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[General And I]
[Episode 53]
Yang Feng!
Yang Feng, what are you doing?
Ping Ting, let me die!
I've now become a burden to you.
I really don't want to be a burden to you.
As long as I live, I'll always be a burden to you.
Ping Ting, let me leave.
Just let me die!
Lower your voice.
Our children are still asleep.
What nonsense are you saying?
However hard or dangerous, there's nothing we can't overcome.
Ping Ting...
You could have left on your own, but now you have to keep me with you.
I'm even ill now.
Ping Ting.
I know that you're always good to me.
I know it deep down.
However, I really feel bad for you.
If I'm not around...
Yang Feng!
That's enough.
Enough of this nonsense.
You know deep down that I've always been good to you.
But why can't you see that all I want is to see you alive and well?
Can't you see that I want you to be the Yang Feng you once were?
Can't you see that I want you to care about yourself as you care about me?
Yang Feng.
Don't act foolishly.
It might be quick to take your life hanging from a sheet.
But have you thought about me?
Have you thought about Ze Qing?
He is your child.
You mustn't forget that you're a wife and a mother.
How can you be so foolish?
Have you forgotten about him?
Have you forgotten that you promised him to bring up Ze Qing?
Do you want Ze Qing to wake up in the morning and witness
the sight of his mother's corpse hanging from the beams?
Ping Ting... Ping Ting!
Yang Feng.
Yang Feng, be good.
Look at Ze Qing.
Look at how soundly our children are sleeping.
Have you thought of the children?
Could you really bear to have him survive
without his parents in such chaotic times?
Could you bear to see him so?
The Yang Feng that I know dared to turn down King of Yan's invitation
and even go against the queen.
She would travel all the way to Great Liang alone for the man she loves.
Just so that she could be with Ze Yin.
She was once someone who impressed me the most.
She was proud and unyielding.
She was decisive and resolute.
She knows what she wants for herself better than I would want for myself.
She isn't this timid and cowardly person who stands before me.
But there's nothing I'm capable of apart from playing the zither.
I'm now even down with this illness.
I don't know how long I can still live.
You already have too much on your hands.
You still have to take care of me and my son.
How could I shamelessly stay by your side and be a burden to you?
Yang Feng.
Have you forgotten how I pulled through?
In my most difficult time, you didn't give up on me.
Yet now, you would have me abandon you?
What does that make me?
Yang Feng.
I, Bai Ping Ting, do not fear death.
As long as I live, I shall surely keep you and Ze Qing safe.
Yang Feng.
Yang Feng, I need you too.
If you aren't by my side, I won't be able to stay strong either.
Ping Ting.
Even if it is just for me and the children...
Be a bit stronger, will you?
Be a bit stronger.
Ping Ting, I promise you...
I promise you that I'll stay alive and well.
I will stay alive and well.
- Quickly! - Faster!
- Quickly! - Quickly!
Run!
- Run! - Quickly!
Hurry up!
- Run! Quickly! - Here, keep up!
Quickly!
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Speak up.
Your Majesty, urgent report from Guangling City!
The main forces of Bai Lan's army bypassed Yangzhou.
They arrived at Jingkou last night.
Their auxiliary forces are in Zhenjiang.
Vanguard forces led by He Xia are no more than
10 miles away from Jiankang City now.
They are coming at us from both sides!
Great Jin is in grave danger.
Your Majesty, please leave the palace with me first.
I've already assigned 30 light riders.
Once Your Majesty gives the orders, we can set out tonight.
Your Majesty!
Look.
Do you see what this is?
Your Majesty, everything is ready.
We can leave the palace first.
It's just a temporary arrangement.
If Your Majesty likes this map, you can have the eunuchs roll it up
and take it with you.
This is a map of my territories.
My sovereign land.
Your Majesty!
This is but a map!
Let's set out now!
Set out?
No...
Prince of Zhenbei has yet to return to the court.
I can't leave yet.
Your Majesty!
Please reconsider, Your Majesty!
He Xia could attack the palace anytime now.
If Your Majesty lives, Great Jin lives.
Only if Jin State exists could Prince of Zhenbei exist.
Your Majesty!
He Xia's army is right outside the city.
We have no time to lose!
Your Majesty, please give orders to leave the palace with me.
General.
Present!
Today, can I entrust my life to you?
I swear to sacrifice this life for my king!
Convey my decree.
Abandon the palace.
