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♫ In this elaborately written letter, ♫

♫ all the words of love are filled with you. ♫

♫ The flowers within ten miles blossom elegantly for you. ♫

♫ I perform the zither, ♫

♫ as if you are standing behind me. ♫

♫ The rain falls while I foolishly wait for you. ♫

♫ Use these deep, shallow, near, and far distances ♫

♫ to add a touch of poetry to our regrets and entanglements. ♫

♫ This bitter, sweet, dream-like, and fantasy-like origin of our intertwined fates ♫

♫ is so that we can pleasantly drink this alcohol under the threat of swords and knives. ♫

♫ Use this lifetime, these moments of encounters ♫

♫ to trade for just one short instant when you can be with me. ♫

♫ These words, sentences, sentiments, and intentions contain hopes ♫

♫ that you and I can listen to the rain as we stand under the eave. ♫

[Bloody Romance] [Episode 18]

In the past, the two of you were previously bonded wholeheartedly, causing others to admire it greatly.

Why are the both of you so distant now?

Chang An.

- Present. - Your Master...

No, I mean... Remove your former master's mask

and let me take a look at her face.

I can do it myself.

Don't move. Let Chang An do it.

Lift up her face.

My sensitive eyes

can't bear to see disgusting things.

Chang An, how about you help me to look at it carefully?

How is her face?

The left side of Master Mei's face

is damaged.

Oh... How damaged is it?

I asked you a question!

Do you think it's disgusting or not?

I don't think it's disgusting. Miss Wan Mei was my former master.

We went through life and death together.

It doesn't matter whether Miss Wan Mei's face is damaged or not.

She's Miss Wan Mei.

Then, do you wish to leave your Master Liu Guang

and return to Wan Mei's side?

You are indeed a hypocrite, cold and ruthless.

Good. It's interesting this way.

Looks like you won't be lenient,

Wan Mei, during what's about to happen.

Chang An,

you privately left Guihua City without permission. Do you know that's a crime?

I know it's a crime.

Although your Master Liu Guang helped you plead for mercy,

the rules of the torture chamber can't be broken.

Cut knees on ice. I believe you already know this.

I understand.

You'll be tortured immediately. Miss Wan Mei will personally supervise you.

What's the meaning of "cut knees on ice?"

It means to kneel on this block of ice, with cut knees,

until it melts.

If the posture is improper or if I lose consciousness,

I have to die.

It'll take four to six hours for the ice to melt. There's a seat over there.

Master, go sit down first. All right?

If you're sleepy, then go to sleep. I should go to the torture chamber and have a look.

This situation is strange.

Up until now, Tingzhu Courtyard surprisingly

hasn't come to find his Miss Wan Mei.

Does he strongly believe that I won't kill her?

You won't kill her?

Although she failed the mission, she has already technically died once.

Sparing her life wouldn't break the rules.

Why did your attitude suddenly changed?

Her looks are ruined now. Her martial arts skills are also destroyed.

To kill her now

is as simple as getting rid of a small insect. There's no fun in it at all.

Furthermore, anyone can see that Chang An and her have feelings for each other.

I've thought about it.

Instead of subjecting her to the extreme torture of flaying and bone breaking,

why not let the two of them torture each other instead?

Didn't you say that she is like my past self?

So let's make the two of them taste all the hardships

that we had to endure in the past, but a hundredfold more.

You had the same idea in mind, too, right?

Please rest early. I'm going to check on the torture chamber.

Why go there? Just let the two lovebirds

be alone for a while, to confide their inner feelings to each other.

You're bleeding so profusely, you'll die.

I won't. The ice can slow down the speed of my blood flow.

People have survived this torture method before.

Get up and have your blood stanched. There's no one here and I will not tell Torture Chamber Master.

You have stayed outside for too long. You have forgotten

that every corner and everywhere else in Guihua City is watched.

I deserve this treatment. Master, please sit down.

Why do you deserve this?

Firstly, I couldn't protect you. Secondly, I couldn't save you in time.

I'm the one... who caused you to become the way you are now.

In the Blood Lotus Sect, Lan Ruo let You Chan know his true feelings

only moments before he died.

If he had revealed everything clearly earlier,

maybe their ending would have been different.

In this world, there are too many misunderstandings that result from an unclear communication.

So I've thought about it.

I should listen to what you have to say.

What do you want me to say?

I want to know why you did what you did in Zhaixing Tower.

This is not important.

What is important is that I did not choose you.

Chang An...

Lift up your head and look at me.

I'll ask you one more time.

Why?

You are the lineage of the Li clan. The future king mandated by Heaven.

Everyone who is alive in this world has his own mission.

You have already saved your Master Mei. From now on, your life no longer belongs to you.

Your Highness, please shoulder this unshakeable responsibility.

Master Mei,

our relationship as master and servant ends here now.

But you promised me!

You said you'll never fail me in your entire life.

Wan Mei.

Master Mei,

we can no longer be together. My previous mistakes, whether in action or in speech,

can never be redressed by any means,

so it's all right for you to hate me.

I also deserve all these torments.

