" Princess Silver "
Episode 58
My master...
recorded another way to remove the poison on another tome:
blood for blood...
a life...
for a life.
From now on,
your life is my life.
I'll make sure to protect you well.
I already found a way to neutralise your poison completely.
As long as you agree to go to a place with me,
I'll make sure that you and your child will be safe.
Why?
Hen Xiang, what are you waiting for?
Alright.
Hen Xiang!
Your Majesty.
Nian.
Chou.
Go now!
Nian.
Chou.
You've done very well.
And you've protected...
both of the children well.
Chou.
I'll find you again...
in my next life.
I regret the one mistake that I made so much.
All hopes are lost, how do I start over?
In your next life,
don't meet me anymore.
I blamed the mistake that happened too soon.
Wu Chou.
It never ends, love will fade.
The blossoms fall, and I waited in silence.
I cling onto the past despite the pains.
I won't let our love be a regret.
Live without sorrow, die without any hate.
This is the leniency that you've shown me.
Nian.
Live without sorrow, die without any hate.
This is the leniency that you've shown me.
Don't worry.
I promise you.
I'll take good care of your child.
Wu You.
From now on, we don't owe each other anymore.
Luckily, a ray of light has shone into my life...
before I'm totally swallowed up by dark hatred.
Father.
-Father. -Father.
Father.
-Father. -Father.
Father.
I know that my life is coming to an end.
So, I'm holding on to my last breath...
to wait for both of you here.
All these sins.
They should be bore by me alone.
Back then,
because of my wild ambition to rebuilt the country,
I had played with other's feelings.
And the price I have to pay...
is to see both of you brothers destroying each other.
Father.
Crown prince.
Wu Chou.
And your children...
Father.
have become the innocent victims.
Both of you...
have to remember the mistake I made.
In the future,
don't fail to live up to...
the people of our country.
-Father. -Father.
Father, we haven't met each other for so long.
I still have many things to report to you.
Yun.
Father.
Father!
Zongzheng Yun He!
This is your karma.
Your karma!
Cut the nonsense.
Where is Man Yao?
You have...
searched the whole palace for her...
but you couldn't find her.
It means that...
she is dead.
Wu You, we have searched the whole palace from the inside out.
And we couldn't find Consort Rong Le.
But Xiao Sha is still looking for her.
I don't believe you.
Give her back to me.
Man Yao.
Brother Qi.
Wait for me.
Brother Qi.
Wait for me.
Stop right there.
You...
Why are you still alive?
How is it possible that my Qi is dead?
Although he has contacted the Destined Poison,
for the past 20 years and more,
I had carefully used the most valuable medicine to prolong his life.
You must be...
the reason behind his death.
Brother Qi is dead?
Brother Qi.
Why are you still here?
Are you...
afraid that your mother will suspect you?
Are you afraid that your mother...
will stop Ke from getting rid of the poison inside me?
You have already given your blood and life to me.
Now, you even use your dead body...
to protect me.
No.
That is impossible.
Brother Qi.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have forgotten about you.
How could I have forgotten about you?
Then, why don't you...
die together with him?
You are not worthy for all the things that Qi had done for you.
You...
should have already been dead when you contacted...
the Scorpion Toxin.
If Qi had not saved you...
by putting the medicine...
in your snacks to protect your heart,
you wouldn't have gotten off with just white hair.
But in order to save you,
do you know what punishment he received?
You are unworthy of being a mother.
The things that I did...
were nothing.
The physical pain Qi felt...
is nothing...
compared to the heartache he felt when he knew that...
you had fallen in love with Zongzheng Wu You.
In order to save you,
he gave you to others with his own hands.
He had to put his pride in his pocket...
and he had to put up with your hatred towards him.
No.
It's all because of you.
Fu Yuan.
My father had indeed hurt you before.
But my mother had forgiven you.
Wu Chou had respected and taken care of you.
Man Yao had helped you before.
And the people from several countries...
had protected and served you.
But because of your own hatred,
you have hurt so many people.
And you almost...
incite war between us few countries.
Reprisal breeds reprisal.
But the people are innocent.
When you willingly let yourself be swallowed up by hatred,
-you should have expected this ending. -Everything that all of you did...
is fake and insincere!
I have nothing now.
Everything that you see can be fabricated.
So, you have to believe in your heart.
I'm the one who wishes for your happiness the most in this world.
What I can promise you now is, your child will be fine.
Your child will be safe.
I won't lie to you.
I promise to neutralise your poison for sure, Man.
I just hope that you can trust me for one last time.
Man.
Since...
I won't be able to bring you happiness,
I should just...
give you my blessings.
