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[General And I]
[Episode 5]
Prince of Zhenbei asked me to bring these to you.
In addition, he told me to tell you that it's the second night.
In Great Jin, if a man truly wishes to marry a woman
he will remain celibate for her three days in a row.
[20 years ago]
You're awake?
I've written you a prescription.
Try and get your medication soon according to the prescription.
Take it regularly and you should... get well in about six months.
You mustn't move.
You have to recuperate and rest well.
Sir, thank you for saving my life.
Thank you, our savior!
May I ask for your name?
Chu Bei Jie will surely repay your kindness!
Your name is Chu Bei Jie?
Father.
I found plenty of ribbon bush.
Yes.
Bear this in mind.
From this day forth, we must never meet again.
You're not to come looking for us either.
Will you remember that?
- But sir... - Enough!
Those medicinal herbs will relieve your mother's symptoms.
Go and get them decocted.
- Kill her! - Burn her to death!
- Quickly! - Kill her!
- Burn her to death! - Kill that woman!
It's that woman in this tent!
She brought plague upon us!
- Burn her! - It isn't so! It isn't like that!
Please calm down!
Hear me out!
The plague! It wasn't brought here by that woman!
I can also treat your illnesses!
Believe me!
Why should we believe you?
Burn him! Burn him!
Father!
They are setting fire to the tent! Hurry up and save them!
Mother.
Mother, bad news!
The tent is on fire! Get up quickly!
Burn them to death!
Quickly!
- Burn them to death! - Run!
Hurry!
- Quickly! - Burn them to death!
Mother!
Father!
Father...
Our savior!
- Mother! - Father!
Fear not, my daughter.
I'm all right.
- Father! - Our savior...
We have implicated you.
Madam...
Do not blame yourself.
This is all destined to be.
I knew that I would come across such a mishap.
There is no running from it.
- Father! - Our savior!
Although I don't know who you are...
Your child...
He will become...
He will become a huge threat to Yan State.
By right, I should have him killed.
But I can't go against the will of the gods.
Leave now.
From this day on, don't bring up what happened today.
Father!
Chu Yu kowtows and thanks our savior for saving our lives.
We can only repay your kindness in our next lives.
All right.
If no one else followed us here
you should leave as soon as you can.
I have nothing to repay you with.
I don't have anything valuable while traveling out here alone.
This one hairpin I have will now be given to your daughter.
May she be blessed with safety and remain carefree for all of her life.
Chu Bei Jie...
It actually is you.
Destiny...
This night turns out to be so hard to pull through...
Chu Bei Jie...
I'm afraid that there won't be a third night for us.
Your Majesty.
Rain is drenching his clothes.
Allow me to talk him out of it.
Let him do as he pleases.
Your Majesty, the 200 imperial guards failed to hold Prince of Zhenbei back.
He is now heading toward the execution grounds.
Rascal!
[Criminal: Bai Ping Ting] Carry out the execution!
Why are you still here after the execution?
Where is she?
Spare me, hero!
Where is her corpse?
The corpse?
It was sent to the tailor at the market to sew the head back on.
Then they will drag it to be buried in a mass grave.
[Zheng's Tailor Shop]
Hero!
Where is she?
That... That's the one.
[Gongsun Residence]
[King of Yan, Murong Su]
Brother Murong!
Brother Sima!
Welcome!
Thank you.
Did I keep you waiting for too long?
If it were someone else, I wouldn't wait even a moment longer.
Has all gone well on the journey?
I have the assistance of Great Jin's king.
It surely went well.
Brother Sima, is this not...
You're right.
This is the territory of Great Yan.
How is it?
Isn't this quite delicately made?
However, I had to get this readjusted recently.
Brother Murong, what do you think?
I'm willing to share 10 copper mines with you
to thank Brother Sima for settling civil unrest for Great Yan.
I'm afraid that Brother Murong hasn't quite settled into your throne.
I've recently heard that He Xia is still alive.
He's going around wreaking havoc with the remnants of his household.
It terrified the people of Great Yan.
He is but a spent force. It's hopeless for him.
There's nothing to worry about with them fooling around.
Brother Sima shouldn't have to worry about such trivialities.
However, the maidservant with the surname Bai that you mentioned...
Where is she now?
Since she is the person Brother Murong is after
I'll surely let you take her away safely.
I just can't help but wonder who this Miss Bai is.
King of Yan is actually willing to
exchange five more copper mines for her.
Your Majesty of Great Jin.
You're taking it a bit too far.
She is still in my hands.
Whether you get to take her with you depends on your sincerity.
King of Yan is indeed meant to be a king.
You love your lands and even more the beauty.
I'm very impressed.
Where is she?
She is on her way here.
Fret not.
[Private residence outside the palace]
You made it here faster than I expected.
I beseech Your Majesty to tell me the truth.
Is Bai Ping Ting dead or alive?
Wasn't she already taken to the execution grounds?
I thought that you'd seen the corpse.
That wasn't Bai Ping Ting.
This was just a setup planned by Your Majesty all along.
I can tell you that the woman you love isn't dead.
However, to me and Great Jin, that bewitching spy of Yan State is dead.
I exchanged a dead person for 15 copper mines with King of Yan.
I am quite pleased with such a result.
I knew that Bai Ping Ting isn't dead.
Did Your Majesty swap her in secret?
Perhaps we should say that Bai Ping Ting had herself swapped.
Do you not fear me?
Your Majesty is a true son of the dragon.
The gods are protecting you.
Evil spirits are to stay away.
What do I have to fear?
You're indeed one interesting woman.
I don't wish to cause Prince of Zhenbei sorrow.
