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No

We can't retreat now

First

Mo Sheng and Qian Ying

are yet to discover the first golden key

What if the key is in the palace?

Secondly, and most importantly

we have to find out whether Oboi had any spies

inserted in the Pearl Valley

and who could that spy be

Eldest senior

what about this?

You and Yi Huan retreat first

while the sixth master and I stay in the palace

to complete the remaining tasks

No...

How can we leave both of you in the palace?

We will stay or leave together

Crown Prince

both you and Yi Huan have Kang Xi's trust

the chances for both of you to find out who the spy is

is greater than either Qing Cheng and me

Indeed, it is not a good time to retreat yet

Sixth master

I'm sorry for not being thoughtful

I just wish that Yi Huan can leave Kang Xi as soon as possible

so that she won't be brainwashed by him

That is why I forgot about the important task

to find out who is the spy

Crown Prince

you have always been calm

But whenever it concerns Yi Huan

you are not able to keep your cool

Godfather

I think you should reunite with uncle sooner

Perhaps uncle knows

who is Oboi's spy in the Pearl Valley

I guess that is the only way

However

no matter how it turns out

you must never

mention this issue to Yi Huan

not even Qing Cheng

and your sixth master

Godfather

actually Qing Cheng and the sixth master

are not like Yi Huan

They keep secrets well

It is not that I don't trust your sixth master

The thing is, I am the leader of a rebel alliance

yet I have a brother who is the Head of Eunuchs

serving the Qing Dynasty

If this is widely spread

I will not be able to face

all our brothers in the alliance

I understand

I just hope that uncle will join our alliance

and be our spy in the palace

on the account of the kinship between both of you

It doesn't seem likely

But I do hope so

I hope the ancestors of our Li family

will show my brother a way

so that he will embrace the light

Boatman

what is the tune that you are playing?

I find that song to be familiar

It sounds like a song

that I have heard before

This is a song

that is famous in my hometown

It is called 'Remembering One's Kin'

'Remembering One's Kin'?

I just find this song

to be familiar

but I don't remember

what it is called

This tune was my late father's favourite

He used to play this tune

when he was alive

My younger brother loved it too

I loved listening to this tune too

when I was young

I haven't heard it for years

I might have long forgotten it

I didn't expect

to come across this tune here

Are you from Yulin, Shaanxi as well?

Yes, I am

Then do you remember

there was a pair of twin brothers

born to a Li family in Zaojiao Village?

The elder twin was named Li De Lu

while the younger twin was named Li De Fu

You are...

You...

De Fu...

Can you still recognise your brother?

You are alive?

You are alive!

De Fu!

De Fu!

I never thought that

I will be able to see you again

before I die

I thought

that you are long gone

Brother!

De Fu!

Brother!

De Fu!

Lady Yi Huan

What is the matter, Songgotu?

Let me tell you this

I have found another secret chamber

in the residence of Oboi

Chances are the antidote of the pill

is inside this chamber

But the smiths I have

are not skilful enough to open the chamber

I was thinking of a way to open this

and I thought that

maybe you can help

I'm not sure whether I can open it

but I'll try

Great, let's go

Did you got married, big brother?

How is your wife doing?

How many children do you have?

I'm married

and I have three children

Two boys and a girl

But your sister-in-law

passed away long ago

I'm sorry

This isn't a peaceful time

Not many people are able to keep their families together

But regardless of your misfortune

you are still doing better than I am

After you distracted the pursuing army those years back

I was wandering around

wanting to find out your whereabouts

until Dorgon took me away

and made me his servant in his residence

Years later

he found me to be an effective servant

hence he castrated me

and sent me to serve Huang Tai Ji

In fact, I already had a girl in my mind back then

but I was forced...

to become a eunuch

Little brother

I'm to be blamed for your misfortune

I didn't expect that

you will still treat me as your brother

I thought that

since you are already so powerful

in this Forbidden City

while I am nobody here

I thought that

you wouldn't want to reunite with me

Brother

what are you talking about?

You are the only kin I am left with

in this entire world

How can I not reunite with you?

