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[Court of Judicial review]

My Lord.

You're awake?

Who captured you?

A wise bird chooses with tree it perches on

a wise vassal will choose the lord he will serve.

I believe you, Su Fu knows what to do.

Just now Ran Yun Sheng came to the court to report a case.

But someone saw Bai Yi deliver him here.

This case,

is not between you and I.

The reputation of the Court rests on it.

Xiao Song is trying to involve himself,

if he resolves this case,

me and you,

including every person in the Court of Judicial Review will

what is more important,

we must complete the task chief has instructed us.

We must

get rid of that obstacle Xiao Song.

This is a gift that Princess Ba Ling asked me to give to you.

Get some rest*

Don't run around in the next few days.

Mu Ran.

My Lord.

Where is Ran Yan?

Because she slandered Princess Ba Ling, so she is imprisoned in jail.

The main interrogator is Sun Zhen?

And Lord Xiao from the Ministry of Justice.

He is awake?

My Lord Su Fu is already awake.

Also Lord Sun from the Court of Judicial review just left his manor.

Did Su Fu leave?

Su Fu just left his manor, but our subordinates were unable to catch up with him,

So we do not know where he went,

Get changed.

Where are you going My Lord?

To see His Majesty

Yes.

Your Majesty.

That was how I was captured by Princess Ba Ling.

So it was the princess who took a fancy on Lord Su?

Lord Su...you have quite the reputation.

Father...I...

I only admired Lord Su’s talent

that was why I invited him over.

Then as you invited him, then why did you knock him out and hid him away?

Father! I know I was wrong!

Please forgive me!

As you hid Lord Su within your ancillary building,

then my punishment for you is to remain there for one month.

Thank you Father!

Step over the coal pot, the gods of death will be burned away

and the gods will come.

You will be shielded by their might!

Miss Ran you like fireworks I brought you lots,

I'll release them for you.

As the saying goes, when luxury is burned away, true feelings are revealed.

Gousin!

Are you alright?

I am sorry I made you worry.

I made you suffer.

Who kidnapped you?

It was that scholar, Meng Ji.

It was not Princess Ba Ling?

Then why was Su Fu at the Ba Ling manor?

And those...statues...

Who saved you?

It was..

the authorities who saved me.

The authorities?

They tortured you?

I am fine.

Guards!

Hurry and come here!

Meng...

Meng Ji.

Why are you here?

You were the one who killed Chi Hai and Muhammad?

it is your honor that I favor you!

You should not resent me for abandoning you!

If you dare to touch me, my guards will not let you off!

Lord Xiao?

It looks like you are not Meng Ji's accomplice but acquaintance.

So what if we are acquainted?

He is merely an inferior civilian who did some chores for me!

Back then, during my excursion out of the palace, I passed a street

and saw him selling some paintings

and had some talent.

That was why I allowed him into the palace.

At the beginning he was obedient,

he knows how to sculpture and knows some magic tricks.

He did make me quite happy.

Poem of resentment, eternal longing and Valentine,

they are all poems Your Highness likes right?

I do like Jiang Zong’s poems from the Sui dynasty.

Princess you really do enjoy life,

you probably visit the wood in the valley in the east of the city

to fly a dragonfly kite right?

I do indeed like dragonflies.

My guess is the woman in red in Meng Ji's painting

should be you Princess.

It was his wishful thinking, he wanted to be under my patronage

and gain power because he was in my favor.

I despise inferior people like him the most!

So I kicked him out of the palace 5 months ago. And did not have any contact afterward.

Ran Yun Sheng designed many pieces of jewelry for the Imperial harem right?

I believe Meng Ji has seen him.

Meng Ji has seen him before too.

It seems Your Highness does like Ran Yun Sheng.

Ran Yun Sheng has a pair of exquisite hands.

I really like the jewelry he designs.

And he has a gentle temperament,

I like him quite much.

Princess, Meng Ji will get jealous.

