♫ 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 55 ~
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If you all really are people who knows how to be ashamed, you should know that
the most shameful thing about your Xiuli Army is this army flag.
Cheng Yuan! I urge you to
return the army flag to me!
You better not cross my bottom line.
- Your Highness. - What is it?
What crime did Mr. Wu commit? Why do you detain him?
- Wu Daoya? - Yes.
He is disturbing the mind of the citizens and hindering the army from collecting grains.
Doesn't that count as a big crime?
But Blue City has suffered a great flood this year. Those grains are the saving food of the citizens.
But he acted first before reporting, inciting uproar among the citizens.
How can I allow him?
Your Highness, Mr. Wu has done merits for Northern Yan. He is a great friend of the old duke.
When your whole family got harmed back then,
the different feudal clans were coveting Northern Yan like wolves and intended to divide it.
It was Mr. Wu who used his lone strength to preserve the safety of Northern Yan.
When you got imprisoned, it was Mr. Wu who devised strategies to help you escape.
He created the Chambers of Commerce of Xianyang to help gather resources for Northern Yan.
If it wasn't for Mister Wu, Northern Yan would've long broken apart.
Your Highness, this is Wu Daoya.
Your Highness! Please forgive him this time.
The old duke in Heaven wouldn't want you to kill his good friend.
You escort him to leave Northern Yan then.
Thank you, Your Highness.
I'll let this one off. Next time, I won't.
Yes, sir.
They rebelled, Your Highness. They've completely rebelled.
Your Highness!
Xiuli Army rebelled again.
I brought them your order of letting them go to Xiuli Mountain to strengthen the defense there.
They were so arrogant that they won't listen to your order and specifically asked to see Chu Qiao.
They said that they'll listen to Chu Qiao only.
I argued with them that Northern Yan is under your governance.
If they are Northern Yan's soldiers then they should listen to your assignment.
Isn't Chu Qiao also your people?
As a result, they actually attacked us. I already captured these rebels.
Your Highness, we wait for your judgement.
I have intentions of letting them off,
yet they instead are being insatiable.
- Send them to their deaths! - Yes!
Official! Official!
Official!
There was a lady who gave me a letter
and said that it was a Mister who asked me to give it to you.
Take a look!
Xing'er, Xiuli Army is in trouble. Quickly go and save them.
Official, what has happened?
What a great battle-seasoned troop. Are you planning to revolt again?
Your Highness! Xiuli Army has no intention of rebelling at all.
For all the actions that offended General Cheng, it was all because my troop was eagerly trying to defend our flag.
I hope General Cheng can forgive them.
I am unable to forgive.
When you abandoned Northern Yan that year, this name, Xiuli Army, already ceased to exist.
What's the use of having an army flag?
And now, just for this rotten cloth,
you fought with the personal army of His Highness.
If this matter is not properly handled, is there any military code still in our Northern Yan army?
Your Highness, things can't be as simple as what General Cheng described.
I hope Your Highness will investigate clearly the details of this matter.
Enforce my order. For those who fought with the Black Hawk Army,
all will be punished under military law.
If there is anyone against it,
he is equally guilty.
Your Highness!
Your Highness,
if you really have to punish anyone,
then I am willing to use my life to pay for all their crimes.
Can I?
Commander He,
you are also a person who has done merit.
Of course, you can't be tried the same way as these people.
Your Highness, I know that the Xiuli Army has indeed made big mistakes in the past,
but during the battles at Chang'an and Hongchuan,
we had used our blood to prove that we are loyal!
The heavens can stand witness. The sun and moon have seen it.
Your Highness,
why are you still bearing grudges against our Xiuli Army?
Unruly!
Just a measly commander like you dared to talk to His Highness like that?
You were unable to strictly control your men and His Highness already didn't go after your lapses.
You even dared to disrespect your superior?! Is there still any law here?!
Your Highness, if you have to do this,
aren't you afraid that you will disappoint the hearts of our brothers?
