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My Lord.

The drug has been administered.

Don't mess it up.

Rest assured, My Lord.

Don't worry.

My Lord,

thanks for handling that.

But I remember

I clearly locked you up back then.

A mere lock

could never contain me.

Then why didn't you save her?

If I had acted,

what would have become of you, Father?

What would have become of our Gongsun family?

If I had saved her,

how could she have married Prince Fuying?

If she hadn't married Prince Fuying,

how could my child

ever hope to smoothly inherit the throne?

But previously,

the Princess Consort had a miscarriage...

How

could she carry someone else's child?

The story that follows

is that after my attempted suicide,

I still can't stop thinking about Lian.

And you, Father,

to put an end to my obsession,

will even take your own life to wake me up.

From then on,

the kind-hearted Lian will feel even more guilty about my suffering.

She will raise our child well.

In the end,

my child will ascend to the throne!

And our Gongsun family

will reach its pinnacle

in my generation.

Father,

you are a successful father.

You've always taught me that each generation must be crueler than the last.

I...

did it.

You're even more vicious than I expected.

With your little demon magic,

you can't even be bothered to use the door.

How utterly rude.

You're even more vicious than I expected.

With your little demon magic,

you can't even be bothered to use the door.

How utterly rude.

If people know you killed your father, you'll be guilty of a grave crime.

I killed my father?

Who would ever believe it?

You really are two-faced.

Aren't you the same?

One is the face of a human being.

The other

is the face of a nine-tailed fox.

So you know I am a nine-tailed fox?

I know much more than that,

including that you cannot kill.

If a cultivating demon

kills recklessly,

its power will be completely dissipated,

its body and soul perishing.

I indeed cannot kill you.

But ruining you

shouldn't be difficult.

The Bai Clan of Bronze County?

So you were the one

who could use magic in the palace.

Surprised?

Shocked?

What's your connection to the Bai Clan of Bronze County?

You need not know that.

You only need to know

that you'll soon ascend to immortality.

Nothing in the mortal world will matter to you anymore.

If you and I can avoid even the slightest offense to each other,

after you become an immortal,

I promise

that Huo Xiangjiu will remain safe and sound.

You're threatening me?

This isn't a threat.

It's a deal.

What's between Lian and me

has always been our own private matter.

If you just mind your own business,

it won't cost you anything.

It's not that I want to meddle.

You've dragged us into this.

I had no choice.

That silly girl Lian wants to take down Prince Fuying.

If Prince Fuying falls,

how can my son inherit the throne?

You kept saying you would take her away.

That was also a lie?

Only in this way

could I make that silly girl Lian

truly believe my affection for her.

She gave you her heart so sincerely,

yet you hurt her like this.

If the lie is never exposed,

how can there be any hurt?

I have cultivated for thousands of years,

but I've rarely known someone

as despicable as you!

Don't flatter me like that.

I might get proud.

Where is Huo Xiangjiu's father?

You tried everything to stop her before,

because you were afraid she would find out, right?

If you must blame someone,

blame the whims of cruel fate.

Back then, Lian was pregnant with Prince Fuying's child.

To prevent this child from being born,

I slipped datura into Lian's teacup.

I even specifically went to Princess Ningshuang's place

to get the datura.

Even if someone had found out,

they would only have

suspected Princess Ningshuang.

But I never expected

he would witness it.

He also saw me meeting secretly with Lian.

Tell me!

How could I dare to let him live?

You killed him.

He forced me to do it.

You attempted to assassinate Xiangjiu,

claiming Prince Fuying coerced you.

It was just an excuse.

Prince Fuying wanted her dead anyway,

so I gave it a helpful push.

Then why did you tear out

those two pages from the Ganquan Register?

Because I found out

that he wasn't from the palace.

After questioning him,

I found out he had come to see the Emperor.

I was worried

there might be a record of his audience with the Emperor,

so

I tore out those two pages.

How did you find the clothes I buried?

I buried them so deep.

When you buried those two pieces of clothing,

you buried the datura with them too.

Its seeds broke through the soil

and grew into new flowers.

So that's how it was.

I've been meticulous in every way, yet I still made this one mistake.

Where is his body?

After my son inherits the throne,

I'll tell you.

Since you've dared to confess to killing him,

why not just tell me where the body is?

It wouldn't be fun if I told you everything.

