A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
ADAPTED FROM TIANXIA GUIYUAN'S NOVEL HUANG QUAN
EPISODE 59
DAYUE
JINSHI
General Hua Qiong reporting to Feng Zhiwei.
Hua Qiong?
Zhiwei, I'll wear this armor and go to war with you.
-What do you think? -No.
I can't put you in danger again.
Zhiwei. We are now sisters.
If you're going to war,
how can I stay in Jinshi and live the good life?
Hua Qiong, you shouldn't follow me.
Swords are swift on the battlefield.
It's okay if I die because I'm alone, but--
You shouldn't say that before you go to war.
You have me and Nanyi.
Why are you saying that you're alone?
Also, you're not just fighting for yourself.
You're fighting for everyone.
I have to go with you.
All right.
We will face war together on the battlefield.
Zhiwei.
I still worry about you going to war.
Let me go instead.
This isn't a war that has to do with the fate of Jinshi.
It's not worth the King going himself.
In these troubled times, you should stay here and calm the people.
Are you really going?
King Helian, even though we're not lovers who share a bed,
I think of you as a friend and a brother.
Jin Siyu is a tricky bastard.
Jinshi has 30,000 men while Dayue has 100,000.
Even with planning, we can't compete.
How will you defeat him?
The Queen of Jinshi used to be the Tiansheng's Ultimate Scholar.
Even Jin Siyu wouldn't know what's going on.
If you go,
he would fight with all his might. If he defeats you, he wins Jinshi.
When he sees me in charge, he'll underestimate me and save his power.
It's fine if he kills me.
What's important is that Tiansheng will send out their army for me.
So it's better if I go.
If you must go, be sure to protect yourself.
Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'll protect the Queen.
If anything happens, I will sacrifice my life.
Please accept my gratitude.
Zhiwei.
Regardless of the danger,
the fate of Jinshi is in your hands.
Even though I can't be there with you,
my heart will be with you.
When you come back,
I will take off your armor myself.
You are so kind, King Helian.
I don't deserve you.
Who is it? Stop right there.
I am King Helian's guard, Sansun.
I was ordered to capture Helian Lie and return to the palace.
Let me through now.
You are the King's guard, Sansun?
Did you capture Helian Lie?
Of course, I did. I'm Sansun.
Bring Helian Lie forward.
Guards, do you recognize him?
The King's uncle is now a prisoner.
Open the gates!
Prince of An, I have a plan.
Even though it's difficult,
we will be able to get to Baitou Cliff without anyone knowing the truth.
Your Highness, do you dare to try?
-Charge! -Charge!
Hurry! Close the gates!
Your Highness, the Dayue army has entered through Baitou Cliff.
-Engage. -Yes, Your Majesty!
This is Prince of An.
Capture Jin Siyu.
General, Jin Siyu is ambushing the main camp!
RESIDENCE OF PRINCE OF CHU
Your Highness,
I've asked the servants and maids I know in the palace many times.
No one knows Lingying.
Forgive me, Your Highness.
Lingying's residence must have been arranged by Official Zhao.
It's no surprise that you can't find anything.
Thank you for your mercy, Your Highness.
But I did ask for some details.
Before you returned to the capital,
no imperial doctor had entered the palace.
Is that so?
When I went to see Father,
I didn't see Official Zhao.
If you want to reward me,
please give Lingying to me.
Your Majesty.
Lingying caught a cold a few days ago.
She's resting and shouldn't move around.
Since she can't move around,
let's talk about it another day.
So Father just made up an excuse that Lingying was sick.
Your Highness, why is His Majesty being so protective of Lingying?
She's just a maid.
We figured out what happened to Consort Yan already.
What is His Majesty worried about?
It's because of the Shuangsheng Spell.
I used the Shuangsheng Spell to threaten Father and save Feng Zhiwei.
I must have...
I must have made Father angry.
Your Highness, the tenth prince is here.
Ning Ji?
Bring him in.
Ning Ji.
I pay my respects to Your Highness.
What happened?
Come.
Ning Ji.
Is something on your mind?
Tell me.
Ning Sheng...
He's dead.
I heard that after I left the capital,
Father let Ning Sheng out of Zongzheng Temple.
How could he be dead?
You were in Jinshi.
You don't know what really happened.
Even though Father let Ning Sheng out,
he never pardoned his crimes.
He never asked to see him.
That's why Ning Sheng was depressed.
He fell ill soon afterward.
Father sent for an imperial doctor.
The doctor said...
The doctor said he wouldn't live past tonight.
Before he died,
he was still hoping to see Father one last time.
Now I'm back,
yet Ning Sheng is dead.
All the princes are dying one by one.
CHENGMING PALACE
It's all for the throne.
I didn't want to kill him,
but I led to his death.
Ning Sheng's death is very upsetting,
but the Chang family
has been a nuisance to Father and Tiansheng for over 20 years.
