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Wait!

Mistress.

Why did you open the door?

Mistress,

His Majesty has lifted the quarantine, you may come and go as you wish.

Good.

If there is nothing else, I bid my leave.

I remembered that this place was unlocked last time.

Give me my life back!

You contracted influenza!

You infected us....

Matriarch!

Matriarch!

Matriarch!

You must not leave!

Matriarch....

Hasn't she taken the antidote?

Why is she like this?

The Matriarch is already so elderly.

So the poison has long seeped into her body.

Matriarch.

Grandmother.

I am sorry.

I brought this upon you.

Song'er...

I have something....to tell you.

The Marquis Sui's Pearl...

is...

within the Xiao Manor.

Be careful..

Grandmother!

Matriarch! Matriarch!

Grandmother!

Matriarch!

Matriarch!

Do you know what Xiang Yao is allergic to?

Miss cannot be in contact with Shushuihua.

If she smells it she will become unwell and get a rash.

She contracted influenza and it may start an epidemic!

Commandant Su came to seal the manor on Imperial orders!

Greetings Lord Xiao.

I have given Mistress Xiao the medicine.

But we still need to observe her condition.

Those Imperial Physicians are so useless.

My condition didn't improve even after taking the medicine.

Matriarch!

As soon as she marries into the Xiao family, she's accused as the spreader of influenza.

If I didn't come so soon,

I fear she would have died long ago.

You've resolved so many cases,

you have enemies across the entire kingdom.

if she is with you,

one day she will be killed because of you!

[Ran Manor]

Must you do this?

Tell her for me,

if she remains by my side,

she will only be Xin Yi's replacement.

Someone like Lord Xiao who suffers from migraines

must spend so much time in baths.

Just like a fish.

Become my personal medical examiner,

this money will belong to you.

I will reward you handsomely.

This contract is unfair.

You find it unfair?

I am sorry, I am unwilling to do it!

~ Years will spiral away

~ Let's not use it to talk about gossip

Fox...

Please take good care of yourself.

Take care.

[Yun Shao restaurant]

Miss Ran I oversaw it personally this time.

This goose is absolutely complete, it’s legs are completely correct.

Is this goose female or male?

Male.

A male goose is big but skinny

but female geese are plump and have lots of flesh.

Merchant Jia,

you truly are a crafty merchant.

M-Miss Ran I saw that this goose was quite big

and quite fleshy

so I specially picked it out for you.

Didn't notice if it was male or female.

As you are mistaken, then compensate me!

I have to compensate you?

If you don't I'll smash up your sign!

Enough!

Cousin, you are never upset with me?

Merchant Jia please leave us.

Thank you Young Master.

Yan'er...

do you like Lord Xiao?

That fish... I only want to eat it raw!

How could I like him?

Then why are you angry?

I am only angry because he played with me.

He played you?

This play...does it refer to the fact he canceled your fake marriage contract

or he saw you as a replacement for Du Xin Yi?

Cousin the food here is getting worse,

why don't we go somewhere else?

Matriarch Xiao is dead.

How could that happen?

Why did she die?

Heard she died because they fed her too much of the influenza poison.

Then fish...must be in a lot of pain.

Both of Lord Xiao’s wives died

Matriarch Xiao also died from an illness

and you were harmed in the Xiao Manor.

Have you ever thought about the true reason why he brought you back?

I assisted him in cases,

it's natural for him to worry about me

as a colleague.

I just do not understand

if he truly loved Xin Yi,

then why didn't he give her the heirloom

instead gave it to you?

The stool seems to have been moved towards the table.

Could this not be the first crime scene?

If you break into the Xiao residence at night

you'll be arrested.

I came to your manor on orders from His Majesty.

Now that Matriarch Xiao has died,

I should assist you.

As you want to help me so much,

then I want to see your capability.

The stool fell but no-one picked it up.

And all the windows were closed from the inside.

It doesn’t look like someone came in from the outside.

This is the influenza poison pill.

The killer probably forced it down Matriarch Xiao.

When Matriarch Xiao passed away,

did anyone have their nails painted?

There was someone.

Half of her fingernail paint had fallen off.

Who was it?

I fear she will not admit it if we go and find her now.

What if we force her to expose her flaws?

My Lord drink less.

I just wish to drown my sorrows in wine.

My Lord the Matriarch has already reached old age,

you do not need to feel so much guilt.

Since I was little,

my grandmother doted on me the most.

I never expected an epidemic created by man

made her leave me.

And she left without a single word.

My Lord did you forget,

the Matriarch told you something before she died?

Right! Grandmother told me to...

Yun Shao...restaurant.

My Lord!

My Lord...she left.

Tomorrow there will be an interesting show.

My Lord

why did you work with Commandant Su on this case?

Bai Yi

have you ever heard of the stratagem, obtain safe passage to conquer your enemy?

That means...borrowing the resources of another

to get rid of a strong opponent.