It's just that you had exposed your true identity in court.
You have to die.
Furthermore, you have to die before the public.
For all to see.
Hearing such words from Your Majesty, it seems that my life is in no danger.
I wonder what terms King of Yan has negotiated with Your Majesty.
You truly are very intelligent.
You could even make out the purpose of my visit.
However, what baffles me is
how King of Yan found out that you're in my hands.
Do you know who notified him?
Even if I did, I wouldn't tell Your Majesty.
Moreover, I also know that you can't bear to give up the terms of this deal.
As for this matter, I hope that Your Majesty won't probe into it.
Sure.
Since you're so smart, I won't beat around the bush.
If you wish to stay alive
you must never see Prince of Zhenbei again.
I am also well aware of that.
Your Majesty's sincere kindness toward Prince of Zhenbei is impressive.
If only King of Yan had a fraction of your kindness toward Prince of Jing An
Great Yan wouldn't have ended up being toyed with by others now.
How is any trust and distrust formed without a cause?
It's just that some matters aren't worth mentioning to others.
Speak up.
Do you have a way to save yourself?
The rain will clear up tomorrow.
I'm afraid of the sun at noon.
I hope to have the execution held at five in the morning.
That witch must not live!
- This is abominable! - Exactly!
- She should be killed! - Exactly! She should!
She should be killed!
- She should! - This is so maddening!
She must not live to harm others.
- She must be killed. - Kill her!
She must not live.
It isn't rare to have one substitute for another.
But to have it done before a crowd
we would need to get the timing right.
Carry out the execution!
[Criminal: Bai Ping Ting]
At times... one's shadow plays the best disguise.
If everything goes well
Bai Ping Ting should be on Murong Su's carriage now.
That means that the executioner, the tailor, and the daggers
were to confuse me?
I needed to stall for time.
Stop right there!
You are not to go after her.
If you do, you will be regarded as a traitor.
Please forgive me, Your Majesty.
I have to do so.
You can punish me when I get back!
Bei Jie!
I've saved you.
Don't I even get a word of gratitude?
You must have known that Great Jin is recruiting soldiers
for a second conquest up north.
You panicked?
Now that Prince of Jing An's clan is wiped out
there's no one in Yan State who could take General Chu on anymore.
You came here personally today.
It seems that you're at your wit's end.
Just what great benefits have you given Sima Hong?
Even the thought makes your heart ache?
You only have yourself to blame.
You got rid of your own shield way too early.
My shield?
You're referring to Prince of Jing An's Manor?
Prince of Jing An's Manor might be the shield of Great Yan
but not mine.
My shield is just here before my very eyes.
I want your military manual.
Stop!
What is going on?
I'm here to take back what's mine!
- It really is him. - It's He Xia!
He Xia?
Kill him!
How many men do you have in the woods?
3,000 imperial guards.
- Sister Ping Ting! - Get lost!
- Alert the imperial guards now! - Yes!
Protect the king!
Don't let him get away!
Chu Bei Jie?
Sister Ping Ting, are you all right?
Sister Ping Ting!
Ping Ting, run!
Why should I leave with you?
Young Master, for all those times we ran into each other
did you ever care if I lived?
You...
If it weren't for you, how could King of Yan know where I was?
I...
Now that I already belong to Prince of Zhenbei
and I am now Princess Consort of Zhenbei
I just want you dead.
Leave now.
Leave quickly.
- Now. - I...
Capture the woman alive!
Yes!
Young Master, leave now!
I will stall them!
Ping Ting!
We have to leave now!
You...
Rescue Prince of Zhenbei quickly!
Get ready to retreat!
Get up here.
Hey...
Hey!
Hey...
His pulse is sporadic.
Don't move!
It hurts.
I'm sorry.
I...
It's all right.
This is very nice.
If you could stay so obedient
I'd quite like to get stabbed by you a few more times.
Ping Ting...
Don't run away from me again.
Do you know that we are destined to be together?
- I am your... - You're Great Jin's Prince of Zhenbei!
I am Great Yan's maidservant.
That still remains a fact that can't be changed.
What is there that can't be changed?
I had planned to rescue you from the execution grounds today
and then roam freely all over the world with you.
I have nothing.
Who am I to make you give up so much for me?
I'll speak the words I have to say very slowly.
You must listen carefully.
I don't wish to lose you again.
Not to mention this wound...
Even if I have to endure all sorts of torture
it's worthwhile as long as it keeps you alive.
In this lifetime, I will love only you, Bai Ping Ting.
I, Chu Bei Jie, dare to make an oath to the moon
that I shall never betray you.
This is the third night.
I have stayed celibate for you for three nights in a row.
It is so you would know that you are not alone.
You have me.
What are you talking about?
I can't understand it.
You're too badly wounded.
You're just uttering nonsense.
I should go and get you some medicinal herbs.
Don't leave!
- Let go of me! - I'm fine!
All right.
I won't pick any herbs.
But I have to get some firewood.
It's so cold.
We will both freeze to death.
Promise me?
You won't escape again.
All right, I promise.
I'm just going to gather some firewood.
I won't run away.
What took you so long?
I told you not to move.
You're badly wounded.
It isn't safe for a woman to be out on the mountain at night.
What's not safe about it?
I've traveled with my young master to war since I was young.
It's just what I would normally do.
Don't tell me about you and him!
Your pulse is still sporadic.
You should worry more about yourself.
I stabbed very deep.
It's fortunate enough that you're still alive.
How do you feel right now?
You're concerned about me?
Who's concerned about you?
It's best that you die.
If only you were just an ordinary man...
how wonderful that would be.
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