♫ 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 53 ~
After Consort Mother's death, Chun'er stays in her chamber and refuses to see anyone.
She even didn't see me off when I left Chang'an.
I am all alone now.
You are not all alone.
All these people are following you.
So am I.
Prince of Northern Yan.
I, Prince of Northern Yan, am of nothing.
I'm worse than a prisoner.
Not mentioning my future, my life may be at stake.
Mister Yue, thank you for taking care of me.
Although life is full of ups and downs,
there will always be a moment of a clear day after the rain.
I believe that Her Lady Highness Noble Consort would also wish that you siblings
will stay safe and healthy.
Who are you?
- It's me. - What do you do? - It's me.
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What's going on?
These two came to steal food during the night. We happened to catch them.
Your Highness and Mister, how are we going to handle them? Please give your instructions.
- Officials, please spare us! - Grandfather.
Since the war started, we don't have food to eat anymore.
The people in our family have also died. Our village is also gone.
I really cannot stand the starvation anymore.
Or else, I wouldn't have thought of stealing, Officials.
May Officials have mercy and spare our life.
Grandfather...
Just let them go.
Grandfather...
Meng Feng, give them something to eat.
- Yes. - Grandfather...
Here. Take this.
Grandfather, eat some.
- Just eat. - Grandfather, eat some.
You just eat.
Don't rush. Eat slowly.
- So delicious. - Eat more, okay?
Here.
- Give me some water. - Water...
- Here. - Really tastes so good.
Here, drink some water.
Thanks.
Eat slowly.
- Thank you. - Don't eat too hurriedly.
Although I have fallen into this state, compared to them, mine is nothing.
If the war doesn't stop,
just with the two of us, we won't be able to save that many people.
That's right. Only by stopping the war can we really save the citizens.
But with my current situation, what can I do?
Once I arrive in Northern Yan, someone will naturally come to deal with me.
Don't worry.
I naturally have a countermeasure for it.
Your Highness, I think that Miss Chu will never forgive me.
Should she?
How dare you—
Your Highness.
Do you think you'll be able to fool me?
What do you treat me as?!
I dare not.
Dare not?
I can see how bold you are.
I am innocent.
Your Highness, on that day you attempted to attack Chang'an,
I was extremely worried
so I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch up.
- That's why, Miss Chu, she— - Cheng Yuan,
if there will be a next time,
let me warn you. You better just go to hell to wait for your enemies.
Yes.
- Get up. - Thank you, Your Highness.
Informing Your Highness, our scouts just reported earlier
that the 13th Prince of Wei, Yuan Song, has set up camp outside Meilin Pass.
And also, he calls himself as... Prince of Northern Yan.
How many people did he bring?
This matter is quite fishy.
He only brought with him 10 plus weak and old soldiers.
Came to die?
General.
Find a place with good scenery outside the city and bury Sun He.
Yes.
Go and choose some highly skilled brothers of ours to accompany me out tonight.
What do you mean?
Kill Yuan Song.
Did His Highness give instructions to kill Yuan Song?
He just arrived at Meilin Pass and still has not settled down completely.
Now is the best time to kill him.
Chu Qiao and he are best friends.
We must not let any person around Chu Qiao live.
Yes.
Brother, walk slowly on your way.
I will send someone today to keep you company. You won't feel lonely in your journey.
Yuan Song.
Take action!
We've been waiting for a long time.
No need to chase anymore.
Yan Xun.
His Highness wants to preserve Cheng Yuan.
We can't do anything about it, either.
Cheng Yuan is a vicious and sinister person.
He is set on taking revenge against the king of Wei.
And also, what he is best at, is confusing other people.
I heard that for the past years, his reputation within the Northern Yan army is very high.
Even Mr. Wu is inferior to him.
A lot of soldiers who have families that died in the previous war acknowledge him as their leader.
If you want to deal with him, it won't be easy.
Really?
So that's the situation.
Cheng Yuan has a lot of experiences that are very similar to His Highness.
He indeed used this to win the heart of His Highness.
His Highness also still bears a grudge against our Xiuli Army.
If not because of you, I fear that our army would have been gone long ago.
And also because of you, His Highness gave up on attacking Chang'an.
This kind of affection is really hard to find.
In his heart, you are irreplaceable.
When I was still in Chang'an, I kept feeling that Northern Yan was very familiar to me.
I was full of imagination towards this place.
It's as if I have been here before.
But now that I've come here,
it is really too cold.
What passion? What ambition?
All are about to get frozen by the cold wind of Northern Yan.
Official Chu, you cannot easily give up.
The realization of any dream requires some price to be paid.
I believe that one day, you will surely be able to fulfill your ambitions.
