She Crowned Him a War God… Then Shattered Their Betrothal

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00:00:00On the battlefield, amidst a flurry of snow, the fifth prince of Dongling, Lu Fenglian, has won a great victory.

00:00:07Slung over his shoulder is his captive, the daughter of the desert warlord, Tuoba Fei Yuan.

00:00:11She struggles and curses all the way, let go of me, you bastard.

00:00:15The soldiers, however, raise their arms and cheer, celebrating their prince's triumphant return.

00:00:21All of this is witnessed by one person in a tent, his fiancée and the mastermind behind this victory,

00:00:26the military strategist, Xu Yueli. It was thanks to her strategy that the army won so easily.

00:00:32She decides to personally meet this captured enemy princess.

00:00:35Inside Prince Lian's tent, Tuoba Fei Yuan is pinned to the ground, but shows no fear, her eyes filled with hatred.

00:00:42The prince, intrigued, lifts her chin. She yells defiantly, you dog.

00:00:47If you have the guts, kill me. If I so much as frown, I am not the daughter of the desert warlord.

00:00:51Her fiery words only pique the prince's interest.

00:00:54He says playfully, you're the first person who has dared to curse me.

00:00:58Interesting.

00:00:59However, this flirtatious scene is seen clearly by Xu Yueli from outside the tent.

00:01:03Her handmaiden, Zisu, complains on her behalf, my lady, the prince is soon to be married to you.

00:01:09How can he be flirting with the daughter of a traitor now?

00:01:12Three days later, as Xu Yueli is sewing under the lamplight,

00:01:15Zisu bursts in furious.

00:01:17It turns out that Tuoba Fei Yuan was pardoned by the prince for revealing the location of the remaining enemy forces.

00:01:22Not only that, but for the past few days, the prince has been inseparable from her.

00:01:27Merely giving her a light scolding for tearing up his military books.

00:01:30And even injuring the soldiers sent to hunt down her father.

00:01:34Hearing this, Xu Yueli finds it absurd.

00:01:36How could such an action win the respect of the troops?

00:01:39Suddenly, she remembers something, and her face turns pale.

00:01:42The general leading the attack on the Tuoba king that day, was my older brother.

00:01:46Just as she says this, a soldier rushes into the tent in a panic.

00:01:50Bringing devastating news, strategist.

00:01:53General Chu is in trouble.

00:01:54One moment, we hear that Tu Yueli's brother has met with disaster.

00:01:58The next, the army doctor delivers the diagnosis.

00:02:01Gravely telling Tu Yueli, Lady Li,

00:02:03I'm afraid the general, will no longer be able to perform his manly duties.

00:02:07The handmaiden is horrified.

00:02:09The Gua Gong mansion has been loyal for generations.

00:02:12And now the general is the only male heir.

00:02:15This means the end of their family line.

00:02:17Overcome with grief and rage, Chu Yueli ignites with fury.

00:02:20Draws her dagger, and storms out.

00:02:23At this moment, on the military training grounds.

00:02:26The one responsible for her brother's ruin, the enemy princess Yuanor,

00:02:29is being protected by Prince Hui Yi.

00:02:31Chu Li rushes forward with her blade, roaring.

00:02:34She has destroyed my brother's entire life.

00:02:36I will make her pay in blood.

00:02:38But to her utter shock, Hui Yi grabs her wrist.

00:02:40Blocking her and scolding her in return.

00:02:43Yuanor has just lost her family.

00:02:45So, what if she's a bit extreme?

00:02:47Can't you be more tolerant of her?

00:02:49Even more ridiculously, Yuanor shows no remorse.

00:02:52And declares arrogantly,

00:02:53Huh, Chu Xiaoha killed my father and brother.

00:02:56I only castrated him.

00:02:57He got off easy.

00:02:59Chu Li argues back that her father and brother were guilty of treason and deserved to die.

00:03:03While Yuanor, for harming a loyal general, deserved death even more.

00:03:07But Hui Yi refuses to listen.

00:03:08Even accusing Chu Li of becoming callous.

00:03:11He actually says,

00:03:12Yuanor is truly just an innocent little girl.

00:03:15You used to be the most understanding person.

00:03:17How have you become so harsh now?

00:03:19These words are the final straw that breaks Chu Li.

00:03:22Her heart turns cold, and she replies icily,

00:03:25Your highness is mistaken.

00:03:26I am just this harsh.

00:03:28With that, she violently breaks free.

00:03:30And, with a backhand strike, stabs Yuanor.

00:03:33Seeing this, Hui Yi loses all composure.

00:03:35Cradling the fallen Yuanor and shouting,

00:03:38You wretched girl.

00:03:39Are you all dead?

00:03:40Get a doctor.

00:03:41Watching this scene,

00:03:42Chu Li finally understands that in Hui Yi's heart.

00:03:45She is worth far less than this traitor's daughter.

00:03:48He actually intended to kill her.

00:03:50Seeing the man she loves ready to kill her for another woman.

00:03:53Ali's heart turns to ash.

00:03:55She asks Prince Jing if he intends to avenge that woman.

00:03:58And he replies without hesitation.

00:04:00Do you think I wouldn't dare?

00:04:01His heartless words leave Ali completely disillusioned.

00:04:04Just then, the red, robed woman whimpers.

00:04:07I'm in so much pain.

00:04:09Instantly capturing all of the prince's attention.

00:04:11The worry and ache in his eyes are overflowing.

00:04:14A stark contrast to his coldness toward Ali.

00:04:17He lifts the woman into his arms.

00:04:19And, in front of everyone, walks away without a backward glance.

00:04:23Leaving his fiancée Ali standing alone.

00:04:25Heartbroken, Ali rushes to see her gravely injured brother.

00:04:28Her brother, having heard what just happened.

00:04:31Is deeply worried about her impending wedding next month.

00:04:34Ali forces back her sorrow.

00:04:36And instead comforts her brother.

00:04:38Telling him to rest well.

00:04:39That night, an intoxicated Prince Jing stumbles into Ali's tent.

00:04:43He grabs her hand.

00:04:44And, for the first time, bows his head an apology.

00:04:48I was wrong today.

00:04:49I shouldn't have yelled at you.

00:04:50Don't be angry with me, please.

00:04:52When Ali remains unmoved.

00:04:54He suddenly drops to his knees.

00:04:55Humbly pouring out his heart about how he was never loved as a child.

00:05:00And only Ali was his comfort.

00:05:01He repeatedly promises that his heart belongs only to her.

00:05:05And that after they marry, he will love only her.

00:05:07Just as Ali's defenses are about to be broken by this emotional display.

00:05:11The prince's tone shifts.

00:05:13And, in an almost dreamlike voice, he utters the cruelest words.

00:05:17I think.

00:05:18I've fallen in love with that other girl.

00:05:20One moment, she's hearing Prince Jing's deep confession.

00:05:23The next, he's telling her he loves someone else.

00:05:26Ali finds it utterly ironic.

00:05:28It turns out the prince was attracted to the rebellious spirit of the girl named Ware.

00:05:32Ali can't help but recall that it was because he once said he liked gentle women.

00:05:36That she restrained her sharp edges and suppressed her true nature.

00:05:39But now, is he here to break off their engagement for some arrogant young girl?

00:05:43Faced with Ali's question, the prince panics.

00:05:46He hurriedly grabs her, promising never to break the engagement.

00:05:49And begging her for time, swearing he will forget where and fall in love with her again.

00:05:54Heartbroken, Ali ultimately chooses to give him one more chance.

00:05:58But she never imagined the prince's promise would be so cheap.

00:06:01He had barely left when Ali saw him outside the camp, holding hands with that red, robed woman.

00:06:06She heard the woman pout,

00:06:08You're already engaged to her.

00:06:09Why are you still taking me to the capital?

00:06:11The scene is like a sharp knife stabbing viciously into Ali's heart.

00:06:14To add to her humiliation, the woman is an old acquaintance of hers, Chuyuele.

00:06:20She watches as Chuyuele breaks free from the prince, walks straight up to her.

00:06:24And, with eyes full of hatred and provocation, declares in front of everyone.

00:06:29Chuyuele, for the wound from that stab, one day I will repay you with interest.

00:06:33You just wait.

00:06:34Her former sister, now her rival in love, publicly betrays and humiliates her.

00:06:39Plunging Ali into complete despair.

00:06:41Seeing her fiancé fawning over another woman right in front of her.

00:06:45And even planning to leave her alone in the military camp for that woman.

00:06:49The red, robed Tuoba Feiyuan completely explodes.

00:06:52She angrily shouts at the general.

00:06:54I, Tuoba Feiyuan, will never share a husband with another woman.

00:06:58If you can't be with me and only me for a lifetime, then you can get lost now.

00:07:02In her struggle, she slaps him hard across the face.

00:07:05The slap thoroughly enrages the general.

00:07:08He says coldly, I think you're tired of living.

00:07:10And then forcibly carries her to his carriage.

00:07:13This entire scene is witnessed by the general's official fiancé, Ali.

00:07:16Who is dressed in striking red armor.

00:07:18Her handmaiden and another prince both feel it's an injustice.

00:07:22Believing this is a public humiliation for her.

00:07:25But Ali remains exceptionally calm.

00:07:27With a determined look, she says.

00:07:29The ones who should feel ashamed are them, not me.

00:07:31With that, she gracefully mounts her horse.

00:07:34And resolutely rides away alone.

00:07:36Inside the carriage, the general discovers Ali is missing.

00:07:39And is instantly alarmed.

00:07:41When his agitant reports that Lady Li has left on her own.

00:07:44He becomes furious.

00:07:46What?

00:07:46Leaving the army without permission is a capital offense.

00:07:49It seems I've truly spoiled her.

00:07:51Losing control due to his personal feelings.

00:07:54He immediately issues an order.

00:07:56Pass on my command.

00:07:57The entire army is to set off immediately and return to the capital.

00:08:01A drama sparked by a love triangle has now altered the course of the entire army.

00:08:05Furious about Ali's unauthorized departure.

00:08:08The prince storms back to his mansion.

00:08:10He believes he's been too lenient with Ali.

00:08:13And is determined to teach her a lesson this time.

00:08:15Making her come to him and admit her mistake.

00:08:18He waits confidently.

00:08:19Certain that Ali will come begging for his help regarding her brother.

00:08:22Who also left his post without permission.

00:08:25However, 10 days pass.

00:08:26And there's no movement from the Gwagong mansion.

00:08:29The prince's patience wears thin.

00:08:30When he learns that General Chu's injuries are not serious.

00:08:34And that he has even had an audience with the emperor.

00:08:36His pride is dealt a massive blow.

00:08:39Enraged, he concludes that Ali is plotting something behind his back.

00:08:42And immediately heads to the Gwagong mansion to confront her.

00:08:46At the mansion.

00:08:47Seeing Ali finally approach.

00:08:49The prince mistakes the wooden box she is holding for a gift to appease him.

00:08:53And his contempt grows.

00:08:54Before she can speak.

00:08:56He begins his interrogation from a position of superiority.

00:08:58I have given you several days to reflect.

00:09:01Do you know where you went wrong?

00:09:03He accuses her of being petty and jealous.

00:09:05And then threatens her with her brother's military offense.

00:09:08Trying to force her into submission.

00:09:10Your brother, Chu Xiaoha, deserted his post in the army.

00:09:13That is a capital crime.

00:09:15However, Ali maintains a stunning composure throughout.

00:09:18Upon hearing the words, military law.

00:09:20She doesn't panic.

00:09:22Instead, a faint smile plays on her lips.

00:09:24And she turns his words back on him.

00:09:27Asking with sharp eyes.

00:09:28Is your highness here merely to discuss military law with me?

00:09:31If that's the case.

00:09:33Then what about Tuoba Fei-Yuen?

00:09:34Who injured a general's soldiers without cause?

00:09:37What crime should she be charged with?

00:09:38This question instantly silences the once arrogant prince.

00:09:42One moment, he was rendered speechless by Ali's comeback.

00:09:45The next, the prince confronts her again in her room.

00:09:48He defends his new love, Shiener.

00:09:50Claiming that since her family was just destroyed.

00:09:53Her extreme actions are understandable.

00:09:55And even accuses Chu-Yuen of becoming narrow-minded.

00:09:58Chu-Yuen is enraged by this double standard.

00:10:01And sharply retorts,

00:10:02If that's the case, how about we let her stab you next time?

00:10:05Pushed into a corner, the prince decides to lay his cards on the table.

00:10:09He confesses that Shiener is the only woman he has ever truly wanted to marry.

00:10:13But he offers not to break their engagement on one condition.

00:10:16Chu-Yuen must accept Shiener as a co-wife.

00:10:19And after the wedding, he will never touch her.

00:10:22Leaving her to live as a widow for the rest of her life.

00:10:25This insulting proposal makes Chu-Yuen see the man before her for the selfish and hypocritical person he truly is.

00:10:31Yet the prince continues, smugly believing that by only taking two women,

00:10:35he is better than most men in the world.

00:10:37He then threatens her with the safety of the Guo-Gong mansion.

00:10:40Trying to force her to comply.

00:10:42Just as Chu-Yuen, utterly disheartened, is about to refuse.

00:10:45The door is suddenly pushed open.

00:10:48The red, robed Shiener bursts in, holding a dagger.

00:10:51And with a vicious look, she tells her,

00:10:53If you want to marry into the prince's mansion, then you'll have to let me cut you with this first.

00:10:57A battle for dignity and love has now become unavoidable.

00:11:01Seeing his old love and new flame facing off with the dagger,

00:11:04the prince hurries forward to intervene.

00:11:06Trying to persuade Ali to be reasonable and take the blow.

00:11:09He even arrogantly declares that besides him,

00:11:12no one else in the entire capital would dare to marry her.

00:11:14But he never expected that what Ali brought,

00:11:17was not a gift to please him.

