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♪ I walk across the mountains with elegant footsteps ♪

♪ How much time has passed unknowingly ♪

♪ There's loneliness hidden behind your smile ♪

♪ I'm unable to guess the fire in the water ♪

♪ I'm afraid my youth fades with the wind ♪

♪ Searching the cause and ignoring the results ♪

♪ Asked where I'm from and where I'll be going ♪

♪ I can't say nor can I escape from myself that I don't know about ♪

♪ Who am I in the past ♪

♪ Who will recognise my face ♪

♪ The person that you know ♪

♪ Is it even me and who am I living for ♪

Maiden Holmes

Episode 25

We found those maids

upon arriving at the temple.

After checking their pulse,

I realized that

they weren't expelled from the palace

because they were sick.

We got it right.

Brother Xie,

what's wrong with you?

You're so weird.

Are you all right, Brother Xie?

He's fine

Rushuang, do you find out

what poisoned them?

It's a chronic poison.

The palms of these maids

got swollen all of a sudden and

failed to be cured.

So they were expelled from the palace.

Seven years later,

most of their palms

have deformed.

They only got palms deformed after being poisoned.

But the late emperor

died of a sudden death.

It's different from the chronic poisoning symptoms of

those maids.

So I think

someone must have used some catalytic agent.

So it speeded up the poisoning.

Can you be sure of that?

I need a little bit more time.

As long as I can find out the poison,

I'll find the catalytic agent.

That's great!

Brother Xie,

what's wrong with you today?

Two days ago, you looked sad and gloomy.

And you're laughing happily today.

Has something good happened?

Tell us.

Little Fei Yuan,

nothing good happened.

I don't know why

I just can't help laughing.

You looked so gloomy recently,

and I wanted to make you happy.

So I gave you a little bit of laughing medicine.

Laughing medicine?

Sister Rushuang, you're awesome.

You can even make such rare drug.

Rushuang,

give me the antidote.

I laugh too much

that my belly hurts right now.

Okay.

I can give you the antidote.

But you must promise me that

you won't be sad and gloomy again.

You must be happy like you always do.

Rushuang, I promise you.

Please give me the antidote now.

All right. I'll give it to you.

The antidote is on the desk in my room.

It's in a white bottle.

Drink it and you'll be fine.

Okay.

Keep chatting and I'll get the antidote.

It's been a long time since

we heard him laughing open-heartedly.

Brother Pei, Sister Su,

has he spoken to you

about anything recently?

What's wrong?

I'm not sure what's wrong with him.

I just feel that he's been avoiding me recently.

It seems like something is bothering him.

Did you talk to him about it?

I did.

But he didn't answer my questions.

I don't know why he is avoiding me.

It seems like he doesn't want me to know about it.

Rushuang,

everyone has their own secret.

Just like me. I had a secret too.

You should give him some time.

I know.

So I'm not forcing him to tell me.

I just want to be by his side

and make him happy.

When he gets over,

he'll tell me.

The maids were poisoned by

something called

Fei Yue, a rare chronic poison.

It can be catalyzed by Bletilla.

We normally use Bletilla with the herbs that help invigorate blood.

I've asked Imperial Physician Zhang to

list the prescriptions that the late emperor

took when he's alive.

Bletilla wasn't in this list.

Are there any other catalytic agents?

Let me look into all these herbs.

You're not coming with me?

I've got other things to do.

Bletilla should be the catalyst.

But why it was not included

in the prescriptions?

Ms. Rushuang,

Hi, Sir.

what kind of herbs are you looking for today?

Are there any new herbs lately?

Yes. We've just got a new batch. Please come and take a look.

See.

Let me have a look.

Help yourself.

Just let me know if you want anything,

I'll pack it for you. -Thank you.

Sir,

I need two taels of Magnolia Ginseng.

All right. Please wait for a second.

-Sir. -Yes.

That's not what this gentleman asked for.

Yes, it is.

He asked for some Bletilla.

Didn't he say Magnolia Ginseng?

Magnolia Ginseng is Bletilla.

How can they be the same?

Magnolia Ginseng looks like ginseng.

Besides that, it belongs to Magnoliaceae.

The elderly

used to call it Magnolia Ginseng.

But the name has changed.

Here you go.

Right. Magnolia Ginseng is Bletilla.

It's the catalyst.

Yes.

It's Bletilla.

Bletilla is harmless itself.