Man,
don't forgive me.
Continue to hate me like this.
Because, when the people you hate leave you,
you won't be too sad about it.
" Here lies Zongzheng Wu Chou and Qin Xiang "
Wu Chou.
Mother had taught me this song.
I hope that you'll like it.
Whenever she thought about her other lost child,
he will play this song alone.
Unfortunately, you didn't get to hear it...
when you are still alive.
Man Yao...
is still not willing to leave Western Qi?
Consort Rong Le is not willing to talk much.
She just sits in the tearoom alone...
and wanders around the Cold Harem.
If that's the case, no need to disturb her anymore.
All of us are not able to blot out our past...
and the deep hatred that is engraved in our heart.
A few years ago, I might force her to come with me at all cost.
But time has changed.
Sooner or later, we will understand that...
putting down things that we are persistent on...
is leniency towards ourselves.
Your Highness.
When Emperor of Qi was still alive,
he had asked you to help him with something.
Greetings, Your Highness.
When His Majesty was still alive, he wrote this letter...
and instructed me to give it to you and only you.
Prince Li.
This letter represents me.
My life is going to end soon.
But I still have some regrets in my life.
Although we are not close,
in this world,
you are the only one generous enough...
for me to count on.
My mother had sinned throughout her life.
As her son, I'll repay it with my life.
I hope that her victims will be able to forgive her for her crimes...
and let go of their hatred.
Me and Qin Man's destiny has ended a long time ago.
You are the only one she loves...
in this whole wide world.
I hope that you can keep your promise...
to respect and love her forever.
Western Qi is poor and weak.
Our people are suffering.
I'm afraid that my death will lead to the destruction of our nation.
I hope that you can take care of my people...
as a benevolent ruler.
I can saw you turning your back towards me.
I weep for the good times we had that was broken.
I have so many memories of you but it'll never be enough.
" Five years later "
I tried to capture you but I've broken your wings.
Separation is our only end. I promise you with my burning heart.
If you are willing to believe in this world again,
please remember that...
I once loved you.
" Here lies Brother Rong Qi "
Xiao Sha.
Thank you for taking care...
of my brother all these years.
If His Majesty can hear us from the underworld,
he can definitely hear your grief.
I still feel guilty after all these years.
When you and His Majesty were in Chen,
His Majesty had insisted to take you away...
because he had found the other half of the medical book of Lone Frost Sage.
If I had chosen to believe in him back then,
we might be able to turn things around.
You are not to be blamed.
Destiny is called destiny...
because...
it's about the choice you make with your destiny.
Somebody...
will sacrifice their own child...
to save themselves.
Somebody...
will sacrifice their own lives...
for others.
Brother Qi is that somebody.
Since birth, he knew that life is short.
That's why he could sympathise and forgive...
the sufferings in this world.
He rather sacrificed himself...
for others' well-being.
Consort Rong Le.
Have a chat with His Majesty.
I'll take my leave now.
Brother Qi.
The green plum wine this year...
is much more sweeter than the previous year.
I wonder if your wishes...
have come true in your next life...
where you can be a normal person...
who lives without the torture of illness...
and one who can live a simple and happy life...
with the one you love forever.
" Linan Door "
Rong Le, the Elder Princess of Western Qi has arrived.
Why isn't Prince Li here...
to welcome the princess in person?
If Wu You doesn't wish to do it, nobody can force him to.
My advice for you is to go back as soon as you can.
Stop the carriage.
I think of you when the moon is full, when it's a crescent...
and when it's white.
You who came to a strange land to build our lands together.
I think of you when night has fallen...
and when the fog has parted.
My yearning for you has turned you into my reason.
You are my happiness, my worries and my abyss.
Finally, my wait has come to an end.
All these years, I...
I don't want distance but I stayed away from you.
I want to do it but I can't.
Say no more.
I understand.
" Yu and Ke Apothecary House "
Now, the country is peaceful and the people are rich.
There are less and less people who come here to be treated.
I'm glad to be in this idle life.
You know that in this life,
I just want to be a free man who drinks and writes poems as I please.
Yes. I know you want to visit the public house every day.
Are you jealous?
All these years, it had taken us a lot to bring peace to the world.
And the transformation is successful too.
When I come back to the capital this time,
I didn't talk to any other ladies at all.
I had accompanied you every day.
This apothecary house has almost become my home.
Enough. We have nothing to do anyway.
Let's go out and have a walk.
Alright.
" Closed "
The coronation is in two days' time.
Even my brother has gone into the palace to help.
But you are still here, doing nothing every day.
Are you really not going back to the palace to be a prince?
-Actually, I... -Isn't this Prince Chen?