00:11:19But an imperial edict she had personally requested from his father, the emperor.

00:11:23The prince is enraged.

00:11:25He assumes Ali is using the emperor to break him and Yuanur apart.

00:11:28And berates her for being despicable.

00:11:30Yuanur, at his side, fans the flames.

00:11:33Mocking Ali for pretending to be a well-mannered lady.

00:11:36However, when the prince angrily unfurls the edict,

00:11:39the words written on it make him freeze instantly.

00:11:41He stares at the edict in disbelief.

00:11:43Then looks at Ali, who is calmly sipping her tea.

00:11:46The anger on his face gradually gives way to shock and heartbreak.

00:11:49It turns out the edict was not for a marriage or an obstacle as he had imagined.

00:11:54It was Ali's own request to have their engagement annulled.

00:11:56This proud woman, faced with betrayal and humiliation,

00:12:00chose not to cry or beg.

00:12:02Instead, she ended this long,

00:12:03dead relationship with the most resolute and dignified method.

00:12:07Taking control into her own hands.

00:12:08He finally understood that this time,

00:12:11Ali truly no longer wanted him.

00:12:13Learning that Chuyuele had personally requested the annulment edict.

00:12:17The prince is both shocked and furious.

00:12:19Feeling utterly deceived.

00:12:21The princess Shiener at his side adds fuel to the fire.

00:12:24Snatching the edict and attempting to tear it up.

00:12:26Only to be stopped by Chuyuele's sharp rebuke.

00:12:29Insolence.

00:12:30To destroy an imperial edict is a crime punishable by 10,000 deaths.

00:12:34Enraged, Shiener immediately challenges Chuyuele to a duel.

00:12:37Chuyuele calmly accepts and sets the terms with her life on the line.

00:12:41If she is injured, regardless of life or death,

00:12:44the Gua Gong mansion will not pursue the matter.

00:12:47News travels fast.

00:12:48Chuyuele's brother rushes in to stop her.

00:12:50But is persuaded by his sister's determined gaze.

00:12:53Even the prince, who had been favoring Shiener,

00:12:55can't help but urge her to show mercy and not to harm Ali.

00:12:59Everyone withdraws to the courtyard to await the outcome of the duel.

00:13:01Her brother has already sent for a female physician.

00:13:05Fully expecting his sister to be injured.

00:13:07The prince even explains to him that Shiener grew up in the desert.

00:13:10And is vicious in her methods.

00:13:12Implying Chuyuele is in grave danger.

00:13:14Just when everyone is certain that Chuyuele is doomed.

00:13:17A loud crash echoes from within.

00:13:19The door is blasted open from the inside.

00:13:22And princess Shiener is sent flying out with the door panel.

00:13:25Landing heavily on the ground and spitting blood.

00:13:27This stunning reversal leaves everyone speechless.

00:13:29It turns out that the seemingly fragile Chuyuele.

00:13:33Is in fact, a hidden master of martial arts.

00:13:36Seeing Shiener gravely injured.

00:13:38The prince rushes to her side.

00:13:40On the other side.

00:13:41Chuyuele calmly admits that she was the one who struck her.

00:13:44But assures him it's not a fatal blow.

00:13:46The prince is furious.

00:13:48Demanding to know how many masters the Gwagong mansion has hidden away.

00:13:51Chuyuele unafraid.

00:13:53Tells him to search for himself.

00:13:55The prince tries to use their engagement to pressure her.

00:13:57But Chuyuele coolly reminds him that the imperial edict has been issued.

00:14:01The engagement is void.

00:14:03And then delivers the final blow with the words.

00:14:05Besides, I was the one who left you first.

00:14:08At the urging of Chuyuele's brother.

00:14:10The prince finally gives up the argument and departs in a rage.

00:14:13Carrying the unconscious Shiener.

00:14:15But his hateful glare before leaving suggests this is far from over.

00:14:18Her brother worriedly asks his sister if she regrets annulling the engagement.

00:14:22As it might mean no one will dare to marry her in the future.

00:14:25Chuyuele, however, firmly asks back.

00:14:28Brother, is marriage the only path for a woman?

00:14:31Her eyes shine with an unprecedented light as she declares.

00:14:34Don't worry brother.

00:14:36I am not as fragile as you think.

00:14:37From now on, I will protect the Gwagong mansion.

00:14:40At this moment, she is no longer anyone's fiance.

00:14:44But a true heroine fighting for her own fate and that of her family.

00:14:47Inside Prince Lufengjin's chambers, a storm is brewing.

00:14:50The heroine, Yuanur, has just warned him that the woman named Dolly is far more skilled in martial arts than he is.

00:14:56But he completely dismisses it.

00:14:58Before he can argue, his mother, royal consort Rue, arrives with her handmaiden.

00:15:03When Yuanur fails to kneel in greeting, the handmaiden immediately berates her.

00:15:07Yuanur, a woman of fierce spirit, refuses to submit to the rigid etiquette of the court.

00:15:12At Lufengjin's urging, she completely loses her temper.

00:15:15Not only does she refuse to kneel, but she publicly confronts him.

00:15:20Reminding him of his promise not to let her become one of the vicious, scheming women of the palace.

00:15:25Even yelling that his words are like farts.

00:15:27This outrageous statement thoroughly enrages royal consort Rue.

00:15:30She immediately orders Yuanur to be dragged out and given 50 strokes of the cane.

00:15:35As she's being taken away, Yuanur desperately cries out to Lufengjin, calling him a coward.

00:15:40Lufengjin is heartbroken and tries to intervene.

00:15:43But his mother threatens him with Yuanur's life.

00:15:46He can only fall to his knees in anguish, forced to watch the woman he loves being punished.

00:15:50However, an even bigger shock awaits him.

00:15:53After the punishment, royal consort Rue reveals a stunning secret.

00:15:57His title as the god of war of Dongling was earned by framing his rival, Prince Emo.

00:16:02And the mastermind behind it all was none other than the woman he believed to be a fragile,

00:16:06helpless girl who knew no martial arts.

00:16:08Oli, who is, in fact, Yuanur herself.

00:16:10One moment, Lufengjin learns his title as the god of war was secured through Oli's schemes.

00:16:17The next, his royal mother is giving him a deep analysis of the stakes.

00:16:20It turns out the Gua Gong mansion commands the 100,000 strong Chu family army.

00:16:26And Chu Yueli is the key to that army.

00:16:28If he angers her and breaks the engagement now, Lufengjin will lose this crucial military force.

00:16:33And will no longer be able to stand against his rival, Prince Emo.

00:16:37Lufengjin, however, is dismissive.

00:16:40He arrogantly believes Oli is utterly devoted to him.

00:16:43Merely throwing a tantrum to get him to comfort her.

00:16:45And decides to discipline her lightly as a lesson.

00:16:48His mother agrees, but reminds him to be measured.

00:16:51As their ultimate goal is to secure the Chu family army.

00:16:54Soon, this slight discipline is carried out in the courtyard.

00:16:58The punished woman is beaten until she faints.

00:17:00While the royal mother watches coldly before turning away.

00:17:03Later, Lufengjin enters Oli's bedchamber.

00:17:06Faced with the woman who was injured because of him.

00:17:08He feels no guilt.

00:17:10Instead, he is angered by Oli's accusation that he is so afraid of his mother.

00:17:15He completely ignores the fact that Oli had strategized for him.

00:17:18And helped him conquer lands.

00:17:20And coldly accuses her of doing nothing but throwing tantrums.

00:17:23Amidst Oli's tearful threats.

00:17:25He leaves without a backward glance.

00:17:27Leaving her alone.

00:17:28She struggles to get out of bed to chase him.

00:17:31But collapses to the floor from her injuries.

00:17:33Able only to lie on the cold ground.

00:17:35Desperately crying his name.

00:17:37The fifth prince, accompanied by his attendant, joyfully goes to find Oli.

00:17:41He is absolutely certain that after not seeing him for several days.

00:17:44Oli must be missing him terribly.

00:17:46Perhaps even hiding in a corner secretly wiping away tears.

00:17:50Sure enough, he sees Oli sitting all alone in the courtyard.

00:17:53Looking desolate.

00:17:55The fifth prince is even more pleased.

00:17:56Pitifully remarking on how miserable Oli seems.

00:18:00And strides forward, ready to console the beauty.

00:18:03But to his utter astonishment.

00:18:04As he gets closer.

00:18:06He sees another person sitting at the table.

00:18:08His masked fourth brother.

00:18:10The fifth prince freezes on the spot.

00:18:12His fourth brother ignores him completely.

00:18:14Directly making a suggestion to Oli and presenting her with a gift.

00:18:18The fifth prince tries to frame the issue as a conflict between brothers.

00:18:21Only to be shut down by his fourth brother with a curt.

00:18:24This has nothing to in with you.

00:18:26After his brother leaves.

00:18:27The fifth prince's anger finally erupts.

00:18:30He grabs Oli, questioning her with possessiveness and contempt.

00:18:33Arrogantly stating that in all of Dongling.

00:18:36No one would dare to marry her but him.

00:18:38However, Oli just looks at him calmly.

00:18:40When the fifth prince demands to know what his brother gave her.

00:18:43She slowly raises the wooden box in her hand.

00:18:45And with two words, shatters all his fantasies.

00:18:48A betrothal gift.

00:18:50Prince Jing comes to the Guo, Gong Mansion once again.

00:18:53Unwilling to accept Oli's rejection.

00:18:55He arrogantly assumes that Oli's previous annulment was just a tactic to play hard to get.

00:19:00And graciously offers that if she goes to his father the emperor and retracts her request.

00:19:05He will give her another chance.

00:19:06He even brings up his feelings for another woman, Yuanor.

00:19:09To prove that keeping the position of his official consort for Oli is a sign of his immense generosity.

00:19:13However, Chu Yueli has long seen through his hypocrisy.

00:19:17She points out sharply that the only reason he's keeping that position for her is because

00:19:21the emperor would never allow Tuoba Fei-Yuan to become the official princess consort.

00:19:25His true intentions exposed.

00:19:27Prince Jing flies into a rage.

00:19:29He begins to threaten her with the safety of the Guo, Gong Mansion.

00:19:32Claiming that only he can protect the Chu family.

00:19:35Chu Yueli, unafraid, firmly rejects him and asks him to leave.

00:19:40After Prince Jing storms off.

00:19:41Chu Yueli presents the betrothal gift he left to her brother.

00:19:45Inside the wooden box is the command tally that can mobilize the 100,000 strong Jianbei army.

00:19:51The siblings immediately realize the extreme danger of Prince Jing's intentions.

00:19:56This tally is a hot potato.

00:19:58If the emperor were to find out.

00:19:59It would bring disaster upon their entire family.

00:20:02Just then, a guard from outside reports,

00:20:04General, someone from the palace is here.

00:20:07Faced with this mounting crisis.

00:20:09Chu Yueli's eyes narrow.

00:20:10She immediately decides that her brother must return the tally at once.

00:20:14While she goes to meet the visitor from the palace.

00:20:17Lady Ali of the Guo, Gong Mansion is invited to the palace by the royal consort Su.

00:20:21It turns out that rumors about her and Prince Jing's intimate affairs in the military camp have spread throughout the capital.

00:20:27Severely damaging the reputation of the Guo, Gong Mansion.

00:20:31The royal consort uses this as leverage.

00:20:33Forcing Ali to publicly request an annulment of their engagement at the celebratory banquet that evening.

00:20:39In order to save face for all parties involved.

00:20:41Faced with what seems like an impossible predicament.

00:20:44Ali appears to submit, kneeling to accept the command.

00:20:47However, she then cleverly shifts the conversation.

00:20:50Asking if her rival in love, Tuoba Fei Yuan, the other subject of the rumors, will be attending the banquet.

00:20:56Upon learning that she will not.

00:20:58Ali feigns a grievement and says to the consort,

00:21:00Your highness said you would help me vent my anger.

00:21:03If she is not there, how can I?

00:21:04This statement plays right into the hands of the royal consort.

00:21:07Who is eager for some drama.

00:21:09She immediately agrees to have Tuoba Fei Yuan invited.

00:21:11Promising to make sure Ali is satisfied.

00:21:14Ali's plan has succeeded.

00:21:16The stage is now set for a dramatic showdown at the banquet.

00:21:20Meanwhile, Prince Jean has already grasped the entire situation.

00:21:23He sips his tea calmly.

00:21:25Fully confident in the woman he has chosen.

00:21:27Certain that she will not be defeated so easily.

00:21:30At a royal banquet, a group of noble ladies gathers.

00:21:33Spreading vicious and embellished rumors about the lady in white, Miss Shui.

00:21:37And her alleged affair with Prince Jean.

00:21:39Their whispers are filled with salacious speculation.

00:21:43They slander Miss Shui for her supposed indecency in the prince's tent.

00:21:46And even suggest she deliberately spread the rumors herself to force him into marriage.

00:21:51Claiming she has no shame.

00:21:53These words reach the ears of the lady in red, Tuoba.

00:21:55Who is deeply in love with Prince Jean.

00:21:58Already fiercely jealous, Tuoba is enraged.

00:22:01She is convinced this is all a scheme by Miss Shui.

00:22:03She abruptly stands, smashes her cup on the floor.

00:22:06And confronts Miss Shui in front of everyone.

00:22:08Attempting to drag her before Prince Jean for a public showdown.

00:22:12Miss Shui struggles, and in the scuffle.

00:22:14She is violently pushed to the ground by Tuoba.

00:22:17At that very moment, Prince Jean and another masked man arrive.

00:22:21Witnessing this highly misleading scene.

00:22:23At a royal banquet, a group of noble ladies gathers.

00:22:27Spreading vicious and embellished rumors about the lady in white, Miss Shui.

00:22:30And her alleged affair with Prince Jean.

00:22:32Their whispers are filled with salacious speculation.

00:22:36They slander Miss Shui for her supposed indecency in the prince's tent.

