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Buried City to Shut All Lights

Episode 11

Just promise me.

Can you stop it?

You’re grounded.

I beg you. Please.

- Please. - Are you insane? - I beg you.

Please, master.

Does it do anything good to you?

If you don’t promise me,

I’ll keep begging,

and I’ll go on a hunger strike

until you do.

If you insist,

I won’t be mercy.

I think you will.

Yiluo.

I’m not angry with Chu Qian.

I’m angry with you.

I just want you to help her.

Because I don’t want to see her suffer.

Why do you listen to words of the others,

instead of mine?

I do listen to you, always.

But not this time.

She’s your family, master.

Master, promise me.

That’s what you want? To help her?

Will you promise me?

Yiluo, you’re tired.

Get some sleep.

Master, did you just promise me?

No way.

I’m the one

who obeys his orders, not the other way.

It’s all lies that he cares about me

and couldn’t leave me.

You haven’t eaten anything for 2 days.

When are you going to stop the fuss?

If you don’t promise me,

I’d rather die.

You’re hopeless!

Get up.

Master.

It’s been 5 days.

You think I’ll give in?

Master.

Promise me.

Please.

Stop talking.

Master.

Yiluo.

Yiluo.

An Mansion

What’s going on with her?

She hasn’t eaten anything for 5 days.

She spat everything I gave her.

Five days?

No. She has to eat today.

Do you have ginseng slices?

Master.

- That’s all. - All right.

Here. Open her mouth.

Hold on. Be patient.

Yiluo.

Yiluo.

You wake up.

Yiluo,

your master said you haven’t eaten for 5 days.

Are you crazy?

I’m telling you.

If you passed out, no one could save you.

Master.

Promise me.

Give her some porridge.

Here.

Have a sip.

Promise me.

Have a sip first.

Alright, I promise you.

I’ll help.

Take the porridge, will you?

Please, take the porridge.

Hey.

Don't worry. She’ll be fine.

Chu Che.

Chu Che, well,

it’s only a few days I haven’t come.

And she went on a hunger strike.

What’s going on?

Ziyi,

you want to marry Ruoqian, don’t you?

Of course I do.

I will help you.

How, Chu Che?

Help me elope?

I’ll let your family

accept Ruoqian as your wife.

None of these selected scholars have real talent.

Chu Qing, what is wrong?

Your Majesty,

I learned it

from Minister Li Huailiu’s report.

Now I ask for your permission

to re-investigate this case.

What’s going on?

Your Majesty,

I found there are three dots

on every of the selected scholars’ papers.

Are you saying

they cheated in the Royal Examination?

It’s just my presumption.

I don’t know any details yet.

Qiheng,

you presided this year’s Royal Examination.

What's going on?

Father,

I never go against my disciplines and the laws.

Thus, you trusted me

with the Royal Examination.

I don’t dare to play any tricks.

Save your words of loyalty.

How do you explain the dots?

Your Majesty, I have an opinion.

Assistant Minister of Personnel

Wang Chongsheng

Tell me.

Your Majesty, before the examination,

I found Tao Liangyi, the Minister of Personnel

took in bribes

of a large amount.

I think

if we could find who offered the bribe

and compared them

with the examinees whose papers have dots,

we may find something.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, I’m innocent.

Minister of Rituals

Tao Liangyi

Don’t listen to Wang Chongsheng’s guess.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

All I said is true.

And I have both witness and evidence.

It’s not a guess.

Father,

If there are examinees cheating,

it’s my negligence.

Now that there are evidence,

please assign this case to me.

On the one hand, I can bring justice to them.

On the other, give me a chance to make amends.

Alright.

I’ll give you a chance to make it right.

I believe

you’ll give me a satisfactory answer.

Thank you, father.

Mr. Chu.

Your Highness.

I’m grateful for what you did for me.

I don’t understand.

It’s my first time to preside a royal examination.

There are slips.

Thank you for your reminder.

I’m flattered.

But I wonder

why the Chief Justice

points his fingers to the personnel affairs.

You misunderstand.

There’s a report with evidence.

I can’t turn a deaf ear to it, can I?

No need to explain. I’ll make it clear.

You must be busy.

But the thing is

take care of your own business

and stay out of the others’.

