【English Sub】庆余年 25 | Joy of life 25（主演：张若昀，李沁，陈道明，李小冉，吴刚，肖战，辛芷蕾，郭麒麟，宋轶）
SUBTITLES BY Babel Fansub www.facebook.com/BabelSub Subbers : Lijuan, Rita Joy Of Life Episode 25 What are you looking at? Do you see that cloud? Feeling poetic today? Does it look like a pile of silver? It sounds like you. What if I could bring that pile of silver home?
Can you imagine how happy it would make my wife and daughter feel? Are we going home? Wang Qinian, have you heard of a Zhuang Mohan? I know of him. He came into town today. Almost every student in the capital went to pay their respect. He’s so prestigious? Every literary students knows,
Zhuang Mohan, the literary master, a living saint who walks on the earth among us. He’s the spiritual mentor of every young scholar in the world. You didn’t know? You’re a promising young scholar yourself. I’m not. You’re being modest. The poem you wrote has become world famous.
How can you not be a young scholar? Let’s go. What is it? Shadow, Director of The Sixth Bureau of the Overwatch Council Lord Shadow. Chen Pingping wants to see me? There are people want to assassinate chief justice Chen. There are a lot of people in the world want him dead.
They are gonna strike in half an hour. Where is he now? In the overwatch council. Then he’ll be fine. Without an army, who can breach into the overwatch council? There’s no one left by the chief justice’s side. There’s no one left by the chief justice’s side. What do you mean by no one?
Zhuang Mohan is in the capital. What does it have to do with Zhuang Mohan? Zhuang Mohan is in the capital, that’s an opportunity for change. Everyone here knows, only if Zhuang Mohan was killed, can we go to war again. But the chief justice has already assigned the first bureau to protect Zhuang Mohan.
Yes. Director Zhu Ge of the first bureau has all his men assigned there. Director Fei Jie of the third bureau is out of town. And I’ve already reassigned all the major forces of other bureaus. Everyone who’s currently on duty here is with us. That’s not gonna be enough for assassinating Zhuang Mohan.
Zhuang Mohan is just a cover. The person we’re going to kill is Chen Pingping. You’re here. No way to run. Into the dungeon. You are all fully aware, the true obstacle that stands between us and the war we want is Chen Pingping. With him gone, we, the true patriots,
Will take over the overwatch council. We could then persuade his majesty to obliterate North Qi, it’ll be effortless. He’s only human too. I went through all the trouble had this arranged, we won’t get another chance if we don’t act now. Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! With Chen Pingping dead,
The reign of the overwatch council will fall into our hands. It has come to this, there’s no turning back. Act now. Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Mr. Fan? Miss Lili, talk later. Kinda busy being hunted. Hunted? Press that. Behind this door,
It’s the deepest end of the dungeon. The most vicious and destructive monsters are being held here. Let’s go inside first. We’re gonna be safe in here? Not really. Lots of people know about here. They had to bring food and water to prisoners. Sometimes had to take out the dead bodies. Sometimes
Had to take out the dead bodies. What’s the point of us hiding in here then? The passage is narrow, easy to defend. So we’re gonna die sooner or later. It’s a dead end. Oh shit! I can’t die! I haven’t asked my wife’s permission yet, I can’t just die! She’s gonna be so pissed!
We’re in grave danger, and you’re worried it might upset your wife? Death is nothing, what’s important is I haven’t had my wife’s permission to die yet! You don’t understand. What’s gonna happen to Si Lili outside? They’re going to kill me, of course they won’t leave any witnesses.
Give me the key to the cell. You’re about to die, not the time to worry about her. The key! Be right back. He’s a good kid. What’s that noise? What’s that noise? A coup within the overwatch council? Why are you saving me? Hurry. They could be in here at any moment now.
Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Go! What’s the point bringing me in here? We’re all gonna die anyway. I promised to let you live. You won’t get killed before me today. Go inside. My lord. What is this? Like I said, prisoners here are… The most destructive monsters? Yes.
One of them is still alive. All those chains, for one man? Yes, one man. Taking a look at him won’t save us! This way! Nobody here. Look for Chen Pingping! Didn’t see him. No, didn’t see him. No sign of him. Where is he? Go in there! Search!
No sign of him. Go in there! Search! No sign of him. Wait! We’re about to die, I’d rather die with an inquisitive mind. Is this man dangerous? Very dangerous. His name is Xiao En. My legs are disabled because of him. Chen Pingping is hiding inside! He has nowhere to run! Kill him! Go!
Kill him! Kill him! Kill Chen Pingping! They’ve opened the door to the secret passage! Kill Chen Pingping! Kill Chen Pingping! Get him! Si Lili. What? North Qi was defeated in the war. Why are you telling me this? I’m nervous, I gotta say something. There’s another way for us to stay alive.
