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♪We meet again after reincarnation♪

♪With the crescent moon and few stars♪

♪To meet you I travel all the way♪

♪No matter how things change♪

♪There’s a twisted fate of the past♪

♪In old dreams I hear one more song♪

♪I hate to leave and don’t know when to return♪

♪Who can I depend on at the end of reincarnation♪

Twisted Fate of Love

Episode 3

Peace and Prosperity Come and have a look.

Peace and Prosperity

Capital Journal.

The latest Capital Journal.

Sacrifice Ceremony Come and have a look. Capital Journal.

Sacrifice ceremony will be held at the end of this month.

Capital Journal. Come and have a look.

Lu Yuantong will also attend the sacrifice ceremony.

Come and have a look. Capital Journal.

Court History Bureau?

Sir.

They’re such beautiful umbrellas.

Why did you throw them away?

You must be from another place.

The drought has lasted for three months in the capital.

We all know that.

Think about it.

Why do we still need umbrellas?

Drought for three months?

The 14th year of Qiyuan.

What’s the date today?

The 11th of July, the Limit of Heat.

Sir.

May I take one umbrella?

Sure. As you wish.

Thank you.

As recorded in Capital Journal,

it snowed on the Limit of Heat,

in the 14th year of Qiyuan.

The once-in-a-century snow

helped with the drought in the capital.

Seems like I can be admitted to the Court History Bureau.

Songs don’t help with lovesickness?

Only one line.

Waiting for the couplet?

Court History Bureau

Court History Bureau My Lord.

We received another criticizing document from the Ministry of Rites again.

Document, huh?

I’m so pissed off!

How about begging His Highness in the room?

Beg him?

What can he help with?

He’s a prince.

He never deals with politics,

Blazing sun but only writes prayers in this place.

He thinks it’ll help to get rain?

My Lord. My Lord.

My Lord, a young man came,

saying he could do the divination.

What an idiot you are!

Every one of us was admitted,

by saying so.

Send him away.

Okay.

Wait.

Get him in.

Aye.

Come in, please.

My Lord, here he comes.

My Lord.

What can you do to pray for rain?

My Lord.

You don’t need to pray for rain.

Today is the 11th of July.

It will snow at night.

The drought will be ended.

Snow?

In July?

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth Take him out! Take him out!

Go.

My Lord, trust me.

It’s a rare phenomenon

once in a century.

Get out!

My Lord!

-My Lord! -Get out.

My Lord!

Trust me.

It will snow tonight.

Go!

My Lord.

-Go! -Please trust me!

My Lord.

-Qingxiao, go have a look. -Please trust me.

Go!

Aye.

My Lord, please trust me!

-It will snow tonight! -Leave!

My Lord.

Who is making the noise,

disturbing His Highness writing prayers?

Miss Qingxiao.

Sorry.

This guy is talking nonsense.

I’m kicking him out.

Hurry. Hurry.

Miss, please trust me.

It will snow tonight.

I swear to you with my life!

The Third Prince’s Maid, Qingxiao

The Third Prince’s Maid, Qingxiao Director.

He looks so sure.

Why don’t you let him stay till night,

to see if he’s right?

How is that possible?

Miss.

Minister Feng Xi recommended me.

He said I could be accepted here.

Xi

Court History Bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Rites.

Feng Xi’s name

may help me.

It’s Feng Xi’s token?

Precisely.

This is a small place,

not good enough for a talent like you.

Somebody! Walk him out.

Miss.

Go.

-My Lord, please trust me! -Leave.

-It will snow tonight! -Go.

I ordered some writing brushes days ago.

Go and fetch them in Zhuyuan Shop.

Well, be careful, Your Highness.

I’ll come back early.

Dude, are you a stranger here?

You have sharp eyes.

I don’t.

The drought has lasted in the capital.

Only a stranger brings an umbrella.

We should look ahead at what might happen.

Even if it’s fine weather now,

we’re not sure if it will rain soon.

There’s philosophy in it

and you sound thought-provoking.

Sir, two pieces of steamed cake!

Okay!

Thank you. Thank you.

Thanks a lot.

You look rich enough to afford the cake.

I have something great to do.

I must get full.

You looked worried.

After having the steamed cake,

you’ll do something great?

The weather changes,

not to mention people.

Looking worried

will help with nothing at all.

You look ambitious.

You will get what you want.

I had bad luck today.

I failed to get a job.

But it doesn’t matter.

After tonight,

they will realize

I’m right.

I can’t pay for the food.

Take my umbrella in return.

No.

Take it. It’s going to snow.

But it’s July.

What’s your name, dude?

Where can I find you to return your umbrella?

