Untouchable Lovers (凤囚凰)

Untouchable Lovers

Episode 41

How come a cup of tea time is this fast?

Men, go and look if our Her Highness the Empress Dowager is already dead.

If she's not yet dead, go help her.

Who was that?!

Impossible. Rong Zhi or Huo Xuan can't be this fast.

So, it's you,

Feng Tai.

Are these soldiers your Feng Manor's private army?

Ma Zhongliang, I urge you to immediately put down your weapons

and come with me to His Majesty to ask for forgiveness.

Dream on! But I have one unexpected finding.

I've long heard that the Feng family is harboring a private army that's thousands in numbers.

Never thought that after surrounding the Imperial Palace, I was able to lure you all out.

If I report this to His Majesty, he surely will be happy, right?

If I kill you, I'm a meritorious officer in the pacification of this rebellion.

His Majesty will not blame me.

Stop telling me these bullshit!

Making it high sounding. If not because I wanted to kill this Little Empress Dowager,

you were forced to take extreme actions, and used this opportunity to gain some merits.

Ma Zhongliang, how dare you!

You're the one who is being bold.

Look at these rotten soldiers of yours. How can they rival the Longling Army?

Men! Arrest him!

You...

Your Highness, bad news!

We had a total of 5,000 men made up of the guards we brought and the Longlin Army soldiers that pledged allegiance to us.

But now, they have been utterly defeated.

Even if it were the Longlin Army that Chen Yong led, they won't have such power.

Unless one person.

Who?

- Your Highness! - If you don't want to die, immediately leave!

Tuoba Hong!

You lied to me?

Attack!

- Charge towards them! - Attack!

Really?

A part of the Longlin Army has pledged allegiance to me.

The different army near Pingcheng wouldn't dare to gather if not given an imperial decree.

The only army that can appear here now is the Hua Army.

But weren't they in Sizhou? How come they have appeared here in Xishan?

What if from the start, I didn't plan to send Huo Xuan to Sizhou?

What did you say?

May Your Majesty give your instructions.

What have you guessed?

Your Majesty asked me to come here to demonstrate a military formation.

But in here, there isn't even a sand table prepared.

It shows that from the start, you have a different intention.

Asking me to demonstrate is just to conceal it from others.

Feifeng General, listen to my decree.

I am here!

I want you to lead your army and stay guard in Xishan.

Xishan?

Impossible...this is impossible! I clearly saw then that—

Did your scout say that Huo Xuan had led her army to Sizhou?

You...

That was just a distraction strategy.

When her army has passed through Dingwu, they secretly turned around and made way to Xishan.

That's why, sometimes, what you see may not be the truth.

Tell me! When did you start suspecting me?!

In this world, there isn't any completely soundproof wall!

Your biggest mistake is you shouldn't have bribed Chen Yong and

attempted to break up my Longlin Army!

Chen Yong?

No.

You're wrong again.

Sorry, Chancellor Ma.

Your Highness the Empress Dowager, everything is fine now!

Please come out!

Don't be arrogant here! If Chen Yong knows about this—

Don't worry. He already doesn't have that chance.

Bring him here!

You bastard. If not because I took you in,

how could you have a today?!

You dare to betray me?! You're worse than a beast!

In this world, I'm only loyal to His Majesty.

Looks like you've been playing me from the start.

How important is the Longlin Army? How can it be given to you fully?

From the start, it was His Majesty who sent me to the Longlin Army

mainly to monitor you.

You're so-called favor in promoting me

was an opportunity that His Majesty especially created

for me to stay in the Longlin Army.

You're a traitor!

Traitor?

His Majesty promoted you to become the commander of Longlin Army.

He gave you a high position, high salary, and power.

Yet, you weren't contented. You dared to connive with Prince Kang and attempted to revolt?!

You disappointed our Longlin Army brother.

The more you disappointed the imperial graces of His Majesty.

The real traitor should be you!

Your Majesty...

I tried to calculate everything,

except you.

I should have known that

with your deep manner of thinking,

how could you let off any high ministers by your side?

Little Empress Dowager, be careful.

His Majesty might have placed a spy beside all of us to monitor our moves anytime.