The only one they want is Chen Pingping. You think they’ll let us live? We could kill him ourselves, trade his head for our lives. It’s the only way we’ll get out of this alive. Wang Qinian. My lord. Give them hell. Alright. What are you doing? Wait here. It’s Shadow, he’s alone! Kill him!
He’s alone, kill him! Go! There are loads of skilled fighters out there, how long is he gonna last by himself? The noise is getting further away. He made it out? Could it be that the opponents are too weak? They are all skilled ones above level seven. It really wasn’t my idea. What’s that?
Shadow wanted to test you. Not my idea. What does it mean? Testing me? So they were faking the attack? They really wanted me dead. So you have backup lined up secretly? No backup. I’m confused. Shadow can take out an entire army on his own. I had no idea. I’ve never seen
Lord Shadow in action. Si Lili, after Shadow left just now, those two were not by my side either, I thought you were gonna held me hostage. That was the last chance you could took to escape. I know. Why did you hesitate? I was afraid. In North Qi, the name Chen Pingping is
The equivalent of a ghost or a god. Push me out. Chen Pingping, stay alive wait for me. He’s afraid that somebody else would kill me before he does. He’s not going anywhere. Let’s go. So you knew these people were planing on killing you. Yes. You didn’t stop them?
The overwatch council is an independent agency with unparalleled power. Although I serve as chief justice, I can’t fend off the entire world. There are organizations went to extreme length to plant their people in here, and everyone of them are good at hiding. By offering an opportunity for them to make a move,
It exposed them all. Wang Qinian. Using yourself as bait? They’re smart, they wouldn’t have fallen for it if they didn’t see me. All the way up here, I haven’t seen a single one alive. That’s what happens when they walk right into a trap. I think I’ll be safer in a cell.
It’s quiet outside. It should be over. Do you think I was too brutal? They were here to kill people, they should expect to be killed. Carrying this enormous responsibility, one does have no other choices. Wang Qinian, get the door. This jade pendant looks nice. Chief justice! First thing I saw when I returned,
Is Shadow butchering our colleagues. On my orders. You should be keeping an eye on Zhuang Mohan from North Qi, why are you back? Something strange happened, Zhuang Mohan disappeared. Since Zhuang Mohan arrived at the capital, he has been staying at the residence that Honglu Temple arranged for him. No one’s ever seen him.
I thought it was strange, so I had one of my men posing as a servant to clean the room. Mr. Zhuang, may I come in and clean your chamber? Mr. Zhuang? It turns out Zhuang Mohan was never in the room. Who has seen him before that?
The imperial college, the ministries of personnel and rites, and the censorate, he had visitors from agencies mentioned above. Looks like everyone admires Zhuang Mohan, wanted to meet him face to face. Then why did they pick him up secretly? Chief justice, Zhuang Mohan is a literary master, everything he says or does
Has certain impact on young scholars all over the world. His mysterious disappearance could be serious. Make a list of his visitors, bring it to me. Yes. This time I returned with the hope that you might order a thorough inspection in the capital. No need to take further actions. Now that you’re back,
Get every director that’s in the capital back here. I have an announcement to make. Yes. Lord chief justice, lord Fan, I gotta go home, let my wife know I’m fine. I’ll go home too, if there’s nothing else. Wait. You should meet them. They’re here. Let me introduce,
Zhu Ge, director of the first bureau, Yan Ruohai, director of the forth bureau, you’ve met them. Director of the second bureau is on official business on the border, as for director of the fifth bureau, a black knight, he’s not in the capital right now. Director of the sixth bureau, Shadow.
Director of the seventh bureau went south on a mission, hasn’t returned yet. Xuan Jiu, director of the eighth bureau. Xuan Jiu, Director of the Eighth Bureau of the Overwatch Council He’s in charge of the publication of books. You’re opening a book store, right? It’s his jurisdiction. Good day, lord Xuan.
Last but not least, Fei Jie’s third bureau. Fei Jie’s not here, the one taking care of daily operation on his behalf, is the one lying over there. Is he dead? Mr. Leng, Acting Director of the Third Bureau of the Overwatch Council This is Fan Xian, the judge of our council.
Nice to meet everyone. You’re here. I’m Leng, I’m also Director Fei’s disciple. We are fellow brothers. Brother Leng, what’s going on? I was working on a new type of poison, took some myself. The drug is effective. You didn’t make an antidote? I didn’t succeed, made it worse. Brother, you’re too dedicated.
Come to dinner sometime after I recover, I’ll cook. No, no, no, you’re too kind. Sure. I’ll get some rest first. Now you’ve all get acquainted, let me cut to the chase. There are people made moves here today, trying to kill me. Fan Xian saved my life. I thought Shadow did. I saw it.