In the future, in this great plains of Northern Yan,
slaves will be released, wars will end, and the citizens will be living peacefully and happily.
By that time, all our brothers that have died can really rest in peace.
I hope so.
Believe me. Things will surely turn better.
Arrows from Qingshan House?
General! General! General!
- Are you all right? - I'm fine.
Your Highness.
- What's up? - Your Majesty.
I went to check on Meilin Pass last night and discovered an important matter.
Yuwen Yue is here. He is currently staying at the high general manor.
All the guards staying in Meilin Pass are now under his command.
Let's go.
For a boring person like you, if I didn't come here to keep you company,
it's likely there will be no one to ask you to play Gomoku.
There are some people who always come uninvited.
That's why, I don't feel bored.
After not seeing you for so many years, your Gomoku skills have increased a lot.
A huge improvement.
Since I injured my legs, I am unable to do anything else.
Other than playing the zither, I can only read some books and play some Gomoku.
That's why, my Gomoku skills indeed have improved in an acceptable manner.
Unlike you, traveling across jianghu, stirring unstable situations, really are having a great time.
Stop describing yourself to be like some cultivating person in seclusion.
You pay money to buy lives. Controlling the life and death of other people.
Your fame in jianghu is not less than mine.
I am just doing some small businesses. I can't really display them on stage.
Unlike you, what you do is a business to get the world.
That is because your ambition is not on that.
I am just chasing after a little pet peeve of mine.
Unlike you, you have been chasing and searching after the Fengyun Order for so many years for you are bearing a lofty ambition.
It's really funny to talk about it.
Everyone wants to get the Fengyun Order for themselves.
But they don't know that the Fengyun Order is just a red spider lily tattoo that forms in ones body once you have fully learned the Cold Ice Skill.
How could I then be able to get it?
Oh, right. I heard that Luo He's daughter is still alive.
If she learns that it was you who harmed her mother in the past, guess what she would do to you?
Did you come here this time to be this concerned about my safety?
I think that every item here on my boat won't escape your eyes.
Say it already. What did you like?
We used to be co-disciples from one sect.
Is it that strange for me to be concerned about you?
When did we two become close?
I have always felt that you are that person who wishes that I die as soon as possible.
You have said it too seriously. You have said it too seriously.
I have always felt that we are people walking on the same path.
I can tell you the whereabouts of the daughter of Luo He.
But I hope that you... can help me ignite the war flames of Northern Yan
so as to fulfill my dream of serving an emperor.
How is Zhao Kuang?
Mister, I think Zhao Kuang got really scared.
Two days ago, he already sent a report to His Majesty
that he has contracted a fatal illness and needs to go back to the capital for treatment.
He asked His Majesty to transfer the duty of guarding of the pass to Prince Yu and he will temporarily go back first.
And without waiting for His Majesty's approval, he already took his elite troop and went back to Chang'an.
The poison of Yue Jiu is too sinister.
Plus, how you all scared him, he will surely think that he has contracted some fatal illness.
What I practice is medicinal skills.
It was all because of the poison of Afterlife Camp. It has nothing to do with me.
Okay already. Our most important duty now is to train the soldiers and repair the city defense.
After the battle last time, Meilin Pass really suffered great damage.
I already sent orders to first repair the city walls tomorrow.
- I'll leave it to you then. - Yes.
Yue Qi, how is the matter I told you to do?
Before we arrived her at Northern Yan, I already contacted our spies in the north.
Right now, they are already preparing to proceed with the operation in Hongchuan City.
Who is leading the team?
Hurry and move faster! Let's leave once you are done filling the cart!
[Granary]
General, don't take everything. At least, leave 2 sacks for me.
How am I still going to do business from now on?
Boss Chen, you have the largest granary here in Hongchuan City.
If I don't take yours, whose will I take?
General, although the war is important, my family also must live. Right?
You... If you take everything, how do I survive?
No, Boss Chen, you really are saying it wrongly.
It's as if I am not going to return them to you.
Once the war ends, we will pay you back.
And also, by that time, I'll also ask His Majesty to give you more rewards. Okay?
But honestly, the war situation now is quite tense. Just this much grain might not be enough.
Can you think of a way to get more?
General, you have emptied my warehouse. I really don't have any other way.
The grain in the field is just 80% ripe now.
You can't really be planning to let me harvest grains that are just 80% ripe, right?
80% ripe?
- Are you done loading them?! - We're done loading!
- Let's go! - Hurry!
Go! Go!
Stop!
What do you do?
Go now.
Stop. What do you do?
I have orders from General Ah Jing to go out of the city and rush the harvesting of grains.
Here.
[He is authorized to harvest the grains outside of the city] [Seal by Ah Jing]
Thank you very much.
I am wondering what Mister has assigned.