I’m Dongyue.

On such a good night,

the ilex blooms.

Why don’t we call you Dongyue?

Forget it. Call me Dongyue.

We met by chance and won’t meet again.

Keep the umbrella.

Songs don’t help with lovesickness.

What was the noise?

Someone talked nonsense.

He said it would snow tonight.

Such a remarkable man?

I think he talked nonsense,

just to get a job.

Take it.

It’s going to snow.

It’s him?

Court History Bureau

I’m so glad to find you.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Dude.

You slept here for the whole night?

You are?

You don’t remember me?

We met yesterday.

I’m Lu Chuan.

Officer of Court History Bureau.

Here. It’s your recruitment file.

See? I’m right!

It snowed the whole night.

You have great luck.

The Third Prince is your guarantor.

The Third Prince?

Here. Your umbrella.

All right. Come in.

Court History Bureau

Songs don’t help with lovesickness. The moon rises in the songs?

Greeting, Your Highness.

I come to say thank you.

I know you put in a good word for me

so that I can be admitted.

I didn’t know you were the Third Prince.

It was impolite of me yesterday.

You mean you were impolite by saying you were hungry?

If you had known I was a prince,

you wouldn’t be hungry?

Uh...

I would still be hungry.

Snow in July sounds like a fantastic story.

Yesterday, it indeed snowed.

I enjoyed a beautiful scene.

You’re admitted to the Court History Bureau,

because you’re a talent who can predict.

You don’t need to thank me.

I’m not a talent.

I just know a bit about observing celestial phenomena.

The palace gate closes early today.

Send today’s prayers back.

Aye.

When we met yesterday,

you said you just came to the capital.

How did you know Feng Xi, then?

I don’t know Feng Xi at all.

I picked this token.

I said so,

because I thought

I could be admitted,

with the help of Feng Xi.

Unexpectedly, it helped with nothing.

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth

I’ll go get the carriage for you.

It rains softly.

Don’t ask anyone to pick me up.

The umbrella I returned yesterday.

May I borrow it again?

Okay.

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth

Xi

It didn’t rain for three months in the capital.

The snow last night

brought a bit coldness,

but also fulfills our pressing need.

People regard the snow in July as a bad omen.

But you don’t think so.

It depends on the fact.

The snow last night

made it rain today.

Dry wells are filled with water to cook food.

Grains are irrigated.

Is it a good omen or bad one?

Your Highness, I didn’t know you cared so much for people.

When you can use your talent,

it’s lucky for our people.

Your steamed cake. Take it.

I just got my job today

and advanced my pay from the director.

In return for your appreciation,

I’ll treat you the steamed cake.

Friends always treat each other.

Go, please.

Go, please.

Steamed cake

Songs don’t help with lovesickness. The moon rises in the songs.

It’s getting late.

I haven’t got my tools yet.

We have only one umbrella.

Seems like I’ll walk you back.

I don’t get wet in such rain.

Take care of yourself, Your Highness.

See you.

Why do I have such special feelings

for a young man?

Court History Bureau

There’s nowhere to have a bath.

Bathhouse

Excuse me, where can I get a tub?

Tub?

Supervisor, Zhao Qiansun So, you are

Supervisor, Li Zhouwu the new Junior Officer?

Since you have a powerful supporter,

why do you come to our place?

Yeah.

This is a small place.

We don’t give tubs.

Let’s go have dinner.

Go.

How girlish he looks!

He even wants a tub.

Yeah.

When the dinner is ready,

all colleagues will go to the canteen.

The bathhouse will be empty.

Then you can get in and have a bath.

I...

It doesn’t matter.

I don’t like to bath with others, either.

Because I always get the wrong washcloth and soap.

You also like to bath at dinner time?

It’s okay. You can have the bath today.

Thank you, Lu.

Could you do me another favor?

Uh...

Bathhouse You want me to keep watch for you,

Bathhouse so that no one else will get in, right?

Do you have anything on you

that can’t be seen?

Yes.

I’ve got ugly scars on me.

I don’t want others to see them.

Don’t worry.

I’ll keep watch. Have the bath without concern.

Time for dinner.

Hurry. Get in for the bath.

If you feel bored,

Capital Journal read this book.

It’s just a book

about gossips.

It’s not.

The author Lethe Lord

uses sharp words to criticize problems.

When he insists on writing,

he will be a literary giant

with a good reputation flowing down for long ages.

If it were for that war...

What war?

Nothing.

I didn’t know

you also liked books written by Lethe Lord.

Awesome.

I have a friend with common ideals.

Fine. Get in.

