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Your majesty.

Father,

do you know that in the Thirty-Six Stratagems,

one of them is called relieving the State of Zhao by besieging the State of Wei?

I’m also trapped in this ruse.

I wish Father

can help me

and relieve the state of me.

Ridiculous.

You almost manipulated me in your plan.

Do you still need me to help you?

Father,

I heard there’s rumor from Concubine Qiao’s place

saying that I had an affair with her.

Let me guess,

those who stand here right now

are coming towards me, right?

But look, Father.

Mrs. Yuan is Miss Yuan’s mother.

Lord He is Miss Yuan’s

current fiancé.

They came here at the same time

with the same purpose.

to put me and Concubine Qiao in trouble

so that Mr. Qiao will be implicated

and unable to hear the case of Princess Zesheng.

But

there’s clear evidence that Miss Yuan is guilty.

Mrs. Yuan couldn’t exonerate her.

That’s why she made all this

and blamed everything

on me,

so that

she can save her daughter.

I know

I’m not smart,

and never expect anything beyond my reach.

I just fulfill my job

to help father expand our territory.

All I want is that you have less worries,

remain strong and healthy

unify the world,

bring peace to every piece of land,

and have every nation subject to us.

But I didn’t expect

someone would leverage Father’s

trust and love

to kill me.

They said I’m to be too wicked to be pardoned

and committed the most terrible crimes,

but what evidence do they have?

True that public clamor can confound right with wrong,

and a repeated slander makes others believe.

But we can’t call white black

and black white.

Father, you are wise

and I believe you’ll investigate and find the truth

rather than to believe the slander

and have our relation between father and son,

between monarch and subjects ruined.

You are just like your mother,

who was eloquent.

Do you really think

I don’t know

what you are thinking about?

Lord Ye,

you keep saying we

are slandering you,

Concubine Qiao also claims

she didn’t write the letter.

Seems that

you two are indeed innocent

with no history.

Mr. Qiao is highly talented,

and I do like him.

I visited him a couple of times,

so I saw Concubine Qiao a few times too

before she came to the palace.

What’s the matter?

Do you want to raise up something

and ruin my reputation?

Your majesty,

today I came here

not just because

I intercepted a secret letter,

but because I met someone

called Guo

out of the town.

She can prove

Lord Ye has an affair

with Concubine Qiao,

and

he’s evil-minded.

You,

you are slinging mud at me!

Where is she?

She’s waiting outside for your summon.

Send her in.

Yes.

Send Guo

in.

Your majesty.

You are…

Your majesty,

I was a maid

serving the concubine

of the former emperor.

I remember after she deceased,

you and some other old maids

took your rewards

and went back home.

Indeed, your majesty.

Not long after I left the royal palace,

Lord Ye was looking for someone

to teach the lady in the Palace of Qiao

etiquette and manners.

So he asked me to go.

You mean

Lord Ye

asked you to teach Qiao manners?

Have you seen Lord Ye?

Of course.

Every few days,

Lord Ye would

meet Qiao.

They snuggled

and seemed so attached to each other.

Weird enough though,

Lord Ye was so attached to Qiao,

but he told me to teach Qaio

everything about your temper and interests.

And what tricks and skills those concubines

have used

to win your heart

and your love.

Father, don’t be deceived by her.

She was asked by the Palace of Qiao

to teach Concubine Qiao.

I only met her once or twice.

I don’t understand why she frames me.

Your majesty,

that’s not true,

that’s not true!

So Concubine Qiao

knew Lord Ye long ago.

Yuan got two things

when she was investigating

the drowning case.

I was thinking maybe someone set this up

and there might be some misunderstanding.

So I told Yuan to keep them first.

We can’t wrong Concubine Qiao.

But

now seems that

it’s Yuan who is wronged,

not Concubine Qiao.

Your majesty,

I have physical evidence to prove that.

What is it?

According to the embroidery,

this pouch

should be made

by Concubine Qiao herself.

You can check

Concubine Qiao’s family letter she wrote these years,

and see if the writing

on this fan is hers.

But the signature on the fan

looks like her writing four years ago.

Back then, Concubine Qiao

hadn’t come to the palace.

Is it true, as what Guo said,

that Concubine Qiao had an affair

with Lord Ye long ago?

You two are indeed the master of hiding secrets.

What else

are you going to say?

How long has Lord Ye been in the palace?

Mr. Jing,

almost an hour.

What about Mrs. Yuan?

She went there a moment later

because she asked Guo to go to the palace.

Message from the palace

should come soon.

That’s what my lord says.

