= Love Like The Galaxy=
=Episode 47=
General Peng,
we've been eating meat all night
while you suffered beatings all night.
We feel bad
about it.
Treason is
punishable by death.
Since I committed treason,
I don't fear death.
If you want to kill me,
it's up to you.
Young Master,
General Peng's hot oil is ready.
If you insist on keeping quiet,
then you can stay silent
for the rest of your life.
Ling Buyi.
Are you mad? You're mad!
Stop it!
Ling Buyi, are you mad?
Peng Kun is a prisoner of the imperial court.
You can't interrogate him in private.
His Majesty entrusted Shouchun to him
with great expectation.
But because of his selfish interests, he plotted a rebellion.
This is disloyalty.
Lord Qian'an treated him as his brother.
So he trusted him and nurtured him.
Yet, he repays his kindness with evil
by killing Lord Qian'an.
This is immoral.
For someone who has no morals or loyalty,
why do you want to defend him?
You're the one who's mad.
Every country has its law.
Even if Peng Kun must die,
we can only do so after His Majesty orders it.
I must take him
back to the Ministry of Justice.
General Ling,
you've been interrogating him all night in the military camp.
It's already against the rules.
I hope you will stop breaking the law on purpose
and put me tight spot,
and embarrass His Majesty.
What if
I insist on interrogating him?
Then I ask you
to walk over my dead body.
I didn't expect you to be someone
who behaves in a fit and proper way.
I don't care
about Peng Kun's life.
But if you keep behaving recklessly,
you're bound to get into trouble.
You and Cheng Shaoshang will be married soon.
I suggest you
be prudent in your actions.
Don't let anyone in the royal court have something against you.
If you can only bring her trouble,
I don't mind
taking your place.
Your Majesty,
Peng Kun's wife
has complained tearfully at Changqiu Palace.
What a pitiful Peng Kun's wife is.
We don't know for sure if the baby in her womb is safe.
It's all Ling Buyi's fault.
Does the Censorate also want
to blame General Ling
for other people's miscarriages?
The Censorate indeed has too much time on its hands.
Hadn't Ling Buyi
brutally tortured him
into confessing the crimes,
would His Majesty be criticized now?
Are you saying we must be gentle in executing punishment?
Official Zuo, do you think
handling investigations and war are
just what the imperial counselors like you?
Do you think you can just use your mouths
to make a traitor confess his crime?
Third Brother,
Official Zuo didn't mean it that way.
Official Zuo,
Zisheng was also anxious to convict the traitor.
I'm afraid there must be a misunderstanding between you.
There's a fine line between right and wrong.
There will always be a verdict for that.
Brother,
you can't blame the guilty and innocent alike.
Are you done talking already?
Cheng Shaoshang,
you're getting outrageous by the day.
Your Majesty,
I'm innocent.
No matter how confused I am,
I would never harm a pregnant mother.
But she kept siding
with the traitor, Peng Kun,
and vilifying our Zisheng.
I just couldn't...
I couldn't tolerate it anymore.
So I gagged her with a handkerchief.
Do you call that a handkerchief?
You obviously used your sock.
When did you smell my sock?
You... Outrageous!
This is the Chongde Hall.
Even if Ling Buyi is your fiance,
you can't humiliate important officials
of the imperial court by saying so.
It's not that she can't.
She doesn't have to
because her fiancé can
also insult the so-called important officials
of the imperial court himself.
Official Zuo, I guess you still need some beatings.
How dare you trouble my fiancee again?
Ling Buyi, don't go too far!
You kept siding with the traitor, Peng Kun's side.
You're the one who went too far.
When did I side with Peng Kun?
He attempts to usurp the throne
and go against his superiors.
We can punish him according to the law.
But General Ling snatched him
from the Ministry of Justice to the Northern Army Prison
to interrogate and torture him in private.
This is against the rules.
That's because he's not only involved in treason.
He's also related to the reason Gu City was breached.
What did you find out?
Peng Kun made a desperate move
because marquis Yue was captured.
Peng Kun is aware the secret of his killing Lord Qian'an
that led to Gu City being breached can't be hidden anymore.
But he was only a deputy general back then.
He wouldn't have dared to plot against the general.
The mastermind must be someone else.
Wang Ling told me
that Peng Kun has been keeping in touch
with someone in the capital over the years.
And this person who secretly associated with Peng Kun
is likely
to be the real culprit who participated in Gu City's case.
Peng Kun felt threatened
and was forced to take risks.
General Ling took Peng Kun to the Northern Army Prison
to find out this person quickly.
So Official Zuo,
how is this wrong?
Even so,
Peng Kun should be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for trial.