- Disappoint the hearts of the world?! - Drag him away!
General!
Your Highness, even the army of Wei that surrendered were given a place to stay.
Why do you must make things difficult for us Xiuli Army and
insist on annihilating us?
Your Highness, I, He Xiao, refuse to accept it. I refuse to accept it!
Look! And you're still saying you have no intention to rebel?
Stop!
He Xiao,
what we're punishing today are the rebels.
It has nothing to do with the rest of Xiuli Army.
I suggest that you don't involve yourself in this matter.
Or else, don't blame me for punishing you for disturbing military morale.
We had no intention of rebelling. We were just protecting our army flag.
Your Highness, I am willing to swear on my life that no one here had any intention of rebelling.
If Cheng Yuan didn't anger us this much,
this all wouldn't have happened.
Army order is an army order.
I won't listen to reasons, only outcomes. If everyone has excuses,
how am I going to manage the army then?!
Your Highness!
Pass my order.
All the people who have fought with the Black Hawk Army,
be punished according to military law!
If there is anyone against it, he will be punished the same way.
- Your Highness. - Stop!
Official Chu! Official Chu!
Is this how you lead your soldiers?
Military discipline and designation are a soldier's honor and life!
If the flag bearer is around, the soldiers are around, the flag should also be around!
I indeed instructed you all to defend your troop designation and army flag,
but did I tell you to raise your hands against your own people?
Not only are you all not admitting your mistakes, you all still dared to say disrespectful words in front of His Highness!
What do you guys want to do?
Yes. Subordinate admits wrong.
I wasn't strict in controlling my troops.
How could you be this inflexible?!
Your Highness, everything that happened today is my fault.
The order was passed by me. He Xiao and them were just following my orders.
I have been sick recently and failed to supervise them well.
Hence, such huge mistakes happened.
I am willing to request to be punished based on military code.
If I remember it right, you currently have no specific position in the military.
When did the Xiuli Army become your subordinates?
Shut up!
I'm talking to His Highness. What right do you have to interrupt?
Your Highness, the Xiuli Army acted as they wished without restraint and indeed should be punished.
But that day, as their lead commander in Hongchuan,
I was their direct superior.
When the superior gives an order, the subordinate won't dare to disobey.
May Your Highness just punish me for not being strict with my men
and also consider their merits for defending Hongchuan until death to lessen their punishment.
As for the mistakes they committed,
I am willing to bear all the responsibility.
Xiuli Army... there is no Xiuli Army anymore!
The troop designation of the Xiuli Army has been canceled.
My Northern Yan cannot accommodate traitors!
The Xiuli Army returning to Northern Yan
was promised by His Highness himself.
His Highness is the king of our Northern Yan. His words are gold.
All the matter in the past has long been written off.
Yet you kept saying 'traitor army' here.
Are you trying to make His Highness look disloyal and not righteous?
Your words are hateful. You harbor evil intentions.
I think that it must be you who is the internal spy of Wei.
Miss Chu really is eloquent.
A military flag and designation are the honor of a troop.
The Xiuli Army was personally created by the old duke of Northern Yan.
How could it be dissolved just so easily?
Commander He led his army and accompanied His Highness throughout his journey from Chang'an to Northern Yan.
They have experienced a hard life and death battles numerous times. Their war achievements are impressive.
Below Hongchuan City, they have numerously utterly defeated the Wei Army and killed Yuan Qi.
With such an army like that, how can one just easily dissolve it and destroy their army flag?!
His Highness is very busy with a lot of matters so there was surely an ignorant villain that came in between
and plotted to sow discord among our Northern Yan Army.
So sinister and shameless. Such appalling motives.
You are making unfounded remarks!
Cheng Yuan, if you dare move one more step forward,
I will just die with you.
You bastard! I am going to kill you!
Arrest him! You dare to draw your sword in front of His Majesty?!
Is this your so called loyalty?
Let go of me!
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Ah Chu, who told you to come here?
No one called me.
It was me who just came here.
