= Love Like The Galaxy=
=Episode 28=
(Previously on)
His Majesty has arrived!
Zisheng, what are you doing?
Your Majesty, please represent my parents
and ask Fourth Lady Cheng
for her hands.
(My daughter)
(lacks discipline since young.)
(She's a stubborn lady.)
This marriage is excellent.
It's just that Shaoshang
isn't good enough.
(Shaoshang may not)
(be the ideal lady in everyone's heart,)
(but to me,)
(she's pure, decisive,)
(and honest about her feelings.)
(She's someone who can stand by my side.)
(She will be the only one I marry)
in this lifetime.
All of us are honest, subservient,
and decent ladies.
Unlike someone
who tries to seduce everyone like the temptress she is.
Today,
I've finally seen the power of influence in action.
(Shaoshang,)
(don't you like power?)
(That's your power.)
(I've been stubborn since young.)
(I do not yield to rules,)
(let alone listening to you.)
(Do you still wish)
(to marry a lady like me?)
Of course,
Cheng Shaoshang, you're the best lady
in the entire capital.
You're the best lady
in
the entire world.
Father, Mother,
I've decided.
I will marry him.
Young Master.
Young Master, leave him alive!
What's going on?
Young Master,
I've already located the physician we were looking for.
He once examined
the mounts of the soldiers
who were sent to examine the miasma.
If someone was killed by the miasma,
his horse would suffer the same fate.
Out of his suspicion,
he made a secret investigation,
and he discovered
that all of the soldiers actually died from sword wounds.
He retired from his duties
and hid his name out of fear.
Young Master, I wanted to bring him to you initially.
However,
they still discovered him.
Speak.
Who sent you here?
Who exactly are you guys?
Han Wu, watch out!
Han Wu!
Young Master,
I've dealt with the assassins' bodies.
However, we found no clues even after
examining their backgrounds.
Those assassins killed Han Wu by using the military's way
to rout an enemy.
And these poison needles
are hollow and filled with poison.
No ordinary blacksmiths can forge them.
They should belong to the military.
It was actually the military?
But there are many troops who are stationed here.
There are plenty of generals too.
Where should we start our investigation?
Han Wu had already found out the truth.
Back then, none of the soldiers
who were sent to investigate the miasma survived.
However, their mounts
returned to the military camp safely.
If that's the case,
why didn't Marquis Yue report the abnormality?
Not only did he not investigate the true cause of their deaths,
but he also relayed the news to Lord Qian'an immediately,
suggesting him to slow down his reinforcements.
And,
it has been confirmed
that the soldiers
didn't die from the miasma.
Young Master, do you think Marquis Yue
killed them on purpose?
But all of them were his men.
In order to prove the existence of miasma,
he deceived others
and killed his men.
He was the one who stalled the reinforcements,
causing Gu City to fall.
Han Wu's death
proves that he knows someone is investigating the matter.
Next,
we cannot launch an open investigation.
We can only do it in secret.
We must be extra cautious.
Young Master,
His Majesty has sent Physician Sun here to examine your wound.
Shall we let him in?
No.
His Majesty said he would behead
Physician Sun if he didn't treat your wound.
His Majesty has said the same thing for many years.
Has he ever beheaded someone before?
I won't see him
no matter what.
Why are you awake already?
Your Majesty, if you don't want to sleep,
I won't interrupt you.
I shall sleep in the side chamber.
Come.
Sit down.
I was
just worried about Zisheng.
You see,
he didn't even tell me when his leg was injured.
I cannot sleep or eat well
whenever I think about it.
Zisheng never told anyone about his wounds before.
Your Majesty, if you have trouble sleeping because of that,
I don't think you should sleep then.
You should be immortalized instead.
This time, it's different.
Not only did he keep it a secret,
but he also deceived me.
So, was the silly boy finally enlightened?
Tell me about it.
Your Majesty, how did he deceive you?
He said he was injured
due to horse riding.
Only a fool will believe him!
Zisheng has never fallen off a horse
since he was six.
How could he be injured from horse riding?
I heard
that he went to see Lady Cheng
before he got injured.
Maybe
he deceived me because he was afraid
that I would punish Lady Cheng.
He did the same thing on Mount Tugao.
When I was questioning Lady Cheng,
he defended her
all the way.
Now
that he has fallen for Lady Cheng,
he has forgotten about me.
Your Majesty,
everyone was a youngster once.
