Original subtitles

Gongsun Hao.

You left early that day,

so you missed it entirely.

Brother Fuying

spoke highly of me.

He also said

he would entrust me with important responsibilities in the future.

At the very least, I'd be appointed as a first-rank official.

As for you,

just be obedient to me.

In the future,

I might even let you be my footman.

Mr. Song,

I heard you injured your back.

Were you injured

by Princess Ningshuang?

I got injured from my last sword practice.

Every horse might fumble,

and every man might stumble.

My martial arts skills are quite impressive.

Someday,

I'll show you what I can do.

Stop!

It's that damn girl again.

After all that searching, she falls right into my lap!

This is our chance to earn some merit!

Kill her!

Where are they?

You wretched girl!

Song Yicheng!

Don't run!

My Lord.

How could a perfectly fine person

vanish into thin air just like that?

Gongsun Hao,

where are you going?

[Eternal Love of the Fox]

[Illusory Flower Woods]

[Episode 10]

Where am I now?

Why is it suddenly daytime already?

It's the Illusory Flower Woods.

It's so beautiful.

I don't know what's been wrong lately.

Strange visions keep flashing before my eyes.

Did you see that shadowy figure just now?

It seemed to be a woman.

A woman?

Yes.

That must have been a woman.

Does she have some unresolved wish?

If she does have some unresolved wish,

she should have come to you.

Why did she go to Ningshuang Palace instead?

I said

she might be a woman.

You mean...

she's human?

At Ningshuang Palace,

has anyone seen her?

Yes.

Right.

She's human,

so people can see her.

If she's human, then this is much easier to handle.

Is your stomach aching?

Sit down for a rest.

Maybe I ran too fast just now.

You need to take care of yourself lately.

Don't make your fiancé worried.

You were right there beside me just now?

Are you

jealous?

What does it have to do with me?

You're not jealous?

No.

You are jealous!

No.

He looks so cute when he's jealous,

like a softshell

turtle.

Softshell turtle,

I think I heard someone calling you.

I'm a turtle,

not a softshell turtle.

Same difference.

Of course it's different.

Softshell turtles belong to the Trionychidae family,

while turtles belong to the Testudinidae family.

A softshell turtle has a pointed head.

A turtle has a rounded head.

Turtles are gentle by nature.

Softshell turtles are short-tempered.

But you really do look like a softshell turtle.

I already told you I'm a turtle!

You've slipped up.

You just said the short-tempered one is the softshell turtle.

Your Highness!

I heard many guards running outside.

There seems to be an assassin.

Please be careful.

An assassin?

Don't follow me.

Your Highness, why are you here?

Where is Huo Xiangjiu?

She...

She...

Who is it?

Right here.

Your Highness,

why are you here?

Huo Xiangjiu,

come out.

Didn't Xiangjiu just go out?

How did she pop out of the room?

You're the one the assassin is after, aren't you?

Your Highness, you must be joking.

I've been resting in my room all along.

I never stepped out.

You didn't go out?

No.

I just love

sleeping with flowers on my head.

Got a problem with that?

Huo Xiangjiu,

let's be frank with each other.

Are you really

capable of helping me reconcile with my mother?

Heroes are not judged by their origins.

I have my own ways to help you.

Your Highness, if you didn't believe me,

you wouldn't have brought me here late at night, right?

Lord Feng said

I can get what I want from you,

and you can get what you want from me.

I don't know how capable you truly are,

so for now,

I'll give it a try.

However,

as a condition of our exchange,

you must tell me

what exactly you want.

In the Fucang Palace,

the two missing pages from the Ganquan Register

were torn out by you, right?

What was actually written on them?

Just for this?

Yes!

Good.

Once you've settled the matters between my mother and me,

I will certainly tell you everything truthfully.

Your Highness, I hope you won't go back on your word.

I am a princess.

A princess never lies.

Good.

It's a deal.

Deal.

I've cast an invisibility spell on this.

As long as you hold it in your hand,

you'll become invisible,

unseen by anyone.

Wow!

If you have such skill, why didn't you use it earlier?

This spell drains a great deal of vital energy.

You don't even go near women.

What do you need so much vital energy for?

It drains your vital energy.

Perhaps I should think of another way.

No!

This one is good.

I'm young and healthy.

Just tell me

how to use it.

Old Fox!

This is the invisibility spell.

That's amazing.

With this,

I will be invincible!

Old Fox,

you can't see me?

You really can't see me.

You can see me?

For some people,

we need to sense them.

[Eunuch Management Office]

Mao Jin.

I'm really brave.

If you don't believe me,

you can do anything to scare me.

Why on earth would I do that?

To prove I'm brave!

Why do you need to prove you're brave?

Then

Xiangjiu will tell me her secret.

Actually, her secret is quite terrifying.

Her secret

indeed will scare you.

So even you know what it is?

I suppose so!

Then tell me now.

I already told you I'm very brave.

If you don't believe me,

you can try to scare me with anything.

