♫ 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 57 ~
I found another me,
that real me.
Me too.
Different kinds of life experiences, all the difficulties that I have gone through, I can tell them all to Little Yu.
Because Little Yu is Older Brother Yue's most loyal friend who keeps his secrets.
Yes.
Too bad—
I will destroy the little wooden bird.
Little Yu will also disappear from now on.
From now on,
there will also be no one who will know
who Older Brother Yue is.
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You probably will feel that it's very funny
that I let myself wander outside of the borders these past days.
It was my first time to consider abandoning my identity as a princess.
I really have thought of giving up everything and just look for you.
Is it too funny?!
Sorry.
Before you entered, I already set up sedating smoke.
You are the demonic hindrance in my heart.
Only with you dead,
can I return to how I was before.
Why?
Why didn't you kill me?
Because in my heart, Older Brother Yue
is one of my most wonderful emotions.
Since I was little, things I faced were all related to the destruction of relationships and
a journey without trust or friends.
I don't want the only clean place in my heart
to be personally destroyed by me.
Okay.
I don't want to, either.
No matter what,
you didn't stab me with your sword.
We don't owe each other anything.
Standing in different standpoints, being in different camps,
can't we then never walk together?
Correct.
What about that little slave girl of yours?
I was able to get the secret record of the Afterlife Camp.
Based on the records there
and the information I found,
she is the Young Master of the jianghu spies,
Luo He's daughter.
The greatest trouble that your Spy Network of Heavenly Eyes has been trying to eliminate for generations.
Why then do you regard her with special attention?
With your intelligence,
could you not know?
What standpoint? What camp?
Those are just excuses.
There are some words
that must not be said so clearly.
There are some things that should just disappear with the dispersing smoke and clouds.
I hope that in the future,
we will never meet again.
I hope that...
we will never meet again.
♫ You're a star falling into a dream so vivid in this life ♫
This slave girl looks ordinary but inside her body hides a scary inner energy.
This must be because she got gravely injured previously by a severe kind of external force.
I heard that she was an illegitimate child of the Jing father.
And where did she live and who was raising her before she entered the Jing family, no one knows about it.
I don't know if Mister still remembers a year ago when Luo He got killed
and her daughter fell into the water and disappeared.
Based on your request, I personally checked on the secret files of the palace
and found a girl carrying an overbearing type of inner energy.
♫ Moon and stars are facing one another far away with lots of complications ♫
♫ There are tons of sufferings for right and wrong, ♫
♫ But love has no fear ♫
♫ I've risked my life and gone against my heart only if you know why ♫
♫ Where will I go this time? ♫
♫ When meeting up becomes a farewell, my memory has gone far ♫
I also need you.
Did you feel it?
♫ My view is clear ♫
♫ The love of my life is burning to call back my heartbeat ♫
♫ This feeling will never disappear or end ♫
Yuwen Yue, I never owed anyone.
Only with you, I have owed too much
and am unable to repay it.
Mister, you're finally back.
Hey, Mister, why do you look so bad?
I'm fine.
Chun'er?!
Chun'er,
I already heard about what happened to you in Chang'an.
Although Emperor Father is wrong, he is still our father.
You can opt not to acknowledge him,
but you can't kill him.
This is against the principles of nature.
Chun'er.
Older Brother,
we haven't seen each other for a long time.
Let us talk about other things.
Are you living well here?
How is your health?
Have you recovered?
Quite well.
Look at this place. Although the conditions are a bit poor,
there is no deceiving and blackmailing that you find in Chang'an.
I instead feel more at peace.
Are glory, splendor, wealth, noble status, merits and recognition
all really that important?
I feel that they are not important.
That's good then.
Chun'er, how are you?
Have you put it down?
Put down what?
The grudge against Emperor Father,
the regret towards Consort Mother,
and also...
the hatred against Yan Xun.
What can happen if I am able to put it down or not?
Anyway, I already lost everything now.
Chun'er,
don't say it that way. You still have me.
The health of Emperor Father now is not as good as before.
