01x26 - Episode 26

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Grandmother.

Ye Xiwu.

Ye Xiwu.

You're awake.

What?

I'm thirsty.

Wait for a moment.

Come.

Ye Xiwu.

From now on,

whatever you want,

just tell me.

I'll grant you every wish.

Tantai Jin,

marry me.

I want to be your queen.

All right.

Very well.

She seems possessed after her return.

She drove away the escort that we sent

to bring her to the memorial service.

I hardly even recognize her now.

General Ye,

I would like to ask a favor from you.

Definitely, Your Majesty.

Please just say it.

I would like to ask you

not to mention this in front of her again.

At least not before our wedding.

Do not upset her.

But Grandmother…

Xiwu loves her no less than you.

You can't imagine how sad she is.

Besides, she loved Xiao Lin for years.

But she watched him die.

These things came one after another.

How can she bear it?

But whether Father forgives her or not,

she has to go home to see him.

Last night, Xiwu told me that she wants

to cut all ties with the Ye family.

General Ye, please erase her name

from your genealogy book when you return.

Your Majesty,

the one she wanted to m*rder was you.

Why are you still making her your queen?

Do you truly have no ill feelings?

Now, in this world,

she is the only one
who hasn't abandoned me.

She is willing to return to me,

willing to keep my company,

and willing to like me.

I can ask for nothing more.

Your Majesty, I've done a divination.

The tenth of next month

is an auspicious day.

Nonsense!

The last day of this month
is the most auspicious!

How dare you talk nonsense!

How dare you accuse me before His Majesty?

What proof do you have?

I made my conclusion

from observing the stars
and the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams.

Is that even reliable?

I even checked the annals of history!

Enough arguing!

The faster, the better.

I don't want to keep her waiting.

Your Majesty, but…

No buts about it.

How soon can it be ready?

Your Majesty,

three days at most

to arrange everything.

Three days later,
the 24th of the 8th month.

It's set then.

Yes.

THE 24TH OF THE 8TH MONTH

THE 24TH OF THE 8TH MONTH

OMINOUS

Come on, this way.

-Watch it.
-Watch it.

Hurry.

Right over here.

All right.

CHENMING HALL

Move it.

Faster.

Ye Xiwu!

Ye Xiwu, come out!

Ye Xiwu!

Come out! You!

Ye Xiwu!

Let me go!

Ye Xiwu,

come out and explain yourself!

You left us in times of trouble!

-Ye Xiwu.
-Do you even have a conscience?

-Don't get soft.
-Come out!

Let me go!

-Don't get soft.
-Ye Xiwu!

Come out!

Ye Xiwu!

Come out!

Ye Xiwu!

Drag him away.

You!

Are you even human?

Among all of us children,

Grandmother loved you the most!

Are you still a human?

Ye Xiwu, you heartless swine!

Ye Xiwu!

Stop.

Xiwu,

what is this all about?

You have been hiding from us

ever since you returned.

Why exactly?

Ye Qingyu,

do you think you can talk to me like this

because you are a general?

If I talk to Tantai Jin

and ask him to relieve you of your post,

do you think

he will listen to me?

You're not Ye Xiwu.

You're nothing like my sister.

Perfect.

I've already cut ties with the Ye family.

Is there anything else?

CHENMING HALL

Tantai Jin,

I want to be your queen.

All right.

Your Highness, let me explain.

This is a custom of our Jing Kingdom.

The twin lotuses on the red bridal veil

must be embroidered by the couple.

Only with this sincerity

can they be blessed

with a long marriage.

CHENMING HALL

Why is it snowing all of a sudden?

Don't be afraid.

I'm here.

Your Majesty, you may not know this.

The twin lotuses on the bridal red veil

must be embroidered by the couple

for a long marriage.

Heavenly gods above,

I, Tantai Jin,

only wish to spend a lifetime with Ye Xiwu

till death do us part.

CHENMING HALL

What I've failed to accomplish

must get done this time.

This time,

I must finish it.

Xiao Lin,

farewell.

Tantai Jin can also have

such vivid expressions.

He must be

very happy today.

I have been waiting for this day

for far too long.

All the hard work I have done

was for this day.

Thank you.

We are a married couple.

You are my wife.

You don't need to thank me.

I want to give you a gift.

What is it?

World-Alluring Jade?

Ye Xiwu,

what do you intend to do?

Ye Xiwu.

Ye Xiwu.

Why?

Tantai Jin,

I originally came

to k*ll you.

Don't tell me

that you came back to me

just to k*ll me.

Yes.

So

all those words you said to me

were lies.

Even so,

I still

love you.

Do you?

