is still made of stone after half a year,
I'll part ways with you and set you free. And I won't...
And I won't go back on my words.
I'm tired.
I want to rest.
Tomorrow, Prince Zhen Bei has invited us...
to Moon Embrace Teahouse for tea.
Are you willing to join me for tomorrow?
I'll go with you tomorrow.
Since I've already made a promise with you,
for the next half of a year,
I'll abide by my duties as the general's wife.
Who is she?
Greetings, Prince Zhen Bei.
No need to be so polite.
The things that I dislike the most are the highfalutin titles.
Those Your Highness, Princess or Prince.
Not only they are meaningless, they are so tiring.
They are just titles given to me by others.
I chose to have a gathering at Moon Embrace Teahouse today...
because this place is refreshing and elegant.
If we talk about titles here,
it'll be such a bummer.
You are right.
The essence of drinking tea is all about equality.
Because of a cup of tea,
we put those wealth, rank, status and superiority behind us.
We'll discard all of that and treat each other as equal.
Good. Then we'll treat each other...
as equal today and call each other by names, how about that?
You can just address me as Qian Yi.
So, everything that is hard in this world is just an easy feat for you.
If everything is easy for me, then everything is happy for you.
As for Fu Chou,
it sounds like the word revenge.
That's not good. We'll call you General Fu instead.
Let's not talk about revenge all the time.
That's too ferocious.
Come, have a seat.
-After you. -After you.
Thank you.
Rong Le, you don't like this tea?
This is the Phoenix Narcissus tea that I brought from Chen.
And I cooked it myself.
Is there anything wrong with it?
Don't misunderstand, Qian Yi.
This is a high quality tea.
But tea is a type of high quality tree.
It took sustenance from the mountains and rivers.
So they need to be steeped with natural mineral water.
But for this narcissus tea, you need to steep it with dew water...
in order to bring out the essence of the tea.
Looks like you are quite knowledgeable in the art of tea.
Unfortunately, I didn't bring any dew water with me today.
Looks like I've wasted a good quality tea.
No need to be so regretful.
Since you are here in the teahouse, you will have your dew water.
I'm sure that the mistress here won't mind about it.
Mistress?
Are you saying that you know the owner of this teahouse?
Not only I know her, even you...
know her too.
So, the guest that I've invited is actually...
the owner of this teahouse that we are in.
Rong Le, you are so full of surprise.
That day in Qingliang Lake,
I thought that you are just a daughter of an official.
I never thought that you'll turn out to be elder princess of Western Qi.
After that, when I saw that you were saved by Prince Li,
I thought that you are Prince Li's wife.
But I never thought that your husband is actually General Fu.
Since you are the owner of this teahouse,
I'm sure that...
you've spent a lot of happy moments here.
I'm sure that this teahouse contains...
your love story, right?
General Fu, from your expression,
you must be thinking about some sweet memories from the past.
I never thought that a warrior like you...
will feel shy when it comes to love.
I'll get the dew water.
Thank you.
Please excuse me for a moment.
Rong Le.
You haven't recovered fully yet.
Tell me where the dew water is. I'll get it.
There's a very specific way to cook dew water.
It's better if I cook it myself. I'll bring it over when it's done.
Your Highness. I didn't protect you well enough...
when you were in Qingliang Lake that day.
I've failed my duty.
Not only I won't blame you for it,
I wish to thank you for it.
Thank me for it?
Why?
If it wasn't for you and your troops that came late,
I wouldn't have the chance...
to get to know about my two saviours.
You mentioned about two saviours.
Besides Rong Le, the other one is...
The other one is Prince Li.
That day, not only had Prince Li saved Rong Le,
he even sent someone to protect me and to send me back to my inn.
If it wasn't for these two saviours,
I would have lost my life.
That's why I've prepared a banquet in Moon Embrace Teahouse.
I want to thank my two saviours properly.
One has to repay others' help no matter how small it is.
Although you and your troops were late that day,
you had helped me taken care of the aftermath of the incident.
I should thank you as well.
So,
are you saying that...
-Prince Li will be here today as well? -Yes.
I think he will be here soon.
General Fu, why did you look so pale all of the sudden?
Rong Le hasn't recovered fully yet.
I'm worried that it'll be hard for her to move around. Let me check on her.
Yes, you should keep a close eye on her.
You have such an exotic lady as your wife.
You should treasure her well.
You are very right. Pray excuse me.
The snow falls on my palm.
I just want to gaze at you one more time.
I wait for the warmth of your gaze...
to melt it.
We are fated to get hurt from the moment we met each other.
I miss you but I can only gaze at you in silence.
You are keeping me out with your care.
Although we are together, I feel lost.
Rong Le.
Are you alright?
Are your hand alright?
Your hand is so red.
Don't worry, my hand is fine.
Prince Li. Finally, you are here.
Greetings, Prince Li.
