Original subtitles

♪So this is what love is♪

♪I want to transform into a butterfly and pretend to meet you by accident♪

♪Gentle yet playful♪

♪You are as sweet as honey and as beautiful as springtime blooms♪

♪Yes♪

♪I have secretly fallen in love♪

♪My eyes are filled with longing. I can't help but care deeply about you♪

♪In this lifetime, I'll practice hard♪

♪To master your enchanting worldly charm♪

♪You are like a love story, a poem, a dream, and a stunning view♪

♪The unparalleled and everlasting love in this world, all that touches my heart♪

♪Your dress brushes past the copper bell♪

♪Laughing foolishly, feeling fortunate to have met you♪

♪Cherry blossoms fall into my heart♪

♪You are like a mood, sometimes happy, sometimes mad, and sometimes sunny♪

♪I'm the happiest when I think of you and I want to pick the stars for you♪

♪I'll be gentle with you for the rest of my life♪

♪You make me want to be close to you♪

♪Let's travel together to the ends of the earth♪

♪There's a girl, playful and unique♪

♪A smile of hers can make the whole street bloom♪

♪How could the world ever let down a pair like us, unmatched in the world?♪

♪The world is no longer fun. I don't want to explore it without you♪

♪There's a girl, mesmerized by the spring breeze♪

♪Like falling petals meeting flowing water, hoping for eternity♪

♪I shall confess my love for you♪

♪There is someone♪

♪I really like♪

♪You are like a love story, a poem, a dream, and a stunning view♪

♪The unparalleled and everlasting love in this world, all that touches my heart♪

♪Your dress brushes past the copper bell♪

♪Laughing foolishly, feeling fortunate to have met you♪

♪Cherry blossoms fall into my heart♪

♪You are like a mood, sometimes happy, sometimes mad, and sometimes sunny♪

♪I'm the happiest when I think of you and I want to pick the stars for you♪

♪I'll be gentle with you for the rest of my life♪

♪You make me want to be close to you♪

♪Let's travel together to the ends of the earth♪

[Practice Daughter]

[Adapted from An Yimo's original novel, The Charming Thief Princess]

[Episode 21]

[Eastern Palace]

I've cursed him for two days and two nights.

That coward finally dares to see me?

Douzi.

Little Diviner.

What are you doing here?

I heard you were locked up in the Eastern Palace.

I got worried,

so I came to save you.

Save me?

What do you mean?

Does

Little Master... Does he know?

The Crown Prince knows who you are.

That's why he locked you up.

Did he say anything?

He...

He didn't say anything.

I don't know what he is thinking

or what he plans to do to you.

If he knows, he knows.

We have to face it sooner or later anyway.

If you agree,

I'll find a way to get you out of here.

I'm not leaving.

If he wants to arrest me,

even if I'm out of here,

he'll still bring me back.

Although it's probably also dangerous outside the palace,

if you stay in the palace,

your life will be in danger.

For the Crown Prince,

the bigger picture always comes first.

He can kill me if he wants to.

I don't believe he could actually do it.

It's probably because I cursed him for two days and two nights,

now he's too angry to see me.

He said he'd cut his own head off,

instead of hurting me.

He has locked you up,

yet you still trust him.

I've tried so hard to protect you,

but you choose to ignore it.

You're so stubborn.

Have you ever thought about the consequences?

If you stay in the palace,

not only will you lose your life,

the Crown Prince will be implicated, too.

Even the whole Jixi will be destroyed because of you.

Is this

what you want?

How could I have such strength to make all this happen?

Have you seen the Little Master's ability?

He can knock me out with a single punch.

And I hate studying so much,

yet I can't even destroy the Chongwen Academy.

How could I destroy a country?

Besides,

I never meant to hurt anyone.

Even less likely to hurt Little Master.

Do you think it's possible that you had a bad dream one day

and after you woke up,

you blamed it on me?

When the Crown Prince was still little,

I predicted this.

I had never even seen you back then.

Douzi,

trust me.

As long as we can stay out of this...

for the rest of my life,

I promise to keep you safe.

No matter what you say,

I'm not leaving.

You tell him to come to see me.

You'd rather die with the Crown Prince

than leave with me, right?

You tell him to come to see me.

You need to think this through.

If this prophecy comes true,

the two of you won't be able to handle it.

We've been friends for a while,

yet it turns out

that I am just an outsider to you.

You are not

supposed to be together.

So don't blame me for breaking you up.

Long live Your Highness.

Please rise.

Step aside.

Mr. Bai, His Highness is holding court.

