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ADAPTED FROM MO SHUBAI'S NOVEL,
THE GRAND PRINCESS ON JJWXC.NET
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THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION
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What are you doing?
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Why are you scared?
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Don't you want to know the truth?
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Mr. Xie, do you recognize it?
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Where did you steal it from?
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How did you get this?
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I've seen this same pendant
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on a young lady from the Xie Family.
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How did she know about this?
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Father.
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With this pendant and the resemblance
between the two of them,
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as well as the red ink,
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I started getting suspicious.
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So I sent someone
to look into Mr. Xie's past.
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Something surprising was discovered.
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I found out
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that Mr. Xie had a love affair
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that was once the talk of the town.
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It's said that when Mr. Xie was young,
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he fell in love with a woman
from the martial world.
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But they couldn't be together
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due to his family's objection.
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That woman left when she was pregnant
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and gave birth to a child by herself,
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named Lin Feibai.
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Her Highness was able to find out
about this in such a short time.
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-And Mr. Xie…
-Could it be that…
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went to that woman after he was married.
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But she didn't want to be his concubine
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and didn't want her child
to return to the Xie Family.
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For some reason,
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Mr. Xie agreed to this.
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He provided her with protection
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and helped her found
today's Seven-Star Sect.
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After listening to this story,
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do you think it is more likely
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that I was so insane
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to keep directing a man
to kill his birth father?
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Or is it more likely
that the father and son
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conspired to falsely accuse me?
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Nonsense.
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Then we shall test your relationship
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with a drop of blood from both of you.
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Father.
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Get a bowl of water.
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Your Highness.
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Mr. Xie.
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You're the Minister of Justice.
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You're familiar with testing
a relationship with blood drops, right?
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She traveled thousands of miles
to Huajing,
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got pregnant out of wedlock
but was abandoned,
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and then was alone ever since.
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Mr. Lin.
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As a child,
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don't you feel sorry for your mother?
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Mr. Xie, you're staying still.
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Is it because you're not feeling well
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or because you dare not do this?
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Mr. Xie.
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Xie Lanqing!
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Impossible.
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This is impossible.
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Your Majesty, someone's framing me.
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This result is false.
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It can't prove
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that this assassin and I
are father and son.
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I don't know him!
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Mr. Xie.
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You tried to assassinate Her Highness
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and then colluded with your son
to frame her.
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And even now,
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you are not willing
to confess to your crimes
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to ask for forgiveness
from His Majesty and Her Highness.
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Instead, you're refusing
to comply with legal authorities.
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I'd like to know
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what gave you the courage
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to disregard His Majesty,
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the law,
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the principle of moral conduct,
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and the justice of the world.
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Pei Wenxuan.
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You're making irresponsible remarks.
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Your Majesty.
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I've been an official for 30 years.
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I've spared no effort
in serving you and the country.
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But now,
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I'm being framed by these two kids.
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Your Majesty,
I hope you will look into the matter.
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Look into the matter?
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Xie Lanqing.
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As an official who has been working
for the court for years,
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I should have trusted your words.
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But now the solid evidence is here.
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How else do you want me to look into this?
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You said Pingyue framed you and set you up
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again and again.
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How can a young girl
who's not even 20 years old
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be able to set up a cunning man like you
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who's worked for the court
for over 30 years?
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Please calm down, Your Majesty.
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There are too many misunderstandings,
Your Majesty.
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What misunderstandings?
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In the past, there was no evidence.
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Now the evidence is solid.
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If there's any misunderstanding,
you can talk about it in prison.
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-Your Majesty--
-Someone.
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Drag this traitorous minister out
to the Censorate
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for Pei Wenxuan to investigate
and deal with accordingly.
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Please don't do this, Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty.
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Pei Wenxuan is the Prince Consort.
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Such an order won't convince the people.
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So what if he's the Prince Consort?
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You can yourself mix
public and private interests together.
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But when it comes to me,
I have to regard my interests?
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It's decided.
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This case is assigned to Pei Wenxuan.
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Anyone who says another word
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will be put on trial too.
