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[Episode 14]

Grand Minister

What brings you here?

There are too many bright lanterns here

This way

Put it here

Is that it in Grand Minister's Mansion?

Shen's Mansion is much brighter

Grand Minister, come on

Young Master Han

On such a moonlit night,

will you also think of your family

just like me?

I...

My parents passed away early

I have no family left

When I marry Caiwei,

Yan will be my home

Yes

Your parents are no longer here

What about siblings?

As for the marriage matters

We should also inform them

Before the marriage,

both families should meet

Yes

No need

I left home early for studies

I lost contact with relatives long ago

As long as Caiwei and I truly love each other,

that's enough

I don't care about formalities

Is that so?

Why do I feel

such formalities

are important?

Even if two people love each other,

they hope to receive

acceptance and blessings

from each other's families

More importantly,

through this meeting,

we can understand each other's backgrounds

to avoid deception

Yes

When Grand Minister and I married,

we didn't follow formalities either

Master Han's deep affection for third sister

is the most important

It's getting late

And it's getting chilly

How about

we all go back to rest?

Yes

Let's go first

Yes

Grand Minister

We'll go back to rest first

Let's go

Young Master Han

If love is deep and true,

and you two really love each other

then there should be no fear in being honest

and walk hand in hand

Han

Let's go

What are you up to?

Why did you come here for dinner

and scare them all way?

I don't wanna say either

Even if I want,

it shouldn't be me to say it

So...

So pretend

Pretend to

Pretend to be mysterious

It's late

Let's go back

It's too late to go back now

-Then... -Grand Minister

Grand Minister

The Old Master has prepared

the bedroom for you and lady

Since father

has already prepared the bedroom for me,

I won't go back

Please take care

What are you doing?

What's going on?

It's been arranged for us

If you'll stay here alone

How can you explain tomorrow?

Just let me down first

even if you won't leave

It's not good to be seen by others

What if they see?

I want them to see

Prove that we are a happy couple

Then you don't need to explain

No

Go back and rest

Alright

The play is over now

It's time to sleep

Here isn't like Shen's mansion

Tonight, you'll just

sleep over there

I'm injured

And you make me sleep on a bamboo chair?

Doesn't seem appropriate, right?

But...

You look healthier than me

Forget it

You can have the bed

If you're willing to stay,

there's still half a place inside

You can sleep inside

If you don't want it,

you can choose to leave

and sleep under the stars all night

Let's call it a night for today

Just make do

But rules should be followed

No one could cross this bedsheet

I can't sleep

I might as well go out

and sleep under the stars and moon

Why are you here too?

I've given you the room

The candle in the room is out

The room is too dark for me to sleep

Hurry and have someone

light the candles

Shen Du

In the middle of the night,

do you have to disturb someone?

When the candles are lit,

you still can't sleep

Tossing and turning,

keeping me awake

Because even when the candles are lit,

it's still not bright enough

Still a bit dark

You really are quite odd

My father even added

more candleholders tonight

and you still find it dark

You are sleeping,

not reading or writing

It doesn't have to be brightly lit

You are not blind

I finally understand

why Shen Du is called "White Impermanence"

Look

It looks like in a funeral home during the day

But at night

it's still so bright as daylight

Who carries a lantern

to beat someone up?

I can't do without a lantern

Could it be...

that he has night blindness

Tonight is truly rare

Look

The Eastern Azure Dragon star

And also,

The Southern Vermilion Bird star

They're all visible

Look over there

Those four stars connected

Are they look like the four corners of a square?

Those four there

are the stars of the Niu Earthly Branch

Below there are four more,

of the Jiao Wood constellation

Indeed not visible

There are no stars there at all

You know so many

names of constellations

You're really amazing

The one over there

Looks like a rabbit when connected

What's the name of that star?

It's called the Bi Yue Wu constellation

What about this one here?

I think this one

looks like a translucent rice cake

And the one in the south

Looks like a cherry outline

It's called the Jing Mu Hen constellation

This one doesn't sound good

Change the name

I think

How about calling it...

Cherry Bi Luo star?

Next to it is

The translucent rice cake star

Doesn't that sound better?

Strange names

And they're all pastries

You don't understand this

It's better to name after food

When I was little and had a poor appetite,

my mother named the stars in the sky

after pastries

And she told me to eat more of that pastry

if a star was shining

Or else

That star

would never shine again

Today...

You should eat more translucent rice cakes

Because today,

stars that look like translucent rice cakes are shining

My mother said,

if you don't do that,

stars that looks like rice cakes

will go out

Hurry and eat

What are you doing?

