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[Peacock in Wonderland]

[Episode 14]

[Tianxiang Restaurant]

[Butterfly Dancing]

We'd like to book rooms for us.

A room?

What are you talking about? This is my brother.

Two rooms.

Let's just book one room,

rooms here are quite expensive.

Lord Li will cover the cost.

Don't worry.

Two rooms.

Okay.

Wait a minute.

Lai's makeup skills

are simply comparable to beauty bloggers'.

The news has been released now.

All we need to do

is wait patiently for the fish to bite.

Will they take action tonight?

Don't be impatient.

Who is it?

When will the moon be bright?

Look up and see for yourself.

Hurry up.

Come on!

My Lord,

everything has been arranged.

We are living in the rooms right beside yours

to ensure your and the Holy Envoy's safety.

[Tianxiang Restaurant]

Thank you. Please take a seat.

Please have a seat.

Have a seat.

Ladies and gentlemen,

today is my son's birthday.

Please enjoy yourselves and don't stand on ceremony.

The expenses for everyone today are on me.

Happy birthday, Young Master.

Go and have fun.

Okay.

Have some milk tea from the Western Region.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Does it suit your taste?

Here.

Enjoy.

It's milk tea from the grassland.

You can have as much as you want.

Drink it while it's warm.

Here.

Here. And here.

Okay.

I've arranged manpower near the Tianxiang Restaurant.

As soon as there's any movement,

we can act immediately.

I'll stand guard at the gate too.

Don't worry.

You can have as much milk tea as you want.

Thank you.

-Here. Drink it while it’s hot. -Congratulations.

Enjoy.

Have some milk tea from the grassland.

Here, try the fresh milk tea.

Young man,

your hands are so tender.

They are not like my daughter's,

which are rough enough to snag clothes.

Young man,

do you have any unmarried brothers at home?

My daughter has yet to be married.

If there is,

I'll arrange this marriage.

Women from the Central Plains are really forthright.

Honey, come help me pour the milk tea.

I've run out of it.

Don't you still have some?

How can you say there's no more milk tea?

Because I said so.

Thank you, honey.

Let me handle it.

Don't go.

Ladies,

my hands are more tender.

Just touch mine.

You must always be chopping wood with your hands.

Who's treating today?

Who will pay the bill today?

Who will cover the expenses today?

Oh, yes. Your hands are very tender.

They are very smooth.

Have some more desserts. They're delicious.

Okay.

Have some more.

It's yours, right?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[Tianxiang Restaurant]

Every time I wash my hair,

I miss hair dryers.

It's too much hassle. I quit.

Don't quit.

Being lazy now

will lead to a headache tomorrow morning.

Lord Li, you are truly dedicated.

Stop acting in the dead of night.

Although we're alone in this room,

Your Excellency, how can you be sure

that there aren't ears behind the walls?

Lord Li, as my husband, you are competent.

Your Excellency, as my wife,

you are not that competent.

This morning, you clearly saw

your husband being harassed.

Why didn't you intervene?

You are so capable.

You could surely handle

such a small issue.

Besides, you are so good at acting.

How would I know if you were portraying a character

or pretending?

In your eyes,

am I such a hypocritical person?

Of course.

Don't forget

who deceived me before,

Lord Li of Flowers Kill.

But now,

I won't be deceived again.

What are you doing?

There's someone at the door. Don't move.

♫The moon is hazy when the wind passes the court♫

♫How can I dream about the past when it's gone?♫

♫When we parted, I understood♫

Your Excellency, didn't you say

you wouldn't be deceived by me again?

Rogue!

Who are you?

What are you doing sneakily?

It's a misunderstanding.

I'm just passing through.

Misunderstanding?

The couple hosting the banquet today lives in that room.

Who exactly are you?

Say it!

Watch out!

She slipped away pretty quickly.

Tong, what's wrong?

I had a dream.

I dreamt that my mom abandoned me.

Tong, don't be afraid.

Dreams and reality are opposites.

I'll be with you,

alright?

I grew up with my dad.

I've never seen my mom.

She must have thought I was disobedient,

so she abandoned me.

Although I don't know your mom,

I believe

there's definitely no mother in the world

who would abandon her child.

So,

she must have had her reasons.

Mom.

I like you so much.

Really?

How about you become my real mother?

I haven't even married yet.