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Your Majesty, I think
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it's inappropriate for me
to preside over this case.
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It should be handed back
to the Ministry of Justice.
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The Ministry of Justice?
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Who would dare to interrogate him?
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I'd like to recommend someone.
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Who is it?
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Right Minister of Justice, Pei Liming.
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He's my uncle,
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a man of integrity and honesty.
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He has been working
at the Ministry for years,
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and knows the law well.
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I recommend the worthy
regardless of family ties.
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I would like to recommend this person
to investigate this case.
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I second the recommendation.
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I also think
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that Mr. Pei
is the most suitable candidate.
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Since Mr. Su also said so,
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just let Mr. Pei investigate the case.
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Prepare the decree.
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I'd like to test our blood again.
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-Get the water!
-Take him away!
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I'd like to test it again.
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Your Majesty! Please get the water!
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I'd like to test it again, Your Majesty!
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I'm innocent!
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Your Majesty!
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I'd like to test it again!
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Just once!
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I'm tired.
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You shall take your leave now.
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Pei Wenxuan, you may stay.
I have something to talk to you.
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Your actions today
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have taken me by surprise.
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Mr. Su, your actions today
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have also greatly exceeded
my expectations.
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What did you think I would do?
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I thought you wouldn't compromise
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in Xie Lanqing's case.
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He tried to assassinate you.
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Of course, I won't cover up for him.
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However, Your Highness…
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why must you establish
the Inspectorate Office?
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For the country.
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For the people.
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Also for justice.
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Justice?
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Is it that in your mind,
justice means making enemies
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with the noble families?
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Even if there are bad people
in the noble families,
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it's still the foundation
of the Great Xia.
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One should not demand absolute purity.
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For a few bad people,
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the very foundation will be affected.
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Then war will break out
and the people will suffer.
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How can there be any justice
and well-being that you mentioned
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for the country
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and the people?
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Let's drop the subject.
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Your Highness.
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How have you been…
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since you married Pei Wenxuan?
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Mr. Su.
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In fact, I really don't need you
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to worry so much about my relationship.
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Actually…
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I have a small wish.
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I hope
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that your relationship remains separate
from power and politics.
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I hope that it can be pure.
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And you'll have no regrets.
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Take care, Your Highness.
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I hope you will proceed with caution
in the future.
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I shall take my leave now.
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You two had a good time chatting, huh?
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What did Father say to you?
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His Majesty asked me
why I recommended Pei Liming.
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How did you answer?
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For others, this opportunity
is the icing on the cake.
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But for the Pei Family,
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it's offering timely help.
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There will be a big difference
in their mentality.
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Well said.
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Oh, right.
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What were you and Mr. Su
exactly talking about?
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I think you were touched by his words.
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Feeling moved?
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Yes.
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He just told me something very important
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that made me feel touched
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and have even more feelings for him.
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Have even more feelings for him?
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Don't you have enough feelings for him?
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How much more do you want?
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Why not just hold him dear to your heart?
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It's just that it'll be hard for Mr. Su.
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Wait.
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Why is it hard for him?
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Your Highness,
there's only a tiny spot in your heart.
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If Mr. Su is going to be in it,
he'll have to stand on one leg.
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He will need to switch legs
over and over again.
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Don't you think Mr. Su will be tired?
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Yes. He'll be exhausted.
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If so, I don't think
you can do such a tiring job.
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-I'd better find someone else.
-Your Highness.
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That's not right.
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You don't know
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that my unique skill
is standing on one foot.
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If you want,
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I'm willing to stand on one foot
in your heart for the rest of my life.
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You weren't worried at all in there.
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Especially during the blood drop test.
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You looked confident.
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I worked on a shipwreck case before,
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and many people came
to identify their families.
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The blood drop test
for relationships was used.
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After using it many times,
I found it strange.
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Later, I learned
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that the blood of any two people
can be fused.
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There's no basis for the method
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of the blood drop test.
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In that case,
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does that mean
that our blood drops can fuse too?
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Li Rong, you're unbelievable.
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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
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Your Highness.
