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[Perfect Couple]

Episode Forty-Four

We have to go to the palace tomorrow. Are you scared?

I have you. What have I got to be scared of?

I thought so as well.

I don't think that you'll be scared.

Qi Ling, tell me about Mother.

For example, what did she like to eat? What did she like to play with?

She loved noodles.

She loved desserts.

She also loved doing embroidery.

What else?

Mom loved to make delicacies for me.

During summer, she loved to take me to the river to catch fishes.

She would also take me to fly a kite and catch fireflies.

She was so good to you.

The five-hundred-acre land in the suburbs

the one-thousand-acre paddy fields in Jiangnan

and villages in eastern and western Luhe County

will all be left to you, Chang Feng, and Xiao Xuan.

My Lady, I don't want that! Keep it!

In addition, take two hundred thousand silver taels out

from the cashier's office.

Divide that among the servants.

Return them their indentures.

I don't want them to walk home with nothing after serving me for years.

My Lady, don't you need anyone to serve you anymore?

These are just worldly possessions.

Why are you upset about that?

As for the rest, I'll leave them to Yuan Bao and Qi Ling.

Couldn't Her Highness forgive you?

It's unpredictable.

I'm only half confident.

Xiao Cui, I have no regrets.

It's jut a pity that both my children are still so young.

My Lady, did you hear what you just said?

You have to live and see Young Master and Young Mistress with their children.

Yes, it's fine if I die

but Yuan Bao and Qi Ling must be given the chance to have children.

Xiao Cui, even if I have to beg for forgiveness by taking my life

I'll protect Qi Ling and Yuan Bao from death.

Chang Feng.

You're making me dizzy by walking up and down.

They have to see Empress Dowager tomorrow. What should they do?

There's nothing we could do.

What should we do? What should we do?

What is it? Are you scared?

I'm not scared, but I'm worried about you.

Chang Feng, I'm not scared at all.

Since I met you after I ran away from the wedding

I've never regretted it.

This is a blessing from the gods.

My Lady, the horse carriage is ready.

Let's get ready to depart.

Where is Yuan Bao?

I haven't seen him since I woke up this morning.

- Mother. - Yuan Bao.

Where have you been?

I was up making preparations because we're going to the palace.

Let's get going now.

Madam Jin. This way, please.

Master Liu, this way, please.

- Wait for me out here. - Yes!

Liu Ru Yue, Jin Yuan Bao.

The two of you conspired to keep me in the dark about the swap of the brides.

That was an audacious crime.

All in all, this happened because of Yu Qi Ling's search for

her foster mother's biological son.

It all traces back to twenty years ago when you snatched away her child.

Your Highness is wise.

The deception and the swap of the brides

all happened because of my greed.

I should bear all the consequences of committing lese-majesty.

No matter what, Jin Yuan Bao is still the heir of General Jin.

You've managed Bureau of Weaponry for twenty some years.

Although you were just managing it as a guardian

we couldn't deny you of your contribution.

Only you, Yu Qi Ling

you committed lese-majesty and have no other merits.

You're right, Your Highness.

Please punish me, but do not blame my mother-in-law and Yuan Bao.

You don't have to say a word.

I know that you're close as a family.

You defend one another.

I'll give you two options.

First, you must all return to your original positions.

Jiang Xiao Xuan will still have to marry Jin Yuan Bao.

Yu Qi Ling could be the concubine.

We'll then forfeit the punishment for the swap of the brides.

That's impossible.

I will only marry Yu Qi Ling, no one else.

Second option. Come.

I bestow the poisonous wine

to Yu Qi Ling as her death sentence.

Your Highness! Auntie!

You mustn't!

Why couldn't I?

You have to pay a price for everything.

Moreover, I've already given you another option.

Your Highness, Yuan Bao and Qi Ling did commit lese-majesty.

But this accidental marriage turned out to be a true and loving one.

They will not part with each other.

Your Highness, you are the mother of all people.

We are all your children

and even more so, your people.

For the sake of their love and fidelity

please spare them just this once!

Moreover, Jiang Xiao Xuan desisted the imperial decree

and ran away from this marriage.

She is now blissfully in love with Physician Gu of our manor.

They are now engaged to be wed.

She has no other wishes.

All that she asks for is love.

If you bestow her to Yuan Bao

you'll destroy two young couples with your imperial decree.

So, judging from your words

at the mention of love

I can't punish you for committing lese-majesty.

Your Highness, we defiled the dignity of the imperial family.

How could we hope to walk away unscathed?

But I hope that you could grant me the selfish wish of a mother.

Please spare the two children.

As you have just concluded

this matter stemmed from twenty years ago when I stole the child.

I, Liu Ru Yue, am willing to sacrifice my life in exchange for theirs.

Don't, Mother!

Qi Ling!

Your Highness, you are right.