Read it. Every thing is on that.
[Help our spies enter into Hongchuan City.]
[Destroy the granary of the Northern Yan military. Hope you would be careful in carrying out your mission.]
Okay, I've got it.
May I ask your name, Miss?
- Meng Feng. - Miss Meng Feng.
I will be waiting for you at the city gate early tomorrow morning. Don't mess up.
Please be at ease.
Walk slowly.
Hey, you!
What are you here for?
You can't enter the city.
Stop! What are you here for?
Big Brother Official, we're here to deliver provisions.
Provisions? We haven't received any approval of provisions. Do you have one?
I don't have the approval with me. But we are indeed under the order to send provisions here.
I said that you can't enter the city. Without approval, it's likely that you're spies.
Hey, hey, here is the approval. Here is the approval.
Here is the approval.
Big Brother Lin, do you not recognize me?
I left the city yesterday.
Ah, this... The military are rushing us for these grains. If we are late, we can't bear the consequences, either.
Here is the approval. Here is the approval.
- Thank you. Thank you. - Thank you, Big Brother Official.
- Come on! Come on! - Let's go. Let's go.
- Hurry up! Hurry up! - Hurry up.
Hurry up. Don't stand over there.
Stop.
- Official. - What do you do?
We are sending provisions for the army.
By the way, Official, this is the approval of General Ah Jing.
[Ah Jing Seal]
What about them?
They are farmers from the suburb and also the people helping me to deliver the provisions.
What's on the carriage?
Reply to Official, they are grains.
- Open it. - Yes.
All right, you've worked hard. You may proceed.
Thank you, Official. Thank you, Official.
Let's go!
Let's go.
Hurry up!
Move faster.
Hurry up! Move faster!
Move faster!
Move faster, okay? Move faster.
Move faster.
Meng Feng,
it's getting late and the city is going to close.
I think you should not go back tonight. Okay?
Let's stay in my shop for the night.
Thank you, Boss Chen.
Before leaving to here, my dad told me to follow your arrangement for everything here.
You're welcome. Let's go.
Let's go.
There are two granaries here in Hongchuan City.
One is for the military camp, one is for the local officials.
But from what I know, the grains for the officials have been more or less transported already to the military camp.
And also, the citizens are only given a limited supply based on the number in a household.
This action of Yan Xun is clearly as preparation for war.
Is this place the granary of the military?
Yes, the security guard is quite tight here.
There are 3 shifts of guards. If you want to burn the granary, it will be too hard.
But I've got an idea.
Tomorrow, while we are delivering the grains to the army, we can first do this.
- Put all of these things— - No need to be that troublesome.
Give me the exact details of the time that the guards change their shift.
I will take my men to make a sneak attack tonight.
- You five? - Yes.
No.That is being too reckless. You all might die.
What we are doing is a life risking deal anyway.
You still can't do it.
I manage all operations of the Spy Network of Heavenly Eyes here in Hongchuan City.
Since you all have entered the city, you must then listen to me.
- It is because you are unable to do it so Mister sent me here. - You—
- Who's there? - Boss, it's me.
A secret letter has arrived.
Have you made up your mind?
If so, hurry and tell me the time.
No, you can't act tonight.
I am not asking for your opinion.
I am not either.
Read it yourself.
Today, there will be an owner from the south who will deliver provisions to the military.
They will transport the grains to the granary overnight so there will be people everywhere throughout the night.
How are you going to make a move? Yes?
Hurry, hurry.
- Move it up there. - Okay. - Hurry.
Hurry. Hurry. There's still more.
They're here.
Boss Zhan.
General Ah Jing.
Thank you very much, Boss Zhan,
for helping us out of our pressing crisis this time.
His Highness ordered me to send his thanks to you.
I am a businessman. It's of no difference who I am doing business with.
Can you hear them?
Miss Meng?
No, not clearly.
Boss Zhan, you are being over-humble.
You are not only a businessman but a generous hero.
I admire you.
Thank you for your praise, General Ah Jing.
By the way, it is said that you suffer from a leg ailment. Is it serious?
It is cold in Northern Yan. Does it cause you any inconvenience?
It's been more than 10 years. Whether the weather is cold or hot, it's not really a bother.
By the way, General Ah Jing. Have you helped convey my request
to meet His Highness of Northern Yan personally?
Yes, of course, I did. But His Highness has gone to tour Blue City during this period of time.
I am afraid he would be there for a while.
Of course, I will send men to rush His Highness.
All right. Thank you.
Boss Zhan, you must be tired after a long journey.
Why don't you have a rest in the hotel?
We have figured everything out.
This person is the head of the Water Logistics Gang in the South.
He frequents the border of Liang and Wei.
