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[Nirvana In Fire II]
[Episode 2]
[Old Hall Master Li of Jifeng Hall]
Faster.
Miss Lin.
How is Ping Zhang doing?
It all comes down to whether or not he can make it through tonight.
You've worked very hard today.
I'll stay by him tonight and you can get some rest.
The prince will have to pull through tonight.
Please allow me to stay by him instead.
I'll trouble Miss Lin then.
Ying, dress the wound again.
Your Highness.
The young prince...
Mentor.
He actually suffered the same wounds as Lin Shen did.
Indeed.
They both suffered the same injury.
[Lin Shen, god-brother of Xiao Ting Sheng]
Lin Shen didn't make it.
That wasn't your fault.
If I don't even trust your medical skills
who else can I trust?
Lin Xi is the most gifted of all my disciples.
She is far more outstanding that I was back then.
The prince's fever has gone down.
How is my brother doing?
His Highness is quite stable now.
Does this mean he's fine?
He will recover very soon?
I don't know.
What do you mean?
You're a doctor.
If you've done your best, how could you not know?
The gravest misconception that most people have of doctors
is that they assume we are deities.
If patients can't be saved
it must be that the doctors didn't do their best.
It's said in the capital that
the second young master of Changlin Manor was educated at Langya Hall.
I thought he must be refined and extraordinary.
Now that I've met him...
There's nothing more to him than this.
Your Highness, please set your mind at ease.
What happened 20 years ago won't repeat itself.
God bless Great Liang.
It must be God's will.
Thank you, Brother Li.
Father!
Old Hall Master Li.
Father.
What made you rush all the way here?
Datong Prefecture's ships sank.
The military supplies shipping on the left canal are gone.
The battle at Gan Province has been going on for 20 days.
That's unusual.
It means Great Yu State won't stop until they take down Gan Province.
Yet the supplies to Ping Zhang were cut off.
The reinforcements are far away.
Hence, Gan Province must be in peril.
What can you do by rushing over here?
I--
Your Highness.
All right now.
I still have many military affairs to handle.
Keep your brother company while you're here.
Yes.
The left, right wing, and the rear are all stable now.
The royal armed forces of Great Yu State retreated from Plum Ridge.
We didn't manage to hold on to them.
We have lost many men in the battle of Gan Province.
Although Great Yu is fully prepared for this southern conquest
their main armed forces are yet to be sent in.
The northern frontier will know no peace for the next few years.
Acting upon Your Highness's orders
all military camps are to stay highly alert and vigilant.
Great Yu came at us with such might but was hindered.
In a short time frame, they won't take serious actions.
Ask Military Adviser Ning to draft an official appeal.
After I've read it
report to His Majesty regarding the battle at the northern frontier.
Yes!
Xi.
Mentor.
You met the second young master of Changlin for the first time?
I wonder if he is just as you thought he would be?
I'm not concerned with what sort of person he is.
I never imagined what he would be like.
That isn't what I meant.
It's just that I think you...
Let him take this.
Get some rest and don't move around.
Miss Lin.
That day, I...
Miss Lin, take a look.
Ying, bring me the Fuxi Powder.
Yes, I'll bring it right away.
Miss Lin, I spoke rudely that day.
I've offended you.
My father has reprimanded me.
My brother is now getting better because of your medical skills.
I am truly grateful.
I heard from my father
that Old Hall Master Li was once a military physician in our army.
Have you heard him mention the past?
Sir, you're blocking the light.
Miss Lin.
Give it to him once a day.
Yes.
I brought this medicine with me from Mount Langya.
It might be of some use to you.
I won't need it.
You won't need it?
What kind of a doctor are you?
This is Mount Langya's Chuyu Pill.
Do you know how many--
That is for nourishment.
Keep it for yourself.
Keep it for myself?
Girl! Is that how you should speak to me?
Dong Qing...
Present.
Show me the military report.
Yes.
Father...
Lie back down.
You're severely wounded.
You've been unconscious for two days and only just woke up from a coma.
Stop reading these reports.
It drains your energy.
- Father... - Yes?