00:22:39And even suggest she deliberately spread the rumors herself to force him into marriage.

00:22:44Claiming she has no shame.

00:22:46These words reach the ears of the lady in red, Tuoba.

00:22:49Who is deeply in love with Prince Jean.

00:22:51Already fiercely jealous, Tuoba is enraged.

00:22:54She is convinced this is all a scheme by Miss Shui.

00:22:56She abruptly stands, smashes her cup on the floor.

00:22:59And confronts Miss Shui in front of everyone.

00:23:02Attempting to drag her before Prince Jean for a public showdown.

00:23:05Miss Shui struggles, and in the scuffle.

00:23:08She is violently pushed to the ground by Tuoba.

00:23:10At that very moment, Prince Jean and another masked man arrive.

00:23:14Witnessing this highly misleading scene.

00:23:16The prince, shocked and furious, rushes forward.

00:23:19And demands of Tuoba,

00:23:21Awe, what are you doing?

00:23:22A huge misunderstanding, sparked by malicious gossip, has just erupted.

00:23:27The prince, shocked and furious, rushes forward.

00:23:30And demands of Tuoba,

00:23:31Awe, what are you doing?

00:23:33A huge misunderstanding, sparked by malicious gossip, has just erupted.

00:23:38One moment, Prince Jean sees Auan push the lady in white to the ground.

00:23:42The next, Auan rushes toward him in a fit of rage.

00:23:45Slaps him, and calls him a dog.

00:23:47Demanding to know if he had an affair with the other woman.

00:23:50The lady in white, kneeling on the floor.

00:23:52Tearfully explains that they were only discussing strategies with others present.

00:23:56And that nothing improper occurred.

00:23:58But Auan refuses to listen, continuing to pressure the prince.

00:24:02Pushed to his limit, the prince finally loses his patience and roars.

00:24:06Get back to the mansion now.

00:24:07You're telling me to get lost?

00:24:09Auan is completely enraged.

00:24:11She cannot believe the prince would treat her this way for another woman.

00:24:14She lunges at him again, but is pushed away and even slapped in the chaos.

00:24:18Her heart shatters.

00:24:20She covers her face and murmurs.

00:24:22You hit me?

00:24:23You hit me for her.

00:24:23Just as the scene spirals out of control, the emperor and empress arrive.

00:24:28Everyone hastily kneels.

00:24:30The lady in white seizes the opportunity and immediately cries out to the emperor.

00:24:34Claiming her innocence has been slandered.

00:24:36And begging him to order an examination to prove her virtue.

00:24:39Stating she would rather die than live with this shame.

00:24:42The conflict has now been pushed to its absolute peak.

00:24:45Before the emperor and empress.

00:24:47Chuyuele calmly clarifies that she was forcibly brought here for a confrontation by Tuoba Feiyuan.

00:24:51Feiyuan, in turn, righteously declares that she and Prince Dongling Jin are in love.

00:24:57And accuses Chuyuele of being the third party.

00:24:59Hearing this, the empress sharply retorts that Chuyuele and Prince Jin were engaged long ago.

00:25:05So, who is the real third party?

00:25:07Feiyuan, however, twists the logic.

00:25:09Throwing out the absurd theory that the one who is not loved is the third party.

00:25:13Chuyuele seizes the opportunity.

00:25:15Following her logic with a tearful question.

00:25:17Does the one who is not loved deserve to die?

00:25:20This performance successfully wins the sympathy of everyone present.

00:25:24Instantly turning public opinion in her favor.

00:25:27Angered by the crowd's murmuring.

00:25:29Feiyuan causes a scene in the court.

00:25:31The empress, enraged, orders her to be dragged out and given 50 strokes of the king.

00:25:36As Prince Dongling Jin pleads for Feiyuan.

00:25:38Chuyuele kneels once more.

00:25:40She reveals to the emperor an even more vicious rumor.

00:25:43That she and Prince Jin were spending every night together in the camp.

00:25:46And begs him to clear her name and that of the Gua Gong Mansion.

00:25:50The emperor, a shrewd ruler.

00:25:52Immediately understands this is a deliberate slander against a meritorious official.

00:25:56He publicly declares that General Chu and Ali are heroes of Dongling.

00:26:00And if anyone dares to spread this rumor again.

00:26:03They will be executed without mercy.

00:26:05This decisive action not only saves Chuyuele.

00:26:08But also puts a complete end to the turmoil.

00:26:10To realize her political ambitions.

00:26:13A cunning royal mother orchestrates a two-pronged psychological manipulation against her son.

00:26:18Jiner and his love interest.

00:26:20A foreign princess.

00:26:22First, she visits the princess's chambers.

00:26:24Seemingly to comfort her.

00:26:26But instead constantly belittles her.

00:26:28She then vividly recounts all the crazy things Jiner had done for his former lover.

00:26:32Chuyuele finding ancient wood for her chin.

00:26:35Braving a deadly mountain for her.

00:26:37And even transporting snow for her while he had a high fever.

00:26:39However, this narrative successfully ignites the princess's jealousy and insecurity.

00:26:44Completely shattering her confidence.

00:26:46Next, the royal mother encounters her son Jiner in the courtyard.

00:26:50And immediately changes her tune.

00:26:52She portrays Chuyuele as a conniving woman.

00:26:54Who would stoop so low as to ruin her own reputation just to gain his sympathy.

00:26:59Manipulated by his mother.

00:27:00Jiner instantly develops a deep resentment for Chuyuele.

00:27:03The mother then seizes the moment.

00:27:05Pointing out to him the most important political task at hand.

00:27:08Winning over the foreign princess to gain control of her family's 100,000 strong army.

00:27:13Under his mother's meticulous planning.

00:27:15Jiner completely subordinates his personal feelings to political interests.

00:27:19Willingly becoming a pawn in his mother's power games.

00:27:22The Gwagong mansion faces a crisis of life and death.

00:27:25The eldest son, due to a recurring injury, is unable to perform his family's signature,

00:27:29Chuyue family spear technique, in an upcoming martial arts contest against the third prince of Dongzou.

00:27:35If he loses, the family's military authority will be revoked by the emperor.

00:27:39At this critical juncture, his sister, Chuyuele, steps up, determined to fight in her brother's place.

00:27:45However, both siblings know that with Ali's current skill level, the chances of winning are slim.

00:27:50Just then, an invitation arrives from the mysterious Prince Emo.

00:27:54At his mansion, the siblings witness a spear technique that is based on their family's style, but is far more advanced.

00:28:00Prince Emo offers to help the Gwagong mansion win the contest with this technique, but proposes a shocking condition.

00:28:06He slowly walks toward Ali and says, both affectionately and commandingly,

00:28:10Ali, I have no designs on the Gwagong mansion.

00:28:13I simply want to marry you, that's all.

00:28:14Faced with Ali's astonishment, he further explains that she was the one who ruined his face years ago,

00:28:20making him unmarriageable, and therefore, she must take responsibility for his lifelong happiness,

00:28:25and become his princess consort.

00:28:27A negotiation for the family's honor has instantly turned into a sudden and forceful marriage proposal.

00:28:33The fifth prince waits bitterly outside the Gwagong mansion,

00:28:36only intending to gloat at Ali's misfortune.

00:28:38When he sees her returning from Prince Emo's residence,

00:28:41he immediately confronts her, citing their engagement.

00:28:44He tries to persuade Ali to join forces with him against their political rival,

00:28:48his fourth brother, Prince Emo.

00:28:50He even proposes a deeply insulting arrangement.

00:28:53They can proceed with the wedding as planned,

00:28:55but he will also marry another woman at the same time,

00:28:57and promises not to touch Ali for three years.

00:29:00Faced with this, generous offer Ali scoffs.

00:29:03With a steady gaze, she tells the fifth prince,

00:29:05Your highness, I truly do not want to marry you.

00:29:08She further reveals that Prince Emo has promised to help the Gwagong mansion

00:29:12through its crisis unconditionally.

00:29:13Without asking for anything in return,

00:29:16these words completely enrage the fifth prince.

00:29:19He loses control, grabs Ali, and belittles her.

00:29:22Saying no one would marry her if she left him.

00:29:25Ali forcefully shoves him away,

00:29:26and retorts sharply that neither she nor the Gwagong mansion needs him to survive.

00:29:31A wait intended to see someone else's humiliation ends up with the fifth prince,

00:29:35becoming the biggest joke himself.

00:29:36Faced with the decline of her family's power,

00:29:39Chuyuele is determined to find a new backer for herself.

00:29:42She confides in her handmaiden that she plans to get close to the mysterious Prince Emo,

00:29:47to gauge the strength of the third prince of Dong-ho.

00:29:49Her words are overheard by Prince Ling, who is deeply in love with her,

00:29:53and his anger is instantly ignited.

00:29:56Prince Ling storms over, demanding to know why she would seek help from another man instead of him,

00:30:00and warns her not to court death, or else she and the Gwagong mansion will face public humiliation.

00:30:07Chuyuele calmly retorts that Prince Ling's mansion has a tigress in it,

00:30:11and she has no desire to be mistreated.

00:30:13Her words filled with a sense of helplessness and disappointment in him.

00:30:16After Prince Ling storms off,

00:30:18Chuyuele, though resolute on the surface, feels a wave of turmoil.

00:30:22That night, alone in her room,

00:30:24she finds herself recalling a time when Prince Ling had tenderly asked her to be his princess consort,

00:30:29and her heart is thrown into chaos.

00:30:31She pushes open the door to get some air,

00:30:34and as she looks up, she sees a shocking sight.

00:30:36The very man who had hurled harsh words at her during the day,

00:30:39is now sitting quietly in the large tree in the courtyard,

00:30:42silently watching over her.

00:30:44In the quiet courtyard,

00:30:46the masked prince proposes to Lady Li.

00:30:48Lady Li, however, is hesitant,

00:30:50worried that the emperor would not approve of the match.

00:30:53The prince confidently promises that if she agrees,

00:30:56he will marry her with the grandest of ceremonies,

00:30:57and protect her completely.

00:31:00Yet, right after this heartfelt declaration,

00:31:02the prince inexplicably slumps over the table and falls asleep.

00:31:06Annoyed and helpless,

00:31:08Lady Li is about to leave.

00:31:09But after a moment's hesitation,

00:31:11her heart softens.

00:31:13She brings out a blanket,

00:31:14gently drapes it over him,

00:31:16and sits quietly by his side,

00:31:18watching over him,

00:31:19back in her room.

00:31:20She is restless,

00:31:21unsettled by this sudden stirring of her heart.

00:31:23The next morning,

00:31:25she steps outside to find the prince long gone,

00:31:28leaving only the neatly folded blanket on the table.

00:31:30As she stands there lost in thought,

00:31:32her handmaiden comes to remind her,

00:31:34that today is the important day of the martial arts contest,

00:31:38against the third prince of Dongzhou.

00:31:40The tenderness of last night,

00:31:41and the challenge of today intertwined,

00:31:43making Lady Li's feelings even more complex.

00:31:46In the dead of night,

00:31:46the masked prince M.O.,

00:31:48Lu Beima,

00:31:49sneaks into the courtyard of the Gwagong mansion,

00:31:52lazily leaning against a tree.

00:31:54He makes a direct invitation to his beloved,

00:31:56Chiyuele.

00:31:57If you're not comfortable here,

00:31:58you can just come back with me to the northern frontier.

00:32:01Chiyuele, bound by etiquette,

00:32:03warily keeps her distance.

00:32:04While her mind races,

00:32:06analyzing whether his words imply

00:32:07he has given up his claim to the throne.

00:32:09At Prince Mo's invitation,

00:32:11they sit down at a stone table.

00:32:13He mentions that the only time in his life

00:32:15he was ever trapped was because of her.

00:32:17Hearing this,

00:32:18Chiyuele immediately apologizes for the scheme

00:32:20that led to him being stranded

00:32:22in the northern frontier for five years.

00:32:24But Prince M.O. changes the subject,

00:32:26asking about her feelings for another man,

00:32:28Lu Phongine.

00:32:29Chiyuele frankly admits

00:32:30she used to like him very much.

00:32:32But then her gaze becomes incredibly firm.

00:32:35She tells Prince M.O. that once she decides to let go,

00:32:38that feeling will not even leave a shadow behind.

00:32:41Hearing this resolute answer,

00:32:42a light flashes in Prince Mo's eyes.

00:32:44He leans forward slightly,

00:32:46looks directly at her,

00:32:48and makes an even bolder request.

00:32:50If that's the case,

00:32:51Oli, from now on,

00:32:52try to like me.

00:32:53On the training grounds of the Gwagong Mansion,

00:32:55an emotional storm involving three people is brewing.

00:32:58The Prince arrives with his jealous Princess Consort

00:33:01to observe,

00:33:02but his eyes are involuntarily drawn to Oli,

00:33:04the woman in the black and red martial attire.

00:33:07Seeing this,

00:33:08the Princess Consort's jealousy flares,

00:33:10and she begins to argue publicly with the Prince.

00:33:12Her words are filled with contempt for Oli and accusations against the Prince.

00:33:17Mocking Oli for only knowing how to use her feminine wiles to seduce men,

00:33:20and scolding the Prince for being a dog.

00:33:23Enraged,

00:33:23the Prince not only cruelly compares his consort to Oli,

00:33:27saying she is not even one ten-thousandth as good as Oli,

00:33:30but in his fury,

00:33:31he ultimately slaps her heart across the face.

00:33:34Throughout this entire ordeal,

00:33:35Oli,

00:33:36the center of the storm,

00:33:37remains seated.

00:33:38Her expression impassive,

00:33:39as if everything happening before her has nothing to end with her.

00:33:43Her calm silence stands in stark contrast to the intense conflict of the other two,

00:33:47leaving the true nature of this drama shrouded in mystery.