But the late emperor

had got chronic poison.

So...

Who gave this tonic to the late emperor?

The Empress Dowager.

Her Highness was very closed to the late emperor.

I knew it.

So

it can't be her who poisoned the late emperor.

Well then,

could it be that someone took advantage of her

to present the tonic?

Don't worry.

I'll find what she might know.

Maybe I'll get the answer.

You want some tonics?

Yes.

I got many injuries

in the battles years ago.

So I thought

to take some tonics to be stronger.

Yeah.

You're not young anymore.

You should take care of your body,

and get your own children.

I remember when the late emperor was still alive,

he often took tonics.

So I thought you might knew about it.

The tonic your father took

was indeed recommended by me.

But it was presented by the imperial physicians.

But I can't recall

the details of the prescription now.

I remember father once told me that

the tonic he took

three times a day was really effective.

He felt so energetic after having it.

And he felt he was getting younger.

But who knew that

he was poisoned to death not long after that.

Yeah.

Speaking of the tonic, Princess Consort Yun

did make a lot of efforts in finding it.

It's Princess Consort Yun who presented the tonic.

What are you going to do?

I'm gonna to report the grievance

to His Majesty.

It was Prince Yun.

He was the one who ordered to poison the clothing,

and took advantage of his wife to present the tonic.

It's he who killed the late emperor,

and framed the entire Bai Liang Clan.

Calm down.

With his power and authority

in the court,

we can't bring him down

mere with the letters

and our inference on the case.

So we're just letting him break the law with impunity.

The late emperor,

my parents,

the entire Bai Liang Clan,

as well as

the warriors sacrificed in the Battle of Honggu

could not die for nothing.

Instead of acting recklessly

and making him alert,

we should try to get the solid evidence

and expose his conspiracy to the public.

Do you have any ideas?

I'll figure it out.

Rushuang,

what are you doing?

I'm doing an experiment.

What experiment?

What kind of experiment that needs to use so many pieces of cloth?

That's all thanks to the idot Xie Beiming.

I told him that

I just needed only one type.

Yet he got so many.

I was thinking that after the experiment,

the rest could be used to make new clothes for Rushuang.

I bought them

from the best cloth store in the capital.

That's great.

We can make some new clothes.

Sister Su,

pick one for yourself.

I think this one suits you.

Right?

Brother Xie, do I look good in this?

Awesome.

You look good in everything.

By the way.

They told me that's the best.

It's the closest to Bai Liang brocade.

Brother Su,

I can get you some

if you like it.

It's Bai Liang brocade.

Are you sure?

Bai Liang Clan would never teach outsiders

about their brocade weaving technique.

Could it be...

Where did you get this?

Jinxiu Silk Shop Sir, please take a look at this.

Is this brocade from your store?

I imported it from somewhere else.

You've got quite good taste.

The brocade in your hand

is the last piece in my store.

Where did you get it?

Miss,

are you trying to compete with me?

It's hard to get brocade with such quality.

And they don't produce much

or at stable frequency.

I can't tell you for nothing.

Where exactly did you get the brocade?

Tell us.

I got it from the Xu family in Nanxun.

Tea house

Here's the tea.

The steamed bun will be served shortly.

Nanxun Town You may leave us.

There's quite a number of

people left the town today.

Yeah.

I'd leave too

if we don't own

a huge mulberry orchard.

Hey, guys.

Why are there so many people leaving the town?

There's an outbreak of plague in the town.

An outbreak of plague?

Will we get infected?

Little Fei Yuan, I'm here. What are you afraid of?

It's the Xu family.

They got cursed by the silkworm empress.

And now everyone in town has to suffer.

I agree.

The Xu Family...

Hey, guys.

Are you talking about the Xu Family, the silk merchant?

Yes.

Are you here to buy some silk?

You'd better not.

Have you guys heard about this?

The silkworm empress statue caught fire

in the celebration two days ago.

The next day,

one of the staff in the Xu family

was found dead in the silkworm house

with his head being wrapped in white cloth just like a cocoon.

The murderer was so cold-blooded.

He wrapped the victim into a cocoon.

Bill, please.

No one murdered the staff.

That was the punishment from silkworm empress.

Why was the Xu family

punished by the silkworm empress?

That's a long story.

In Nanxun Town,

almost every household is involved in silk reeling business.

Some of us even produce brocade.

We all are blessed by the silkworm empress.