Judging from the current armed forces that Great Yu deployed to this battle
more than half of them focused on attacking
the left defensive line of Gan Province.
Father, don't you find that strange?
Indeed, you've led our elite soldiers to fortify Gan Province.
It shouldn't be where they would focus on attacking.
Yet Great Yu did.
It is as if they are well aware that your supplies were cut off.
However, our supply boats were sunk within our territory.
How would our enemy know that?
What matters the most now is to have you nursed back to health.
As for these matters, I'll take care of them.
Don't think about them too much.
It seems that you are here to talk to me about other matters.
Ping Zhang.
Ping Jing told me that you rode through the night to Langya Hall
before you headed to Gan Province?
Is that so?
Father.
I asked a question.
And this... This holds the answer that Langya Hall gave me.
Father, have you read it?
I don't have to read it.
It's you.
After reading the answer
what exactly do you think about it?
Since I left Langya Hall
my thoughts have been a mess.
But I don't have much time to ponder it carefully.
Until that day when I was shot...
When I thought that I would never see you or Xiao Xue or Ping Jing again
I suddenly felt...
I knew it more clearly than ever.
Whatever happened in the past doesn't matter anymore.
It's just that I now understand you ever better...
much more than I did in the past.
I remember how you both were when you were little.
You had such different temperaments.
Ping Jing was cheerful and thought outside the box.
He was afraid of nothing.
The former emperor and His Majesty both prefer him.
But you know that I favor you more.
Papa!
I know that you favor Ping Zhang more.
But you don't have to say it when I get here.
It's been years already.
Do you think I wouldn't know that you have a favorite?
Compare yourself to your brother!
Tell me.
What's wrong with favoring him more?
Father.
You're still occupied with military affairs.
Since Ping Jing is already here
let him keep me company.
All right.
Ping Zhang.
There's no rush in dealing with the issue at Datong Prefecture.
Your health comes first.
The military reports...
You mustn't keep reading them.
Yes.
I sneaked a peek at the report Father sent to the capital.
In addition to reporting on the result of the battle
he also mentioned his doubts about Datong Prefecture's sunken ships.
He asked His Majesty to send an envoy over to investigate.
Since Father has made the arrangements, I can set my mind at ease.
Informing the capital counts as having made arrangements?
Ping Zhang, seriously?
If not, what do you expect me to do?
I don't want to listen to all these trifling matters!
Tell me how Ping Zhang is.
How is his injury?
What did the military physician say?
Why isn't there a detailed report on it?
Your Majesty.
Please do not worry, Your Majesty.
With Your Majesty's blessings
the young prince of Changlin will be fine.
It's just that he's currently down with some external injuries.
It's best for him not to travel anytime soon.
According to my brother's military report
the left defensive line in Gan Province
has been cut off from supplies for a month.
What is this about?
Your Majesty...
The canal of Datong Prefecture is very narrow.
Its current is fast and strong.
That night, there was a sudden rainstorm.
The wind was too strong.
Therefore... the ships were sunk in an accident.
Did the officials shipping the supplies make it back?
All accompanying officials were killed in the accident.
Has this been investigated?
Did the local authorities put it on record and have it investigated?
Were any reports sent to the capital?
Were there?
Your Majesty, after the ships sank
Datong Prefecture was occupied with sourcing more supplies.
Therefore... they have yet to see to the reports.
The officials of Datong Prefecture who were in charge are all dead
and the local authorities have yet to investigate it.
You haven't even left the capital once!
Song Fu, how did you come to the conclusion that it was an accident?
Your Majesty, I've misspoken out of anxiety.
Please forgive me, Your Majesty!
My health has deteriorated.
Therefore, I haven't been as strict as I used to be with political issues.
Now I'm the one who has let my brother down.
Your Majesty!
This is our fault.
Please appease your anger, Your Majesty.
Please don't be angry, Your Majesty.
Brother Li, we haven't seen each other for years.
Who would have known that we'd reunite in Gan Province?
I've meant to visit you.
I wanted to invite you over to catch up on old times.
It's just...
There's too much to be done and I couldn't find time for it.
