A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
ADAPTED FROM TIANXIA GUIYUAN'S NOVEL HUANG QUAN
EPISODE 60
All right.
I'm back in Zongzheng Temple now.
You can leave now.
Your Highness, Chief Gu ordered us to arrange everything for you.
No need for that.
I've stayed here for eight years. It's like my second home.
I'm just coming home. I don't need to be taken care of.
You may leave.
I'd like a few private words with my Chief Guard.
Is that allowed?
About the matter you're investigating, have you made any progress?
Your Highness,
I haven't found out the men in black who kidnapped Lingying were,
but I know something else.
Feng Zhiwei is in trouble.
Her whereabouts are unknown.
The world is unpredictable.
I planned for everything, but I forgot about Jin Siyu's greed.
Initially, for Feng Zhiwei, for her safety,
I chose to stay away from her.
Now she has been captured.
It's all my fault.
Do you mean that Feng Zhiwei was captured by Jin Siyu?
-I have to save her. -No.
I must end this myself.
But right now...
It's not easy to get out of Zongzheng Temple.
Would the person who killed Shaoning want to see me stay here obediently?
What are you going to do?
Lady, don't be afraid.
I don't have any weapons.
Just like you, I've been locked up here.
I'm scared too.
I just want to talk to you.
Can you tell me who you are?
I know this place belongs to Prince of An, Jin Siyu.
If you are a prisoner of Prince of An, the less you know, the safer you'll be.
If you're not a prisoner,
would you really believe whatever I say?
You're right.
I'm a prisoner of Prince of An.
I'm Jiarong from the Riluo Tribe.
If you don't want to tell me more, I'll stop asking.
But...
I'm guessing you're from Jinshi.
Am I right?
It seems like
you know that Prince of An attacked Jinshi.
A few days ago, it got busy in here.
I was locked in the dungeons, but they brought so many prisoners back,
that they ran out of space.
That's why I was brought here.
Did you see the prisoners?
Were they punished?
Your Highness, everything is set according to your plan.
In three days,
we'll be able to create a distraction and help you escape from Zongzheng Temple.
Lady, I'd like to ask you a question.
Is the Queen of Jinshi originally from Tiansheng?
Yes.
Jiarong, do you have family or friends in Tiansheng?
I heard that one of the Emperor of Tiansheng's favorite consorts
was from the Riluo Tribe.
If it weren't for the Emperor of Tiansheng,
I wouldn't be here right now.
Your fate is quite similar to that of the Queen.
If it weren't for the Emperor of Tiansheng,
she wouldn't have been married to Jinshi...
-Or been captured. -The Queen's been captured?
Have you seen her?
I heard the guards say
that Prince of An was giddy over capturing the Queen of Jinshi.
Do you know where she is?
The guards said
that the Prince sent someone to Tiansheng to find out more about her.
When he confirms her identity,
he'll release the other prisoners.
Maybe you'll be able to leave this place soon.
Will the Prince be that kind?
I don't think so.
You, get out here.
-What are you doing? -Let go of me!
Jiarong.
Do you have good news to tell me?
Your Highness,
the woman only said she's from Jinshi.
She won't tell me anything else.
What did she say when she heard that the Queen of Jinshi was captured?
She didn't say much.
She was curious about where the Queen was.
What did you say?
I just said that I never saw the Queen.
I didn't say anything else.
Jiarong.
Jiarong,
do you remember what I said to you a few days ago?
I wouldn't dare forget. Please, Your Highness.
That woman doesn't trust me.
That's your problem.
You aren't a good actress.
Let me help her, then.
Please, Your Highness.
-Your Highness! -Come.
Prisoners of Jinshi, listen up!
If you don't tell us who the Queen, Feng Zhiwei, is,
I will kill one prisoner every few hours.
You.
Last chance.
Who is the Queen of Jinshi, Feng Zhiwei?
-I'm the Queen of Jinshi, Feng Zhiwei! -I'm the Queen of Jinshi, Feng Zhiwei!
If you both say that you're the Queen of Jinshi,
I'll have to treat you the same.
Here.
Let's drink to welcome you here.
This is fine wine.
Why?
Don't you even dare to drink wine?
