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Old man, this zither is already fixed

Aside from great zither skills

young master also has great skill in repairing zither

I'm so grateful to you

It's just a small favour

Old man, you've over complimented me

This Brother Long is late again

Just wait and see how I'm going to teach you a lesson

Boss

You're late again...

How did you fare last night?

Fortunately, I had completed my mission

and I won back all the money that I had lost the day before yesterday

Here is your money

Not bad

Luckily you give me money because I'm short of money lately

Boss, in this palace

is there anything that requires money at all?

You don't know about this

Let me tell you something. In this palace

you have to spend money everywhere

If it wasn't me who bribe Eunuch Li yesterday

I'll be in a bad situation

What happened yesterday?

I...

Wasn't His Majesty asleep very early?

That little emperor was such a satyr

How is that possible? For sure I have to suffer some loss

My brother had given me a handkerchief covered with a type of drug

I took it at my side secretly and entered the resting hall with it

And I used it to make that little emperor fainted

Or else, how can it be so easy?

How dare you did this to His Majesty?

If His Majesty knows about this matter

you, your brother, Eunuch Li, and those 2 eunuchs

from the department of internal affairs will be sentenced to death

Aside from my brother and me, you're the only one who knows about this

Nobody knows about it and you're not allowed to tell anybody

Boss, you shouldn't tell me about this and put me in a difficult position

If I tell His Majesty, it means that I betray you

But if I don't, it means that I'm not loyal to His Majesty

I wasn't harming His Majesty, I was just protecting myself

You can't betray me and tell His Majesty

If that is really the case

I'll end our relationship

Boss, it's not that I want to criticise you

but you tend to do things according to your wish

If it wasn't me who speak good things for you in front of His Majesty

you won't survive long ago

Okay...

In that case, am I not the same?

If it wasn't for your sake

how would I listen to Oboi and enter the palace?

Although I don't have great martial arts skill

but I know how to dodge. I can escape, can't I?

Don't you think I do this because of you?

Fine, just based on this bond showed by boss towards me

I'll ensure your safety in this Forbidden City no matter what

But, let's make an agreement first

You can't do anything out of the line

and you can never cause any harm to His Majesty

Or else, I won't be able to protect you

Do you understand?

Don't worry

In fact, I'm quite afraid of death

Moreover, how is it possible for me to involve my Brother Long?

Boss, you're the one that cares for me

Your head looks just like a chicken egg

Boss

you've been with His Majesty for 2 nights

What do you think of him?

This little emperor is a womaniser

He is a little satyr, but he is a good person

The way he treats me is quite forgiving

And the main thing is, his drinking and gambling ethic are quite good

Let me tell you something. When you judge a person

if he has good drinking and gambling ethic

this person can't be that bad

No one has ever commented His Majesty in such a way

If His Majesty hears this

he will definitely find this interesting

The things that I said to you are all personal conversation

You can't tell anyone about this

I know, this is a little secret between us

Sister, when it is time to make our move

I'll go and deal with Shi Qing Hong and his fellows

It looks like Wu Ying Qi doesn't know how to fight. I'll pass him to you

- Pass him to me? - Yes

We have to catch Wu Ying Qi

If we can control Wu Ying Qi

and force him to hand out the relics of Emperor Yong Li

we will be able to find golden key number 1 for sure

And then, what do we do next?

Kill him

Why do we have to kill him?

Although he is the son of Wu San Gui

but he looks like a kind-hearted gentleman, doesn't he?

Wu Ying Qi must die

If he dies, and the golden key number 1 is also missing

Wu San Gui and the imperial court will surely cast suspicion on each other

But if we really do it this way

aren't we too unscrupulous?

Sister, don't forget about our ultimate goal

We can't have mercy towards the others if we want to achieve huge success

Where are my clothing and scarf?

Lady Yi Huan, it's getting late

you should go to His Majesty's palace

Wait for a while, Eunuch Li

Where are the clothing and the scarf that I put here?

Lady Yi Huan, you won't use them anyway

So, I ask the court ladies to wash them

Don't

I still want to use that scarf

Eunuch Li, you know it

Lady Yi Huan, what are you talking about?

I don't understand

But, before you enter the palace

your father should have taught you before, hadn't he?

