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=To Love or To Defy=

=Episode 3=

Eunuch Li.

Your Highness.

I think I accidentally

burned Eunuch Li's body.

Why are you all standing there?

Take him to the Imperial Hospital!

No need!

I... I have medicine.

I can help myself.

Help me up!

Okay.

But I heard

someone bought her freedom.

Yes, she was sold to the arena after she got

separated from her mother.

But she made so many enemies

that she had been kidnapped

before she found her mother.

Kidnapped?

Yes.

By the time I returned,

she'd already gone.

I only found some loose coins

(Sprout) and this pouch.

(Sprout)

Why did you return?

To avenge my right leg.

My,

My legs!

My both legs are gone!

(Ladies' Court)

Eunuch Li likes to hide the papers

in the treasure box.

They're really here.

I decide who's on duty!

How dare you talk back?

Freshly steamed buns,

do you want one?

If you want it,

bark like a dog.

Bark, bark,

and you'll get the bun.

You'll take the duty tonight.

(Chuncan, On Duty) Isn't it Xiahe's turn?

(Duty Sheet)

I decide who's on duty!

Come on, I'll show you

what I've got!

He's not a real eunuch.

(Duty Sheet)

(On Duty)

You're Consort Wei.

How can you know martial arts?

That's right.

I'll make you a real eunuch.

Help!

So noisy.

(Be a Good Girl)

(Skills in Bed, Women's Sutra)

(Female Virtue Private Lessons)

(Woman History)

(Yaoguang, Xiahe, On Duty, Fenglu, Yanliu)

(Be a Good Girl)

(The fire is smaller.)

Ladies' Court?

Hurry!

(Ladies' Court)

Your Highness!

Help... help!

You're a eunuch. How did you get that injury?

Consort Wei...

It's Consort Wei!

She's very powerful.

She must be a fake princess!

What did she do to you?

When I was instructing the consort on duty,

she came in and kicked me!

And then?

She also injured me with a knife.

Anything else?

She tried to burn away the evidence.

Luckily, the fire went out

before the rain stopped.

Your Highness, we can't keep her.

We must inform His Majesty!

(Sprout) Sprout hasn't changed.

She's much braver than me.

You...

What are you going to do?

A kick.

And a slash.

You two are allies...

She hasn't agreed yet.

I need a fire.

(Men's Preferences)

(Ladies' Court)

Chuncan is fine now.

Your Highness,

how's it going with the Ladies' Court?

Is there any evidence?

Good thing the rain stopped,

and the fire started again.

(Sprout)

Why call us to the training ground now?

Did they find out?

Don't worry.

The fire must've burned everything.

The emperor values the Ladies' Court.

He'll ask about it.

(Imperial Study)

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Yesterday, my godfather

personally guided Her Highness in etiquette.

But she neglected her lessons

and even burned my godfather.

She must've disguised herself

as a man in black to set the fire for revenge.

Father...

Consort Wei,

do you have anything to say?

Eunuch Li's injury was an accident.

Everyone in the Ladies' Court

can testify for me.

If it weren't for the recent peace with Wei,

I'd shoot you like hunting a rabbit.

I built the Ladies' Court

by my own hands.

It's the foundation of our nation.

Now that our reputation is ruined,

we must find the criminal!

(Shao's Mother) Stay out of it.

Father,

I want to investigate this.

Shao!

Father,

please let me investigate it.

Shao, you've never been a fan of work.

Well,

are you taking the initiative

for Consort Wei?

There's an assassin in the palace,

which threatens Father and Mother's safety.

I have to do this.

Good.

It's rare you both show such intent.

Now that we're at the archery range,

let's settle this with a contest.

Yes, Father.

- Great! - Great.

You're evenly matched.

Since you both wish to compete,

we shall let her decide who should be the one

proving her innocence.

Your Highness, please trust me.

I'll...

I won't let you down...

Your Highness, this...

Both of you, listen to me.

I'm your mother

instead of the reward you fight for.

Nor am I a toy for your entertainment.

♪Dreaming of a meeting♪

♪A gust of wind, a thought♪

♪See you in the dust♪

♪Hiding pain and sorrow♪

♪A promise to keep♪

♪Words that I can't say♪

♪Longing for you♪

♪But can't♪

♪Reveal the truth♪

♪May stars grant you light♪

♪Yet fate shows twists and turns♪

♪No fear of recklessness♪

♪Or obstacles♪

♪But fear the endless night♪

♪Wish to go on an adventure with you♪

♪Yet trapped in a cage♪

♪One day, we'll meet again♪

♪And be together till death do us part♪