The Promise Keepers (The Classic of Mountains and Seas / Shan Hai Jing Zhi Shang Gu Mi Yue / 山海经之上古密约)

Guardians of the Ancient Oath

Episode 27

Get more charcoal.

It’s not warm enough.

Yes.

Blizzard lasts for three months.

Fire lasts for three months.

Drought lasts for three months.

Prairie will turn into desert.

The Langs will die in foreign lands.

Do I have such great power?

Who told you these?

I may bring blizzard today.

Tomorrow, I may bring fire.

The day after tomorrow,

your army

may not exist.

Aren’t you scared?

I never believe

these nonsense.

You are Princess Na Cheng’s daughter.

She deeply loved this prairie.

I don’t believe

her daughter is a jinx.

What kind of woman

was my mother?

Princess Na Cheng

was an intelligent woman,

not an ordinary spoiled girl.

She used her wisdom to benefit the clan.

Clansmen were proud of her.

You’re like her, Li Ruo.

But I am not princess.

With me here,

no one dares to kill you.

Aren’t you afraid to be deserted?

The more powerful a man is,

the more he shall protect his beloved ones.

Fine.

The snowstorm

won’t stop shortly.

Take a good rest.

Protect her.

General.

General, you will...

General.

General.

Listen.

The wine is unlimited today.

Bring all their best wine

to me.

General.

We’ve been trapped by snowstorm for days.

How is

the morale of soldiers?

Provisions sufficient, morale stable.

We’ve been through

thick and thin with General,

and experienced much worse than this.

The snowstorm

comes hard,

but we’ve prepared

for the worst

before departure.

The current situation

is in control.

But I have some worries.

Go on.

General.

I heard of some rumors

when patrolling.

It’s rumored in the barracks

this snowstorm

is the wrath of Ancestral God,

a punishment to the person who is disrespectful.

Rise first.

If that person

isn’t expelled,

an irresistible disaster

will occur.

And the army will fall.

The person who is disrespectful?

Do you mean Princess Li Ruo?

Yes.

These spells

were drawn by soldiers

to repel misfortune.

Can it repel misfortune?

I think

these rumors are bad for morale.

Who has this?

Almost everyone.

What about you?

You know it best.

What do you think?

I only follow your orders, General.

Your decision

is mine.

OK. Figure it out.

Yes.

Listen.

The wine is unlimited today.

As for your capacity,

I can afford it.

You didn’t take

enough money when we

drunk in Tayun Tavern the first time.

Because you

insisted on drinking with me

from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.,

until I didn’t have

a penny left in my pocket.

You didn’t know

how mad brother was

when he came

to pay the bill.

I fell asleep.

It’s your fault. You reported to brother.

General.

Don’t only drink.

Eat some vegetables.

General.

Please stop drinking.

Actually, I know your

griefs.

Even an outsider like me

felt heartbroken

when I heard of it.

But Bai Yi...

Lady Hongyi,

is the hero of Yo.

She’d rather die for the country

than give in to Lang.

Die for the country?

Tell me

the story

you heard of.

It’s said

Lang kidnapped Lady Hongyi

and forced Marquis Zhenbei

to exchange 5,000 weapons

for her.

Lady Hongyi didn’t want Lang have their way.

She threw herself into river and died for the country.

His Majesty said

Baili Hongyi

put the country's interests first

other than her life.

She’s moral and admirable.

Princess Jingguo was conferred on her.

Die for the country?

Princess Jingguo?

General.

Give me.

You can’t...

Out.

General.

Get out!

I’m not Baili Hongyi.

My name is Li Ruo,

a Lang you hate most.

My mother’s name is Na Cheng,

daughter of the Great King,

the Saintess of Lang.

My father’s name is Yan Bin,

a Yo.

Whenever I recall that

I had been calling

my parents’ killer

father

and mother,

it makes me sick.

Now that

I’ve made it clear,

we may never meet again.

It’s fine.

As long as we three are together,

we are

invincible.

Right.

We fear nothing.

Yes.

Brother, don’t be afraid.

We three

are all capable.

Father is gone,

but you have me

and Hongyi.

Don't call me Hongyi.

I'm older than you.

I’m your elder brother.

Brother or sister?

I’m confused.

Fine.

You are my family.

We live in a wonderful world.

I desire nothing else.

Brother, rest assured.

We three brothers

can surely get through all difficulties.