You're quite humorous, Prince of An.
At Baitou Cliff,
we saw you lead many soldiers,
yet we were not afraid.
No wonder you call yourself the Queen of Jinshi.
You have quite the nerve.
Not afraid, were you?
Yet, as the leader of your army,
you were locked up in Puyuan.
That's not exactly glorious, is it?
We're just fragile women.
We defeated 100,000 of your men with 30,000 Jinshi soldiers.
Even though we ended up here,
I'm sure the people of Jinshi would be proud of us.
How dare you?
Whether you're the Queen of Jinshi or not,
you're just prisoners in the Prince's palace.
How dare you say such things?
With a leader like that, no wonder the servants are so rude.
We're being hosted by Prince of An, yet this servant is yelling at the guests.
I guess this is what the Dayue manners are all about.
You're right.
A crooked stick casts a crooked shadow.
Prince of An, you should take that into consideration
and discipline your servants, or you'll lose on the battlefield again.
Your Highness. These two are looking for trouble.
Why are you putting up with them?
Let me take them and torture them.
Guo Jun.
Put away your sword.
You only think about how our men lost to theirs.
Yet you forget that we captured two Queens.
One real and one fake.
Go and calm down.
I'll talk to you later.
Yes, Your Highness.
I'm sorry about that.
Guo Jun grew up with me.
So just like you two,
I believe that if one day I get captured,
he would do what you are doing right now
and try to protect me from harm.
I'm sure you can understand our relationship.
If you understand our sisterhood,
you should also understand that this banquet
is just a waste of your time, Your Highness.
It won't help clarify anything.
You're right.
Since Prince of An has the time,
let's have a taste of this fine Dayue wine.
Your Highness.
Take your time, ladies.
I have something to take care of.
I'll be back soon.
His Majesty heard the rumors.
He has sent men to Pucheng.
I guess Father doesn't really believe that I'm injured.
That's not surprising to me.
What are you going to do?
Send a message to our spies in the capital.
Find a way to let the Crown Prince know I have important information in my hands.
We'll see if the Crown Prince
will be able to stay still in East Palace.
I'll do that right away.
Any news from Jinshi?
Nothing so far.
Send a messenger to Jinshi and tell them that the Queen
is being held in Pucheng.
Yes, Your Highness.
Who is it? What do you want?
Sir, I just went to the toilet.
I pay respect to Prince of Chu.
You may rise.
Prince of Chu, you're back.
That's wonderful.
We'll have good food and wine again.
By the way, Your Highness, why hasn't Huo Laosan come to visit us?
The wine he makes is the finest wine of all.
Huo Laosan is up there, waiting for me with fine wine.
Another man has been bribed and used.
Such wrongful deaths.
Bury him well.
Since the two of you won't tell me the truth,
how about we play a little game?
We can agree on a wager.
What will the rules be?
What will the wager be?
I'll let both of you walk freely in Puyuan.
In five days,
if you can find a way out of the palace,
I'll admit that I've lost and release all the Jinshi prisoners.
What if we can't do it? What will happen then?
If you can't do it,
I'll be lenient
and still release the prisoners,
but the real Queen of Jinshi must show herself.
Do we have a deal?
Ladies, are you willing to play?
It's a deal.
-Let's drink. -Of course.
Are you hurt?
I'm glad you're back.
For the past two days, I couldn't eat or sleep.
Everything's fine, Lingying.
Don't worry. From now on, you'll stay with me.
I won't let anything happen to you.
Thank you, Your Highness.
I appreciate your kindness.
But I can't stay by your side.
Why can't you? Why not?
Are we heading out of the capital?
-Yes, I'm taking you-- -No.
No.
-Lingying. -I can't leave the capital.
-Lingying. -No.
-Take me back. I can't leave. -Lingying.
-All right. -Take me back.
-Stop! -Yes, Your Highness.
Lingying.
-Lingying. -I need to go back.
I need...
-Let me go back. -Lingying.
Lingying.
Why can't you come with me?
Where are you going?
I...
I need to go back.
-I... -Lingying.
What's going on? Tell me.
Back then, you left Dayue and came to Tiansheng with Mother.
You have no family here.
Now, Mother is dead.
