♫ 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 24~
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You can see the Forever Serene Platform from here.
Chun'er!
No matter what you do now, it won't help the situation.
Consort Mother,
why are you this heartless?
Yan Xun is involved with rebellion.
If you publicly defend him,
then that's rebelling against your Emperor Father.
By that time, not only the servants in your palace,
even me and your older brother will be affected.
Consort Mother,
then why did you bring us to such a cruel place?
I brought you two here so that you guys understand.
It doesn't matter if you are imperial descendants, from noble families, or the families with generations of meritorious deeds,
you need to understand how close the blood-covered blade is to your neck.
Invite the Assistant Execution Supervisor!
Yuwen Yue...
Invite the Execution Supervisor!
Read the imperial decree!
Kneel.
Kneel!
Announcing the decree!
Duke of Northern Yan, Yan Shicheng, insulted Heaven and Earth and acted against what is right.
He fooled and confused everyone and trusted crafty and fawning subjects.
These are of rebellious acts.
He has abolished the laws and built 9 shrines.
Secretly mobilizing his personal army and had intentions beyond that of being a subject.
Everyone knows this. He even sent his army towards Chang'an,
charging towards the capital. His evil actions are being announced here,
with numerous crimes that the writing space of a bamboo scroll has been exhausted. Luckily, we were able to receive Heaven's protection.
Their revolt was pacified and the evil criminals were eliminated.
Considering that Yan Xun had grown up in the capital
and wasn't involved in the revolt, I am ordering him today to identify the criminals.
The manner of how he carries out his punishment will be observed to assess if his crimes will be forgiven.
That's all.
Is what he said true?
Yes.
My family...
Bring in the rebels!
Heir Apparent Yan Xun, other than you and your mother,
everyone else has been arrested and killed.
Not one less.
Heir Apparent Yan Xun, accept the decree.
Kneel and accept the imperial decree!
Yan Xun!
- Yan Xun! - Kneel down!
Kneel down!
Yan Xun!
Accept the decree and verify the corpses.
Kneel!
Then, your life will be spared.
Look. Look. He is revolting!
Why aren't you guys killing him?
Don't!
Going against the imperial decree.
He is to be sentenced with the same crime and be executed.
- Arrest him. - Yes!
Wait!
Yan Xun, hurry and accept the imperial decree!
Thank the graces of His Majesty!
Yan Xun, are you still not going to accept the imperial decree?
Noon has come!
You should do the roll call already.
Yan Xun!
Get up!
If you won't do it, then I will.
Heir Apparent Yan Xun, it's been so long since you saw your father. Right?
Come.
Say your greetings.
Yuwen Huai!
Come.
Yuwen Huai!
- Yan Xun... - Don't move!
If he doesn't accept the decree, kill him!
Yan Xun!
See that? That is what happens to someone who goes against the imperial decree.
It's too cruel...
Why must it be like this?
Why must all of you treat Older Brother Yan Xun like this?
Father...
Back off.
Yan Xun!
Yan Xun! Yan Xun!
Get up!
- Go! - Yan Xun!
Yan Xun!
Going against the royal decree is punishable by death.
See if he's dead yet.
It looks like he died!
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Yuwen Yue, go see if your best friend is dead yet.
In the sacred place of the Forever Serene Platform, he didn't bow and didn't accept the imperial decree.
He clearly came to rebel. Archers!
Ready!
Yan Xun, don't come up anymore.
Chun'er! Chun'er!
I beg you already, Older Brother Yan Xun, don't stand up anymore!
Shoot!
Older Brother Yan Xun!
- Chun'er! - Older Brother Yan Xun!
Yan Xun...
Don't come up anymore.
Consort Mother, I beg you to save Older Brother Yan Xun.
He really can't last any longer.
He will really die.
I beg you. Please save him.
Older Brother, save Older Brother Yan Xun.
Save him. Save him!
Yan Xun!
Let me go!
Chun'er.
How dare you, madman?!
Accept the decree!
It's not necessary for him to verify the corpses anymore.
Carry out the sentence on the prisoners immediately.
You dare?
I'm following the imperial decree to punish the offenders.
Following the decree or disobeying it?
I hope I can help him,
and buy him some more time.
It's written in black and white on the imperial decree.
Only after Yan Xun verifies the corpses,
then we can carry out the punishment.
If he refuses to accept the imperial decree, we cannot carry out the punishment.
Carry out the sentence immediately!
I will bear all the consequences.
You're disobeying the Emperor's command. I can behead you immediately!
If Yan Xun does not accept the decree,
I will let him die here right now!
Let me remind you,
your Xing'er is right down there!
Looks like I have to do it myself.
I'll do the verification!
Wait a moment!
Official Yuwen, let me verify the corpses.
The people up there
are my husband, my son, my daughter and my relatives.
I believe that in this world, there isn't anyone more appropriate than me to do this task.
Duchess,
who allowed you to come here?
Naturally, it was His Majesty who allowed me to come.
It was the Emperor who sent out the edict for me to verify the corpses.
My son, Yan Xun, is young and ignorant. He has offended you, Official Huai.
The imperial decree will be delivered here soon.
You won't go against the Emperor's decree, will you?
Xun'er.
Mother!
Xun'er!
Xun'er! Xun'er!
Xun'er!
Mother!
It's them.
They are the ones who harmed Northern Yan!
Why?!
Xun'er,
do you believe in your father?
I believe in him!
Then, do not ask why.
In this world,
not everything
can be reasoned with logic.
It's just like tigers eat wolves, wolves eat rabbits.
But rabbits eat grass!
There's no reason to explain!
Our whole family...
Father, Older Brother,
Older Sister...
This is my husband.
The Duke of Northern Yan!
General Marshal of the northwest region of Wei.
Yan Shicheng!
The scar here...
was from when Prince Qi rebelled. He was hurt at the palace gates by an arrow.
The year that the rebel forces burned the palace,
the people were trapped inside.
So Shicheng took his people and risked his life to go save the Emperor.
Shicheng...
He found His Majesty first, who was only a prince back then.
He carried the unconscious emperor.
All alone and surrounded by 3000 rebels. He rushed out of the palace.
His body was wounded with more than 30 blade wounds.
After that,
it took half a year of recuperation for him to be able to get out of bed and walk.
That year,
he was only 17 years old.
We let you come here to verify the corpses.
Why tell us all of this?
Duchess, please continue.
This...
is the wound he received during the battle at Bai Ma Guan.
That day, they were worshiping at the ancestral temple.
The whole Royal family attended.
But our enemies from Rouran suddenly started an attack.
They broke through the strategic pass and surrounded the temple with their troops.
After Shicheng learned the news, he led his soldiers from Northern Yan.
They rode for 7 days and 7 nights without removing their armor, without dismounting,
without rest.
He entered the ancestral temple first without troops to take care of the danger at hand.
Your Majesty vowed right there at the temple.
The Ruler-Subject relation between Great Wei and Northern Yan states will last forever and they will leave each other!
At that time, most of you here
were present.
Right outside of Chang'an City, this head...
by Official Yuwen Huai...
was personally chopped off.
You are at the prime of your life with torch-like eyes.
You can surely recognize your own sword.
Did you create this wound?
Is this man not the Duke of Northern Yan?!
You wouldn't know?
I'm sure.
This person is my husband.
The Duke of Northern Yan.
Yan Shicheng.
Duchess, the imperial decree has not arrived yet.
Right now, I can issue the order to kill Yan Xun!
Yan Xun!
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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 ♫