I accept the decree!
Abandon the palace!
Soldiers of Bai Lan!
Jiankang City is right ahead of us!
Sharpen your blades and spears!
Charge forward with me!
Attack!
Quickly!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, let's leave.
Your Majesty!
Prince Consort, we couldn't find Sima Hong anywhere.
He's escaped?
Where could he go?
Once I've trampled across all lands, I'll eventually seek him out.
Yang Feng.
The medication is ready.
Come and take your medication.
This is prescribed by a miraculous doctor.
You'll be fine after taking it.
Godmother!
What is it, Ze Qing?
Someone's here to see you.
Chang Xiao.
This is a gold bracelet?
Is it nice?
It's really pretty.
Take it.
Can I show it to my mother?
Sure.
He's mischievous. Don't mind him.
Chang Xiao, why don't you play with your brother Ze Qing?
Yes!
Let's go! Off to play!
Lady Thirteen has come to visit. What brings you here?
I admire you greatly.
If we weren't in love with the same man, I think that we could have been friends.
Lady Thirteen is a very busy woman.
I'm sure that you're not here just to say such words to me.
Don't be nervous.
This is a clearance permit.
What do you mean?
The army of Bai Lan's main forces has already entered the city.
It's chaotic in the city now and there's an outbreak of plague.
It really isn't the place for a woman with her child to linger.
Therefore, I've pleaded for a clearance permit to see you off.
I'm grateful for your kindness.
But I can't accept a gift for no reason.
If that's all you're here for, please head back now.
Look at the situation you're in!
Is this the time to put dignity before the safety of others?
Moreover, that is your sister.
I've heard about her illness.
Her treatment can't be further delayed.
I've already hired a renowned doctor.
The doctor is waiting outside the city.
I've also prepared a carriage for you
as well as sufficient funds and medication for her illness.
All necessities are prepared.
Madam, you should pack up and set out right away.
Lady Thirteen of Jiaoyan Casino indeed.
Nothing escapes your keen observation and investigation.
You have everything covered up to the very last detail.
I'm too flattered, Madam.
I'm really honored to be held in such high regard by Madam.
However, how could I compare myself to you?
I'm already deeply grateful that you didn't expose what I did yesterday.
Mother!
I'm hungry!
Chang Xiao is so adorable.
He looks so much like him.
All right, Madam.
This isn't the place to linger.
Winding roads lead far into the world. Gods willing, we shall meet again.
Mother, who is she?
I don't know who she is either, but she shouldn't be a bad person.
The first toast is to our friends.
Jiaoyan Casino only grew to this scale
because of the support of the ones present today.
I, Dong Ding Nan, thank you all!
- Bottoms up! - Bottoms up!
The second toast...
To chaotic and turbulent times.
If there weren't any conflicts and competition
I couldn't possibly have met chivalrous warriors like you
gathered here all together.
- Bottoms up! - Bottoms up!
Unseal it!
What is all this money for?
- What is this for? - Exactly.
From tomorrow onward, I'll no longer be running Jiaoyan Casino.
For friends who wish to leave, you may take as much money as you want.
Whatever you take belongs to you.
- This is... - This...
How should we take it?
- Exactly. - Exactly.
As for those who aren't leaving and plan to stay here with me...
we'll raise our flags and set out to war tomorrow.
From now on, after this toast, we shall become sworn brothers.
Bound in brotherhood we will be!
We're willing to follow Master Dong through thick and thin!
Good!
The third toast is to ourselves!
- Bottoms up! - Bottoms up!
How is it?
It's all been arranged.
I'm just waiting to hear from you.
This is one dangerous task.
Once I set out, we might never see each other again.
I know that riches mean nothing to you.
Accept this jade pendant then.
Just treat it as a keepsake.
Thirteen.
I'll leave Jiaoyan Casino to you.
Take care.
I could never be you.
Without you, no matter how glamorous Jiaoyan Casino is
it's nothing more than a red-light district place.
Thirteen.
For all these years, I'm grateful that I had you.
Then why can't you stay?
Forget it.
Just think of it as my wishful thinking.
I always knew that the small Jiaoyan Casino couldn't hold you back.
It can't hold back a real man with zeal and passion coursing through his veins.
But I just didn't expect this day to arrive so soon.
Master Dong.
I'd like to address you differently.
Why are you so nervous?
I just want to address you as my brother.
I am the owner of Jiaoyan Casino now.