There's a price to pay for everything.

Since I married into Jin manor without knowing the severity of this matter

I should bear all the consequences.

But I could not agree to return to our original positions.

Be it for the sake of Jin Yuan Bao

or my bosom friend, Jiang Xiao Xuan

I cannot accept the first option that you offered us.

I... I'm willing to drink this poisonous wine.

Yuan Bao, what is your decision?

I will only marry Yu Qi Ling and no one else.

I won't ever marry Jiang Xiao Xuan.

I'm soft-hearted.

Hence, here is another option.

Yu Qi Ling, if you'd marry Liu Wen Zhao

I will spare your life.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness, I'd rather die than marry Liu Wen Zhao.

I caused all the problems in Jin manor.

I'm willing to take full responsibility.

Qi Ling!

Do you remember that we took an oath

to always trust in each other?

I do.

Trust me.

Be it in life or death

I will always be with you.

I won't let you be on your own.

I'll come looking for you very soon.

Yes.

Qi Ling!

Qi Ling!

Qi Ling...

How could I face your mother?

Qi Ling...

Yuan Bao...

Don't be sad.

I have no regrets.

And I'm not scared either...

Mother is waiting for me.

I won't be lonely.

I...

Yuan Bao... in this life

having met you and being married to you...

is the best thing to have happened to me.

Qi Ling...

I'll definitely come to keep you company.

This is also the happiest thing in my life.

Yuan Bao...

I can't bear to leave you... I'm sorry...

I'm sorry that I couldn't stay by your side anymore...

Don't...

You can't...

Qi Ling...

Qi Ling...

You're such a silly child...

Yu Qi Ling was punished on behalf of the both of you.

You may all leave now.

That's not necessary.

Please sentence us to death.

Jin Yuan Bao, don't assume that I can't bear to kill you.

Since you asked to be killed

I'll grant you your wish.

Guards!

The Jins defied the imperial decree and committed lese-majesty.

They are not to be pardoned!

Throw them into the imperial dungeon

and await the Grand Court to execute them!

Yes!

Get up.

- Move it. - Move.

Move it.

Liu Wen Zhao.

You have credit for reporting them to me.

If you haven't done so, I'd still be deceived by my niece.

You're the offspring of Liu family.

I'll hand the Bureau of Weaponry to you.

You must manage it systematically and orderly.

It can't be run poorer than the Jins did.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I'll definitely manage the bureau very well.

Your subordinate, Liu Wen Zhao, greets Your Highness.

Forgo the formalities.

Please get up quickly, Master Liu.

Congratulations.

Bureau of Weaponry will finally get a makeover.

After years of enduring hardships

Master Liu has finally fulfilled your wish.

Thank you. I should be the one to congratulate Your Highness

that the world will still eventually be yours.

I have planned this for years.

And the one useful element that has been missing is the Bureau of Weaponry.

I now have everything in order.

I can stage the uprising in three days' time.

Three days?

Of course.

I couldn't sit around doing nothing until Crown Prince takes the throne.

I'm already extremely impatient.

In three days' time

the soldiers from north of the city will rebel.

- By then... - By then

the military forces are unsteady outside the Capital

and refugees will swarm into the city.

I could make use of that opportunity

to barge into the palace to seize the emperor.

A just cause enjoys abundant support

while an unjust cause finds little support.

Crown Prince is so unpopular.

He hasn't even inherited the throne and there's already a rebellion.

How could that be any good?

My actions are for the interests of our country.

I have no choice but to uphold justice at the cost of my own family.

By then, I'd be addressing you as Your Majesty?

I congratulate you in advance, Your Majesty.

Master Liu, you're in charge of the city's armies and ammunition.

By then, you'd have to offer me assistance.

It's beneficial to the people and for my own interests, it brings me great wealth.

Why would I dare to disobey your orders?

Everything went smoothly today.

It must be because of Your Majesty's blessings.

But it has gone way too smoothly.

Empress Dowager was very decisive in giving out her death penalties.

But Madam Jin is after all her legitimate niece.

Her legitimate niece?

Because this legitimate niece

lied to her for twenty years, she must be killed for that.

Is it just because of that?

That's why you didn't go to the palace today

to keep an eye out for me?

I am just joking.

Your Majesty foretells like a prophet, so you must know that

Madam Jin won't come to a good end.

That was why you didn't make a trip to the palace for nothing?

Exactly.

If I had shown up for something as sure as a gun

it might have gone bad.

My grandmother is very cautious.

If I stood up for you without any reasons

I'll arouse her suspicions suddenly.

Am I right, Master Liu?

You're right, Your Highness. I have been foolish.

Your Highness still has great plans to carry out, so I won't bother you.

I'll head back to plan for the uprising in three days' time.

Sure, we'll signal with fireworks in three days' time.

