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You can only be my woman.

If you think otherwise,

you should change your mind soon.

-Your Highness. -Let go of me.

How can I watch Tuoba Yu lie to Weiyoung?

I have to tell Weiyoung the truth. I have to tell her.

Tuoba Yu was involved in my mother's death.

Your Highness.

If you tell Weiyoung the truth,

she might let it slip in front of Prince Nan'an.

If Prince Nan'an tries to get back at you for this,

you won't be able to fight back.

I don't care anymore. I just want Weiyoung to be safe.

What about the death of the Crown Princess?

What about the death of Prince Jingmu? Did they die for nothing?

Don't worry, Your Highness.

Even though Prince Nan'an harbors ill intent toward Weiyoung,

she won't necessarily get tricked.

I need to become more powerful than Tuoba Yu.

Then I can do what I want.

The Emperor still favors Your Highness.

Prince Jingmu's followers will also support you.

Give it some time.

I'm sure you'll become more powerful.

But right now, you must be patient.

Prince Nan'an is in his prime right now.

It wouldn't be smart to confront him right now.

Prince Gaoyang, here you are.

How can I help you, Prince Yuanlie?

I came here to tell Your Highness

that I've never judged a person wrongly before.

But I was wrong about you.

I thought that you were ambitious and had high moral integrity.

I never thought

that you would be shortsighted and overcome by lust.

You are a guest here,

but please watch your words.

I'll make you pay for what you did

to Weiyoung.

Anle.

You've always been a free spirit and I've tolerated that.

But why did you have to provoke the princess of Wei today?

They were rude to me first.

Don't you know that they call us "Ruru" behind our backs?

I don't want them to look down on us.

Now that this has happened,

how can they not look down on you?

If I'm going to stay in the palace for my whole life,

I don't want to be picked on.

Who else can I rely on if not myself?

Will you help me, Yuanlie?

How do you know I haven't helped you?

I told the officials of Wei to put in some good words for you.

I know you don't want to get married and neither do I.

But we have to be cautious.

Or else, we'll just cause trouble.

Don't you know that?

-I like causing trouble. -You...

Prince Yuanlie, someone is here for you.

It seems to be something urgent.

You think about it.

All right, now. Calm down, Your Highness.

I don't want to get married!

I will never marry to Rouran!

Your Highness, you haven't eaten all day.

You should eat something.

No!

I'll just starve to death!

That way I won't have to go to Rouran.

Didn't Li Minde say he would stop it?

Why does Father still want me to go to Rouran?

Your Highness, why isn't Prince Yuanlie here yet?

How could he be so cruel and just ignore you?

Your Highness, Prince Yuanlie is here.

You may leave.

The maids said you haven't eaten all day.

You'll get sick if you don't eat.

Here.

I know you're mad about the situation.

But I've already contacted everyone.

I'll have the high-ranking officials propose to cancel the marriage.

If Father has ordered it,

who dares to go against him?

If nobody speaks up for me,

I'll go to the Emperor by myself and have him cancel it.

He would never listen to you.

Then I...

I'll take you away with me.

Nobody can force you to do something you don't want to do.

Your Highness,

I'm serious.

Maybe someday,

you would be willing to leave everything and...

Your Highness, will you--

Yes.

As long as I can be with you,

I'll do anything.

There you go.

Then the more you have to take care of yourself.

Right?

Smile for me.

Smile.

Here.

Here you go.

It's getting late.

I have to go now.

Li Minde.

I like you.

I know that you have someone in your heart

who isn't me.

But I still really like you no matter what.

I, Tuoba Di, am the mighty princess of Wei.

But for you,

I'm willing to give it all up.

Your Highness.

HOSTEL

Prince Yuanlie.

You met with Princess Shanggu?

You followed me?

Please forgive me, Your Highness.

It was just to ensure your safety.

Actually, I've also met with Princess Shanggu.

What are you trying to do?

Your Highness, we can use her.

You don't have the right.

If you hurt her, I won't go easy on you.

Why do you care about her so much?

Because we're friends.

Just friends?

Also,

you've been letting Princess Anle cause all this trouble.

Could it be that

you're trying to get the marriage agreement called off?

I hope Your Highness will keep Princess Anle in check.

I know what to do.

I'm sure you would do what would benefit Rouran, Your Highness.

Your Highness,

I'd like to give you one more reminder.

The Khan gave you an urgent task.