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Uncle Liming.
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Uncle Liming, spare the formalities.
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Has Lin Feibai arrived
at the Ministry of Justice?
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Yes.
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Ms. Shangguan has just sent him here.
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I'll go and see him then.
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I'll be waiting for you here,
Your Highness.
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Why did you recommend me?
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With your help,
we'll be able to go to the prison
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as we want now.
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Although you recommended me,
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I still have something to say.
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You're being a little reckless.
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You should have
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told me about this earlier.
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I didn't know this would happen today.
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Someone was needed on short notice,
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so I had to recommend you to help.
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You call this help?
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One dots, two dots, three dots.
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Where's the four dots tile?
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Where is it?
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Your Highness.
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Why are you still here?
272
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I…
273
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I guessed you would come
to interrogate him, so I waited here.
274
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Your Highness, I'm so curious.
275
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Please enlighten me.
276
00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,880
Mr. Lin.
277
00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:20,319
You…
278
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Don't you have anything to say?
279
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My mother never told me about him.
280
00:16:26,959 --> 00:16:28,199
Two years ago,
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she was still holding onto
this jade pendant when she was dying.
282
00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,199
She said she wanted to meet
the owner of the pendant.
283
00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,199
She told me to wait
at the mountain gateway.
284
00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,000
Because at the gate,
285
00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,280
I could see the incoming people
on the trail right away.
286
00:16:48,479 --> 00:16:50,079
He'd be dressed in black.
287
00:16:51,719 --> 00:16:53,079
It was snowing that day
288
00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:55,199
and he didn't come.
289
00:16:57,479 --> 00:16:58,839
When I came to my mother's bedside
290
00:16:59,959 --> 00:17:01,599
in the early hours of the next morning,
291
00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,439
she was already dead.
292
00:17:05,639 --> 00:17:08,359
My mother had many demands for me
before she died.
293
00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:10,599
One of them
294
00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,480
was that she owed Xie Lanqing three favors
295
00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:14,760
she wanted me to repay.
296
00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:16,599
That's why
297
00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,319
when Xie Lanqing went
to seek help from the Seven-Star Sect,
298
00:17:19,399 --> 00:17:20,800
I knew that getting involved in this
299
00:17:20,879 --> 00:17:23,240
would bring the Seven-Star Sect
to its doom,
300
00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:25,760
but I still did it.
301
00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:30,320
I just don't understand.
302
00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:32,360
This man…
303
00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:35,560
failed her,
304
00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,320
humiliated her,
305
00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,480
and never even acknowledged her.
306
00:17:41,159 --> 00:17:42,520
She hated him so much.
307
00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,600
But why did she want me to help him?
308
00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,919
She didn't honestly speak her mind.
309
00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,159
Do you know why?
310
00:17:56,879 --> 00:17:57,879
All I know
311
00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,200
is that your mother wanted you
to stay alive.
312
00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:05,440
And I'm here today
313
00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,320
to give you a chance.
314
00:18:08,399 --> 00:18:09,680
What chance?
315
00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,760
A chance to live.
316
00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:14,120
And a chance for revenge.
317
00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,480
Now, Xie Lanqing
318
00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,720
is bound to step down from the position
of the Minister of Justice.
319
00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,120
Whoever takes over Xie Lanqing's case now
320
00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,840
means to take over the position
of Minister of Justice.
321
00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:31,919
You deserve to take this position.
322
00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,480
Then, we'll have to rely on you
to help us from now on.
323
00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:39,399
Your words
324
00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,080
are like a slap in my face.
325
00:18:42,159 --> 00:18:43,080
No.
326
00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,960
On the way here, I was thinking.
327
00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,480
In the past,
328
00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,679
I could have been
329
00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:52,560
nicer to you.
330
00:18:52,639 --> 00:18:54,399
-But I--
-Uncle Liming.
331
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,040
Let bygones be bygones.
332
00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:57,679
Let's move on.
333
00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:59,399
Okay.
334
00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:01,560
What's the condition?
335
00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:05,679
No conditions this time.
336
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,879
All you have to do is tell the truth.