How did I become a mother painlessly?

Given how adorable I am,

you can imagine my dad

must be a handsome man.

I have his portrait here.

If you find it acceptable,

then leave this matter to me.

Let me show you.

It's late at night.

It's time for bed, not for looking at portraits.

It's just looking at a portrait.

Why are you being so angry?

Let's ignore him.

Think about it.

Think about it.

Tong,

hasn't your dad told you

not to talk when you are eating or sleeping?

Mom,

I want to hear a story.

Alright.

I'll tell you a story.

Once upon a time,

there was a very beautiful girl

who lived in a tower.

She had very long hair.

So long that it could reach

the ground from the high tower.

Don't listen to her nonsense.

Whose hair would reach the ground from a high tower?

Shut up!

Let me continue.

This beautiful girl's mom

stole and ate the lettuce

from the witch's garden,

so she was cursed.

This curse...

Getting cursed for eating lettuce?

Isn't this story too...

What do you know?

In a child's world,

it's full of imagination.

You have no childlike innocence at all.

Go to sleep.

Good boy, Tong.

Go to sleep.

Good boy.

Mom.

Go check in the room.

No! No!

Let's go.

No! No!

Where is the child?

Check over there.

He has already run away.

You won't find him!

Don't!

Dad!

Chase him!

No!

Li Muyang, wake up.

Li Muyang?

Did you have a nightmare?

Just let Mom hold you, and you'll be fine.

What are you talking about, kid?

Go wash up.

Okay, I'm going now.

My Lord, last night, I...

I crossed the line.

What are you doing?

I'm going to check if Tong is ready.

I need to pee.

I can't hold it anymore.

Stop the car.

I can't hold it anymore.

Come.

I can't hold it anymore.

Slow down.

Hurry up.

Tong?

Are you done?

Almost. Wait a minute.

Tong,

are you done?

Tong?

Tong?

Tong?

Tong?

Tong!

Tong! T...

Honey, help!

-Let go of me! -Hurry!

Let go of me!

Who are you guys?

-Let go of me! -Who are you guys?

Go.

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

They took the bait.

Follow up!

Help me!

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

-Let me go! -Let go of me!

Tong.

Mom.

Mom.

Where are we?

The Peacock Sect?

How could it be?

What are you doing?

-Let go of me! -Let him go!

Let's go.

Let go of him!

Let go of him!

-Let go! -Let’s go.

-Let go! -Let go!

I'm the Holy Envoy.

Kneel!

Greetings, Holy Envoy.

Who told you

to bring all these children here?

It was me.

Chief?

Take the child inside.

Bring the Holy Envoy to the main hall.

Yes.

-Let's go -Come here.

Mom!

-Mom! -Tong.

-What are you doing? Let go of me! -Mom!

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

It turns out this is for sacrifice.

My Lord, aren't we going to save the Holy Envoy?

If we act now,

we'll only expose ourselves.

Besides, there are still some days before the sacrifice.

They won't harm those children for now.

Let's go.

We have more important things to do.

Let go of me!

What does the Peacock Sect want

with those children?

Sacrifice.

Sacrifice!

Human sacrifice? Are you insane?

Every decade,

our sect offers two children to the Peacock God

in exchange for its blessings.

This tradition has been upheld for over 100 years

since the founding of the sect.

What an absurd tradition.

It's murder!

What is murder?

To die for the Peacock God

is their honor.

Ridiculous.

You want to sacrifice two children's lives

in exchange for those meaningless things?

Don't you think it's ridiculous?

What kind of god is this?

How dare you!

How could you, the Holy Envoy,

slander the Peacock God?

Kneel!

If the Peacock God relies on harming the people for blessings,

then I don't acknowledge this god!

What are you doing? Let go of me!

You spoke disrespectfully and offended the true god.

Kneel here overnight

and reflect on your actions.

Sacrifice?

How could it be the Peacock Sect?

Muyang,

is there a misunderstanding?

This was stated by Ruan Jiushu himself,

it's absolutely true.

The Holy Envoy disagrees with them.

She has been detained in the sect.

Young Master, if you have doubts,

you can send someone to investigate.

But the Peacock Sect has clearly stated

that the sacrificed children

were transformed by the divine power of the Peacock God.

Could it be

that these children

were really abducted from various places by them?

Sacrifice?

Isn't this just murdering innocent lives?