Back then,
didn't you treat me
in the same manner?
That's a different story.
We were
in love.
But do you know something?
That Lady Cheng
is such a fool.
Think about it.
Zisheng got his leg injured.
Don't you think
she should pay him
a visit?
But she didn't do so.
But of course,
I assume
that Zisheng
is hiding it from her too.
I still remember
that Your Majesty tried everything you could to get my attention
even when
you were bitten by a mosquito.
If Lady Cheng doesn't know
about Zisheng's leg injury,
doesn't that mean Zisheng got injured for nothing?
You're right.
Since she doesn't know it,
I will let her know.
Tomorrow, I shall summon Lady Cheng into the palace.
I will summon Zisheng as well.
I will make her
feel sorry for Zisheng
just like how I feel for him.
Your Majesty,
if so,
can you feel for me right now?
Sure.
Greetings, Third Princess.
Lady Cheng, we meet again.
I heard that Zisheng had delivered the dowries to your residence.
You must've used this face
to seduce him, huh?
Third Princess,
what do you mean by seducing him?
When I say you seduced him, that will be the truth.
How dare you talk back to me?
Someone, slap her.
Stop!
Lady Luo, excuse me.
I need to speak with Third Princess in private.
Please take your leave.
What did she say to you?
I heard that she was devious and cunning.
You even got your leg injured yesterday because of her.
She's not good enough for you.
Zisheng,
actually, I've regretted it all this while.
You were nice to me in the past.
However, I didn't know the meaning of a good husband
when I was young.
Do you still remember the times
when I suffered from palpitations in the middle of the night?
You were the one who knocked on the palace door
and asked His Majesty to summon the physician for me.
Yes, I did.
So, are you insulting my wife-to-be
in order to repay me?
Third Princess, I hope you will stop
insulting other people's families and ancestral lineage.
His Majesty raised me himself.
He was busy with state affairs day and night.
However, his daughter
is accumulating wealth by unfair means.
She has no regards for her father at all.
You should stop
mentioning the past.
Now,
I hate you to the core.
Stop right now.
I'm not that shameless.
I just hope that you won't regret it in the future.
I'm 21 years old this year.
Since young,
His Majesty had rushed me
to get married many times.
However, I only thought about
getting married
after meeting Shaoshang some time ago.
In this life,
she will be
the only one for me.
General Ling,
your leg is still injured.
You'll exert your leg if you walk this fast.
You were cold to me yesterday.
Why are you
suddenly concerned about me today?
Who said I was concerned?
We're engaged.
I'm just afraid that His Majesty might be angry at me
for not taking care of you.
Listen.
I know you hate me for restraining you
and giving you pressure.
But even so,
it's impossible for me to let you go.
You're just like a deity that people pray to in a temple.
You're feared and respected by everyone.
Now, the deity is going to marry me.
And, I have to live together with him.
Can't you just give me some time
to think about it?
This is what you're like.
You're witty enough to reject other people's advice
and eloquent enough to make people gloss over your mistake.
I understand what you mean.
Mother praised me in the same way too.
Seems like
both of you are the same.
You can take a dig at me all you want.
But I won't take it to heart
no matter what you do.
Shaoshang,
I've decided that you're the one.
You will be the only one for me in the future.
If you wish to cancel the marriage,
you can request His Majesty to do so.
I, Ling Buyi,
will never cancel the marriage.
Even if His Majesty were to punish me for it,
I will never do it.
Who said I was going to do it?
I won't cancel the marriage.
I've straightened out my thoughts.
I didn't know how to love someone
because I wasn't loved when I was young.
That's why I doubted your intention.
But when I thought about the past,
I thought you were truly nice to me.
If I reject you again,
I might be a little heartless.
How's your injury?
Why were you so careless?
You actually asked me
if it hurt or not when I got injured
in the hunting hut.
Are you afraid of His Majesty's questions
more than me?
You're not as scary as His Majesty.
Cheng Shaoshang,
I know.
You always doubted that our relationship would be unequal.
You were always worried that I would oppress you.
Today, I will tell you this.
I, Ling Buyi, treat you as my wife.
Everything I have
shall belong to you.
In the future,
I will do everything I can to protect you.
I will never
oppress you.
I will make you believe me.
It depends on
your performance in the future.
In the future,
you can eat
whenever you feel like it.
Your formalities today
are still acceptable.
Tell me now.
