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"Go Ahead Fearlessly" - Liu Yuning

♫ Grudges and karma, right and wrong ♫

♫ The past hides blood and tears ♫

♫ It is hard to catch up after years of separation ♫

♫ The truth cannot be fully revealed ♫

♫ Fate is full of twists and turns ♫

♫ Life and death, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand ♫

♫ Obsession is hard to get rid of, keeping the truth and getting rid of the lies, let the wind blow ♫

♫ Tossed about by the wind and rain, I will never regret it, I will accompany you for my whole life ♫

♫ At least you share my joy and sorrow ♫

♫ Unravelling fate, fearlessly, a dream returns ♫

♫ The mountains and rivers are bright and beautiful, holding hands, together we return ♫

♫ In this life, my heart returns untainted of dust and ash ♫

[Melody of Golden Age]

[Episode 35]

Chuichui, come and look.

Here's the finest silk delivered from Jiangnan.

Check out the pattern and fabric.

Should I find embroideresses to make you a bridal gown?

Chuichui.

Look. I'll wear this at the wedding.

What do you think?

Are you crazy?

I won't marry you.

Of course, you will.

One day, you will be willing to marry me.

Look.

These two garments look so well-matched together.

Let me go! You lecher. Let go!

Before you fall for me like you fell for Jiang Langxing

and agree to marry me, I won't let you go.

I won't fall for you.

No way.

What's wrong?

Are you still expecting someone to save you?

It won't happen.

Be it Jiang Langxing or Yan Xing, no one will come to save you.

I'm warning you. Do not hurt them.

I won't hurt them unless they ask for it.

Chuichui.

Chuichui.

It's everyone for themselves in this world.

You can't count on anyone.

You only have me.

Only me.

What's wrong? You're not going to hit me?

Chuichui, I truly adore you.

From now on, I won't force you again.

I will wait patiently until you

fall in love with me.

Jin.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

- Yan Xing! My Sixth Daughter! - Slow down!

Mother.

They released you?

Thankfully, your father filed a complaint

saying that I was already a member of the Yan family.

It was Prime Minister Zhang.

He sent me a message, permitting me to file the complaint.

The Great Chief sent Imperial Guards with me to pick her up.

Madam, the Great Chief went to the palace.

Mother, you've been wronged!

I'm fine. But your younger uncle… Your uncle…

Grand Empress Dowager is wise!

"Sorrow and Joy" is my creation.

It has nothing to do with Prince Xian and even less with my clansmen.

Prince Xian appreciates me just like Boya appreciates Ziqi.

This was all plotted by Lai Luozhi.

Your Majesty is wise. Do Prince Xian justice.

- Jinzang! - Mother!

- Jinzang! Jinzang! - Mother!

Still babbling nonsense at death's door.

Guards, throw him in the jar!

Lai Luozhi, how dare you carry out vigilante justice in the street!

Vice Minister Lai, I have something to tell you.

It's a secret I'm telling you only.

Back off.

You're just a powerless musician.

I'd like to hear what you have to say before you die.

My clansmen and I

are suffering this calamity all because of you!

- Younger Uncle! - A'Zang!

Who dares?

- A'Zang! - Step back! - Younger Uncle!

Chest. Huo'e.

Xing'er, you must deliver this blood letter to the Grand Empress Dowager.

Take care of yourself.

And you.

A'Zang.

Younger Uncle.

A'Zang!

A'Zang!

No!

Younger Uncle!

Music Minister Jin!

Lai Luozhi, are you going to snatch the testimony

for the Grand Empress Dowager in front of everyone?

Step back!

What? Jinzang is dead?

When…

When did I order anyone...

to kill him?

Music Minister Jin couldn't bear the humiliation and cried out injustice for Prince Xian in the parade,

claiming it was plotted by Vice Minister Lai and then killed himself.

This is the blood letter written by Music Minister Jin. I beg for your discernment.

Grand Empress... Grand Empress Dowager!

When did I…

When did I want the Jins dead?

Grand Empress Dowager, Jinzang bewitched the people with seditious words

and attempted to frame me before he died.

I've been wronged!

Vice Minister Lai made a fuss about an ordinary banquet

and turned it into a bloody case.

Now, everyone's discussing Music Minister Jin's tragic death on the street.

The Imperial Inspectorate should no longer be in charge.

Please entrust the Jin family to the Imperial Guards for custody.

Grand Empress Dowager, I disagree.

Enough!

You're still vying for power at this point.

You just won't give me a break.

Minister Shen.

Since you are not afraid of getting your hands dirty and insist on intervening,

then I'll entrust...

the Jin family to you.

Thank you, Grand Empress Dowager.

[Zichen Palace]

I pay my respect, Your Majesty.

You are truly wise.

But I didn't summon you.

Aren't you afraid that I shall convict you

for intruding into the palace in the middle of the night?

If Your Majesty wishes to punish me, I can only accept the penalty.

You know?

Only after I read all these

musical scores left by Jinzang tonight,

did I realize that he had accompanied me for so long.

Why do you never give me some leeway?

How can I do that in a game?

Even if you lose, I won't punish you.

