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Prince Dongping gave orders

-to give you all pardon. -Listen up.

But if you run away again,

you will be killed.

Let Prince Gaoyang and Lady Anping go.

Stay here.

I need to handle some affairs between men.

Uncle Han, can you let me handle these slaves from Liang?

I'll surely hire the same amount of laborers to compensate you.

At this point,

you can do whatever you want.

Release them.

Thank you, Uncle Han.

Can we really go home now?

Is this real?

We can return to Liang now.

We are free.

We are free.

Yes.

We are free!

-We are free. -We are free.

-We are free! -We are free!

-We can go home now. -We are free.

This is great. We can finally go home.

-Yes, I want to return to Liang. -Eat at my place when we get back.

We are like Wei's citizens.

We can live freely now.

Good thing there is Prince Gaoyang.

-He is really a good person. -Yes.

I'll ask my mother to get you as a godson.

This is great.

-We can have a reunion. -I never thought I could return.

We can finally return to Liang.

Will His Highness release my father and all the Liang slaves?

He has always been benevolent.

He keeps his word.

So you're here.

When she was in danger, where were you?

What kind of guard are you?

Since you saved my father...

It is my mistake.

I'm willing to be punished.

Actually, it's not Jun Tao's fault.

I asked her to wait for me at the bottom of the mountain.

All right, Jun Tao. Leave us first.

Yes.

What's the matter with her?

Is she sick or under a curse?

If she were her usual self, she would be fighting with me now.

Why would she dare to fight with you?

You're Prince Gaoyang.

Has she ever treated me as a prince?

You haven't answered my question earlier.

Does that mean

you're here to see me?

They have misunderstood.

I knew about the Liang slaves.

So I wanted to know how the Liang slaves were doing.

I never thought

Prince Dongping would misunderstand and think that I came to see you.

You're blushing.

How is your wound?

It hurts.

It doesn't seem to be bandaged well.

Let me see.

-Well... -You...

-You... -Me.

You, me.

Why do girls say one thing but do another?

I won't ever believe a word you say next time.

Me, you.

You, me.

Us.

-How do you feel? -This hurts.

-Let me see. -This is from Prince Gaoyang.

-Here. -Thank you.

-Eat slowly. -Thank you, Prince Gaoyang.

Thank you, Prince Gaoyang.

Is it here?

-Here, hold this. -Be gentle.

-Endure it. -It hurts, my lord.

Are you feeling better?

You...

Why did you hit me?

His Highness said he'll release them.

Why did you hit him?

-You've misunderstood. -Shut up.

You have a bad temper.

You're like a tigress.

What did you say?

If I don't rip your mouth apart today, my name is not Jun Tao.

It's really a misunderstanding.

What misunderstanding?

I saw everything.

You can tell me anything.

When I climbed out earlier,

I accidentally twisted this arm.

He was healing me.

You've really misunderstood this kind lord.

He is a good person.

Don't do that.

I'm not a noble.

We're the same.

We're both the Emperor's citizen.

I especially want to give you

a new name now.

Tigress.

What do you think?

Stop right there.

I'll go there and tell you.

Sure.

-Why are you hitting me? -I'm a tigress?

-Why? -I'll kill you.

-Stop right there. -The tigress is hitting me.

-The tigress is hitting me. -I'm sorry.

I'll kill you. Come here.

Lady Weiyoung is here.

Stop right there!

Your Highness.

You came just in time.

If you were a bit late,

we don't know how those Liang slaves would end up.

It was just a coincidence.

I think those Liang slaves are pitiful.

I wanted to see how they were.

If I knew it would be this dangerous,

I wouldn't have come.

Is that so?

So you came to see those Liang slaves.

I thought you came because of Jun.

Why would I do that?

You're thinking too much.

It seems like

you have countless secrets.

You have sparked

my curiosity.

I can't help but explore.

You must be joking.

I'm not joking.

I told you before.

If we meet again,

I hope you can give me an answer.

I wonder if you've thought it through.

Thank you for your affection.

However, I'm low-born.

I don't dare to associate myself with Your Highness.

You're rejecting me because of Jun, right?

You're right.

It seems like Jun has the advantage compared to me.

He is favored by Father.

But this advantage

is also a hindrance to you.

Did you think

that you could be his wife

with your status?

I think a woman should marry for love.

And the marriage shouldn't be treated as a deal.

I'm really curious.

You don't love me.

Then what exactly do you want to get from me?

Lady Anping.