Go back. You have no business here.
The matters of Northern Yan are mine.
I am a member of the army and more importantly, the superior of Xiuli Army.
It's just right that I take responsibility for the mistakes of my subordinates.
Do you know what you are doing?
I understand it very well.
Are you really to go against me?
Your Highness, you have said it too seriously.
I am just taking responsibility for my own troop.
Your troop?
Official Chu has been rid of her duties because of her illness.
She is no longer the superior commander of Xiuli Army.
The crimes committed by Xiuli Army have nothing to do with her!
Execute them!
Your Highness!
Official Chu, get up already.
Stop wasting your effort for us.
Go back then!
The crime the Xiuli Army committed isn't enough to be executed.
They followed Your Highness throughout your journey.
They have been loyal and the sun and moon can bear witness to that!
Ah Chu, in all honesty, ask yourself.
Who really is the person that the Xiuli Army is serving now?!
I am willing to use my life as guarantee
that the whole Xiuli Army is loyally serving you.
If any of them dare to have any rebellious intention,
I am willing to die under a disarray of arrows and be left without a complete corpse.
You are willing to guarantee it with your life?
Yes. I am willing to guarantee.
Then other than you, who else is willing to make a guarantee for them?
In here, other than you, no one else believes the Xiuli Army!
May Your Highness take back your order!
Official Chu, go back already.
One must pay the consequence for one's actions.
I have long been unafraid of death.
Your Highness!
Carry out the execution!
No!
Don't, Yan Xun!
Don't!
- Don't! - He Xiao wasn't strict with the management of his men.
Flog him 80 times. Take him away!
She must have felt very hurt, right?
Probably, yes. But she was very strong.
She just rode her horse and left.
Mister, if you can't bear it, why not go help her?
If I appear, I fear that her situation might just become more difficult.
You can just take her away then.
She might not come with me.
Why?
She is so unhappy there.
That's right.
So unhappy...
How come you are still not leaving?
Ah Chu,
are you asleep?
You have been back for a long time already yet we haven't had the time to sit down and chat.
These past days, I suddenly missed our days in Chang'an together.
So funny. I used to hate that place so much.
Yet recently, I kept remembering it.
Remembering when I met you for the first time.
Remembering the you that tried your best to protect me in the Forever Serene Platform.
Remembering the you who had continued to stay by my side
from the Heaven Prison up to the Yingge Garden.
Ah Chu, sorry. I have hurt your heart.
But I have no choice. I swore to give you the best kind of life
that's why I am going to give you Chang'an, the whole world.
Maybe this isn't what you want.
But this is the best that I can give you.
Letting the Xiuli Army leave is already my best mercy.
But they...
Ah Chu, the thing I don't want to see the most is you getting hurt,
but I still broke your heart.
But anyone can leave me, except you.
Anyone can betray me, except you.
Ah Chu, I only have you.
Yan Xun,
but the two of us are already people of different paths.
Official, the doctor said that after taking your medicine, you must not drink wine again.
Before, even when there is a huge gaping wound in my stomach,
I am still able to keep killing for two days, one night.
Right now, just because I suffered some superficial wounds,
I can't drink any wine anymore, right?
One really becomes more delicate as he grows older.
After learning about how we framed the Xiuli Army this time,
she came back to defend those inauspicious beings.
Good thing, His Highness supported us.
But from now on, as long as that woman is around,
we will all soon become meat on a chopping board and just wait for her to kill us.
But His Highness does not allow her to touch our general.
This means that His Highness' heart is still siding with us.
If not because His Highness hates the Xiuli Army too much,
do you think he will side with us in this matter?
Since time immemorial, heroes have always had a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman.
In a few days, when they reconcile,
if she ever finds any chance,
it will then be the day of our death.
Actually, we are all allies here.
If we just talk about it amicably, maybe there is still a chance to turn things around.
Official Chu is also a reasonable person, right?
That's right.
Stop saying those kinds of bullshit.