Bathhouse

Feng’s Mansion

Everything is ready at Marquis An’s Mansion.

Dongyue is working in Court History Bureau.

She has my jade plate.

The director would accept her for my sake.

He did.

When he picked the jade plate,

he sent it back immediately.

Dongyue did go there

with your jade plate.

But the director accepted her for the sake of the Third Prince.

But maybe

because the Third Prince put in good words for her,

all her colleagues don’t like her

and squeeze her out,

except one man,

Lethe Lord.

He’s getting on well with Dongyue.

Lu Chuan?

Seems like

he’ll be used to activate the trap.

Marquis An’s Mansion Master, bad news! Master!

Marquis An’s Mansion Master, bad news!

What’s all the fuss about?

What happened?

Master.

Go have a look!

Over there.

Over there.

-Master. -Master.

Don’t let anyone else know.

Keep it secret.

-Aye. -Aye.

-Aye. -Aye. Aye.

Zhaoyang Hall

Your Grace.

In today’s morning court,

you looked worried and haggard.

Are you ill?

I had a cold last night. I’m fine.

Fine, then.

You’re the Minister of Rites.

An important official like you

should care more for health.

With such a talented official like you,

it doesn’t matter

if I work too much.

There are many talents in our ministry.

I’m not working alone.

For example, an officer Lu Chuan in the Court History Bureau

wrote Capital Journal in the name of Lethe Lord

and was famous throughout the capital.

He’s like a literary giant.

He will do credit to our ministry.

Your Grace, he’ll help you a lot.

Capital Journal?

I was fooled in it.

I was just looking for him!

Line up!

Hurry! Hurry!

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth Hurry!

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth Hurry!

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth

Stand still.

Observation of Celestial Phenomena

Greetings, My Lord!

-Greetings, My Lord! -Greetings, My Lord!

What happened?

I don’t know, either.

My Lord.

Before you came,

you should have told me,

so that I would get prepared.

Get prepared?

For what?

For being perfunctory to me?

How would I?

How would I ever be perfunctory to you?

I think

people in your place

must have been too idle.

So many useless men are hired,

which is a waste of money.

Your Grace.

You must be getting us wrong.

Everyone in our place

works hard, right?

If you’re not free,

Capital Journal why do you have time

to write such rubbish articles?

Capital Journal?

I’ve heard of it.

But I hear

the author is Lethe Lord.

He’s not one of us.

Is Lu Chuan one of you?

Yeah.

Where is he?

Lu Chuan!

Come here.

You’re wanted.

Your Grace, he is Lu Chuan.

Lethe Lord?

Nice to meet you.

You write beautifully.

Lu Chuan is Lethe Lord?

You disgraced me

in the book.

I only wrote about facts.

How dare you!

An officer in the Court History Bureau

should be recording celestial deduction.

But you’re gossiping

and making up stories

to slander the imperial court

and the imperial power.

I... I didn’t.

I just recorded some anecdotes

in the book.

Anecdotes?

Capital Journal A three-month drought in the capital.

Such a disaster happened

in years of Kaihua of the previous dynasty.

Capital Journal During the drought, refugees rose.

Capital Journal The Emperor gave an order...

The Emperor gave an order?

The capital of the previous dynasty?

The Emperor of the previous dynasty?

In historical records,

the dynastic title should be used

to avoid the previous dynasty.

But look at you.

You said the Emperor of the previous dynasty.

What do you mean?

Our dynasty isn’t legitimized?

Somebody!

Dismiss such a jerk

and put him in prison.

I only recorded natural disasters.

I never mean anything rebellious.

You get me wrong, Your Grace!

-Wait! -Your Grace!

Lu Chuan just made a slip of the pen.

Your Grace, it’s generous of you.

Please let him go

for the sake of your virtue.

Who are you?

Dongyue.

Dongyue?

You’re famous throughout the city

for predicting the snow in July?

Somebody!

Put Dongyue and Lu Chuan

in prison together!

Dongyue.

Send a message to the Third Prince.

Go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Send a message to the Third Prince.

Go. Hurry!

Calm down, Your Grace.

We should read articles completely.

Auspicious Stars in the Sky In the drought, refugees rose.

Auspicious Stars in the Sky The Emperor suppressed them,

so that people became disunited.

Then our dynasty prospers.

Obviously, Lethe Lord

wanted to warn people

to be grateful to our own emperor.

But he used improper words.

His book shares a high prestige among people.

If he’s punished

because he praised His Majesty in a book,

and His Majesty knows that,

you won’t get away with it.

Then he won’t be punished for his mistakes?

He will.

He certainly will.

He’ll be flogged as many times

as his wrong words.