The rich families will compete to hold a celebration

for the silkworm empress in the town every year.

Praying that they'll have a great and prosperous year ahead.

The Xu family finally got the chance to hold that celebration this year.

But the tragedy happened.

They're so unlucky.

The Xu family has prospered for seven years.

It's about time.

Seven years?

You siad the Xu family has prospered for seven years.

What happened seven years ago

leaving you such deep impression?

Seven years ago,

the Xu family mastered a very complicated

brocade weaving technique out of nowhere.

Ever since then,

they beat the Sun family

and became the biggest silk merchant in town.

Sir,

do you know who in the Xu family

mastered this brocade weaving technique?

Lady Xu.

We all suspect that

Lady Xu

must have traded with the silkworm empress

to learn such great technique.

Otherwise,

why did she die

when the Xu family was in the prime?

She is dead?

A trade is a trade.

They'd have to

pay it one day.

You guys are talking nonsense.

It's true.

After Lady Xu passed away,

the Xu family could still hold up.

But none of their staff

could produce high-quality brocade like Lady Xu.

And their business went downhill.

But some people said that

she was killed by the concubine.

Who knows.

Did she marry Master Xu seven years ago?

No.

She came from Nanxun Town.

Brother Pei, look at the woman over there.

Is she going to jump into the river?

Oh no!

Somebody was jumping into the river.

Nanxun Hotel

Miss, you're finally awake.

How do you feel?

Am I...

Am I dead?

If you're dead,

then we're all ghosts.

We wouldn't sit and see

you kill yourself, would we?

Why did you save me?

Miss,

is there something bad happened to you

that makes you want to commit suicide?

My father forced me to marry Sun Bo.

I didn't want it.

They wouldn't listen to me.

They forced me.

Although marriage is supposed to be

arranged by our parents,

our will is important too.

How could he force you to marry someone?

Sun Bo is after

my family's wealth.

He kept coming to my house to trouble us.

If he's after your family's wealth,

Why would your father

force you to marry him?

My family

held a celebration few days ago.

Something went wrong in that celebration.

Sun Bo took this chance

to stir up the hatred among the people in the town

to fight against my father.

My dad had no choice.

You're the daughter of the Xu Family?

Yes.

I'm the eldest daughter.

Ms. Xu,

can you tell us what happened

during the celebration?

It's our turn this year to

hold the celebration for the silkworm empress.

My father paid so much attention to this.

We prepared for the celebration months ago.

My father told me that

it's one of the biggest celebrations in town.

It has to be a success.

My father booked the entire tea house

this morning,

so that we can watch the celebration from here.

We can see everything clearly,

in this quiet environment.

Your father is so good to you.

Look, it's the silkworm empress.

It's the silkworm empress.

Let's go and take a look.

It catches fire.

It catches fire. Why is this happening?

Help! Be careful!

Move!

You...

What do you want to do?

Everyone in town knows that

your family have screwed up the celebration.

That's right.

And now there's an outbreak of plague in town.

Yeah.

What are you going to do to stop all these?

What are you going to do? -Tell us!

How could you say that

we brought all these to the town?

Maybe one of you

insulted the silkworm empress.

Xu Mengchang,

if it's not you,

how come one of your staff, He Da

was killed in the silkworm house?

Yeah.

That's enough.

Or else,

I'll sue you.

How dare you?

We shouldn't let him off the hook.

Stop it.

Give us an explanation.

Calm down, everyone.

Master Sun is coming.

-Master Sun. -Calm down.

Master Sun, please say something.

Master Xu,

come with me.

Come with me.

Please calm down, everyone.

Master Sun is here to help us.

Master Xu,

have you thought about the suggestion

that I gave you the other day?

If I can marry Qingmei,

you'll be my father-in-law and I'll definitely help you.

Sun Bo,

I know that you're after

our silkworm rearing technique for a long time.

Tell me.

Did you kill my staff?

Master Xu,

please don't make any accusations

when you have no proof.

I'm here to help you.

I can't stop them

from making a big fuss

if you don't give me your daughter.

Besides,

Xu Qingmei is the daughter of your late wife.

And you don't like her.

Give her to me.

And you won't have to see her again.

And we'll be a family.

Master Xu,

it's win-win.

Your father is so cruel.

No parents will harm their child.

And he forced you to marry Sun Bo just to settle the riot.

My mother...

My mother passed away a long time ago.