I was also a military man.
It couldn't have been easy for Your Highness
to get a moment to yourself.
After you.
Once people get older, we tend to bring up the past.
Brother Li, please.
Good tea.
Back then, the three of us...
My eldest sworn brother Lu Yuan, me, and the youngest, Lin Shen.
The three of us stuck together through thick and thin.
Mister Mei had us rescued from the Yeyou Yard.
We studied and practiced together.
Then we served in the army together.
But I was the only one who survived.
Your Highness, you've never once let your sworn brothers down.
At least, I still see the second young master
carrying the engagement token on him.
Ping Jing, son of Changlin Manor.
He was born to fight on the battlefield.
My third sister-in-law couldn't bear the loss of her husband
and didn't want this engagement.
She refused to have her daughter marry into a military family.
I can understand how she must have felt.
Shen, I understand what is on your mind.
Your sister-in-law wrote me to say that she has given birth to a son.
He is only three months younger than your daughter.
If you consent to it, we'll seal this engagement.
I made this Changlin locket for my son.
We'll use this as an engagement token.
Shen, accept it.
But she... She shouldn't have taken the child without saying a word.
I really felt...
I felt guilty for not fulfilling my brother's last wish.
Your Highness, you sent so many people to look for them.
If both mother and daughter were out wandering in their own
how could they not be found?
Since their tracks were covered, someone must have taken them in.
They wouldn't have suffered any hardship.
I hope that's true.
I hope it is as you said.
Although Your Highness is keen to keep your promise
His Majesty won't allow the second young master to keep waiting?
His Majesty has agreed to give Ping Jing one more year.
If there is still no news of her...
His Majesty will then take over the arrangement of his marriage.
How is it?
It's all right.
It's so hard to get those words out of your mouth.
Ping Zhang, I'm not being timid.
It's just that nightmare was simply too terrifying.
I didn't dare to stop along the way and I exhausted three horses.
When I finally got here, I saw you drenched in blood.
I really couldn't take it.
That was why I was so rude.
But after all, I never meant it.
You won't take it to heart, right?
Ping Zhang, look.
She keeps giving me that face.
I know that she healed you.
It can't be right of me to offend her.
That's why I went to apologize to her so many times already.
But she didn't pay any attention to me.
That girl is so petty.
Can you blame her?
Once you open your mouth, you never know when to stop.
If I were her, I'd be annoyed with you as well.
All right, we won't talk about this now.
Ping Zhang, I have a serious matter to discuss with you.
Your Highness has determined that the sinking of the supply ships
from Datong Prefecture couldn't possibly be an accident?
I served in the army for years.
Life and death is no longer a concern of mine.
The battle of Gan Province was tragic.
I'm afraid... there's a reason for it.
Although in war, there are always losses and gains.
It is shameful to have stabbed someone in the back.
It is unforgivable.
Your Highness, you wish to...
investigate it further?
If I don't get to the bottom of this case
how am I to answer to the soldiers who died in this battle?
You wish to go to Datong Prefecture?
Everyone knows that such a case will surely be investigated
but even though the imperial envoy seems all dignified and impressive
he might not be able to seek out the truth in the end.
If you think you'll be able to figure it out, won't Father be able to?
Whatever arrangement His Majesty made in the capital
we'll send our men from the northern frontier to investigate anyway.
The key lies in who you should send!
The factor in a secret investigation is how secretive it can be.
Ping Zhang, you're out of the question.
You're injured and you'll draw too much attention to yourself.
You won't make it.
Although Father has a great many outstanding commanders
which of them is a match for my spontaneity and combat skills?
This matter concerns that of the six ministries.
It is very complicated.
Ping Jing isn't in the army.
He is the best choice for this secret investigation.
Your Highness, you're really not worried about sending Ping Jing there alone?
Is he not taking any bodyguards with him?
If Ping Jing were to bring any men with him from the northern frontier
I'm afraid his tracks would be discovered.
Your Highness, I have an idea.
Do tell.
Doesn't Father always listen to you?
Ping Zhang, just let me do it.
Although I'm not as prudent as you
I've fought in battles and traveled in the fighter's world.