If you aren't doing anything wrong, why fear getting monitored?

Chancellor Ma, please.

I will walk on my own!

Little Empress Dowager,

I want to warn you to stop being too arrogant.

His Majesty is younger than you,

but his thoughts are deeper than you.

I got defeated in the hands of His Majesty.

I am willingly accepting my loss.

But don't forget that His Majesty has set-up such a huge trap today

not only to catch me.

Take care.

You're worse than a beast!

You're worse than dogs and pigs!

Xueyun...

Your Highness the Empress Dowager, we've caused you to be frightened.

Just leave me to handle the rest.

Empress Dowager, what's wrong?

You! Follow me inside!

Lord Feng, Her Highness has asked that you go in with her.

Xishan Hunting Palace

Your Highness.

No one is allowed to get near. I'll go in by myself.

Rong Zhi!

I used so much efforts to bribe Chen Yong,

but never thought that the power to command the Longlin Army

isn't in his hands.

You were able to get the support of my Longlin Army because you used their different standpoint and conflicts.

For this aspect, I really admire you.

Too bad, you didn't use your skills on the right person.

Peng Ge didn't make any move because I ordered him to clearly look at

how many people have joined the mutiny

and how many are still loyal to me.

After all, no matter if it's the imperial court or the military,

they have been in peace for so long that they've lost the proper vigilance.

I should have did some revamping long ago.

Your Majesty, do you know that I've sent people to kill Prince Regent? He already—

Huo Xuan will go help him.

What if Huo Xuan was unable to go there on time?

If he wasn't able to last until that time, it can only prove that he's incapable.

How could a weak and incapable Prince Regent be worthy of bearing important state responsibilities?

Greetings, Your Majesty.

You're finally here.

I thought that you died within the chaos of the rebellion.

Thanks to you, I'm still alive.

You also heard it earlier, right?

Your life was worth nothing to him.

We all were just pawns on a chess game.

Your Majesty, there is one more thing that I really want to know.

- Ask away. - You clearly knew that I was trying to revolt.

How come you still proceeded with your Xishan trip?

I wanted to know up to what point you can implement your scheme

- while facing your own brother. - No!

You're lying! You just want to see how I go wild about the imperial position.

You wanted me and Prince Regent to slaughter each other.

You are that kind of person.

You've known about the conflict between us long ago,

but you just silently watched. You even used

the reason of being aloof on worldly affairs because of your faith in Buddhism.

You wanted us to battle until a victor is named.

You wanted us to tear up each other apart.

Because you don't really have a

benevolent heart of a Buddhist believer.

You are an assassin whose hands are full of fresh blood.

Prince Kang, you're wrong.

His Majesty doesn't plan to doom you to death.

Until earlier, he was giving you a chance to turn back.

Turn back?

Yes. His Majesty was waiting for you to quickly and completely realize your mistakes,

but you didn't show any traces of repenting for your sins and just showed a heart full of grudges.

You're unable to see the pain in His Majesty's heart nor see clearly the consequences of your choice.

At least, I've now clearly seen through this emperor that only poses as having high morals

- I was able to clearly see his cold and ruthless heart. - Prince Kang!

Enough!

Royal Brother, you said it right.

I was so disappointed at you.

If you have cut through me with your sword yesterday,

I would have admired you for being cruel and merciless, being resolute and bold.

Too bad, you only have useless wild ambition

but not enough courage.

If I was the one wielding that sword, I wouldn't let it land at nothing.

If you're talking about having the heart of a wild beast, so sorry, I don't have one.

On that aspect, we're very different.

Men!

Your Majesty.

Arrest Prince Kang and escort him back to the palace.

Yes.

Rong Zhi, after the cunning hare is killed the dog is boiled.

Today, I'm over. But one day, it will be your turn!

You also want to question me, am I right?

I dare not.

You dare not?

But your expression has already betrayed you.

You're like Prince Kang, thinking that I did all these

just to watch you two cut each other's throats. Am I right?

I have always thought that

even though Prince Kang has wild ambitions, he can still be considered a formidable person.

He can kill anyone in this world,

but will never harm his own brother.

Reality proved that I wasn't wrong about him.