Bullshit where you boost other people's morale and reduce one's own courage.
What kind of official is she?! As a woman,
she didn't just stay at home and bear children
and instead came out in the public to fight and kill?
What kind of status does Our Highness have?
How could he like a woman like her?!
Be more polite with your words!
If anyone hears that, His Highness will ask for your life first.
Anyway, we won't be living that long anymore!
It's fine with me.
Just die then.
When I reach the netherworld, I will still have my Big Brother Sun He to keep me company.
Shut up!
All of you, leave!
Your Highness.
Get up.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Cheng Yuan, although I defended you today,
this doesn't mean that I don't know all about
the things that you did.
I am warning you again.
The conflict between me and Ah Chu is a matter that's between the two of us.
Stop interfering.
Understand?
I understand.
Rest now.
Your Highness!
Do you know how the soldiers in the army are talking about you?
They say that you are disregarding our grand plan just because of a woman!
Just letting others have the empire that we almost have gotten!
You will sooner or later walk the same path as the old duke
and have a tragic death.
I am already living a bad life.
Why should I still dwell on dying well or not?
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For the good of the citizens, I hope this war will end soon.
I already suggested it to Emperor Father.
Emperor Father.
In this life,
I did a lot of wrong things.
If you feel that
calling a truce is the best choice,
then just do it.
Yes.
Emperor Father already agreed with a truce.
For Northern Yan, I hope you can make plans about it.
Since this matter has ended, I have another matter to tell you.
For Yuan Chun's crime, I fear that it's unlikely that she'll be able to escape death.
As her brother, I don't want her to die.
Princess, the people from the palace have reached our doors.
Unruly! Aren't you going to bow when you have seen me?
Since I was born in the royal family,
I should then die in a dignified manner.
My servant maid
has nothing to do with my matter.
After I die,
don't make things difficult for her.
Princess...
Cai Wei!
You must continue living well...
- Go. - Princess.
Let's go, Princess.
Go.
Go. Hurry!
Let's go! We don't have much time, Princess!
- Hurry and go! - Let's go!
Go!
Don't go.
Stand there!
Why must you save me?
Why must you all keep saving me?! The one who should die is me!
Anyone who is connected with me will not end well. Don't you know that?!
Chun'er...
What's wrong with you?
When did you get hit by an arrow?
Don't mind me...
Wait for me here.
Don't move.
I'll go find you a doctor right now.
Chun'er!
Don't go.
Listen to me.
I fear that I cannot personally send you off anymore.
Those guards have loyally served me ever since.
Next...
they will do their best to send you away.
Don't say such words. You cannot die.
- Listen well. Wait for me here and I'll go get a doctor! - Listen to me, Chun'er.
I... This place is not far from the dock.
I already arranged for a boat.
Later, leave with them.
As long as you ride that boat,
you'll be able to escape from this place then.
Understand?
I don't want to.
Why must I leave?
Chun'er, I beg you.
Just listen to me for this once, okay?
Just listen to me this once.
Why must I listen to you?!
Who are you to me?! Why must I listen to you?!
What does my death get to do with you?!
Of course, it does!
Don't cry...
You know it. I can't bear to see you cry.
You are the prettiest when you smile.
Are you willing to smile once for me?
Let me leave more peacefully.
Okay?
You cannot die...
You cannot die, Wei Shuye. You cannot die.
Wei Shuye, you must live. You cannot die. Do you hear me?
Listen to me.
I have liked you ever since we were little.
That time, it was my fault for being such a coward.
I didn't have the courage to express my feelings for you.
If I only did it earlier, if I was just braver,
the two of us...
the two of us will not end up in this state, either.
Chun'er...
Today, I...
finally have the chance to...
bravely tell you...
I like you.
Promise me.
You must...
continue living...
Wei Shuye...
Wei Shuye!
Why must you treat me this way?
Why are the people who love me leaving me one by one?
Why?
Kill!
The criminal Yuan Chun and Wei Shuye were pushed into desperation and decided to jump into the river as suicide to escape being caught.