Why are you belittling yourself?

You're beautiful and smart.

I like you.

Otherwise,

why would I waste my time by saying all these things?

You can't fake sincerity.

You can't fool me.

Regardless of what your motives are,

I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you.

I hope you don't mention this in front of my father.

I'm not that talented.

And I have a stubborn personality.

There is no use convincing me with something I don't want to do.

If others find out about this, it might hurt your reputation.

That really wouldn't be good.

Your Highness.

It seems like Li Weiyoung is not willing to be used by you.

Her relationship with Tuoba Jun is unclear.

Since she is not willing to be on my side,

she will be against me sooner or later.

-Do you want me to find an opportunity-- -Hey...

Since I like this pawn,

how can I easily give up?

We still have time.

I'll surely find an opportunity

to get her to agree.

Are they going back on their word?

No way.

-That's not how Prince Gaoyang is. -That's right.

Look, they're coming.

-Yes. -Yes, they're coming.

Release them.

-Yes. -Yes.

Yes. Can we really go now?

We can go now?

-Yes. -This is great.

We can really go now.

Indeed, Prince Gaoyang didn't fool us.

We are Wei's citizens now.

-That's right. -This is great.

We can finally go home.

You can go home now.

-We are going home. -We are going home.

-We are going home. -We are going home.

We are Wei's citizens now.

-We are going home. -Let's go.

-We are going home. -We are going home.

Thank you.

We are going home.

-Thanks. -We are going home.

Protect them.

Father, go.

-Chase them. -Chase them.

Chiyun Nan!

I already gave them their freedom.

Why did you disobey my command?

How would I dare to disobey Your Highness' command?

You can't blame me if I didn't know.

I hope you forgive me, Your Highness.

Cheng De.

Bury them properly.

You're the Prime Minister's second daughter,

Lady Anping,

Li Weiyoung?

Chiyun Nan, you're finally back.

Chiyun Nan, how dare you? Aren't you going to kneel?

Chiyun Nan, as the general,

you didn't obey a command and killed innocent lives.

How should you be punished?

Jun.

They're just Liang slaves.

Should you get this mad?

Your Highness, please understand.

It's not that I didn't obey a command.

I received news when I came back to the city

that the Liang slaves I captured ran away.

I traveled day and night just to kill the Liang slaves who ran away.

That's right.

That is General Chiyun's duty.

And you can't blame him if he didn't know.

Even if Father is here,

I think he won't blame General Chiyun either.

Am I right?

Rise.

Jun.

Jun.

Have some tea.

-Look, Young Master is home. -Tell Madam, hurry.

-Yes. -Yes.

CHIYUN'S MANOR

General.

General.

Madam, General Chiyun is here.

Nan.

Aunt Rou.

You're finally home.

Aunt Rou, why are you so sick?

It's a long story.

Is it really because of Li Weiyoung, as you said in the letter?

Yes.

She is the reason Minfeng died.

She also caused Changle harm.

Every time I think of her,

I want to kill her.

I lost my mother at a young age.

You have raised me.

To me,

you're like my mother.

Minfeng and Changle

are like my siblings.

If Li Weiyoung harmed you,

it's equivalent to harming me.

I won't let her continue living in this world.

It must be hard on you lately.

You're loyal to the Chiyun family. We will definitely treat you nicely.

General.

My life has long belonged to the Chiyun family,

to you.

General.

What's the matter?

We never found Governor Ma's report on those Liang slaves.

What about that Liang slave we were investigating?

He got away.

Got way?

General, have mercy.

You're all useless.

He might be the secret guard who escorted the Liang princess when she escaped.

The report might very well be with him.

And you let him get away?

Announce my command. Continue the investigation.

We must find him.

Yes.

Do everything in secret.

We must not blow this out of proportion.

Yes.

Prince Dongping, Tuoba Han, found the silver mine.

He is rewarded with 67 acres of land

and 100 slaves.

That would be all.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, I have something to report.

Go ahead.

I would like to request the abolition of the slave system.

Reform the entire class system.

Remove the slave system

and make everyone equal.

-How can we do that? -That's right.

How can those slaves be treated the same way as Wei citizens?

-Prince Gaoyang. -That won't do.

Are you talking about my killing of the runaway slaves?

Uncle Han, please understand.

That's not my intention.

His Majesty's war accomplishments are great. He conquered all the tribes.

If everyone is treated equally,

we'll surely be united.

And the Wei Kingdom will be even more prosperous.