If I get scared,

I'll never ask about it again.

Let's just drop it.

Come on, tell me.

Then would you dare

to kiss a man?

But

men and women should not interact improperly.

Scared now, aren't you?

Just as I said,

actually, many things

are better left unknown.

Why do you need to know them?

Knowing them won't do you any good.

Right?

Fine, I'll kiss you!

My apologies

for the interruption.

Attendant Bai!

No.

Lady Zhao,

the royal physician has told you

to walk slowly and take care of yourself.

It's no big deal.

I'm perfectly fine.

Watch how I ruin

that wretched One Bam this time.

Lady Zhao,

will Prince Fuying believe us?

Why wouldn't he?

I heard

that last time at Fucang Palace,

she made a fool of Prince Fuying.

As long as we let Prince Fuying know

that One Bam snuck into the palace with ulterior motives,

even if he doesn't skin her alive,

he'll at least kick her out of the palace!

But I just accidentally overheard this

when she was chatting with Le Ning.

We have no solid proof.

It doesn't matter!

It never hurts to take a shot!

Hold me steady!

With Prince Fuying's abilities,

finding evidence will be easy for him.

Let's go.

Let's hurry to the Eastern Palace

and get rid of her once and for all!

Move faster!

I can't let her go like this.

I need to come up with a plan.

I've got it.

[Eastern Palace]

Greetings, Your Highness.

I'm told that you have a secret about Huo Xiangjiu

to tell me.

Yes.

I guarantee it will surprise Your Highness.

What are you looking for?

Your Highness,

Huo Xiangjiu

works for Lord Feng.

Lord Feng is incredibly powerful.

Once,

he suddenly landed on my shoulders.

I'm worried

that the walls have ears.

Come closer and tell me.

Yes.

Speak.

Your Highness.

Huo Xiangjiu entered the palace...

I never thought

His Highness asked me to come closer for this reason.

I truly am a stunning beauty.

Even His Highness can't resist my charm.

Are you going to tell me or not?

Your Highness,

you're so distracted.

How am I supposed to speak properly?

Just speak.

You're terrible.

If you keep this up,

I won't say another word.

Lady Zhao, are you making a fool of me?

Do I really need

to spell out what you've done?

Could it be

that she knows I harassed Huo Xiangjiu?

You mean…

that incident?

Your Highness, this kind of matter

is better left unspoken.

Saying it aloud

would be utterly humiliating.

Lady Zhao, you came here

just for this matter?

Of course not.

However,

since things have come to this point,

I won't hold back anymore.

Lady Zhao!

Are you trying to use these rumors

to threaten me?

How dare you!

Listen up!

Even if you spread this story everywhere,

no one will believe you!

Your Highness!

The people from the Imperial Servants Bureau saw her come in.

If she dies here,

I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to explain this later.

Your Highness.

Your Highness...

I'm warning you.

If word of this gets out,

I will definitely have you

cut into a thousand pieces!

Spare me, Your Highness!

Guards!

Throw her out!

I won't dare to have improper thoughts again!

I won't dare to have improper thoughts again!

Spare me, Your Highness!

Please spare me, Your Highness!

Lady Zhao, don't blame me.

You just got a taste of your own medicine!

Your Highness, please don't be angry.

That Lady Zhao is far too bold,

daring to act so recklessly in the Eastern Palace.

Gao Wei.

Yes.

Huo Xiangjiu used to be work at the Imperial Servants Bureau, right?

That seems right.

Ask Gongsun Wugui

to look into her background.

[Kunning Palace]

It's her!

Why is she in Kunning Palace?

Greetings, Old Madam.

Madam Chen?

She is the Old Madam?

If that shadowy figure was the Old Madam,

why would she go to Ningshuang Palace?

How has Ningshuang been lately?

She's doing well,

though she was rather displeased

at not being summoned by you last time.

Have a seat.

Old Madam,

do you really not want to meet her?

You know

what would happen if I met her.

I won't meet her.

Just let her hate me.

So the Old Madam truly has hidden reasons.

Madam Chen,

thank you for your hard work

all these years.

Old Madam, why say such things?

Back then, it was only because you trusted me

that you asked me to take care of Princess Ningshuang.

I'm even worried that I haven't done my job well,

ruining Princess Ningshuang's future.

Why do you even speak of ruining her future?

Now, Ningshuang

can distinguish right from wrong

and is skilled in both literary and martial arts.

This is all thanks to your teaching.

In Ningshuang's eyes,

you have long been

her mother.

I wouldn't dare!

I would never dare to overstep my bounds!

Oh, look at you.

I didn't mean anything by it.

Get up now.

I have never fulfilled my duty as a mother.

How could I dare to hope that Ningshuang

would regard me as her mother?

All the motherly love she has got

comes from you.

Old Madam,

are you sure you don't want to meet Princess Ningshuang?

Forget it.

Let's not talk about this anymore.

I'm feeling a little tired.

I'd like to rest for a while.

Then I

shall take my leave.