How do you plan
to become Zisheng's wife in the future?
We have to get married first.
Is that all?
Your Majesty,
I was a fool for not understanding what you meant.
Please pardon me for my ignorance.
Let me ask you something.
You lack in formalities,
and you're not well-versed in your studies.
However, Zisheng
is the pillar of the nation.
I treat him like my own son.
Do you think you're good enough for him?
What are you doing here?
Physician Sun said
your leg injury was getting worse.
What are you doing here
instead of recuperating at home?
Get up.
Your Majesty,
I'm here to see what kind of questions
you will ask my future wife.
All right. You shouldn't kneel when you're injured.
You should sit.
You may sit too.
Both of you can sit down, okay?
Be careful.
Sit down.
Your Majesty is wise.
My parents
left the capital to join the war
when I was still an infant.
Only my aging grandmother
and unscrupulous second aunt were at home.
All these years,
I barely knew
100 words.
As for the books I've read,
I've never read any books.
Even when Father and Mother are back,
they think that I'm vulgar beyond expectations.
That's why they taught me how to read.
General Ling is a general.
I assume
General Ling doesn't like
ladies who are highly educated.
I'm the only uneducated lady in the entire capital.
That's why I'm a perfect match for him.
Nonsense!
Zisheng is highly intelligent.
How is he not good enough
for the educated ladies?
Yes, Your Majesty is right.
I thought of the same thing.
If I knew that General Ling
would fall for me in the past,
I would've studied hard.
But now, it's too late.
Your Majesty,
although Shaoshang is still young,
she has humility and self-awareness.
She's neither humble nor arrogant.
That's what
I like about her.
According to Confucius,
it is wise to hold what you know and admit
what you don't.
It's rare for someone as young as you
to understand the meaning of that.
Do not speak.
Lady Cheng,
since the marriage
has already been arranged for,
you should
try to compensate
for your lacking in the future
instead of belittling yourself here.
If you were
as worthless as what you had said,
what would happen to Zisheng?
Now, Zisheng is establishing his own family.
People are paying attention to everything he does.
As his future wife,
you have
to be extra cautious
when you take care of the family.
If something goes wrong,
Zisheng will be mocked.
So,
you should attend a training in the empress's palace.
You have to work harder.
Don't try to reject it by trying to be humble here.
As for the details,
you just need to follow the empress's instructions.
All right, it's decided then.
You guys have nothing else to say, right?
You may speak what's on your mind.
His Majesty is usually busy.
It's rare that he has time for us today.
Your Majesty,
I wish to complain about someone.
I wonder if I can do so?
You're really bold indeed.
You're actually submitting a complaint
when this is your third time seeing me?
Do you know
submitting a complaint to me is a huge matter?
You'll be punished severely if you say the wrong thing.
Your Majesty, I know nothing about state affairs.
However, I'm going to complain about something trivial today.
Although it's something trivial,
all huge matters
were caused by trivial reasons.
General Ling always said that Your Majesty is magnanimous
and that he treats Your Majesty as his father.
That's why I'm daring enough
to treat Your Majesty as one of my elders too.
I don't know
if it's appropriate to do so.
If not, I shall keep quiet.
Of course.
Speak up.
Today, I'm going to complain about
Wang Ling, the daughter of Wang Chun, the Cavalry General.
I want to complain about her
for being rude
and slandering me during the Lou Family's wedding banquet.
Regarding the mintage,
I'll mention it when there's an opportunity.
If so,
has Official Peng completed
(Madam Wen Xiu) the things he had promised me?
(Envoy of Shouchun) Madam Wen Xiu, do not worry.
Young Master's estate is within the borders of Shouchun.
My master will definitely take good care of him.
However, acquiring the mintage is a huge deal.
Madam Wen Xiu, you must choose your words carefully.
If something goes wrong,
we may be beheaded.
It's just a mintage.
Although the family of Lord Qian'an isn't as glorious as before,
Her Majesty is still indebted to us.
Xuan was wandering around when we took her in.
If my father
didn't send her to the current emperor,
she would have no chance to become the empress.
Moreover, my father
died on the battlefield for the sake of the Wen Family.
I still retain
some influences over the city.
That's great.
This is a home letter
Young Master told me to deliver to you.
Young Master knew
that this would be a difficult task for you, Madam Wen Xiu.
However, Young Master led a rough life.
It's been many years since he had gotten new apparel,
and he was out at the elbows.
