The Rise of Phoenixes (天盛長歌)

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

ADAPTED FROM TIANXIA GUIYUAN'S NOVEL HUANG QUAN

EPISODE 61

Hua Qiong.

Sorry you had to suffer.

You do know me well, Prince of Chu.

You are right.

This is a serious matter.

I should be more cautious.

Please forgive me, Your Majesty.

As Prince of Chu mentioned,

Feng Zhiwei is originally from Tiansheng.

She has another identity as well.

The ninth princess of Dacheng.

Am I right?

Prince of An, you are truly

the most detail-oriented person I've ever met.

You're too kind.

The members of Dacheng's Zhangsun family all have a birthmark on their shoulder.

I wonder if you could show it to me.

Prince of An, that's inappropriate.

You're just telling me what you suspect.

Where's the truth or evidence?

You favor Ning Yi.

Of course, you think someone's framing him.

Your Majesty, I just don't want anyone to fool you.

Please give me some time, so that I can find out the truth.

Then you can kill me.

The truth?

They're just fighting for the throne.

What good is it to discover the truth?

I'll just lose another child.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, Headmaster Xin is here.

Let him here.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I pay respect to Your Majesty.

What can I do for you today, Your Majesty?

-At ease. -Thank you, Your Majesty.

Xin Ziyan.

Can I trust you?

Yes.

Then let me ask you this.

Do you know where Ning Yi is right now?

I don't.

I don't want to continue investigating Shaoning's death.

I asked you to come here today

to ask you to help Ning Qi become my successor.

Are you willing to help him?

Why did you suddenly make this decision, Your Majesty?

I don't have much time left.

Your Highness.

Did you find the birthmark?

I did.

When you go to Jinshi,

Feng Zhiwei will be in great danger.

It's best if no one knows her true identity.

Will you protect her?

If you're asking me this, you must have a plan already.

I'm willing to protect Zhiwei, even if it costs me my life.

Feng Zhiwei has the Zhangsun family birthmark on her body.

I'll have someone make the same mark on yours.

This is an ointment for Feng Zhiwei

to cover her birthmark.

Hua Qiong, good luck.

I've heard that the Queen of Jinshi is both brave and smart.

I'm glad I finally have the opportunity to meet her.

I told you who I was.

Yet you were too suspicious to trust me.

Yes, that's my fault.

The King of Jinshi, Helian Zheng, and his troops

have arrived outside Pucheng.

It seems like the Queen

is of utmost importance to the King of Jinshi.

Good timing.

How can you go meet your husband like this?

Maids.

The Queen needs to bathe and change.

Yes, Your Highness.

Hua Qiong.

From what I've seen in the past few days,

you and Feng Zhiwei are very close.

Therefore, I'd like you to ask the Queen

if she's willing

to welcome the King of Jinshi, Helian Zheng, at the city wall?

Would you be willing to do that?

I understand what you mean, Prince of An.

I'm just worried that it might not be the best idea.

Why is that, Prince of Chu?

You've seen how stubborn Feng Zhiwei is.

What if she climbs up the city wall and jumps?

Prince of An,

you'll be left with nothing to bargain with.

If this angers Helian Zheng,

he'll surely attack Pucheng.

It's all right if you lose the city,

but if you lose the trust of your father,

that would be troublesome.

Prince of Chu is here in Pucheng.

Would she really jump?

We can't be sure.

Then you should go up there with her, Prince of Chu.

If she really jumps--

Prince of An, how can you be so arrogant?

Prince of Chu said he came here to hide for a few days.

He was just being polite. Are you really going to risk it?

If anything happens to Prince of Chu while he's here,

the anger of the Emperor of Tiansheng will make its way to Dayue.

Then your father

will probably have to sacrifice you.

Prince of An.

Please calm down.

It's just a maid's nonsense.

Hua Qiong, go get a bandage for your wound.

I need to ask you some questions later.

Go now.

Yes, Your Highness.

Prince of An.

I guess we both care about this matter.

How about we sit down and find a way to make us both happy?

What do you have in mind?

Tell me.

Prince of An,

this is a serious matter.

We must plan it carefully.

Your Majesty is leading the troops yourself.

The soldiers are in high spirits.

It'll be too easy to conquer Pucheng.

Of course, it's easy to conquer Pucheng.

Yet, we must be careful.

I have to make sure that the Queen is safe.

Yao Yangyu from Tiansheng pays respect to the King of Jinshi.

You may rise.

Your Majesty, how do you know that the Queen is in Pucheng?

I found Gu Nanyi wounded at Baitou Cliff.

If that's the case,

we need to send a spy in there to see what's going on before we act.

That was what I was thinking.

But after the Baitou Cliff battle,

Jin Siyu had become like a startled bird.

He has closed off Pucheng. There's no way in.

I have already lost a few Jinshi scouts.

Yet we still can't get in.

Yao Yangyu, since you're here, I need to ask you for a favor.

Don't say "favor." I'll comply to any of your orders.

Would you please find a way

to tell Prince of Chu that Feng Zhiwei has been locked up in Pucheng?

Tell the Emperor of Tiansheng to put pressure on Dayue

to prevent Jin Siyu from hurting her.

I...

Did I hear you right?

You want Prince of Chu to save Feng Zhiwei?

When have you become so generous?

As long as Zhiwei is safe,

I don't care how it's done.

Excuse me.

Your Majesty, Gu Nanyi left a letter and left for Pucheng.

I'm afraid His Majesty has chosen the wrong prince.

What are you going to do, Headmaster Xin?

Right now, I have to follow His Majesty's orders.

Otherwise, His Majesty may order someone else to help Ning Qi.

But I think, since it is clear that Ning Qi wants the throne,

we can just go along with that.

We will pretend to support him, collect evidence at the same time,

then expose his wrongdoings, casting him into hell.

I agree with you.

But another important issue is to find out where Prince of Chu is.

I'll ask someone to go meet Yao Yangyu

and check if Prince of Chu went to Pucheng.

Have you checked our surroundings?

Jin Siyu is very careful.

We can't be caught off-guard.

Your Highness, we are in a pavilion in the inner court.

It seems to be very peaceful here,

but there are many hidden guards surrounding us.

I'll find out how many there are and how often they change shifts.

Please be cautious.

We can't ruin our relationship with Jin Siyu right now.

Watch the door. I need to talk to Lingying.

Yes, Your Highness.

Ning Yi.

I know that you have many questions.

I've been avoiding your questions about your mother.

I'm guilty.

I don't expect you to forgive me.

Lingying.

I know there must be a reason.

All I want to ask is,

is my mother

still alive?

My poor Yale.

Your father locked her up

in a room without windows.

It has been 20 years.

I couldn't tell anyone. I had no one to tell.

All I could do was pray.

Pray for you to grow up soon.

I wanted you to grow up faster because...

I was worried she would be gone before you found out.

Mother is alive.