337
00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,919
Xie Lanqing will get whatever punishment
338
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,240
he deserves.
339
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,440
As for your attempted assassination,
340
00:19:16,159 --> 00:19:17,520
I'll report to Father
341
00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,200
and ask him to absolve you of your crime
342
00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,879
for you making amends
for your fault by good deeds.
343
00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,919
Your Highness,
you're not using me again, are you?
344
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,440
But I'm willing to testify
345
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:30,679
against Xie Lanqing.
346
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:34,399
That's good then.
347
00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:37,320
I hope you can get out soon, Mr. Lin.
348
00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,760
Mr. Lin, don't be too sad.
349
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,520
The days go by fast
when you're playing tiles.
350
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,040
There are plenty of things
that can bring you joy in this world.
351
00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,800
I'll leave the tiles here for you.
352
00:19:59,879 --> 00:20:00,720
I'm leaving now.
353
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:03,399
Let's go.
354
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,600
Your Highness,
why do you think Lin Feibai's mother
355
00:20:15,679 --> 00:20:17,280
had such contradictory feelings?
356
00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:18,639
She had been teaching Lin Feibai
357
00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,360
to hate Xie Lanqing in her whole life,
358
00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,080
but she asked him to help Xie Lanqing
359
00:20:22,159 --> 00:20:23,240
right before she died.
360
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:24,879
What did she want?
361
00:20:27,879 --> 00:20:30,600
Do you know what it feels like
when you're dying?
362
00:20:30,679 --> 00:20:31,760
Of course, I don't know.
363
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:32,679
I've never died.
364
00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:34,120
Do you know?
365
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:41,639
I guess
366
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,360
it's true that Lin Xia had hated
Xie Lanqing all her life.
367
00:20:44,919 --> 00:20:46,600
But hatred comes from love.
368
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:48,879
That's why she waited for him
369
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,360
when she was dying.
370
00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,679
But it didn't really matter
371
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,639
if Xie Lanqing came or not.
372
00:20:55,639 --> 00:20:57,080
When someone is dying,
373
00:20:57,879 --> 00:20:59,760
what they think about is not only regret,
374
00:21:00,919 --> 00:21:01,760
but also
375
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,440
the wonderful things in their lives.
376
00:21:05,919 --> 00:21:08,840
Why do you sound like
you've been dead before?
377
00:21:10,919 --> 00:21:13,800
But Lin Feibai is really pathetic.
378
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:16,919
There are a lot of pitiful people.
379
00:21:18,159 --> 00:21:19,520
He's not that pitiful.
380
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:22,560
That's true.
381
00:21:22,639 --> 00:21:25,200
The greatest sorrow
in the world is poverty.
382
00:21:25,919 --> 00:21:28,200
Birth, senility, illness, and death
are the order of nature.
383
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,879
Only poverty always
makes you doubt yourself.
384
00:21:31,679 --> 00:21:32,879
It's like being stuck
385
00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,000
in a spider's web
386
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,520
and wondering
if you're not trying hard enough
387
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,040
to break free.
388
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,080
All right.
389
00:21:42,159 --> 00:21:44,560
Your Highnesses, I shall leave now.
390
00:21:44,639 --> 00:21:47,000
-See you.
-Take care.
391
00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,120
Your Highness, I wonder
392
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,480
what you saw in your past life
393
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,200
when you were dying.
394
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,040
What about you?
395
00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,679
What did you see when you were dying?
396
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:03,879
Me?
397
00:22:08,679 --> 00:22:09,879
The Spring Festival.
398
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,639
That was the first time
we spent it together.
399
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,080
There was a fireworks show.
400
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,560
It was right here on this street.
401
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:24,760
There are no fireworks here.
402
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:26,280
It's on the right.
403
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:28,600
On the right.
404
00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:09,560
Can you promise me
405
00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,760
that you'll watch fireworks with me
406
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:13,639
every Spring Festival?
407
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:16,760
Sure.
408
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:27,280
I envy you.
409
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,879
I didn't expect you to think
of something so wonderful
410
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,080
when you were dying.
