General and I (A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to Be Appreciated / 孤芳不自赏)

Young Master.

There is still one thing I am worried about.

What is it?

Tell me.

Young Master, you saved Ping Ting

but have you thought about how you will answer to the princess?

Young Master, may I be so bold as to say

you don't truly love Princess Yao Tian, do you?

How dare you? What nonsense are you speaking?

Do you know that question could lead to our deaths?

The princess is not one to be spoken of in a joking manner by you.

But what about Ping Ting?

For her, staying by my side is the best choice.

I have already done my best on this matter.

Don't talk about it anymore. It is not up to you to worry about.

But--

Young Master!

Ping Ting, are you all right?

I am fine. I am all right.

But we are now...

It is my fault.

It is all my fault.

Ping Ting, what will we do now?

Are we really following He Xia to Bai Lan?

Chinese figwort, fritillaria bulb

dwarf lilyturf, lily bulb, and Chinese foxglove root.

That... is a prescription for clearing and purging.

Ping Ting, what you need right now is a prescription for warming and tonifying.

I am thinking

if this prescription had cornelian cherry added to it

my problem could be easily solved.

You must not!

Ping Ting, you have to remember you are carrying Bei Jie's child in your womb.

Do you still remember what we talked about last night?

We said if you have a boy, you will teach him to read

- and His Highness will-- - His Highness...

His Highness...

Today is His Highness's birthday.

We agreed he would return today.

We even made steamed cake for him.

We even made steamed cake for him, Zui Ju.

But he did not return.

If He Xia did not lie to me...

If His Highness really...

If His Highness really is dead

I don't want to be the one left living.

I know, I know.

Ping Ting, if His Highness is still alive

he would not want to see you like this.

He wants you to be happy.

Mount East country house is gone.

Our home is gone.

If Chu Bei Jie no longer exists in this world

then there will no longer be Bai Ping Ting.

Ping Ting.

Don't.

Zui Ju.

Zui Ju, is... is His Highness still alive?

Stop the carriage!

Come, Ping Ting.

Are you all right?

What is wrong with Ping Ting?

She feels a bit uncomfortable. Let her walk alone.

Young Master.

- Everyone rest for an hour. - But this--

Everyone rest for an hour.

You...

Ping Ting doesn't want to be followed.

Let go! If I don't go, am I to let that murderer follow her?

Young Master is no murderer. He won't harm Ping Ting.

If he isn't a murderer, then who is?

He has already killed so many people!

What do you know?

The three of us grew up together. We have a very good relationship.

How would an outsider like you understand?

Good relationship? I think not.

He is the one who tore Ping Ting and Bei Jie apart.

- You! - I--

I don't want to waste time talking with you. Get back inside.

Go!

- Get up there. - Let go!

You and I had made a promise that if one of us should die one day

the other would surely follow.

Bei Jie, if you really are dead, I will not live either.

Why?

I have done so much for you

yet you pay me no heed.

Didn't I say I want some time alone?

What are you here for?

I saw you haven't been eating.

There is still a long journey ahead.

You won't be able to withstand it.

Death could occur at any moment.

To be separated by death causes sleepless nights of heartbreak.

A widow should mourn her dead husband.

It is an old Yan State custom for a widow to fast for three days.

Have you forgotten these customs after going to Bai Lan?

Ping Ting.

Take two steps back. That is dangerous.

Your hands are covered in the blood of my soldiers.

Are you afraid of adding the blood of one more person?

I did not want to kill them.

I only wanted to take you away.

Young Master.

You have slaughtered so many.

Do you still remember the person you once was?

I am still me.

Their only fault was that they were Chu Bei Jie's men.

They deserved to die.

- Let go. - I won't.

Ping Ting, anybody else in this world can misunderstand me except for you.

What I want is revenge.

I want revenge for the dozens of lives of my household.

Please don't push me.

Nobody is pushing you, Young Master.

These are all the choices you've made.

Just as how I will love only Chu Bei Jie in this lifetime.

You should treat your Princess Yao Tian well.

We cannot return to the past.

This is our fate.

I do not believe in fate.

I only believe that man is the master of his own fate.

How about this?

I will give you some time.

Take time to calm down.

Think about who truly treats you well.

I believe one day

your heart will return to me.

Does Princess Yao Tian know

not only did you not kill me, but are also bringing me back to Bai Lan?

These are my own matters.

I will handle it.

That means she does not know yet.

She is my wife.

She will not act against my wishes.

That is right.

Likewise...

I am Chu Bei Jie's wife.

I will stand with my husband.

I will love only him in this lifetime.

Love only him? You are foolish. He is already dead!

Would he know?

Have you ever loved someone?

Do you know the feeling of cooking and helping them dress every day?

Do you know the feeling of deriving happiness from their pleasure?

Have you ever experienced it?

Young Master.

You live alone in your own world.

You are not fit to love someone.

As for power...

What if you were to die tomorrow?

Ping Ting.

Saying that is very selfish of you.

Who does not wish to cherish tender affection with another?

Who doesn't want that piece of happiness?

But when you one day discover your entire family dead

you do not have the right to enjoy that tenderness and lasting affection

and stay together in love.

Every moment of every day, I am telling myself

I need revenge.

Just revenge!

Otherwise, I find it hard to fall asleep at night.

My dreams are full of the faces of those who died unjustly.

Do you understand that feeling?

Will you get what you want after you exact your revenge?

Will you then sleep well?

Has it ever occurred to you the ones you killed

have parents and children as well?

What will you have them do?

Come seek you for revenge as well?

When will the cycle of revenge end?

When will the cycle of revenge end?

I cannot worry about so much.

I have already reached my goal.

What I want to do now is return to the past.

It is no longer possible.

We can no longer return to the past.

Your desires will destroy you.

Ping Ting, are you all right?

What did He Xia do to you? What did he say to you?

Do not worry.

We are still very safe.

That is a relief.

Ping Ting, what plans do you have now?

Plans?

He is no longer here. What plans could I have?

We can only take one step at a time now.

But the child...

I will do my best to live on for the child.

Who are you? Stop right there!

Capture him!

Chase after him!

My name is Fei Zhao Xing. Greetings, Young Prince.

Fei Zhao Xing? Who exactly are you?

Your Highness must surely have never heard of a lowly servant as I before.

We never met before, so I could only resort to this to verify your identity.

Please forgive me, Your Highness.

I came under orders to deliver a piece of valuable news.

How did you know I would pass by here?

If Your Highness did not pass by here