Then in the past, you should not have promised me anything!

Then, I'll take back those words.

You are not the reason I first came to Guihua City.

I made those promises previously because I had strayed from my path.

I'm just turning back to it now.

Anyway, I will never fail you. I will not let you die.

Every word I say is truthful.

No matter what she has done, it is my concern. I want to bear it for her.

[Assassin Mei's Courtyard]

Master.

Surprisingly, he came back.

He's still breathing, but it's weak.

He knelt on ice with cut knees; yet, he's still alive.

Besides Xing Feng, he's the second person to survive it.

- Take him to my room. - Yes.

But you promised me! You said you would never forsake me.

Why do you always lie to me at the most crucial moment?!

The person I hate the most is you.

I can't…

What do you want to say to me? I'm listening.

I don't want to disappoint you either,

but I can't...

You must have your own difficulties, right?

It must be a big secret. Is that right?

I can die,

but you must live.

Furthermore... Furthermore, you must stay far away from me.

This is the first grape wine from Guihua city this year, right?

Yes. City Master knows you like it so she especially sent it to you.

Actually, I don't like to drink this type of wine.

I only like its color

and aroma. It looks nice inside the cup,

but once you drink it, it tastes very sour.

Since it looks nice, that's also very good.

Your taste is always right.

You must think that I like Chang An, right?

Chang An is smarter than me and he's better looking, too.

He's more loyal than you.

He's devoted to his former master, Wan Mei,

and he loves her, too.

- Master. - You don't need to remind me. I already know.

This is a crime worthy of death in Guihua City.

I am sure you know.

It's not that I like him.

It's just that in this lifetime,

nobody has ever been sincere to me.

Looking at him is like looking at this grape wine.

It's very beautiful.

Although it's sour (painful), I'm still willing to drink it.

I don't care what you've seen or heard.

If I ever find that you went to Chuixing Tower to tattle,

I will at once bury you under my grape trellis

to provide compost for my grapes.

Yes.

While Yue Qingya is on a journey to southern Nanjiang, I gathered some information.

These are the illegal records of officials who are usually close with Yue Qingya.

This is the evidence of Yue Qingya's subordinates being involved in corruption and slaughtering the commoners.

All of these are insignificant.

Do you have anything on Yue Qingya himself?

Yue Qingya isn't greedy or lustful.

Besides Zhaixing Tower which gathers intelligence for him,

there's really nothing else that we can use to criticize him.

Of course, if you want to have something, I can create it.

It's not the right time yet.

His Majesty is suspicious and Grand Tutor has considerable authority. The right time will eventually come.

What's this?

This is a letter written in blood by a subordinate sixth rank official from Yangzhou reporting Yue Qingya.

He's very generous with his blood to write such a long letter.

This person is the adopted son of a court eunuch, but he's very honest.

He's just like a stone in the latrine, stinky (ruthless) and firm. He's not afraid to die.

Then, do you have another reason for choosing him?

His foster father previously served the Empress Dowager for many years. He's quite favored by the Empress Dowager.

All right.

Then, go at once and find a person to support him.

But remember not to be too hasty.

Yes.

How is our income recently?

We have no cash flowing in. The Buddha gold that we obtained from last time is almost gone.

In order to do great things, money is always a top priority.

Han Xiu has been dead for a very long time.

It's time to pry open the salt business that he controlled previously.

Then, I'll go scout out news tomorrow.

What else?

Wan Mei came out of Chuixing Tower safely. City Master didn't punish her.

A cat won't kill a mouse with broken limbs.

Instead, it'll play with the mouse.

Then, what plans do you have for her?

Is this very important?

Although you kept your promise and brought Wan Mei back alive,

you must always remember that you still owe her.

I know about everything that you did to Wan Mei before,

including how you threw away the suijin incense antidote.

I won't mention this matter to anyone.

This is the first time you've hindered our own people.

I hope this is your last time, too.

Yes.

Tingzhu Courtyard has a command!

Earthly Assassin Wan Mei, go to Bi'an Chamber to hear the command!

[Bi'an Chamber]

Our mutual affection between master and servant ends here.

I made those promises previously because I had strayed from my path.

What's the matter? Your master wants to change her clothes.

Are you planning to lie in bed all day

and pretend you're dead?

If you want to die, the cut on your hand is still too shallow.

Greetings, Gong Zi. I didn't want to die.

I was simply careless and cut it.

Take off your mask and look at me while you're talking.

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Lift up your head and look at me.

I previously heard Yue Ying say that

in the mirror room, you looked at your face

as it bled and discharged pus. Your current condition

is much better than back then.

Maybe I'm tired. I don't know

why I must live painfully like this.

Maybe you think that you've lost something more important than your face,

such as the person you love.

Help me pick the hair jewelry.

You picked only this one?

Your outfit is casual. One dangling hair jewelry is sufficient. Too many will be a burden.

Help me put it on.

Not only are you good at martial arts, you have a good sense of beauty.

It's because you are beautiful by nature.

Then, how am I compared to your Master Mei?

