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[Who Am I (我是谁) by Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) & Jony J (肖佳)]

♫ Used to the depth of the darkness ♫

♫ No matter how wild, there is no fear ♫

♫ Waiting for a star to fall to see who its afterglow will illuminate (I tell myself to keep pushing on by feeling, it’s history in the making) ♫

♫ Of the same kind as the banished ♫

♫ Hiding the loneliness in defense (Climbing mountains and cliffs) ♫

♫ But gentleness is always invincible (I’m earth-shatteringly alone, with no purpose and no worry, just so I can push on harder) ♫

♫ Refusing to compromise with fate because my heart has a home ♫

♫ It's yours; I don't belong to anyone else ♫

♫ (But let me know who I am and give me a destination) ♫

♫ Who am I if I didn’t meet you? ♫

♫ (You took away what I care about and all my attention) ♫

♫ Who am I without you? ♫

♫ (But let me know who I am and give me a destination) ♫

♫ When a puppet hanging on a string has experienced warmth ♫

♫ The pupil is no longer black, white, or grey (You took away what I care about and all my attention) ♫

♫ The pupil is no longer black, white, or grey (But let me know who I am and give me a destination) ♫

♫ You know who I am ♫

[The Wolf]

[Episode 23] Your Majesty, Lord Duan said that

my father had always been guarding the borders and was away from home.

He only came back once a year or every six months.

Leaving the defense forces and going back home was a secret order.

If there was no spy among the higher-ups,

how would the murderer obtain such accurate information?

Second Prince colluded with our enemy, Jin.

They had constant communication.

When we went to Qitan with Prince of Bo,

Second Prince tried to use the same method to kill us.

Shut up!

Kneel.

Your Majesty, now we're at this point,

if the real culprit is still hiding, I beg Your Majesty to seek justice for Ma Manor.

Ma Zhaixing, oh, Ma Zhaixing.

You...

I was heartbroken and couldn't sleep every night because of You Gui's matter.

And now you are working together with a criminal now to create rumors to defame a prince.

What you are doing is like stabbing a knife through my heart.

I dare not.

I know I am acting recklessly.

I just hope Your Majesty can investigate the Ma Manor case again

and let me join the investigation so I can study all the details and doubtful points.

If I indeed misunderstand Second Prince, I am willing to be punished.

Shut up!

No one can investigate the Ma Manor case anymore!

Why?

Is Your Majesty protecting Second Prince because you are afraid that he's involved?

Or does Your Majesty know that there's more to it than meets the eye and is trying to hide it from the public?

How dare you! How dare you!

Men!

- Take the criminal, Ma Zhaixing, to prison! - Your Majesty, the Ma Manor case is doubtful.

Please re-investigate it, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Please re-investigate it, Your Majesty!

My Lord,

Eunuch Jin sent someone to summon you and Prince of Bo to the palace to meet His Majesty.

What did Eunuch Zhang Jin say?

Tell Prince of Bo.

He said Commandery Princess went to see His Majesty

and suspected Second Prince of colluding with the Jin Army to kill her family.

She requested His Majesty to re-investigate the assassination

which His Majesty got enraged and has forbidden anyone from investigating the Ma Manor case again.

She is now in prison.

Lord Bo, no matter how smart Ma Zhaixing is, she will still lose her cool

after she finds out about the real culprit.

So, this is what you've been aiming for.

I will definitely tell Father that Ma Zhaixing fell into your trap and you were the one who had pulled the strings from behind.

You won't.

Don't forget.

If His Majesty finds out about Hong'er,

not only will you become a criminal,

what do you think will happen to the people of the Night Fiends like Mo Xiao?

His Majesty has ordered that whenever anyone from the Night Fiends betrays, everyone will be punished.

If you don't obey me,

I will report this to His Majesty.

The price will be the lives of everyone from Bo Manor.

Idiot!

Look. How did you keep an eye on Ma Zhaixing?

How dare you bring this letter to me!

See for yourself! See for yourself!

Did you know about

this letter full of nonsense written by Duan Yanyu long ago?

I didn't.

You didn't?

Duan Yanyu's letter which is full of his imaginations and conjectures

have made Ma Zhaixing suspicious about the death of Ma Ying.

Yes!

This case is unrelated to You Gui.

But if Ma Zhaixing doesn't stop

and keeps investigating in detail, can you guarantee that she won't find the truth?

I've told you long ago.

Ma Zhaixing is not a simple person.

I've witnessed her wisdom in solving a case many years ago.

After that, she showed her decisiveness and wits in Bao Na's case.