He has a business in Xianyang City. He really is very wealthy.
With his help, Yan Xun will surely be like a tiger with wings added*. (* enhance his current strength)
We can't leave him alone.
Then, what do you plan to do?
- Kill him. - I disagree.
Why?
I don't know.
But my intuition tells me this man is very dangerous.
Intuition?
I will inform Mister this matter.
Let Mister decides what we will do exactly.
Let's finish our main task first.
Hasn't Yan Xun gotten provisions?
Then let's set that on fire to burn them all.
Boss Zhan, I've heard a lot about you.
The head of the Water Logistics Gang in the North and South.
Thank you for coming to Northern Yan's rescue.
On behalf of our soldiers and King, I show my thanks to you.
General, you are really flattering me.
Same here.
Back then, I was fortunate to meet the last Duke once so I'm able to contribute some now.
It's just that when His Highness led the army last time to attack Chang'an,
he actually had sweeping victories along the way, but he suddenly retreated.
How regretful.
Is it because of lack in provisions?
He did it because of a woman.
A woman? His Highness is as affectionate as the last Duke.
The last Duke had fought with the Emperor of Wei for Lady Bai Sheng.
In the end, he was able to get the beauty and led to a legendary story.
Too bad, a legendary story led to the death of an old duke.
The legendary story of Heir Apparent
caused the loss of a great chance to take revenge for Northern Yan.
His Highness is young. It's natural that he gets dragged by love.
Is it natural to delay our military plan?
I talked too much. Please forgive me.
I will introduce you to His Highness once he has returned.
Thank you for your kindness.
It's just that let's just forget it for now.
I'll leave Hongchuan City tomorrow morning.
Being in such a rush?
I have some private matters.
I won't ask you to stay anymore then. I'll just entertain you well next time you visit.
Thank you, General.
Man, take it here.
General, this is not much. Please accept it.
I won't be courteous then.
Send it to Mister immediately. You must be careful.
You are being too cautious. Don't worry.
- You go to prepare now, too. - Yes.
Come join us! Come! Thank you, everyone!
- Boss, one bun please. - Okay.
Your mouth is really tough! Let us see how tough your mouth is!
Tough mouth, is that it? Are you telling or not?!
Tell or not? Tell.
Tell. Are you telling or not?
Tough mouth... Tell! Tell! Are you going to tell or not?!
Hit him. Continue hitting him.
Hit until he admits it.
Tough mouth...
Are you going to tell or not?! Tell!
Who told you not to tell?! Tell!
[We already...]
Official, they are so sly.
Since you know, why don't you expose them immediately?
Because it is so,
why don't I remove all of them at once?
Remove all of them at once?
[May Mister not worry.]
Send out the bait.
[We have successfully infiltrated the city. We will light the fire tonight around 9 p.m. May Mister not worry.]
Okay. I will immediately go.
Mister.
"We have successfully infiltrated the city. We will light the fire tonight around 9 p.m. May Mister not worry."
It's good that everything was successful.
Let us not waste any time. I'll go provide support.
[Tonight...]
Wait.
False news.
- Order the army to retreat immediately. - Yes.
Retreat.
Shoot.
Miss Chu successfully foiled the spy operation of Yuwen Yue, pulled them all out, and saved the granary.
She achieving such a huge merit is really a happy matter.
But going back to it, Yuwen Yue indeed works in a very secretive manner.
He set up spies without leaving any traces.
Good thing, Miss Chu was personally trained by him.
She is very familiar with how he does things and understood his motive.
And also, took advantage of the situation to destroy them.
- Even if I am just a spectator, I find it very brilliant— - What do you want to say?
- I mean their relationship— - Cut the crap.
Mister, the injuries of Meng Feng are already not life threatening.
She just needs to recuperate for a few days and she will be fully healed.
Mister, it's my fault for being stupid
that I didn't notice that this was a trick and almost committed a grave mistake.
But how did you see through the trap, Mister?
Look at the character Hai carefully.
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When I taught her to write,
she had developed a bad habit.
I didn't correct her, so she doesn't know it.
Thanks to this character "Hai," I was able to know the letter was fake.
What's wrong?
Reply to Official, I... I have no idea.
I was immediately knocked down by those prisoners the moment I entered.
I know nothing, Official.
Could it be an internal spy who released them?
Was it a woman who knocked you guys unconscious?
Official.
Spare my life, Official. Official, spare my life.
Spare my life, Official.
Official.
Look, Official, the chains are not damaged.
They're clearly opened by someone with keys.
I actually have no keys, Official.
Spare my life, Official.
What Official said is right.
It was... it was an internal spy! It was an internal spy let them go!
Spare my life, Official.
"The Flame of the Heart" by G.E.M.
♫ 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 ♫