00:33:50The God of War,

00:33:51Prince Lian,

00:33:52has found a new love in Chu Yueli,

00:33:54and has mercilessly imprisoned his former flame,

00:33:57Tooba Fei Yuan.

00:33:58He sends a guard to present his personal weapon,

00:34:00a red-tasseled spear,

00:34:01to Chu Yueli,

00:34:02and uses the opportunity to send a message to his rival in love,

00:34:05the fourth brother.

00:34:06He sarcastically remarks that he must be too ugly,

00:34:09to win the beauty's favor.

00:34:11This maneuver stirs his own jealousy,

00:34:13causing him to crush the cup in his hand on the spot.

00:34:16At that moment,

00:34:17the third prince from an enemy state arrives to issue a challenge.

00:34:20Prince Lian's mother,

00:34:21Royal Consort Rui,

00:34:23immediately seizes the opportunity.

00:34:25She requests that the emperor decree a marriage between the third prince,

00:34:28and Chu Yueli if he wins.

00:34:30Her true aim is to gain control of the 100,000-strong Chu family army through this union.

00:34:34To thwart this conspiracy,

00:34:37and to prevent the woman he loves from falling into another's hands.

00:34:40Prince Lian steps into the arena himself to face the third prince.

00:34:44A battle for love,

00:34:45military power,

00:34:46and the fate of the nation has just begun.

00:34:48To help her distracted brother,

00:34:50Lufon-Gin,

00:34:51win the martial arts competition,

00:34:53Ali comes up with a plan.

00:34:54She knows that she is his greatest weakness.

00:34:57So she decides to take a risk,

00:34:58and deliberately approach the mysterious prince M.O.

00:35:01to provoke her brother.

00:35:02On the pretext of thanking him for the gift of a spear.

00:35:05She walks toward Prince M.O. with a cup of wine,

00:35:07ready to put on a show.

00:35:09However,

00:35:09the shrewd Prince M.O. sees right through her intentions.

00:35:12He warns Ali that using him comes at a price.

00:35:15With that,

00:35:16Prince M.O. plays along,

00:35:17suddenly reaching out and pulling her to the ground.

00:35:20Staging an accidental and intimate looking scene.

00:35:23This act instantly ignites Lufon-Gin's rage,

00:35:26and draws gasps and murmurs from the noble ladies present.

00:35:28His mind in turmoil.

00:35:30Lufon-Gin is soundly defeated in the subsequent competition.

00:35:34Only then does Ali realize that Prince M.O.

00:35:36was willing to ruin his own reputation to help her.

00:35:38And she is deeply moved.

00:35:40Just then,

00:35:41the victorious third prince of Dong-O

00:35:43arrogantly challenges the entire arena.

00:35:45Ali takes a deep breath,

00:35:47her eyes filled with determination,

00:35:49and steps forward,

00:35:50ready to fight in her brother's place.

00:35:52Faced with the third prince of Dong-Jo's dismissive attitude

00:35:55of not fighting with women,

00:35:56Ali remains composed and cleverly shifts the contest

00:35:59from a battle of brute force

00:36:00to a test of exquisite skill and precision.

00:36:04She sets the rule,

00:36:05one must pierce through eight of ten layers of silk gauze with a spear,

00:36:08without damaging the ninth layer.

00:36:10This seemingly impossible task

00:36:11piques the third prince's competitive spirit,

00:36:14and he confidently accepts the challenge.

00:36:16Under the worried gazes of the crowd,

00:36:18the third prince makes his move first.

00:36:21His spear thrust is as swift as a dragon,

00:36:22but he fails by a narrow margin,

00:36:25piercing nine layers.

00:36:26Despite his failure,

00:36:27his incredible skill amazes the onlookers,

00:36:30highlighting the extreme difficulty of the challenge.

00:36:33Everyone believes Ali is now doomed to lose.

00:36:35However, when it is Ali's turn,

00:36:37she remains calm and collected.

00:36:39Her spear thrust appears gentle yet is incredibly precise.

00:36:43When the eunuch inspects the gauze,

00:36:45it is, indeed, exactly eight layers,

00:36:47no more, no less.

00:36:48This masterful control of power

00:36:50leaves the entire court in an uproar.

00:36:52The third prince is utterly stunned and defeated.

00:36:55Ali has won this contest perfectly with her wisdom and skill.

00:36:58Defending the honor of Dongling,

00:37:00Ali's unexpected victory in the martial arts competition

00:37:02stuns everyone present.

00:37:04She seizes this opportunity to make a request to the emperor.

00:37:07She asks for permission for her brother

00:37:09to lead the two family army to the border

00:37:10to support their grandfather,

00:37:12who is currently defending against foreign enemies.

00:37:15However, this patriotic request

00:37:17is cleverly obstructed by the empress.

00:37:18Using the excuse that her brother is not yet married,

00:37:22she suggests that he should start a family before departing.

00:37:25Her real motive is to keep this important military force in the capital,

00:37:28preventing it from leaving her control.

00:37:30At this delicate moment of political maneuvering,

00:37:33the defeated third prince,

00:37:34upon learning that Ali is unmarried,

00:37:37proposes to her on the spot,

00:37:38making the situation even more complicated.

00:37:41This sudden proposal is not just a personal pursuit of Ali,

00:37:43but possibly a test for a political alliance.

00:37:46And sitting aside,

00:37:47the masked prince, Lu Beima,

00:37:49who has been silently watching Ali,

00:37:51crushes the cup in his hand the moment he hears the proposal.

00:37:54This silent action betrays his extreme anger and jealousy,

00:37:58foreshadowing a more intense emotional and political storm to come.

00:38:01The sixth prince, Lu Fenglian,

00:38:03is furious.

00:38:04That his beloved Chuyuele is being overly friendly with other princes.

00:38:08His royal mother, Rui Fei, however,

00:38:10points out with sharp insight,

00:38:11that this is all a carefully orchestrated plot by Chuyuele.

00:38:15Her goal is to get revenge,

00:38:16and force him to leave his new favorite, Tuoba Fei-Yuen,

00:38:19so that he will come crawling back to her.

00:38:22Enraged, Lu Fenglian is about to confront Chuyuele,

00:38:25when he receives news that Tuoba Fei-Yuen has left him a letter and run away.

00:38:29He gallops to the city gate,

00:38:30only to overhear a conversation between the Tuoba sisters.

00:38:33It turns out they had approached him with the intention,

00:38:36of using his power to seek revenge on their family's enemies,

00:38:39Chuyuele and her brother.

00:38:40However, in the process of this revenge scheme,

00:38:43Tuoba Fei-Yuen, who is meant to be just a pawn,

00:38:46has genuinely fallen in love with Lu Fenglian.

00:38:48Hearing all this, Lu Fenglian, instead of being angry,

00:38:51rushes forward and declares his love for Tuoba Fei-Yuen.

00:38:55He admits his mistakes and tearfully swears,

00:38:57that for the rest of his life, he wants only her.

00:39:00In a passionate embrace,

00:39:02a relationship that began with a conspiracy seems to have finally found its way to true love.

00:39:06Late at night, a guard reports to Ali,

00:39:09that the third prince of Dong-Oh has been beaten up,

00:39:11but is claiming to the public that he accidentally fell.

00:39:14This piques Ali's suspicion.

00:39:16Later, in her own courtyard,

00:39:18she discovers a mysterious man in a mask,

00:39:20gravely injured,

00:39:21the very prince she was thinking of.

00:39:23The man uses his injuries as an excuse,

00:39:26playfully asking Ali to take him in and treat his wounds.

00:39:29As she tends to his injuries,

00:39:31she confirms that he was the one who hurt the third prince.

00:39:34The man readily admits it,

00:39:36stating that he did it because the third prince had his eyes on Ali.

00:39:39He further reveals that his five-year confinement in the northern frontier

00:39:42was not entirely due to Ali's scheme,

00:39:45but was also a necessary measure to quell the chaos and protect the people.

00:39:49Just as Ali feels a pang of guilt for her past actions,

00:39:51the man suddenly becomes emotional.

00:39:54He grabs her hand and asks her,

00:39:56with a mix of passion and pain,

00:39:57if she still remembers her childhood promise to marry him.

00:40:01This long-buried promise leaves Ali in a state of shock and complex emotions.

00:40:06The masked prince, after being injured,

00:40:08shamelessly refuses to leave Ueli's private chambers,

00:40:11insisting that she had promised to marry him when they were children.

00:40:14Ueli has no memory of this and dismisses it as nonsense.

00:40:17However, that night, she has a vivid dream,

00:40:20in which she recalls kissing a young boy and making that very promise.

00:40:24Waking up in shock, Ueli is mortified at being brainwashed.

00:40:27Just then, her handmaiden, Zissou, reports,

00:40:30that her rival, Tuoba Feiyuan, has been acting strangely out of love.

00:40:35Staying at the city gate all night until Prince Jean coaxed her back.

00:40:38Ueli's sharp instincts tell her something is amiss.

00:40:41She believes someone is manipulating Tuoba Feiyuan from behind the scenes,

00:40:45and immediately sends someone to investigate.

00:40:47Soon after, she receives an invitation for a hunt from the 8th Princess of Dongo.

00:40:51At the hunting grounds, she finds Tuoba Feiyuan,

00:40:55who has clearly followed Prince Jean there.

00:40:57A grand drama involving an old promise,

00:40:59a current rival, and a potential conspiracy has just begun.

00:41:03On a path in the woods,

00:41:05a richly dressed woman stops Tuoyueli out of jealousy,

00:41:08verbally abusing her and accusing her of seducing men with her beauty.

00:41:11And by playing hard to get,

00:41:13in a fit of rage,

00:41:15she even draws a dagger,

00:41:16intending to disfigure Tuoyueli's face.

00:41:18However, she never expected that the seemingly delicate Tuoyueli

00:41:22is a hidden master of martial arts.

00:41:24Tuoyueli not only easily deflects the attack,

00:41:27but also injures the woman's hand in the process.

00:41:29Having failed in her physical attack,

00:41:31the woman resorts to a more vicious psychological assault.

00:41:34She triumphantly reveals a shocking secret.

00:41:37She had once tried to assassinate a man named Chu Xioha,

00:41:40and when she was on the verge of defeat,

00:41:42it was none other than Tuoyueli's beloved A. Jean Lufon Jean,

00:41:45who stepped in to help her trap Tu Xioha,

00:41:47allowing her to gravely injure him.

00:41:50She even gleefully describes the look of despair in Chu Xioha's eyes at that moment,

00:41:54learning that the man she loves had betrayed her,

00:41:56and helped her rival harm her own people.

00:41:58This cruel truth completely shatters Tuoyueli's defenses,

00:42:02turning her shock into a towering rage,

00:42:04and ultimately awakening her intent to kill.

00:42:06In a forest clearing,

00:42:09the princess in pink is whipping the white, robed woman, Tuoba Feiyuan,

00:42:12out of an old grudge.

00:42:14Meanwhile, the lady in blue, Lufon Jean, watches.

00:42:17Her heart filled with a mix of emotions.

00:42:20She regrets her years of misplaced devotion,

00:42:22which not only harmed her brother,

00:42:24but also let her enemies go free.

00:42:26A desire for revenge against both Tuoba Feiyuan and herself ignites within her.

00:42:31The armored Prince Jing arrives,

00:42:33desperate to save Tuoba Feiyuan,

00:42:35but he is stopped by the mysterious masked man known as the fourth brother,

00:42:39who blocks his path with an unseen force.

00:42:42Prince Jing pleads with the fourth brother to let him pass,

00:42:45but the masked man dismissively calls the violent whipping Amir sparring session,

00:42:49clearly siding with the princess.

00:42:50On the ground,

00:42:52Tuoba Feiyuan cries out to Prince Jing for help.

00:42:54Seeing his beloved being tormented and unable to do anything,

00:42:58Prince Jing is enraged,

00:43:00creating a tense standoff with the formidable fourth brother.

00:43:03In the royal hunting grounds,

00:43:04Princess Tuoba lies injured on the ground,

00:43:07crying to her beloved,

00:43:08the fifth Prince Lufon Jean,

00:43:10and accusing Chuyuele and her companions of attacking her.

00:43:13Lufon Jean,

00:43:14believing her story,

00:43:15is furious,

00:43:16and is about to confront them.

00:43:18However,

00:43:18Chuyuele's brother,

00:43:19General Chuyue,

00:43:20and the masked fourth prince step forward to defend her.

00:43:24Just as the situation reaches a stalemate,

00:43:26with both sides refusing to back down,

00:43:28a guard steps forward as a witness,

00:43:30and reveals the truth,

00:43:32it was Princess Tuoba,

00:43:33who, out of jealousy,

00:43:34tried to slash Chuyuele's face with a dagger.

00:43:37After her attack was blocked,

00:43:39she resorted to injuring her own neck to frame Chuyuele,

00:43:41with her lie exposed in front of everyone.

00:43:44The enraged Princess Tuoba continues to argue,

00:43:47claiming that Chuyuele had deliberately followed them there,

00:43:49to seduce Lufon Jean.

00:43:51Having been played for a fool,

00:43:53Lufon Jean turns to Chuyuele with a complicated expression,

00:43:56and asks if she really came just for him,

00:43:59turning the end of a dramatic scene into an awkward emotional confrontation.

00:44:03Prince Jean, Lufong En,

00:44:04had eagerly assumed that Yuele came for him,

00:44:07only to be publicly mocked by the princess in pink for being so full of himself.

00:44:11His fifth brother further twists the knife,

00:44:13by bluntly stating that Yuele has no feelings for him.

00:44:16This series of blows leaves Lufong En utterly defeated.

00:44:19At the same time, his true love,

00:44:22the injured Tuoba Fei Yuan,

00:44:23feels her heartbreak as she watches him pay attention only to Yuele.

00:44:27She confronts him,

00:44:28demanding to know why he failed to keep his promise to protect her,

00:44:32feeling completely let down.