I can tell you that I killed Huo Xiangjiu's father,

because I know perfectly well

that even if you learn the truth of this,

you'll never tell Huo Xiangjiu.

Because that girl has a fiery temper.

Once she learns the truth,

she'll come to take revenge on me.

When that happens,

she'll die a horrible

death.

Harder.

Kill me.

Your body and soul

will also be destroyed.

And that's not all.

The moment I die,

someone will kill

Huo Xiangjiu.

You're a fox.

I'm human.

What makes you think you can fight me,

huh?

So you're just a coward after all.

Little fox.

Huo Xiangjiu really is a good card.

I must hold on to this card tight.

Only the incompetent indulge in blind rage.

You've proven with your actions

just how incompetent you are.

Now I remember.

Two years ago,

shortly after I married into the Eastern Palace,

Gongsun Hao

once came to see me.

I didn't want to drag him into trouble,

so I sent him away.

But unexpectedly,

someone saw us.

That person seemed to have sneaked into the palace.

Lian,

tell me where that person is!

Where is that person now?

Gongsun Hao told me

he had sent that person out of the palace.

Since both of them had sneaked in,

that person didn't dare to speak out.

Otherwise, it would have meant death for them both.

Then how do you explain these two bloodstained garments?

How do you explain them?

I...

I don't know either.

Xiangjiu,

why do you care so much about this?

What does this have to do with you?

This is…

my father's clothing.

Gongsun Hao, he...

Xiangjiu,

don't panic.

I'll definitely help you find out your father's whereabouts.

Your father will be fine.

It's no use.

When you firmly believe someone won't lie to you,

no matter what they say,

you'll believe them.

Xiangjiu, trust me!

Xiangjiu, I will help you!

For the sake of the child,

he will never lie to me!

What did you say?

The child I'm carrying

is Gongsun Hao's.

When did this happen?

That night,

when I got drunk at Ningshuang Palace...

If that's the case,

you should know even better

what kind of person

Gongsun Hao really is.

I have a way

to test Gongsun Hao's true nature.

Are you willing to try it?

Huo Xiangjiu,

what are you doing?

Lian has always considered you her close friend.

You recognize these

two garments, don't you?

One belonged to my father.

and the other to you.

I've never seen them.

Gongsun Hao,

I remember one of them was yours.

People can look alike.

Clothes can be similar too.

That's quite normal.

Do you remember that two years ago,

an elderly man who sneaked into the palace

saw you coming to see me?

You said you had sent him out of the palace.

Yes.

That did happen.

I remember

that after I sent him out of the palace,

I even gave him some money.

He was Xiangjiu's father.

Really?

It's such a coincidence that we have

this connection with Miss Xiangjiu.

Gongsun Hao,

why did you lie to me?

How could I ever lie to you, Lian?

Everything I said is true.

I heard you wanted to see me.

I came to you despite my wounds.

I didn't even have time

to handle my father's funeral.

What did you say?

My father...

killed himself.

How could

Lord Gongsun...

These past few days,

I was still planning how to take you away.

But my father found that out.

He threatened to kill himself to stop me.

I thought he was just trying to scare me.

But last night,

he really took his own life.

Do you know how grieved I was

when I saw his body this morning?

But even so,

I never meant to tell you this.

Because I was afraid

that once you knew this,

you would feel guilty,

and that you would blame yourself

for my father's death.

I cared for you so deeply,

yet now you're doubting me.

How could that not break my heart?

Gongsun Hao.

Where the hell

did you hide my father?

I said I don't know!

After I sent him out of the palace,

how could I possibly

know where he went?

Fine!

If you don't tell me,

then I'll kill her.

I don't believe

you would kill her.

What about this then?

Xiangjiu!

Do you only care about your child?

You and the child are one and the same.

By caring for the child,

am I not caring for you as well?

Take your woman and leave now.

I've had enough of her.

Old Fox,

he's connected to my father's disappearance.

Please help me find out where my father is!

Feng Mochen.

For her safety,

you'd better watch your words.

He killed your father.

Feng Mochen,

are you really going to do this?

How could you do such a thing?

You trust him

but not me?

That's not all.

Back then, when you were violated by Prince Fuying,

it was also because of him.

He wanted you to marry Prince Fuying.

Shut up!

Then he could arrange for you to conceive his child.

But unexpectedly, you got pregnant with Prince Fuying's child first.