In front of Youzhen, she even turned your case around in the First Prince's case.

That's enough to know

that she can't be underestimated.

Your Majesty, Ma Zhaixing must die.

Why don't we get rid of her?

Yes. I regret keeping her alive.

Youzhen sent back a military report today. Taibao Battalion is just as I expected.

I've ordered the Ma Army to prepare and attack them soon.

Once I'm done using the Ma Army and wait till they are no more than an army with injured and disabled men,

I will have

no more reason to keep Ma Zhaixing alive.

Emperor Father!

Prince of Bo!

Prince of Bo. Prince of Bo!

Do you know why I've never really tried to harm her before?

That's because I've always been taking into account your feelings.

Yes.

I remember.

Prince of Bo, I don't care what methods you use.

You must stop Ma Zhaixing

from having any thoughts of reinvestigating the Ma Manor case.

Never!

I'm sure you hate me.

The letter that provoked Zhaixing was your scheme.

That's right.

Ma Zhaixing fell for it.

You can finally come back

and become the real Prince of Bo.

Even if I'm the Prince of Bo,

I will become one who wants to kill you every day.

Sir, your candied hawthorns.

The last Commandery Princess of Kuizhou

loved these candied hawthorns the most?

Do you mean Commandery Princess Zhaixing?

My candied hawthorns were her favorite.

Then, I want all your candied hawthorns.

Also, tell me everything about what Commandery Princess Zhaixing likes.

She and I are acquaintances.

I can't see her now and miss her a lot.

I can only remember her with an object.

Princess Zhaixing loved to go to the restaurant in front

and liked to watch their shadow plays.

She was always praising Mr. Fang's dishes.

Unfortunately, both Mr. Fang and his daughter died from an accident.

They are dead?

Yes.

We thought it was just a fire in their house.

Unexpectedly, a few days ago,

Mr. Fang's corpse was found on a river bay

by a woodcutter dozens of li away from here. (T/N: one li is around 500 meters)

They even reported it to the official.

Mr. Fang was actually killed and the accidental fire was just a cover-up.

The fire was just the murderer's distraction.

A distraction like that is very usual.

That's... But Mr. Fang was friendly and never had any enemies.

Even the local court had no clue.

They offered a reward of a hundred taels of gold to those who can assist in their investigation.

A reward of a hundred taels of gold?

Spinning Flower Leaf?

Isn't this a strong poison created secretly in the palace?

Why did the court do so much to kill a petty manager?

[Bo Royal Manor]

Mo Xiao, what should we do now?

All of us can't visit the Commandery Princess at the prison.

His Majesty has ordered that no one can visit her, not even Prince of Bo.

But you can prepare some clothes first.

Also, it's cold in the prison. Prepare some yellow wine, too.

I'll talk to the wardens and see if they will let us bring these things inside.

- All right. I'll get it done. - All right.

Yao Ji planned to let the Commandery Princess find out about the assassination accidentally

in order to destroy the Commandery Princess,

to get her revenge from five years ago.

It's my fault.

I knew that woman was planning something yet I still underestimated her.

We have no time to blame ourselves right now.

We have to think of a way to rescue Commandery Princess.

Five days later, Zhaixing will be released.

We have to clear her suspicion.

I couldn't even protect the girl I love.

How is he?

What's wrong?

Master can usually overcome pain and illnesses. What is going on?

Master has been restricting himself.

He must have been enduring it all this while.

It must be Yao Ji!

Master!

- Master! - Master!

Get the Heart Chains. Master!

Get the Heart Chains! Hurry!

Wen Yan.

- Wen... - Wen Yan.

If Master couldn't kill Hong'er, you should have just done it for him!

But I didn't want to do that.

You've forgotten.

We are Night Fiends.

We are His Majesty's tools.

Master is confused because of Commandery Princess.

Have you turned stupid as well?

If His Majesty finds out, none of us can live.

You are good at fighting, right?

Can you oppose His Majesty?

Can you oppose everyone?

You are right.

For Master, I am willing to oppose anyone.

Mo Xiao, you had the chance to finish the job for Master.

But because of your vacillation, now...

But I like to see Master in his current situation. Can't I?

I've never seen Master smile.

I've never seen Master so happy before.

The same goes for all of you.

When did we ever have a hotpot together with messy faces

and laugh out loud happily?

When did we ever play pitch pot together and have so much fun regardless of our status?

Never.

You and I both know that was just a short-lived moment.

That was not Prince of Bo.

Do you forget?

We are all orphans from the war.

We were neglected by the world.

Ever since we joined the Night Fiends,

we have had no choice.