I, Liu Ru Yue, am willing to bear all the consequences of the crimes.

Please let me take full responsibility alone and be punished for it.

Yours.

It's time for your meals.

Have your meal.

What are you doing?

- Damn it! Are you going to rebel? - Shut up.

Hand me the keys.

You wish!

Listen up. I'm locked in the imperial dungeon by Empress Dowager.

I'll die either way.

I don't mind taking another life with me.

If you want to stay alive for a couple more years

it's up to you.

Hand me the keys!

Take it.

Yuan Bao, what are you doing?

Mother, trust me.

I'll be back very soon.

You! Madam Jin has given us orders that

you aren't allowed into the manor.

Whoever is in my way will die.

You...

[Deceased Jin Qi Ling, nee Yu]

Liu Wen Zhao, you good-for-nothing scoundrel!

You're not welcome here! Get out now!

What are you doing here?

I'm here to pay respects to Qi Ling.

You're not welcome here.

Get lost!

Who are you to preach me?

I'm a friend of Jin family's young mistress, Yu Qi Ling

and Gu Chang Feng's fiancée.

Who are you to come here?

Because I'm the chief housekeeper of Jin manor.

Xiao Xuan!

Qi Ling, I'm here to offer my respects to you.

Liu Wen Zhao, you rascal.

You have no right to pay respects to her.

You killed her!

If I'd known that you're an ungrateful jerk

I should have strangled you to death when Madam Jin brought you home.

You killed Qi Ling! You have no right to pay respects to her!

Get lost!

Because you paid respects to Qi Ling today

I'll spare your lives.

There are still days ahead of us.

I'll see how you beg me.

Liu Wen Zhao! I'll wait to see how you die all alone!

No one will even collect your corpse for you!

Greetings to Empress Dowager.

I'm grateful to Auntie Lu Song for your assistance.

Take this with you

and you can use the soldiers in the army as well as Master Prefect's men.

There will be Second Prince's men in there as well.

You could win them over or kill all of them.

I'll leave it to you to make the final decision.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I won't waste this opportunity that you have bestowed upon me.

I won't let you down.

You have helped me clear up my doubts.

I finally have an answer to years and years of my speculation.

I just didn't expect the storm to be brewing up so soon.

Jin Yuan Bao...

It's make or break.

You only have three days.

Don't worry, Your Highness. I'll definitely do my best.

Your Highness, this is an extremely difficult task.

Could I see her one last time?

She is already dead.

Your calm state of mind will just be stirred up again at the sight of her.

What good will that do?

You just have to remember that

you only have three days.

I understand.

Place your bets!

- We've placed our bets! - Finalize your bets.

Place your bets! It's final.

Put your money in!

I want this!

This is just a lousy knife.

You dare to place your bet with it?

As the old rules go, don't bother placing a bet if you don't have money.

Lousy knife?

This was bestowed to me by a prestigious master.

This is a good knife.

But the wealth that it brings may be unpredictable.

Take them all down!

Don't move!

- You... - What are you doing?

Are you going to rebel?

Rebel?

What a huge crime that you're pinning on me.

That's too severe an accusation for me to accept.

You're gambling dice?

You probably won't get together if there isn't a game.

Did Second Prince only get a bunch of good for nothings?

Detective Jin, do you have that pattern?

Basically, it is this pattern.

Anyone with this pattern on them are the rebels.

Guards!

Present!

Detain these men as well as the rest of the soldiers.

Keep them in separate cells from other criminals.

Kill anyone who puts up a fight!

Yes!

Strip these guys right now!

Search their bodies for this pattern!

Yes!

What are you doing?

You... What are you doing?

Assistant Minister Wang as a crucial member of the Ministry of Appointments

how dare you work with Second Prince in attempt of a rebellion?

You stole from the national treasury

and exported prostitutes for him.

You infiltrated into the imperial court and leaked information to him.

Do you admit to these crimes?

You know that these are crimes that will wipe out your entire clan?

You're afraid to confess to it?

Unfortunately, Empress Dowager already has solid proof of your crimes.

Death is inevitable for you.

But Empress Dowager is a very sympathetic person.

I will give you one last chance.

If you agree to confess how Second Prince instructed you

to steal from the treasury and rally people to the cause

Her Highness might spare your life at her discretion.

How is that?

I plead for Her Highness's mercy!

[Bureau of Weaponry]

Stop right there!

You're not allowed in without a seal.

I'm the young master of Jin family, Jin Yuan Bao.

I don't have the seal.

Bureau of Weaponry is the result of my parents' twenty years of hardship.

I don't wish to attack it unnecessarily.

Assigned by Empress Dowager, I am here to seek out the moles.

Anyone who gets in my way will be killed.

Go in!

Please spare us! We're innocent!

Please spare us, Sir!

We're innocent, Sir!