You must take action soon, Your Highness.

-Clean these. -Over here.

Good.

I need more water.

Princess Anle.

Destroy the place.

-Yes, Your Highness. -Here and there.

Destroy it all.

What are you doing, Your Highness?

You're just the Head of the Laundry Bureau.

How dare you insult Rouran?

When did I insult Rouran?

Don't think I don't know.

You called us "Ruru" behind our backs.

"Ruru"?

How dare you?

Your Highness, I've never said anything insulting about you.

There must be a misunderstanding.

A misunderstanding?

Don't think I don't know.

I know all the bad things you said about me.

I haven't gotten back at you for what happened at the banquet yet.

We'll see who wins in the end.

Let's go.

Why is Princess Anle so mean?

Yes.

-How unreasonable. -This is too much.

I've never said anything about her.

Who is spreading rumors?

Lady Changru.

Princess Anle found out that Li Weiyoung was insulting Rouran.

She brought her servants to the Laundry Bureau and made a mess.

All the newly washed clothes were thrown to the ground.

A lot of people witnessed it.

Now that they've become enemies,

if anything happens to Princess Anle,

Li Weiyoung will be the prime suspect.

What do we do now?

Weiyoung.

I heard that Princess Anle caused you a lot of trouble.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

If this happened in the past, I wouldn't have let her off.

But now...

It must be because you helped the Ninth Princess at the banquet.

Princess Anle is a petty woman, so she held a grudge.

The Ninth Princess has helped me so much.

I couldn't let anyone pick on her.

Besides,

I wanted to impress the Emperor

so that he would like me.

That way

I can ask him to investigate Bai Zhi's death.

Maybe there is still a chance.

You haven't given up yet?

I won't give up.

I will find the killer

and make them pay.

And then,

I ran into Li Changle again.

She is so shameless.

To get away with her crime,

she will say anything.

What did she say?

She said that you were also in the palace that day

and that you should be a suspect.

I...

-Weiyoung, I... -I know.

She is just trying to destroy our relationship.

I won't be tricked.

Besides,

I know that you're the only one who is nice to me, Changru.

All right.

I have to get back to work.

I can't be away for too long.

Weiyoung, be careful.

Li Weiyoung.

You don't know what's coming for you.

You really do have to be careful.

Deliver these to Lady Zhuo.

Yes, ma'am.

What are you thinking about, Your Highness?

Weiyoung.

I was just thinking,

even though I'm a princess,

I don't even have the right to be with the person I like.

The person you like is Minde, right?

Did he tell you?

What else did he say?

He didn't say anything.

You're pretty obvious, you know?

Am I really?

So what?

He has never liked me.

Does Minde know how you feel?

I'm going to be married off to a distant land.

Also, I'm getting married to his father!

Don't worry, Your Highness.

As long as you're still here, it hasn't happened.

There might still be a chance.

Weiyoung, you'll find a way to help me, right?

Don't panic, okay?

It's her again.

I heard that she caused you trouble.

I'll teach her a lesson for you.

Your Highness.

-Your Highness. -Anle.

You again?

We're about the same age.

We both grew up riding horses.

Do you want to compete against me?

Tuoba Di, you're nothing compared to me.

Don't embarrass yourself.

Your Highness.

-Don't cause trouble. -You again?

You're mad about what happened last time, so you got someone to help you?

You should have gotten someone better than her.

Hey! What is that supposed to mean?

Let me tell you. It's easy to just say things.

If you're that good, accept my challenge.

You're asking for it.

If I beat you,

-don't go crying to your father. -You...

That is my line!

If it's a competition, we should bet on something.

What do you want to bet on?

Gold and jewelry are nothing to us.

Let's bet on something special.

What are you thinking?

If you lose,

she has to take 50 beatings.

If I lose,

my maid will take the beating.

This is our competition.

What does this have to do with them?

Are you worried you'll lose?

What?

I'll lose to you?

Fine. Let's do it, then.

But I don't want your maid to be beaten.

If you lose,

you must never pick on Weiyoung again.

Deal.

Your Highness.

Weiyoung, don't worry.

We'll win.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Tuoba Di, you lose.

Servants, take Li Weiyoung.

Beat her 50 times.

Weiyoung!

Don't touch her!

Weiyoung!

Tuoba Di.

The people of Wei might not be true to their word,

but the people of Rouran always are.

We never go back on our word.