Are my figure and looks... better than hers?

Unfortunately, even if she's beautiful,

her face... is ruined now.

Since you have a request for me, I gave you an opportunity a moment ago.

You weren't even willing to give me one compliment.

You and she aren't alike. Both of you can't be compared.

Fine. We won't involve her then.

If I have a way that can cure her face,

are you willing to do anything?

Yes.

Did you come to Guihua City for Chang An?

No.

Then, do you still remember why you came here?

It was for survival. I wasn't like this before.

For food,

I dared to fight with others. No matter how hard I fell,

I would always get back up. Even when Heaven thought I was destitute

and didn't want to let me live, I insisted on living.

Then, how about now?

Now, I've changed.

I don't even know

why I've changed.

In the Blood Lotus Sect, when I saw the way Lan Ruo

protected You Chan,

I recalled right away that he protected me that way before, too.

So, even though he's extremely wrong,

I should listen to his explanation.

So he didn't give you the explanation you wanted?

He said, our mutual affection as master and servant

has ended and asked me to forget him. When I returned to my courtyard,

I wanted to pull that swing down from the tree,

but I suddenly discovered

that I've become a useless person. I couldn't even break the rope!

Suddenly... Suddenly,

I didn't even have the strength to stand up.

But you didn't come to Guihua City for him at all.

That's right. At first, it was for survival.

But after coming here, I discovered

that I need to betray my own conscience in order to survive.

He gave me the hope and courage to persist.

I don't know when it began...

when he became my only source of reliance. Now, he's gone.

What else am I living for?

Could it be for... for my red demon umbrella

to be hung up in your Bi'an Chamber?

Have you decided to die?

Rather than living like one of the undead,

I prefer to die a quick death.

Since you've made up your mind, come with me.

What? I'm fond of men.

You've been in Guihua City for quite a while.

Don't say you don't know the meaning of these words.

This is a bottle of perfume. It moistens the skin and repels insects. Apply it on me.

I used to have a shadow.

At that time, I wasn't even allowed to give a lowly shadow a name.

I named him Yan Liu

because his looks were effeminate

and he had very little courage.

Ten years ago, I was prettier than your Master Mei.

My temperament was better than hers, too. I was more amiable.

That's why this sissy became dominant

and always contradicted me.

One day, he and I went on a mission.

We were trapped in the snowfield and were lost.

His eyes were blinded by the reflection from the snow.

Yet, he still carried me out on his back.

I only lost two toes,

but he didn't come back alive.

In this lifetime,

having a person serve you sincerely

is rare. Anyway, I haven't met another.

Afterward, I saw a second shadow who treated his master sincerely.

He is the Torture Chamber Master.

So, when City Master was in a crisis, I wasn't afraid to die

and insisted on standing by her side.

It wasn't because I wanted to protect her. It's because I didn't want to see her and Xing Feng die.

You... are the third person.

Master.

You've been in my Supreme Assassin Courtyard for a long time, but the way you said "master" just now

contained, for the first time, a touch of sincerity.

Not all the ladies inside Guihua City are demons, right?

Your Master Mei and me.

Are we comparable or not?

It's unfortunate for this handsome face.

That's right. Check under the pillow.

Was there something pressing painfully on me?

On that day when you were poisoned by Cha Luo, you jumped into the water and climbed back up.

You weren't weak like you are now.

Are you making me jump down?

I want you to stand here and see your true self.

Let's go. This is the place I wanted to take you to.

Come sit down.

Previously, at the Rebirth Pool, I gave you two gu blood insects

and told you that my sight had recovered. Do you still remember?

Yes.

Did you think that I was blind since childhood?

I've never casually guessed about your matters.

Truthfully, when I was fourteen years old, my eyes

were personally blinded by my mother. At that time, I was an impetuous youth.

I was once a Grand Protector who was in the limelight.

Making me blind was the only way to keep me safe.

But at the time, I didn't think like that at all, just like how you are now.

I only thought that if I can only live as a blind person,

I might as well die.

What happened afterward?

Afterward, my mother brought me here.

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♫ I've never acted with proud indulgence. ♫

♫ See how the fallen flowers look so ignorant. ♫

♫ Your words “I will wait” prompt the racing of my heart. ♫

♫ I will wait for the wind and rain to brew this fragrant wine into a gentle drift. ♫

♫ I sigh that time is an elegant swan goose in flight. ♫

♫ I will use my lifetime of pain and loneliness ♫

♫ to welcome the simultaneous ring from the zithers into the night. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart's warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ The zither music evokes feelings of desolation and cheerlessness. ♫

♫ Of a lifetime, the moon is always high, the dew is always heavy. ♫

♫ Alone, I foolishly sit among the blue ocean waters, ♫

♫ while the conifer plants grow in exuberance. ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart's warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ Who worsens the ache in my heart? ♫

♫ My heart's warmth will make these autumn leaves concentrated. ♫

♫ When will you grow drunk in the autumn wind with me, ♫

♫ so that I will be able to walk out of my dreams? ♫

♫ So that I will be able to walk out of my dreams. ♫