I see.

An Mansion

What do you want to say?

I want to know

if you won’t accept Ruoqian

as your daughter-in-law on all accounts.

I don’t want to speak her name again.

I’d rather Ziyi doesn’t marry for his lifetime

than marry a girl from...

Will you accept a woman

connected to the royals?

Are you joking with me?

If there’s such a girl

and Ziyi isn’t against it,

I’d do anything to make it happen.

Are you serious with your words?

I’m a man of my words.

However, I’m afraid the girl must have disability.

Does she read?

Is she at the right age?

Does she have any defects?

Or was she married before?

She can read.

She’s at the right age and in good health.

And she isn’t married.

Moreover,

Ziyi would love to marry her.

If you match them up,

the An family will be in your debt.

Uncle, please don’t thank me now.

I have a question for you.

What is it? I’ll tell you if I know the answer.

You went to palace and diagnosed His Majesty.

I want to know

how His Majesty is.

What do you know?

It’s said His Majesty had a dream at night

where he met the fallen princes.

The next day, he suffered sharp pain in chest

and couldn’t breathe or sleep.

The physicians don’t know what to do.

But after your treatment,

His Majesty recovered.

So I’m thinking

if His Majesty’s suffering from heart disease.

You do excel in medicine.

Ziyi isn’t just boasting about your talents.

Not just heart disease.

It’s quite odd.

His Majesty was born with the disease.

He often feels pain in chest.

In recent years, the conflicts

among princes wore him out.

Anxiety deteriorates the disease.

When I arrived, His Majesty was in extreme pain.

His limes were cold.

So I treated him by splitting Yin and Yang

and prescribed Heixi pellets,

Li Ke’s Heart Rescue, Ginseng Soup.

Gladly it worked.

His Majesty felt better.

But he needs to rest.

The struggle of qi leads to pain and cold limbs.

It can’t be cured.

Uncle An, I guess it’s pure luck.

What do you mean?

As the emperor of a country,

he has lots of things to worry.

Plus the disease he has since infancy,

he’s as weak as a rat.

Though you’re an expert in medicine,

His Majesty

won’t always be so lucky.

You have a point. I agree.

I’m afraid one more strike,

His Majesty will lose his life.

Keep it with us.

His Majesty is recovering.

No one will find anything wrong about him.

That’s typical heart disease.

The patients are in good health and even spirit.

But once it strikes,

there’s nothing to do.

Keep it under your hat.

Or you’ll be beheaded.

I’m just talking with you, uncle.

Rest assured.

I’ll keep it to myself.

I have work to do.

Goodbye.

All right.

Uncle An, don’t forget

what you promised me.

I won’t.

I’m counting on you to bring happiness to Ziyi.

What a pity! He could be a good physician.

I know you’re looking for the wolf demon.

But it’s not me.

How dare you deny it?

Ziyi planted euphorbia antiquorum

under Lanyuan Bridge

for your sake.

I was poisoned by wolf demon’s venom.

In these years,

Ziyi’s euphorbia antiquorum has been

keeping me under control.

Why should I believe you?

Because I want to catch the wolf demon, too.

Why do you want to catch it?

I have my reasons.

And I can bring you hope.

What hope?

I can catch the wolf demon

and revenge your families.

Moreover, I can give you a new identity,

so you can live happily

with An Ziyi.

Why do you want to help?

If you don’t trust me,

you can claim my life in no time.

But if you do trust me,

we can work together.

Besides,

given your martial skills,

do you think you can kill me?

Your father resigned and left the capital.

Why did you tell us

he was exiled by the Crown Prince?

Because he was afraid of revenge.

From whom?

The wolf demon.

He was afraid my father exposed the clue

that proves he’s the wolf demon.

What clue did your father have?

He developed a habit

to make detailed record

of each difficult disease he treated.

Poisonous Herbs

So it’s a record of your father’s prescriptions.

Yes.

The wolf demon is hard to kill.

To do that, we have to apply euphorbia antiquorum

to the blade.

Wolf demon’s blood

can restrain the its venom.

But victims transform at Mid-Autumn Day each year.

Give them euphorbia antiquorum to stop the process

and lock them in dungeon.

Euphorbia antiquorum

tastes bitter and smells.