Now, finally, they won't cause any more trouble.
Don't let it bother you too much, Ning Yi.
Father,
we are both bound by the Shuangsheng Spell.
I wasn't able to lift the spell.
I am a bad son.
Therefore, please allow me to see Lingying.
Maybe she'll remember how she took care of me as a child
and tell me how to lift the spell.
I would like to solve this problem for you, Father.
Your Majesty.
Lingying.
Prince of Chu wishes to see you.
I pity him for missing his mother.
But with his personality, when he sets his mind upon something,
nobody can stop him.
If someone dies
because you say something you shouldn't have,
don't blame me for it.
Your Majesty.
I do not want to see Prince of Chu.
-Your Majesty-- -Please stop.
How about--
Yes, Your Majesty.
You may go.
Zhao Yuan, tell me.
Back then, was I wrong?
I adored her and loved her,
but she didn't keep me in her heart.
Your Majesty.
The incident back then was a huge misunderstanding.
If I must say,
Noble Consort Chang was being ruthless and cruel.
Consort Yan had no choice but to do what she did.
Ning Yi has helped Helian Zheng become a king.
Helian Lie has escaped to Dayue.
Father's plan to fulfill three goals at once did not work.
He locked Ning Yi up in his residence.
That's good.
I was thinking how I was going to welcome him home.
Servants.
Go to the palace and give this letter to Princess Shaoning.
Yes, Your Highness.
Xuan Chen.
-Yes, Your Highness. -Go to the underground slave market.
Tell them
that it's time for them to serve me.
Yes, Your Highness.
RESIDENCE OF PRINCE OF CHU
Wu Ying.
Tell the kitchen to prepare some snacks.
Lingying likes them.
What else?
I've never seen Your Highness so happy,
just like a child.
You don't know this,
but Lingying watched me grow up.
Also,
she was very close to my mother.
-Go now. -Yes, Your Highness.
Your Highness, there's a problem.
Lingying has been captured by some people in black clothes.
How useless can the Royal Guards be?
Tell Gu Yan.
If anything happens to Lingying,
I'll break his bones!
-Yes, Your Highness. I'll go now. -Go!
Yes, Your Highness.
Prepare a horse.
-I'll go myself. -Your Highness.
You were ordered to not to leave your residence.
I will find Lingying.
Go! Hurry!
What are you doing? Hurry.
Hurry up.
We don't know whether Feng Zhiwei is alive.
Please let me go to Baitou Cliff and save her.
I've arranged everything.
Don't worry. She'll be saved.
-Your Highness. -Leader Zong.
You have another mission in the capital.
It has to do with restoring Dacheng.
I will comply, Your Highness.
Don't come near me!
Who are you?
Where are we?
I don't know anything. Don't try to deceive me!
His Majesty sent this order at the worst time.
He wants you to return to the capital.
He must know about what happened at Baitou Cliff.
The Crown Prince will be watching me in the capital.
I'm sure that he has spies in Pucheng as well.
How would Father not know?
Then let's take the two women we captured.
Would that help solve the problem?
We can take them back to the capital.
One of them must be the Queen of Jinshi, Feng Zhiwei.
Keep them there. I need them for something.
Also, send a message to the capital of Tiansheng.
Have a spy find out everything about Feng Zhiwei
and report to me in Puyuan.
Yes, Your Highness.
One more thing.
You must do this right.
Send a message to Father
saying I was seriously injured and can't move well.
I'll return to the capital in 15 days.
What is that for, Your Highness?
I'm going to be the bait
and catch a big fish.
Your Highness!
Get an imperial doctor!
Your Highness.
Ning Qi.
You said that you found Ning Yi's weakness.
We can finally defeat him, right?
Shaoning, what if I told you
that I need your help to take down Ning Yi?
Would you be willing to help?
As long as we can kill Ning Yi,
I'll do anything I can to help you.
Tell me what I should do.
Good.
Since we have the same goal,
I'll take you to see someone.
This is a secret matter. We will wait here.
Shaoning, look.
The person in there is Ning Yi's mother,
Yale's closest maid, Lingying.
What is your plan, Ning Qi?
Ning Yi urgently wants to see this person.
It must have something to do with his mother.
I think that there's a secret here.
Did you bring her here to force her to tell you the secret?
If we can find out what the secret is, we can use it against Ning Yi.
However, it's too difficult to force her.
Luckily, Lingying is blind.
That's why I need you to do some acting with me.
You're so smart.
Your Highness, we're ready.
You're Lingying, right?
Who is it? Who are you?
Why did you bring me here?
Why?
I am Princess Shaoning.
Today, you have to tell me
everything about Ning Yi and his mother.
I don't know anything. I don't know.
-Then I'll have to kill you. -I'm just a maid. I...
Even if you kill me, I don't know.
I really don't know anything.
Who are you?