If you don't stop, I'm going to tell Father.

You wanted to do this.

Even if you do tell the Emperor, I'm not scared.

Weiyoung.

Weiyoung.

Stop!

Out of the way!

Weiyoung.

-Weiyoung. -Are you all right?

Are you okay?

It wasn't even that many times.

Don't worry, Your Highness.

Anle, you're too much!

Let's go.

Weiyoung, I'm sorry.

I didn't know she was this good.

I...

-It's fine. -That's right.

This is all your fault.

Your Highness, can you please stop causing trouble?

You're a princess, nobody will dare to scold you.

But Weiyoung is just a maid at the Laundry Bureau.

Minde.

If you keep doing this, Weiyoung will die.

Yes. This is all my fault.

It was all my fault.

I...

I...

-Your Highness. -Here.

Let her be.

Minde.

How could you say that about the Princess?

Am I wrong?

What else does she do other than cause trouble?

Do you know why she did this?

She had no reason to confront Princess Anle.

She just wanted to stand up for me.

She wants to protect and take care of me.

Do you know why she does that?

Her Highness likes you a lot.

She likes you very much.

Whether you're the adoptive son of the Li family

or the prince of Rouran,

her feelings have never changed.

Just because of something you said,

she has made protecting me the most important thing in her life.

She worries that if she doesn't do it well enough,

she would disappoint you.

She has always loved you.

How could you scold her for that?

Then let me ask you this.

Will you always get rewarded for doing things for someone?

If you always do nice things for the person you love,

will that person fall in love with you?

You don't like her?

-She really is a very good girl. -I...

All right.

That's enough about her.

I'm sorry.

This is all because of Anle.

She has been spoiled her whole life.

I'll teach her a lesson.

She won't pick on you again.

It's fine.

They lost the competition. Why is it my problem?

If they weren't going to follow through, they shouldn't have done it.

Don't think I don't know why you're trying to hurt her.

Anyway, if you hurt Weiyoung again,

I'll make you pay even though we're siblings.

-Your Highness. -Your Highness.

How is Li Weiyoung?

Prince Yuanlie got there just in time.

Weiyoung only suffered minor injuries.

She is the princess of Rouran.

Why would she keep picking on a maid?

I heard that Weiyoung said something insulting about Rouran.

It's probably not that simple.

Your Highness, regardless of that,

Princess Anle seems to have quite a temper.

If she becomes your wife one day, that would be...

Who knows if she'll really become my wife

in the end?

They follow me everywhere. It's so annoying.

But...

The Khan sent them to protect you, Your Highness.

This is the palace of Wei. Is it not safe enough?

It must have been hard on all of you.

This is for you.

-Thank you, Your Highness. -Thank you, Your Highness.

-Have this too. -So much.

-Hurry. -That's mine.

Princess Anle is quite the troublemaker.

But that's the reason we've been following her for days.

Now she is finally alone.

Weiyoung.

Princess Anle has been picking on you.

I'll get back at her for you, all right?

Young Lady, look.

They got her.

What about Li Weiyoung?

While something is happening to Princess Anle,

make sure Weiyoung is alone.

Don't worry, Lady Changru.

When my people see this kite,

they'll find a way to distract Li Weiyoung.

Make sure the clothes are clean.

-Yes, ma'am. -Yes, ma'am.

Lady Li.

I'm a maid who serves Lady Liu, Qing Ye.

There is something I'd like to ask you.

Do you have time right now?

What is it?

Please come with me, ma'am.

If you have a question,

just ask me here.

I...

I...

I'm busy right now.

When I'm done, I'll go see you at Lady Liu's place.

Lady Li.

Lady Li.

Changru.

Weiyoung, what a coincidence.

Yes. Why are you here today?

It's because of Princess Anle.

We've been asked to keep her company.

That's hard work, Changru.

Are you free right now, Weiyoung?

Something strange just happened.

What is it?

There was a maid who said she works for Lady Liu.

She was acting quite weird.

She took me to a deserted corner.

That's quite strange.

Are you all right?

Of course, I am.

Ever since Prince Dongping framed me,

I've been very alert.

I realized how strange the situation was,

so I left right away.

It's always good to be careful.

I haven't seen you in so long.

Come walk with me.

Sure. Let's go.

-So? Have you found the Princess? -Not yet.

We haven't found her.

That's weird.

They said she came here.

