♫ The ones standing on the top of the thistles and thorns to look up ♫
♫ will see through vicissitudes of life ♫
♫ In this city where both good and evil are hiding from each other, ♫
♫ I will survive with you ♫
♫ That ray of light guides me to overcome sorrow by its brightness ♫
♫ Meeting you at that time means you're my destiny ♫
♫ Desires wear down the edges and corners of my heart and ♫
♫ laugh at forever-losing leniency ♫
♫ I insist on being the grain which cannot be burned down by the wildfire ♫
♫ to feed the love ♫
♫ Standing in the center of the surges, winds are my thoughts ♫
♫ Rain is the hunting ground urging the horse to fight back ♫
♫ Lift up my head to look at the non returnable times at a distance ♫
♫ The torch in front of my eyes is surging ♫
♫ The sky is getting darker and darker ♫
♫ The path is getting longer and longer ♫
♫ I know hearts cannot waver ♫
♫ Whoever dares to be a king during the chaos of the world ♫
♫ will stop evils with all his might for sure ♫
♫ Then there is hope ♫
[Princess Agents]
~ Episode 23 ~
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Big Brother?
Xifeng?
What's going on?
- Isn't it because— - Reporting!
General! Commandant!
General, the criminal has escaped.
Has escaped?
Who did?
Yan Hongxiao.
- Yan Xun's older sister? - Yes.
- Where did she escape to? - Shilipuo.
She can't run that far. She is pregnant.
Let's go. Follow me to go chase her.
Big Brother!
Give it to me.
You?
If it's Yan Xun's family member, I will surely treat them well.
His Majesty,
do you want to fetch Bai Sheng into the palace?
Men, slice off her head and take it back with us.
How about her body?
- Body? - Right.
Just feed it to the wolves.
Go back.
Yuwen Yue, what are you doing?
What are you doing?
- We are catching a criminal. - A criminal?
The criminal was escaping so we naturally had to stop her.
You beast.
I really hate this awe-inspiring righteous act of yours.
Who was the one who shot the last arrow hitting Yan Xun?
You are the beast.
Usually acting like his real brother.
But in a critical moment, didn't you still choose to save yourself?
I really hate you for being such a hypocrite.
Yan Xun was really too stupid for trusting you.
Yuwen Yue, don't you meddle!
If you kill me, my father won't forgive you!
Don't scare me.
Are you afraid of death?
We've known each other as friends for so many years.
Please, let me go.
Let me go.
You and Yan Xun have also known each other for so many years.
Why then didn't you let his family off?
He will surely die!
Northern Yan has fallen.
The die for Northern Yan is cast.
They all will die sooner or later!
You will also die sooner or later. How about letting me help you—
Mr. Yue, stop!
- Eunuch Wang, save me! - Mr. Yue,
His Majesty is asking for you.
Hurry and put down your weapon and come with me into the palace, all right?
Eunuch said that you've hurt Zhao Xifeng?
Yes, I initially wanted to kill him.
Why?
Yan Hongxiao was pregnant.
And she was just a weak woman.
Zhao Xifeng, as a government official, killed people without any imperial decree.
His crime cannot be forgiven.
Zhao Xifeng is a direct descendant of Zhao Gui.
Are you not afraid that the Zhao family will get back at you?
In guarding the honor of the government,
I am not able to think about myself.
You are quite righteous.
Yuwen Huai came to complain
that a servant from your house
killed Yuwen Xi.
Although the Spy Network of Heavenly Eyes cannot compare to before,
Shadow Sect and Termination Sect are still present.
If I wanted to kill Yuwen Xi, I need not wait until today.
Moreover, I do not need to instruct a
slave girl that has already been marked as from the Qingshan House.
What you mean is that slave girl did it by herself?
I do not know.
I still need to investigate it.
My spy told me that the night Yan Xun tried to escape,
someone shot an arrow that hit him and severed his chances to escape.
My spy even told me that the one who shot the arrow was you.
Yes.
You and Yan Xun have been friends for a very long time.
Can you bear to see him die?
I am Your Majesty's subject first
and only after am I Yan Xun's friend.
I am able to differentiate between major and minor things.
And the person who revolted was the Duke of North Yan.
Heir Apparent Yan Xun has been in the capital for a long time.