411
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:33,879
But then,
412
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:35,840
you broke the promise.
413
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,560
Then we'll watch it again this year.
414
00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:46,800
I'll watch the fireworks with you again.
415
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,600
Promise me one more thing.
416
00:23:53,679 --> 00:23:54,600
What's it?
417
00:23:57,919 --> 00:23:58,879
This time,
418
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,600
we'll either not say out loud
419
00:24:02,439 --> 00:24:03,639
what we'll promise each other
420
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:05,879
or we'll keep our promises
421
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,120
till the end of our lives.
422
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,080
Okay.
423
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,919
Neither of us can break the promise.
424
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:21,919
Well…
425
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:23,919
Let's make a pinky swear.
426
00:24:29,439 --> 00:24:30,679
One hundred years.
427
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,280
No change in lifetimes.
428
00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:41,600
Mr. Xie.
429
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,120
Do you confess to the accusation
430
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,439
of hiring someone to assassinate for you
431
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,760
by Princess Pingyue?
432
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,200
Mr. Pei.
433
00:24:53,679 --> 00:24:55,000
Didn't I teach you on the day
434
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,360
you joined the Ministry of Justice
435
00:24:57,439 --> 00:25:00,120
that you need evidence
when handling cases?
436
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,639
Li Rong's assumptions alone
437
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:04,879
won't convict me.
438
00:25:05,919 --> 00:25:06,960
I have evidence.
439
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:12,919
The money Mr. Xie used to pay
for the assassination
440
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,360
has the Xie Family's mark.
441
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,000
TAIJI HALL
442
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:22,960
Your Majesty.
443
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,520
The former Minister of Justice,
Xie Lanqing,
444
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,080
instructed an organization
in the martial world, Seven-Star Sect,
445
00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:31,679
to assassinate Princess Pingyue
and the Prince Consort, Pei Wenxuan.
446
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:32,960
The evidence is conclusive.
447
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,639
By the Great Xia's law,
448
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,679
the crimes of committing rebellion
and hiring someone to assassinate others
449
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,960
warrant a death sentence.
450
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:49,679
But Xie Lanqing is a minister
451
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,919
who's worked for both Your Majesty
and the late Emperor.
452
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,399
He made contributions to the nation,
453
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,879
and served Your Majesty with sincerity.
454
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:58,520
So the Ministry of Justice suggests
455
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,360
that the merits and demerits
offset each other
456
00:26:00,439 --> 00:26:02,879
and he should be sentenced
to exile in the northern desert.
457
00:26:04,639 --> 00:26:06,879
Any objections?
458
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:20,720
Your Majesty.
459
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,360
The Qin Family's case
460
00:26:23,919 --> 00:26:25,439
and the embezzlement case
461
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,919
have been investigated
by the Inspectorate Office for months
462
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,560
and the truth has now been revealed.
463
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:31,919
I request to close the cases.
464
00:26:32,879 --> 00:26:34,120
Granted!
465
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:42,919
Your Highness.
466
00:26:46,439 --> 00:26:47,320
Mr. Su.
467
00:26:47,399 --> 00:26:49,399
I wonder if you are available.
468
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:50,919
Mr. Su, what's the matter?
469
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,399
Now that the cases have been closed,
470
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,679
there will be a break tomorrow
471
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,040
to welcome the Spring Festival.
472
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,560
If there's anything you want to discuss,
473
00:26:59,639 --> 00:27:02,320
why don't you wait
until after the Spring Festival?
474
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,040
Mr. Pei, don't be nervous.
475
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,280
It's not about me.
476
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:07,600
It's Mr. Xie.
477
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,520
He wants to see you, Your Highness.
478
00:27:48,439 --> 00:27:50,520
Your Highness, have some tea.
479
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,399
Mr. Su, have some tea too.
480
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:04,879
Thank you.
481
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,520
You're not going to have some?
482
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:20,520
There is a notch on the cup.
483
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:21,679
I can't use it.
484
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,840
I'll just use yours.
485
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,120
Mr. Su.