No wonder your father favors your younger sister

and pushes you to hell.

They've been treating me like this

for so many years.

I'm used to it.

Ms. Xu,

you said the statue caught fire out of nowhere.

What happened?

I don't know.

It happened in a flash.

It caught fire when everyone was watching.

It's like magic.

That staff who was killed...

He Da.

Yes.

When did he die?

How did he die?

He died on the day

when the celebration was held.

His body looked very strange.

Everyone in the town said that

he was punished by the silkworm empress.

Did he

have any enemies?

I don't think so.

What were your family doing

when He Da was killed?

I was with madam during the celebration.

After the fire incident,

something happened on our way home.

So we got home late.

It was already afternoon when we're home.

My father and the others got home

earlier than me and madam.

Ms. Xu, take a good rest.

Don't think about this anymore.

Here you go, Sir.

Morgue The piece of silver is for you.

All right. Please follow me.

Sir,

do you know about the details on He Da's murder?

You'd better

not to look into the case.

He's not killed by human being.

On the 10th day of the 9th month in lunar calendar,

we found his body

at the silkworm house in the Xu family's residence.

His head was wrapped into a cocoon.

No wound was on his body.

It's strange, isn't it?

It must be the punishment

from the silkworm empress.

That day

was also celebration day, right?

You're right.

He had been staying in the silkworm house for half a month

to look after the silkworm larvae.

This is one of the rules here.

And that date

was the third hibernation period of the silkworms.

The date can't be wronged.

It's stated on He Da's record.

What do you mean by third hibernation period?

All of silkworms in our town

produce cocoons only after the 4th hibernation period.

The time is fixed.

Have any officers looked into the suspects?

Yes.

But,

it's really not like done by human.

He Da had no family.

They simply processed his body

and sent it to the morgue.

His body is in this coffin.

You guys can come and take a look.

How's it?

Did you see anything strange?

His face had turned purple.

No physical wound was on his body.

He was suffocated to death.

Sir,

who sent his body here?

Mr. and Master Xu reported to the government.

But I'm not sure who found the body.

By the way.

What's left of the burnt silkworm empress statue?

It was burnt to ashes.

Nothing was left.

We couldn't find any clues on the body.

Let's pay a visit to the Xu family.

Sister Su,

I'm not going with you all.

I want to find the source of the plague

so that I could find a cure for it as soon as possible.

All right.

See you.

I'll...

You must stay by my side.

Please be careful.

Let's go.

It's urgent.

Let's go to the Xu family.

Are you planning to go wearing this?

What's wrong with my outfit?

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Please come again.

Sure.

How can I help you?

Dear,

just take a look around.

See if there's anything that you like.

We come from the capital.

We've heard that Nanxun Town is known for its silk.

So we thought to buy some shops here

for our satin business.

Do you have any recommendation?

The Xu family is one of the biggest satin stores here.

They own some shops and property too.

I think they're putting their business

on sale now.

Why's that?

Master Xu was interested in

a high-quality Hetian Jade in my store.

He even paid the down payment for it.

But he didn't come to get it for so many days.

And they got into troubles recently.

I think they've got some problems with their cash flow.

Can I have a look at the Hetian jade?

Sure.

Sir,

here is the jade.

It's as white as snow.

It's refined.

And the structure looks good.

It's pretty good.

Do you like it?

What do you think?

I've never given you any gifts before.

I'll buy this jade for you.

How much is this jade?

It's cheap.

Only 100 taels.

100 taels!

And you say it's cheap?!

Sir,

It's fine, dear.

What...

You can keep your savings

to buy some make-up.

It's too expensive.

It's good enough you're thinking of buying me gifts.

Welcome.

Hi.

Why did you buy the jade?

Dear,

you can buy what you like in the future.

I can afford it.

No.

It's too expensive.

Sir.

All right. I'm just joking with you.

I need this to solve the case.

To solve the case?

Come on.

We need to get some new clothes.

Hold on.

Why do we have to get new clothes?

We're going to visit the Xu family, right?

Those are our props.

Why we need props?

Please queue up and wait. Everyone has a chance.

Rushuang, everything is ready.

I've spoken to the shopkeeper.

He agreed to let me

use all the herbs in the store for free.

All I have to do is

to examine their symptoms and find the similarities among them.

Then I should be able to find the solutions.

All right.

Let me do it, Rushuang.

Let me get you a bandage.