-Prince Chen. -Prince Chen.
Isn't this Prince Chen?
-Come in. Come and play. -Prince Chen!
So, you brought me out because you want to visit the public house.
No. This is just a coincidence.
Purely coincidence.
I don't care anymore.
I've already decided to treat patients for the rest of my life.
If you can't bear to separate with your public house,
you can go back and be a prince then.
Of course I can bear it. For you, I can bear anything.
In the future,
if you want to sample all of the herbs in this world,
I'll travel the whole wide world with you.
If you want to publish medical books,
I'll prepare the ink and brush for you.
But,
about that thing,
when are we going to do it?
I don't know what you are talking about.
You had already promised me before this.
Since you pretend not to know about it, I'll ask you again then.
Xiao Ke.
When are you going to marry me?
I don't know what you are talking about.
I don't understand.
-You already... -Ke.
What Wu Yu meant is,
when are you going to marry him?
-That's right, Wu You, Rong Le. -You are here, Princess Rong Le.
When did I promise to marry him?
Is that right?
Ying has called you aunt for so many years.
I didn't see you correcting him about it.
That's right. Although Ying is quite naughty since young,
he has done well with this.
Wu You is right.
Ke, come.
I have a solution.
How about...
Let me tell you.
Wu You, help me.
Alright.
Alright. I'll do as Princess Rong Le says then.
Take a guess. Which hand is holding the flower.
-If you managed to guess it right... -You'll marry me.
-It's a deal then. -It's a deal.
I'm guessing that it's in your right hand.
-I got it right. -How did you know?
I...
How dare you cheat.
I don't care. We have to do it again.
-You already promised to marry me. -What are you doing?
-You promised to marry me! -Let go of me!
Let go of me, Wu Yu.
All of you are so shameless. No.
-We have to do it again. Let go! -No, I'm not going to let go!
" School of Wisdom "
The class starts now.
We are going to talk about The Book of Mountains and Rivers today.
Back then, Prince Li and his consort were brought together by this book.
The world thought that the book contains brilliant military scheme.
And those who have it will rule the world.
So, many countries had their eyes on it.
But those who are buried by the lust for power didn't know that...
more than 10 years have passed since.
The mountains and the rivers have changed...
and more so for the people and things that live in it.
In this world, there is no monotonous art of war.
" The Book of Mountains and Rivers "
Aunt Luo Yan.
What about this Book of Mountains and Rivers that you gave us then?
There is nothing...
in our Book of Mountains and Rivers.
Ying, Nian.
Do you know what was written inside the book...
that everybody is fighting for?
Do you know?
I don't know.
-How about you? -I don't know as well.
That book contains some drawings of mountains and rivers...
as well as some boring poems written during one's free time.
Father, mother.
Don't be rude.
Uncle, aunty.
It is a drawing book used by my father...
to teach me and my sister back then.
It's called The Book of Mountains and Rivers...
because he wants us to have aspirations...
as lofty as the mountains and rivers.
After that, somebody had spread false rumour about it...
until there was a huge issue because of it.
The strategy used by my late teacher, Qin Yong, to strengthen the country...
was by being generous to the people...
and with the whole world in his mind.
He used his courage, knowledge and wisdom alone...
to take care of the people...
and to protect the world.
So,
the blank Book of Mountains and Rivers is for you to fill it up...
with new aspirations and bold visions...
when you grow up.
Study well. Don't be naughty.
Let's go now.. Let's not disturb the children anymore.
Emperor Wen watches from the heaven,
shining bright and brings us light.
The Zhou kingdom has it's age,
but the fate of nation is yet to be known.
Wu You.
How unlucky we are...
to be straddled in a chaotic world...
and to be strapped in other's plot.
The world is warm but sincerity is easily gone.
And how lucky we are...
to be able to lay down the foundation for a peaceful world...
while keeping our aspirations in mind.
There are greed and jealousy and people's hearts are unpredictable.
Actually, there is no absolute destiny.
One's destiny...
is up to oneself after all.
Some were utterly helpless.
Some betrayed themselves.
Some had lost their way to darkness.
Naturally, there were some who came back to their senses completely.
Some who seek and explored.
And some who sacrificed themselves for others.
I just hope that from now on,
I can be with you until we are old and Gray...
to walk determinedly...
on this path...
that we had chosen.
How love and hatred fool the people.
Time is passing and your lover is waiting for you.
I'm lost in thought, thinking about my lonely fate.
The world is warm but sincerity is easily gone.
How right and wrong the people.
Time is passing and your lover is hurting.
It's inevitable that we part but I just wish that it won't be so cruel.
After the harsh winter, comes spring again.