He had no choice but to stop eating after noon
and shut himself in the house to get by.
Young Master has no choice
but to bring up this ridiculous request.
Now, the imperial court belongs to the Wen Family.
People with the surname Wen are fortunate.
Young Master didn't need to live on in degradation in Shouchun
if Old Master Qian'an didn't pass away this soon.
The world
should've belonged to Qian'an and the Wen Family.
However,
my brother and I have to suffer all our lives.
Mother, Father told me to find you.
Mother?
Mother, is there a guest in your room?
Have you forgotten about my teachings?
You should've knocked before coming in.
Leave right now!
Wait!
This must be the young lady of the house.
You're a beautiful lady indeed.
This is a meeting gift for you.
Young Lady,
please accept it.
Young Lady, you've reached the age to pin your hair, right?
Speaking of which,
it's been one year since our madam passed away.
Ling is still young.
My husband and I
plan to keep her in the family for a little longer.
Besides,
Official Peng is as old as my husband.
Their age gap is too wide.
Age doesn't matter
as long as he's considerate
and knows how to dote on her.
Official Peng hasn't recovered from his asthma yet, right?
He shouldn't be trying to get a new bride
when he hasn't recovered from his sickness.
Madam Wen Xiu, don't forget
why my master was injured in the first place.
He wouldn't have been crippled
if he didn't carry Lord Qian'an on his back
and traversed through the miasma!
He couldn't produce any offspring
because of that.
People
may forget about his kindness,
but Madam Wen Xiu,
you should not.
Naturally, I won't.
I will help Official Peng
to find a new bride in the capital.
But he shall not marry Ling.
Young Master is stuck in Shouchun.
He misses his family a lot.
He might be relieved
if he can see his niece for once.
Although my master and Young Master
are brothers of different surnames,
there's still a gap
between them.
If they can have a marriage alliance,
they will become blood relatives.
That way, Young Master won't be able to command him around.
What happened between you and Lady Wang
was just a trifle.
Why are you bringing it up in front of His and Her Majesty?
You're ruining their peace here.
Since His and Her Majesty treat Zisheng as their son,
they're my elders.
Naturally, I have to tell the elders
about what happened in the family.
Speak up.
That day,
Lady Wang and the others
insulted me in public
and said that I was pretentious
and hypocritical.
I thought it was something serious.
So, they were just jealous of you.
Your Highness, please let me ask you this.
If I'm truly devious and pretentious,
does that mean General Ling
was bewitched by a foxy lady?
Does that mean His Majesty was wrong about our marriage then?
If I don't tell His Majesty about this,
doesn't that mean people will think
that General Ling was bewitched by a foxy lady?
Your Majesty,
I know it was a trifle between me and Lady Wang.
However, Your Majesty also knows
that a silver tongue is enough to ruin a nation.
Your Majesty, your family affair is the affair of the state.
If your family is not harmonious, I'm sure the nation will be the same.
For the sake of my family and nation,
I have to complain about her.
Actually, I don't want
to pick on Lady Wang for her mistake.
However, Lady Wang
is very stubborn about Zisheng.
If I tolerate her this time,
she will pester me again.
If she commits a bigger mistake,
it'll worsen the situation.
I've improved the situation
by complaining about her.
Shaoshang is right.
Ever since Zisheng and Shaoshang were engaged,
Ling had been displaying
her rage in public.
She kept saying
that Shaoshang wasn't good enough for Zisheng.
I've heard about them.
Am I right?
I did hear about them as well.
Among the ladies who were obsessed with Zisheng,
Wang Ling
was one of the most prominent ones.
You guys are right.
So, whose fault is this?
However,
we do need
to teach Wang Ling a lesson
so that
she won't stir up trouble in the future.
I will send Cao Cheng
to the Cavalry General's Residence.
Shaoshang,
I've discussed this with His Majesty.
Since you're getting married to Zisheng,
you have to understand the palace rules well.
You should stay in Changqiu Palace
for a certain period.
I will take my time
to teach you about the palace rules.
But...
But what?
The empress is teaching you personally.
Are you unhappy about that?
Your Majesty,
Empress Xuan,
Marquis Quling and his wife
never returned home for over a decade due to the war.
Shaoshang never got to spend much time with them since young.
After she gets married to me,
she will have to move out of the residence.
Shaoshang cannot bear to part with her family,
and I cannot bear for her to suffer.