Who are you going back to?
Your Highness, please stop asking me.
I... I can't tell you.
Can't tell me? Why can't you tell me?
Your Highness. Just remember this.
As long as His Majesty is still here,
you and I cannot leave the capital.
Remember that.
Lingying.
What are you hiding from me?
Tell me. What is it?
Tell me.
Lingying.
Yale...
What about Mother?
She...
She was wronged.
Lingying.
Trust me.
Come with me this time.
I will return. I swear to the heavens.
Ning Yi got out?
How did he escape?
Your Majesty.
Someone at Zongzheng Temple had been ordered
to kill Prince of Chu.
The assassin was killed by the guards.
Prince of Chu went along with the party carrying the coffin
and left Zongzheng Temple.
Someone was ordered to kill him?
Who could it be?
Everything was planned by him!
Ning Yi is getting ridiculously skilled at deception and fraud.
-Gu Yan! -Yes, Your Majesty.
Go find him!
I will comply, Your Majesty.
Gu Yan.
If you can't find Ning Yi, head to the Ministry of Justice
and punish yourself for disobeying my orders!
Very wise, Your Majesty.
I'll do my best to capture him.
But... But you know his personality.
What if...
Just capture him!
If he doesn't come with you,
I give you permission to kill him!
Your Majesty, this...
Your Majesty.
-Please don't do that. -Gu Yan, get going!
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty should take that order back.
I can no longer put up with that terrible son!
I won't have any more of it!
Chief Gu.
I beg Your Highness to return to the palace with me.
What if I say no?
His Majesty ordered me to kill you if you disobeyed.
It looks like he's really mad this time.
Your Highness.
His Majesty is suspicious about Princess Shaoning's death.
Also, there was someone at Zongzheng Temple
who tried to kill you.
This shows that someone is planning something.
If you come with me to meet His Majesty in the palace,
you could say that you left Zongzheng Temple
to save yourself and ask His Majesty to forgive you.
I'm sure His Majesty will investigate the matter
and clear your name.
Chief Gu, I know what you mean.
But right now, I can't return to the capital with you.
Your Highness.
I once promised to always be loyal to you.
But after what happened to Ning Chuan,
I also swore that the person I am loyal to
can't be a disloyal and dishonest person himself.
Can your actions today stand true to loyalty and honesty?
I have something important to do.
It's not for loyalty, but for honesty.
When I'm done, I'll return to the capital and ask for Father's forgiveness.
That's all.
You can disobey orders, yet I can't.
Please, Your Highness, give me a reason
to report back to His Majesty.
I thank you, Your Highness.
Headmaster Xin.
I'll leave now.
Ziyan.
Someone else killed Shaoning.
Please investigate the matter for me.
TO HEADMASTER XIN
Hua Qiong.
Jin Siyu isn't one of those lazy princes.
His failure at Baitou Cliff will make him
the target of criticism from other officials in the palace.
My title as the Queen of Jinshi is how he's going to redeem himself.
He won't kill me.
What if he has other plans?
Won't we be walking into his trap?
Don't worry.
It's worth it to give myself up to save you and the other prisoners.
I can escape when we get to the capital of Dayue.
Don't worry about me.
You can't do that.
How do you know Jin Siyu will take the Queen of Jinshi
to the capital to be rewarded?
Even if he does that, it'd be better if I'm the Queen.
When I see the King of Dayue, I'll tell him I'm a fake.
Then he'll get mad at Jin Siyu.
While I was waiting for you two,
I was thinking about the battle at Baitou Cliff.
You were very brave.
That's why I thought that I might not see you two today.
I suppose I have overestimated you.
Since you couldn't leave Puyuan,
let's do this.
As we had agreed,
the real Queen needs to show herself.
We'll save you the trouble.
We're willing to give our lives to fulfill the bet.
I don't like it
when people break their promises.
Fine.
Today, I'll grant your wish to die.
Tell me.
Who's going first?
-I'll go first. -I'll go.
Your Highness.
Tiansheng's Prince of Chu, Ning Yi, wishes to see you.
According to what we know,
Prince of Chu has become a fugitive after he killed Princess Shaoning.
Interesting.
Have Prince of Chu wait for me in the study.
