01x39 - Episode 39

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[Episode 39]

Xiao Xiao.

Thank heavens.

You're still alive.

I don't want you to die.

Got it.

In the end, I still died for the one I love.

Farewell,

Yan Ke.

It's Miss He.

- Yes.
- Yes.

Miss He won the fight.

- Blast it...
- We won!

We made it out alive.

We won!

We won!

- We won!
- We won!

We won!

We won!

We won!

We won!

We won!

Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao.

It is Xu.

Did you come to k*ll me?

North Chong has fallen.

The Cangshen you believed in...

was never real.

Yan Ke, who gave you power,
has met annihilation as well.

Even the North soldiers who trusted only you
were dead because of you.

You have nothing left now.

Nonsense.

I did not cause their deaths.

You k*lled them.

I'll avenge them on you.

I thought I was going to lose you.

No.

You will never lose me.

Xu.

Xiao Xiao.

I'm back.

The Chong people's privileges
in the 17 Prefectures are revoked.

All lands and houses they seized
must be returned to Great Liang's people.

Within Liang's borders,
all people are born equal.

- None shall serve another people.
- Is this for real?

People's will shall be loyal to His Majesty,

[Decree]
as it should be.

This is hereby claimed.

- Wonderful!
- Wonderful!

[Rice Shop]

The Chong foe!

Great Ancestor.

I have not failed your trust.

I've retaken all of our lost lands.

I now return the military tally
and the marshal's seal

to His Majesty.

You've done an unprecedented feat.

That is high merit.

The people of Liang will remember it.

You gave up military power so easily?

I never meant to hold an army.

Now that the 17 Prefectures
have been recovered,

I should return military power
to His Majesty.

How much time do I have left?

Just tell me.

When you stop dodging your medicine,
I will tell you.

[Liang]

Is he asleep?

Duan Xu is not doing well.

He...

If he really leaves,

what will you do?

I still have much to do.

Jiang Ai is watching the Void for me,

but her heart is not in it.

In time, she will return it to me.

Also, Chen Ying absorbed
the Spirits Lantern's power

and became a spirit.

His obsession is to protect.

If he is willing,

perhaps he can take over my place soon.

I'm not talking about the Sovereign.

I'm talking...

about you.

I don't know.

Perhaps when that day comes,

I will know.

Right now, whenever I think
that Duan Xu may leave me,

I feel...

as if time might vanish into thin air.

I can see so many things
waiting for me to do,

yet I can't see myself.

[Zhaomu Pavilion]

Si Mu, you are back.

Who is this?

This is my brother, Chen Ying.

The Spirits Lantern made him a spirit.

He's still very weak.

Lady Jiang Ai, please watch over him.

Also, please oversee the Void
for a while longer.

With Lady Jiang Ai here, don't worry.

What obsession brought you here?

I want to protect Xu and Xiao Xiao.

I kept thinking they had not made peace,

and their wishes have yet to come true.

I had to see them again.

And I had to make their wishes come true.

Then I really saw them again.

How lucky.

At such a young age,
you carry such heavy sorrow,

yet you count yourself lucky.

I'm not lucky.

Xu is gravely ill.

Xiao Xiao is hurting too.

But I can't help in the least.

Lady Jiang Ai, if Xu is gone...

[Tomb of He Yi Cheng and Si Wei]

Old man,

your grudge has been settled.

Are you pleased?

It's been over 400 years.

I am older than you two now.

From now on,

you may have one more neighbor.

After he passes,

I plan to lay him to rest beside you two.

After you left, I swore...

I'd never be left behind again,

and I'd be the one who leaves first.

[Tomb of He Yi Cheng and Si Wei]

But I repeated my mistake again.

I gave him the right to leave me before I do.

One day,

I suppose it will break my heart.

And now, I find myself thinking

that if he left me and vanished
from this world 50 years from now,

it wouldn't be so impossible to bear.

But I've known him for only 7 years.

It's too short.

Truly, far too short.

But there is no helping it, is there?

[Youzhou]

All is settled now.

Today, I shall drink with all of you.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

I truly never imagined that
after such a brutal battle,

not only did we all survive,

but we also reclaimed the 17 Prefectures.

My life is worth it.

Worth it indeed.

- Han.
- Qing Sheng.

- Here.
- That we could reclaim the 17 Prefectures

feels like a dream.

- I still remember
- Marshal Duan.

the day we entered Liangzhou.

Back then, you even suspected I was a spy.

Now that I think of it,
he did look like a spy.

Come on.

Cheers. Let's drink.

Marshal Duan,
I heard you returned the marshal's seal.

If you don't want to be the Marshal,
give that seal to me.

I will take the post for you.

Would that not be just fine?

General Wu, as I told you long ago,

if you chased office in Nandu,
you'd be done for.

Marshal Duan is right.

Right about what?

I was only joking.

I'd never be an official in Nandu.

I won this land back with my life.

I wouldn't rest easy leaving it to others.

Han, say a few words.

General Wu is right.

I've grown used to the frontier.

I can't go anywhere else.

Come, come.