All government matters are decided by Older Brother Seven.
- I believe that he will not really go after you. - Older Brother,
don't worry about me anymore.
After living for so many years, it is actually now that I understand everything the most.
Those people and matters in the past,
who among them is right
and who among them is wrong,
just let them stay in the past.
I only need to know what I should do right now
and that's enough.
There are some things
that should be ended already.
Chun'er,
for you to be able to finally get enlightened, I really feel happy for you.
It was not a waste for Wei Shuye
to risk his life to save you.
He was really stupid.
He clearly knew what kind of person I was,
and what I wanted to do.
Yet he vainly lost his life just for me.
Chun'er, that is not being stupid.
It was love.
Love?
Isn't that exactly being stupid?
Before, it was because of fate playing with us that made you give your infatuated love to someone wrong.
But I believe that you will meet someone who loves you.
I hope so.
Older Brother, I am already hungry.
It's been so long since I really ate something good.
I have just harvested some fresh vegetables. I'll personally cook for you.
Do you even know how to cook now?
Of course.
Slowly, you will also know how to.
I'll personally teach you.
- Chun'er, I'll go cook you something good. - Yes.
- Wait for me. - Yes.
Okay.
Your Highness.
Your Highness, what's wrong?
Let us just continue our sibling relationship in the next life.
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Your Highness, are you having headaches again?
The miracle doctor that General Ah Jing was able to find has arrived. I was just about to inform you.
Go and arrange for it.
Yes.
Your Highness, Master Shui Xiang is here.
- Let her in. - Yes.
Your Highness.
You go now.
Yes.
Your Highness, let me check your pulse.
Your Highness' illness is really not that grave.
You are just overworked and are not sleeping enough.
I will prescribe some medicines later.
You will be fine after taking them and take note to rest more.
Was your voice like that since birth?
Replying to Your Majesty, my house suffered a fire when I was little.
My throat got destroyed by the smoke.
I also know an acupuncture technique that's especially useful in curing headaches.
Is Your Majesty willing to give it a try?
Sure.
May Your Majesty lie down first.
I heard that you are good in massage.
Give me a massage first.
Yes.
Come.
How come you can't dare to face people with your own face?
My face has been destroyed. It's very disturbing to look at.
I am scared that I might frighten passersby.
Was it also because of that fire?
Yes.
Where did you come from?
Minzhou.
Minzhou?
How come listening to your manner of speaking, you have Chang'an type of intonation?
I previously lived in Chang'an when I was little.
I also lived in Chang'an when I was younger.
Do you like Chang'an?
Chang'an is very progressive.
It is indeed very progressive.
Does Your Highness like Chang'an?
When I was little and was still living in Chang'an,
I kept remembering the days when I was living with
my father, mother, and siblings here in Northern Yan.
Now that I'm back,
I instead keep recalling about
my life while in Chang'an.
Maybe people are really like this, always thinking constantly of things that have been lost.
How about you?
Looking at your body figure and way of walking,
you must still be young.
How come you chose to live in seclusion?
Because there is already nothing left
in the mortal world that's worthy for me to yearn for.
You are still very young yet you already made a conclusion for yourself.
In one's life, some people can see the end
with just one look.
Your Highness, why don't I do the acupuncture for you?
There is an assassin!
Chun'er.
Protect His Highness!
Princess Yuan Chun?
Your Highness.
Leave.
Your Highness!
- Leave! - Yes!
You...
Go now.
Chun'er.
Sorry.
Take care.
♫ Some words aren't said. ♫
♫ Some dreams aren't dreamed ♫
♫ Yet I'm the only one left among us ♫
♫ Use the feeble firework ♫
♫ to exchange for a whirlpool ♫
♫ to let you soar and I fall ♫
If you leave Chang'an,
how could you still find these many delicious wines and a beautiful Chun'er?
♫ I don't cry doesn't mean I'm not afraid of dark ♫
We grew up together.
I promise that I will protect you.
You must be my little sister forever.