After entering the palace, you have to talk less

and obey the rules. You should understand it

Eunuch Li

you didn't take away my scarf on purpose, right?

When you stay the night with His Majesty

you can't bring anything

This is the rule of the palace

Everyone has to obey it

I'm finished... I'm finished for sure

Be more alert

and be vigilant. Do you hear me?

- Yes, we do - Be more careful

Who is there?

Sister

there are some changes to the situation

Besides us, there is another group of people acting in the dark as well

They're already in the backyard

and they are fighting with the guards protecting the goods

Who are they?

I'm not sure

But they have different agenda with us

They seem to aim solely on the goods

Aside from the relics of Emperor Yong Li in Wu Ying Qi's carriage

there are also gifts to the elite at capital city and products from Yunnan

All of them are worthy things

They should be the ordinary thieves from the street

If they're just stealing those things, we don't have to get involved in it

But I'm afraid that they will take away everything

and rob the relics of Emperor Yong Li as well

Yes, by judging at the current situation

we can only act first to help them defeat the enemy

Fine, you can go over there first

I'm staying here to find a way to wake up Wu Ying Qi

so that he can tell me which carriage the relics of Emperor Yong Li is

Good

Lady Qian Ying, why are you here?

Young Master Wu, there is a gang of thieves robbing the goods now

My brother has already gone to assist Leader Shi

I see that there is nobody in your house

I'm afraid that something will happen to you

so I rush over here to have a look

There are so many thieves out there

perhaps they can't protect all the treasures

I wonder from the several goods carriages of yours

is there anything that you need us to protect the most?

There's one carriage of goods that are too important for us to lose

My head hurts so much

Young Master Wu, not only does the gang of thieves robbing the treasures

but they also want to burn this lodge down

Why don't I help you to escape first?

Fine

Come

Stop

Stop!

All the good fellows

you're just aiming for the treasure

Is it necessary for you to kill us?

These few carriages of mine are all valuable treasures

you can take them all as you wish!

But my final carriage of goods

although they don't worth much

but they have special meaning to me

You can take these treasures

but leave this box for me. Do we have a deal?

- It's a deal! - Second young master!

Let them go!

The money can be earned any time

Why do we have to create our own sins by killing them?

Are you okay?

I'm fine

Lady

What should I do?

I don't have the scarf with me tonight

This Eunuch Li

must have discovered that there is a type of drug on my scarf

He is afraid that he will be in trouble

Your Majesty, don't come over here

Girl, if you didn't mess with me for the previous 2 nights

I'll forgive you

But you were the one who didn't keep your promise first

So, don't blame me for being rude to you

Wait... wait a moment

You... how do you know that I ambushed you last night?

Did Long San tell you?

This useless Long San had told you everything

I'm going to ignore him forever

Don't complain about Long San

If it wasn't him, will I allow you to do such nonsense?

Stop

What? Do you still want to compete with me in the martial arts?

Fine, I'll accompany you to test it

And I promise that I'll never ask the guards outside to help me

Wait for a moment, Your Majesty!

Do you know why... why I don't want to spend the night with you?

Please tell me

It's more hard to meet a decent man than getting a priceless treasure

Do you have someone you like?

That's right, I have someone that I like

And this person... Your Majesty also knows him...

He... he is Long San

Long San?

Isn't he your little brother?

Yes, it's true. But we're also man and woman

How can I possibly treat him as my brother?

Moreover, I've fallen for him since the very beginning

Your Majesty, if you really insist on owning me

then, I'm willing to die to protect my reputation

for Long San's sake

Are you willing to die for him?

Yes, that's right

Your Majesty, Long San is your favourite guard

Since the ancient times, a wise emperor

will never snatch the woman of his own subordinate

On the contrary, he won't interfere in their relationship

Moreover, you have so many beauties in the palace

Is it necessary for you to break Long San's heart

only because of an elegant lady like me?

In that case, how do you know that Long San likes you too?

Although I don't know if he actually likes me or not

but I'm sure that in his heart

I occupy a very important position

Lady Ye

Lady Ye, please wait!