Your Majesty, giving the slaves to the officials and captains

has always been the tradition of our ancestors.

If you do this,

are you saying our ancestors did wrong?

That's not my intention.

It's just that the times have changed.

This is not the way to stabilize our kingdom.

That's why I suggested abolishing it.

We established our kingdom like how our ancestors did.

How can we just abolish it?

We must abolish it if it doesn't suit our kingdom's situation.

That's enough.

We can't abolish our ancestral laws.

Don't argue about this anymore from this point on.

Jun.

I was just focusing on the matter at hand at the royal court.

Don't take it to heart.

You're so serious, Uncle Han.

Why would I do that?

By the way,

I haven't congratulated you yet for finding the silver mine.

You were rewarded by Grandfather.

You're my good nephew indeed.

I'll surely remember

your kind favor.

Young Lady.

Chiyun Nan is back.

I'm afraid he'll try to harm you.

Jun Tao, don't you understand?

My fight with them won't stop until one of us dies.

Your Highness.

Ming?

Your Highness.

Father.

Your Highness.

I wasn't able to protect you properly.

Rise.

I am only alive now

because you protected me with your life.

I will settle the bloody feud

with Chiyun Nan one day.

I'm really happy to see that you're safe.

It's a shame that the others...

Jun Tao.

It's good that you can always stay with the Princess

and protect her.

You're my daughter indeed.

Father, don't worry.

I'll risk my life to protect the Princess.

By the way, Father.

What exactly happened?

Let's sit and talk.

That day, I was surrounded by the Wei soldiers.

They thought I was dead.

Actually, I was just deeply wounded.

After my wounds healed,

I went back to the palace and searched for news about you.

I also wanted to see

if there was an opportunity to assassinate Chiyun Nan.

But Chiyun Nan discovered me.

He kept chasing after me.

I could only blend in with the citizens in order to escape.

I never thought I would see you.

How did you come here?

And how did you become Lady Anping?

We can talk about that later.

My goal now is to repay my savior, Li Weiyoung,

and avenge the death of my relatives.

I'm willing

to stay and help you.

There is one thing I don't understand.

Why would Chiyun Nan kill those Liang citizens?

Those unarmed citizens

are no threat to him nor to Wei citizens at all.

Perhaps I know the reason.

What's that?

This is the report Governor Ma wrote before he died.

It's also proof of Chiyun Nan's crimes.

So Chiyun Nan

wanted to keep the iron ore mine he found in Liang for himself.

Chiyun Nan's objective

is to make weapons in secret.

He wants to rebel?

Your Highness, do you remember what the Wei royal grandson said?

The people of Northern Liang were rebelling against him.

That's what happened.

Your Highness, I suspect that Chiyun Nan

framed us for rebellion and slaughtered us to hide the truth

about the iron mine.

And all this has been kept from the Emperor of Wei.

Chiyun Nan, that despicable scum.

Your Highness, Father.

What should we do?

I'm willing to take this report to the Emperor of Wei

and expose Chiyun Nan's crime of deceiving the Emperor.

You just survived all of this.

I can't let you risk your life again.

Don't do anything first.

Let me think about it carefully.

I've long disregarded my personal safety.

Let's not talk about this first.

This is not a safe place.

Find somewhere you can stay.

I'll ask Jun Tao to contact you again.

Yes, Your Highness.

Jun Tao.

Protect the Princess.

Young Lady, rest early.

You too.

Weiyoung.

Weiyoung.

Weiyoung.

Weiyoung.

Xiaoying.

Weiyoung.

If the Emperor of Wei was really fooled by Chiyun Nan,

then...

Then Tuoba Jun

isn't my enemy anymore.

PRINCE NAN'AN'S MANOR

Your Highness.

I followed that Liang slave according to your instructions.

Earlier, he sneaked into the Prime Minister's house

and met with Lady Anping.

What did they talk about?

I didn't dare to get too close.

I didn't hear anything.

I'm sorry.

That Liang slave has great martial arts skills.

He is definitely not an ordinary citizen.

Continue following him.

We must know his true identity.

Yes, Your Highness.

Li Weiyoung.

Are you real or fake?

Who are you

to Northern Liang?

I'll surely find out the truth.

Why are all these not washed yet?

Are you slacking off?

Let me tell you.

If you don't wash all of these before sundown,

don't think about eating.

What are you staring at?

Continue staring and I'll dig your eyeballs out.

Are you done with your work? Who said you could drink?