What has it got to do with me?

I've investigated Chi Hai, he was once a normal Imperial Guard of His Majesty,

but 3 months ago, you asked for him to be your guard.

Chi Hai is skilled in martial arts, I appreciate his talents.

I heard that Chi Hai has not left your side,

in these 3 months.

He is my personal guard,

he has to protect me so of course he cannot leave my side.

I also heard that Muhammad has a quite close personal relationship with you.

It is a diplomatic matter, of course I should show some sincerity.

Besides I am very interested in the Arab language

so it is natural that I would ask him to teach me it.

Besides I gained permission from Father.

I want to ask if you have any private relationship with Meng Ji, Chi Hai and Muhammad.

Insolence!

I do not dare.

Lord Su your turn.

These are gifts from Your Highness.

Lord Su what do you mean by this?

Do you not like the bestowals I gave you?

I did bestow this jade to Lord Su.

But this turban..and this bracelet..

I have never seen them before.

Lord Su, Her Highness said she has never seen them.

If His Majesty finds out that the serial murders occurring within the Chang'an city,

was related to Your Highness I wonder what he will think?

You...

You want to blackmail me?

I do not dare to.

I only want you to co-operate with the Court of Judicial review and Ministry of Justice

to capture the real killer Meng Ji.

Alright, I agree to it.

But I need him to protect me!

Surely Lord Su will do this for the bigger scheme of things right?

Sure.

It is a deal.

I never expected that the two of us would work together one day.

You did it for her?

After this..

either you die or I will.*

[Donation for refugees]

Thank you. Thank you.

Here.

Thank you.

Will Meng Ji come?

Indeed finally there is food for us.

Those at the back queue.

Good.

Thank you.

This is yours.

Good. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

The authorities are here?

Looks like a trap.

Why are the authorities everywhere?

Mu Ran?

Why is he here?

It's her?

At the right time!

Thank you. Thank you.

Lord Su not good.

Examiner Ran is kidnapped by Meng Ji.

Chi Hai's head is over there, but pieces of his body are in..

in Ba Wei clinic.

Muhammad's....corpse was found in Zhu he alley.

His Majesty gifted Liu Dao Ran's manor to Princess Ba Ling.

Meng Ji rented out Cai Yu's personal manor.

Chu Yue Zhu would often visit Ba Wei clinic for her condition.

Chu Yue Zhu died in Zhuhe clinic.

Meng Ji thinks he is Cai Yu out for revenge,

he sees Princess Ba Ling as Chu Yue Zhu.

So...he thinks that the men around Princess Ba Ling as Liu Dao Ran?

Meng Ji found a tragic love story,

and thought he was the main character.

The next place he will go to then...

The place Cai Yu and Chu Yue Zhu were separated.

You should be with me.

It was all because of those men, they stopped me from being with Ba Ling!

Those who stop me from being with Ba Ling...

will not let any of them go.

Why do you like her?

Why?

Because...

Because she treats me the best!

Since I was little I enjoyed drawing and calligraphy,

I also like sculpture!

But they do not allow me to write nor let me draw

they forced me to perform circus acts on the streets!

And forced me to steal!

If I wasn't able to pickpocket anything

they will keep beating and beating me!

I hate them!

Although they gave birth to me, but they do not treat me like a human,

they saw me as an animal!

I could not endure it anymore!

I must kill them!

I have to kill them!

So that night,

I set the place alight

and burned them all to death

nothing was left behind.

Nothing!

But Ba Ling is different!

When she saw the pictures

and calligraphy I was selling on the streets

she brought me into the palace and appreciated my work,

she appreciates my talent.

She does not care how inferior I am.

She gave me expensive clothes to wear and food to eat.

She treasured me like something precious!

I have never met..

a better woman than her!

She likes to fly the kite!

So I made one for her.

She likes magic tricks so I did some for her amusement.

e truly love each other!

If those men did not appear,

I would not be kicked out of the palace,

I would not be separated from Ba Ling!