For your birthday, to express my greeting, this is just a small token from me.
I Hope you would be willing to kindly accept it.
♫ ...and you go north ♫
♫ In this desert, one person is confused and the other escapes ♫
♫ The flying sand of time rushes tears to blossom nicely ♫
Older Brother Yan Xun...
don't go, okay? Don't.
♫ Loneliness and I are like long time no see friends ♫
♫ It accompanies me to gaze at a sky without you ♫
♫ I believe everything ♫
Your Highness, are you still disturbed by the matter of deploying our army?
What good suggestions does Mister have?
Your Highness surely knows if this letter is real or not.
This letter...
whether it is in the penmanship or the way of writing it,
is totally the same as with Yuwen Yue.
You are unable to tell any difference.
The penmanship or the wordings are not really important,
but the content is not right.
I also sent out scouts in Northern Yan.
If it was really that severe as what was written by General Yuwen,
how could my scouts have no knowledge about it at all
that even a bit of news was not sent back to me?
What if the scouts that Mister sent out are incompetent?
They still can't be this incompetent to this degree.
Northern Yan just achieved victory but they also suffered badly.
Because of the suddenness of things,
Yan Xun...
won't be able to act in such a grand manner.
Actually, all of these are not important.
What is important is...
What is important is that Confucian benevolent heart of yours.
Your Highness, do you really believe that Yan Xun will surrender?
That he will give up on seeking vengeance?
Your Highness, if you miss out on this chance and
let Northern Yan recuperate and build up strength for several years,
I fear that the situation will be harder to control by then.
The person that fabricated this letter surely knows that he won't be able to fool you.
To put it simply, Your Highness just lacks a reason to let Wei go into war,
an excuse that will be acceptable to everyone.
Mister's words are still very sharp.
Your Highness, you are a person made to become a future wise ruler.
The central part of an empire requires blood and flesh to be offered.
Do you still remember the words you told me the first time we met?
I said that the world is vast and borderless.
No matter if it is the hectares of sand of the Western Region,
or the thousands of mountains south of our border,
or the very white great snow of the extreme north,
or the vastness and borderless eastern seas,
will all submit under the feet of Wei.
And all of these,
will start with my fight.
At this time, does Your Highness still think the same?
I have never forgotten it.
Since that is the case,
then let us start with Northern Yan.
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Set out!
Yan Xun this time has really become merciless.
He successively raided several of our bases.
We suffered great casualties among our spies.
It was because Mister had achieved a lot of victories recently,
he has become really angry.
For these past battles, it was because we were able to obtain the division of the enemy's military strength
and the background of their generals beforehand,
that's why we were able to come up with the right steps for a specific problem and crushed them one by one.
After several victories, they surely have noticed where the problem lies.
Mister, what about Yue Jiu?
The last time we received information about him was in a farming house near Xiuli Mountains.
He was with the children of Zhuang Qing.
The whole family of Zhuang Qing was killed by Yan Xun.
If even his children get caught—
I'll go rescue them.
Mister, please reconsider it!
Their whole family was sent by me to go there.
Now that something bad happened, I must personally go.
Mister, I'll go with you.
No need.
You stay and protect Prince Yu.
Yue Qi will go with me.
- Yes. - Yes.
[Mount Blessing Temple]
Come. Come. Eat more.
Fill it up. Fill it up.
Come.
Older Brother Qi.
Yue Qi.
Take the two kids and go down the mountain first.
I will look for you later.
Mister.
Go now.
Yes.
Come. Let's go.
- Let's go now. - Let's go.
You were just in time.
It's better to meet up by chance than to send out invitations.
Let's just eat some together.
What?
Can't you survive in Meilin Pass anymore
that you have to come up here just to eat?
This is within the borders of Northern Yan.
The whole Northern Yan are after you.
Aren't you afraid that I will arrest you?
If you want to arrest me, then just do it.
Eat. It's still hot.
This is a holy temple.
Eating things here is very disrespectful.
You can choose not to eat.
Isn't it you who doesn't like to drink alcohol?