He told me to wait here,

and pick Miss Yuan up from the Supreme Court

once the message of releasing her comes out.

You stay here and wait too.

Yes.

What are you going to do

once you got the message?

I’ll pick her up too.

I got the order from Lord He

to escort Miss Yuan back to the Palace of Yuan

or the Palace of He.

Who are you going to pick up?

I...

I’m waiting for Lu!

Lu?

Lu?

Isn’t she dead?

What are you talking about?

Don’t dare to curse her!

If you do that, I’ll beat you!

Maybe I heard it wrong.

If something happened to Lu,

she should be sent out of the jail.

Of course you are wrong.

How would anything bad

happen to Lu?

Your majesty, do not believe their slanders.

Your love to me

finally made them envy.

I don’t know

how much fake evidence they’ve collected

to frame me.

Jinxin and Chun

are your close maids right?

They must know

your affairs.

I heard

they are still serving you.

Your majesty,

you can ask them to come

and to be interrogated.

Then the truth will be revealed.

What a vicious woman you are

to malign me like this!

Shut up!

I will find out

if she is maligning you.

Go,

send Jinxin and Chun here.

Yes, your majesty.

Somebody

go to take them here.

Your majesty,

your majesty,

you can get whatever you want from them

with the most brutal torture.

They

they collude with each other

just to make sure

I’m doomed.

Your majesty,

your majesty!

Your father took my daughter,

with bloody clothes that can be found anywhere as irrefutable evidence,

and a penniless peasant

as an unbiased witness,

tortured her and almost killed her.

But when it comes to Concubine Qiao,

all the words from Lord He are fake evidence,

your own maids

are also fake witness.

If

Mr. Qiao are in charge of this,

will he treat you with torture first,

and investigate the truth later?

That’s enough.

Yes,

I’ve lived enough.

I saw my family ruined

and lost everything.

I can’t even

protect my own daughter

as a mother.

How can I live with that?

What are you doing,

Yuluo?

My whole life,

ever since I was a young girl,

till my 40s,

every day and night,

I lived only for you.

I never lived even one single day for myself.

But now,

even my beloved daughter

will be taken away from me.

How can I live with that?

Your majesty,

I know the death of Princess Zesheng is a matter of great importance.

But if something happens to Yuan,

and the killer is still unclear.

How are we going to explain to Lord Zhao?

Send my order,

release

Yuan.

Let her

go back and rest in her house.

Yes,

your majesty.

Miss Yuan,

You can go now.

Here’s your sword.

I took it too.

Now I’ll give it back to you.

The emperor was going to execute you.

Mrs. Yuan and Lord Junior

went to the royal palace early in the morning,

and somehow

saved you.

Now you can go back without any worries.

Nothing will happen again.

Where’s Qiao Li?

Where’s Qiao Li who killed my Lu?

Take her home.

Lu...

What do you want?

Miss Yuan,

Miss Yuan.

[Palace of Rules]

Duke Duan,

thank you so much.

If it wasn’t you confirmed

the affair between Lord Ye and Concubine Qiao,

we wouldn’t have found

witness Guo so quickly

and saved Yuan.

I don’t need other’s gratitude

for things I’ve done for Yuan.

Me?

Others?

Indeed, I’m still just one of the ‘others’ now…

It’s all because that bastard, Qiao Li,

who caught Yuan otherwise

we should’ve

woken up in the same bed now.

Duke Duan,

Mu Beiyan.

It’s quite cold today.

What brings you here, princess?

I heard Concubine Qiao was summoned to Palace of Rules,

and so was my brother.

Is there something wrong?

Or you did something wrong?

We didn’t do anything wrong.

We just

revealed some secrets.

Nothing can’t be fixed

by me.

How’s Yuan?

Is she okay?

I asked Xiao Xiao to pick her up

once he got the news.

Now

she should’ve been picked up.

My lord.

What’s wrong?

My lord,

Miss Yuan carried Lu in her arm,

took someone’s horse and ran away.

What?

Her face looked extremely odd.

She seemed to be seriously ill.

Send people to find her!

Please tell Zuo Yanxi

to join us

and find her.

Yuan,

Yuan needs more help.

Go to find Yanxi now.

Yes.

Stop.

Careful,

careful.

What happened?

Why such a rush?

I feel like I’m going to throw up.

Sorry, darling.

Come on,

have some rest,

have some rest.

Sorry, my darling.

I don’t know if Lord Ye

still has a chance to turn this over.

Darling, you don’t know

I’ve displeased

so many people.

If Lord Ye is doomed,

I’ll be dead too

if I don’t leave now.

