Legend of the Phoenix (Feng Yi / 凤弈)

"Episode 27"

Mr. Yan.

I've searched carefully.

The layout of this room is exactly the same as that of Yong De Palace.

You're sure?

I used to serve by Her Majesty for three years.

Lang Kun took 17 years to build such a long mountain path,

and built a log cabin with the same arrangement as the empress's chamber.

Interesting.

It's getting more and more interesting.

Search from the inside out.

Let's see if there's anything suspicious.

Yes.

-People. -Yes.

Open this.

Lang Kun.

I need you to do something.

Take this letter and look for Li Wen Xiang in Guang Ning County.

The empress dowager.

I see.

I got it now.

I understand everything now.

You're here.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Did anyone follow you?

Of course not.

Your Majesty, why are you looking for us in such a hurry?

Lang Kun has built a cabin for me.

I thought of having a place to live in,

if I get into trouble.

But someone reported that Yan Zheng has found the cabin.

Yan Zheng, the scoundrel,

resorted to every means to expose our identity.

Now, he has found the cabin.

He'll surely kick up a fuss.

You're being so nervous.

What's in that cabin?

The layout of the cabin is almost the same as that of my chamber.

Anyone who gets in there will know it's built for me.

The most important thing is that there are letters from,

the empress dowager to Lang Kun in that cabin.

I'm worried that the letters are in Yan Zheng's hands now.

If Lang Kun's cover is blown,

both your covers will be blown too.

The consequences will be dire.

I met Prince Guang Ding and the Princess Royal this morning.

Both of them seemed calm.

Prince Guang Ding is like an open book.

He wouldn't be able to fake it.

I'm afraid Yan Zheng hasn't told them yet.

He tried to expose us several times but failed.

This time, he must plan ahead.

He should be looking for more evidence now,

to dig up the relationship between the empress dowager,

and the three of us.

What should we do now?

Since we've revealed a flaw,

we might as well use a bigger flaw to cover up this flaw.

Let's plot it step by step to lure him into the trap.

Your Highness, quickly return to Wan Xiang Palace.

I'll just say these.

Wei Guang.

I need to know your plan.

And I must be included in your plan.

Your Highness has the courage that's different from before.

Chief Commander Wei, you must be kidding.

I'm still that Ye Ning Zhi.

This robe merely allows me to do more.

See you at Chenghuang Temple tomorrow.

"The tomb of Chief Commander Wei Yan"

You still came.

Lang Kun told you that my dad is buried here, right?

When you mentioned Chenghuang Temple yesterday,

I've figured it out.

Mr. Lang told me a lot about your dad's past.

Is that so?

What did he say?

Mr. Lang made jokes about your dad and you.

He said both of you must be indebted to the late emperor and His Majesty.

That's why you're here in this lifetime to live in infamy.

That's the ruler-subject relationship.

My dad and I are the subjects.

We had to do this for the emperor.

He also said...

the late emperor wanted to make his mark,

and insisted to pursue the enemy.

In the end, 8,000 soldiers were annihilated.

The late emperor pushed the blame on your dad.

Your dad was demoted from the position as general for two years.

Am I right?

My dad and I are not giving blind loyalty to the emperor.

If the emperor is overthrown,

the world will be in chaos.

Whenever an empire rises or falls, the people get the worst of it.

With political instability,

the ones who will suffer in the end are still the people.

The late emperor was too much.

Such a loyal minister was wrongfully executed.

But the Princess Royal keeps thinking,

that my dad hurt her.

What did you say?

Didn't the Princess Royal cause your father's death?

A palace maid who served the Princess Royal told me.

Your Highness.

I'm just a military man.

And I'm married too.

I dare not claim connections with people in higher social class.

Who on earth can be devoid of feelings and emotions?

This word will be with me for the rest of my life.

Are you that ruthless?

Ask my maids.

All of them said I used to be elegant and polished.

But right now, because of you,

I'm not in the mood for anything.

Is this how you treat me?

I deserve to die.

Every time you go into a battle,

I'll wait for you at the gate.

I look forward to your return.

And you?

I miss you so much.

But what do I get in return?

Is that all you have to say to me?

I'm a descendant of the royal family.

I keep begging you.

What more do you want me to do?

You said that...

you can't give up on your wife.

All right.

I can let her be your concubine.

I don't mind if you have a son.

I told you.

I'll treat him like my own son.

What more do you want me to do?

I treat you well. Why are you doing this to me?

You've put me in such a state.

Do you have a heart made out of stones?

I was still young back then.

Every time this woman came...

I would be very scared.

She was so madly in love.

Never did I expect.

In the end,

my dad lost his life to her.

A person like this...

is a disaster to others and herself.

Being crazy for love.

If you're not careful, you'll fall into the abyss.

You can talk about your plan.

This plan can only work with you.

General Wei.

Go to the north.

Contact the men over there.

I will give you the list one by one.

-All right. -Why not leave this mission to me?

Recently, that incapable ruler keeps having a relapse of cold disease.

He ordered me to search for a master who can cure his cold disease.

This makes it convenient for me to carry out this task.

Noble Consort Ning.

I think you're just using this as an excuse to get out of the palace.

You probably just want to secretly meet up with Chief Commander Wei.

I think both of you are being too impatient.

Don't get too anxious.

After we achieve our goal and when that incapable ruler abdicates,

sister and I will personally hold the wedding for you.

Prince Guang Ding.

How could they have love affair?

I saw them secretly meeting up seven times outside the palace.

They were properly dressed each time.

There was clearly no intimacy between them.

They didn't even hold hands.

If others see them, I'm afraid they will think,

that they are just faking the intimate relationship between them.

Mr. Yan.

Although I'm not a woman who would follow her husband in death,

I know how to be reserved as a woman.

Mr. Wei and I love one another but restricted within the moral standards.

We're not married.

How could we possibly be together?

What more being intimate at places where you could see us.

Is that so?

I'm afraid you're just faking it.

Pretend to have a love affair,

so that Her Highness lowers her guard against you.

But you're actually just being a spy for the emperor.

Mr. Yan.

Let me tell you a touching love story.

Twenty years ago, a princess fell in love with a general.

The princess was very beautiful.

She was only 17 years old.

And that general was over 30 years old.

He was married with a son.

But that princess didn't mind.

She loved this general with all her heart.

She even carved his name on her.

The princess didn't ask the general to marry her.

And she restrained herself.

That's because she knew,

this relationship would give the general,

a bad reputation.