So he slipped datura into your teacup

to cause your miscarriage.

Feng Mochen!

Do you know what you're saying?

Xiangjiu's father saw this,

and it cost him his life.

To gain your trust,

Gongsun Hao pretended to be devoted, promising to take you away.

He even went so far as to stage his own suicide to make you feel guilty.

To achieve his end,

he even killed his own father.

Gongsun Hao,

you monster!

Shut up!

Why didn't you kill him?

Why didn't you kill him?

Why didn't you kill him?

Why didn't you kill him?

Why didn't you kill him?

From now on,

I have no family left.

I have no family left!

Lian.

You actually believe him?

Do you know what he is?

He's a fox.

Foxes are the most cunning creatures.

You'd rather trust a fox

than your own kind!

Gongsun Hao.

Did you plan to use me from the very first moment

you saw me?

I never meant to use you.

But I know full well

that you and I are not the same kind of people.

What we see

is naturally different.

But all I see is you!

And what you see

is only wealth and glory.

It's not what you think,

Lian.

Be good.

Go back to Prince Fuying's side obediently.

I promise you

I'll let our child

inherit the throne soon.

Then you can do whatever you want!

Is this okay, Lian?

Gongsun Hao.

So the one who hurt me the deepest

was you.

Why speak with such sorrow?

Isn't love about mutual sacrifice?

If you love me,

you should sacrifice for me too!

Then do you love me?

Of course I do.

It's precisely because I love you

that I want to give you a bright future.

Do you think you were the only one in pain

when Prince Fuying violated you,

when you married him,

and when he humiliated you?

My pain was worse

than yours beyond measure!

But what could I do?

I could do nothing.

I couldn't protect you.

So,

I had to do all these things.

For our future,

this was the price I had to pay.

You're right.

All these years,

you've suffered so much.

It's alright,

Lian.

For our future,

it was all worth it.

From now on,

you won't have to struggle like that anymore.

Lian...

You killed your own child with your own hands.

For the rest of your life,

you'll never get what you want.

Lian...

Huo Xiangjiu!

Feng Mochen!

Guards!

Huo Xiangjiu and Feng Mochen killed the Princess Consort!

Guards!

Huo Xiangjiu

and Feng Mochen killed the Princess Consort.

My child...

Feng Mochen!

Huo Xiangjiu!

They meant to end my bloodline!

Feng Mochen

also killed my father.

Utterly evil!

Lian...

They are truly vile.

I have never seen

such vicious people.

If not for His Majesty

always favoring that demon,

how could we have ended up like this?

Feng Mochen is a fox demon in human form.

He must have bewitched His Majesty!

That's why His Majesty favors him so much.

You're right.

Feng Mochen

is a demon.

Father must have been bewitched by him.

Now,

half of the imperial guards in the palace are under our control.

Gongsun Hao!

Yes!

You shall accompany me

in ushering in a brand-new

prosperous era for our state.

Yes.

Gongsun Hao!

How dare you come here again!

You ran off with my sister

and cut off my source of wealth!

You!

Your source of wealth

was already cut off by Huo Xiangjiu and Feng Mochen.

How could that be?

Your sister

is dead.

Your sister was killed by Huo Xiangjiu and Feng Mochen.

Huo Xiangjiu...

Feng Mochen...

They...

Damn them!

Do you want revenge?

Damn Huo Xiangjiu!

I'll kill your entire family!

Your Majesty,

it's absolutely true.

I've verified it myself.

I am the one to blame.

She saved me,

yet I brought her to ruin.

Your Majesty,

you must not blame yourself.

You arranged her marriage,

only because you wanted her to live in glory and wealth.

That is merely self-deception.

She was right.

If she had been my daughter,

how could I have let her marry such a person?

Truth be told,

it was my own selfishness.

Gongsun Hao!

This is Ganquan Palace.

Who gave you permission to enter?

Chief Steward Sun, please forgive us.

Feng Mochen and Huo Xiangjiu

killed the Princess Consort.

To prevent His Majesty from being harmed,

His Highness specially sent us to protect His Majesty.

Mochen would never do such a thing.

Summon Prince Fuying at once.

Your Majesty, please forgive me.

His Highness

is busy apprehending Huo Xiangjiu and Feng Mochen.

Later,

he will come to pay his respects to Your Majesty.

Where's your father?

Summon your father at once!