Is it possible that

you're...

Grand Minister

What's the matter?

Young Master Han went to

find you early this morning

Saying he wants to announce something

He asked me

to invite you andmadam as well

Alright

We'll go now

Grand Minister

It's okay

Grand Minister

You're here

Thank you

for giving me the chance to confess to myself

Han

What do you wanna say?

Caiwei

I lied to you

My parents still have a son

He's a favorite of the Empress Dowager

An official at the Ministry of Rites

Zhang Baohuan

Lord Zhang

But there's one thing I don't understand

Since you're Lord Zhang's brother,

Then why didn't he

use his connections to protect you

from the persecution of Prince Ying?

Brother

The Prince Ying knew

about my relationship with Zhang Baohuan,

So she wanted to

take me as her concubine

to compete with the Empress Dowager

I repeatedly refused

But couldn't shake off

Even if we share the same mother,

he's not worthy of being my brother

He did not protect his sister

Sister

The former boss of Jinxiu Workshop

is your sister, Zhang Baoying

Caiwei

I'm sorry

I lied to you

When the incident happened at Jinxiu Workshop

Zhang's family was exterminated

Zhang Baohuan used his connections

to save me

I've always been puzzled

If he could save me,

Why couldn't he save my sister?

I hate that he couldn't protect sister

I also hate my own incompetence

From that moment on,

I made up my mind

to have no more relations with the Zhang

My mother's surname is Han

So I took her surname

changed my name to Han Shiyuan

Perhaps he also has

his own difficulties

You should know

how difficult it is for him

by the Empress Dowager's side

To be with the tiger is as dangerous as to be with the king

You should understand this

You have never seen

the scene of rivers of blood

So how can you empathize?

Don't be afraid

I'll never forget that day

If you were me,

you wouldn't say such things

You're wrong

It is because they died unjustly

that you should rely on ourselves

And do everything you can

to seek justice for them

Instead of deceiving yourself

And distancing ourselves from them

Karma

Karma

Young Master Han

About the marriage between you and my daughter

Let me think about it again

I hope for your understanding

Yan's family

can't withstand any more storms

I know what it'll be

after what I said today

I've been sleepless all night

Finally, I thought that

I can't deceive Caiwei

and marry her at the same time

Living in the mansion these days

has been quite disturbing

I'll take my leave

Han

Caiwei

Caiwei

Young Master Han

is indeed Assistant Zhang's

close relative

The case of Jinxiu Workshop

involves old royal matters

and close attendants of the Empress Dowager

It's highly related

We must proceed with caution

Got it

I'll be careful

Actually,

there is another matter

In the prison back then,

there was a little girl

who often visited me at midnight,

bringing me food

and tales from outside

But one day,

I never saw her again

I thought I would never

see her again in this lifetime

But yesterday,

I seemed to have found her

Or perhaps,

someone who looks very much like her

Years ago,

you asked me

to check the prison's entry and exit records

just to find her

Is that right?

But in the records,

no mention of a young girl coming in

So, I couldn't help but doubt

if she truly existed

or if it's just a figment of my imagination

If she enters and exits at night,

most likely

it wouldn't be recorded in the logs

Where the prisoners were kept

was also the place I was confined as a child

Thinking back now,

I often have nightmares

For her to come to the prison at night

to take care of you,

she must be kind-hearted

If you two are truly destined to meet again,

and recognize each other,

you must treat her well

If we truly meet by fate,

no need to acknowledge each other

Now, I am a commoner in Cang,

known as

the cruelest official

Cruel and unjust

Like a rabid dog

I have no face to show

to my childhood playmate

The rabid dog incident

You're referring to the Ming Hall

If you hadn't released the rabid dog

to select the criminals,

everyone in the audience

might have perished under the arrows

Chief Xu has long resided in the palace

but your vision extends a thousand miles

You always know the outside world

Don't tease me

Everyone in Xiang'an City

know about this

It's been another accusation

under your name,

White Impermanence

Shen Du

Carrying such a notorious reputation

Do you think it's worth it?

Yan Xing

You investigating beyond your rank again

You said you didn't go beyond your rank

This is classified file

sent by the Internal Affairs Office

Designated for you only

Originally

the case from the Internal Affairs Office

was assigned to you

But according to regulations, it must be filed first

and distributed from top to bottom

How could it skip me

and go directly into your hands?

As for this,

you must...

seriously remind the Internal Affairs Office

Alright, Master Wu

I'll inform them

All the dossiers

and evidence sent over

must be reviewed

and approved by you before reassignment

That's about it

What's this?