You’re mistaken. I’m old. Fan Xian will take over my duty some day. Watch over him. Fan Xian has just come to the capital very recently, there are a lot of people he doesn’t know. He can take his time getting to know people, I’m not retiring now. Chief justice,
The overwatch council is the most important agency our country has. Not everyone can take it over. I think Fan Xian is not qualified. Did you misunderstand something? I’m not asking your opinion, I’m just letting you know. I think it’s good. I don’t know about others, but the third bureau will definitely
Support our little brother. For the last time, it’s settled, no changing my mind. He who doesn’t like it is welcome to try to kill me. Dismissed. Lot of things have happened during the years, I thought you’d be the next chief justice. Chief justice’s decision today was indeed chilling. Yan Ruohai,
I have to make one thing perfectly clear, I’m not after that power. I’m not capable enough to inherent that seat. I understand. You don’t understand. Everything I’ve ever done, I did it for our country. I know. I’ve seen the bodies of those assassins today. They were all brazen thugs. Yes.
Some of them were really close to you recently. Why didn’t you mention that earlier in front of everyone? Yan Ruohai, what are you doing? I’m like you, every decision I made, I made it for our country. Why? What are you referring to? You’re leaving the overwatch council to me?
Shadow took the liberty of testing you. It’s not a bad idea though. We can make things clear. Zhu Ge was right, I’m not qualified. Your mother created the overwatch council. All these years, I’ve been taking care of it for her. This place, will eventually be yours. Time passes, things change. Time passes,
It doesn’t change where we started. You’ve been to the Honglu Temple. It’s a good thing. Peace negotiation after a war, it’s something of national significance, do it right. I know. Just do the work, if anything appears to bother you, let me know. If anyone tries to mess with you, let me know.
I’ll deal with that. Anything? Anything. No matter how difficult it could be, I’ll handle it. Go home. You’ve had a long day. It’s getting cold at night, remember to add an extra quilt when you sleep. You’re still coughing. I’m old, not that easy to get better when I’m ill.
I’ll get you some medication later. Sure. Into harmony, rest your soul, this is the midnight. You’re uneasy. I went to the palace. Ruoruo drew me a road map to the empress dowager’s chamber. I memorized it. Why are you unease? The princess royal orchestrated the assassination attempt on Niulan Street.
The person who made the killing plan turns around to console the person who’s been targeted, isn’t that funny? Chen Pingping said he wanted me take over the overwatch council. And he said to let him know whenever I’m in trouble. If anyone tries to mess with you, let me know.
I was this close to give him the princess royal’s name. When it comes to killing people, I’m better than he is. Do you want me to kill her? She’s Waner’s mother after all. Kill her or not? Princess royal values power far more than her own life.
Taking her down, driving her out of the capital, will make her more miserable than death. I don’t know how to do that. I can do it. Fine. Uncle, our plan to break into the palace and steal the key needs to be put on hold for now. We have to find a better opportunity.
You decide. Uncle, do you know that Shadow from the overwatch council, he’s good. I know. Is he a master? Above level nine. Only a few martial arts experts above level nine in the country. Uncle, have you ever seen Shadow’s face? No. Uncle, do you know that I went to the deepest end
Of the dungeon in the overwatch council today. A prisoner was held there, very terrifying. His body was tied up by chains. Please. You’re the deputy, take a seat here. Sure. Lord Xin, I’ve never been in a negotiation with an enemy state. I’m a little nervous. Don’t know what to say later.
Don’t be nervous. When two nations argue, I mean negotiate, the most important thing is to pay attention to diction, which means the choice of words. Be graceful, which means polite, stand on ceremony, which could manifest the majestic nature of a great nation. Anyhow, you don’t have to worry about a thing later.
Just follow my lead. Alright, alright. There’s no way we’re giving you back the land our brave soldiers conquered! That was our land! Your land? You want your land back? Why don’t you send troops to take it back? Or, shall I call a time out on our negotiation?
Once we finish fighting in the battle field, we can continue with the negotiation. What do you say? You scoundrel! I’ve already seen through you. Is that true? Of course. Let me tell you in detail. Come, brother Zhang, this way, let’s talk in my place. The signature wine here is very memorable. Waiter! Coming!
Waiter, come here, have them change a song for me. Certainly. Lord Fan, this afternoon we shall continue with the negotiation. So we can’t drink at lunch. This is the right music. Very suitable for us scholars. Lord Xin, this morning’s negotiation, are we being too aggressive? Strong is what we’re going for.