At least this time,

my choice is the same as Master's.

What should we do now?

Mo Xiao and I will take care of Master.

Go to the prison

and ask Commandery Princess not to investigate the case anymore.

I will figure out how to deal with the rest.

All right. I'll go there now.

It's time to spy on the enemy.

Commandery Princess.

Hai Die.

These clothes can protect you from the cold.

If you feel cold, warm yourself up by drinking wine.

Hai Die, do me another favor.

I want to write a blood letter to His Majesty

to explain about the meeting which I had when Prince of Bo was not around

so His Majesty won't be angry with him.

I chose to meet His Majesty alone because I was hoping that Prince of Bo

would never get involved in anything.

Prince of Bo returned suddenly.

He was summoned by His Majesty and told about this matter.

Is he well?

Commandery Princess, don't worry. His Highness is fine.

His Majesty did not punish him.

He was just anxious to know the details and sent me here.

That's great.

I just sneaked into the Grand Diviner Palace.

The key reason for Master not being able to fight against Yao Ji

is that he didn't kill Hong'er.

The only way is to tell His Majesty

that I was the one who failed to kill Hong'er.

What did you say?

If no other people are related to what happened to Hong'er

and Master was only fooled by me, with me shouldering the blame,

Yao Ji will no longer have anything to threaten Master.

As for Commandery Princess,

I'll just say that after Yao Ji found out I failed, she threatened me with it,

and forced me to provoke and frame Ma Zhaixing.

Wen Ya, do you know what you are talking about?

If you do that, His Majesty will give you a harsh punishment.

You are gambling with your life.

If we don't solve this problem,

Master will forever be threatened by Yao Ji and be under her control.

When I first joined the Night Fiends,

I was the slowest to improve my martial arts.

Without Master's help, I would've died

in the first several missions.

If I have to repay Master,

my life alone will not be enough.

Also, you must not let Mo Xiao find out about this.

If he knows, that fool will be the first to sacrifice himself to protect every one of Bo Manor.

Mo Xiao and I owe Master a lot, too.

You shouldn't be the one to shoulder this alone.

I treated His Majesty's injuries from previous wars.

I have some contributions.

I'm the only one who has a chance of not getting killed.

Will His Majesty believe you?

I have my own way.

I've found out that Hong'er's body is still in the Grand Diviner Palace.

I've also hidden some evidence there.

If His Majesty starts an investigation,

he will surely find the evidence.

Wen Yan...

We have no time.

Farewell.

You are saying there's another reason for Ma Zhaixing

to reinvestigate the Ma Manor case?

This is a serious matter.

Stand up and tell me.

No.

I am guilty of a grave crime. I can't stand up.

You are the most cautious in the Night Fiends.

What crimes could have you committed?

After Your Majesty ordered me to assassinate Hong'er and her father,

I made a mistake so they managed to escape from us.

You didn't do it?

After Mr. Fang's death, Prince of Bo ordered me to assassinate Hong'er in the attic.

I was guilty and violated the Night Fiend's code.

I got emotional and failed to kill Hong'er.

I only burned the place down

and reported to Prince of Bo that I had killed her.

When I left, I didn't expect Hong'er to still be alive.

Finally, she fell into Prince of Bo's enemy's hands.

Who is it?

Yao Ji.

Yao Ji blackmailed me when she found out that I failed the mission.

Your Majesty should know Yao Ji lost to Prince of Bo before.

When Yao Ji found out Prince of Bo was infatuated with Ma Zhaixing,

she wanted Prince of Bo to feel the pain of losing someone he loves.

Yao Ji ordered me to work with her in collusion

and tricked Ma Zhaixing into visiting Duan Yanyu's old house.

With the help of the Duan Family's servant, we forged Lord Duan's letter

to confuse Ma Zhaixing.

I don't believe you.

You are someone from the Night Fiends and you are most loyal to Prince of Bo.

You would never fail this easily and betray Prince of Bo.

Wen Ya, are you sure you are not trying to save Bo Manor

by making up such nonsense to fool me?

I dare not!

Your Majesty,

do you still remember?

When I was young and first met Your Majesty,

I was holding a female corpse in my arms.

I remember.

It was your younger sister who died of illness

who inspired you to study medicine for your whole life. Am I right?

Hong'er looked similar to my younger sister who died of illness.

I got emotional and betrayed Master.

Your Majesty, everything was manipulated by Yao Ji.

As far as I know,

the Duan Family's servant and Hong'er's corpse are still in Grand Diviner Palace.

The army seal used to forge Lord Duan's letter is in Grand Diviner Palace, too.