Tantai Jin,

I have never loved you.

Very well.

Very well.

Farewell,

Tantai Jin.

The Heart-Guarding Scale?

Ye Xiwu.

Why?

Why did you lie to me?

Father.

Go.

Jiwu.

Father, my eye hurts.

What happened to your eye?

Father, my eye is in so much pain.

It hurts.

I'm sorry.

I failed.

The energy contained in this jade

may be comparable to that of a god,

but using it costs one's karma,

dooming the user to a tragic end

and a violent, sudden death.

Father, Jiwu,

and Uncle Zhaoyou,

I have tried my best.

I am

truly sorry.

Ye Qingyu,

your sister did that out of nowhere.

Did you really have no idea?

If I had known, I would have stopped her.

When His Majesty wakes up,

I wonder if he will blame the Ye family.

Last night, Xiwu told me that she wants

to cut all ties with the Ye family.

General Ye, please erase her name

from your genealogy book when you return.

So that's it.

Xiwu had been planning the assassination.

That's why she cut ties with our family.

Why didn't I realize this sooner?

But what did she do this for?

Was it for Xiao Lin?

I don't know.

News of His Majesty's injury

has been kept under tight wraps.

I have to go home

and tell my family to be prepared.

Ye Xiwu's drugging of His Majesty

has been covered up so easily.

She is indeed lucky.

But Tantai Jin clearly knows everything,

yet kept her alive.

No,

I can't give Ye Xiwu a chance

to tell the truth.

Qingyu?

Why did you suddenly come home so late?

Good, you're here, Bingchang.

Let's go to see Father together.

Bring Zeyu here too.

Yes.

What?

Xiwu tried to assassinate Tantai Jin?

An attempt on the king's life
is punishable by death.

Once the execution order is made,

Xiwu will certainly die.

Qingyu, what should we do?

I will try to convince His Majesty

to have the Three Judicial Offices

question her before the trial.

A questioning
by the Three Judicial Offices?

What if she talks about the drugging?

Now Xiwu's life is at stake.

I am here to persuade you

to leave to avoid trouble.

Though Xiwu has cut ties with our family,

His Majesty may still be angry with us.

Be angry with us?

So what?

Xiwu is my daughter.

As her father,

although I cannot exonerate her,

I shall not abandon her at such a time.

Father, I…

Life and death are determined by fate.

This time, I won't run.

General Ye,

do as you please.

Father, you…

Since you have made up your mind,

I will not try to persuade you anymore.

Please take care of yourself, Father.

Zeyu,

please take care of our family.

Ye Xiwu,

since you don't cherish your life

and want to die,

don't blame me.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Quick! His Majesty is awake!

Your Majesty, you are awake.

Everyone, out.

Yes.

Everyone, get out.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

What did the royal physician say?

He said

that he has never seen
such a strange weapon before.

They were fused to your heart
in a mere moment.

Moreover,

they cannot be removed from the outside.

Is that so?

Then leave them there.

But Your Majesty,

with these spikes in your flesh,

it will be unbearably painful.

Then let it hurt.

Your Majesty!

How much longer can I live?

As long as Your Majesty recuperates well,

you will definitely get better.

Nian Baiyu,

you are terrible at lying.

The royal physician said

your heart meridian
is irrevocably damaged.

Even with careful recuperation,

you won't live more than three years.

What a long time.

It will be so difficult to endure.

Where is Ye Xiwu?

She's in the dungeon.

The jailer reported

that she has refused to eat or drink

since yesterday.

Help me dress.

But Your Majesty, you haven't recovered.

Help me dress.

Yes.

It's because I like you.

All right?

We're married after all.

Saving you is what I'm supposed to do, no?

It turns out

you've been lying to me since then.

What exactly is liking someone?

Liking someone is

not wanting them to die.

You want to be with them.

You get worried if you don't see them.

You are happy when you do.

Everything was fake.

It was all just a delusion of mine.

I was blind

and fell in love with you!

Tantai Jin,

I originally came

to k*ll you.

Ye Xiwu,

you truly are

the most heartless person in the world.

My vision is nearly gone.

This is another side effect

of the World-Alluring Jade.

Ye Xiwu,

do you think I'm stupid

and ridiculous?

You are imprisoned here

and can only see a beam of light

when you look up.

You feel scared,

don't you?

I have felt the same

day and night lately.

Even when I was embroidering
that veil for you,

I was also scared deep down.

When one has been in the dark too long,

they always hope
that there will be light tomorrow.

But once they have this beam of light,

they fear that they may lose it
at any moment.

One's worst fears do come true.

Nobody in this world

can save me now,

just as nobody

can save you now.