Why is she gone?

-Let's go look over there. -Okay.

-Yes, miss. -Yes, miss.

Minde and I went to pray for Aunt Xuemei.

A lot of things came to mind.

What were you thinking about?

I thought about a lot of people.

Aunt Xuemei,

Zi Yan,

Chiyun Rou and Li Minfeng.

They all bullied me.

That's in the past now.

I also thought about how every time, when they picked on me,

you would always stand up for me and help me.

Even though you get hurt,

you never hesitate to do it again.

I've always felt very lucky

to have a cousin like you.

I'm so glad.

I'm glad to have you as a cousin as well.

I have other matters to tend to. I'll see you later.

Changru...

I hope I'm wrong about you.

I'm sorry, Lady Changru.

I didn't expect that she would have her guard up.

You almost ruined everything.

Good thing she ran into me.

But now,

I'm involved in this mess.

JINGGONG GATE

What?

Princess Anle disappeared?

When did this happen?

It was after lunch.

Soon after that,

she was nowhere to be seen.

You stupid maid.

You didn't take care of her.

If anything happens to the Princess,

we'll tear you apart.

Forgive me.

-Forgive me. -General.

This isn't the time to blame people.

We have to find the Princess first.

Yes.

Our Princess went missing in your palace.

The ones responsible for this

should be you, the people of Wei.

Hear my orders. Search the palace.

Find the Princess immediately.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Over there.

Anle!

Anle!

Anle!

Search everywhere.

Did something happen to her?

-She may be mean, -Anle!

but Li Minde looks so worried.

I hope she's fine.

They'll find Princess Anle's body soon.

My mother was right.

I can't be a concubine.

I've put in too much time and effort.

Nobody shall underestimate me.

Now Princess Anle is dead.

Next,

it'll be Li Weiyoung.

Killing two birds with one stone.

You're so smart, Lady Changru.

But...

Before that,

I have to go see someone.

Why did you ask for me, Changru?

I don't want to get involved in your mess.

My mess, your mess.

If it has to do with Li Weiyoung,

does it really matter?

Do you think she is still a threat to me?

Do you really think that she isn't?

Looks like

it's our mess, then.

Anle!

Anle!

-Princess. -Your Highness.

I failed to protect you.

-Your Highness. -This is all my fault.

Anle.

-How did this happen? -Your Highness.

Anle.

-Princess. -Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Our Khan showed his sincerity

and sent the Princess here.

But now,

the Princess has been murdered

in your palace.

If you can't give us a satisfactory explanation,

Rouran

will not forgive you.

Your Highness.

Don't worry, General.

We will find out what happened and give you an explanation.

Your Highness.

I found something.

Your Highness.

LAUNDRY BUREAU

We found this token next to Princess Anle.

The killer must have left it by accident

when they harmed the Princess.

The killer must be in the Laundry Bureau!

-This... -It wasn't me.

General, please calm down.

I promised that we would investigate the matter.

Take out your tokens.

If you don't want to be a suspect, take out your token.

What is it?

Where is your token?

I don't have it on me.

It must be her.

That maid had a conflict with the Princess before.

The Princess was just teaching you a lesson.

Why would you...

You were mad at the Princess.

That's why you killed her!

I didn't kill Princess Anle.

Someone else did it.

The tokens don't have names on them.

Li Weiyoung's token is gone, but that doesn't mean she is the killer.

That's true. You never know.

Someone must have stolen her token

to frame her and put the blame on her.

Princess Anle went missing two days ago around noon.

Tell us.

Where were you at that time? Do you have witnesses?

We just had lunch at that time.

We were in the living room talking and resting.

Yes.

Apart from Weiyoung and Xiaohong,

everyone was there.

I was delivering clothes to Lady Zhuo.

I stayed there for a while.

I have witnesses.

I wasn't at the Bureau around noon.

But I ran into my cousin, Changru, near the East Corridor.

I also met a maid called Qing Ye.

They can both vouch for me.

Send someone to verify this.

Yes, Your Highness.

Where is the Prince?

The death of the Princess shocked the Prince so much

that he fell ill.

Zong Ai.

Get the royal physician for the Prince.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Bring the suspect in.

Li Weiyoung.

It's you again.

Your Majesty, I'm innocent.

They have proof. How could you be innocent?

Your Majesty,

this maid is full of lies.

