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=To Love or To Defy=

=Episode 5=

Shut up!

Mercy, Your Highness.

I was so rude.

Master,

so you have a weak spot too.

(Yuheng Pavilion)

Later today,

Ming'en, the Fifth Prince's bodyguard,

came to ask about your hobbies.

Do you think

he's suspected you because you've been close

to the Fifth Prince?

Impossible.

If you want to catch your prey, you won't do it

blatantly.

Then the Fifth Prince must like you.

I've never experienced this before.

When Master sets me free

after the mission is over,

I'll travel around to see

what the world is really like.

What if our master

is the Crown Prince?

When this is over,

he'll take over the throne,

and we'll be the blemishes

he must erase.

If we fail,

he won't spare us either.

No.

Not just us.

Everyone involved in this mission

will die.

We must survive.

We must give it all we've got.

We must take control of our own destiny.

Yes.

Destiny is in our own hands.

Your Highness,

Eunuch Jiu, His Majesty's servant,

is here to announce something about Princess Abi Ya.

Your Highness.

This is Eunuch Jiu, His Majesty's servant.

Do you recognize him?

(Tian Jiu?)

But Eunuch Jiu just told me something

about your past.

Di Shiqi, now that you're Consort Wei,

can't you even recognize your guide?

Di Shiqi?

I don't know what he's talking about.

Let me explain this.

Di Shiqi is the 17th assassin of the Shadow Palace.

Assassin?

That's nonsense.

Your Highness, do you believe that?

Don't get angry.

Your identity will affect the peace treaty.

No one can leave here

until we figure it out.

Hurry!

Di Shiqi, you killed the princess

and committed countless crimes.

It's time to pay.

You're slandering me.

I'd like to see your proof.

So stubborn.

Your Highness, I haven't told you

that she was a humble fighter in the black market.

I brought her to the Shadow Palace

with the excuse of helping her find her mother.

I still have your ransom paper.

Do you want me to show it to you

to force you to tell the truth?

Your Highness.

Di Shiqi is favored by the Shadow Palace's master.

If we kill this lowly woman,

we will lure out this evil monster

hiding in the dark

and eliminate him.

You'll achieve a great merit.

And I guarantee

you will take over the throne.

Shao, are you really going to

kill me just because of

his words?

What did you say?

If you eliminate the Shadow Palace,

you'll be Qi's great hero.

Before this.

Before this?

I said if we kill this lowly woman...

He spread rumors and slandered the consort.

Execution.

Someone wants to use you as a weapon.

Who are you referring to?

But I'll protect you

(Cannon, General) and capture the person behind you.

(Cannon)

What are you doing?

How dare you take my stuff?

How dare you?

Go to hell!

How dare you take my stuff?

Are you saying...

Go to hell!

She's my mother?

Look carefully.

How dare you take my stuff?

You like stealing, right?

Sprout.

Come on.

Play with this little grasshopper.

Hang in there.

Once we're in the city,

we'll find food.

I heard Tian Jiu died at the Changle Palace.

Yes.

He tried to use the Fifth Prince to take you down.

Lowly servant,

just like an ant trying to shake a tree.

But I'm wondering

why the Fifth Prince killed him

instead of believing him.

Is it because

he trusted you too much

or because you told him something?

I wouldn't dare.

I pledge my loyalty to you, Master.

Remember,

you're mine.

I understand.

Thank you, Master.

I will take your mother back.

I hope you can

reunite soon.

Aye.

I saw my mother today.

Is she doing well?

No.

Master took me to see her

to give me a warning.

My mother's life is in his hands.

In five days,

if I fail to serve the emperor,

I'm afraid he'll kill my mother.

But if you succeed,

we won't be able to get out alive.

That's right.

It seems like

a dead end.

I don't think so.

There's a way out.

The Fifth Prince.

I can't figure him out.

If it weren't for him,

you could've been dead.

But...

Don't you get it?

The Fifth Prince loves you.

Loves me?

Do you still believe in true love?

Let's try to find out

if this is true love.

You're hesitating.

You can't bear it?

I've wielded swords and blades all my life,

but I don't know how to use people's true heart.

Only if the Fifth Prince intervenes to delay it

will we have time to make a thorough plan to escape from

the Shadow Palace.

It's our only chance.

What should we do?

Stop drinking.

If you get drunk,

you'll forget your lines.

Don't worry.

I've memorized them all.

Everything's under control.

Just a piece of cake.

Your Highness?

It's you.

Your Highness!

Let's drink together.

Your Highness,

it's dangerous. Come down.

Turn around.

- Well... - Turn around.

Your Highness, be careful.

His Majesty's servant

came today with a decree.

I must sleep with him in five days.

I still couldn't avoid it.

I already knew this.

I regret it now.

What do you mean?

I fell in love with someone.

Who?

Well, it's not the emperor.

You probably know him too.

He's got a pretty face,

good handwriting,

and fine martial arts.

And he often helps me.

Unfortunately,

I had to marry his father.

If I knew I'd fall for him

at the beginning,

I would've knocked him out

when we first met

and kept him to myself

for a lifetime.

Your Highness!

Ouyang Shao,

I don't want to do it.

If I sleep with the emperor,

will he dislike me?

I'm not the person you like.

I don't know about him.

What if I say you're the person?

I like you too, Your Highness.

If you want to

be with me,

I'll eliminate all obstacles and worries

for you.

♪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♪