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I misunderstood His Highness.

He checked on my family background,

because he wanted me to work for him.

And I finally knew who my mother was.

Fate is such a fantastic thing.

I never expected to meet such a good man like His Highness

in the Coroner Qualification Test.

Life had mercy on me

so that I managed to meet her.

Did His Majesty dream that

the late emperor’s son Duke Chang came back to life

and would take back the throne?

Don’t talk nonsense.

Go. Go get some tea.

I’m the lineal son of Emperor Wuzong.

You’re simply my father’s uncle.

If you didn’t pretend to be insane

and let eunuchs kill my families,

you wouldn’t have taken the throne.

I’m doomed to be the emperor.

The Imperial Coroner

Episode 14

Antique Store Manager, a letter from His Highness.

The fish

rose

to

the bait.

The fish rose to the bait. Stand by.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, please enjoy some tea.

Qin Luan.

Here.

There’re rumors in the Palace

about the late emperor’s son Duke Chang.

Have you heard about that?

Your Majesty, like you said,

they’re mere rumors.

Ignorant men are wrongly informed.

Don’t bother to trust them.

Ignorant men?

Censors reported to me about it.

Are my censors

also ignorant men?

All sons of the late emperor died.

It’s been recorded in the genealogy.

Nothing will go wrong.

It’s ridiculous to say that Duke Chang is still alive.

If it becomes a serious problem,

our state may be harmed.

Nothing comes out of nothing.

Who would make an issue

of a long-gone duke?

Qin Luan.

Here.

You served three emperors.

I make you the Acting Chief Eunuch,

because I believe that

you can take care of everything in the Palace.

When I assign you to figure out

where such rumors came from

and who started them,

this isn’t tough job, is it?

Your Majesty, I’ll do my best

and not to disappoint you.

Guanling Yamen

General Xiao, I’m on my way to see you.

Lend me some soldiers.

It’s getting dark. Why do you want them?

His Highness hides a dead man in the Chu Family.

He wants to get the body here.

Why are you in the official costume?

You were recognized?

What? Li Zhang was back to his mansion.

Let’s talk about it later.

Lend me some soldiers, first.

How can you do it secretly like this?

Doing it secretly means

not letting people know about the dead man,

instead of seeing me.

You were with His Highness last night.

Do you know who the dead man is?

Well,

it’s hard to explain.

Ask him yourself.

Then what are you coming for?

To get some medicine for Jinyu

and see how it is going with you.

We must get Jinyu to live in Yamen as soon as possible.

He should no longer live in Chu Chu’s home.

Why?

It’s hard to explain.

Leng Yue told me that

Chu Chu annoyed His Highness.

It’s...

Hard to explain again?

Yes.

I simply left His Highness for one day

and so many things happened?

You four, work for Vice Minister Jing.

Yes!

Anybody in?

My Lord.

Is Miss Chu Chu in?

Yes. Yes.

Chu Chu? Chu Chu!

Come down.

Father.

Greetings, Your Highness.

You may rise.

What do you come for?

I want to borrow something from the Chu Family,

for some business.

What business?

General Xiao’s subordinates captured a bandit.

Unexpectedly, they fought hard

and accidentally killed him.

We need to take his corpse back for inspection,

but we might ruin him on the slippery road after the rain.

I hear that the Chu Family sell coffins.

I’d like to borrow one.

May I?

Yes. Yes.

We have coffins available.

Let me take him there.

Please stay, Sir.

Let Chu Chu take them there.

No matter which one they pick,

I’ll pay according to the fixed price.

Don’t bother to pay.

We’re coroners.

It’s our duty to work for officials.

It’s generous of you, Sir.

Chu Chu,

let’s go back to Yamen with Jing Yi

and take care of the bandit thing.

Yes.

I’m sorry!

I’m sorry, Your Highness!

I’m sorry, Your Highness!

Last night, I was drunk

and I overslept.

Your... Your Highness...

This is Commandery Prince An.

I’m Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.

But, but...

But yesterday...

Yesterday...

Yesterday, you and Prefect Li greeted me

without recognizing me.

I didn’t say anything.

Greetings,

Your Highness.