Who dares stop me?

Bai Ye, what are you doing here?

I'm here to inform everyone

that I've found the Princess of Shengdong

who will destroy our country.

Found her?

Who is she?

Bai Ye, have you lost your mind?

You've found the Princess of Shengdong?

Who is she?

Where is she?

She is the Grand Chancellor's daughter,

Mei Yushan.

Bai Ye!

How could it be her?

How could she be the Grand Chancellor's daughter?

That's nonsense.

Bai Ye, how dare you!

Your Highness,

Mei Yushan is my own flesh and blood.

How can she be the Princess of Shengdong?

Your Highness, I demand

to expel him from the hall.

The Mei Yushan I'm talking about is not your daughter.

Because of the Moon Spirit Pearl,

Mei Yushan and the Princess of Shengdong switched bodies.

The Mei Yushan you see now

is the Princess of Shengdong.

And Mr. Mei, your own daughter

has become her maid.

This... This is impossible.

Is there really such a ridiculous thing?

Unbelievable.

You shouldn't have shown up

and said these words.

Are you trying to get something?

Or do you want to defy me in public?

I'm just trying to protect you, Your Highness,

and the people of Jixi.

Are you trying to protect me

or getting revenge for your unrequited love?

You know better than them

what the Crown Princess is like.

I...

don't believe she would hurt me.

And I don't believe she can destroy my country.

Okay.

Then I can tell you,

I saw it with my own eyes.

Your Highness...

you will die by her hands.

Bai Ye has never been wrong.

Do you think she came here

- to kill the Crown Prince? - No way.

Impossible.

She can't even defeat me.

So how can she kill His Highness?

- The Crown Prince... - Exactly.

- is not seeing anyone. - Right?

I haven't seen the Crown Prince in a while.

Me neither.

This girl has less manners,

but it looks like she will not harm others.

I don't believe

that she would kill His Highness.

But Bai Ye has no grudge against her.

- Why would he make this up... - Yeah.

to set her up?

Pin,

what do you think?

Come here, all of you.

Help me on this.

With Pin's intelligence, can he come up with anything brilliant?

What are you drawing here?

Mei Yushan is the Princess of Shengdong.

Why would she kill His Highness?

I told you her name wasn't Mei Yushan.

It's weird.

Her name is Douzi.

How many times have I told you

that they switched bodies?

Mei and Douzi.

I know now.

Mei is the Princess of Shengdong.

It's not like that.

It's like you understood nothing.

Her name is not Mei, but Douzi.

Pin, there's no one called Mei.

Right.

You can't even figure out such simple logic,

yet you want to gossip with us.

You're too stupid.

I think we should ask Pin

to deal with the Princess of Shengdong.

Why?

Because

your stupidity can kill people.

- Right. - If you ask me,

I'd say, fortunately,

someone's going to give her a lesson.

Do you remember the last time?

She even cried for the rabbit that we were going to hunt.

Shengdong sent her to kill the Crown Prince.

Are all the people in her country dead?

They are.

My father fought in the war to eliminate them.

He was even awarded for it.

She is indeed stupid.

She's been taken down before she becomes the Crown Princess.

So stupid.

With her little intelligence,

her trying to destroy our country

is a huge joke.

Exactly.

Yeah. She is not smart

and she doesn't have strong martial arts skills.

The last time His Highness taught her archery,

she failed to master it after an hour.

How could she kill someone?

I think

she is most likely wronged this time.

What do we do then?

Will Her Majesty kill her?

Even though we don't usually like her,

this time,

we need to put that aside.

It's...

This time Douzi is in big trouble.

Let's find a solution.

Yeah, let's do something.

[Eastern Palace] The Princess of Shengdong is cunning.

She's evil.

Your Highness, we ask to see you, and please don't be deceived by her.

Your Highness, please make up your mind.

Please make up your mind.

Punish the evil.

Your Highness.

Your Highness,

if you don't show up,

I'm afraid they'll tear down the door of the Eastern Palace.

You also think Douzi is evil?

I certainly believe that Miss Mei is innocent.

But now...

Then we don't need to explain to them.

If I go out now,

they'll only act more unscrupulously.

We ask to see His Highness.

Sirs.

Please listen to me.

His Highness is not feeling very well today.

He is resting now.

- Who do you think you are? - Please go back.

We want to see His Princess.

Your Highness.

You can't do this.

Your Highness,

I have something urgent to attend to.

Please allow me to leave.

Are you crazy? If you go out now,

what if they break in?

Let him go.

I'm not afraid of them.