00:44:34Seeing this,

00:44:34Yuele calmly steps forward and sharply rebukes Tuoba Fei Yuan,

00:44:38pointing out that she was the one who started the fight despite being less skilled.

00:44:42She then exposes her hypocrisy,

00:44:44mocking her for on one hand,

00:44:46looking down on women who rely on men,

00:44:48and on the other,

00:44:49demanding that Prince Jean avenge her.

00:44:51These words leave Tuoba Fei Yuan utterly humiliated in front of everyone.

00:44:55In a fit of extreme shame and anger,

00:44:58she furiously declares that she has never relied on men,

00:45:01and will seek her own revenge.

00:45:02Then storms off,

00:45:03breaking things off with Lufong En for good.

00:45:05In the corridor of the Jueyue Pavilion,

00:45:08Tuoba Fei Yuan and Lufong En have a fierce argument.

00:45:11She feels wronged by her humiliation,

00:45:13and even more heartbroken and angry that Lufong En sided with her rival,

00:45:17Chiyuele.

00:45:18In a fit of rage,

00:45:19she breaks up with him,

00:45:21declaring she doesn't need him.

00:45:23Enraged,

00:45:23Lufong En impulsively agrees to end their relationship.

00:45:27Furious,

00:45:27Tuoba Fei Yuan storms out of the pavilion,

00:45:30draws a guard sword,

00:45:31and,

00:45:32with one strike,

00:45:33splits the Jueyue Pavilion clock in two,

00:45:35completely severing their connection.

00:45:37Meanwhile,

00:45:38the other protagonist of this drama,

00:45:40Chiyuele,

00:45:41learns of the incident.

00:45:42Though she appears gentle on the surface,

00:45:44her eyes reveal an unexpected coldness and determination.

00:45:48She tells her confidant that,

00:45:49even if Lufong En didn't intentionally cause harm,

00:45:52he was still an accomplice.

00:45:54She is resolved to make those who have wronged her pay the price.

00:45:56A quest for revenge,

00:45:58sparked by a love triangle,

00:45:59is about to begin in the shadows.

00:46:00In the courtyard of the prince's mansion,

00:46:04Prince Jean practices his archery,

00:46:06hitting the bullseye every time in preparation for the upcoming autumn hunt.

00:46:10His subordinate suggests that if they could recruit the highly skilled general Chu,

00:46:14they would surely win the top prize.

00:46:16Before he can finish,

00:46:17Princess Tuoba Fei-Yuen from the desert appears.

00:46:20She apologizes for their previous argument.

00:46:23And,

00:46:23to prove her own worth,

00:46:24performs a stunning feat of archery on the spot.

00:46:27She shoots an arrow that splits the one Prince Jean had just lodged in the bullseye,

00:46:31earning his admiration.

00:46:32Just then,

00:46:33an imperial edict arrives,

00:46:35ordering Prince Jean to immediately lead troops to Hong County to suppress a rebellion.

00:46:39Tuoba Fei-Yuen sees this as her chance to make a name for herself,

00:46:42and volunteers to go with the army.

00:46:45Prince Jean readily agrees.

00:46:47Elsewhere,

00:46:47Prince Jean's true strategist,

00:46:49Chu-Yuen hears the news.

00:46:51A look of gravity crossing her face.

00:46:53She knows that this proud and skilled desert flower is no simple character.

00:46:57And her presence is bound to bring great turmoil to this campaign.

00:47:01Prince Lufo-Ngene leads his army deep into a forest.

00:47:04Faced with an unknown enemy situation,

00:47:06his subordinates advise a cautious retreat.

00:47:09However,

00:47:09Princess Tuoba,

00:47:10who is traveling with them,

00:47:11is vehemently against retreating,

00:47:14fearing it would be a loss of face for her.

00:47:16When a subordinate mentions that the wise Lady Li,

00:47:18would never let them take such a risk.

00:47:20The remark ignites Tuoba's jealousy.

00:47:23She begins to mock Lufo-Ngene,

00:47:25insinuating that all his military achievements were thanks to Chu-Yuen.

00:47:28At first,

00:47:29Lufo-Ngene maintains his composure and orders a retreat.

00:47:33But Tuoba continues to provoke him with taunts like,

00:47:35Do you want to live under Chu-Yuen's shadow forever?

00:47:38You are the invincible god of war.

00:47:39Ultimately,

00:47:40he is successfully goaded into abandoning his rational judgment,

00:47:44and orders the entire army to advance recklessly.

00:47:47Meanwhile,

00:47:47the true strategist,

00:47:49Chu-Yuele,

00:47:50deduces from battle reports alone that this is a trap to lure them in.

00:47:53Just as she reaches this conclusion,

00:47:55a messenger arrives with urgent news.

00:47:58Prince Jin's army has been ambushed and is trapped in the mountains.

00:48:01A disaster,

00:48:02sparked by impulsiveness and jealousy,

00:48:04has now unfolded.

00:48:05After a devastating battle,

00:48:07the gravely wounded A-Gene leads his remaining troops to hide in a forest.

00:48:11Consumed with guilt for the loss of 30,000 soldiers.

00:48:14Meanwhile,

00:48:15Yuan-er,

00:48:16the woman traveling with him,

00:48:17is in hysterics,

00:48:18not over the loss of life,

00:48:20but because of a small scratch on her face.

00:48:22At that moment,

00:48:23the surviving soldiers arrive,

00:48:25blaming Yuan-er entirely for their defeat.

00:48:28They are filled with rage and swear to kill her for revenge.

00:48:30At this critical moment,

00:48:32A-Gene stands up and takes all the responsibility upon himself.

00:48:36But the soldiers have lost all faith in him.

00:48:39Instead,

00:48:39they speak of the brilliant strategist,

00:48:41Lady Li,

00:48:42believing only she can save them.

00:48:44Hearing this,

00:48:45Yuan-er's jealousy flares.

00:48:46And she begins to slander Lady Li,

00:48:48completely enraging everyone.

00:48:50Just as the internal conflict is about to explode,

00:48:53with the soldiers demanding Yuan-er be sent to the front lines,

00:48:56an army suddenly appears in the distance.

00:48:58It is Lady Li,

00:48:59who has arrived with reinforcements at their most desperate hour.

00:49:03Seeing Chu-Yu-Eli,

00:49:04who has come to rescue him at this life-or-death moment.

00:49:07A-Gene is stunned.

00:49:08He finally realizes how deeply he had misunderstood her.

00:49:12Prince Jean,

00:49:13Liu Fenglian,

00:49:13awakens from his injuries on his sickbed.

00:49:16He learns from his attendant that it was Ali who,

00:49:18risking her own life,

00:49:20led the Chu family army to save him from being surrounded.

00:49:23He is deeply moved by this profound love,

00:49:26mistakenly believing that Ali's feelings for him

00:49:28have never changed.

00:49:29He immediately decides that after the autumn hunt,

00:49:32he will grandly marry Ali as his official princess consort.

00:49:35However,

00:49:36in another part of the Gua Gong mansion,

00:49:38a different truth is revealed.

00:49:40Ali confesses to her brother that she saved Prince Jean not out of love,

00:49:43but to use the opportunity to show the world the incompetence

00:49:46of the god of war of Dongling,

00:49:48thereby destroying his reputation.

00:49:50She has long since moved on from her past feelings for him,

00:49:53and has already requested permission from the emperor

00:49:55to become a female general.

00:49:57Faced with her brother's concern that no good family

00:49:59would want to marry a female general,

00:50:01Ali's eyes are burned.

00:50:03She tells him she no longer wants to be trapped in matters of love,

00:50:06and wishes to build her own legacy,

00:50:08and protect her family and the Gua Gong mansion with her own strength.

00:50:12A deep misunderstanding and a clear,

00:50:14eye decisions stand in stark contrast.

00:50:16The villainous Prince Tuoba Shuang conspires with his subordinate to spread a rumor

00:50:20that Chiu Yueli was gravely injured while saving Lu Beima,

00:50:24intending to test and strike at his friend, Lu Beima.

00:50:27Meanwhile,

00:50:27in her own chambers,

00:50:29Chiu Yueli is stopped by the masked Lu Beima.

00:50:31He uses the rumor to playfully probe her true feelings.

00:50:34Chiu Yueli,

00:50:35however,

00:50:36calmly confesses that her journey was not to save him,

00:50:38but to defeat him in the autumn hunt,

00:50:40completely destroying his reputation as the god of war,

00:50:43and thereby severing all ties with the Jing princely mansion.

00:50:47Faced with Chiu Yueli's resolute stance,

00:50:49Lu Beima,

00:50:50far from being angry,

00:50:52affectionately proposes to her.

00:50:53He explains that he has been waiting for her to willingly agree,

00:50:56rather than being forced by an imperial edict.

00:50:59He even mentions their childhood promise,

00:51:01and vows that if she just gives him the word,

00:51:04he will set everything aside and be at her command,

00:51:06to help her achieve all her plans.

00:51:09A test that began with a conspiracy has ultimately turned into an

00:51:12unexpected declaration of true love.

00:51:15A prince attempts to reconcile with Ali,

00:51:17a woman who once adored him.

00:51:19He humbles himself,

00:51:20apologizes,

00:51:21and invites her to join his team for the autumn hunt,

00:51:24as they always used to.

00:51:26However,

00:51:26Ali's attitude is now cold and resolute.

00:51:29She not only rejects him outright,

00:51:31but also cruelly shatters all his fantasies.

00:51:33She clarifies that her past rescue of him in Hung County

00:51:36was not a thousand-mile journey to save her husband,

00:51:40but merely a calculated move to prove her own abilities.

00:51:43And she advises him to stop being so full of himself.

00:51:46Amidst the prince's shock and pleading,

00:51:48Ali further declares that her heart no longer has a place for him,

00:51:51and admits she has fallen for the more capable prince MO.

00:51:54This revelation completely breaks the prince's psychological defenses.

00:51:58Under Ali's barrage of sharp retorts and sarcasm,

00:52:01he flies into a rage,

00:52:02calls her vicious and shameless,

00:52:05and storms off.

00:52:06An attempt at reconciliation has ended in a final, complete rupture.

00:52:10The foreign princess, Tuoba Feiyuen,

00:52:12unable to see her beloved,

00:52:14the regent prince Lufenglian,

00:52:15confronts him directly.

00:52:17In his study,

00:52:18the two have a fierce argument.

00:52:20Feiyuen questions his coldness

00:52:21and threatens to end their relationship.

00:52:23Lufenglian retorts that he was gravely injured saving her,

00:52:26yet she never once came to visit.

00:52:28Feiyuen explains tearfully that she tried,

00:52:30but was blocked by the royal consort Rue.

00:52:33In a fit of anger,

00:52:34she reveals what she believes to be the truth,

00:52:36that the other woman,

00:52:37Chu Yueli,

00:52:38rescued him not for his sake,

00:52:40but to prove that she was stronger than him.

00:52:42This accusation strikes a deep blow to Lufenglian's pride.

00:52:46Enraged,

00:52:47he orders his guards to lock Tuoba Feiyuen in the woodshed.

00:52:50As she is being dragged away,

00:52:51she continues to cry out,

00:52:53trying to make him see that he is being used.

00:52:55Lufenglian is left alone,

00:52:57his face a mask of fury and complex emotions.

00:53:01After making a mistake,

00:53:02Tuoba Ziyue apologizes to Prince Jean.

00:53:05To make amends,

00:53:06she offers to introduce him to a highly skilled desert flower,

00:53:10to help him win the autumn hunt.

00:53:12This princess in red,

00:53:13upon her arrival,

00:53:14indeed impresses the prince,

00:53:16with her superb equestrian and archery skills.

00:53:19However,

00:53:19later in the tea room,

00:53:20this desert flower reveals her ruthless nature.

00:53:23Merely because a handmaiden failed to kneel in time,

00:53:25she strikes her down with a single palm,

00:53:28gravely injuring her.

00:53:29She then confronts Tuoba Ziyue,

00:53:31revealing a shocking secret.

00:53:33Not only is she Ziyue's master,

00:53:35but all the unique behaviors

00:53:36that had attracted Prince Jean were taught by her.

00:53:39With her superior skill and cunning,

00:53:41she completely dominates Ziyue,

00:53:43and warns her not to even think about competing with her.

00:53:46What seemed like an introduction of a capable ally was,

00:53:48in fact,

00:53:49a cruel warning,

00:53:50that the student could never surpass the master.

00:53:53At the autumn hunt,

00:53:54Ali and her companions are in the forest.

00:53:56When they are confronted by the provocative Prince Jean

00:53:59and his entourage,

00:54:00citing the decline of Ali's family

00:54:01and the fact that her brother is now crippled,

00:54:04the prince tries to force her into submission,

00:54:06graciously offering to forgive

00:54:08and forget her past transgressions.

00:54:10Ali, composed and calm,

00:54:12flatly refuses,

00:54:13stating that their paths are different

00:54:15and they cannot conspire together.

00:54:17The Tuoba lady with Prince Jean

00:54:18speaks up condescendingly,

00:54:20mocking all women for wanting to show off

00:54:22in front of men,

00:54:23calling them clowns seeking attention.

00:54:25Ali seizes on the flaw in her argument

00:54:27and sharply retorts,

00:54:28asking if she herself is not a woman.

00:54:30When the Tuoba lady declares,

00:54:32I have never seen myself as a woman.

00:54:34Ali pinpoints the core of her flawed thinking,

00:54:37the deep,

00:54:37seated belief that women are inferior.

00:54:40The Tuoba lady is left speechless.

00:54:42After this verbal joust,

00:54:44Ali ceases to engage with them

00:54:45and leaves with her companions.

00:54:47Leaving the Tuoba lady with a dark expression,

00:54:49her pride clearly wounded.

00:54:51At the royal hunting grounds,

00:54:53the mysterious masked Prince M.O. arrives.