Young Master Wu, please don't come after me

It's late at night and this is a deserted place. So, it's not that safe

I'm not afraid

I'm worried about you

Lady, you're a chivalric daughter from the street

You have great martial arts skill together with bravery and kindness

But, you shouldn't have such fragile heart

Moreover, no matter how beautiful a lady looks

she will grow old eventually

We should seek for the comfort of heart

instead of a little flaw on our skin

and become unhappy with it

If lady doesn't mind it

you can use my handkerchief to cover your face a little bit

Thank you, young master

Lady Ye

Actually, it's only 1 side of your face

that has a little scar

But, your facial features and contour are very attractive

So, you don't have to mind it at all

Thank you, young master, for your consoling words

But, there is something that you don't understand

The thing that I care the most

isn't the scar on my face

It's...

I understand it now

In fact, your real scar

is from your own heart

Lady, if you believe in me

you can share your story with me

I'm willing to share the burden with you

This scar on my face...

I got it when I was 9 years old

On that day

my sister was pestering me

and she insisted me to accompany her to play at the hill

Run quickly, run

Run quickly

I understand how you feel

Under that dangerous circumstance

your father didn't save you first

Instead, he saved your sister first

It was clear that in your father's heart

he loved your sister more

This isn't fair

And the most important thing is

she is not my blood sister

My father adopted her

In that case, I can understand you even better

As a little girl of only 9 years old

in such a dangerous circumstance

you didn't choose to escape on your own

Instead, you went back to save your sister

It was clear that you were very brave

And it was clear that you loved your sister very much

even though she isn't your parents' real daughter

The thing that you've always taken in heart

isn't the scar on your face

but you only knew at that moment

it turned out that in your father's heart

your sister's position

was more important than you, his real daughter

This was a huge blow to you

Thank you, Young Master Wu, for understanding me so much

and let me speak out the concern that is hidden in my heart for a long time

In fact

I dare not think about it at usual times

I hate myself when I think about it

Why do you envy your sister unexpectedly?

Shouldn't you

feel happy seeing that your sister is safe?

Why do you have to be so narrow-minded?

This is not narrow-minded

It's the human nature

I believe that except for the saints

when everyone faces the same circumstance like yours

they will feel upset too

and feel sad

I also feel this way

Thank you, young master, for your understanding

After listening to you

I feel much better now

In fact

my father is a renowned physician

He has a secret formula

of creating beauty skin cream

to cure the scar on my face

It's unfortunate that

those medicines are too precious

So, the cream can't be formulated

What kind of medicines do you need?

Can you tell me?

Perhaps I can help you with it

Young master, can you find those rare medicines?

To be honest with you

I'm the second young master of the residence of Prince Ping Xi

The medicine stored in our Prince Ping Xi residence

compared to the medicine storage in the palace

is almost the same

So

you are the prince of Prince Ping Xi's residence?

You have such an outstanding status

I'm just

a normal citizen that follows my brother to travel everywhere

My status is such a vast difference to you, young master

and I think wishfully to befriend you

In fact, I don't have the qualification

What are you talking about?

Don't you remember

that yesterday

we saved the pregnant lady under the rain

And we also resisted the thieves' attack tonight

We had experienced life and death together

Don't you think that it's such a rare friendship?

If you mention about the difference of status again

isn't it getting too lame?

It doesn't occur to me that

the prince is also an honourable man

Lady Qian Ying

if you really take me as your friend

don't call me prince anymore

Moreover, I'm only the son of my father's second wife

I'm not qualified

to inherit my father's title as a Duke

I think we will just

call each other by name directly in the future. What do you think of it?

In that case, I'll call you

second young master

Faster

Leader Shi

Second young master

You're back finally

My leg was injured just now

So, I couldn't chase after you

Young Warrior Ye has also gone to find you

I'm fine

I just

took a walk with Lady Qian Ying

We were lucky to get the help from Lady Qian Ying and Young Warrior Ye

or else I'm afraid that this carriage of goods won't survive as well

Young master doesn't have to be such courteous

Since that it's fate that we're on this journey together

this means that we're friends

We should help each other

I wonder

what is in this carriage?

How is it more precious than those treasures?

Why are you asking about this?

I just ask out of curiosity

If you're not convenient to answer it

just pretend that I've never asked about it

It's not something that can't be disclosed

This cargo of goods

are the relics of Emperor Yong Li of Ming Dynasty

Second young master

Leader Shi, the situation has developed into this right now

If we try to put it in disguise

aren't we not treating each other like friends?