Thank you, Your Highness.

- She is bad luck. - Kill her.

Make up your mind.

Kill her.

- Kill her. - She will harm our country and people.

- We must kill her. - She will harm our country and people.

She has evil intentions.

If you don't kill her now, I will kill myself here today.

Kill her.

Kill her.

You have to make up your mind. You can't wait any longer.

Come out, Your Highness.

Your Highness, put our country above all else.

Put our country above all else.

Your Highness, make up your mind now.

You can't do this, Your Highness.

Your Highness, think of the civilians.

Your Highness.

Please abdicate.

I want to see the Crown Prince.

Please abdicate.

You've abandoned our country.

Please abdicate.

Ask the Crown Prince to come out.

We need to go in.

What's going on out there?

Please just eat, Miss.

His Highness has suffered a lot for you.

What's going on? Just tell me.

Everyone in the palace says that you'll harm the country and people.

Those ministers out there are saying

that if the Crown Prince didn't execute you,

they'd kill themselves for the country.

They keep knocking at the gate, which is almost destroying the gate.

You might as well eat.

If you starve,

His Highness will blame us.

I am not eating.

These stupid Jixi ministers

had killed my parents

and now are trying to blame me for something I didn't do.

Do they

even have consciences?

Are they saying that I'll destroy the country?

All right, I'll show you how I'm going to destroy the country.

Feels great.

Miss Mei, how are you?

It hurts so much.

It hurts...

Why did you

tell Miss Mei all this all of a sudden?

I did not do it on purpose.

Your Highness, please go see her.

Miss Mei... She got hurt.

I'm not lying to you.

Miss Mei smashed things out of anger

and cut her hand.

She was bleeding.

You were told to look after her. But you...

I am sorry.

I will go and have her wound dressed.

I'll go.

Bring the medicine kit.

Leave me alone.

Didn't you say

that you'd never see me again?

The wound will drain pus if left untreated.

Do you want to be a maimed person?

Do you really think I will hurt you?

With my intelligence,

I can't even write a complicated character.

What kind of scheming can I possibly do?

If you hadn't taught me to copy books,

I couldn't even have written the word "destruction".

I can't ride or shoot.

I can't use a knife either.

I even trip myself going up the stairs.

How can I destroy the country?

Do I use my hands or my mouth?

Or do I scold them to death?

You'd rather trust them than me.

I regret liking you so much.

I was so wrong about you.

Bai Ye was right.

You really care more about the big picture.

Well...

Just kill me.

Why locking me up in here?

Haven't you changed then?

Have you forgotten

what you said the night of the Mid-Autumn dinner?

You also cared more about the big picture.

Those days at the Chongwen Academy

were the best time of my life.

Since I met you,

every move you make has drawn my attention.

When you laugh, I feel happy.

When you cry, I feel sad.

Your slightest discomfort makes me hurt

and worry about you all the time.

So do you understand...

how I feel

about what you said to me...

the night of the Mid-Autumn dinner?

When I knew you were the one in the prophecy...

other than locking you up here,

what other options did I have?

What do you mean by that?

So you choose to believe them, don't you?

If that's all you have to say,

just kill me right away.

No hurry.

Maybe you'll die eventually.

But I won't give you the chance to die here.

Your Highness, please kill her now.

Kill her.

Kill her.

Don't these old men feel tired at all?

I'm tired of just hearing them.

Zuo.

Do you have everything ready?

Ready for what?

Look at the situation here.

There won't be a wedding.

Exactly.

You still have to prepare for it.

- Your Highness, execute her. - Your Highness, execute her.

Make way. Make way.

- Please abdicate. - Execute her.

How dare you!

The Crown Prince is coming out.

You dare to break into the Eastern Palace?

Your Highness,

p... p...

Pooh? Back at you.

Back at your whole family.

Pooh. Pooh. Pooh.

Please cooperate.

I'm here to arrest her.

Go.

- How dare you... - Right...

Just arrest her.

The Eastern Palace is not a place where you can just come and search.

Do you want to get yourselves killed?

Are... Are...

- Yes... - Are...

I am threatening you.

I dare you to take one more step.

We are here to arrest that evil girl.

Right. That's right.

That evil girl deceives people. She is evil.

She should be arrested.

There's an evil girl in the Eastern Palace?

So you mean

I am the evil king?

Mei... Mei... [*Sounds the same as the word "no"]

Then just get away.

Mei Yushan.

Go search for her.

Who dares!

This is...

What's he doing?

- She should be arrested. - Right.

She should be arrested.

I guess you have a death wish.