00:54:56He ignores the crowd

00:54:56and immediately provokes Ali with his words,

00:54:59even brazenly proposing to her in public

00:55:01and subtly mocking her god of war,

00:55:03brother's incompetence.

00:55:05Just as the confrontation is about to escalate,

00:55:07the emperor and empress arrive

00:55:09and the competition begins.

00:55:11To liven things up,

00:55:12Prince M.O. volunteers

00:55:13to demonstrate his archery skills.

00:55:15He gallops on his horse

00:55:16and from the most difficult angle,

00:55:18releases an arrow that hits the bullseye,

00:55:21earning thunderous applause.

00:55:22Immediately after,

00:55:23Ali's brother the renowned god of war

00:55:25also takes the field.

00:55:27However, before the watchful eyes

00:55:28of the entire court,

00:55:30his arrow misses the target completely.

00:55:32This huge mistake sparks whispers

00:55:34among the ministers,

00:55:35who reveal the god of war's shameful past.

00:55:38He once led an army of 30,000

00:55:39against a few thousand rebels

00:55:41and was defeated,

00:55:43only surviving because Ali saved him.

00:55:45The god of war's failure,

00:55:46the emperor's displeasure,

00:55:48and Prince M.O.'s success

00:55:49create a scene filled with irony

00:55:51and impending crisis.

00:55:53At the Royal Martial Arts Competition,

00:55:56a noble lady first wins acclaim

00:55:57with her superb archery.

00:55:59Later, in the spectator's gallery,

00:56:01the male lead and the female supporting character

00:56:03are in conversation.

00:56:05Their words dismissive of another woman, Ali,

00:56:07whom they consider too delicate

00:56:08and not the kind of strong partner he admires.

00:56:11However, when the heroine Ali makes her entrance,

00:56:14the scene shifts dramatically.

00:56:16At first, she clumsily fumbles with her bow,

00:56:19seemingly unable to even draw it,

00:56:21which draws ridicule from the officials.

00:56:23Just when everyone expects her

00:56:24to make a fool of herself,

00:56:26she performs a stunning,

00:56:27high, difficulty move.

00:56:29As her horse rears up,

00:56:30she stands on its back

00:56:31and fires three arrows at once,

00:56:33all of which hit the bullseye.

00:56:35This incredible reversal

00:56:36leaves all her mockers speechless.

00:56:38The male lead,

00:56:39who had previously looked down on her,

00:56:41is deeply shaken.

00:56:43He removes his mask,

00:56:44his eyes filled with a new curiosity

00:56:46and a desire to conquer,

00:56:48and murmurs to himself,

00:56:49Ali, just how many more secrets

00:56:51are you hiding from me?

00:56:52A tense confrontation unfolds in the forest.

00:56:55The female general, Chuyuele,

00:56:57sits atop her horse,

00:56:58looking down coldly at her husband, Prince Emo.

00:57:01She finally reveals the truth

00:57:02she has suppressed for years.

00:57:04She was once a highly skilled martial artist

00:57:06from a family of generals.

00:57:08But because of his dismissive comment

00:57:09that it was improper for a young lady,

00:57:12she was forced to hide her talents,

00:57:13smooth her sharp edges,

00:57:15and willingly become an ordinary woman

00:57:17of the inner chambers.

00:57:18She bitterly declares,

00:57:19I was born a mountain,

00:57:21but for you,

00:57:22I was willing to become a gentle stream.

00:57:24Exposing his selfishness

00:57:25and the harm he had caused her.

00:57:27Deeply shaken by these words,

00:57:29Prince Emo witnesses

00:57:30an even more jealousy-inducing scene that night.

00:57:32He secretly observes Chuyuele alone

00:57:34in a tent with his brother, Prince Jing.

00:57:36At that moment,

00:57:37Chuyuele's older brother

00:57:39also arrives to see her.

00:57:41Stumbling upon the delicate situation,

00:57:43outside the tent,

00:57:44Prince Emo,

00:57:45hearing the conversation among the three,

00:57:47believes his wife has betrayed him.

00:57:49Jealousy and regret surge through him.

00:57:51He clenches his fists so tightly

00:57:53that his veins bulge.

00:57:54A much larger emotional storm

00:57:56is about to break.

00:57:57In the dead of night,

00:57:58the fifth prince confronts

00:57:59his masked fourth brother,

00:58:01demanding to know

00:58:02if he has been with Ali.

00:58:03The fourth brother,

00:58:04far from denying it,

00:58:06openly admits it

00:58:06and deliberately provokes him.

00:58:08General Chuyue,

00:58:09who is nearby,

00:58:10tries to cover for Ali

00:58:11by claiming she is changing her clothes.

00:58:14But the fourth brother

00:58:14immediately pulls back the tent flap

00:58:16to reveal Ali inside,

00:58:18instantly exposing the lie.

00:58:20Enraged,

00:58:21the fifth prince tries

00:58:22to use his royal status

00:58:23and court rules to pressure him.

00:58:25But the fourth brother

00:58:26is unfazed.

00:58:27Instead,

00:58:28he drops a bombshell.

00:58:30He is going to marry Ali.

00:58:31This news shocks everyone present.

00:58:33Then,

00:58:34acting as the master

00:58:35of the Guo Gong mansion,

00:58:36he dismissively tells General Chuyue

00:58:38to entertain the fifth prince,

00:58:40this outsider,

00:58:41before pulling Ali into the tent

00:58:43and leaving him standing there,

00:58:45utterly humiliated.

00:58:47The fifth prince

00:58:47ends this failed confrontation

00:58:49in a fit of rage and confusion.

00:58:51In the late hours of the study,

00:58:53the female General Ali

00:58:54is diligently reading.

00:58:55When the masked prince

00:58:57appears to harass her,

00:58:59refusing to leave,

00:59:00with a series of playful

00:59:01yet deeply affectionate confessions,

00:59:03he expresses his fear

00:59:04of her being stolen away

00:59:05by someone else.

00:59:07In the midst

00:59:07of their flirtatious banter,

00:59:09Ali becomes flustered

00:59:10by his proximity,

00:59:11and a memory flashes

00:59:12in her mind

00:59:13of a young boy

00:59:14rescuing her from a fire.

00:59:15On impulse,

00:59:16she reaches out

00:59:17and removes the prince's mask.

00:59:19As it falls away,

00:59:20a handsome face is revealed.

00:59:22Ali is stunned to realize

00:59:23that the prince before her

00:59:24is the very boy

00:59:25who saved her all those years ago.

00:59:27And the prince,

00:59:28who had been using

00:59:29his disfigurement

00:59:30as an excuse

00:59:31to win her sympathy,

00:59:32is now utterly panicked.

00:59:34He stammers.

00:59:35I'll come see you again tomorrow.

00:59:36And flees in haste.

00:59:38Ali is left alone,

00:59:40holding the mask

00:59:40and looking at a book

00:59:41with the title

00:59:42The Most Handsome Man

00:59:43in the world.

00:59:44Feeling both annoyed

00:59:45and amused

00:59:45as she processes

00:59:46this long hidden secret.

00:59:48A royal consort

00:59:49has already laid a trap,

00:59:50planning to eliminate

00:59:51both Chuyuele

00:59:52and Prince Emo

00:59:53during the hunt.

00:59:54In order to seize control

00:59:55of the Chuyue family's army.

00:59:57Unaware of the danger,

00:59:58Chuyuele,

00:59:59though feeling uneasy,

01:00:00enters the forest

01:00:01with Prince Emo.

01:00:02In the woods,

01:00:03Prince Emo begins

01:00:04a direct and passionate

01:00:05pursuit of Chuyuele.

01:00:07He apologizes

01:00:08for his previous

01:00:08loss of control,

01:00:10and straightforwardly

01:00:11proposes to her.

01:00:12Chuyuele tries to refuse him

01:00:13by stating her lifelong ambition

01:00:15to become a female general

01:00:16and never marry.

01:00:18But Prince Emo

01:00:18playfully misinterprets her,

01:00:20teasing her about

01:00:21whether she wants

01:00:22a fleeting romance with him.

01:00:23He then,

01:00:24under the guise

01:00:25of protecting her,

01:00:26exchanges his dagger

01:00:27for hers,

01:00:28and unilaterally declares

01:00:29it a token

01:00:29of their engagement.

01:00:31This bold

01:00:31and slightly roguish

01:00:32declaration of love

01:00:33leaves the usually composed

01:00:35Chuyuele feeling

01:00:36both annoyed and amused.

01:00:38Their relationship

01:00:38quietly begins to change

01:00:40amidst the perilous forest.

01:00:41A sinister plot lurks

01:00:43behind the autumn hunt.

01:00:44During the autumn hunt,

01:00:45a young prince is determined

01:00:46to win first place,

01:00:47to prove his strength

01:00:48to the woman he admires,

01:00:50Ollie,

01:00:50and to make her regret

01:00:51not joining his side.

01:00:53However,

01:00:53at the victory banquet,

01:00:55when the spoils of the hunt

01:00:56are presented

01:00:56in the main hall,

01:00:58everyone is stunned.

01:00:59It is Ollie

01:00:59and the mysterious

01:01:00masked Prince Emo

01:01:01who appear together,

01:01:02and,

01:01:03in the name of the

01:01:03Gua Gong Mansion,

01:01:05present the final prize

01:01:06of the hunt,

01:01:07a massive black bear.

01:01:08Their success

01:01:09delights the emperor,

01:01:10but shocks and displeases

01:01:11the empress and others

01:01:12who have been opposing them.

01:01:14The eunuch publicly announces

01:01:15that the Gua Gong Mansion

01:01:16is the winner of the hunt.

01:01:18However,

01:01:18the atmosphere

01:01:19between the two victors

01:01:20is strangely tense.

01:01:22They take their seats separately,

01:01:23with no joyful exchange

01:01:24between them,

01:01:25only a sense of distance

01:01:26and confrontation.

01:01:28Behind this seemingly

01:01:28cooperative victory,

01:01:30there seems to be

01:01:31a more complex relationship

01:01:32and an unsolved mystery.

01:01:34At the palace banquet,

01:01:36a soldier rushes

01:01:37in frantically to report

01:01:38that Prince Jean

01:01:39has gone missing

01:01:40and is presumed dead

01:01:41after being attacked

01:01:42by a pack of frenzied bears

01:01:43while trying to rescue

01:01:45Chuyuele.

01:01:46Upon hearing this,

01:01:47the prince's mother

01:01:48immediately concludes

01:01:49it is a trap set

01:01:50by Chuyuele

01:01:51and furiously confronts her

01:01:53in front of the court.

01:01:54At that moment,

01:01:55the masked Prince Emo,

01:01:56who had been silent,

01:01:58suddenly stands up.

01:01:59He informs everyone

01:02:00that he too had encountered

01:02:01the frenzied bears

01:02:02in the hunting grounds

01:02:03and was only able

01:02:04to escape thanks

01:02:05to Chuyuele's help.

01:02:06Prince Mo's testimony

01:02:07not only clears

01:02:08Chuyuele of suspicion,

01:02:10but also confirms

01:02:11the real and immense

01:02:12danger of the bear pack.

01:02:13This makes the once

01:02:14aggressive royal mother realize

01:02:16that her son

01:02:17is not caught

01:02:18in a conspiracy,

01:02:19but is in genuine peril.

01:02:21She instantly panics,

01:02:22her anger turning

01:02:23to extreme fear.

01:02:24An interrogation

01:02:25aimed at Chuyuele

01:02:26has been completely overturned

01:02:28by Prince Mo's

01:02:29unexpected testimony.

01:02:30On the grand hall

01:02:31of the palace,

01:02:32the daughter of the traitor

01:02:33Tuoba,

01:02:34in a fit of rage

01:02:35over the whereabouts

01:02:36of her beloved A. Jean,

01:02:37confronts Chuyuele,

01:02:39only to be pushed

01:02:39to the ground

01:02:40in front of everyone.

01:02:41Chuyuele then proceeds

01:02:42to list Tuoba's crimes

01:02:43before the emperor,

01:02:45successfully having

01:02:46her imprisoned.

01:02:47After settling

01:02:47this personal score,

01:02:49Chuyuele cleverly

01:02:50turns the situation

01:02:51to her advantage,

01:02:52citing the need

01:02:53to quell the thousand-mile

01:02:54journey to save

01:02:54her husband, Rumor.

01:02:56She requests an official title

01:02:57to go and rescue

01:02:58the trapped Prince Jean.

01:02:59The emperor is delighted.

01:03:01He not only grants

01:03:02her request,

01:03:03but also gives her command

01:03:04of the Imperial Dragon Guard

01:03:06to demonstrate her capability

01:03:07and awe the court.

01:03:09Chuyuele takes a spear

01:03:10and, with a powerful display

01:03:12of internal energy,

01:03:13strikes the ground,

01:03:14causing it to crack

01:03:15and burst into flames.

01:03:17Her hidden martial prowess

01:03:18stuns everyone present,

01:03:20including the royal consort

01:03:21who had been her enemy.

01:03:22With this masterful

01:03:23political maneuver,

01:03:24Chuyuele completely transforms

01:03:26her status and image

01:03:27within the palace.

01:03:29In a deep forest,

01:03:31a prince is viciously

01:03:32attacked by a black bear

01:03:33and is on the brink of death,

01:03:35just as he is about

01:03:36to be gravely injured.

01:03:37A skilled female warrior

01:03:38in black,

01:03:39Ali, appears.

01:03:40She calmly fights off

01:03:41the bear and saves him.

01:03:43In the conversation

01:03:43that follows,

01:03:45their complicated past

01:03:46is revealed.

01:03:47The prince,

01:03:47disapproving of Ali's

01:03:48martial arts,

01:03:49had made her hide

01:03:50her skills for years.

01:03:52After being rescued,

01:03:53the prince is filled

01:03:54with gratitude and regret

01:03:55and tries to express

01:03:57his feelings,

01:03:58but Ali responds

01:03:59with icy resolve.

