Come here. Where do you think you're going? I got you. Your Majesty, Miss Zheliu is really good. Look at this cute little thing. It's alive and kicking again. Does that rabbit have magic power that all of you are so enchanted that you've forgotten what's important? Your Majesty, most people are mediocre like me who muddle along from day to day while you, Your Majesty, are born a leader to reshape this world . . Stop running around. - Your Majesty. - Go on. Physician Li of the Imperial Hospital requests an audience. What 's he here for? I can send him away. Let him in. Come here. Greetings, Your Majesty. ? Your Majesty, it's Consort Shurong. She's ill. How so? It's... it's her hand. It's been treated but it won't be as good as new. I'm afraid... Didn't the treatment work? What else could you do if you failed to cure a little cut? We've done everything we can but Consort Shurong is still carving every day. Without enough rest, her hand will... Your Majesty, we... we'd better do something about it. Your Highness, you're carving nonstop. That's bad for your hand. Please! I'm begging you to take a break. We're really worried about you. Please stop for our sake. - Your Majesty - Your Majesty! - Greetings, Your Majesty. - Greetings, Your Majesty. Rise. How many Dragon Tail Pendants have you made? More than half. It'll only take 10 more days to finish all of them. as a joke. I didn't expect you'd take it seriously. I'm a woman of my word. I'd never joke about promises. Too bad, those stained with blood look dirty. I'm going to wash my hands and start over. Stop! What are you up to? To make yourself one-handed so that they'll call me mean and heartless? Enough of this grandstanding! Don't make a scene! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I' m sorry, Your Majesty! I swear Consort Shurong didn't mean to injure you! Spare us, Your Majesty! Guards! Consort Shurong is disobedient due to the incitement of her maids. Take those two lowlifes away and flog them to death. - Spare us, Your Majesty! - Have mercy on us, Your Majesty! We don't regret dying for you, but I'm sorry to leave you alone, Your Highness! Take care! Do take care of yourself, Your Highness! Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Hold on. I didn't mean to offend you. There's something I'd like to show you. Please allow me to fetch it. I swear to Dragon Tail if I mean any harm, I shall die miserably and be abandoned by god. When I first arrived in Dazheng and met you, I held a grudge because I felt abandoned and lonely and that my life was never easy. But now... My grudge is gone because I realize your life isn't t any better either. You're deprived of happiness and so am I. Unlike Zizan, I'm not your love and I didn't get to know you. But I made another Dragon Tail Pendant to keep yours company if it's any comfort to you. This one is clean. There's no blood on it. Why do you keep ripping off my scab? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you? Dragon Tail blessings all of us. If you decide to take my life, I'll accept that as my fate. But please let go of the innocent. I don't need this pendant. You can stop finishing those 30,000 Dragon Tail Pendants. Your Majesty, what about those two maids? Take them and Consort Shurong back to Yu'an Palace. Yes. Zizan, . Tilan at the South Palace yesterday. Even she could tell how lonely I was. She said life is hard. It is, really. You two have nothing in common except for the look. the right thing. To be a good emperor, a good husband, and a good father to the day I die. But without you, all that seems impossible no matter how hard I've tried. Zizan, I know you'd want me to go on with this journey, but I don't think I can go through it alone. Your Majesty, news came back that Boot Camp would soon join Huangquan Battalion. I see. It's recorded that when the last emperor of Duan, Mu Yunsheng , had to give up Tianqi on a windy autumn day, fire broke out somewhere after noon, lighting up 100 miles by the next dawn. I was thinking it was on a day like this that the whole city got burned down overnight. (Virtuous, Diligent, Pleasant and Quiet) I'm assuming that you didn't entrust me with the ritual only to review history here. Zizan once said she loved the golden autumn days in Tianqi most. According to her, gold symbolized thriving and prosperity. The golden sunset is beautiful. “Girls picking water chestnuts are singing. The smoke is rising from chimneys at sunset”. The sun goes up and down every day. Only ordinary people are entitled to have hope. What's your point? ? I wouldn't dare, Your Majesty. We're born into this family without much control over our fate, so we shouldn't expect more. Better let go of what doesn't belong to us. Don't you agree? Jianming, the old you would never say that. Since when did you become so pessimistic? If you could let go of everything, would there be anything left in your heart? Yes. I'd still have my calling. Your Majesty, look over there. The afterglow and the sky seem to have blended into one another at a far distance. But can they actually be together? However close they seem, the distance in between is infinite. Ever since Dazheng was established, every emperor has made the leader of the Fang Family of Liushang his Baixi. As far as I'm concerned, expectations and intimacy will do no good to everyone. If your elder brothers and mine were still alive, I wouldn't be here with the crown... You 're the chosen one, Your Majesty. But no one has bothered to ask me if I want to be chosen. The truth is, I don't. I've never intended to have you as my Baixi. I chose to be it . That was my own decision.