Your Majesty can investigate to verify it.

How do I dare to lie to Your Majesty?

Does Prince of Bo know about this?

Master has always been in the dark about this.

I did everything by myself.

You were emotional and failed your assassination.

You were even threatened by Yao Ji

to betray Prince of Bo and lie to me.

Aren't you afraid that I will sentence you to death?

I've been feeling anxious.

I'm telling Your Majesty the truth

because I don't want to disappoint Your Majesty and Prince of Bo.

I can only redeem myself with death.

You've been loyal all these years.

Your misconduct was because of your sister's death.

You've made a lot of contributions in the Night Fiends

and treated my injuries.

I can spare you from the death penalty

but do you know what the punishment is for failing a mission

as a member of the Night Fiends?

Destruction of every meridian vessel.

Your Majesty, I am not afraid of death.

I only wish for Yao Ji to be executed.

To prevent Prince of Bo from saving Ma Zhaixing,

she even used Wolfbone Flower secretly to stimulate the adverse effects hidden within Prince of Bo!

I'll know whether you're telling the truth

after I have the Grand Diviner Palace searched.

Come in.

Lord Yao Ji, bad news.

The imperial guard commander has ordered for the Grand Diviner Palace to be surrounded.

What?

- Let's have a look. - Yes, Master.

This is the Grand Diviner Palace.

All of you are unqualified to come here.

Get lost!

If the Imperial Guard are unqualified to enter the Grand Diviner Palace,

what about me?

Yao Ji greets Your Majesty.

I wonder why Your Majesty visits here so late at night?

- Zhang Jin. - Yes.

Your Majesty, this is the letter written by Duan Family's servant to Commandery Princess Ma.

Yao Ji read it in the Grand Hall.

Tell me the truth.

Was this letter forged by you?

I wonder who framed me and fooled Your Majesty into believing such nonsense.

I am willing to confront him.

Search this place.

Yes.

Search this place!

Bring out all the corpses!

Yes!

Your Majesty,

I've found two corpses in the secret room.

One of them is a girl around 14 years old.

The other is the corpse of the Duan Family's servant.

I was doubtful at first.

It seems that Wen Yan is telling the truth after all.

You threatened him to work with you to provoke Ma Zhai Xing

to be suspicious of the Ma Manor case because he failed to kill Hong'er.

Your Majesty, Wen Yan is making a baseless accusation.

He must know that I... Your Majesty.

We've found the Duan Family's army seal and Wolfbone Flower.

All the evidence is here.

If you didn't threaten Wen Yan with Hong'er

and use the Duan Family to forge the letter,

how do you explain the corpses and the army seal in your palace?

Besides, you even have the guts to make Prince of Bo lose his mind.

I've got solid proof.

You did all these to get revenge on Prince of Bo, right?

Yao Ji, you are so good at scheming.

I dare not.

- I was just– - Shut up!

Besides tricking me,

you even dared to manipulate the case of the Ma Family and frame Second Prince.

Men!

Take Yao Ji into prison.

Seal the Grand Diviner Palace.

Yes!

Your Majesty.

Shut up!

Your Majesty, about Princess Ma in prison...

Go to the prison and bring her to me.

Yes, Your Majesty.

By His Majesty's decree,

after you confess your crimes to Commandery Princess Ma

and clear Commandery Princess Ma's doubts on the Ma Family annihilation,

His Majesty will consider sparing your life if he finds you worth using.

I obey His Majesty's decree.

Commandery Princess.

His Majesty summons you.

Eunuch Zhang, what is going on?

Princess,

the letter from Lord Duan that you gave to His Majesty

was a set-up by Yao Ji.

Why would she do that?

Yao Ji has always been holding a grudge toward Prince of Bo.

She lied to you and tricked you to go to Duan Manor.

After that, she handed you a letter written by Lord Duan

that she forged to provoke you to take revenge

and persuade you to lie to His Majesty,

so His Majesty would punish Prince of Bo and his subordinates.

This was all planned by Yao Ji.

Yao Ji,

you deliberately went against me only to take revenge on Prince of Bo?

Five years ago, he made me lose everything.

Now, I'm going to make him suffer.

Ma Zhaixing, don't think that you will be safe after this.

If you really love Prince of Bo, leave him.

I'm telling you clearly.

Your ending with Prince of Bo is cursed.

His true self is not what you can accept.

How dare you!

How dare a criminal like you speak nonsense?

Do you have a death wish?

Commandery Princess, His Majesty is still waiting for you.

Do you think I will just go down like this?

I will get more opportunities by hiding in the dark.