No!

e were never separated! We have always been together!

We have always been together!

We are happy together,

very happy together.

I cannot let the tragic love between Cai Yu and Chu Yue Zhu

happen to me and Ba Ling!

Happen to me and Ba Ling!

Impossible!

Meng Ji you cannot escape!

Great! They're finally here!

I've waited so long for this!

She is covered with alcohol.

if you come any closer, I will kill her!

If you have any conditions, tell us don't hurt her!

I want to see Princess Ba Ling!

Princess Ba Ling lives in the palace, it is hard to tell her to come here.

I want to see Ba Ling!

Those men imprisoned her in the palace,

I want to save her! I want to save her from that fire pit!

She will only be happy with me.

My Lord he seems a little abnormal.

I will immediately send someone to collect her.

However it may require some time.

Please wait patiently.

I have no patience!

I give you one hour.

It would take us 2 hours in order to bring her here no matter how fast we are.

What does it have to do with me? I want to see Ba Ling!

If I cannot see Ba Ling in one hour,

I will burn her!

Bai Yi..

Yes.

I will collect Bai Ling right away.

I can finally see Ba Ling.

How did you manage to make Muhammad and Chi Hai disappear out of their own free will?

When I was still at the palace,

I noticed the two of them sending flirtatious glances towards Princess Ba Ling every time.

So you managed to use a flaw of theirs to threaten them

That kind of flaw must be a letter or love token.

That's right.

That's right before I left I managed to get my hands on a love letter they wrote to Her Highness.

I was thinking,

if I handed these love letters to His Majesty,

the consequences would be grave.

So I forced them to do as I say

and I will return to them.

I did not expect those two fools

to listen to rri&

So you lured them to this place,

and used the traps laid in this derelict building

to knock them unconscious.

And when thee wind rises, you will take them to that forest

and behead them using a kite string!

I did it all for Ba Ling!

It was those men! It was the fault of those men around her!

Ba Ling is mine! She loves me!

It is all your wishful thinking!

I love the princess, she loves me!

She will discuss the poems of the Sui poet Jiang Zong.

There are so many poets who have written poems of love

But when you fall in love,

you will discover,

love is sweet,

and also bitter.

Perhaps they will say they will protect you in this entire life,

and you thought he will dote you for this entire life.

But then you discover,

all of that was justtan illusion.

When you want to remain in that illusion,

he will suddenly disappear.

You try to repair that broken relationship.

But later discover that...

you will unconsciously

become inferior.

Just like the stars in the sky,

they can only revolve.around the moon,

never able to get close.

When you want to step closer,

he has moved somewhere else.

No matter what you do,

he will not see it,

nor will he hear it.

Impossible.

The princess is on her way to find me, she’s here to find me.

No.

You are wrong.

She is not on the path to find you,

she is on the way to abandon you.

No.

Her Highness will not abandon me.

I cannot lose the princess, I cannot lose her!

Without her my heart will hurt.

I am in a lot of pain too.

I thought everything will look up when I wake up.

But when I wake up,

my pain is not lessened at all.

The only way to continue to live,

is to make that pain a part of you.

My Lord the princess is here!

The princess is here! Where is she?

Meng Ji.

The princess is here, said she's here to collect you.

Princess is here to take me away, she loves me.

Move back all of you!

Move back!

Move back!

Move back!

Or I will burn her!

The princess should have come in a phoenix carriage.

Why is it a horse carriage?

The princess must gain His Majesty’s permission when she leaves.

She secretly came to see you.

Princess have you brought the dragonfly kite I made for you.

I have.

You liar!

I burned that kite long ago,

how could you have brought it?

Go die!

Are you alright?

My Lord. My Lord.

Hurry summon Physician Luo!

Yes.

[Xiao Manor]

What was the meaning of

Ran Yan's words?

Perhaps that person

would say he would protect you forever.

You thought he would dote on you forever.