01:04:00She tells him that

01:04:01saving him was merely

01:04:02an order

01:04:02and that there is

01:04:03no personal feeling involved.

01:04:05She then turns and leaves,

01:04:07leaving the injured prince alone

01:04:08in the solemn

01:04:09ancestral hall of their family.

01:04:11Ali reveals a series

01:04:12of shocking truths

01:04:13to her brother,

01:04:14faced with the precarious

01:04:15situation of their family.

01:04:17With only the two of them left

01:04:18and enemies surrounding them,

01:04:20she is determined

01:04:21to no longer hide

01:04:22her strength

01:04:22and to take on

01:04:23the responsibility

01:04:24of protecting their family.

01:04:26She confesses

01:04:26that she has already

01:04:27avenged her brother's injury.

01:04:29It turns out

01:04:29that on the hunting grounds,

01:04:31she deliberately waited

01:04:32until Prince Jin's leg

01:04:33was crippled

01:04:34by a frenzied bear

01:04:35before she intervened.

01:04:37With the aim

01:04:37of leaving him

01:04:38severely injured

01:04:39and unable

01:04:39to inherit the throne,

01:04:41her brother is shocked

01:04:42but is more concerned

01:04:43for his sister's safety.

01:04:44Ali then reveals

01:04:45an even deeper conspiracy.

01:04:47The danger

01:04:47on the hunting grounds

01:04:48was part of a larger plot.

01:04:50There were not only

01:04:51frenzied bears

01:04:51but also assassins

01:04:53sent after her.

01:04:54She deduces

01:04:54that this was a scheme

01:04:55by the royal consort Ruin,

01:04:57who had intended

01:04:57to eliminate

01:04:58both her and Prince Enloe,

01:04:59but ended up

01:05:00harming her own son,

01:05:01Prince Jin,

01:05:02in a classic case

01:05:03of hoist

01:05:04by one's own petard.

01:05:05In a quaint room,

01:05:07the mysterious masked prince

01:05:08and his princess consort

01:05:09engage in a game

01:05:10of emotional chess

01:05:11and confession.

01:05:12The prince begins

01:05:13by confidently,

01:05:14almost flirtatiously,

01:05:16probing his wife,

01:05:17trying to get her

01:05:18to admit her feelings

01:05:19for him.

01:05:19The princess consort,

01:05:21however,

01:05:22maintains a reserved

01:05:23and resistant demeanor,

01:05:24expressing confusion

01:05:25over his current personality,

01:05:27which is a far cry

01:05:28from the taciturn

01:05:29and aloof

01:05:30man of rumors.

01:05:31As the conversation deepens,

01:05:32the prince reveals

01:05:33the real reason

01:05:34he is not the disfigured

01:05:35man of legend.

01:05:36It was all for

01:05:37a profound promise,

01:05:38one life,

01:05:39one world,

01:05:39one pair,

01:05:40that he has worn

01:05:41the mask for years.

01:05:42It was a way

01:05:43to ward off

01:05:43any outside admiration

01:05:44or distractions,

01:05:46solely to protect

01:05:47his unique love for her.

01:05:48Finally,

01:05:49the prince removes

01:05:50his mask,

01:05:51revealing his handsome face.

01:05:53The princess consort,

01:05:54deeply moved

01:05:55by his devotion

01:05:55and thoughtfulness,

01:05:57sees the misunderstandings

01:05:58between them dissolve.

01:05:59Their relationship

01:06:00has now entered

01:06:01a new,

01:06:02more intimate phase.

01:06:03Prince Mo's brother,

01:06:04Lufon Jean,

01:06:05urgently summons

01:06:06Ali from her residence,

01:06:08claiming that Prince Mo

01:06:09is gravely ill.

01:06:10On the carriage ride

01:06:11to Prince Mo's mansion,

01:06:13he laughingly reveals

01:06:14the truth.

01:06:14Prince Mo is not

01:06:15physically worse,

01:06:17but simply in a bad mood

01:06:18because Ali hasn't

01:06:19visited him.

01:06:20He even shows her

01:06:21a complaint letter

01:06:22Prince Mo had written

01:06:23to him.

01:06:24Ali, feeling both

01:06:25exasperated and amused,

01:06:26still agrees to see him.

01:06:28She arrives at his

01:06:29bedchamber to find him

01:06:30lying in bed,

01:06:31wearing his mask

01:06:32and pretending to be

01:06:32on his deathbed.

01:06:33But the first words

01:06:34out of his mouth

01:06:35are a jealous accusation.

01:06:36Have you been to see

01:06:37that dog Lufon Jean?

01:06:38He then proceeds

01:06:39to theatrically list

01:06:40his symptoms.

01:06:41Bruising, nausea,

01:06:43loss of appetite

01:06:43to gain her sympathy.

01:06:45Ali calmly points

01:06:46to the official documents

01:06:47he's been working on,

01:06:48exposing his charade.

01:06:50Caught in his act,

01:06:51Prince Mo cleverly

01:06:52reframes his behavior

01:06:53as working while injured

01:06:54out of loyalty

01:06:55to the country.

01:06:56And then,

01:06:56with a heartfelt gaze,

01:06:58he asks Ali

01:06:59if she is satisfied

01:06:59with such a responsible husband,

01:07:02turning a childish prank

01:07:03into a tender,

01:07:04emotional test.

01:07:06Prince Jing,

01:07:07gravely injured

01:07:08while saving the woman

01:07:09he loves,

01:07:09Chuyuele,

01:07:10is told by the imperial physician

01:07:12that he can no longer

01:07:13have children.

01:07:14In his agony,

01:07:15he seeks comfort

01:07:15from Chuyuele,

01:07:17only to be met

01:07:17with her icy ridicule.

01:07:19She then reveals

01:07:20that before he saved her,

01:07:21she had been attacked

01:07:22by the royal family's

01:07:23secret assassins,

01:07:24implying that he is

01:07:25somehow connected

01:07:26to the plot.

01:07:27Shocked,

01:07:27Prince Jing immediately

01:07:28goes to confront his mother.

01:07:30In the royal consort's chambers,

01:07:32the truth is unraveled

01:07:33layer by layer.

01:07:34His mother admits

01:07:35to sending assassins

01:07:36after Chuyuele,

01:07:37believing she was conspiring

01:07:38with Prince Jing's

01:07:39political rival,

01:07:40Prince Emo,

01:07:41and jeopardizing

01:07:42his path to the throne.

01:07:44Even more shockingly,

01:07:45the frenzied bear incident

01:07:46that injured him

01:07:47was also a trap set

01:07:48by his mother

01:07:49to frame Prince Emo,

01:07:50and he was an

01:07:51unintended victim.

01:07:52In his despair and rage,

01:07:54Prince Jing finds

01:07:55a renewed determination

01:07:56to fight,

01:07:57vowing to take back

01:07:58everything that belongs

01:07:59to him,

01:07:59especially his woman.

01:08:01At a royal banquet,

01:08:02the empress brings up

01:08:03the third prince's

01:08:04previous public proposal

01:08:05to Ali,

01:08:06intending to push

01:08:07the marriage forward.

01:08:08Just as both the third prince

01:08:09and Ali are caught

01:08:10in an awkward position,

01:08:12the masked Prince Emo,

01:08:13Lubema,

01:08:14suddenly steps forward,

01:08:15and,

01:08:16in front of everyone,

01:08:17requests the emperor's

01:08:18permission to marry Ali.

01:08:19He then reveals a secret

01:08:20that has been kept

01:08:21for nine years.

01:08:22He was the one

01:08:23who saved Ali

01:08:23from a great fire,

01:08:25not someone else

01:08:25as everyone believed,

01:08:27and she had promised

01:08:28to marry her savior

01:08:29when she grew up.

01:08:30The truth is confirmed

01:08:31by a burnt scar

01:08:32on his arm.

01:08:33Ali is stunned,

01:08:34realizing she has been

01:08:35mistaken about her savior

01:08:36for nine years,

01:08:37and is overcome

01:08:38with guilt toward Lubema.

01:08:40However,

01:08:40because she has sworn

01:08:41an oath to avenge

01:08:42her parents

01:08:42and find their remains,

01:08:44she cannot accept

01:08:45the marriage proposal

01:08:46at this time.

01:08:47Lubema,

01:08:48understanding her situation,

01:08:50lovingly promises

01:08:50that since he has

01:08:51already waited nine years,

01:08:53he is willing to wait

01:08:54even longer.

01:08:55In a quaint room,

01:08:56Prince Lubema

01:08:57and Ali have

01:08:58a candid conversation.

01:08:59The prince reveals

01:09:00the true reason

01:09:01for his public proposal.

01:09:02It was to preempt

01:09:03another suitor.

01:09:04He also admits

01:09:05that he knew all along

01:09:06that Ali planned

01:09:07to use the excuse

01:09:08of finding her parents' remains

01:09:09to refuse

01:09:10all marriage proposals.

01:09:12Ali then questions

01:09:13why he didn't tell her

01:09:13the truth about

01:09:14the past sooner.

01:09:15The prince confidently replies

01:09:17that he believes

01:09:17she will eventually

01:09:18fall for him regardless.

01:09:20Touched by his words,

01:09:21Ali expresses her understanding

01:09:23of the grievances

01:09:23he has endured for years.

01:09:25The prince seizes

01:09:26the opportunity

01:09:27to ask for compensation.

01:09:29That she call him

01:09:29by his name,

01:09:30Bayma in private.

01:09:31As their relationship softens,

01:09:33Ali asks the crucial question.

01:09:35Why did he,

01:09:36a stranger to her

01:09:37at the time,

01:09:38risk his life

01:09:38to save her

01:09:39from the fire

01:09:39all those years ago?

01:09:41The video ends

01:09:42on a cliffhanger

01:09:42as the prince,

01:09:43instead of answering,

01:09:45meaningfully grabs her wrist.

01:09:47Lou Bayma playfully

01:09:48brings up again

01:09:48how Chuyuele,

01:09:49as a child,

01:09:50had kissed him

01:09:51and promised to marry him

01:09:53simply because

01:09:54he was good looking.

01:09:55Through a series

01:09:56of warm childhood flashbacks,

01:09:58their deep,

01:09:58innocent bond

01:09:59as childhood friends

01:10:00is beautifully illustrated.

01:10:02Moved by these memories,

01:10:03Chuyuele finally reciprocates

01:10:05Lou Bayma's feelings.

01:10:06They share a passionate kiss

01:10:08and she agrees

01:10:09to marry him.

01:10:10However,

01:10:11just as Chuyuele

01:10:12is dressed in her wedding gown,

01:10:14happily preparing to marry,

01:10:15her handmaiden rushes in

01:10:16with devastating news.

01:10:18The third prince of Dong-Oh

01:10:19was assassinated at the inn

01:10:20and rumors are spreading

01:10:22that Chuyuele

01:10:22and Prince Mo

01:10:23are the culprits.

01:10:24The emperor has summoned them

01:10:26to the palace immediately.

01:10:27A sudden political conspiracy

01:10:28has cast a huge shadow

01:10:30over their happy wedding,

01:10:31plunging their future

01:10:32into an unknown crisis.

01:10:34Before the emperor,

01:10:35a eunuch publicly accuses

01:10:36Ali and Prince Mo

01:10:38of retaliating

01:10:38against the third prince

01:10:39for his marriage proposal

01:10:40to Ali.

01:10:41First by injuring him

01:10:42and then by setting a fire

01:10:44to murder him.

01:10:45Faced with these false accusations,

01:10:47Ali remains composed.

01:10:49She uses her medical knowledge

01:10:50to counter,

01:10:51pointing out that the third prince

01:10:52was already poisoned

01:10:53before the fire,

01:10:54which is why he was unconscious

01:10:56and unable to escape.

01:10:57She successfully elevates

01:10:59the incident

01:10:59from a personal grudge

01:11:00to a political conspiracy

01:11:01aimed at provoking war

01:11:03between the two nations,

01:11:04capturing the emperor's

01:11:05full attention.

01:11:07Faced with the emperor's

01:11:07skepticism,

01:11:08Prince Mo steps forward

01:11:09and stakes his own life

01:11:11as a guarantee for Ali.

01:11:12The emperor is ultimately persuaded

01:11:14and gives them three days

01:11:15to uncover the truth.

01:11:17After leaving the imperial study,

01:11:18the trio immediately begins

01:11:20to strategize.

01:11:21Ali identifies the components

01:11:22of the poison.

01:11:24Prince Mo sends his men

01:11:24to the pharmacy

01:11:25to trace the clues.

01:11:26And she arranges for her brother

01:11:28to protect the key witness,

01:11:29the third prince.

01:11:31While she and Prince Mo

01:11:32head to the crime scene

01:11:33to search for more evidence,

01:11:34the masked prince

01:11:35and the clever lady in white

01:11:37investigate the scene

01:11:38of the fire at an inn.

01:11:39Through clues like

01:11:40black oil and Hongingsi,

01:11:42a plant that only grows

01:11:43in barbarian lands.

01:11:45They quickly deduce

01:11:45that the mastermind

01:11:46is Tuoba Mingwe,

01:11:47and suspect she has

01:11:48an accomplice

01:11:49within the palace.

01:11:50To lure out the enemy,

01:11:52they decide to set a trap.

01:11:53Later,

01:11:54the prince interrogates

01:11:55a captured female assassin.

01:11:57At first,

01:11:58she is defiant.

01:11:59But under the prince's

01:12:00brutal torture

01:12:00and psychological pressure,

01:12:02she finally breaks

01:12:03and confesses

01:12:04that her mastermind

01:12:05is indeed Tuoba Mingwe.

01:12:06Her mission was

01:12:07to seduce the prince

01:12:08and turn him into a pawn

01:12:09for her revenge.