Her Majesty is here.

Your Majesty, all our best wishes.

I told him to arrest her.

Now bring out the evil girl.

He can do nothing now.

Right.

Let's see how she

escapes this time after Her Majesty has given the order.

Exactly.

Fortunately, Her Majesty is here.

The evil girl is coming out.

Finally caught her.

There is hope for the country.

Our country is saved.

Right.

[Huacai Hall]

Make way. Step aside.

- The evil girl who hurts our people. - Right.

- She is bad luck. - She is bad luck.

- Her Majesty will take care of it. - Evil.

- Kneel. - Kneel.

Kneel.

- Kneel. - Kneel.

You evil.

You harbored evil intentions

to approach the Crown Prince.

Are you trying to

fulfill the prophecy of the country's destruction?

I would have done so if I wanted to.

I wouldn't have waited until now.

Blaming me for all these

made-up sins,

what kind of an empress are you?

You still refuse to confess?

Slap her in the face.

Good one.

- She deserves it. - She deserves it.

Bad luck.

- Bad luck. - Exactly.

What am I guilty of?

My only mistake is that I shouldn't have come here

and seen your faces.

You make me sick.

Will you confess or not?

If I want to kill you,

you'll be dead right away.

Kill me if you want.

What are you waiting for?

Are you afraid of killing the wrong person and being doomed?

How dare you!

At this moment,

you still have the nerve to talk back.

Kill her.

Step aside.

Kill her.

Step aside.

- His Highness. - His Highness.

- You must execute her. - You...

Stand down.

Your Majesty,

His Highness must execute her in public today.

Only then can we be relieved.

Ever since she entered the palace,

she has been notorious for her domineering behaviors.

But still, she won the Crown Prince's favor.

We fear that the Crown Prince is bewitched by her,

so he can't tell right from wrong now and becomes too softhearted.

Therefore we beg,

for the sake of Jixi,

to dethrone the Crown Prince

and make the Eighth Prince the new Crown Prince.

No need to speak out of turn.

The Crown Prince understands the important principle thoroughly

and despises evil like an enemy.

He'll kill this evil girl.

Even if there are a hundred or thousand evil girls,

he will kill all of them.

Between an evil girl and the country,

he certainly knows which one is more important.

Mother, you are right.

Between a woman and my country,

of course, I know what's more important.

The Eighth Prince is virtuous,

but he is too kind and spontaneous.

Yet now corruption is rife among Jixi.

Treacherous ministers are in power.

If we make him the Crown Prince,

we'll be neglecting the Imperial Court and our people,

which is irresponsible and unfair.

I, Nangong Yao,

since childhood, have listened to Father tell me how to be an emperor

and the Grand Tutor tell me how to govern the country.

I can never do

such irresponsible and unfair things.

Well said.

If your father hears this,

he'll be incredibly gratified.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, you are wise.

Considering my hard work

over the years,

please spare her life.

It's... It's my daughter's body, after all.

Your Majesty.

How dare you

beg for mercy for the evil!

Get him out of here.

Your Majesty.

Please spare her life, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty...

I've said before,

that prophecy was nonsense.

I can't believe the one who will kill me in the end

is you.

[Tie the knot]

The wedding is completed.

Best wishes to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess.

We wish you a happy marriage

for a hundred years.

You are destined for one another

and will grow old together.

Ridiculous.

The Crown Prince is stupid.

This... This is not proper.

How could you do such a reckless thing?

I told you,

I'd rather cut off my own head

than hurt you.

Abdicate.

Abdicate.

I am the master of my fate.

I will make her the Crown Princess, which cannot be changed.

I want both the country

and my lover.

Lock this evil girl up.

Let me out.

Who are you to lock me up?

I didn't kill or rob anyone.

It's those eunuchs

who work for the Empress.

Come out and take me on.

Stop yelling.

- You stupid ministers. - The whole palace

is full of your voice.

Eat a steamed bun and shut up.

Are there more steamed buns?

And get me some water.

I got so thirsty after scolding for a long time.

It's not like they'll cut your head off tomorrow.

Do you have to eat that much?

Only when I'm full, do I have the strength

to keep yelling at you.

Okay, okay. I'll get them for you.

Keeping her here for two more days, we'll be poor.

She isn't going to destroy our country like this, is she?

Let's go.

Hurry.

Here she is.

Hey.

What?

You came to laugh at me?

I need to warn you,

I have just built up my strength

and tried to find someone to scold now.

Look.

The prison meals we have in Jixi are nutritious.