Zisheng is one of the victims in Gu City.
It's not suitable for him to investigate this matter.
It's precisely the reason
I should be investigating this case
so I could comfort the dead souls of Gu City.
Since this case is related to Gu City,
I'll let Zisheng and the Ministry of Justice
investigate this together.
Third Prince,
keep a close watch.
Don't use torture to extort a confession.
I shall obey.
Your Majesty,
Wang Ling said Peng Kun refuses to confess
because he's afraid he'll implicate his wife and unborn child.
If Your Majesty is willing
to spare Wang Ling and her unborn child,
she's willing to go to the Ministry of Justice
to persuade Peng Kun.
The child is innocent.
I'm not
a tyrant ruler.
If Peng Kun is willing to confess,
I shall spare
his wife and unborn child.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Your Highness, just a moment.
Marquis Chengyang, what's the matter?
I have a request.
Can I speak to you in private?
Shaoshang.
Shaoshang,
what did Wang Ling tell you?
She said
to let Marquis Yue give himself away,
you watched him collude with Liang Xia
to kill Liang Shang
and frame the Crown Prince.
Is that true?
Marquis Yue set up Wen Xiujun
to mint coins in Shouchun without permission.
You already knew about it earlier.
But you never planned to tell Her Majesty.
Let alone stop it.
You want His Majesty to be disappointed in Her Majesty and the Crown Prince
than think of helping them hide it.
Is that true?
You punished Wen Xiujun.
I thought you were avenging me.
Rather than say you wrecked the Censorate for me,
we should say
you purposely blew Fifth Princess's case out of proportion
to make Marquis Yue make his move on the Eastern Palace.
Is it true?
Everyone says you do whatever it takes
for me.
But who would have thought
that I was merely your cover?
I don't want to be called the root of your doing.
I can't afford to bear that accusation.
Have you finished talking?
It's my turn to speak now.
The Crown Prince does nothing.
All the officials dislike him for his foolishness and incompetence.
If he makes a mistake,
more people will criticize him.
But he's so easily persuaded
and values Wang Chun and Grand Tutor Lou.
Between those two,
one is an incompetent person who indulges in worldly pleasures.
The other one is a hypocrite who's complacent.
If this goes on,
the Crown Prince would be wrong even if he makes no mistakes.
Not only that, but it'll also lead to more mistakes.
If we don't remove useless officials,
how can we build a great nation?
So
you were indeed behind all these.
Shaoshang,
I don't want you to misunderstand me.
I never misunderstood you.
I only want to know the truth.
I want to know what kind of person you are.
How can you pretend nothing is going on
in front of Her Majesty and the Crown Prince
when you were plotting on everyone?
Everyone I plotted against deserved to be punished
and didn't deserve the positions they were holding.
But everything I did for you came
from the bottom of my heart.
But I want to understand you.
I want to know
what kind of person
I'll be sharing my bed with
and having children with in the future.
We'll be married soon.
But I don't know anything about you.
Zisheng,
I ask you one more time.
Is there anything important
you haven't told me yet?
As long as you tell me,
I'll believe you.
Actually, I...
General Ling!
General Ling,
the Crown Prince requests to see you.
Go.
I want to see how you face
the brotherhood you have with the Crown Prince.
Zisheng.
Your Highness.
Zisheng,
Marquis Chengyang rarely enters the palace
and it's not always that you both meet.
Why don't we have lunch together today?
Your Highness,
His Majesty ordered me to assist the Ministry of Justice
in handling Peng Kun's case.
The case is not solved yet.
If there's nothing important,
I shall take my leave.
Zisheng, no need to hurry.
Zisheng.
Ever since you had returned from Shouchun,
you never came to visit me once.
You're going to be married soon.
I have something private
to tell you.
Can't I even do that?
Zisheng,
Marquis Chengyang only wants
to have lunch with you.
After all, you're family.
Why are you so determined to sever ties with him?
Zisheng.
Is that Peng Kun so important to you
that he made you put aside your meals and sleep
and refused to delay even for a moment?
Why are you nervous
about me investigating Peng Kun's case
that you'd stall me
from investigating the case at all cost?
I only feel bad for you.
I don't want to see you ruin your health
from investigating cases, that's all.
If it's just these meaningless words,
you can say no more.
I don't have time to hear them.
Nor do I have time to pretend that you're a kind father.
Such pretense,
you can leave it to Madam Chunyu.
Zisheng!
I couldn't
help you at all.
I'm already used to it.
It doesn't matter.
No matter.
Madam Peng was preparing to visit Peng Kun with his meal
under His Majesty's decree.
She wanted to persuade her husband to confess.