Rushuang,

I'm fine. It's just a minor cut.

I'm fine.

No.

We don't know how the disease spread?

We must be careful.

Rushuang,

I'm

not afraid to die.

Stop talking nonsense.

How do I survive if you die?

Rushuang,

You're so good.

I'm not worth it.

Later, let me talking with them.

You observe and see if there's anything strange.

Okay.

Xu Mansion Here we are.

Let's go.

Go.

Master,

What's it?

A gentleman is waiting to see you.

He told me that...

I'm not going to meet anyone.

This is a critical time.

How can you let strangers

come in to our mansion?

The man comes with his wife.

And it seems like they're rich.

He told me that he's here to do business with us.

Really?

Hurry up.

Invite them to the living room.

Please drink some tea.

I come from the capital.

I heard that you're selling your property.

So I thought I should come and talk to you about it.

I'm getting old.

And I don't have a son.

Our family owns a lot of property.

I can't pass all these to my daughter, can I?

So I thought it's better to sell it to someone else.

How much property do you own?

We have 2 shops,

57 acres of mulberry orchard

and 3 silkworm houses.

To be frank,

my family owns a few shops in the capital,

doing trades with the Purchasing Bureau in the palace.

We've been supplying satin to the palace all these years.

But we cannot always get high-quality satin.

So the elderly have decided

to acquire a satin company.

So we don't have to travel around for good satin.

That's why

we're here.

You've come to the right place.

To be honest.

our technique in silkworm breeding,

silk reeling and brocade weaving is unique.

Unique?

Well.

How about the Sun family?

Their brocade

is nowhere near ours.

My late wife mastered

a unique brocade weaving technique seven years ago.

No one in Nanxun knew the technique except her.

Well, you've got me

curious about it.

Can we take a look at the brocade

that you produce?

Sure.

Sure.

Is anybody there?

Master.

Get our high-quality brocade.

You can leave us now.

All right.

It's the Bai Liang brocade.

The brocade is indeed of good quality.

But...

Master Xu,

the brocade weaving technique that you used

is similar to Bai Liang's brocade weaving technique.

Well...

Sir,

that's nonsense.

Dear,

the Bai Liang Clan broke the law,

and the entire clan was given the death-sentence.

Anyone related was questioned.

Your wild guess

will put Master Xu in danger.

That's right.

You're right.

I'm sorry for all that, Master Xu.

That's fine.

I was too excited just now.

I've been supplying brocade to the palace these few years.

I can't help but

to compare your brocade with Bai Ling brocade

because they're very similar.

I've heard the Bai Liang Clan never gave out their technique.

And the entire clan was sentenced to death.

It doesn't make sense

if they're the same.

You're right.

I'm curious that

how you've got such unique technique.

Where did your late wife learn this technique from?

Well...

I really don't know about this.

My late wife locked herself up for half a month.

And after that,

she mastered it all of a sudden.

Did your late wife have contact with

anyone before she locked herself up?

Master, the celebration has turned into a disaster.

Is...

Is the silkworm empress punishing us?

What are you afraid of?

Look at how He Da died.

Shut up.

There's an outbreak of plague in the town.

Everyone is blaming us for it.

How are we going to live in this town.

It's all because of Sun Bo.

Sun Bo took this chance to stir up the hatred

He did all that because

he's after my family's wealth.

And Qing Mei is so stubborn.

What she has to do is marry Sun Bo

and all would get over.

And now she has gone missing.

What should we do

if Sun Bo comes to cause trouble?

Yes.

We should find a solution.

No.

Master,

are you going to let Sun Bo marry Bingjie?

Father, Mother,

I'm still young.

I don't want to leave you.

No.

How could I let Sun Bo marry you.

Now,

if someone can acquire our property,

we'll leave this place.

That's a good option.

Look at our situation.

Who else will acquire our property

besides Sun Bo who is after our wealth?

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♪ Feeling lonely and left out ♪

♪ The whimpering of the flute and the faraway star ♪

♪ I don't know when I'll return as long as my travel goes on ♪

♪ I dream of coming back every night ♪

♪ Through the rain and dust ♪

♪ A deep love I feel for you ♪

♪ Looking at the vast lands and sighing out of loneliness ♪

♪ Where can I go to find you ♪

♪ A promise for life from both of us ♪

♪ After many separations and gatherings ♪

♪ I will never disappoint you when we meet again ♪

♪ For life ♪