Brother

I have always thought that

it is a shame no one can share my wealth

It is good to have you

my brother, to share my wealth

You must bring all your children to Beijing

I will buy you a big house to live in

and find you some wives

so that the both of us can enjoy the rest of our lives

Little brother

I am so happy that

you are so thoughtful for me

But the reason I find you

is not because of your wealth

Then brother

surely you want to have a good employment opportunity

Don't worry, you can count on me

Within a month

I will find you a nominal position

But within a year

I will arrange you to serve

at a place full of wealth to exploit, what do you think?

I am not keen on becoming an official as well

Since you are not after wealth nor power

then brother

what exactly you are seeking?

As long as it is within my capabilities

I will do it for you

De Fu

do you know

what is your brother's identity now?

What identity are you talking about?

I've long changed my name

I am no longer known as Li De Lu

Then brother

what are you known as now?

Li Ding Guo

What a tiring job!

Lady Yi Huan

thank you so much

Let's eat, Songgotu

- Sir, take a look at this - All right...

Sir

there is no antidote in this chest

There are only letters

No antidote?

Let me take a look

Nasai

Yes, sir

Seal these two chests

and bring it to the palace

I must bring them to the Emperor

De Fu

are you willing to fight along my side

to restore our Ming Dynasty?

De Fu

say something!

De Fu!

Are you willing to continue being a slave for the Qing Dynasty?

What is wrong with being a slave?

What had the Ming Dynasty given me?

Because of them, our parents were killed

our fellow villagers died of famine

the both of us being separated

I was so desperate

that I can only salvage food from the piles of dead bodies

And even...

even forced me to give up my manhood to become a eunuch!

I had struggled throughout these 30 years

and fought my way out through these 30 years

But now you are asking me to risk my head

for the descendants of the Zhu family?

De Fu, listen to me

I don't want to listen!

I know what you want to say

I have heard about you, Li Ding Guo

The court thought that

you have long died on the battlefield in Yunnan

Little did they know you are not only alive

but also leading a rebel alliance against the Qing Dynasty

We are on different paths

I don't think either of us can be moved

I just want you to know this

If you choose to be Li De Lu

you are still my brother

whom I will share my wealth and power with

But if you determined to be Li Ding Guo...

then it is better

for us to consider each other dead 40 years ago

Little brother!

Big brother

I am asking you for the last time

Are you Li De Lu...

or Li Ding Guo?

I, Li Ding Guo

am born to serve the Ming Dynasty

and will die serving it

He... he left just like that?

I was hoping that

we can get some information from him

regarding Oboi's spies

Godfather

then what should we do now?

Since he is not ready to let go of his wealth and power

and is willing to be a lackey of the Qing Dynasty

then I consider him dead 40 years ago

Who he is now

is just the Head of Eunuch, Li De Fu

He is not my brother anymore

Whatever you do

put the interest of our alliance first

Do not take into account my kinship with him

He has taken Oboi's pill

But Oboi is now

being imprisoned

Without Kang Xi's permission

nobody is allowed to see him

Oboi cannot

give him the monthly antidote

Godfather

should I give him

the antidote which can cure his poison?

No

No

You mustn't

You have tested him many times in the palace

Given his wits

he will somehow link you

to our reunion

If Oboi mentions him in his confession

it is likely that he will betray you and Yi Huan

or even me, his brother

in order to redeem himself

Then do you mean that...

For now

we can only control him using the pill

So that

we can ensure the safety of you and Yi Huan

and secondly

it will be easier for you and Yi Huan

to work in the palace

with his help

But he is your brother after all

and an uncle to Yi Huan and me

Aren't we a bit ruthless

if we...

Crown Prince

do you think I feel good

sacrificing my own brother?

Don't you remember he was my brother

whom I risked my life to protect 40 years ago?

But I have to sacrifice our kinship

to give way to the interest of our nation

I, Zhu Ci Xuan, thank you for your sacrifice

on behalf of all descendants of Zhu

and my ancestors before me

I really didn't expect

Eunuch Li to be my father's brother

and my uncle

Indeed

Eunuch Li is selfish and calculative

he is the total opposite of your father

But Brother Zhu

although Eunuch Li is selfish and calculative

he is still my father's brother

and our uncle after all

Although he does not side with us

he didn't do anything to betray us

I am having a really bad feeling

about my father's decision to control him using the pill

In fact, I feel sorry for him

But since godfather had ordered it

we must obey him

Sometimes I really think that my father is heartless

How could he kill my mother

who had given birth to three children for him?