I am willing to use the resource/passage His Majesty gave me.

[Yun Shao restaurant]

My Lord!

I am here to give Lord Xiao a gift!

The stink! Who gives someone a living fish?

This is one I specially fished out of the river.

For His Lordship.

I accept the thought behind it.

I will help you gut this fish now.

The first cut starts from the head to the tail.

And then pull the skin off from the flesh.

As expected you have always wanted to dissect this fish.

It turns out you like...

the type of women who are coquettish and put on this fake naive act.

I...like girls like this.

Do you have any opinions?

My Lord.

Xiao Song...is my, Ran Yan's man!

If I find out which of you

lay a finger on any part of him...

I will not let you off lightly!

Let's go! Hurry up!

She's a fierce wife.

Wife...

Why don’t we...consummate our marriage now?

That's not what I meant.

Then what do you mean by it?

You already announced that I am your husband.

As your husband should I not express my thoughts on it

right?

W-What do you want?

Apologies for that musicians.

Lord Xiao and Mistress Xiao are newlyweds

-they have a private matter. -What's wrong my Lord?

Please give them some privacy.

Xiao fish, what are you doing?

I came back to investigate the case with you.

Fox...

you already announced that I belong to you.

If you do not want me,

no-one will dare to want me.

Then what about me?

Let’s explain it to everyone again.

That won't work!

As you announced it, you can only accept me, can't return me!

Do not say anything.

You truly came to be caught in the net.

I came here to lure a snake... did not expect,

I would be able to lure the love confession of a little fox.

Why are you everywhere?

You almost ruined His Lordship's plan!

It's not a real love confession.

It's a fake confession.

This fish helped me before.

So I wanted to help him find the real killer of his wife.

She is the killer.

Qiu Hua?

How did you know it was me?

Your fingernail was one Matriarch Xiao's bed.

You murdered Du Xin Yi?

I was thinking

Qiu Hua must have done something to Du Xin Yi.

Made her hallucinate.

Hallucinate?

I was only attacked outside Old Master Xiao's courtyard

because of a hallucination.

I saw countless people wearing masks trying to attack me.

It's a shame...l did not know how

Qiu Hua managed to make me hallucinate.

Qiu Hua casted a hypnosis spell on all of you.

Hypnosis spells cause people to hallucinate through certain sounds.

And it will cause one to struggle to breath and die from the stopping of the heart.

It turned out she was brought into the hallucination through the wooden fish.

You are in cahoots with Chun Lai?

No.

They are not allies.

The truth is the opposite.

They are enemies.

Qiu Hua is Xiang Yao's personal attendant.

She came with Xiang Yao when she married into the Xiao family.

But no-one would know

that on the first night Xiang Yao got here

she died from the stopping of her heart.

Although Qiu Hua managed to remain in the Xiao manor as she wished

but she discovered that Xiang Yao was murdered.

As she discovered that it was Chun Lai

then why did Du Xin Yi die?

Because Du Xin Yi was in cahoots with Chun Lai.

You knew the true identity of Du Xin Yi long ago?

Didn't you dote on her a lot?

You deceived me.

You tricked everyone.

Your doting was simply a smokescreen.

Because you discovered that she married you with an ulterior motive.

You want to discover her real identity.

Chu Lai killed Xiang Yao, in order for her ally Du Xin Yi

to marry into the Xiao family.

How did they manage

to arrange a marriage for Xiao Song and Du Xin Yi?

It was arranged long ago.

Du Xin Yi was one of them long ago.

That way with her identity as a Du family member

it should not be hard for her

to marry into the Xiao family.

It is a shame Qiu Hua discovered Chun Lai and Du Xin Yi's identity,

so she killed Du Xin Yi.

Then she informed us that Xiang Yao was allergic to Shushuihua.

So she borrowed Xiao's fish to find Chun Lai.

She did everything.

But why did the three of them resort to all means to enter, the Xiao residence?

What is the motive?

Lord Xiao can you give us an answer?

I must ask Qiu Hua that.

As Lord Xiao already knows that reason

why did you ask me?

Only I did not expect that

you did not inform Du Xin Yi and Ran Yan of that matter.

I thought that I would be able to get some leads from them when they were under hypnosis,

unfortunately Matriarch Xiao discovered my true identity.

I could only murder her.

Chun Lai and Du Xin Yi are part of the Neiwei department.

Qiu Hua...

which organization are you from?

I endured much hardship for 5 years

for only one mission.

A wooden stick could penetrate the skull.

Does that secret garden truly exist

or was it an illusion that was created from your hypnosis?

[Xiao Manor]

I have seen this bronze mirror before.

And then Qiu Hua hypnotized me

and I entered that secret garden.

Calculations of 9 squares.

Using a 5 step process

will produce a loop/iteration.