486
00:28:42,919 --> 00:28:43,800
Your Highness.
487
00:28:44,439 --> 00:28:45,560
Do you want some more?
488
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,840
There's no way
489
00:28:49,919 --> 00:28:51,959
there's a chipped cup in my mansion.
490
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:53,439
Just keep your act up.
491
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:55,879
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
492
00:28:57,199 --> 00:28:58,439
Have you met her before?
493
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,000
Lin Xia.
494
00:29:04,639 --> 00:29:06,280
You met her before, didn't you?
495
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:13,439
I hadn't.
496
00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:16,199
I've been in Huajing.
497
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:17,679
And she
498
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:19,800
died two years ago.
499
00:29:22,919 --> 00:29:24,280
She died two years ago?
500
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:25,800
You didn't know?
501
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:31,280
This is not surprising.
502
00:29:33,159 --> 00:29:34,199
Twenty years.
503
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,280
You never went to see her
in the past 20 years.
504
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,000
Although I've never met her before,
505
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,879
I may still know
506
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:45,879
what you want to know.
507
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:48,760
Xie Lanqing, that old man.
508
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,320
He's in charge of the Ministry of Justice
and he's gone too far.
509
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,679
Don't be angry.
510
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,760
I've found Xie Lanqing's weakness.
511
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,120
There's a swordswoman named Lin Xia,
512
00:30:01,199 --> 00:30:02,720
born into a famous martial family.
513
00:30:03,439 --> 00:30:05,439
When she was young,
she came to Huajing accidentally.
514
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:06,480
In Huajing,
515
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,000
she met Xie Lanqing, a childe back then.
516
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,720
They had a child
517
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,199
named Lin Feibai.
518
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:15,760
Lin Feibai?
519
00:30:17,399 --> 00:30:18,480
Ask me anything you want.
520
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:19,840
Is Lin Feibai…
521
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,320
really my child?
522
00:30:23,879 --> 00:30:24,720
Yes.
523
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:27,919
You were in love with Lin Xia
524
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,040
but had to break up with her
due to pressure from your family.
525
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,919
She was pregnant with Lin Feibai
at that time.
526
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:35,800
But she didn't tell me.
527
00:30:35,879 --> 00:30:37,520
Why would she tell you?
528
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,560
You would never marry her.
529
00:30:40,439 --> 00:30:41,480
And she had no intention
530
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,639
of marrying anyone else.
531
00:30:44,199 --> 00:30:46,959
So this child was her only hope.
532
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,080
Because of this child,
533
00:30:49,159 --> 00:30:50,879
she could not be accepted by her family
534
00:30:51,439 --> 00:30:54,280
and had to follow her junior sister
into hiding.
535
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,560
Finally, she had no choice
but to write to you
536
00:30:57,639 --> 00:30:58,959
and ask for the money.
537
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,320
You were relieved at the time, right?
538
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,000
You felt you would
no longer owe this woman.
539
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,520
So you gave her Qinqu Mountain
so generously.
540
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,120
Later, she established the Seven-Star Sect
541
00:31:12,199 --> 00:31:14,199
and was surrounded
by her right and left guardians.
542
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:15,800
Rumor in the martial world had it
543
00:31:15,879 --> 00:31:17,560
that she was having an affair
544
00:31:17,639 --> 00:31:20,520
with her right guardian,
her senior brother, Lin Fei.
545
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,600
So you thought Lin Feibai
was Lin Fei's child.
546
00:31:26,639 --> 00:31:27,639
After all…
547
00:31:28,959 --> 00:31:31,639
Lin Feibai's existence
was known to Xie Lanqing
548
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,120
a year later.
549
00:31:33,199 --> 00:31:34,280
In other words,
550
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,360
Lin Feibai's real age is not 20,
551
00:31:37,439 --> 00:31:38,520
but 21.
552
00:31:39,879 --> 00:31:42,760
Lin Xia hid the exact time
she gave birth to her son.
553
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,679
It was already a year later
when Xie Lanqing found out.
554
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,159
So he never thought
555
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,520
it would be his child.