It’s just misunderstanding.

Don’t bother about it.

You may rise.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness,

the coffin...?

Well,

it’s a bandit

General Xiao’s subordinate killed.

We brought the corpse back in a coffin from the Chu Family.

Ask no questions about this issue.

I’ll have it handled.

I’m sorry.

I had weak governance in Guanling County,

so that you were disturbed by bandits.

Please punish me.

It takes a long time to annihilate bandits.

Just work hard on it.

Yes. Yes.

I’ve got something else to do.

Magistrate Zheng,

could you take me to the archive?

Ar... archive?

What? We can’t go?

You... you can.

This way, please, Your Highness!

Guanling Yamen

Archive

This way, please.

Come in, please.

Your Highness, this is our archive.

This way, please.

Where’s the household register?

Your Highness,

these are local household registers.

Find out the household register of the Xu Family.

The Xu Family?

It was a big family

that moved away years ago.

Your Highness, do you mean the Xu Family

where Deputy Magistrate Tan lived?

Deputy Magistrate lived there?

Your Highness,

his father Tan Hong was the butler,

working for the Xu Family.

After they moved away,

the Tan Family lived in the old mansion

to take care of it.

Is this family you’re looking for?

Yes.

Please wait, Your Highness.

Please review it.

Household register of the Xu Family

Xu Zongfang, unknown. Lady Liu, unknown.

Why is there only the record

of Xu Zongfang and his wife?

What about his ancestors?

Does he have siblings?

Where did he move to?

Why isn’t there any record?

Please don’t get angry, Your Highness.

I’m not too lazy to make records.

Before I took up my post,

the archive had been in fire.

Nearly all files were burned.

I made up all the files

you’re reading.

There’re some omissions, without doubt.

I’m telling the truth.

I don’t dare to lie.

Do you remember

when the fire was on?

I didn’t know.

I was on my way to this county.

I simply knew the previous magistrate left.

I guess the fired happened after he left

and before I came.

I see.

Thank you.

You’re welcome, Your Highness.

Get back to your business.

Yes.

Isn’t she Chu Chu?

Why is she staying with His Highness?

Archive

-Your Highness. -Your Highness.

Your Highness, are we going to the Xu Family

and ask Butler Tan?

It’s not time to go yet.

Who else can we ask, then?

Deputy Magistrate Tan?

I want to ask someone

before the Tan Family.

But I need your permission.

I permit.

Go wherever you want.

I permit.

I don’t mean going somewhere.

I mean seeing someone with your permission.

Who?

Your mother Lady Xu.

You... you mean?

Open her coffin.

The fire in the archive was quite odd.

It happened between the shifts of two magistrates,

also after the Xu Family moved away.

It may have something to do with them.

Your Highness,

do you suspect

my mother didn’t kill herself?

I don’t know yet.

So, we shouldn’t visit the Xu’s Mansion first.

In the coffin

are your mother’s remains and corpse.

Tan Hong may lie.

But your mother will not, right?

I agree.

But Your Highness,

may I inspect my mother’s corpse?

I assure you that

I’ll inspect her corpse

as I do to other bodies.

All right. You can do that.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Tomorrow, I’ll ask my men

to prepare some necessary things.

You can get ready, too.

Brother, where have you been?

You didn’t come back for dinner.

Did you have it out there?

Yes.

I had dinner with Jing Yi in Yamen.

Magistrate Zheng is quite clingy.

I know you like to be quiet.

I didn’t invite you, then.

Did Chu He tell you something?

Chu He?

No.

What would he tell me?

He...

It’s hard to explain.

I’ll tell you later.

What?

I’m used to a casual life in the army.

But you love to be clean.

If I don’t have a bath,

I’m afraid you can’t fall asleep.

Brother, don’t feel restrained for me.

I don’t.

I feel comfortable as long as you do.

Go to sleep. I’ll be back after a bath.

All right.

Brother, may I use

some of your soldiers tomorrow?

Sure. What for?

You’ll know tomorrow.

Jinyu,

did you ask Leng Yue to keep an eye on Jing Yi?

Leng Yue’s keeping an eye on Jing Yi?