[Palace of Rules]

Concubine Qiao,

you betrayed the emperor

and it is a unforgivable sin.

Your title as a concubine

will be abolished,

and you are commanded to commit suicide with poisonous wine.

Your majesty,

your majesty,

please, I’ve served you

for years,

don’t kill me.

Don’t kill me!

Get her out!

Don’t kill me!

Don’t kill me!

Your majesty,

Don’t kill me!

Your majesty!

Don’t kill me, your majesty!

You bastard,

do you admit your guilt?

I do,

I do.

Father,

I’m your son.

I know you are angry at me,

please spare my life

for the sake of our relation

and your love to my mother.

I’m your biological son at least!

Today

I won’t kill you.

Thank you, Father.

From now on,

Lord Ye is demoted

to the supervisor of Laizhou.

You are not allowed to come back to the capital unless you are summoned.

Father,

father,

father,

you can’t do this to me.

Lord Bo has made so many mistakes.

But you always forgive him.

But when I made a mistake,

it becomes unforgivable

and I’ll be demoted to the Laizhou.

Father,

Lord Bo is only your adoptive son.

I...

I am your real son!

All I did

is to get rid of others’ disdain.

I’ve suffered so much

because of my mother’s humble birth.

But still, Lord Bo

always trod on me.

Father,

wise as you,

you can’t be so unjustified!

The Elder Princess is your aunt.

Have you thought about that

when you murdered her?

Mu Zhong was so loyal to our country.

He has worked hard and performed a valuable service.

When you was killing him,

have you thought of the word

unjustified?

And Wang Zesheng and Yuan,

they are just some young girls.

Did they ever threaten you?

Yet you wanted to kill them

regardless of

the stability of Yong State

and our relation with Zhaozhou.

Do you think

what you’ve done

to them is justified or not?

Xue Cai,

take this bastard out!

Yes, your majesty.

Father,

father!

Your highness,

your highness!

Father,

I’m leaving now.

Duke Duan.

Duke Duan.

Why are you here, Lord Qing?

The emperor heard

you went out of the town following Miss Yuan.

He’s worried about you,

so he told me to bring some Longxiang Army

to help you.

With Longxiang Army’s help

things will be much easier.

Thank you, Lord Qing.

We can’t wait.

Let’s go!

Qiao Li’s gone?

Once Concubine Qiao was sentenced,

Qiao Li was so afraid he would be in trouble too.

He went out of the town to hide.

Where’s Jiang Tan?

You promised her

to set her and her father free

once we killed Wang Zesheng.

I didn’t release her father, did I?

Few days ago,

her father was

taken away by someone.

I believe

Jiang Tan

asked someone to help in secret.

She must went to Zuo Yanxi.

She knew too much.

if she keeps staying with Zuo Yanxi,

she’ll screw my business.

You know what I mean?

I understand.

You all cling to the superior and tread upon the inferior,

watching me lose my power

and just wanted to get away from me.

Wait and see

what I’m capable of.

Your highness.

Xiaohan,

you are still here.

Ever since the day you saved me,

I swear to myself that

I’ll be with you my whole life.

I don’t care how other people think,

to me,

you are always my master,

my hero.

Here you are,

this is the soothing soup I just made.

Have some soup and calm down.

We’ll figure out how to stage a comeback.

Xiaohan,

with the love you gave to me,

I will never let you down.

That’s very kind of you, your highness.

Your highness,

we found a villager

nearby

who seems to have seen Miss Yuan.

Where is he?

Where is he?

Take him here.

Yes.

Don’t be afraid, sir.

The guard told me

you saw a woman with a sword passing by.

Yes.

I was on my way to the mountain to collect some firewood.

From a distance

I saw a slight girl

with a sword

supporting

a female ghost

passing by over there.

So I paid some attention.

A slight girl?

A female ghost?

Is there a jade phoenix hairpin

in the

girl’s bun?

Yes.

There is a phoenix hairpin

on her head.

But I can’t tell

what is it made of.

It’s Jiang Tan.

Yuan was taken away by Jiang Tan?

How did you see the female ghost?

In the middle of a day,

she couldn’t move

and her face looked extremely pale,

what else can she be?

Where did they go then?

They might have gone

to the bamboo forest in the front.

Beiyan,

don’t worry.

Yuan is highly skilled in martial arts.

Even if she’s sick,

Jiang Tan won’t be able to fight against her.

Didn’t you hear him

saying that Yuan’s face looked extremely pale?

Her life might be in danger.

And yet all you can think about is still Jiang Tan?

I’ll kill her.

Let go of me.

Beiyan.