What about being graceful? Our soldiers risked their lives to get us a win, if we’re not acting strong, we’d not be worthy of their service. Good tea! The hint of aroma smells like heaven, the delicate taste gently penetrates into the soul. The land our soldiers conquered is not to be returned. Besides,
You’re gonna pay for the cost of our troops marching out. We can’t continue discussing this nonsense! There wasn’t much to discuss after all. Lord Xin, we will not give in on any account during this negotiation. Are you suddenly insane? There’s some new information, along with all our demand. You can read it first.
We shall continue our discussion tomorrow. Don’t hesitate to verify the authenticity of the news. We have a problem. Confidential report from North Qi. Chief justice, you wanted to see me? There’s something you need to know. Bingyun was captured, by the secret service in North Qi. Shen Zhong made the arrest himself.
Is he still alive? Yes. North Qi is making him a bargaining chip? What do they want? First of all, they want this state returned, then, they want prisoners of war returned, and compensations for their soldiers who died in battles. The most detestable demand is this last one:
They want to trade Mr. Yan for Xiao En and Si Lili. Xiao En? The one being held in the dungeon of the overwatch council? That’s him. He was the bogeyman from North Qi, once shared the same reputation with Chen Pingping. Back in the day, Chen Pingping led the black knights
On a long-range raid, captured Xiao En at the cost of his own legs. Once someone like him gets released… Don’t I know it? The war we just won, thanks to the information Yan Bingyun gathered and sent home, or we wouldn’t have won so easily. Besides, he’s the son of Yan Ruohai
From the overwatch council. Don’t make the trade. The land we conquered can not be given back. The land we conquered can not be given back… What they really want are Xiao En and Si Lili. Xiao En can not be released. Once he returns to North Qi, he’ll certainly start horrible retaliation.
As a citizen of Qing, I can’t live with that. It’s not a release, it’s a trade. We can get Bingyun back. Let me ride north tonight, go in to the capital of North Qi, try to rescue my son. Going into North Qi to rescue him right now
Would be harder than climbing up to the sky. As a father, I have to do it. Whether we make the trade or not, it’s not for you to decide. Chief justice! Not for me to decide either. Only one man can make this decision. Eunuch Hou? Yes. Have the overwatch council release him now!
Your majesty? And, let the Honglu Temple know, the land I took from my enemy, I’m not giving back an inch. Other demands are negotiable. Yan Bingyun has to come home alive. Yes, your majesty. This is what his majesty wants. We can’t release Xiao En! Lord Yan, his majesty has an edict.
His majesty knows what Xiao En is. The overwatch council captured him once, there’s no reason you can’t capture him again. Yan Bingyun has suffered for the greater good, he’s been deeply embedded in the capital of North Qi serving our country, I am fully aware. Trading an old man who’s about to die
For the very future of our country, it’s worth it. Lord Yan, and everyone, his majesty also said, he wanted Mr. Yan to come home alive. Thank you, your majesty! Thank you, your majesty! Fan Xian, hand me your judge badge. Hand it over. Fan Xian, we will meet again. Your majesty,
The Honglu temple and North Qi delegation has reached an agreement. East Yi delegation has delivered their gifts, they’re about to leave. We had twists and turns, but Honglu temple handled it well. Deliver my decree, tomorrow night, in the hall of prayer for good harvests, we feast as a celebration. Yes. Wait.
Invite the North Qi and East Yi delegations too. Go. Understood, I’ll make the arrangement. Everyone will be attending tomorrow night’s banquet, including the delegations of North Qi and East Yi gathering together. It’s a grand occasion. What about Zhuang Mohan? Who? I was talking about Zhuang Mohan.
It appeared he didn’t take part in the negotiation. He didn’t indeed. He once disappeared after arriving at the capital, after that, he’s been staying in, reading the whole time. Didn’t do anything else. That’s curious. A great literary master came all the way here to the capital, but he didn’t do anything
Except attending tomorrow’s banquet? Whatever is gonna happen tomorrow night, soon the world will know about it. What you’re saying is that Zhuang Mohan will make some kind of move at tomorrow night’s banquet? If anything were to happen, it’s gonna happen tomorrow night. What shall we do? Nothing. We just wait and see.
We won’t be prepared? Can’t have it any other way. We don’t know what Zhuang Mohan’s gonna do, so we can’t take precautions. There’s another matter. News came from North Qi, that my son’s capture might due to his identity being leaked. There’s a snitch among our agents in North Qi?
The leak is not from North Qi. What you’re saying is, here in the capital… Someone in the capital gave him up. Bingyun’s work in North Qi is top secret. Aside from his majesty, only people who knew are in the overwatch council. Did one of our own commit treason? Could be. Chief justice,
I think we should get to the bottom of this right now. No need. This is a serious problem! This ends now. No need further discussion! Yes. All these years since the overwatch council was founded, time has gone by. Some of the old things needed to be replaced.
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