Wear a piece and you’ll be free from its attack.

The following are...

Unfortunately,

the rest is burnt.

It proves

that my father killed a wolf demon once

and saved

a poisoned person with its blood.

But that person

became another wolf demon

and a bane of the world.

So,

your father was one of a few

who know the wolf demon’s identity.

Exactly.

Chief Justice’s Office

You wake up.

Sweetie,

each time you wake up,

I’m the first man you see.

What are the chances!

Perhaps it’s destiny.

I thought I was dead.

You could be.

Now I know

why Chu Che’s strict with you.

You're so bold.

Five days without any foods?

You know you might not wake up from the coma

caused by starvation.

You think nothing is incurable for me?

We’re not living in legends.

I’ll eat more to make it up.

My body is strong.

Strong?

You think so?

Let’s see if you can get up?

All right.

You had been wounded

and in poor physical state.

Plus the starvation.

And you were upset.

It only makes you weaker.

It’s because Chu Qian begged me.

She told me

it would work if I threatened

my master with my life.

I couldn’t refuse.

So I have to take the risk.

As a result,

your master has promised to Prince Qiyan.

Has he?

Will he go back on his words?

He will never.

Look.

Did Chu Qian send these?

Yes.

She came in the morning

while you were in sleep.

So she left the gifts.

Chu Qian is different from before.

Why do you say that?

In the past, Chu Qian wouldn’t push you.

She’s so much in love with Prince Qiyan.

But we all change, don’t we?

Nothing remains the same forever.

But if we all become better and better,

it’s good for everyone.

You see it clearer than before

like Chu Che does.

Easier said than done.

I’m not a good doer.

Right.

Where is my master?

You ask for it.

Prince Qiheng’s henchman,

Tao Liangyi, the Minister of Personnel,

was dismissed due to cheating in the examination.

Your master went to Qiyan’s mansion

to solve it.

So,

you’re my responsibility now.

It’s such a paradox.

Sweetie,

in fact, you helped Chu Qian

but you may have put your master in dilemma.

Am I wrong with it?

Forget it.

Your master didn’t say anything about it.

Neither should I.

It’s all right.

Well, take some rest.

I’m starving. I’ll get something for you.

Sixth Prince’s Mansion

Due to the cheating incidence,

father have started to question

Qiheng’s competence.

To us,

it’s a good opportunity.

Chu Qing spared all thoughts

and selected some new talents.

Now father believes they’re neutral

and entrusts them with pivotal positions.

May I ask who they are?

It’s critical.

I’ll let you know when it’s necessary.

I think we still need to be patient.

Prince Qixuan has lost his chance.

Prince Qiheng have many supporters

in court

and is entrusted with important duty.

But His Majesty is suspicious.

He’s afraid of anyone who is a threat to him,

even it’s his son.

So what we need to do

is to let Prince Qiheng take all the credits.

The more he gets,

the more His Majesty is suspicious.

In the end,

we just need to arrange our men

to work for him.

More responsibilities

lead to more mistakes.

So you mean I take no action.

There’s only one thing you need to do frequently.

What is it?

Go to palace every day

and give your wishes to His Majesty.

And you need to take me as your servant.

Why?

First, it’s to show your love.

While your brothers are fighting over power,

all you care is your father’s health.

Second,

it’s convenient for me

to see things others don’t.

So amazing!

Of course.

When it’s time,

I’ll let you know.

All right.

As a bargain,

I need you to give me the list of new talents.

If you can really see things

the others don’t,

I’ll give the list to you

the day I take throne.

We’re family and partners.

I won’t hide anything from you.

Bravo!

One more.

Wonderful!

One more.

Bravo!

Wonderful!

One more.

Wonderful!

Bravo!

Awesome!

Brilliant!

Come on. Have a look.

Have a look.

Take care, miss.

Miss.

Take a look. Have some.

Free of charge if they’re not sweet.

Fresh fruits.

Really?

Of course. Take one.

How is it? Sweet?

Sour.

Miss Yiluo.

It is really you.

It’s been a long time.

What are you doing here?

What? You’re afraid of me?

Aren’t you afraid of nothing?

I am.

Didn’t you go back home?

Yes, I did. And I came back.

Don't touch me.