Let me tell you.

If you don't finish scrubbing all the manure buckets today,

don't think about drinking even a drop of water.

PRINCE NAN'AN'S MANOR

Your Highness.

Spread the news that Prince Dongping kept the silver mine to himself.

Make sure

Prince Dongping hears it.

Yes, Your Highness.

This is absurd!

I've already surrendered the silver mines that I've kept.

And they even said I did that as punishment for what I did!

Isn't that a slap on my face?

Prince Gaoyang must have spread this rumor.

Good thing there wasn't any proof. The Emperor didn't believe it.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be a chance for you to be the heir to the throne.

He obviously has other intentions.

If you're ruthless, I'll do the same.

Don't blame me

for not considering that you're my nephew.

Li Changle, stop right there.

Did you finish your work?

I did.

Come here.

Empty this bucket.

Ma'am, what else do you need?

You haven't drunk water all day, right?

Here.

I saved this especially for you.

Look at you.

Is my foot water that delicious?

This is the foot water I especially saved for you.

Young Lady, you're back.

Young Lady, eat slowly.

Is my foot water that delicious?

Young Lady.

Eat slowly.

Did you choke?

Are you okay?

Even you are looking down on me, right?

Young Lady, I won't dare to do that.

You're all bad people.

You all want me to die.

Are these...

Are these human food?

These are for animals.

I do things animals do every day.

My food is even worse than pig feed.

I am the daughter of the Prime Minister.

Why should I live this way?

Why?

I'm Li Changle.

I definitely won't let anyone insult me.

I definitely can't live this way.

Does it feel nice?

Tan Xiang, help me carry the water.

Hey, have you finished your work?

If so, go to the pigpen.

Clean it.

Isn't that your work?

That's right, it's my work.

But I want you to do it.

Are you doing it or not?

You can't eat if you don't.

You...

Aren't you going to pick up the broom?

Hey.

I want you to pick it up.

Pick it up, you hear me?

What are you looking at?

Pick it up.

That's right.

What good would it do you if you fight with me?

I'll listen to you from now on.

I detest rich daughters like you.

You were just born into a rich family.

And you enjoyed all the wealth and prestige.

Without your parents' protection,

you're now worse than a beggar.

If you're smart,

you better learn to live by humbling yourself.

Young Lady.

It's autumn harvest season soon.

Everyone must prepare for this.

-Do you hear me? -Yes.

-And let me tell you-- -Ma'am.

I have bad news.

Why are you in a panic?

One jar of the 100-year aged wine kept in the backyard is missing.

Ma'am, look.

There is one missing.

Xiaolan, have you looked everywhere?

I have.

Only people in this farm know about these 100-year aged wines.

Who could have stolen it?

Listen up, everyone.

These 100-year aged wines

were specially brought by Old Madam when she married into the family.

Prime Minister Li was going to give them to the Emperor

after they've completed their 100th year.

It's priceless.

If anything goes wrong,

we are all going to die.

-Who do you think did this? -Who is it?

Wouldn't it put everyone in harm's way?

-Should we report it to the authorities? -Yes, let's do that.

Yes.

-Ma'am. -What are you doing?

Ma'am, I'm sorry.

I stole that 100-year aged wine.

You stole it?

Why did you do that?

I was forced to do it.

She threatened me.

Jingyi?

You're lying. When did I ask you to do that?

Okay.

Go on. Tell me.

Jingyi even said

that if I don't steal it for her,

she wouldn't let me eat.

But I thought about it for a long time.

As a member of the Li family,

how could I do such an underhanded thing?

So I confessed.

You can punish me however you want.

Ma'am, don't listen to her.

I never did such a thing.

Why are you framing me?

Search her room

and you'll see if I'm lying.

I didn't steal the wine.

I'm not afraid.

In that case,

we'll know after we search your room.

Come on, search for it.

Hurry, search.

Search for it carefully.

Ma'am, there is secret storage here.

Open it.

WINE

Jingyi.

What's this?

How can this happen?

It wasn't me.

Please investigate.

I didn't steal the wine.

Jingyi, I'm sorry.

I really can't help you hide it anymore.

I can't go against my own conscience.

It was you.

You framed me.

It was you.

Ma'am, there are other things here.

Jingyi.

This is yours, right?

That's mine.

But...

Since this is where you keep your belongings,

who else would know about it?

Who would frame you?

You're still denying it?

Li Changle.

You did this!

Stop.