In that case,

will there be rewards if I win?

What reward do you want?

If I win this game,

will you make me the crown princess?

All right. It's a deal.

The wise foresee the future.

Your "Paired Swallows" move may seem simple,

but it has endless follow-up moves.

I have…

I have actually lost this game.

You must keep your word, Huan.

All right. Your wish will be granted.

Ever since I entered the palace, from every dance performance

to every significant day of mine

and every sleepless night,

he and his konghou had never missed out on a single event. (The konghou is an ancient Chinese harp-like musical instrument.)

This scroll is not yet complete.

He meant to perform it

at the grand ceremony after the reconstruction of Ming Hall.

He never spoke much.

Never.

He was so quiet

that I often forgot about his existence.

It's like there was only a konghou behind the curtain.

When I'm troubled, this konghou...

would play soothing melodies by itself.

This konghou will never sound again.

It's all my fault.

But I only have this one son.

You know?

I had my fortune told when I was young.

The fortune teller said that...

my brilliance was too great...

that it would scorch those around me.

He also said...

that I would end up in solitude.

I was infuriated at the time.

I even found someone to beat up that fortune teller.

But now that I think about it,

he was right.

Not a single person...

could stay with me until the end.

Minister Shen.

I know.

You've been seeking an answer, too.

Once this matter is completely settled,

I will give you an answer.

You're still up?

I was thinking about my uncle.

I know you were close to him

and would grieve over his death.

Tomorrow, I will send you back to keep your mother company.

The deceased can't be revived.

Grieving serves no purpose.

I was thinking about what my uncle had said before he died.

Chest. Huo'e.

Did Music Minister Jin learn something about the Huo'e Sect?

My younger uncle was just a musician.

He knew he couldn't hurt Lai Luozhi,

but he charged toward him to tear at his collar at all costs before he died.

What for? Just to humiliate him?

[Lu's Pawnshop]

Is Chuichui back?

Did you find her?

Where on earth did she go?

If anything happened to her,

how will I explain to her deceased mother?

Rest assured, I will keep looking and bring her back.

All right.

[Lai Mansion]

You're really not afraid of death.

How dare you minor inspector barge into my mansion?

Where did you hide Lu Chuichui?

Do you know what you are talking about?

Inspector Jiang Langxing raided

the Vice Minister's mansion at night

and spoke disrespectfully. Guilt beyond pardon.

Imprison him in the Imperial Inspectorate for sentencing.

I won't allow another inspector to end up like Sun Tan.

You rookie, get out of here.

You injured my people for no reason.

Don't you owe me an explanation?

Lai Luozhi,

you know what you've done.

If you make a scene, guess who will be in deeper trouble.

And don't you forget.

I can easily get things from the imperial palace.

If you've hidden something here,

I have my way to get it.

Chuichui.

Chuichui.

Chuichui.

Chuichui! Chuichui!

She's just a random girl.

Yet you're so obsessed with her.

What do you know?

I am all alone...

in this world.

Only she understands me...

and feels for me.

I am also your family.

I am your older sister.

I won't spare anyone who ruins my plan.

I will take down

all of them one by one.

I've been thinking about how to make you

vanish into thin air and never come back...

without him realizing that it is my doing.

Unfortunately,

he knows how to poison and kill people much better than me.

But I have figured it out.

Rather than killing you,

I'd better make it impossible for him to get you.

Marshal Xu.

Chuichui!

Chuichui! Chuichui! Chuichui! Chuichui!

Are you all right? Let me see.

Are you hurt?

Chuichui.

Chuichui, it's me.

You fool.

What took you so long?

You are such a fool!

I went to rescue you at the Lai Mansion

and ran into Marshal Xu, who helped me out.

Only then did I realize that he had gotten you out.

I'm sorry.

I thought I wouldn't be able to see you again.

I failed to protect you.

From now on, I will not let you suffer any harm.

Chuichui,

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

What? You were abducted?

When did it happen? How come I had no idea?

He didn't hurt you. Right?

I'm fine.

Am I not sitting right in front of you here?

Why did Lai Luozhi abduct you?

I'm afraid...

she's been implicated by me.

No, that's not it.

Sixth Miss,

I'm sorry.

Actually,

there's something I've been hiding from you.

In fact, the friend from the Imperial Inspectorate

I mentioned was Lai Luozhi.

It was him?

At first,

I kept seeing him in my mother's graveyard.

I thought he was mourning for his mother and could be my friend.

Later, he saved me once by chance.

Then I…

Then I…

When your third sister was poisoned,

he gave me the antidote formula that worked

and urged me not to tell anyone.

So I…

I had this hope that perhaps

he wanted to be a good person.

What should I even say? Chuichui.

Have you read too many dramas?

How could you believe him?

Chuichui,

if Jiang Langxing and I had arrived any later,

I'm afraid you would have been forced to marry the Black Fiend.

Right, Chuichui.

I remember your father built your mother's graveyard at great expense.

Why would Lai Luozhi go there so often?

His mother's graveyard just happens to be close to my mother's.

I've visited it once.

It looks quite inconspicuous.

There's a name on it.

Bi Luo.