I think
we should let Shaoshang stay at home.
I shall send her
to Changqiu Palace every day
for her studies.
You'll send her here personally?
If Zisheng doesn't mind it,
I think
it's viable.
If so, we'll follow His Majesty's will.
Zisheng, you are to send Shaoshang
to Changqiu Palace early in the morning
and bring her home in the evening.
Rest one day every ten days.
What do you think?
Yes, Your Majesty.
I won't get married to him!
Shouchun is too far away from the capital!
And it's a barren land filled with vulgar people!
It's unfit for human habitation!
Your uncle has been living there for so long.
Why can't you do the same?
(Wang Chun)
Cheng Shaoshang is getting married to Ling Buyi
while I have to be married into that barren land?
Why should I?
She always despised me.
If this does happen,
I'm sure she'll mock me to no end!
She's just the daughter of a general.
Why do you have to mind her opinion?
If you get married to Official Peng Kun,
no one will dare to laugh at you.
Official Peng
is the benefactor of the Qian'an Royalty.
You have to get married to him one way or another!
I won't!
Father!
If I do marry myself into Shouchun,
you won't be able to see me again!
Father, can you bear to let this happen?
My dear,
she's our only daughter.
How could you bear
to let her be married to Peng Kun?
The ancestral heritage
of my tribe is in Shouchun.
With my younger brother's capability,
it's just a matter of time before he can stage a comeback.
By then,
every lady in the world
will be envious of our daughter
for marrying herself into Shouchun.
The capital is nothing!
Uncle wouldn't have stayed in Shouchun
and be suppressed by Peng Kun
for so many years if he was truly capable!
Such audacity!
The Qian'an Royalty
is just down-and-out at the moment.
Back then,
without our tribe,
the current emperor
wouldn't have received a million soldiers
and eradicated the remnants of Emperor Li.
Even the empress
was only able to survive until now
because we took her in.
Our tribe had sacrificed everything for the world.
Your uncle is the only descendant left.
The world is in the Wen Family's debt!
The Wang Family
has no right to reject this!
Mother.
However,
we're your family here.
If my tribe
didn't become despondent
after my father's passing,
there was no way for me
to become a family with you.
Attendant Cao has arrived with His Majesty's oral edict.
Madam Wang,
please kneel and receive His Majesty's oral edict.
As a descendant of the Qian'an Royalty,
how could I kneel in front of a castrated man?
Madam Wang,
you...
You're disrespecting His Majesty.
Let go of me!
His Majesty has spoken.
Wang Ling, the daughter of the Wang Family,
acted arrogantly due to her noble background.
She insulted the marriage of the Lou Family and slandered Lady Cheng.
Wang Chun, the Cavalry General,
has been negligent in disciplining her,
causing her to be disrespectful and rude.
On account of their relationship to His Majesty,
both father and daughter are to reflect upon their own actions
to serve as a warning to the public.
Madam Wang,
you should thank His Majesty's grace.
My dear, what are you doing?
You could've disciplined her in private if she was in the wrong.
Why did you hit her in public?
What did I
teach you usually?
You have the blood of the Qian'an Royalty!
If anyone dares to bully you,
you should've retaliated!
You can be arrogant
and domineering on your usual days.
You can do whatever you like!
But you mustn't disgrace me like what you've done today!
His Majesty
actually put me on the spot
because of a general's daughter?
Xuan actually didn't stop him from doing so?
Back then,
I would've become the empress
if I didn't hail from the same lineage as His Majesty.
There was no way Xuan Shen'an could become the empress!
Let's go.
I'll bring you to the palace and reason with her.
Bring me to the palace?
But His Majesty had ordered me to reflect upon my actions at home!
You're defying the imperial edict!
I'm not scared of the emperor!
I'm scared!
The Wang Family is scared.
All of you are scared of him, huh?
I will never yield to him!
The beacon-fire has knocked over the white snow
I caress the scars gently from the past
Your back to the light, your eyes contain the galaxy
I hum as the sun and the moon mutter back
The light between your brows
Was put out and rekindled by the secular world
The sky, the mountain, and the ocean, whom do I part them for?
As I wake up from the blue sea, stone steles stand like a mountain range
Under the lantern, criticisms were thrown, the narrow door could not contain my feelings
The joys and woes of this mortal life, we speak as we dream of the future
Both of us will be
In the sea of stars, burning bright with our sincerity
Our sincerity