So you've all decided to stay here?

That's right.

We'll stay to guard the frontier.

I'll go where Meng Wan goes.

Han and I will stand with you two.

Xu, what about you?

The 17 Prefectures are back.

My wish is fulfilled.

Si Mu and I will wander the realm,
and never return.

Xu, are you truly leaving?

Though we part,

we still share the wind.

[Liang]

Your wishes have all come true.

What will you do now?

Si Mu,

I had a dream last night.

In that dream, we lived a life of seclusion.

One cottage, two souls,

three meals, and four seasons.

Seeds in spring, rain in summer,

chrysanthemums in autumn, and snow in winter.

Year after year,

we lived a quiet, ordinary life.

I want to return to our home...

with you.

All right.

It's truly good to be home.

This is my home.

That was a gift from me,

along with myself.

What would you like to eat?

I'll take you to get some food.

Si Mu, let's have fish.

I don't know how to cook fish.

You chose such tricky ingredients.

Isn't it enough that I can?

We're having a full fish banquet.

It doesn't seem willing.

What a slippery fish.

Si Mu, help me scoop it up.

Let's give it a try.

Si Mu,

I like being with you.

Your Grace,

do you still like my skull as you did
back then?

Yes.

I want to remember you,

your smile,

your scent,

your colors,

and this moment.

Great Ancestor...

- Let's go.
- Stop there.

Come here.

Great Ancestor, spare my life.

I... I have just recovered.

My eyes still have excessive heat,

so they're not so sharp.

I saw nothing at all.

I came to deliver medicine to General Duan.

I brought all of these from Starhaven Sect.

I am no longer a general.

Since you're here, stay for a simple meal.

No, no.

I won't disturb you. Goodbye.

I'll cook today.

Don't you want a taste?

Great Ancestor,
you aren't treating him like a patient,

nor me like a person.

Then starve yourself.

Is it good?

I'll go check on him.

Zi Ji, sit down and eat.

It's not that bad.

It tastes fine to me.

What's wrong?

Look, look.

It's not that bad, huh?

I only threw up my food.
You're coughing up blood.

How is it?

Do you have any medicine?

- I have some.
- I'm fine.

Which kind do you want?

I'm fine.

However,

I do have one favor to ask.

What do you want?

Come here.

Come closer.

What?

Duan Shun Xi.

Duan Shun Xi, I've never wronged you.

Why must you make me await my end
before Great Ancestor?

Everything in this world
will one day fade away.

Your Grace, why force him to stay?

This is his fate.

None of your business.

As the Sovereign of the Void,

you can't stay in the Mortal World.

Go back soon.

Then how much longer will you stay
in this Mortal World,

Immortal?

Duan Shun Xi,

you'll be leaving Great Ancestor.

Aren't you sad?

In all my life,

from first love to my dying day,

I have only loved one girl.

I count myself lucky.

Now,

I don't want my last days in sorrow.

Still, perhaps when I die,

I'll cling to her and weep.

After I am gone,

will you grieve for me?

Will you hold me and weep too?

All these years,

whenever I mention about my death,
you say nothing.

How absurd.

What are you running from?

Didn't your kind set this brief fate
for the Hejia lineage,

Immortal?

You stayed by my side
and read mortals for years.

Now, do you think your kind was wrong?

Immortals don't err.

Even mortals' right and wrong
are set by immortals.

Yes.

How very clever.

How could immortals be wrong?

Then why did you create this order
in the first place?

To keep the world in balance

and secure happiness for most.

So, you have been using our kindness.

We have upheld the happiness of the many.

Yet we have no choice but to suffer for it.

You dress it up in noble words
while tormenting us.

Don't you see your arrogance?

That is why I have come here.

If you still see no fault in yourself,
go back.

Zi Ji, to speak plainly,

I am tired of this game.

Ten years by your side until this day.

Immortal,

will you save me?

Zi Ji,

you grabbed me.

It's been over a month since your letter.

Are you and Miss He both well?

Somehow, I often dream
of our childhood days in Daizhou.

[Daizhou]

Yet old days will fade like mist.

[Erudite and Determined]

I have found what I wish to do.

For now, all is well.

Though the moon may wax and wane,

I still wish that you and Miss He

can be as full as the moon
and live a happy life.

[Your sister, Jing Yuan, respectfully]

[Your sister, Jing Yuan, respectfully]

Will you send Jing Yuan a reply?

She's found what she wants to do,

and started a new life.

I won't give her more to worry over.

Jing Yuan mentioned
those days back in Daizhou.

I think...

she cared for Xian Ye.

If the time they spent together
had been longer,

perhaps...

Maybe this is for the best.

She should soon forget...

a brief, hazy memory.

How could she forget?

She will not.

Jing Yuan wished us full as the moon.

Yet we're here, and the full moon is not.

It's been so long
since I admired the moon with you.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is too far away.

If you want to celebrate the festival,
we can do it anytime.

But if you want to admire the moon...

Wait for a moment.

Si Mu.

The moonlight beneath the sun
is beautiful, right?

Do you like it?

I do.

I always do.