Your Majesty,

my father

was also killed by Feng Mochen.

You were the one who found your father's body?

Yes.

And you were also the one who found

the Princess Consort's body?

Yes.

I've...

misjudged.

Gongsun Hao,

you are the one who's truly ruthless.

Xiangjiu!

Wily Fox!

Xiangjiu!

Le Ning,

do you know where Xiangjiu and Wily Fox went?

I don't know.

What's wrong?

Search this place!

Find and seize Feng Mochen and Huo Xiangjiu!

-Yes! -Yes!

Hurry!

Come with me!

Where are we?

The Illusory Flower Woods.

This should be a barrier realm established by Feng Mochen.

Master!

What is going on?

I want to bury my father

here.

It was Gongsun Hao's doing.

He killed Xiangjiu's father, the Princess Consort,

and Gongsun Wugui.

Oh my God!

Xiangjiu.

Bai Yu.

Gongsun Hao used the magic of your Bai Clan of Bronze County.

He's from your Bai Clan of Bronze County?

That's impossible.

I don't know him.

Wait.

I remember now.

When I was a child,

my father did take on a final disciple.

He was a few years older than me.

My father praised his talent every day,

while scolding me for being useless.

He studied under my father for perhaps 2 or 3 years,

and then he left.

Could that disciple be Gongsun Hao?

If it's truly him,

he's a total disgrace to our clan.

Xiangjiu.

Don't worry,

I will definitely avenge your father.

Gongsun Hao...

Junior,

finally I can call you that openly.

Don't call me Junior.

You're a disgrace to the Bai Clan of Bronze County.

If my father had known that he had taken in a scoundrel like you,

he would never have rested in peace!

You...

are the scoundrel.

You're the disgrace to the Bai Clan of Bronze County!

There's a blood feud between Feng Mochen and the Bai Clan of Bronze County.

You stayed by his side for so long,

yet you failed to subdue him.

You're the worthless one.

Do you know why your father took me as his disciple?

Because he knew

that the reputation of the Bai Clan of Bronze County

would one day be ruined by you.

But I'm different.

I will surely subdue Feng Mochen,

fulfill your father's final wish,

and bring glory

to the Bai Clan of Bronze County.

You?

Look at you!

Look at how incompetent you are!

If your father saw this,

how heartbroken he would be.

Junior,

don't say I didn't give you a chance.

I've searched the entire palace,

but found no trace of Feng Mochen.

He must have hidden himself inside a barrier.

Tell me

the incantation for that barrier.

I know you like Huo Xiangjiu.

Let's join forces

and eliminate Feng Mochen together.

I'll send Huo Xiangjiu to you, and she'll be safe and sound.

Once I hold power,

I'll posthumously confer the title of Imperial Advisor on your father.

When that time comes,

the glory of the Bai Clan of Bronze County

will be brought to its zenith

by you.

Bai Yu,

you tried hard to prove to the ancestors of the Bai Clan of Bronze County

that you were not a disgrace to the family,

but rather

the glory of the Bai Clan

of Bronze County.

You've helped so many people,

yet this is how you end up.

You once said good deeds would bring good fortune.

Can I still believe that?

Is that all it takes

for your belief to crumble?

Is that not enough?

My father is dead.

He died helping people who meant nothing to him.

And those who caused his death

still live in glory and wealth.

You were right before.

The deaths and sufferings of others

have nothing to do with us.

We should just be selfish.

We should just be indifferent.

People choose to be selfish and indifferent,

because it's the easiest thing to do.

But helping those in need

requires tremendous courage.

I've lived for a thousand years.

I have indeed seen good people in misery

and evil ones in prosperity.

But this is absolutely not the Way of Heaven.

Out of a hundred good people,

if one suffers miserably,

people say good deeds bring no reward.

Out of a hundred evil people,

if one lives in prosperity,

people say evil people have a good end.

We cannot draw such a careless conclusion about the rule of life.

A good person meeting misfortune is an exception.

An evil person having a good end is also an exception.

We cannot take exceptions as the rule.

Nor can we take them as our creed!

As long as sunlight

still shines upon this vast land for even one day,

the Way of Heaven

will never stand on the side of evil.

Old Fox,

the Way of Heaven

is on our side, right?

I will show you

that evil people never come to a good end.

I will let you know

that what you and your father stood for

has always been right.

Old Fox.