[Has Yuan been sick]

[ever since she was back from Lanyue Lake]

[because I hurt her heart too much?]

This should be the place

the older villager was talking about.

What did you do to Yuan?

Beiyan,

calm down.

Her clothes are dirty,

so I changed her clothes with mine,

and I’m going to wash her clothes.

Where’s Yuan?

In the house.

You guys, follow me

and wait in the forest.

Yes, sir.

Yuan.

Yuan.

Yuan.

Yuan.

Yuan wanted to kill Qiao Li.

But Qiao Li was protected by a lot of guards,

besides, she’s terribly ill.

She couldn’t fight against them.

So I

knocked her out

and brought her here to treat her.

How’s she doing now?

There was stagnation in her liver before,

and later she was injured

and hurt on top of that,

her condition

has become quite tricky now.

So I brought her here immediately

and made her some medicines.

She’s right.

But the medicine Jiang Tan made for her was served in time.

If she can have more rest,

she will recover.

Great, great.

I’ll take good care of her.

What else did you give to her

besides the medicine for soothing the stagnation?

Miss Yuan

was not at peace when she was unconscious.

Her pulse was faint.

It might be caused by restless brain activities

because of the memory loss.

So I add some

mind refreshing herbs

in her medicine.

What?

What’s the consequence

of taking those?

Yuan

might have her memory back.

Ci.

Are you okay?

I’m fine.

Are you okay?

She’s going to

have her memory back.

I haven’t panicked yet,

why you?

Beiyan, stop.

Let’s go.

Come on.

Yanxi,

I’m fine.

With this prescription,

I am confident that I can cure your disease.

There are two rare ingredients in the prescription,

but someone has found them for me.

Now the biggest problem

is that I cannot trace down

to the source of the poison in you.

If I cannot find the source,

even if I can cure your disease,

the poison will

wear you down.

You dropped your jade pendant.

Thank you.

Let me have a look at this pendant.

My mother left this to me.

Is there anything wrong?

Your mother left this to you?

Do you know the poison on this pendant

is exactly the same poison you have?

You mean

the jade pendant is the reason

why I’ve been poisoned all the time?

From the severe toxicity of the pendant,

I can tell it

must have been soaked

in strong poison

for years.

The poison has

permeated inside.

Who gave you this?

Someone wants to kill you

with this pendant?

Are you okay?

Yanxi,

do you know what’s the most horrible thing

in the world?

The betrayal of your beloved ones.

It’s far more toxic

that the poison the pendant carries.

You sent your father out of Yong State,

but why are you still here?

Because you are here.

I want to stay with you forever.

But you have to go now.

Ci is sick now,

and worrying about Yuan’s condition.

He don’t have time to think of you.

Once he gets better,

he’ll take you back to the capital to convict you

both for the law and for himself.

Don’t care about those trivial things.

Leave now.

Do you know why I agreed

to do one last job for Lord Ye?

Why?

Because

I don’t want you to give up everything you have in Yong State

because of me.

I want to be here with you,

to see you build your own career,

and fulfill your wish.

But you know what?

Those doesn’t matter.

What matters then?

You being safe and sound

is what matters most.

Watch out!

Brother,

brother!

Go.

Brother!

Are you okay, brother?

Brother!

Brother!

Ci,

I cannot take care of you anymore.

Don’t forget to take your medicine

and take good care of yourself.

Yanxi,

Hang in there.

I only...

only hope

my prescription can save you.

I have one last request.

Tan has killed many people,

and did wrong to many people,

but she was forced by others.

It’s not what she wants.

If there’s a price to pay,

let me

pay it.

No.

Let her off, will you?

Ci.

Okay.

Tan,

don’t hurt anyone anymore.

Okay,

I promise.

I’ll promise whatever you asked me.

But promise me too

that you will live.

Brother.

Brother.

Brother.

Brother, come on.

Brother, wake up.

Don’t leave me alone!

Brother.

[I’ve been thinking about]

[my sister these years.]

[She has been suffering from disease every day and night,]

[tortured by all kinds of]

[weird treatment, ]

[and she still smiles everyday]

[follows me to everywhere]

[like a little tail. ]

[Are you still going to]

[hold the candle for her?]

[If you really feel guilty to me,]

[then stop that now. ]

Brother,

I...

I know I am wrong.

[Brother.]

[Don’t leave me.]

[I’ll do my best]

[to protect you.]

[Believe me.]

[I hope with this hairpin,]

[you won’t cry anymore.]

Brother,

do you still remember our vows?

I, Zuo Yanxi

will live

and die together

with Jiang Tan.

I shall never leave him.