Yeah.

Before I came back,

I saw Leng Yue peeking furtively

outside Jing Yi’s room.

I thought you asked her to do that

and I didn’t stop her.

What are they up to?

What? You didn’t ask her to do that?

Then why did she peek at Jing Yi?

I guess Leng Yue came with me,

under my mother’s order.

I think Mother is vigilant about Chu Chu

and she asked Leng Yue to keep an eye on her

because Leng Yue’s also a girl.

Leng Yue was with Chu Chu all the way here

and never let Chu Chu stay out of sight.

Now, she’s keeping an eye on Jing Yi,

instead of Chu Chu.

She possibly does it, because of Chu Chu, too.

Leng Yue...

But it looks like

Miss Chu has nothing to do

with the Jing Family.

Vice Minister Jing.

Greetings, Vice Minister Jing.

Deputy Magistrate Tan, it’s you?

When I was in the capital for the civil exam,

Senior Jing helped me.

I’d like to work for your family.

Send the two drawings back to the capital.

Rest assured.

I’ll have them sent as soon as possible.

Jing Yi.

Jing Yi!

Why are you here?

Why are you in such a desolate place

in the middle of night?

I saw a man behaving furtively

at the gate of Yamen.

Then I followed him.

But he was gone when he came here.

Did you see someone

when you came?

No.

You really followed someone here?

Or what?

I thought you came out in the middle of night

to flirt with some girl.

It’s such a desolate place.

What girl can I flirt with?

What did you say?

Nothing.

I mean

I shouldn’t flirt with any girl.

All right. It’s too late.

Let’s get back for sleep.

General Xiao. Your Highness.

Anything unusual?

General Xiao, nothing is unusual.

Only nearby people come to have a look.

As ordered,

we told them that

the mansion’s wall collapsed because it had been in long disrepair,

and we guarded this place

in case people got hurt.

Good job.

Last time, we didn’t check carefully in the middle of night.

Now that

Father left this place willingly

and left a corpse,

there must be something else in this room.

You wanted to borrow soldiers

to search this room?

No.

You mustn’t come in!

Let me in. I come to see His Highness!

General Xiao ordered that

no one could come in,

without the permission from him or His Highness.

Let her in.

Let her in!

Yes!

What’s the rush?

What happened?

Nothing. Nothing.

When I woke up this morning,

I didn’t see you.

I... I thought...

You thought I broke my promise

and took another coroner to open the coffin,

instead of you?

Your Highness, it’s not that I don’t trust you.

I just... I just...

I’m sorry.

What coffin?

Everything’s still in preparation.

Brother, you’ll know later.

Are you looking for Sir Witch Doctor?

Has the room remained the same

since he left?

Yes.

So, Sir Witch Doctor never planned

to come back again.

No matter where he has gone,

I will find him.

What will we do now?

Look around for some clues.

Chu Chu, Brother,

don’t take it as a job.

Based on how much you know him,

look for anything

that may be related to him

or about his whereabouts.

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Brother.

What’s this?

It’s...

Chess!

Chess?

Baoying Chess.

It was quite popular in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

You can call it Chess.

Chess?

Elephant

Chu Chu, did you see this before?

I saw Sir Witch Doctor

polishing the stones.

But there weren’t any characters

on the stones.

Did he teach you to play chess?

No.

Brother, when you searched the room,

did you see anything like a chessboard?

No.

Brother.

Here it is!

It’s flexible.

Let me try.

Chess book

It’s... it’s like an end-game.

Brother, let’s try it.

End-game

I simply asked for one-day sick leave,

but you caught me home.

If it weren’t for complicated business in the Ministry of War

and I didn’t know what to do,

I wouldn’t dare to come and disturb you.

When you first work in the Ministry of War,

you get bullied with a reason.

When you want to apply strict measures,

they also want to deflate you.

You’re Commandery Prince An’s teacher

and my disciple.

It makes sense when they fear you.

Speaking of Commandery Prince An,

since he gave me the copper coin,

he hasn’t contacted me again.

I’m really worried.

But I don’t dare to send him a letter, without consideration.

I win.

What... what does it mean?