01:12:11With the truth revealed,

01:12:12the prince now has a plan

01:12:13in motion to catch

01:12:14all his enemies

01:12:14in one fell swoop.

01:12:19Chuyuele is treating

01:12:20the poisoned

01:12:20and unconscious third prince.

01:12:22When one of the masterminds,

01:12:24royal consort Rue,

01:12:25arrives to apply pressure.

01:12:26She threatens Chuyuele,

01:12:28warning that if the real culprit

01:12:29isn't found within three days,

01:12:31both she and Prince Emo

01:12:32will pay with their lives.

01:12:34Chuyuele, however,

01:12:35turns the tables.

01:12:36Through clever questioning,

01:12:37she tricks the consort's

01:12:38handmaiden,

01:12:39Shio Momo,

01:12:40into revealing that she knows

01:12:42the poison's formula,

01:12:43thereby confirming

01:12:44the consort's involvement.

01:12:46She then spreads

01:12:46false information,

01:12:47claiming to have found

01:12:48the hiding place

01:12:49of the other conspirator,

01:12:50Tuoba Mingwe,

01:12:51and plans to capture her

01:12:52the next day

01:12:53to lure them out.

01:12:54As the consort sends someone

01:12:55to warn Tuoba Mingwe,

01:12:57Chuyuele receives new information

01:12:58from her own subordinate,

01:13:00a female assassin

01:13:01who was executed

01:13:01had mannerisms

01:13:02strikingly similar

01:13:03to an old acquaintance,

01:13:05Tuoba Fei-Yuen.

01:13:06Chuyuele decides to

01:13:07let the line run long

01:13:08to catch the big fish,

01:13:09choosing not to act immediately,

01:13:11but to wait until

01:13:12all the conspirators

01:13:13have revealed themselves.

01:13:14The prince in purple

01:13:15learns from his subordinate

01:13:16that the captured

01:13:18female assassin,

01:13:19Morong Hua,

01:13:20not only has mannerisms

01:13:21strikingly similar

01:13:22to Tuoba Fei-Yuen,

01:13:24whom he once knew,

01:13:25but that rumors

01:13:26are also spreading,

01:13:27comparing him

01:13:28to his brother,

01:13:29Prince M.O.

01:13:30This fuels his suspicion

01:13:31and rage,

01:13:32believing that Morong Hua

01:13:33has been deceiving him

01:13:34from the start.

01:13:36He personally goes

01:13:36to the Misty Rain Pavilion

01:13:37to interrogate her.

01:13:39There,

01:13:39the battered Morong Hua

01:13:40acts erratically,

01:13:42sometimes lucid,

01:13:43sometimes insane.

01:13:44She alternates between

01:13:45cursing the prince

01:13:46as a dog,

01:13:47and affectionately declaring

01:13:48that she doesn't mind

01:13:49his past,

01:13:50wishing for them

01:13:51to be together forever.

01:13:52The prince sees

01:13:53through her act,

01:13:54recognizing it

01:13:55as the trained deception

01:13:56of an assassin.

01:13:57He finally loses control,

01:13:59grabs her by the neck,

01:14:00and demands to know

01:14:01her true motive

01:14:02for getting close to him.

01:14:03During an interrogation

01:14:04in the prince's courtyard,

01:14:06the lady in white,

01:14:07under pressure

01:14:07from the attendant,

01:14:09finally confesses

01:14:10that her initial approach

01:14:10to the prince

01:14:11was a ploy

01:14:12to avenge her sister,

01:14:13with the ultimate goal

01:14:14of stealing him away

01:14:15and destroying his family.

01:14:17However,

01:14:18she then tearfully professes

01:14:19that in the process

01:14:19of the charade,

01:14:21she genuinely fell

01:14:21in love with him.

01:14:23Upon learning the truth

01:14:24of her betrayal,

01:14:25the prince is heartbroken

01:14:26and enraged,

01:14:27despite her tearful

01:14:28declarations of love.

01:14:30The pain of being deceived

01:14:31is too great

01:14:31for him to forgive.

01:14:33He ultimately orders her

01:14:34to be thrown into the dungeon,

01:14:35and sends his men

01:14:36to track down

01:14:37the true mastermind,

01:14:38her sister.

01:14:39A love that began

01:14:40as a quest for revenge

01:14:41has ended in imprisonment

01:14:42and a final,

01:14:43bitter separation,

01:14:45encouraging her

01:14:45to leave immediately.

01:14:46However,

01:14:47this is all a trap set

01:14:48by Chiyuele

01:14:48and the masked male lead,

01:14:50Lubema.

01:14:51Before they can react,

01:14:52sleeping gas fills the room.

01:14:54And they are both

01:14:55knocked unconscious.

01:14:56Chiyuele and Lubema

01:14:57then enter

01:14:58and capture them.

01:14:59After the enemies

01:15:00are taken away,

01:15:01Lubema expresses

01:15:02his deep affection

01:15:03for Chiyuele

01:15:04and eagerly asks her

01:15:05to marry him,

01:15:06saying he can't wait

01:15:07any longer.

01:15:08Chiyuele hesitates

01:15:09due to a past oath,

01:15:11but shows her concern

01:15:12for his safety.

01:15:13Sensing her feelings,

01:15:14Lubema gives her a year

01:15:16to overcome her reservations

01:15:17and seals his promise

01:15:18with a gentle kiss

01:15:19on her forehead

01:15:20and a loving vow.

01:15:21A successful capture

01:15:22has also led

01:15:23to a heartfelt commitment.

01:15:26In the palace of Dongling,

01:15:28the emperor

01:15:28interrogates

01:15:29royal consort Rue,

01:15:31accusing her

01:15:31of plotting

01:15:31to frame

01:15:32Prince Lubema

01:15:33and Ali,

01:15:34as well as attempting

01:15:35to assassinate

01:15:35the third prince

01:15:36of Dongto

01:15:37to provoke a war

01:15:38between the two nations.

01:15:39At first,

01:15:40the consort vehemently

01:15:41denies everything,

01:15:43tearfully pleading

01:15:43her innocence

01:15:44and even trying

01:15:45to shift the blame

01:15:46onto Lubema

01:15:47and Ali.

01:15:47However,

01:15:48when the emperor

01:15:49threatens the safety

01:15:50of her own son,

01:15:51Gina,

01:15:52she breaks down

01:15:53to protect him.

01:15:55She confesses

01:15:55to all the crimes,

01:15:57falsely claiming

01:15:57she acted alone

01:15:58out of jealousy

01:15:59of Ali.

01:16:00Ultimately,

01:16:01the emperor orders

01:16:01her to be stripped

01:16:02of her title

01:16:03and confined

01:16:04to the cold palace.

01:16:05After the incident,

01:16:06Ali finds the troubled

01:16:07Lubema outside

01:16:08the palace gates

01:16:09and invites him

01:16:10for a drink,

01:16:11signaling a new

01:16:12development

01:16:12in their relationship

01:16:13after surviving

01:16:14the crisis together.

01:16:16In a dark dungeon,

01:16:18Prince Lian,

01:16:19Lufeng Lian,

01:16:20is interrogating

01:16:21the captured

01:16:21Tuoba Fei Wan.

01:16:23Enraged by the deception

01:16:24of the Tuoba sisters,

01:16:25he demands to know

01:16:26their true motives.

01:16:27Tuoba Fei Wan

01:16:28calmly admits

01:16:29that their real target

01:16:30is revenge

01:16:30against the ones

01:16:31who destroyed

01:16:31their family years ago,

01:16:33Chuyuele and Chuxiouha,

01:16:35and that Prince Lian

01:16:36was merely a pawn

01:16:37in their plan

01:16:37to further crush him.

01:16:39She cruelly reveals

01:16:40a truth.

01:16:41The woman he loves,

01:16:42Chuyuele,

01:16:42was nearby

01:16:43when he was attacked

01:16:44by a frenzied bear.

01:16:46However,

01:16:46she deliberately waited

01:16:47until his leg

01:16:48was crippled

01:16:48before she stepped

01:16:49in to save him.

01:16:50This revelation

01:16:51shatters Prince Lian.

01:16:53He furiously orders

01:16:54his men to lock

01:16:54Tuoba Fei Wan

01:16:55in the deepest part

01:16:56of the dungeon,

01:16:57while he is left

01:16:58to grapple

01:16:58with the immense pain

01:16:59of being betrayed

01:17:00by the woman he loves.

01:17:02In a dark prison cell,

01:17:04Prince Lufengene

01:17:04sets a cruel test

01:17:05for two sisters,

01:17:07Tuoba Ming Wei

01:17:07and Chuyuele,

01:17:09forcing them

01:17:09to fight to the death,

01:17:11with only one

01:17:11allowed to survive

01:17:12until dawn.

01:17:13At first,

01:17:14the younger sister,

01:17:15Chuyuele,

01:17:16pleads with her sister

01:17:17and the prince

01:17:18to save her.

01:17:19But when she realizes

01:17:20only one of them

01:17:20can live,

01:17:21her survival instinct

01:17:22takes over.

01:17:23She chooses betrayal,

01:17:25picking up a sword

01:17:26to kill her sister.

01:17:27However,

01:17:28she never imagined

01:17:29that her sister's

01:17:29martial arts skills

01:17:30were far superior

01:17:31to her own.

01:17:32Tuoba Ming Wei

01:17:33easily counters her attack

01:17:34and ultimately kills her.

01:17:36The surviving sister,

01:17:37Tuoba Ming Wei,

01:17:38her eyes filled

01:17:39with hatred,

01:17:40vows to take revenge

01:17:41on Lufengene

01:17:42and the others

01:17:42who orchestrated

01:17:43this tragedy.

01:17:44A brutal test of survival

01:17:45has ignited

01:17:46an even fiercer

01:17:47flame of vengeance.

01:17:49A fifth prince

01:17:49with an injured leg

01:17:50confronts the woman

01:17:51he loves,

01:17:52accusing her of standing

01:17:53by and watching

01:17:54as he was mauled

01:17:55by a wild beast.

01:17:56The woman remains

01:17:57cold and indifferent.

01:17:59She not only exposes

01:18:00his past conspiracy

01:18:01with others

01:18:01to harm her brother,

01:18:02but also reveals

01:18:03a core lie,

01:18:04the life,

01:18:05saving grace,

01:18:05that formed the basis

01:18:06of their relationship

01:18:07was a sham.

01:18:08The real person

01:18:09who saved her

01:18:10was another prince,

01:18:11Lu Beima.

01:18:11Just as the fifth prince's world

01:18:13is crumbling

01:18:13from this revelation

01:18:14and he tries to salvage

01:18:16his dignity

01:18:16by claiming

01:18:17Lu Beima is disfigured,

01:18:19the handsome

01:18:19and perfectly intact

01:18:21Lu Beima himself appears.

01:18:23This dramatic entrance

01:18:24shatters the fifth prince's lies

01:18:25and pride completely,

01:18:27leaving him in a state

01:18:28of utter despair.

01:18:30Prince Lian

01:18:30confronts the male

01:18:31and female protagonists

01:18:33in a room,

01:18:34only to be shocked

01:18:34to find that

01:18:35the male protagonist,

01:18:36whom he believed

01:18:37to be disfigured,

01:18:38is perfectly fine

01:18:39and is intimately close

01:18:40with the heroine Ali.

01:18:41The couple's words

01:18:42reveal that Prince Lian

01:18:43had been misled

01:18:44by rumors all along

01:18:45and they use this

01:18:46to humiliate him.

01:18:48Then,

01:18:48the heroine delivers

01:18:49an even more

01:18:50devastating blow.

01:18:51She informs him

01:18:52that his beloved

01:18:52royal consort Rue

01:18:54has been sent

01:18:55to the cold palace

01:18:56due to the exposure

01:18:57of their affair

01:18:57and they will never

01:18:58see each other again.

01:19:00This news completely

01:19:01breaks Prince Lian

01:19:01as he stumbles

01:19:03out of the mansion.

01:19:04His attendant

01:19:04brings the final piece

01:19:05of tragic news.

01:19:07Royal consort Rue

01:19:08has committed suicide

01:19:09in the cold palace.

01:19:10Overwhelmed by

01:19:11the successive blows,

01:19:12Prince Lian collapses,

01:19:14vomiting blood.

01:19:15His will to live shattered.

01:19:16The episode ends

01:19:17by revealing

01:19:18that a woman named

01:19:19Tuoba Mingwe

01:19:19is imprisoned

01:19:20and she is

01:19:21the real desert flower,

01:19:22implying that

01:19:23the entire affair

01:19:24was a grand conspiracy

01:19:25involving mistaken identities.

01:19:27The tone of the story

01:19:28suddenly shifts

01:19:29as a lively princess

01:19:30playfully chases

01:19:31a reluctant general

01:19:32chew through a courtyard

01:19:33in a light-hearted,

01:19:34comedic scene.

01:19:36However,

01:19:36the camera then cuts

01:19:37to another prince,

01:19:38Lubema,

01:19:39who is filled with sorrow

01:19:40and anxiety

01:19:41because his beloved,

01:19:42Ali,

01:19:43has not seen him for days.

01:19:45When Ali is summoned to him,

01:19:46he drops his vulnerable facade

01:19:48and makes a serious request.

01:19:50He invites her

01:19:50to be his military strategist

01:19:52and to journey with him

01:19:53to the perilous southern

01:19:54and northern capital regions

01:19:56to avenge her family.

01:19:58This gesture reveals

01:19:59his deep love

01:20:00and commitment to Ali.

01:20:01He is willing to go

01:20:02anywhere with her,

01:20:03even through fire and flames.

01:20:05Touched by his sincerity,

01:20:06Ali agrees.

01:20:07They finally embrace

01:20:08reaching a mutual understanding.

01:20:10A relationship that began

01:20:12with a misunderstanding

01:20:13has at last found

01:20:14a new beginning

01:20:15in a show.

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