However...
I wish to ask you for a gift.
By all means, name it.
Should I ever make a mistake, I wish to be forgiven once.
The slick and capable Lady Thirteen of Yan is also scared of making mistakes?
However capable I am, I'm bound to make a mistake.
Will you agree to it or not?
You rarely ask anything of me.
How could I not agree to it?
It's her death anniversary tomorrow.
I've already prepared a horse for you.
Get some rest soon.
I'll take my leave now.
Warriors!
All of you are brothers who have followed my lead for years.
You have all laid low in Great Liang for two years because of me.
You concealed your names and took other jobs.
I should have let you all retire in wealth and comfort.
However, the army of Bai Lan has attacked and caused great suffering to the world.
You're no longer merchants of Jiaoyan Casino.
Those were the days of our merrymaking.
You're now the true warriors of Great Jin.
Today, we shall put on our armor once again.
We shall once again shed blood upon the battlefield.
Set out once again to war with me!
Bai Lan State is on a rampage.
Nature is unbiased!
It sees everything as if it were a ceremonial offering!
We can't hide from it!
My elite warriors of great might and valiance!
Can you fight with great might?
- Yes! - Yes!
Good!
You shall set out immediately.
Split up into 37 teams.
Take different routes through Bai Lan State.
You shall meet up at the border of Bai Lan and Jin.
Fight our way back to Great Jin!
Restore Great Jin to its glory!
Teach He Xia a lesson!
We'll show him what the army of Great Jin truly is!
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Miss, we've arrived.
Come quickly, Chang Xiao!
Mother, it's so beautiful here!
Miss Bai.
The doctor's house is right ahead.
I'll take the patient over there first.
Lady Thirteen told me to give this to you.
As of a broken mirror rejoined, a couple reunites.
I envy not the immortals, but the couple in love.
Never broken was the oath sworn upon the moon.
Wait not until your hair turns gray to do what is right.
Lady Thirteen said that she won't pass on your message.
You have to tell him in person.
Is Lady Thirteen married?
She's never been married.
Lady Thirteen also said that you should know where to find him.
I do.
Take care, Miss.
What is going on?
Who did she tell you to look for?
Yang Feng, don't worry.
They mean well.
She told me to look for Chu Bei Jie.
Ping Ting.
Whether you wish to be disturbed or not
here I come again.
For some reason, I just felt that you have never really left.
I can still hear you.
I can still smell you.
I can even taste you in this plum wine.
I actually went in search of the person who made this wine.
I had hoped that it was you.
However...
How is that possible?
It's been three years.
If you're still alive, how could you bear not to see me?
I remember you said that you admire the great masters
of our times for their literary skills and demeanor.
Some time ago, I made you a copy
of Ruan Bu Bing's "Poems from the bottom of my heart."
I'll read it to you.
"A day and then another night."
"A night and then another morning."
"My face changes from what it was."
"Vital spirits wear themselves away."
"As if my chest was burned by flames and scalded by boiling water"
"hence the changes in my appearance and mentality."
"The world is filled with endless issues."
"Troubled I am for the lack of wisdom."
"I'm afraid that should I die abruptly"
"my soul would vanish into thin air."
"I've lead my life as if treading on ice."
"Who would know of such panic in my mind?"
"A day and then another morning."
"An evening and then another morning."
"My looks and skin tone changed."
"My vitality dwindled."
"Sorrow overwhelms me as I gaze upon the wine."
"Memories of friends long gone haunt me."
"Not a word could be said as I drink."
"Grief and misery fills my heart."
Ping Ting.
Bei Jie.
Ping Ting, you've returned?
Ping Ting.
- It's been a long time. - Don't say a word.
Let me take a good look at you.
This isn't a dream?
This isn't a dream.
Exactly.
This isn't a dream.
I'm still alive.
Ping Ting.
Is this real?
You're alive?
Ping Ting.
Ping Ting, you really are alive.
Why haven't you looked for me in the past three years?
I'm sorry.
I thought that you could start a new life if you thought I was dead.
Who knew that...
Do you know...
Do you know how I pulled through the past three years?
Whenever I missed you, I would come here to talk to you.
I'm sorry.
You can hate me. You can hold a grudge against me.
I came here today not for any other reason.
I just couldn't bear to deceive you anymore.
I want you never to be upset because of me again.
I'm not worthy of it.
Will you leave me again?
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