Even if no one will save me,

I don't regret it.

Tantai Jin,

I once naively thought

that maybe I could be that light

in the darkness of your life

and turn you into a normal person.

But I was wrong all along.

There are some dwellings in the darkness

who do not deserve to have light.

I don't deserve it.

I don't deserve it?

Ye Xiwu,

take a good look

at this idiot named Tantai Jin!

You used to beat him,

scold him, t*rture him,

and even wanted to k*ll him!

But even so,

he still can't bear to k*ll you!

He was even full of joy

to marry you and crown you as his queen.

He even looked forward

to spending a lifetime with you

until a ripe old age!

He was impossibly stupid!

That was

until you drove those six spikes into him!

That was when he came to his senses.

He truly has no dignity!

The Soul-Slaying Spikes are gone.

The only chance

to change the Three Realms' fate

has been ruined in my hands.

There is no point in living

except to be humiliated.

Yes.

You have no dignity.

That is why I loathe you.

Shut up!

Look at what I've done to you!

You still won't k*ll me immediately.

Have you no dignity?

Ye Xiwu!

How does it feel, Ye Xiwu?

This heart-wrenching feeling

is very painful, right?

Let me tell you.

This is not even a fraction of my pain!

Tantai Jin.

k*ll me.

k*ll me now.

It's fun to toy with you,

but I've grown tired of it.

k*ll me.

Otherwise…

In your dreams!

Do you think

I will set you free so easily?

No!

I will keep you alive

and peel you apart bit by bit

so that I can see

what kind of heart you have.

k*ll me!

Well,

since my affection means nothing to you,

then have a taste

of my hatred.

DIAO PRISON

Your Majesty,

the royal physicians are outside.

Send them away.

Your Majesty.

No.

Send them to the prison

to see if Ye Xiwu is dead yet.

If you really hate her so much,

why would you keep her in the palace?

I hate her,

so I won't give her what she wants.

She wants to run away from me.

She wants to die.

k*ll me.

k*ll me now.

So I'll make sure she lives.

I once naively thought

that maybe I could be that light

in the darkness of your life

and turn you into a normal person.

Tantai Jin.

Life is indeed tough,

but you still have to live on.

You're not dead

and I'm not dead.

We both survived!

Promise me to live on.

I won't let you die.

But I was wrong all along.

There are some dwellings in the darkness

who do not deserve to have light.

As long as I'm alive,

she must stay alive too.

Why should I

be the only one in such darkness?

Nian Baiyu,

summon Ye Qingyu.

I have orders for him.

Understood.

-How is His Majesty?
-How is he?

He's in unimaginable pain

but has to bear it.

What about Ye Xiwu?

His Majesty told me

that he won't k*ll her.

She is safe for now.

But the prison

is humid and suffocating

and overrun with pests in the summer.

If she continues to refuse food and water,

she won't live long.

That silly girl is determined to die.

Captain Nian, can I visit her?

Since His Majesty wants her alive,

go ahead.

Thank you for making an exception.

My sister is in prison.

Our family is worried.

That's why they sent me here.

We'll just talk a bit.

It's fine if you're only here to talk.

I just hope

you didn't bring any prohibited items.

Sir,

how can a flimsy young lady like me

possibly help her break free?

Fine. Come with me.

Ye Bingchang.

Yes, it's me.

Why have you come?

Xiwu.

You're suffering.

Of course I had to visit you.

You must know.

I've always hated you

for being so condescending.

Since you don't want small talk,

then let's get down to business.

My sweet sister,

I would like to know

if Tantai Jin ate that bowl of porridge.

Why didn't he die?

You knew about the porridge?

That's right.

The bowl of porridge

that you thought

only you had tampered with.

What did you put in there?

Dry mylabris.

One tiny sip

is lethal.

Ye Xiwu.

Did you make this porridge

especially for me?

Tantai Jin thought

that I wanted to poison him

to save Xiao Lin.

Why would you do that?

Do you know that what you did

got Xiao Lin k*lled?

Don't speak that name!

You don't deserve it.

Do you know?

I had my hopes up that day.

I thought I would hear the news

that Tantai Jin and that old woman

both died of poison.

But it never crossed my mind

that Tantai Jin didn't eat the porridge.

He didn't die.

Did you k*ll Grandmother too?

Ye Xiwu,

you won't have to grieve too long.

I will do you a favor.

I'll let you reunite with her

in the underworld.

Tantai Jin.

Do you want me to take it?

What's the matter?

I guess

I'll have some if you feed me.

From now on,

whatever you want,

just tell me.

What are you doing?

Xiwu!

Xiwu!