Do you all understand?
This...
Do you all understand?!
Yes!
Let's go.
Your Highness, you have been in your room alone for quite some time.
You...What's wrong with you?
Is your headache attacking again?
Are you all right?
Since the battle of Hongchuan, I keep having these headaches.
Your Highness, headaches can be minor or major.
We must look for a doctor to have it checked.
It's fine.
I heard that an illness is harder to treat the longer you drag it.
If there is an illness, you should have it treated early. Good thing,
I heard that there is a female miracle doctor in the southern outskirts of our city.
Her medicinal skills are very good and her medicines can really cure illnesses.
I'll go get her now. Okay?
No need.
Let's just talk about it again when I have the time.
Where is Ah Chu?
I don't know. I haven't seen her these past days, either. She is most likely in her room.
How long have you not seen her? I wonder if she's still angry at me.
Your Highness, there are some words that I don't know if I should say them or not.
I feel that Miss Chu this time might be angry for a longer time.
That... I'll go get a doctor now.
I think that General Cheng really intends for them to die.
Saying that there are enemies in the forest?
I think he was just fooling them to go to the forest and then kill them.
Isn't that right?
Since they are not loyal serving His Highness,
then leaving them alive is also useless.
Shut up!
Stop saying nonsense.
Yo, Official Chu.
Official Jiang, how come I can't find any traces of the Xiuli Army in the camp?
Where is He Xiao?
General Chu is already not the commander of the Xiuli Army.
It is then inconvenient for me to reveal anything to you.
Do you think that you can hide it from me forever?
Let them all sit down.
Sit... Sit down.
I am asking you again. Where are the Xiuli Army?!
He Xiao took the Xiuli Army and went out of the camp.
Went out of the camp?
Why?
There are enemy movements near the frozen lake. General Cheng Yuan gave orders
to let the Xiuli Army go out of the city and battle with them.
General!
General, I have completed the task you instructed me to do.
Did she believe it?
Yes, she already went to chase after the Xiuli Army.
You did great.
Once they reach the frozen lake, let's just wait for the people in Meilin Pass to eliminate them.
General, I have one thing I don't understand.
You don't understand why I did it. Am I right?
Of course, I know about the conflict between you and Chu Qiao.
It's just that... His Highness loves her very much.
Won't His Highness be unhappy if we do this?
I don't have time to care about him being happy or not anymore.
As long as Chu Qiao is around, His Highness then won't be able to
take revenge for the Northern Yan people who have died from injustice.
Why?
As a commanding general, Chu Qiao doesn't suit Northern Yan.
She will only flatten the sharpness of His Highness and
stop His Highness from becoming a king and dominating the world.
As a woman, her heart
is totally not with His Highness.
Then what if His Highness knows about this—
Then he knows it.
At most, I'll just die. Only with Chu Qiao gone
can His Highness walk the path that he should walk on.
I understand already.
You can leave now.
Yes.
Official Chu is here! Official Chu!
- Are you all alright? - We're fine.
We've been sent here to do rounds. How come you're here, too?
I...
I was worried about all of you. It looks like I have misunderstood.
What's wrong?
I was worried that you would get ambushed.
That's right. We did get ambushed.
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I never thought that I would still bump into you guys here.
Have you two been doing well?
Who are you asking?
Are you asking me?
I am fine, very well.
I can eat and sleep.
My martial arts skills have also improved a lot.
Really? Then congratulations.
Yue Qi,
go and look for Meng Feng.
There are a lot of traps set up here for catching beasts. Don't let her accidentally get hurt.
Mister, Meng Feng is like a beast anyway.
Rather than worrying about her, why not worry about me;
if I will get caught by a wolf on my way to sending her this message.
Fine.
- Xing'er, I'm going now. - Yes.
It's your people
who came down the pass to provoke us
and then lure me to come here.
The terrain here is very dangerous.
It looks like, there was someone who deliberately lured us here
to kill you.
"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 ♫