Dongyue is talented,

who predicted the snow in July.

Even Noble Consort heard of it.

She wanted to summon him someday,

to pray for His Majesty.

You’d better not offend him.

Or when he goes to the palace,

he’ll complain about you.

I’ll let him go, then.

Be careful.

Are you alright?

If I hadn’t helped you out,

you would be flogged like he was.

Don’t you even thank me?

I will.

I will thank you.

Thank you for helping me out.

Your Highness.

We rarely meet, Your Highness.

When I ordered you to leave the palace,

I said I’d not meet you.

You also said

you were not interested in the throne,

because you followed seniority rules.

But now,

your eldest brother has been dead for years.

You should have been

the Crown Prince.

But you’re so reserved,

staying in Yufeng Pavilion and making poems.

A lot of people always want to be the emperor.

But I just want to be myself

and make efforts for our people.

That’s all.

But you seek quick success,

by hook or by crook.

Be careful, or you’ll be ruined.

Don’t lose the jade plate again.

Or,

I’ll make you

no longer work here.

Don’t forget.

You’re mine!

I also named you.

I...

In the court, we usually do something involuntarily.

We also keep secrets from others.

But I can feel the absolute sincerity

in your heart.

That’s what makes us friends.

If you’re in trouble,

come to me.

You don’t need to work with such a flattering official.

Thank you, Your Highness.

It’s the medicine from the doctor.

One for external application and the other for taking.

Do you remember?

Yes.

Thank you for helping me.

You didn’t need to say thank you.

I didn’t help you.

I was just punished with you.

That’s enough.

It’s my luck

to meet such a loyal friend like you.

In fact,

you saved yourself.

What do you mean?

Don’t bother.

But promise me.

Don’t give up writing

for such a little frustration.

You must keep on writing.

But...

Don’t describe Feng Xi so perfectly.

Feng Xi is perfect.

I can write a lot about him.

His birthday, for example...

He was born in leap February in the year of tiger.

That’s a rare date once in a thousand years.

Besides,

he saved me today.

You used to write anecdotes.

Nothing to do with the books you read.

I don’t like to read such books.

But as an officer here,

I must understand this.

Exactly.

If I want to approach Lu Yuantong

through the sacrifice ceremony,

I should learn something about it.

Do you have books about sacrifice?

Sacrifice?

No.

You’re good at observing celestial phenomena.

There’s something common with sacrifice.

I thought you also knew a lot about it.

Court History Bureau

You have such an idle life, Dongyue.

Where are you going by skipping work so early?

Court History Bureau

You’re so busy supervising our work.

You’re as straightforward

as men.

But as a girl, you can’t be an official.

If people know who you really are,

you’ll be deceiving His Majesty.

So mean!

Flower umbrellas.

Beautiful umbrellas. Come and have a look.

I wonder when I can see you in a dress.

Shall we get in and have a look?

Who wants dresses?

I come to buy books.

Why do you want books in the early morning?

I work in the Court History Bureau now.

I should work hard.

I want some books about sacrifice. Any problem?

I’ll buy them for you.

Come and look at the books.

Sacrifice

I’ll take this.

Here.

Seems like you’re busy with work.

You come to buy books in the early morning.

You can work for me.

You don’t need to worry about getting exposed

and you can avoid official taboos.

Do you think I’ll believe you?

Avoid official taboos?

If I hadn’t used

your jade plate,

I would have been admitted to the Court History Bureau.

Who have you usually offended?

I’m afraid you don’t even remember.

Who did I offend?

I asked for a job that day.

Miss Qingxiao who works for the Third Prince

turned angry

as soon as she saw your token.

You talked with His Highness like that.

Obviously, you’re opponents.

His Highness is impartial and honest.

If I must pick a side,

who do you think I’ll support?

Dongyue, you’re honest.

You don’t like to work with a treacherous official like me.

But your temper will easily get you in danger.

By then, my promise will still work.

♪Years pass by♪

♪Fate is too deep to understand♪

♪Time flies during it♪

♪Repeatedly it drowns the sorrows♪

♪The moon shines around♪

♪Love cuts away anxiety♪

♪Hope I could have a colorful dream♪

♪Silent but gentle♪

♪Love can’t stop♪

♪Hold hand and grow old♪

♪Hope I could sing an ode♪

♪Peaceful and everlasting♪

♪Enjoy the warm nightfall♪

♪Live the rest of life wholeheartedly♪

♪Life is like a dream♪

♪When waking up we stay together♪

♪Love can’t stop♪

♪Hold hand and grow old♪

♪Hope I could sing an ode♪

♪Peaceful and everlasting♪