He has never committed acts of rebellion.
I am sure that Your Majesty will be merciful and spare his life.
You are quite good in guessing the imperial intention.
Since you are so loyal and were able to unburden me,
then tomorrow in the Forever Serene Platform,
you can be the assistant execution supervisor.
Yuwen Huai killed the Duke of North Yan for me and got the top merit.
I then made him the execution supervisor.
Tomorrow, you go help Yuwen Huai
supervise the execution of the rebels from Northern Yan.
What? Aren't you willing?
Since you are able to differentiate between major and minor issues,
let me tell you then that in the Forever Serene Platform tomorrow,
if you dare show any signs of trying to help Yan Xun,
I will then treat you as their ally
and let your Qinghsan House come to be no longer in existence.
I will abide.
Leave now.
Your Majesty, the Duke of North Yan's wife is here.
Where?
Just outside the hall.
Should I call her in?
Ah Chu.
I have enough to eat.
Ah Chu.
We still have something to eat so it means that we are still safe.
My father will be coming to Chang'an soon.
We would be able to get out of danger very soon.
Once everything has ended,
follow me to Northern Yan. All right?
You can take your two younger sisters.
When we get out, I will send people to go look for them.
I don't even know if they are still alive.
Don't worry. They will be fine.
Hopefully.
It's quite chaotic now outside.
If you are able to get out, where do you plan to look for them?
Don't think that because you are always so ferocious,
everyone will be afraid of you.
That is because you have never met a real evil person.
If you ever meet one, you will also suffer.
Ah Chu, the first time I saw you in the human hunting ground,
I already felt that you were different from others.
I don't know why but even though you clearly were so weak,
seeing how you fought for just that one slim chance of survival
in the human hunting ground.
Thus, I can't bear to be ruthless.
Ah Chu, Northern Yan is very beautiful.
Wars are very rare there.
During the summer, every ranch is green everywhere.
I remember that Father, eldest brother,
third older brother and I would frequently ride horses together
to Xiuli Mountain to hunt horses.
Not thinking about it. I was still very young, just 7 years old at that time.
I was unable to ride large horses.
Eldest brother then gave me the son of his horse King to ride on.
That time, I felt that he was looking down on me.
Hence, I got angry at him.
Thinking about it now,
he only didn't want me to get hurt.
Do you know that my third older brother has a bad temper?
He frequently had fights with me.
He...
Whenever he gets angry, he will then raise me up very high.
He said that he would throw me down to kill me.
During those times,
my second older sister would charge towards us holding her whip.
She would keep whipping him.
I would then be on the ground laughing so hard.
Third Older Brother had so much strength.
Actually...
he is not my Second Older Sister's competition.
Thinking about it now.
He most likely just didn't want to hurt my second older sister.
During winter, Northern Yan would always have a month's long of snowfall.
Our whole family would then transfer to the high plains of Shuobei.
There is Huihui Mountain, so high and steep.
But there are a lot of hot springs on the mountain's peak.
Mother's health is not that good.
She can't endure the cold winds of the north.
Most of the time in a year,
she would stay at the temporary palace by the hot springs.
We would always secretly
go to the temporary palace,
look for Mother to play,
and not letting our father know about it.
But... when we arrived there,
we discovered that Father was already there.
And Mother is leaning by his side.
Ah Chu, Northern Yan is unlike Chang'an.
Father and son, brothers and sisters,
even husband and wife can become enemies.
There are cold arrows and frame-ups everywhere.
In the courtyards of the manors of the feudal families, there are a lot of singing and dancing.
But beyond the high walls that surrounds their manors,
are cold and sick, starving and dead people.
In the lands of Northern Yan,
everyone is able to eat and be clothed well.
They can also live according to their own will.
Ah Chu,
go back to Northern Yan with me.
Once we go back, I can then protect you.
No one will bully you anymore.
No one will point a cold sword at you again.
I'll take you to the grasslands.
I'll take you to the Xiuli Mountain to hunt for some horses.
I'll take you to look at the green ranches.
I'll take you to the Huihui Mountain to visit my mother.
She is very gentle. She'll surely like you.
Ah Chu...
Are you telling the truth?
You can't lie to me.
You promised me, right?
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Really good wine.
Okay. You all be good.
I'm very happy today.