Bi Luo?

Lai Luozhi's mother had such a beautiful name.

I'd say he was only pretending to be filial in front of Chuichui.

I think that Lai Luozhi has tried very hard to approach Chuichui

not just to win her over.

Right.

I think I saw something in Lai Luozhi's secret chamber.

The garment for the coronation.

Lai Luozhi probably thought I didn't know what that was.

So he just showed it to me directly.

At first, I pretended not to care.

But upon closer inspection, I realized that the embroidery

was not a dragon, but Taotie. (The Taotie motif is one of the "four evil creatures" in Chinese mythology, representing greed and gluttony.)

Among the nine sons of the dragon,

the fifth, Taotie, is the most insatiable.

It seems that Lai Luozhi's ambition...

has been laid bare.

I have things to do. See you around.

I'll see him out.

You can't go.

Have you forgotten Sun Tan?

He knew about Lai Luozhi's treacherous intentions.

Yet due to the lack of evidence, he was wrongfully executed.

Now we know that there is a garment but you're stopping me.

I know you want to avenge Sun Tan and clear his name.

But don't you forget. You took Chuichui away last night.

Lai Luozhi knows she has seen that garment.

He will be on guard.

Would the Lai Mansion and the Imperial Inspectorate be more guarded than the imperial palace?

There is nothing I can't steal as long as I want to steal it.

I will dig into the ground to find what Lai Luozhi has hidden.

You've earned your title as the Saint of Thieves.

But the Lai Mansion and the Imperial Inspectorate

may be heavily guarded now, waiting to trap you.

They can be way more dangerous than the imperial palace.

Shen Du,

why did you become so indecisive?

Do men become like this when they get married?

You may become like this very soon, too.

Something has been wrong in Xiang'an these days.

People from Nanlang and Xichen are everywhere,

stationed at street corners, looking for houses and shops to rent.

Something is going to happen.

We are keeping an eye on them.

You can only keep tabs on a few of them.

Shen Du.

If something happens to me,

take care of Yun Que for me.

You'll do the same for me.

See you, Great Chief.

Jinzang, play something light, please.

Jinzang!

Grand Empress Dowager.

Grand Empress Dowager!

I'm fine.

It's the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

when the Grand Empress Dowager should reward the court officials.

Why hasn't she showed up yet?

Indeed.

The Great Chief hasn't shown up, either.

The Grand Empress Dowager feels unwell.

Vice Minister Lai shall decide on the rewards

according to last year's record.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I respectfully see you off, Your Majesty.

On behalf of the Grand Empress Dowager,

I shall decide on the rewards and punishments based on your performance.

How could Lai Luozhi take over such a job?

Indeed, the Imperial Inspectorate is just a supervisory institution.

How can he break boundaries? This is inappropriate.

This is the Grand Empress Dowager's decree.

Do you want to bother Her Majesty when she's sick in bed?

You. And you.

Do you intend to defy the decree?

[Nurturing like a Gentle Breeze]

Vice Minister Lai, I'm the Director of the Ministry of Rites.

I'm the Chief Clerk of the Ministry of War.

You're rewarded.

You're rewarded.

Thank you, Vice Minister Lai.

[Mingsheng Temple]

Auntie, Mother Empress is seriously ill yet no one is allowed to visit her.

Prince Xian is still under house arrest.

Lai Luozhi is gaining momentum.

Auntie!

Half of the court officials have pledged loyalty to him.

The other half are at home doing nothing.

This court is about to descend into chaos.

The court is not yet in chaos,

but your heart is in disarray.

Once the heart is in disarray, you lose focus.

Auntie, how can I stay calm?

No matter what, you are always the princess.

Why are you panicking?

Auntie, you know very well that this title means nothing in the court.

His Majesty still doesn't speak.

The imperial physicians say that the sage speaks late.

But what if he never speaks?

Now that Mother Empress is ill,

if anything happens...

Auntie, the Regent

will be in charge of the entire court.

You want me to help you?

Of course.

You said it just now.

Your status as the princess means nothing in the court.

I've been cultivating for years and I've seen through worldly affairs.

No matter what happens, just remember one thing.

Serve His Majesty well.

Auntie.

No rush.

This is...

only the very beginning.

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"Only Want You" - Ding Yuxi, Deng Enxi

♫ One look confirmed our fate ♫

♫ Upon meeting again, I know you're the one for me ♫

♫ Gazing at the stars, dreaming about old times ♫

♫ A pair of people have already taken root ♫

♫ Lovers before the candlelight, do not ask their thoughts ♫

♫ Affection is bound, lasting forever ♫

♫ Using the evening breeze to express deep love ♫

♫ I have someone I long for in this life ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ You are the only one for me ♫

♫ Embracing each other, how serious we are about our love ♫

♫ Every moment is treasured ♫

♫ From dawn to dusk ♫

♫ You and I, forever inseparable ♫

♫ Without noticing, you broke into my heart ♫

♫ Slowly immersing myself, I become undaunted by perils for love ♫

♫ I charge into battle with unmatched resilience ♫

♫ Because you are my responsibility ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ You are the only one for me ♫