The player of this riddle

must ensure both sides are equal,

6 & 8 must be fulfilled

3 steps left and seven steps right

total of 9 carry one

and 5 in the centre.

Follow me.

Turns out this tree was fake.

The entrance and exit is here.

[Yue Zhi save me]

Who engraved these characters?

I saw them the last time I came here.

Turns out it was not my imagination.

You said before

only Du Xin Yi will call you Yue Zhi.

Could it be..

Qiu Hua discovered Du Xin Yi's identity

and lured her over here using hypnosis.

Du Xin Yi under hypnosis

in a panic,

save me Yue Zhi

died when her heart stopped.

4 lanterns..

And there are 9 different animal engravings on the stone bench.

But four of the patterns is incorrect.

It looks like we need to replace them with the 4 lanterns.

The mouth of this stone gargoyle

is missing a tooth.

It turns out the Marquis of Sui's pearl

has always been within my manor!

Marquis of Sui's pearl?

It seems to be a stone from a meteor.

That is true.

I saw from a historical text that

meteor stone has it's own magnetism and is warm to the touch

and affect those around it.

It looks like you only managed to survive back then

not because of your saber teeth pendant

but this meteor stone.

After Grandfather passed away

the pendant has been with me.

It was only after I turned 16 when my migraine improved

did my Grandmother try to take this pendant back.

Surprisingly my parent opposed it vehemently.

It was only now I knew

why my Grandmother was so worried back then.

It looks like your parents did not know.

But why is the pearl within the Xiao manor?

Who engraved this?

From the handwriting it seems to be my Grandfather.

In the 14th year of the Da Ye era,

the Sui dynasty was annihilated.

Emperor Yang of Sui bestowed the responsibility of protecting the

Marquis of Sui's Pearl that holds the secret of the treasure to the Xiao family on his deathbed

so that our kingdom can be recovered one day.

It turns out the Xiao family only protected the pearl

in order to overthrow the Tang kingdom and to re-establish the Sui kingdom!

I was so proud of my clan because

I thought the Xiao clan was a loyal subject of the Tang dynasty.

If you hand it over,

your entire family will be executed.

If you don't..

it is the crime of treason.

In the Xuan Ming records,

when Emperor Yang of Sui was alive, he left a treasure worth as much as the treasury of a country.

It's secrets hidden within the Marquis of Sui's pearl.

Anyone with ambition are trying to snatch the Marquis of Sui's pearl.

If I did not hand it over to the court, it will lead to a power struggle between all parties of power.

By then,

all the people of the kingdom will be plunged in misery.

You must think of a way to hand it over.

Fox.

I have to take back the pendant.

This is an important matter,

your family is at stake.

You should keep it.

Why are you here? Hurry and go.

You came to us yourself.

Xiao Song managed to take a part of the translations of the lambskin.

Did he find the pearl already?

How could I know about his matter?

You're already his wife!

How could you not know?

We will split up very soon.

You think I will believe that?

Let her go, I'll stay here.

You spied on the Huoqi alliance,

we haven't settled that account yet

no-one will leave today!

Hurry and go!

Foolish woman! He doesn't love you!

He is only using you! He only got close to you to get the Marquis of Sui's pearl!

Is it true...

what he said?

Why did you not answer me?

He is acting again.

I fed you poison that will melt your organs.

You cannot endure the pain right?

For this woman, you cut the flesh on the tip of your heart,

I will let you experience that pain again.

Besides this

will get more and more excruciating.

if you do not take the antidote,

the pain would be so unbearable that you will die from it!

Why did you do this for a woman?

Take this.

Once you consume it, it will not hurt.

Whether it's her or the antidote..

you choose.

I always felt that you only spied on the Huoqi alliance to become a minister,

I never expected

that you gave up your position as a commandant of justice.

You really are troubled by love!

Another act to make me pity you.

I was tricked by you once.

I will not trust you again.

It looks like someone does not care about your love!

Why did you come back?

I came back to prove that all this is an act!

You are getting better and better at acting.

Your pulse...

It's a pulse of a dead man.

Hurry and go!

If it was someone else he would have died from the pain long ago!

Whether to save him or not,

you choose.

I will go and get the Marquis of Sui's pearl

you give him the antidote.

That is a good trade.

I will give you the pearl.

Before that,

you must ensure he is alive.

Don't worry, I will give him the antidote to alleviate the pain.

Tomorrow at noon,

hand the pearl over to the employee at the 3rd stall in the east market.

Are you sure the pearl is in the Xiao manor?

The Marquis Sui's Pearl is with Matriarch Xiao...

I am sure.

Do not be afraid.

Fox.

Don't leave me.

I will wait for you.

Wait until you agree to be with me.

What if...that day never comes?

Then I will never remarry again.

What if...

I betrayed you?

What would you do?

Then...

I will roast you.

But..

I don't think I can bear to.

I want to drink wine.

You want to remove my clothes again?

What?

You're afraid?