You guys leave.
Why?
Not knowing to bow when you see your elder.
Is that the manner I taught you for so many years?
Uncle.
Why? Why do you have to do this?
You clearly know that Yan Xun didn't revolt.
Ye'er,
you are the best among the descendants of Wei
for this generation.
No need to feel guilty when it comes to doing a task for His Majesty.
The more it is not needed for you to come here at this time
to interrogate your uncle.
No.
It's not like this.
Uncle, you used to teach me differently. No...
The victor becomes the king. The weak are eaten by the strong.
The world is like that to begin with.
Do you have any objection?
I know that you feel pity towards Yan Xun and his family
and dislike the fighting between the feudal families.
But no matter how you dislike this identity,
you are still a direct descendant of the Wei family.
Everything that you have enjoyed since you were little
were all given to you by our feudal family.
Your identity and position were all thanks to your family.
A person who wonderfully enjoys all of these
has no right to dislike and curse it.
Everything in this world
has its reason for existing.
Today, the reason our Wei family executed those rebels
and not those people coming to kill my descendants
was because our ancestors
had always been striving to strengthen our clan.
For so many years, no matter if it is some foreign clans invading
or the changing of government and dynasty,
our Wei clan has become a huge tree with deep roots;
towering and immobile.
Heaven and Earth are heartless. Only those who can adapt can survive.
If you don't want to get killed,
you can only make yourself stronger.
Today, you are here feeling pity for them.
But have you thought about it?
If all descendants of our clan were like you,
then the people dying in the Forever Serene Platform tomorrow
would be your brothers and sisters.
It's not like this...
It shouldn't have been like this, Uncle!
I'm already very old.
I can't protect you all for long.
If one day I am not around anymore,
who will then protect our clan?
Who will protect my children from being killed?
Who will protect my daughter from being raped?
Who will protect them?
Is it going to be you?
Older Brother, how is it?
Zhao Dongting is back.
Zhao Dongting is back?
Then what about Aunt Bai Sheng? Is Aunt Bai Sheng back already?
Aunt Bai Sheng is kneeling outside the main court hall,
but our Emperor Father is not minding her.
Why?
Zhao Xifeng even tragically killed Princess Hongxiao.
Even when our Emperor Father knew about it, he didn't even punish him.
What?
Chun'er.
Emperor Father even gave an order that at noon today,
all Northern Yan rebels will be executed in the Forever Serene Platform.
Then... what about Yan Xun?
It wasn't written in the imperial decree.
Aunt Bai Sheng,
I definitely will save Older Brother Yan Xun.
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Emperor Father, Chun'er is here.
Chun'er wants you to see something.
This is the gift given to me back then by
Duke of Northern Yan and Aunt Bai Sheng when they sent Older Brother Yan Xun
here as a hostage prince.
This is a pair of little shoes.
Each thread on them were sewn by Aunt Bai Sheng.
There were orchids and plum blossoms and she even patched eastern beads on them.
So pretty. I couldn't bear to wear them before.
I kept just keeping them, waiting.
In the end, I've grown up.
My feet also had grew longer.
When I wanted to wear them,
I couldn't fit in them anymore.
When Emperor Father asked the different dukes
to send their sons to the capital as a hostage prince,
the other families kept dragging it and being so dramatic.
Only the Duke of Northern Yan had no second thought and just sent Older Brother Yan Xun here.
When Emperor Father saw him for the first time,
you felt that you and him really hit it off immediately.
And you even said that you will treat him like he was your own son.
Do you still remember when he was 14 years old?
You and him went hunting. Just to shoot a leopard,
he almost got trampled to death by the horse and his arm also got hurt?
You really scolded him that time. But in the end,
he just laughed and held that leopard up in front of you
and said that he is gifting that leopard to you.
And he wanted to make you a leather waistcoat
so that you could wear it when it snowed during the winter.
So, it wouldn't be that cold anymore.
Emperor Father really loved that waistcoat.
Emperor Father wore it for so many years
and couldn't bear to throw it away.
You said that compared to my older brothers,
he was more like your real son.
Did you forget all these things, Emperor Father?
Emperor Father, I beg you to forgive Older Brother Yan Xun.
He didn't do anything.
He really did nothing wrong.
He hasn't return to Northern Yan for so many years.