556
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,879
Lin Xia spent her whole life alone
on Qinqu Mountain.
557
00:31:53,439 --> 00:31:56,360
Lin Xia spent her whole life alone
on Qinqu Mountain.
558
00:31:56,959 --> 00:31:58,719
She even thought of you when she was dying
559
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,199
and asked people to get to you.
560
00:32:01,639 --> 00:32:03,159
But you refused to see her.
561
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:05,679
Your Highness.
562
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,679
I'm sure you're back too,
563
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:08,639
right?
564
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,320
Mr. Xie, anything else
you would like to ask?
565
00:32:13,639 --> 00:32:15,000
If no,
566
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:17,040
I'll be leaving.
567
00:32:20,679 --> 00:32:22,120
Did she hate me?
568
00:32:29,639 --> 00:32:30,480
I don't know…
569
00:32:31,879 --> 00:32:32,840
about this.
570
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:34,719
But there's one thing
571
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,600
I'm curious about.
572
00:32:39,159 --> 00:32:40,480
Have you ever loved her?
573
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:46,800
I dare not to say it.
574
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,040
Love is nothing
575
00:32:52,439 --> 00:32:53,360
to you.
576
00:32:55,719 --> 00:32:57,120
But I pity Lin Xia
577
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,480
for her life of wandering and loneliness,
578
00:33:00,879 --> 00:33:02,399
being trapped by a man like you.
579
00:33:03,719 --> 00:33:04,919
I wanted her
580
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,360
to have a good life.
581
00:33:08,919 --> 00:33:11,399
I was young and ignorant.
582
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,439
I thought if I risked my life,
583
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,360
I could protect both of us.
584
00:33:15,439 --> 00:33:17,000
Only then did I realize
585
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,760
that I was not qualified
to talk about love
586
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:21,560
when I was a member of my family.
587
00:33:22,439 --> 00:33:23,639
If I married her,
588
00:33:23,719 --> 00:33:25,520
my family's centuries-old reputation
589
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,719
would become a laughingstock.
590
00:33:29,879 --> 00:33:32,080
My family couldn't tolerate me
being with her.
591
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,679
Death was nothing to me.
592
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,000
But what about her?
593
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:42,760
Why did a heavenly being…
594
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:45,639
end up in the mortal world?
595
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,080
Even though Lin Xia was
a respectable swordswoman,
596
00:33:51,719 --> 00:33:53,240
she was also a foolish woman
597
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,399
infatuated with her feelings.
598
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,320
Why did a heavenly being…
599
00:34:00,439 --> 00:34:01,919
end up in the mortal world?
600
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,360
I let her go
601
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,759
because I wanted her to stay alive.
602
00:34:18,839 --> 00:34:20,360
I didn't go to see her
603
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:22,799
because I knew
604
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,560
it would be meaningless,
605
00:34:24,639 --> 00:34:26,600
so there was no need
to make her more heartbroken.
606
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,759
It's not that I didn't love her.
607
00:34:29,839 --> 00:34:31,639
It's just that I was not worthy of it
608
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,080
and I dared not love her.
609
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,319
That's because of your status.
610
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,480
I didn't expect you
to have such deep insight
611
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,960
at such a young age.
612
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,120
And it took me my whole life
to see through it.
613
00:34:50,679 --> 00:34:52,480
I want to protect my family,
614
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,199
this noble surname,
615
00:34:55,279 --> 00:34:57,000
and this noble lineage.
616
00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,040
You're a descendant
of the imperial family,
617
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,680
but you married a man
who's from a humble background.
618
00:35:03,759 --> 00:35:05,440
It's fine
that he's from such a background,
619
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,279
but you listened to him
and cut off the noble families
620
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,600
from the Crown Prince.
621
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:16,720
Your Highness, I'd like to ask you
622
00:35:16,799 --> 00:35:19,319
why you're doing
623
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:21,880
all this.
624
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,240
For the sake of making the son
of that humble woman, Consort Rou,
625
00:35:27,319 --> 00:35:28,799
ascend the throne?