But she didn't expect
that Peng Kun would die from illness
when she found him in the dungeon.
Has the clerk investigated
the cause of death?
The clerk found out
that it was an asthma attack.
Wang Ling said
Peng Kun had asthma.
He can't get near flowers.
It should be an old illness.
Peng Kun had committed a heavy offense and was imprisoned alone.
No one noticed he had an asthma attack.
So he missed the chance for treatment.
This is obviously his retribution.
Peng Kun killed Lord Qian'an,
which led to the breach of Gu City.
Your uncle's family was slaughtered.
He deserves more
than dying like this.
Zisheng,
I know you can never forget what happened in Gu City.
Peng Kun is now dead.
You can finally be at ease.
After you marry Shaoshang,
you can have a real life.
Stop worrying about irrelevant things.
Was it you?
Did you kill him?
Zisheng,
calm down!
It's all accident.
Ling Yi.
(Wang's Restaurant)
Young Master.
Get lost!
Young Master, it's raining heavily.
I said get lost!
Yuan.
I'm here.
Did you pick the apricot flower?
I'll go and pick them up now.
You love apricot flowers the most.
I'll pick as many
as you want.
Yuan,
it'd be nice
if I married you back then.
I was a fool.
An idiot.
I should've married you.
If I married you,
I wouldn't have ended up
in such a state.
Yuan,
I'm sorry.
Come here.
Don't forget
our revenge.
I promise you
I'll never forget it.
I shall
avenge us.
Good.
Li.
Junhua.
Don't worry.
You didn't sleep all night.
The physicians had prepared some medicinal soup to calm the nerves.
Why don't you take some rest first?
So you'll have the energy to handle Madam Huo's funeral.
I knew this day would come.
Human life is
like plants in the spring.
Death is inevitable in life.
A person would have to bid farewell.
it may be inevitable to face separation because of death.
But as long as you have them in your heart,
be it in the underworld
or in a far distance,
no one can truly separate you.
Is it really like that?
Zisheng,
what did you want to tell me last night?
Zisheng.
No matter what you want to do,
as long as you tell me,
I'll not stop you.
I know the case of Gu City
has been a thorn in your heart.
I also know
the sacrifices you made for the Huo Clan.
If I had met you several years earlier,
I could've shared this burden with you.
You didn't have to face it all alone.
Now that Peng Kun is dead,
the case of Gu City has already come to an end.
You can finally put aside
your vengeance.
Before we marry,
I hope you can trust me.
(Memorial Tablet of Eldest Brother, Huo Chong)
Shaoshang.
If I do
something that shakes the world one day,
would you still feel the same for me?
Your mother's coffin is here.
I'm willing to swear an oath before her.
Spirits of the ancestors
and divine deities as my witness.
I, Cheng Shaoshang
hereby make an oath
that Ling Buyi and I
will never walk away
from our love in this life.
If he doesn't leave me,
I shall never forsake him.
I swear on my will
I will not regret it in this life.
Zisheng,
I dare to form a bond with a bite.
Do you dare?
Both of us have formed a bond from this bite.
This pain will link our hearts.
I ask you again.
Do you have anything to tell me?
If someone hurts your family
and you know that person is guilty
but you can't punish him by law,
what will you do?
If someone hurts a person close to me,
I won't forgive them.
(I'll return the pain)
(1,000-fold back to them.)
No matter what happens,
I'll help you.
No matter what it is,
I'll always stand on your side.
No.
You scum!
You have the nerve to see her?
Get out!
We don't welcome you!
Marquis Cui,
there are many rumors
about you and Junhua.
If you stop us from entering,
aren't you afraid people will criticize her?
You shameless woman!
Don't think about slandering Junhua.
Do you think everyone is
an adulterer like you?
Dear!
I wonder what brings Marquis Chengyang
to my mother's funeral hall.
I came to see her off.
Why did he hurt me?
Hurt you?
I was obviously hitting you!
Zisheng,
it'll be your father's 50th birthday in seven days.
He plans to hold a banquet at home.
The Ling Clan from over the country
had already arrived here.
Your father came here to invite you and your mother
to his birthday banquet today.
But we didn't expect
Junhua suddenly pass away
and leave us forever.
We can forget about the banquet.
Junhua just passed away.
It's not proper
to hold a birthday banquet at this time.
But the Ling Clan has arrived in the capital.
We can't reschedule.
Since it's already been set,
just hold the banquet as scheduled.
On your birthday,
I'll send a gift from Mother
to you.
I'm happy
that you can come.
I'll prepare your favorite food and drinks.
I know you're sad.
But nothing is left after a person dies.
You must take good care of your health.
♪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♪