He grew up at your side since he was young.
Can you bear to kill him?
Is your heart not going to hurt, Emperor Father?
Emperor Father, Aunt Bai Sheng is current outside the hall.
She already lost her husband, her sons, and daughter.
She now only has Older Brother Yan Xun left.
Are you really going to take away
the only hope she has left for living, Emperor Father?!
Emperor Father, I beg you to have mercy on Older Brother Yan Xun.
I beg you, Emperor Father.
Madame, His Majesty is calling for you to enter the hall.
Thank you very much.
Princess.
What are you guys doing?
Move!
Unruly!
Consort Mother.
Consort Mother, no matter what you do to stop me,
I want to save Older Brother Yan Xun.
This is funny.
How are you going to save him?
Using your expertise of throwing tantrums, crying, and screaming?
Or finding him and going through life and death with him?
You want to die with him but have you ever asked him?
Is he willing?
I don't care if he is willing.
As long as I have a slim of hope, I'm going to save him.
Since you want to go see...
Okay. I will take you there.
But let us be clear with each other first.
If you do any actions that are inappropriate for your status,
then all the people in your palace will die with you.
Among these people are the nanny that raised you
and the maidservants that grew up with you.
If you think that the sum of these people's lives
aren't equivalent to Yan Xun's life,
then just act mischievously.
See if I will be soft.
Why do you have to do this?
[Forever Serene Platform]
- Open the door. - Yes.
Wei Shuyou,
when does His Majesty plan to let me out?
You are dreaming in broad daylight!
His Majesty has ordered that the criminal Yan Xun
be brought to Forever Serene Platform to listen to your sentence.
Heir Apparent, please.
Why are you still not moving?
Hurry up.
What are you doing? Don't you want to live anymore?
You are not doing as promised.
You said that you were going to take me to Northern Yan.
I will take you out. Wait here for my return.
I don't believe you. Take me with you.
How dare you slave girl!
Is slave girl something that you are allowed to call her?!
Yan Xun, you are quite arrogant. It is already at this time
and you still are acting as some Heir Apparent.
Ah Chu, listen.
This is for your own good.
If you want what's good for me, take me with you.
Stop acting willfully already.
If you go with me, you'll be in danger.
Ah Chu, be good.
Be good.
I killed Yuwen Xi.
If I end up in the hands of the local officials, I might die sooner.
If I go with you, I might still have a chance to live.
Let her out.
The imperial decree only called for you.
If she is not going, I am not going.
Then you should kill me here.
Okay. If you two want to die together,
I will grant your wish.
- Open the door. - Yes.
Yan Xun.
Ah Chu,
are you afraid?
Of course, I'm not.
[Heaven Prison]
The emperor was mandated by heaven. He is to be respected by everyone.
If the emperor dies, the bell must ring 45 times.
While 36 times of bell ringing is the proper etiquette given to the death of imperial relatives.
What must come cannot be avoided.
Then let them all just come.
If we cannot avoid it, let us just face it together.
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♫ The wild wind blows the moonlight into confusion ♫
♫ My life is like being expelled ♫
♫ The flame is hidden in my heart ♫
♫ Who will laugh at my rough interior ♫
♫ My wings are destroyed by fate ♫
♫ I fall into the bottomless abyss ♫
♫ Memories are sealed ♫
♫ The wind and snowfall are unbridled ♫
♫ Even if I am trampled, I won't look up to you ♫
♫ What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger ♫
♫ This breathing is heat ♫
♫ This heartbeat is light ♫
♫ Bit by bit, it brews the power for all my life ♫
♫ The boiling in my eyes lights up the hope ♫
♫ No matter how many wounds I have ♫
♫ I'm willing to burn the flame in my heart to shine through everywhere ♫
♫ To melt the coldness of the secular world ♫
♫ If only the bright moon knows my thoughts ♫
♫ If there is a long path and eternal darkness, so what? ♫
♫ I want the boundless flame of the heart to be boiling again ♫
♫ To burn into a light ray of the horizon ♫
♫ I'm reborn after a fire bath ♫
♫ Fragrance fills heaven and earth ♫
♫ The red spider lily blooms again ♫
♫ To burn into a light ray of the horizon ♫
♫ The red spider lily blooms again ♫