Even if Changle was sent here,

she is still a member of the Li family.

You can't hit her.

-Servants. -Yes.

Take her to the backyard and give her lashings.

-Yes. -Yes.

It wasn't me!

I was framed!

I was framed!

Mother.

I'm extremely sick.

I can't attend

the royal hunt this time.

But Changle...

Be patient.

Don't worry.

I'll surely think of a way

to get Changle back.

I still have one favor

to ask of you.

Tell me.

When this is done,

I can die in peace.

No!

Spare me.

No, spare me.

All right, that's enough.

Jingyi.

Let me tell you.

If you dare to do that again,

you won't just receive lashings.

Do you hear me?

I...

Let's go.

-Let's go. -Let's go.

Jingyi.

You never thought this would happen to you, right?

It was you.

You framed me!

That's right.

I've long discovered that you have a secret storage.

I stole the wine and framed you.

The governess would never imagine

that the Prime Minister's daughter

would frame an insignificant servant.

You dare to do that?

This is payback for your slap earlier.

Someone like you

dares to bully me?

Let me tell you.

From now on,

no one can flaunt their power in front of me.

If anyone blocks my way,

I'll kill that person.

Young Lady, it's General Chiyun.

Nan.

You're finally back.

I'm taking you home.

As long as I'm here,

nobody can bully you.

PRINCE DONGPING'S MANOR

Don't worry.

I've already suppressed the rumor

regarding those silver mines.

Yu.

You're really my good helper.

You're busy.

Let me handle these minor things.

You're a good brother indeed.

Don't worry.

I'll surely remember

those who are loyal to me.

But I also won't play nice

with those who oppose me.

Who dares to oppose you?

I suspect that those rumors

were spread by Prince Gaoyang.

He wants to drag me down.

Jun?

You're good to him.

How could he do such an underhanded thing?

You may know a man's outer appearance, but not his heart.

He has always pretended not to care about these things.

Actually, he is scheming in secret.

However,

as long as you always have Father's recognition,

he can't really do anything.

By the way, Father puts a lot of importance to the royal hunt.

You must take this opportunity to show off your skills.

You can't let anyone

steal the show.

You're right.

Han.

In a hunt,

the weapons don't have eyes.

You must be careful.

The weapons don't have eyes.

I can take advantage of that.

CHIYUN'S MANOR

Changle.

Mother.

Changle.

-Mother. -Changle.

I thought I would never see you again in this lifetime.

Why did you...

How did you get so thin?

Changle.

This time,

I wasn't able to help you.

Do you hate me?

At first,

I did hate you for not helping me.

But later on,

I thought

you must have done that for my own good.

So I don't hate you.

It's all worth it

if you understand.

Changle.

Do you know why you suffered at the farm?

It was Li Weiyoung.

She framed me.

She let Father believe

that I don't have any value in the family anymore.

That's why Father gave up on me.

Come here.

Sit down.

Stop crying.

Changle.

Daughters of rich families may seem glamorous,

but they're helpless in ways

that others would find hard to understand.

You must remember.

You must maintain your value.

Regardless if it's your father

or other people,

you must let them see

that you're someone useful.

That's how they will support you.

If you're still relying on blood relations,

then what you've endured at the farm

will happen again in the future.

Those days were like nightmares I couldn't wake up from.

I don't ever want to go back.

From now on,

you must be alert.

You have to think carefully

before making any move.

Be extremely careful.

Use patience and wisdom

to slowly form a sharp knife.

When the right time comes,

stab your enemy's chest ruthlessly with the knife.

I understand.

But why are you this worried about that Li Weiyoung?

I heard she'll also join the royal hunt.

Weapons don't have eyes in the hunting grounds.

Hitting the wrong target

must be a common occurrence.

Li Changle returned to the Chiyun family's home?

Yes, indeed.

Lady Changle tried to kill her father.

I never thought that Master would forgive her that quickly.

It must be because Chiyun Nan is back.

Maybe

Chiyun Nan picked Li Changle up himself.

Since Chiyun Nan interfered,

Uncle must have relented because of the Chiyun family.

You put in so much effort

before Lady Weiyoung defeated Lady Changle.

But Lady Changle is back so soon.

Now General Chiyun is supporting her.

She is also the one the Crown Princess wants as her daughter-in-law.

It seems like Lady Changle's glory days are back.

Li Changle's glory days

would mean my downfall.

I definitely can't let history repeat itself.

Subtitle translation by Coleen Chua