Landmark code?

Jushengnu Star

Touhuaci Star

Cherry

My husband

has recently become interested

in astronomy

He's observing while

drawing star maps

And presenting them to the Ministry of Justice

for investigative purposes

Ridiculous

Are these things useful to us?

Useful?

This is the Ministry of Justice

Not the Royal Observatory

Nonsense

Thinking our Ministry of Justice is idle, huh?

Without eating pastries

you can also retain a sky full of stars

He remembered the directions and names

I made up last night

Shen Du

I'll find a way

to cure your night blindness

People have bright vision in the day

But can't see anything in the dark

Known as night blindness

It should nurture the liver and replenish blood

Madam arranged this dish

to serve Young Master three meals a day

Are you cooking?

It sure looks like a cooking frenzy

What are you doing?

Just go, everyone

Are you that free?

Cyperus rotundus

You go too

Alright

Be quick

Follow me

Nightingale sand

Young Master

This is prepared for you by Madam

Immortal lamb liver soup

Grand Minister

Madam ordered you

to eat a bowl at noon

Cyperus rotundus and nightingale sand steamed chicken livers

Lunch again?

When will this end?

I'm not eating

I know why you turn on the light

in the night?

If you wanna see the stars,

eat three meals a day

If you don't eat,

look at the second sheet

If you don't want the whole Xiang'an City to know

White Impermanence's secret

Give yourself nourishment and treatment

What did you just say

this hell is?

Cyperus rotundus and nightingale sand steamed chicken livers

I know what cyperus rotundus is

But this night bright sand...

What is it?

Grand Minister

Are you sure you wanna know it?

What's this?

Bat feces

Yan Xing

Grand Minister

Let's not eat it

Go to the Ministry of Justice

and bring her here

Madam, you must be careful

Grand Minister is not in a good mood

after eating chicken liver

I'll go check on the training

What are you looking at?

And you

Yan Xing

If you wanna murder me,

stabbing me with a sword would do

Why bother with all these tricks

and make these disgusting soups?

Shen Du

How could you think in this way?

I've searched through

all the medical books

to come up with these recipes

According to ancient medical books,

you should eat

a liver-nourishing and vision-clearing product,

such as animal organs and also...

Not just animal organs

but also animal feces

What animal feces?

Do you mean...

Night bright sand?

That dish

Cyperus rotundus and nightingale sand steamed chicken livers

It's recorded

in "Treatise on the Origin of Various Diseases"

Night bright sand

is the most important medicinal ingredient

Steward Shen

came to all the pharmacies in the city

to buy it for you

It took me all night to steam it

I did it all for you. Come on

Don't mention it again

Good medicine tastes bitter

Your emotional outburst

doesn't mean anything

If you have nothing important

to say,

I'll head back to the department first

Chen Shoujie these days

is recuperating at the clinic,

He's sometimes clear-headed and dull

I've already brought him here

If you wanna ask questions,

just follow me

Lord Chen

Can you tell me

what's going on?

How come

there are embroideries from Jinxiu Workshop

She was my concubine

who used to work at Jinxiu Workshop

as an embroiderer

She even took on apprentices

Her craftsmanship is truly excellent

When Jinxiu Workshop's case happened,

she happened to be away

Then the court searched for remnants of the faction,

she evaded everywhere

She met me

I saw her diligent and hardworking,

so I took her as a concubine

These embroideries,

she made them to pass the time,

engaging in her accustomed embroidery work

Fire

Fire

Nothing much can be gained

from him

It turns out that Madam Chen

was also an embroiderer at Jinxiu Workshop

The suspect killed to silence

all those associated

with Jinxiu Workshop

If that's the case,

does it mean

the case of Jinxiu Workshop

actually had a big secret

A secret so significant

that the suspect is willing to eliminate all

But for now, it's all speculation

unsupported by evidence

Indeed,

further investigation is needed

And it needs to be

a targeted investigation

I have decided

to write an application today

and submit it to the Ministry of Justice tomorrow,

applying to combine the case of Chen Huo'e

and the Jinxiu Workshop case

for joint investigation and trial

It might be very difficult

The people involved in these two cases

are too numerous

They do not want old cases to be revisited

They'll do everything

to obstruct the investigation

But if you don't try,

how would you know the outcome?

What happened?

The people from the Prince Ying ahead

are blocking Han Siyuan's path

Lord Han

Prince Ying requests your presence

Wait!

Don't act recklessly

Jing Lin

Go find Zhang Baohuan

Yes