Not only did she not lose weight

but also gained some.

So what if I gained some weight?

I can stand steadily.

Not like you

who will be blown away by the wind.

When Zhuang Yanyang holds you,

it's like she's holding a big kite.

You...

Look at how she talks.

It seems she hasn't suffered much.

Come on.

If you guys want to laugh at me, just come alone.

Why do you call everyone else here?

You are right.

We skipped class

just to make fun of you.

That's right.

You need to stand steadily.

So everyone can see

there's no difference

between you and us.

You don't look like an evil girl at all.

They're teasing you.

We are all here to visit you.

With your intelligence, you and Pin can be a good match.

If you can't be the Crown Princess,

it's not bad to be the Eighth Princess.

Who are you talking about?

This rose gel is for your face.

Bad air here will make you age faster.

Thank you.

It's not that I feel bad for you.

I'm afraid if the Crown Princess is someone old and ugly,

it'll be a shame on our Chongwen Academy.

I bring you stinky tofu.

Just take it.

It stinks.

Thank you.

I was going to teach you a few moves

to take down the guards.

But it's too narrow here.

I can't move.

It's okay. I appreciate it.

What do you bring, Pin?

Me?

I have a question.

What question?

So are you Douzi or Mei?

Everyone.

We need to keep our voices down.

We're here for a secret prison visit.

It's not entertainment.

Yeah, yeah. Let's get out of here.

If they find out, we will be doomed.

Let's go.

Wait, you're already leaving?

Take good care of yourself.

We'll visit you another time.

Yes.

- Take care of yourself. - Bye.

Let's go. Let's go.

Let's go.

Sorry, I made you suffer.

I miss you.

I miss you so much.

Me too.

I miss you day and night.

Locking me up in the Eastern Palace for so long,

you hadn't come to see me.

When you finally came,

you spoke so ruthlessly.

Today in the hall,

I really thought you were going to kill me.

My heart was broken.

It's my fault.

It will never happen again.

So what you said in the hall still stands?

What was it again?

Getting married!

Forget it.

Of course, it stands.

Silly girl.

But I worry about that prophecy.

Don't you?

That hasn't happened yet.

We don't need to worry about it.

Let me take care of what's going on now.

Now you believe that I won't hurt you, right?

Of course.

Yesterday when the ministers came to the Eastern Palace to make trouble,

Dongxi left the palace

and did a background check on you and your three fathers.

He is sure

that you didn't know who you were.

Did you send Dongxi to do so?

Of course, not.

Even if he didn't check,

I'll still believe you.

Besides,

I never doubted you.

I'm full of energy right now.

I just ate eight steamed buns.

I think I can still fight those monsters

for a few days.

I can't believe

you can still eat now.

Don't worry. You won't have to.

Just let me protect you.

By the way, it's chaotic in the palace now.

I'd like to get you out as soon as possible.

I'll pick you up after I take care of everything.

I can still leave the palace now?

I'll arrange it secretly

by weakening the palace's defense

and getting you out of the palace.

Better sooner than later.

If everything goes well,

you can leave tomorrow night.

I can't stay here too long.

It'll cause suspicion.

Well... Then you better go.

Your clothes are dirty.

No.

I was wrong.

Let me straighten your clothes for you.

Done.

You may go now.

You don't want me to leave?

You didn't leave?

Be good.

After I take care of everything,

I'll come back for you.

Look at the moon when you miss me.

♪It's your mesmerizing glance♪

♪Freezing the gentle breeze of the mundane world♪

No matter where we are,

we all see the same moon.

♪Your gentle call awakens me from my unfinished dreams♪

♪It's hard to convey my love for you when fighting for the homeland♪

♪Our destined encounter♪

♪I am meant to accompany you on this journey♪

♪Wishing for a bit more♪

♪So love feels even more real♪

♪It's your mesmerizing glance♪

♪Freezing the gentle breeze of the mundane world♪

♪Your gentle call awakens me from my unfinished dreams♪

♪It's hard to convey my love for you when fighting for the homeland♪

♪Our destined encounter♪

♪I am meant to accompany you on this journey♪

♪Wishing for a bit more♪

♪So love feels even more real♪

♪You and I, each completing the other, year after year♪

♪Accompany me to explore the world♪

♪We walk together on bustling streets♪

♪My heart leans towards your warm embrace♪

♪We're both kites reclaimed from the edge of the sky♪

♪If it's an unfathomable fate, let me do it again♪

♪We're both misunderstood, yet we accept it willingly♪

♪Step forth boldly and join me without asking where we're heading♪