Why are all of you standing here?
Did something happen?
Your Highness.
My wife's hands were scalded by the teapot just now.
So I need to bring her back to my manor now.
It's unfortunate that we won't be able to drink tea together today.
I'll have to take a rain check.
I have to take an early leave for your banquet today.
It's very rude of me.
If you don't mind,
please come to my manor next time.
I'll treat you cordially.
Rong Le.
Am I right?
Yes.
Your Highness.
Farewell.
Prince Li.
Farewell.
Let's go.
Looks like this pot of good tea...
is prepared specifically for me and you.
Would you give me the honour to drink some tea with you?
Of course I wouldn't leave without having tea first.
-After you. -After you.
General Fu, in order to thank Princess Rong Le for her tea today,
Prince Zhen Bei has specifically asked me to give this to you.
Prince Zhen Bei is too kind.
General Fu, please pardon me.
Prince Zhen Bei has asked me...
to hand this gift to Princess Rong Le herself.
Prince Zhen Bei has picked out this gift himself.
He hopes that you'll like it.
Send my thanks to Prince Zhen Bei.
Prince Zhen Bei might look bold and free-spirited...
but he's actually a shrewd person.
He's not someone you can call friend just after meeting him by chance.
From now on, it's better for you to be careful when you are with him.
You worry too much.
I hope you are right.
No matter what kind of a person he is or what purpose he has,
he had said something today...
that had struck deep within me.
What is it?
He said that I've seen so many battles and death...
and yet I am visibly moved by love.
Actually, I used to think that...
I can face death with equanimity.
But I never thought that there will be a person...
in this world...
who can put me in an awkward predicament...
and take away my composure.
The water that is used in this tea...
is the dew water from Rong Le's possession.
She had cooked it herself.
It's unfortunate that I didn't get to let her steep my tea for me.
What do you think about this tea, Prince Li?
A cup of tea that is steep in the same water...
and with the same tea leaves...
will taste different...
for different kind of people.
Of course. What you taste from the tea...
will depend on what you feel when you drink it.
So, what are you...
feeling right now?
My heart is indeed trapped by someone.
I think that person must be...
Princess Rong Le.
If it's indeed Rong Le,
why would I sit here and drink tea with you now?
Then, are you saying that...
I'm that someone?
I've always hated those insincere...
guesses and probing in the court.
That day in Qingliang Lake,
you are willing to entrust your life to Rong Le...
of who you've just met.
So, I'm willing to believe that...
you are not a pretentious and hypocritical person.
Thus, I'm willing to be straightforward with you today.
I have a question for you today.
I've heard that you are an unruly and unbridled person.
Now that I've talked to you, it is indeed true.
I am the kind of person who can be more pretentious...
if I meet a hypocrite.
When I meet an honest and frank person like you,
I can be very forthright too.
Prince Li, please don't hesitate...
to ask me any questions that you want.
It's just a simple question.
You've came all the way from Chen to Zhongshan...
to form a marriage alliance with Northern Realm.
What's your purpose for doing so?
Are you going to sit back...
and reap the benefits while letting us do all the dirty works?
Before this, I heard that you've put down the rebellion in...
southern fringe with just a snap of your fingers.
So, you know better than me that...
all is fair in war.
Since you want to go into war against Wei,
I'm sure that you've already...
thought of the strategies to strengthen your defence.
Alright. That's all I have to ask.
If you have any questions for me,
you can go ahead and ask me too.
I've invited you here today because...
first, I want to thank you...
for saving my life in Qingliang Lake that day.
And second,
I did have something that I wish to ask you.
Please go ahead.
Actually, compared to the war that was triggered by setting up new territory,
I'm more interested in the benevolence policy used by Northern Realm.
I heard that before this, Lady Yun and Sir Qin Yong...
had carried out a People-Based Transformation.
And all the measures regarding this transformation...
are recorded in a book named The Book of Mountains and Rivers.
Have you ever seen this book before?
This book is the fruit of my mother and my teacher's lifelong efforts.
It is their legacy.
This book is meant to bring peace to the country...
so that the people can live serene life.
But they never thought that...
at that same year, that book will cause such irreparable disaster.
And so many were dragged into it.
Even I had once paid a hefty price...
in order to get that book.
So, the real reason you are here...
is to get your hands on that book.
Then you have to forgive me for keeping it a secret from you.
You've misunderstood.
It's true that I want to get that book to help my people.
But I don't plan to possess it...
and I don't plan to take it by force.
Then I hope that...
you'll never forget about what you've said today.
Remember your original intention for your people.
But I still have another question for you.
Are you going to ask about...
me and Rong Le's past?
I can see that you love each other very much.
You are such a forthright person.
Why do you choose to be bound by the rules of etiquette?
If I get to meet my one true love,
I'll smash through all shackles to give her a life of happiness.
Maybe it's just like you've said.