Originally, my father

planned to send 200 elite soldiers to protect me in transporting the goods

But I felt concerned that this

will cause disturbance to the people during the journey

Therefore, I pretended to be a merchant and acted in low profile

But I've never thought that

we would meet those thieves

Since it had happened this way

I dare not continue the journey hastily

We've almost reached the border of Shanxi

I can only send people to inform the Military Head of Shanxi, Shu Jian

in order for him to send his man

to escort me into the capital city

Young master is a compassionate person

It is very touching

However

even though there was an accident happened tonight

but those thieves just now

only had an eye on the treasures

Now that there is only this carriage left

to common people

these are just unworthy things

We're free from danger on the contrary

Why is that necessary

to involve the local government again?

Lady Qian Ying does have a point

Young master

you can't do that

Although this carriage of goods are unworthy

but they are the things wanted under imperial court's order anyway

They must have their own special purpose

If an accident happens again

not only that my life is in jeopardy

I'm afraid that young master will be involved too

Even the prince will be involved

That's why we can't afford to be reckless

It's better for us to ask Shu Jian to come and escort us as soon as possible

Is it fine with you?

Okay, just do as you say

This gang of thieves

are great at martial arts

They don't seem to be ordinary thieves

They are just like us

They seem to receive special training

Although I had suffered internal injury due to training

but handling a few thieves

shouldn't be too much effort for me

And their identities are very suspicious

But, they just robbed the treasures

They knew nothing about the relics of Emperor Yong Li

that Wu Ying Qi is transporting

Shi Qing Hong has already sent his man to travel overnight

to inform the Military Head of Shanxi, Shu Jian

I'm afraid that we only have a few days

before a large troop of people coming to escort them

At that time, if we want to act again

it will be very difficult

In that case, you mean...

We have to act first

We must do it when it is still dark

Furthermore, Shi Qing Hong is also injured

We kill Wu Ying Qi

and take the golden key

This way, we can create a rift between the imperial court and Wu San Gui

This...

Brother Ye

you haven't recovered from the internal injury

and I also don't want to kill the innocent ones

Why don't we change to another plan?

In that case, do you have any good idea?

This Wu Ying Qi is a scholar

So, he doesn't have any experiences on the street

We had helped him to resist the thieves' attack tonight

and he has already taken you and me as his friends

I want to keep close to him

and get the information from his own mouth

about the whereabouts of the golden key

so that we can take the golden key in secret

This is a good idea

As long as we get the golden key number 1

the imperial court will definitely think that Wu San Gui

is hiding it in purpose

If the imperial court can let Wu Ying Qi stay at the capital city

and kill him later

it is way better

than us assassinating him

But

although Wu Ying Qi looks like a scholar

but I'm afraid that he is not that easy to deal with

Do you have the confidence to extract the information from him?

I...

...I'll try

I saw you running away just now

Unexpectedly, Wu Ying Qi didn't care for anything

and chased after you

It looks like

he cares for you very much

Brother Ye, don't make a wild guess

Based on his identity

how is it possible for him to care for a woman like me?

Sister

I know you usually have low self-esteem

That's why you rarely talk

You're also not willing to be close to your brothers

In fact, you only have a small injury on your face

Other than that, everything is fine

In our hearts

you're also a perfect lady

I can see that

Wu Ying Qi is very fond of you

Why don't you grab this opportunity

to get the golden key without causing any fights and death?

Boss

Boss...

Why are you ignoring me?

Why do I have to bother you?

We had a deal

You're not allowed to sell our secret

and tell it to His Majesty

Why did you tell him?

Boss, I'm innocent

I did this for your own sake

You used the scarf to doze off His Majesty the day before yesterday

Do you think His Majesty doesn't have any suspicion at all?

If you pulled the same trick again last night

and His Majesty discovered about it, your life will be in jeopardy

That was why I went to Eunuch Li

and asked him to keep your scarf

I also had to beg in front of His Majesty on your behalf

But, I've never thought that you'll blame me

I really did good things for nothing

Are you telling the truth?

Of course it's true

We are like brother and sister

Do you think I will lie to you?

Did you drink wine last night?

No, I didn't

Do I look like drinking and gambling without any purpose every day?

I did drink wine

I drank alone inside the room happily last night

Did you drink alone?

What happened?

Tell me