Criminal Ma Zhaixing is here to see Your Majesty.

As you were. I don't blame you.

I can only blame the culprit for setting you up.

Even so, I still have to be blamed for suspecting Second Prince.

It's just that I still have some doubts.

If Yao Ji wanted to frame me to take revenge on Prince of Bo,

there were many ways for her to harm me.

Why would she do that to provoke me to ask Your Majesty

to reinvestigate the Ma Manor case?

I'm sure she was afraid of getting involved in it.

For her own safety,

it was better to use me to achieve her goals.

By doing that, even Prince of Bo could do nothing about it.

How could she guarantee that Your Majesty would be angry when I requested it?

If you still have doubts,

that means you are blaming me for being careless

and concluding this case hastily.

I dare not.

Since Yao Ji confessed her crimes, the culprit has been found.

I was just overthinking.

Your Majesty has already explained.

I dare not speak another word.

All right.

Since the case has been solved,

I don't want to cause any more trouble.

The most important issue at hand is Prince of Bo.

What's wrong with Prince of Bo?

In order to stop Prince of Bo

from protecting you in this matter, Yao Ji stabbed Prince of Bo.

Fortunately, his injuries were treated immediately. He is fine now.

But Prince of Bo is still in a coma.

Go and visit him.

I've prepared the carriage for you.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I will be leaving.

Ma Zhaixing is very smart.

She worries me.

She shouldn't be kept alive any longer.

Your Majesty is wise.

However, this involves Prince of Bo...

Don't worry.

As the leader of the Night Fiends,

he knows what to do.

Everything has been decided.

This will be a good lesson for him

so he will not be foolish and get emotional next time.

Reporting!

Your Majesty, Fourth Prince has sent an urgent military report.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You may leave.

Yes.

Great. Fantastic.

As expected.

The Jin Army's Taibao Battalion is indeed located by the Beiliao River.

Also, the Jin Army's rations are all gathered here.

Taking down this place will definitely hurt the Jin Army's morale.

Your Majesty has captured the Jin Army by its throat.

We can't miss this opportunity.

We need to strike before they make a move.

But according to the report,

Taibao Battalion is heavily guarded by elite soldiers.

It is stronger than I expected.

Any army deployed for this battle will suffer from heavy casualties,

and won't be able to recover no matter if they win or lose the battle.

Come here.

Which unit do you think is the most suitable for this job?

Ma Family Army.

Move! Zhaixing is my princess consort.

Only Wolf Boy...

Xing'er!

You made it in time to save me.

Every time I was in danger,

His Highness sacrificed himself to save me.

But what have I ever done for him?

Who are you?

Do I still know you?

No matter how much you refuse to believe this, you still have to eat.

Remember to take care of yourself.

Commandery Princess, don't worry.

Master is strong. They are just flesh wounds.

The wounds will recover after a few days of rest.

Yao Ji is so despicable.

She used my feelings for the Ma Family.

It's also my fault for not being alert enough so His Highness has been harmed.

Commandery Princess, don't worry.

It's all my fault.

Commandery Princess, Master will wake up soon.

I'm sure Master wouldn't want to see you feeling sad and blaming yourself.

Young Feudal Mistress, I think Hai Die is right.

Why don't we go back and take a rest?

We will visit Prince of Bo again when he wakes up.

No.

I'm staying here with him until he wakes up.

Commandery Princess, since you've decided,

we will leave for now.

Call us if you need anything at night.

We will be right outside.

Let's go.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, have you woken up?

Xing'er.

What did you say?

Are you thirsty? Do you want a drink?

What did you say?

Xing'er.

Xing'er.

Xing'er is here.

Xing'er will not go anywhere.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

You are awake.

It really is you.

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[Flowing Backward 倒流 by Jolin Tsai 蔡依林]

♫ Separation is not unbearable ♫

♫ What is unbearable is when two hearts are not truly separated ♫

♫ I had to move forward, but I did not say ♫

♫ That the only one who can change me is still you ♫

♫ I really want to run into your embrace ♫

♫ Thank you for indulging me to be superstitious ♫

♫ Flowing backward to when we started to love, when there is still no hurt ♫

♫ Forever being together ♫

♫ Going backward to that second in time ♫

♫ Firmly holding your hand and keep walking like that ♫

♫ I am willing to wait, wait until you understand ♫

♫ Eternity actually is hiding within the love that we believed in ♫

♫ I really want to run into your embrace ♫

♫ Thank you for indulging me to be superstitious ♫

♫ Returning to when we started to love, when there is still no hurt ♫

♫ Forever being together ♫

[The Wolf]