You want to initiate the People-Based Transformation.
But you don't plan to possess that book.
Both are the same.
I love her but it doesn't mean that I have to possess her.
Alright. I hope that you won't regret it for the rest of your life.
By the way, that day in Qingliang Lake,
Princess Zhao Yun had gotten hurt because of me too.
How is she doing?
She is fine.
Thank you for asking.
Great.
I'll make sure to visit her next time...
to thank her personally.
Cheers.
Your Highness. The cut on your hand is very deep.
Although I've already changed your dressing twice,
make sure that it stays dry.
Thank you, sir.
Wu You.
You never got hurt even when you went into war in Qingzhou.
But you've gotten yourself hurt when you saw her in Zhongshan.
Why did both of you cross path so often?
I heard that Prince Zhen Bei has invited your for tea...
in Moon Embrace Teahouse together with Fu Chou and Man...
Have a drink, Wu You.
What do you think about Prince Zhen Bei?
I really admire him because he is very forthcoming.
But he is a very enigmatic man.
We have to guard against him.
I want to get in touch more often with him.
By the way, have you told father about you and Zhao Yun's marriage?
I've been wanting to tell him since I came back from Qingzhou.
One time, I almost told him.
But then, you appeared.
As soon as he saw you, he doesn't have time for me anymore.
After a delay comes a let. Don't delay it anymore.
Your Highness. Miss Sun is here.
Bring her in.
Greetings, Prince Li. Greetings, Prince Chen.
Sister Ya Li, you came right on time.
Wu You has just talked about playing chess and here you are.
Both of you have quite the same mind.
You are joking around again.
I heard that Prince Li has hurt his hand.
So, I've brought him some ointment.
It's just a small wound. Nothing serious.
Thank you for taking the trouble.
Wu You. Continue with your chat.
Woodenhead. Let's go.
-This is... -Ya Li.
Don't bother with the formalities.
You've never visited me at night.
You must be here today because you have something to tell me.
Please go ahead and do so.
Look like I can never hide anything from you.
I'm here today because I need your help.
The empress has invited royal families and nobles...
for a flower-viewing in her backyard tomorrow.
I would like to invite you along.
Since you like flowers,
let's go together then.
For tomorrow's banquet,
I'll leave you to be in charge of everything.
Your Majesty, I won't let you down.
Although this banquet...
is just a banquet to let Prince Zhen Bei choose his bride,
a lot is at stake in this banquet.
Nothing can go wrong.
Do you have any ideas on...
who will be Prince Zhen Bei's choice?
I...
hear that the daughter of Sir Sun,
Sun Ya Li, always comes here to visit you.
You drink tea together and both of you clicked well together.
Sun Ya Li is the most gifted lady in Zhongshan.
She is proficient in anything from playing music to drawing.
What do you think about Sun Ya Li?
Ya Li...
is indeed a gentle and refined lady.
And she is intelligent and well-reasoned.
I'll hate to part with her...
if she has to be married to Chen.
I think it'll more so for Prince Li.
I heard from Wu Yu that...
Wu You and Sun Ya Li have gotten along quite well in Qingzhou.
She has exchanged gifts as love-promise with Wu You.
I think both of them are inseparable right now.
Wu You was already hurt once...
because of Princess Rong Le.
I couldn't bear...
for him to be hurt again...
if Ya Li has to be married to Chen.
Your Highness. Please consider it carefully.
He gave her wine?
Prince Zhen Bei is too bad in giving gift to others.
Doesn't he know that princess dislike wine?
It's so fragrant.
Princess, this wine has a sweet smell to it.
Do you want to have a taste?
I hope that this can absolve your worries.
Your Highness.
I don't want to bring any troubles to you.
How about I stay for a few days in this General's Manor?
Xiang.
What if I miss you when you are here?
Greetings, General Fu.
Greetings, Crown Prince.
Greetings, Lady Xiang.
I'm sorry for making you wait for me.
Xiang, sit down.
General Fu.
Your servant told me that you've came back since just now.
What took you so long?
Is there anything...
more important than discussing the government affairs with me?
I'm sorry for being too inconsiderate.
It's just that my wife has accidentally...
scalded her hand when we were at the teahouse.
I've brought in a physician to treat her.
But I'm too worried about her.
That's why I'm late to this meeting.
Please forgive me.
Your wife was hurt.
-Yes. -I can understand that.
I am a person who...
shows tender care to women as well.
I'm very envious that...
you and Lady Xiang are so loving together.
Enough, General Fu.
Don't stand there. Take a seat.
I've specially brought us some good wine today.
Let's drink while we talk.
-Have a seat. -Thank you, Crown Prince.
Serve some wine for the general.
General Fu.
General Fu!
Looks like you are still worried about your wife's wound.
I've embarrassed myself in front of you.
Cheers.
What's wrong with you?
Looks like Lady Xiang is really up for some wine today.