It's already different now.
I kind of think that alcohol is quite a good thing.
It can help you forget a lot of things.
I am borrowing some flowers (this wine) to offer to the gods (to you). Let me give you a toast.
Thank you for giving out a helping hand numerous times.
Tell me.
Why did you come here?
Anyway, it's not to look for you.
Of course, I know that you didn't come to look for me.
You have fortified Meilin Pass to the point of becoming invulnerable to attacks.
Using just a small number of men, you have repeatedly defeated and forced back a greater number of troops of Yan Xun.
Your reputation in Meilin Pass now is at its peak.
The ladies of Meilin Pass already are actively presenting themselves to you.
How would you still remember me?
People...
really are very different when they grow older.
They now have a clearer estimation of themselves.
But don't worry.
Xiao Ce, that guy, also said before
that my taste has always been poor.
Those ladies from noble families are all pretty, fair-skinned, with good figures,
and well-educated.
I indeed won't be able to like them.
I heard that you have been promoted.
Right.
I was able to guard Hongchuan City and killed Yuan Qi
so I was able to get a higher position.
But I also heard that the Xiuli Army lost its troop designation,
removed as an official army of the Northern Yan Army,
and even the weapons they can use were given limitations.
The Xiuli Army are now deployed in Xiuli Mountains to stay guard there.
It's just proper for them to have limited weapons to be used.
But I instead heard that Zhao Gui sent his men to Meilin Pass
and seems to be plotting in dividing your power.
Having hopes is always a good thing.
Whether it can be realized is another matter.
Miss Zhong Yu has been restrained in Blue City.
I am quite curious about
the reason behind it.
It's just normal to have conflicts within organizations.
Weren't you also promoted and demoted numerous times?
Moreover, hearsay is not really that accurate.
Just like how I heard that
the Afterlife Camp has now changed their name and image
and has merged with the Spy Network of Heavenly Eyes.
The Afterlife Camp are like sewer rats. They can enter any holes.
In this world, there are only a few things that they don't know.
For those things that you have always wanted to investigate,
were you able to find anything with their help?
Hearsay must not be trusted.
I heard that Mr. Wu is back.
Have you met with him?
Mr. Wu has very extensive knowledge
and very good medicinal skills. Is your amnesia already cured?
Have you now understood where you come from and what your real identity is?
You better just be concerned about yourself first.
Although you are quite famous in Meilin Pass,
the people who want to destroy you are also quite talented individuals.
The eight tribes of the great plains are recently just feigning compliance but are secretly in opposition.
They hate Yan Xun a lot.
I think Yan Xun is really determined to fight with Wei with his back against the wall.
I just fear that the people's hearts are not united.
Yuan Ce is deploying an army towards Northern Yan. The so-called peace negotiations
is just a joke to distract people.
A few days ago,
I heard from someone that Yan Xun is going to marry soon.
You tell me. The next time I see you,
should I already address you as Princess of Northern Yan?
The next time I meet you, maybe you will also have a wife and children.
I have met that Cheng Yuan.
This person is very good in scheming and very hard to deal with.
If Yan Xun will not side with you, you indeed won't be his competition.
In Northern Yan, power is a complicated affair.
You shouldn't stay in this place.
It was because I was too benevolent and soft-hearted that I lost my chance before.
In a power play, there is really no such thing as leniency.
It was me who was too naive to think that everyone would be as pure as me.
In reality, it was me who was too stupid
that led to this current situation.
I can't blame anyone.
It's good that you know.
Yuwen Yue, blades and swords are blind on the battlefield.
It's hard to determine how a government situation is.
You take care.
It's fine.
Those things are still unable to hurt me.
And the only thing that can hurt me...
will soon not belong to me anymore.
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I came this time
just to handle some private matters.
Don't worry.
I am done eating.
I'll be leaving now.
"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 ♫
♫ My memory is sealed ♫
♫ The wind and snowfall are unbridled ♫
♫ Even if I am trampled I won't look up at 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 ♫