The two of you
can think about it.
Prince of Chu. I hope everything's all right.
Thank you for your concern.
Things have not been going well for me.
Everyone knows how talented Prince of Chu is.
It's quite rare that something can cause you
to be so worried.
Please sit, Your Highness.
Sure.
Prince of An.
That compliment of yours probably wasn't sincere.
We're in similar situations.
Even though we're princes,
our fathers have ambiguous attitudes impossible to see through.
Our brothers are like wolves circling around us, watching us.
Why tease me when we're so alike?
You sure do know me well, Prince of Chu.
What brings you here to the little Pucheng, Prince of Chu?
Can I help in any way?
Prince of An,
I'd like to stay here for a few days
to hide from my father's wrath.
Normally, I wouldn't say no to that request,
but right now, I'm in danger as well.
Pucheng might not be the safest place for you.
If I can't protect you,
but put you in danger instead, that would be terrible, wouldn't it?
It seems like you're worried about something too.
As the saying goes,
"Two heads are better than one."
Tell me about it.
Maybe I can offer some advice.
That saying is very true, Prince of Chu.
Fortunately, you're the best person to help with the matter.
Please rest for a bit.
Let's meet in the reception room soon.
Very well.
I know that you let Prince of Chu get away.
With your skills,
you would never be injured by Ning Yi.
Tell me.
Why did you do that?
Your Majesty.
I think
the incidents that have happened lately are very strange.
Prince of Chu.
The two prisoners here are the key to solving our problems.
Please tell me now.
Which one of them is the fake Feng Zhiwei, who should be killed?
Prince of An.
You want me to help you identify the real Queen of Jinshi, right?
I'll gladly help, but why do we need all of them?
-Are we killing someone? -Prince of Chu, you don't know.
These two women killed many Dayue soldiers at Baitou Cliff.
I need the real Queen of Jinshi for something.
As for the other one, killing her will help ease my anger.
Of course,
I know that Prince of Chu would never lie to me.
Very wise, Prince of An.
But I am a Tiansheng prince.
One of the women kneeling here
is the Queen of Jinshi.
How do you know I don't secretly want Dayue
and Jinshi to go to war, which will benefit Tiansheng?
All I have to do is let you kill the real Queen of Jinshi, right?
That's a good point.
However, I've heard
that you are very close to Feng Zhiwei.
Even though I don't know why she didn't become your wife,
I'm willing to bet on that fact
that you, Ning Yi, still have her in your heart.
You couldn't bear to let her die.
Prince of Chu,
make a choice now.
It's very simple.
Prince of An.
What will happen if I don't identify her?
Then I'll have to
kill both of them.
That will allow me to avenge
all those Dayue soldiers who died because of them.
Prince of Chu.
So?
What?
Is the peach sweet?
It is.
If you can't make up your mind, I can help you.
How about this? I'll count to three.
If you don't tell me who it is,
I'll kill them both.
-Jin Siyu, you-- -Quiet!
If you say one more word, I'll kill the both of you right away.
Prince of An.
You're the great Prince of An.
You are Dayue's Prince of An who might become a king.
I must tell you,
don't let anger control you.
Don't let your lack of confidence drown you.
You don't need to try and persuade me.
Think about their lives while you still have time.
I'll have to remind you.
If both of them die here today,
Prince of Chu,
you...
will be their murderer.
One.
Two.
-Three. -Wait!
Hold it!
How dare you, Hua Qiong!
How dare you?
How could you be so reckless?
Your Highness.
Even though I'm the Queen's maid,
I can't bear to see Prince of An force my former master.
Hua Qiong.
If I can get out alive, I'll be sure to reward you.
So this maiden
used to serve Prince of Chu?
Why didn't you say so?
If you had told me, we wouldn't have gone through this.
Prince of An.
If I had said that she is the maid
I sent to serve Feng Zhiwei, Hua Qiong, would you believe me?
Look.
They've all been startled by the two women from Tiansheng.
Guo Jun.
-Yes, Your Highness. -Didn't you hear him?
Have everyone leave now.
Yes, Your Highness.
Leave now.
Hua Qiong.
Sorry you had to suffer.
Subtitle translation by Sophie Chang