Just what hidden reason could there be

to abandon one's own child?

That's not right.

If the Old Madam had abandoned Princess Ningshuang,

then why would she have gone

to Ningshuang Palace at night?

She certainly didn't go

to Ningshuang Palace for Madam Chen.

She can summon Madam Chen anytime she wishes.

Could it be

for Princess Ningshuang?

You...

I am...

A flower spirit?

You're so adorable

and you know magic.

You must be a flower spirit.

Old Madam,

you flatter me.

How could I be a flower spirit?

A fairy.

A heavenly

fairy.

I never imagined

that immortals actually exist in this world.

Come here. Have a seat.

Have a seat.

All right.

In my life,

it is such a rare blessing to meet a fairy.

I haven't prepared any welcome gift.

If you don't deem them unworthy,

I'd like to give you

these jewelry pieces.

This is too much.

We've just met,

and you're giving me such valuable jewelry.

Perhaps

I should also give you something

in return.

Yes, please!

You actually want it?

Of course.

A gift from a fairy

must be extraordinary.

Then, I...

I'll give you...

I'll give you...

I'll give you a...

blessing.

A blessing from a fairy

is very efficacious.

Since it's efficacious,

then why not

give this blessing

to Ningshuang?

May Ningshuang

enjoy health and peace

and

be happy every single day.

Old Madam.

Old...

Old Ma...

People all say

that in your earlier years,

you nearly died in childbirth.

Because of this,

you grew distant from Princess Ningshuang,

refusing to see her for decades.

But from what I witnessed today,

you still care deeply

about Princess Ningshuang.

Actually,

I...

bring misfortune to Ningshuang.

If I come into contact with Ningshuang,

the consequences that befall her will range

from minor injuries to severe illness.

It happens every single time.

I am...

a jinx to her.

So when I miss Ningshuang,

I can only sneak to Ningshuang Palace late at night

and watch her from afar.

So,

the evil spirit they mentioned...

was...

you?

Then,

they said

in the outhouse...

I'm embarrassed to admit it.

That night,

when I was watching Ningshuang from a distance,

I suddenly felt

a dull ache

in my abdomen.

Help me...

Oh my goodness!

So that's what happened.

Please rest assured, Old Madam.

I will definitely help you reunite

with Princess Ningshuang.

Among the hundred schools of thought during the early Qin period,

Zou Yan

established the Five Virtues theory,

emphasizing the mutual generation and restriction of the Five Elements.

This had a profound impact on later generations.

The Zhou Dynasty corresponded to the Fire Virtue, esteeming red.

After Qin destroyed Zhou,

it established its rule based on the Water Virtue, revering black.

However,

these are just theories.

The situation between the Old Madam and Princess Ningshuang

is simply too bizarre.

The Old Madam told me in detail

that every time she attempted to meet Princess Ningshuang,

something untoward would happen to the princess.

This reminds me

of the incident where the bathtub turned blood-red.

It seems that Ningshuang Palace

is really haunted by evil spirits.

Whether it's an evil spirit or not,

we'll find out once we lure it out.

Go to see her now?

I've already spoken to the Old Madam.

She's waiting for you now.

Do you expect me to believe that?

When we arrive at Kunning Palace,

she

will turn me away again.

This

has happened too many times.

Your Highness.

I...

I swear on my life!

If the Old Madam refuses to see you,

I'll accept any punishment you decide.

Why are you so certain?

I'm certain

of the Old Madam's love for you.

Love

can't be hidden.

Your Highness, please get in the palanquin.

What is the meaning of this?

To ensure your safety.

Getting in Lord Feng's palanquin

will keep me safe?

Of course it's not just about a palanquin.

Your Highness,

please.

If you encounter anything strange,

he can help resolve it.

He has that kind of ability?

Of course!

He is a descendant of the Bai Clan of Bronze County,

specializing in dealing with these bizarre and unusual matters.

Your Highness,

I've also prepared a second layer of protection!

What a grand

spectacle this is!

I never thought in my lifetime

that I'd receive the honor of Lord Feng's personal escort.

You flatter yourself, Princess Ningshuang.

It's not for your sake.

I know.

It's because of this girl.

Indeed,

she is quite interesting.

Not just interesting.

She's also cute.

Not just cute.

She's also

pretty, I guess.

Not just pretty.

I'm done talking.

She is kind-hearted and always ready to help others in need.

She has a strong sense of justice

and likes to help those in distress.

No matter what difficulties come her way,

she always finds a way to solve them.

She is persevering

and never gives up easily.

Enough.

In all my years,

I've never once heard

a single word of praise from you.

You lot

really don't have these fine qualities.

Enough!

I can't stand listening to this anymore.

Let's go now.

Disgusting.

If I come into contact with Ningshuang,

the consequences that befall her will range

from minor injuries to severe illness.

It happens every single time.

I am...

a jinx to her.

The Old Madam is waiting for you inside.

[Kunning Palace]

Your Highness!

Your Highness!