How dare you capture her?
-Prepare to die! -Let me explain.
Let's go.
-I really don't know... -Lingying.
Lingying, don't worry. I'm here.
Shaoning. Let Lingying go now.
Ning Yi.
You killed all my family members.
Today, I'm going to teach you how it feels.
-Guards! -No!
-Capture Ning Yi! -No!
I don't know anything. I really don't.
I don't know anything.
I really don't know anything.
Why?
To defeat Ning Yi.
To fulfill our goal.
Someone
has to sacrifice.
Someone
has to be sacrificed.
This is good too.
Now you can meet your dead brother.
SHAONING
Ning Qi.
You're the only one who is concerned about me.
Thank you, Ning Qi.
Shaoning.
I won't let you die in vain.
Your Highness.
Just as you predicted, Prince of Chu has left his residence.
Send someone to Qinglong Temple tomorrow.
Offer sacred offerings for 49 days
for Princess Shaoning.
Pray for her.
Do not be upset, Your Highness.
Defeating Prince of Chu was what the Princess always wanted.
I'll pray for her today.
But if I die one day,
who would pray for me then?
Your Highness, don't say that.
You're the true dragon. You'll seize power in the end.
Yes.
I've set off on a journey where I can't look back.
I shouldn't worry about things like this.
After I return to my residence, tell the leader of Huofeng Gang
-to prepare for the next step. -I will comply, Your Highness.
In this battle,
I must get rid of Ning Yi.
Is there anyone there?
Is there...
Lingying.
Come sit here.
Ning Zhuo, untie her.
Lingying, I'm Ning Yi.
-I'm Ning Yi. -Ning Yi?
You're Ning Yi?
Are you really Ning Yi?
I really am Ning Yi.
I am Ning Yi.
If you're Ning Yi...
You're Ning Yi...
You...
-Ning Yi. -Lingying.
I used to have your snacks all the time.
You said that even if you use the best goat milk,
without the rose thorns from Riluo Mountain,
it won't taste like home.
I really am Ning Yi.
Ning Yi.
Yes, that's me. Lingying.
Ning Yi.
I'm sorry you had to suffer.
Lingying.
Let me take you home.
Your Highness!
Princess Shaoning...
She's dead.
What?
Chief, this person is still alive.
Do you know who did this?
It was...
Prince of Chu.
My poor sister.
In your next lifetime, I hope you won't be born into royalty.
Your Highness, you should leave this place immediately.
If someone wants to frame me,
it's already too late.
I pay respect to Prince of Chu.
Since you're here to investigate, there's no need to bow to me.
This...
Prince of Chu.
Under these circumstances,
I don't think I can save you.
Prince of Chu, please give me an order.
What should I do with this?
Right now,
as you can see,
I'm the biggest suspect.
The others...
-Let them leave. -Your Highness.
Why are you getting yourself into trouble?
Everything happened because of this maid.
How about I take her away and ask her what happened?
Then I'll know what to do.
-Ning Cheng. -Yes, Your Highness.
Take Lingying back to my residence.
I shall, Your Highness.
Gu Yan.
When you talk about what happened here,
there was no Lingying.
You only saw me.
Do you understand?
I understand, Your Highness.
But...
I'm sorry, Your Highness.
Sorry?
You should feel sorry for my poor sister.
She gave her life for nothing.
Your Majesty.
My condolences, Your Majesty.
Your health is most important.
Ning Yi.
What do you have to say for yourself?
I know
that Shaoning had always resented you.
She caused you a lot of trouble.
I know all of this.
But she's your sister.
You...
Tell me now.
Did you...
Did you do this or not?
I have nothing to say.
That's all you have to say?
Shaoning is dead
and that's all you have to say?
I have
nothing to say.
Prince of Chu.
You shouldn't be stubborn at a time like this.
If you can explain yourself, do it now.
Explain?
Look at him.
Do you think he looks innocent?
-Zhao Yuan. -Yes, Your Majesty.
Stop defending him!
Yes, Your Majesty.
Please calm down, Your Majesty.
If you give me some time, I will find out what happened.
Gu Yan.
Take this bastard away and lock him up in Zongzheng Temple.
Your Majesty.
Your...
I will comply, Your Majesty.
I'll take my leave now.
Father.
Take care.
Your Majesty.
We must investigate the matter.
I'm worried this incident with Lingying
was manipulated by someone
to make it seem like Prince of Chu was the one who killed Princess Shaoning.
Even if Prince of Chu was framed,
do you remember the prophecy
in Overview of Dacheng?
"When one son lives, the others die."
Since Ning Yi got out of Zongzheng Temple,
I've lost my children one by one.
Maybe the prophecy is true.
But Your Majesty,
you and Ning Yi are bound by the Shuangsheng Spell.
He can't die.
We cannot let anything happen to him, Your Majesty.
Subtitle translation by Sophie Chang