Tell you what.

I know who you are.

You’re the eldest prince of Xirong State.

Listen,

if I cry for help,

there’ll be patrols coming to arrest you.

How do you know who I am?

You dare to offend our prince.

I’ll kill you.

General Ling, you’d better put your sword back.

I think we need to catch up.

Come. I invite you to Wanju Restaurant.

There’s no need.

Thank you.

Seriously?

Patrols!

General of Xirong State

Ling Fei

She deserves to die for her offence.

This is Zhongyuan State.

And you’re a militant from Xirong State.

How dare you be so boorish!

Restrain your man.

Goodbye.

Stop.

You only make it worse.

Forgive me, Your Highness.

Wanyun Pavilion

Later,

I’ll send some warm clothes over.

Thank you, Chu Qian.

Yiluo.

Yiluo.

Yiluo, why don’t you talk to me?

What’s in your mind?

What brings you here?

I was told

you suffered a lot for me.

That’s because you’re like a sister to me.

I owe you a great deal.

You said that like I’m going to die.

Don’t mention it.

I’m just standing in front of you, safe and sound.

Yes. My fault.

I should be happy.

Come here.

I brought these cookies for you.

You two know each other?

Your friend is my friend, too.

Besides, An Ziyi and I

have been friends since we were little.

Ruoqian is his lover.

That makes her my family.

I’m flattered.

Forget about these conventions.

Or I don’t know what to do.

Yes. We're a family.

Have some.

As to peach cookies,

Chu Qian is the best cook.

Then I’ll help myself.

Princess, bad news!

What’s happened?

It’s the young master.

I’m guilty. I fail to protect him.

Please punish me.

What happened?

I was carrying

the young master in the garden.

My finger was stung accidentally.

So I went in to wrap it up.

Then the young master is gone.

I searched the garden

but couldn’t find the young master.

Then I ordered the servants

to search every corner of the mansion.

Still, we couldn’t find him.

So I come here

for you without any delay.

What should I do?

What should I do?

Jian is still a kid.

Where could he go?

What should I do?

Was there anyone else there

in the garden?

I don’t know.

Chu Qian, let’s go back and search.

I’ll go with you.

OK.

You're back, Princess.

Have you searched along the way to the street?

We've searched everywhere,

inside and outside the mansion.

We thought you’d bring Young Master back.

Did he go missing?

Go see Prince Qiyan now.

Jian’s life is on the line. Tell him everything.

You can’t keep it from him.

I’ll continue the search and see what I can do.

OK.

Luo,

don't you find it strange?

How so?

There’s no trace of a carriage

and Jian.

None of the servants saw him, either.

He couldn’t have.

vanished into thin air.

You're right.

Jian might be young,

but he isn’t a bag of potatoes.

It’s almost impossible

to walk off with him

without being noticed.

Unless,

a mole inside

hid Jian somewhere.

I agree

that Jian is still in the mansion.

The most dangerous place

tends to be safe.

It’s probably an inside job.

Now that you mentioned,

it’s probably someone close to Jian.

The closest person to Jian

is his nanny.

The Prime Minister’s daughter, Qi Qi

is so vicious in mind.

Even though she wants to marry Prince Qiyan,

there’s no need to hurt Jian.

It’s marvelous what you did. How do you feel?

It’s nothing.

You grow up.

You can

solve many problems even without me.

Master.

But I can’t stand a minute without you.

Sixth Prince’s Mansion

I’ve asked Chu Qing to punish the nanny.

In three days, she’ll be sent to the border.

I’d rather kill her with my own hands.

What are you going to do with Miss Qi?

I must be blind

to have been attracted by that evil woman.

I won’t let her get away with this.

You’d better forgive her.

Why?

If you do,

Mr. Qi will be grateful.

One day, perhaps he’ll work for us.

You want me to do him a favor?

No way.

Mr. Qi isn’t on my side.

And his daughter

is now a prisoner because of my family affairs.

He won’t be loyal to me.

Why don’t impeach

and replace him?

You’ve already had a plan.

Then I should speak no more of it.

Right.

I have good news for you.

What is it?

My father is going

to assign Qiheng to the border for war.

Even so,

you still need to stay put

and wait for the opportunity.

Then I’m counting on you.