She said that a maid called Qing Ye could vouch for her,

but we found out that there was no Qing Ye at Lady Liu's service.

Are you going to believe

her lies?

I was framed, Your Majesty.

My cousin, Changru, can vouch for me.

That day, I was talking with her at the East Corridor.

I've sent someone to bring Li Changru here.

Li Changru is here.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Li Changru, think carefully.

Two days ago, around noon,

did you see Li Weiyoung?

Two days ago, around noon?

Weiyoung.

Two days ago, when you came to the palace, didn't we run into each other?

Do you remember?

We talked for a while.

That's right. Think carefully.

This has to do with Weiyoung's life.

If you dare lie,

it would be treason.

What are you doing?

Are you forcing her to give false testimony?

The Princess in the Heavens

will punish you

if you dare lie.

I...

Yes.

I did

run into Weiyoung around that time.

I told you.

Weiyoung is innocent.

You're her cousin.

Who knows if you're covering for her?

Tell me this.

That day, where did you see her?

I...

I saw her at the Imperial Gardens.

Changru.

Think carefully.

Then...

At the Laundry Bureau.

One says it was the East Corridor,

the other says it was the Imperial Garden and Laundry Bureau.

Li Weiyoung, do you have a twin?

She is covering for you.

She never saw you that day.

How dare you?

You're lying

in front of the Emperor?

Your Majesty.

Please forgive my cousin.

She is innocent.

Even though I didn't see her that day,

I believe that she is innocent.

Changru.

What are you talking about?

I'm your cousin.

I'm sorry.

I can't help you.

I'm sorry.

Why?

Why are you doing this?

Your Majesty,

I was telling the truth.

One of you

must be lying.

Li Changru.

Think this over carefully.

If you're lying to me,

not only will you be executed,

your family will also be punished.

Tell the truth.

Please, Your Majesty. I'll tell the truth.

Two days ago, around noon,

I didn't see Weiyoung.

Around that time,

I was with my other cousin, Princess Gaoyang,

at the Imperial Gardens.

Send for Princess Gaoyang.

Weiyoung.

If it were just me,

I would give my life for you.

But this has to do with the whole family.

I can't help you.

Li Changru.

I never thought

that you were this kind of person.

Weiyoung.

Princess Gaoyang is here.

Your Majesty.

Princess Gaoyang.

Two days ago, around noon, where were you?

That day,

Changru and I were summoned by Consort Lu.

We ran into each other near the gardens,

so we talked for around an hour.

Your Majesty,

it's crystal clear now.

Our Princess was killed by someone from Wei in your palace.

Regardless of the killer's motive,

you should have been responsible

for protecting the Princess.

I'll have someone report this to the Khan.

If Your Majesty can't give the Khan an explanation,

Rouran will not let this go.

Please excuse me.

PRISON

Changru,

I treated you like a sister.

Why would you do this to me?

Was everything we went through

all fake?

Weiyoung.

Your Highness.

Li Changru.

I warned you not to harm Li Weiyoung.

Did you listen to me?

You've misunderstood, Your Highness.

This has nothing to do with me.

Li Changru.

I should have never underestimated you.

To get what you want, you're willing to do anything.

This has nothing to do with me.

I don't have time for your lies.

I don't care how you do it.

You have to tell everyone

that Li Weiyoung did not kill Princess Anle.

I can't do that.

There are witnesses to prove that Li Weiyoung is lying.

Nobody can help her.

You clearly colluded

with your witness, Li Changle.

Fine.

So what if we colluded?

Are you going to tell the Emperor?

I'm sure he would be very interested.

He would also be interested in many other things.

How dare you threaten me?

I'm not threatening you.

I just want you to know that

I'm the one who cares about you the most.

How is Li Weiyoung worth your time?

Does she believe in you? Can she help you?

You can't even tell her what you're thinking about.

Yes.

She doesn't feel the same way as I do.

But she'll be mine soon enough.

Do you know why I like her?

She is the first woman I've trusted.

She is the only one

I would trust with my life.

Are you blaming me for being too cunning?

You taught me all of this.

I've spent so much time and effort, and for what?

To stand next to Your Highness and help you fulfill your goals!

I've given you so much.

I should be the one you care about the most!

Li Changru.

Who do you think you are?

You're just a pawn.

You think that you can do anything you want just because you're my woman?

If anything happens to Li Weiyoung,

you'll die with her.

Subtitle translation by Sophie Chang