I don’t understand, either.

Is there any clue?

Well,

I’ll try again with the white chessman.

All right.

Commandery Prince An is always considerate.

When there’s no news,

it means good news.

In the court, no one is better than him

in solving criminal cases.

He’ll solve the illegal coin case

sooner or later.

I worry that

he hasn’t reported this case yet.

Considering his temper,

I’m afraid he’ll make trouble.

I win.

I’ve never improved my skill in playing chess.

Sorry, Sir.

You don’t have poor skills.

You simply worry too much.

You should give up unnecessary concerns.

Or when you’re lost in worries,

you’ll lose more than gain.

I’ll keep that in mind, Sir.

It’s getting late.

I’ll leave you alone.

It’s a draw.

No one wins or loses?

Yes.

Jinyu, what does it mean?

Rook

Knight

Elephant

Pawn

Rook, Knight, Elephant, Pawn

What are you doing?

When the last game ended,

these four chessmen were in the same four squares.

What have you got?

Father wouldn’t take trouble

to leave a useless end-game

without a reason.

There must be some secret I haven’t figured out yet.

Your Highness,

everything’s ready on the mountain.

Xu’s Tomb

The ninth day of the first month, the first year of Emperor Wenzong.

Father, am I correct?

Yes. You’re right.

The ninth day of the first month is my birthday.

Is it her birthday, too?

No, it’s not her birthday.

It was the day she died.

She died on the day you were born.

It’s your fate.

Fate?

It...

It means

she’s different to you from others.

Come on, Chu Chu. Kneel.

Burn it for her.

Xu’s Tomb Tell her that today is your birthday

Xu’s Tomb and you’re happy.

Today’s my birthday.

Grandfather bought me a new dress.

Brother wove a little habit for me.

I’m so happy today.

Father, is it all right?

Very good.

Mother, I’ve come to worship you since I was little.

But this is the first time

I’ve come as your daughter.

Xu’s Tomb

I’m sorry, Mother.

Xu’s Tomb

I have to disturb you.

Xu’s Tomb

I want to know who you are,

who my father is,

if you suffered injustice,

and if you were wronged.

These things matter a lot to me.

Hope you can understand.

Mother, don’t worry.

Commandery Prince An is the best judge

in this world.

I work for him.

As long as we inspect your corpse,

we’ll know

what you want to tell us.

Mother,

please bless me for everything

if you see it in heaven.

Your Highness, open the coffin.

Do we really ask Miss Chu to inspect her mother’s corpse?

Don’t worry.

No matter what you do,

your mother won’t blame you.

On the death anniversary of Prince Consort,

Jiangshan Hall you visited Her Grace for His Majesty.

Was everything all right?

Fortunately, I arrived in time.

Otherwise,

Her Grace would have been annoyed by Qin Luan again.

I forgot to ask you.

Jiangshan Hall You never went in this hall, did you?

No.

I simply replied before the screen.

Everything in this hall

concerns the safety of our nation.

No one can enter, but confidential officials.

You’re now the Minister of War.

You can certainly enter the hall.

You no longer need to reply before the screen.

Jiangshan Hall

Your Majesty, Military Commissioner of Qianzhongdao garrisons

an important fastness in the Southwest.

But Leng Peishan is quite old.

A successor should be picked as soon as possible.

Xiao Jinli is the son of a national hero,

and he’s the son of Princess Xiping.

He can be the best candidate.

Xue, you’re now the Minister of War.

What do you think of?

Your Majesty,

I think Senior Jing makes sense.

You also recommend Xiao Jinli?

Yes.

Look at you.

You’re known for being detached

and not seeking fame.

Unexpectedly,

shortly after you become the Minister of War,

you begin to gang up?

Please understand, Your Majesty.

I don’t dare to gang up.

Then what do you mean?

In the Army of Qianzhongdao,

Xiao Jinli is never the best candidate

to take over Leng Peishan’s post,

in terms of qualification,

military exploit, or even rank.

Your Majesty, considering qualification, military exploit or rank,

Xiao Jinli is never the best candidate.

But speaking of stabilizing the nation and winning people’s support,

Xiao Jinli is the best choice.