Whatever dark secret lies behind this case, I'll surely--
Although I know that you're a better choice than anyone else
and it isn't that I can't send you on this mission
you have to agree to two conditions first.
Whatever you ask of me.
You study in Langya Hall so there aren't many who can hurt you.
However, conducting a secret investigation all by yourself
anything could happen.
I hope you won't forget that even though it's important to seek out the truth
your safety must always be your top priority.
Yes.
Second, Great Liang is a nation of law and order.
Although creative methods are allowed
you must not lose your sense of propriety.
Once you seek out the truth and attain the evidence
the imperial court will uphold justice.
You mustn't take matters into your own hands in a moment of rage.
I understand your every word.
Brother Li, you'd allow Miss Lin to accompany him on this task
so that they can watch out for each other on the way?
Do rest assured.
I might not be of much help
but I still have a few people to run some errands in Datong Prefecture.
If that is so, I'm very much relieved.
I'll trouble you with this then.
Xi.
Mentor.
Jifeng Hall has lost five doctors overnight
in Datong Prefecture's shipwreck.
I believe that you had told me you wanted to head over there
to take care of the situation?
However, the young prince is now under my care.
I should finish what I started.
You're right.
The situation at Datong Prefecture can't be as simple as it seems.
Doctor Qi isn't as prudent as you are.
Having given it some thought, I can only feel at ease if you're there.
Lin Xi shall obey Mentor's orders.
The crisis of Gan Province stemmed from that canal where the ships sank.
His Highness will also send someone to investigate it.
If you meet him, you must do your best to assist him.
Yes, I understand.
That's the right thing to do.
All right, you should get some rest soon.
I've given you so many reminders. I hope that you can keep them all in mind.
Your brother said that you're serious about taking on this mission.
You must get this done.
Father, fret not.
However well calculate a plan is, as long as it's thought up by men
there will always be a flaw.
I won't disappoint you.
Whoever the instigator might be
or whatever his position and reason
I dare him to get out of this unscathed for landing my brother in such danger.
You can make sound as if it is a vendetta of Royal Changlin Manor.
The supplies were cut off and hence the frontier was in peril.
Someone could have also colluded with foreign states.
This is a serious state affair.
It must be thoroughly investigated.
I don't care about all those politically correct reasons.
Although this is an official mission
it is also surely a personal feud.
Father, why bother fussing over that?
He's spent so much time with Old Hall Master Lin in Langya Hall.
He certainly grew up to have such a temperament.
However, he isn't entirely wrong.
Whoever is behind this
he must not get away unscathed.
His Majesty has assigned an envoy and a deputy envoy
to set out to Datong Prefecture soon to investigate the shipwreck.
Royal Changlin Manor proposed a joint investigation.
His Majesty has already consented to it.
Master Song...
As a high-ranking official of the imperial court
you're indebted to His Majesty's benevolence.
How could you not know where to draw the line?
Would Great Yu State really send in massive armed forces in the south?
I'm afraid I'm not the only one who didn't expect that.
Master Xun, you didn't expect that either?
Even so, all I did was to tamper with a few things.
I had only planned to stall the supplies for a few days.
Why were all three ships sunk?
How did the canal get blocked for almost half a month?
I don't know what actually happened.
You don't know?
Now that it has come to this
are you just going to call it an accident?
At the northern frontier, Great Yu only attacked Gan Province.
Can that be just a coincidence?
I've served in the imperial court for almost a decade.
I'm blessed to be serving His Majesty.
My family is highly respected and we live in great wealth.
What would I benefit from colluding with a foreign state?
Who have you told about what you tampered with on the ships?
My assistant, Mister Qin.
He was in charge of contacting Datong Prefecture.
Then there are a few others who ran errands for me.
Other than them, no one else knew about it.
Of course, there's also you, Master Xun.
That is already a long list of people.
I never expected things to take such a turn.
Now, the northern frontier is unstable.
Young prince of Changlin is severely injured.
Changlin Manor is too occupied to handle this matter.
I think that you should get rid of what you handle right now.
[Inn]
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