But later you discover

that it was just an illusion.

When you want to remain in that state of illusion,

he will suddenly disappear.

You try to repair that broken relationship.

But later discover that...

you will unconsciously become inferior.

Fox..

did I misunderstand you?

Song'er.

Father.

I heard the people at court that you assisted the Court of Judicial Review to solve that serial murder.

Can't defy His Majesty's orders.

Bringing Ran Yan here and making her rest,

you went to save her cousin,

is that also... because you can’t defy His Majesty's orders?

I did not expect aunt to say so much.

As you care about her,

why did you give her up?

Even if she committed a mistake,

as a man you should be more generous

and be more forgiving to her.

Although Ran Yan is stubborn and audacious,

she does not fit the standard of a wife of the Xiao clan.

But she has quite a personality.

I like it quite much.

Her heart is not with me.

She left this when she left.

I've been keeping it safe for you all this time.

I should return it to you.

Farewell Father.

I've already lost the Marquis of Sui's pearl,

fox,

what is the use of returning this saber tooth pendant?

[Su Manor]

Ran Yan...

Ran Yan..

Ran Yan..

Ran Yan..

Ran Yan!

You fell so deeply in love with a woman.

Even I am touched by your love.

Xiao Song is monitoring Ji Yuan from the Court of Judicial Review.

He may have the translation.

Xiao Song is monitoring him?

He's setting you up for something right?

We will know if it is a set up if we test them.

What do you want to do?

As Ji Yuan has the text but no pearl,

then let's ensure he gets both.

That is too risky.

If we can't lure out the text and lose the pearl,

we will lose both things.

Chief don't you like risking your lives?

Am I right?

Mistress Dong Yang.

I was knocked out by Princess Ba Ling's people due to the effects of my medication

which rendered my defenseless and so I was taken to her manor.

I released the messenger signal when I woke up one time

Ran Yan under the help of Mistress Dong Yang

managed to find me at Ba Ling's retreat.

In order to save you

she actually broke into the Princess' manor.

It looks like she still has some feelings to you.

I told you, do not hurt Ran Yan!

She only wanted to find you

I only wanted to help her.

Alright let's set up Ji Yuan according to your arrangement.

[Court of Judicial Review]

Where is Lord Sun?

Lord Sun has left.

These are official documents the Lord Xiao from the Ministry of Justice sent over.

Then....why don't you give them to me first?

I am helping Lord Sun sort out the files right now.

I will pass it to him when he gets back.

This is an important document, you must pass it to him.

Definitely.

[The Marquis of Sui's pearl is in Huoqi alliance's hands]

Ji Yuan has seen the letter, get someone to inform Ji Yuan,

that tomorrow at 1pm,

the Huoqi alliance will be transferring something important to the Dong Liang warehouse.

Xiao Song’s subordinates have their eyes on Ji Yuan all this time,

Xiao Song's subordinates will inform him that Ji Yuan is heading to Dong Liang warehouse.

Then let's ensure he cannot reach the Dong Liang warehouse.

Stop!

What's inside?

My Lord, we are simply delivering some cloth.

Cloth?

Search!

My Lord Fei Yang sent a message.

[Ji Yuan is at Dong Liang warehouse]

My Lord, this box os locked!

Hurry and clean this up.

Yes.

Close the door.

-Yes. -Yes.

It turns out there's someone else.

Could it be, the mantis stalks the cicada with the oriole right behind.*

The fish caught the bait.

My Lord what to do with him?

Arrest Ji Yuan and take him back to the Ministry of Justice.

Your Majesty Ji Yuan is a member of the court of Judicial Review.

As he committed a crime, I can't hide from that responsibility.

I am willing to redeem my mistake and arrest the rest of Ji Yuan's accomplices

Do you object to Minister Sun's suggestion?

Your Majesty I do not.

Then the Ministry of Justice will handle this case.

Yes Your Majesty.

[Court of Judicial Review]