Shut up!

We have solid proof.

How dare you assist Second Prince in his rebellion?

You aid and abet the evildoer!

What punishment do you deserve?

- Take them away. - Yes, Sir!

[Xuanwu Gate]

There's a defect in the imperial ways and rebellion arose in the north.

Everyone! Do you dare to seize this extreme wealth?

Follow me in getting rid of the evildoer, seize the emperor!

Crown Prince, why don't you step aside?

It's about time that I take your place.

This throne... I'm afraid that you won't have the chance to sit on it.

Is that so?

The army in the north is already within my control.

The Bureau of Weaponry is also packed with my men.

Crown Prince, you will soon be called the deposed Crown Prince.

I know that you've been after the throne for years.

Unfortunately, your wish won't come true.

You chose your own path.

Don't blame me for not taking our brotherly affection into consideration.

You're still so arrogant when on the verge of death.

My dear brother.

Listen up, you are done.

Is that so?

Why aren't there any reinforcements?

Where is that army you have in control in the north

and those officials who will support you once you gain control over us?

- Guards! - Present!

Please spare me, Empress Dowager!

Jin Yuan Bao, shouldn't you be in the imperial dungeon?

Empress Dowager, Crown Prince.

Second Prince's rebels are all in prison.

The soldiers who rebelled up north in the army are also arrested.

Assistant Minister Wang is willing to atone for his crimes.

Well done.

What about those men who barged into the palace with Second Prince?

Fortunately, I have not failed you.

I've arrested those who should be arrested.

Those who should surrender have also surrendered.

Where are my men?

Where is my army from the north?

Where is my Bureau of Weaponry?

Do you think that Jin family's Bureau of Weaponry could be taken over so easily?

You schemed and plotted to take over Bureau of Weaponry.

Then you intend to hold an uprising after you attain the bureau.

Unfortunately, you gave yourself away.

That couldn't be.

Did that villain Liu Wen Zhao tip off on me in secret?

Let me tell you, besides evil schemes

there are also order and righteousness.

Well said! Jin Yuan Bao, tell him.

So that my brother could understand how he lost this fight.

Yes, Your Highness.

Second Prince, Thousand Beauties Chamber is the first to give you away.

Think about this. A courtesan was capable of a huge human trafficking organization.

Moreover, most of these girls were sold into the palace.

I couldn't help but suspect that

this wasn't simply about making money.

The second time you gave yourself away was when my wife Yu Qi Ling

and I were pursued by assassins all the way for her homecoming.

There were quite a few who are skilled in marital arts.

These men couldn't be hired by just some common men.

They wanted to kill me.

But if they weren't after my money, then it must be because of Jin family.

And that time, Liu Wen Zhao came to our rescue.

That was in such a nick of time.

He was quick to silence those men who came to assassinate me.

It must be that it was hard for him to report back to you.

Liu Wen Zhao, that bastard.

He was like a rat looking in both directions.

I've long suspected that he only complied in appearance.

Someone like you could only have men who are shilly-shally.

The third time you gave yourself away was because of Xi Er.

Who is Xi Er?

Look at you. As Second Prince

you've always wanted to seize the throne

so you disregarded a maid like Xi Er.

Of course, she is like an ant to you.

I remember that on the day of my mother's birthday

you stayed overnight in Jin manor and our maid Xi Er went missing.

She was later found strangled and dumped in the river.

It was a pity that Liu Wen Zhao was too flustered when he killed her.

He didn't even notice that she had pulled off his ring.

Moreover, you and Liu Wen Zhao were the only ones in the inner hall.

I suspect that Xi Er accidentally overheard the plot that

you and Liu Wen Zhao were scheming.

A lowly maid's death is nothing.

Shut up!

She's not a lowly maid!

She had parents just like you do.

There are those who cried for her death.

Could a lowly maid be compared to a prince like me?

Second brother!

You have no love for our people.

Do you expect them to support you and be loyal to you?

You? You're still preaching me?

We're both children of the imperial family.

How righteous could you be?

You only believe in secret schemes and plotting.

That is why in the end, all you can rely on is a fence-sitter like Liu Wen Zhao.

By the way, you're here to seize the emperor today.

Why isn't he here by your side?

He is but a dog.

All you relied on is a detective. How glorious is that?

You're right. I am but a detective.

But according to the laws of Great Ming dynasty

I punish the evildoers and reward the good.

I've never done anything shameful.

Unlike you. You've done so many unspeakable deeds.

Yes, I know that you despise detectives.

But it is because of a small detective like me

that made you give yourself away a little by little.

Well said!

You're indeed the best detective in the Capital.

Madam Jin has truly brought her son up very well.

Second brother, this throne that you sought after

not only represents authority, massive slaughter

but also responsibility and compassion.

You won't understand any of that even in death!

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