626
00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:36,720
All Her Highness has done
627
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,080
is to stop people like you
628
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,480
from asking why.
629
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,200
What she seeks in the world
630
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,600
is not for the family
to be the most important,
631
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,120
but for all people
632
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,759
to live a happy life with hope.
633
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,080
It may not be realized today.
634
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,920
Even in a hundred years
or a thousand years.
635
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,520
But Her Highness still hopes
636
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:06,759
that one day,
637
00:36:06,839 --> 00:36:08,960
there will be no more people like you
638
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,759
asking what you did wrong,
639
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,360
and no more people like you
640
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,080
accusing Her Highness
of being an imperial descendant
641
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:17,839
married to someone
from a humble background.
642
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:27,360
Pei Wenxuan has already…
643
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,240
answered your question.
644
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,880
You can put your mind at ease
and go on your journey now.
645
00:36:47,319 --> 00:36:48,360
Mr. Su.
646
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,080
If there's nothing else,
647
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:53,640
we'll be going.
648
00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:54,759
Your Highness.
649
00:36:55,799 --> 00:36:56,640
Please.
650
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:14,480
The biggest mistake
Mr. Xie has made in his life is that
651
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,720
he shouldn't have allowed himself
to be carried away
652
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:18,960
even if he was deeply in love.
653
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:24,759
Are you the same?
654
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,080
In your world,
655
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,759
you can even kill your beloved
for the sake of your family?
656
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,560
Why say such an inauspicious thing
out of the blue?
657
00:37:42,839 --> 00:37:44,319
I'm just asking.
658
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:45,720
Mr. Su won't mind.
659
00:37:45,799 --> 00:37:47,120
I do mind.
660
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,560
Mr. Pei.
661
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,120
Please don't make fun of my beloved.
662
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,640
Mr. Su, do you have a beloved?
663
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,720
Whether I do,
664
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,160
it's not something
you should make fun of, Mr. Pei.
665
00:38:18,319 --> 00:38:19,640
I'm sorry for offending you.
666
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,240
But you haven't addressed me
667
00:38:25,319 --> 00:38:27,319
as Your Highness, have you?
668
00:38:31,319 --> 00:38:33,000
Now, the Prince Consort's rank is higher
669
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,319
than that of the investigating censor
of the Censorate.
670
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,759
You come from a prestigious family,
671
00:38:37,839 --> 00:38:39,440
so you should abide by the rules.
672
00:38:40,359 --> 00:38:43,279
Please don't make that mistake again.
673
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:47,799
Let's go, Your Highness.
674
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,160
Your Highness.
675
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,880
As the Spring Festival is approaching,
676
00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:00,799
I would like to wish you a happy new year
677
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,279
and all the best early.
678
00:39:06,279 --> 00:39:08,759
Mr. Su, I also wish you a happy new year
679
00:39:08,839 --> 00:39:10,359
and a bright future.
680
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:14,680
Thank you, Your Highness.
681
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:29,799
What's on your mind?
682
00:39:34,759 --> 00:39:35,920
I think…
683
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,200
he's a bit familiar.
684
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:44,359
You mean…
685
00:39:46,359 --> 00:39:47,759
I think he's…
686
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,440
more like the old him now.
687
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,279
I hope I'm overthinking this.
688
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:03,120
Let's go.
689
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:11,080
SU'S MANSION
690
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,680
The conversation
at the Ministry of Justice
691
00:40:14,759 --> 00:40:16,640
has proved that Her Highness is back.
692
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,440
No wonder she treated me that way
at the Spring Banquet.
693
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:23,560
She must remember our time
694
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,880
being together at the Princess's Mansion.
695
00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:32,359
But last time, Her Highness
and the Prince Consort ended so badly.
696
00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:34,359
Why is she
697
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,200
still with Pei Wenxuan this time?
698
00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:42,040
Is Pei Wenxuan back?
699
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,120
This time,
700
00:40:53,839 --> 00:40:55,600
I have to protect both my family
701
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:57,600
and Her Highness.
702
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:00,120
Your Highness,
703
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,240
wait for me.