He even fired a shot at me

I was lucky to have a jade pendant with me

If it wasn't for that piece of jade

I would be long dead

Yi Huan

don't say that again

Imagine how sad your father will be

if he hears you say that

He was without a choice

so he sacrificed himself for the greater good

It is just like Cheng Ying

who sacrificed his own son to save the orphan of the King of Zhao

But I have never thought Cheng Ying was doing the right thing

Why did his own son

had to die for the orphan of the King of Zhao?

Weren't the value of the two children the same?

I can never understand

why my father values

the lives of you and your father

above my mother's and mine

You are getting ridiculous

This is what a minister must do for his king

Remember this

you must never let your father hear this

I know...

I am just saying this to you

I know these words are treacherous

I won't say them again

Please don't tell my father

I'm glad that you understand

Yi Huan

you must remember, no matter how playful you are

and what nonsense you want to say

you must never joke about

all these treacherous issues

Do you understand?

Why are you just like Brother Long?

You are scary when you are serious

I don't want to talk to you anymore

I'm going to find Brother Long

Yi Huan!

All of you, leave

I want to be alone

Yes

- Brother Long - You shall leave as well

What is wrong with everyone today?

Even Brother Long is so serious today

What did you say?

Nothing. I excuse myself

Uncle had spent 30 years in this palace

only then he earned his position today

Meanwhile, my father

is willing to kill his family

and risk his life on the battlefield

just to restore the Ming Dynasty

I shall never become

like either of them

Brother Zhu

why are you here?

I'm waiting for you to come back

After you were gone

I feel really bad

for being too harsh on you just now

I'm sorry to have upset you

Yes. I am still upset now

I'm just pulling your leg!

I'm not that petty

I didn't take it personally

I'm glad that you didn't

I forgot to ask you just now

Did they find anything in Oboi's residence today?

Nothing much

But they did find two chests of letters

They are the letters between Oboi and other ministers

Letters between them?

Are they being sent to Kang Xi?

When Songgotu saw them

he handled them with great care

and sent them to Brother Long in the Imperial Study at once

Brother Long's face was as scary as yours just now

when he saw the letters

He was so serious

I was so scared by his seriousness

- Wonderful - They are just two chests of letters

why are you so happy?

Yi Huan

you have no idea what these two chests of letters mean

Oboi had been in power for so long

surely there will be dozens of ministers trying to lick his boots

There must be some great secrets

among these letters

If Kang Xi follows the lead

and investigate each and every one of them

then surely the whole court

will be turned upside down

and everyone will be scared

This surely is something that is good

for our cause

I see

But, Brother Zhu

if the court is really turned upside down

is it really a good thing

for the people in general?

Definitely

The only way to achieve peace

is to chase the Manchu out of the Shanhai Pass

and restore the reign of Ming Dynasty

Can this be a trap?

Kang Xi must be planning

a cleansing of Oboi's remnant power

There must be a great number of soldiers

hiding in this imperial garden

But why can't I detect anything?

The moon tonight is so beautiful

It is a rare opportunity for me to have time

to drink and enjoy such beautiful scenery with you

Ministers

let's have a toast

Thank you, Your Majesty

Since I ascended to the throne when I was 8

it has been nine years

before I have the opportunity

to relax and drink with all of you

I still remember

before I begin my rule

everything was handled by Oboi

Even if I wanted to have a drink with you

and have some fun together

it wasn't possible

Here he goes

He is getting to his point

Your Majesty

we congratulate you for getting rid of Oboi

and restructure the court

- Congratulations, Your Majesty - Congratulations

Long live, Your Majesty

The reason I gather all of you in this garden tonight

is not only to enjoy the scenery

I want you to watch a show

These two chests were found

in a secret chamber in Oboi's residence

Have a guess

What are in these chests?

Forgive us, Your Majesty...

What are you doing, ministers?

These letters were only discovered this afternoon

I still haven't had time

to read any of them

It is kerosene in this jug

What is he doing?

Today

I shall have with you

a moment

of heart to heart sharing