Stabilizing the nation and winning people’s support?

What do you mean?

Your Majesty, the Leng Family has a deep foundation in the Southwest,

We can’t underestimate their power.

Especially Leng Peishan.

He has tens of thousands of picked soldiers.

By annihilating bandits and helping the poor,

he’s quite supported by local people.

So far, a great many people respond to his call.

Southwestern counties are far away from Chang’an.

If it goes like this,

I’m afraid he’ll control the Southwest.

Your Majesty, Senior Jing means that

General Leng has been doing his duty,

but he’s getting old.

I understand what he means.

Yes.

Jing, Xiao Jinli’s mother Princess Xiping

is Leng Peishan’s niece.

If the Leng Family wants to reign independently,

isn’t promoting Xiao Jinli

exactly what they want?

Think about it, Your Majesty.

That year,

Emperor Wenzong married Leng Peishan’s sister,

simply to restrain the Leng Family.

Now, his sister has been dead.

Princess Xiping is his only niece.

She can barely restrain the Leng Family.

But if Xiao Jinli can take power of the Leng Family,

things will be different.

Princess Xiping is his mother.

When his mother and brother are in Chang’an,

how can he act wildly?

You make sense.

But Leng Peishan will understand what we plan.

I’m afraid he won’t easily agree.

Your Majesty, I have a satisfactory plan,

but it’s not very frank.

What is it?

Leng Peishan is old and his single son died at a young age.

He has no family, but his granddaughter Leng Yue.

She’s nearly as old as Xiao Jinyu.

They also grew up together.

If she marries Xiao Jinli,

Leng Peishan will cultivate Xiao Jinli

with earnest efforts.

In this way,

you can maintain your relationship with Leng Peishan

and remove the trouble in the Southwest without sending any troop.

It doesn’t sound very frank.

But when it can protect people from a war,

we must choose the lesser one of two evils.

I can’t let them get married.

Senior Jing.

Senior Jing, the plan doesn’t sound right.

It’s right.

It’s not a perfect plan.

But it’s already good enough,

when no troops are needed.

But don’t you always say that

you’re a close friend of Prince Consort

and you’ll defend Princess Xiping and her sons,

no matter what happens?

If General Leng really wants to reign the Southwest independently,

and he knows this,

Commandery Prince An and General Xiao

will be in great danger.

What a dangerous condition

will Princess Xiping be in?

Have you thought about their safety?

Minister Xue, don’t forget.

My son is with Commandery Prince An now.

He can’t be safe unless His Highness is.

Only His Majesty, you and I know this plan.

His Majesty and I won’t let Leng Peishan know it

before it’s time to strike.

As long as you keep it secret,

they’ll be safe.

Yes. I understand.

Your Highness, yesterday my father said

my mother hit the wall and died

with obvious bruises on her forehead?

Yes.

But Your Highness,

when I checked her skull,

there wasn’t any bone fracture on her forehead.

Instead, there’s fracture on the back of her head.

There’re ruddy bruises on both ends of the fracture.

So, she was hurt before she died

and she was badly wounded.

When the back of her head was wounded,

she would certainly die.

You mean she not only hurt her forehead, when hitting the wall,

but also wounded the back of her head?

No. She didn’t hit the wall.

She was hit by something blunt intensively.

You mean...?

Your Highness, my mother didn’t kill herself,

but was murdered!

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♪Nothing can♪

♪Stop me♪

♪From missing you♪

♪All the time♪

♪It’s cold at night♪

♪Everything changes in the world♪

♪I have affection for nothing♪

♪But your hug♪

♪Close the eyes♪

♪Meet again♪

♪By your side♪

♪I brush your hair gently♪

♪Life is long but love isn’t♪

♪There’s regret in the world♪

♪Only with you around♪

♪We’ll never lose contact♪

♪The moment♪

♪You smile♪

♪Let me cherish it for good♪

♪Because of you♪

♪I care about my life♪

♪I’m not old yet♪

♪I still love you♪

♪At last I settle down for you♪

♪I can rely on you all my life♪

♪Hope we’ll spend our lives sweetly♪