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Oboi

I'll give this to you as a snack

Eat it

Snack?

Yes

Didn't you say you're hungry?

I brought this from the imperial kitchen

Now, eat it

- How dare you! - It's awful...

I want a tasty snack

Go and get a snack for me!

I want a tasty snack

It's awful...

Imperial Physician Li...

Will a person go insane

after being poisoned?

Your Majesty, from his pulse

I could only diagnose that he is poisoned

As for whether a person will lose his mind because of it

I can't be certain of it

But I have a way

Though it's not a conventional way

I can't simply use it

Just try it

No matter what

I'll give you permission for it

Yes, Your Majesty

Premier

Come on

I have something delicious for you

It's not good

You're lying! I won't eat it

Premier

I have a door here

Go through the door

and you'll see it

No, master!

I will pass through

the door of the city

Soldiers!

Follow my lead!

Attack...

Attack...

We won!

We took over the city!

Your Majesty

It looks like Premier has truly gone insane

Oboi once possess a power so great

even I have to beware of him

Though he was imprisoned by me

he remained arrogant

But now he can endure the disgrace of crawling under people's legs

looks like he has truly gone insane

Songgotu

Yes, Your Majesty

Send all of Oboi's family and servants

to the ministry of punishment

Interrogate them one by one

and find out who is the culprit

Yes, Your Majesty

Imperial Physician Li...

why don't you just finish Oboi?

It's better to kill him

than to poison him and let him gone insane

It's not me

I tried to assassinate him twice

but to no avail

Who could it be

if it's not you?

Will it be Songgotu?

There's something wrong

We must be careful in our actions

Try to lay low

All of you may leave now

Yes, Your Highness.

Oboi is poisoned?

Do you know who poisoned him?

I've asked Songgotu to investigate on it

Your Majesty.

I know you hate Oboi

But you're too impatient

Grandmother

I'm not the one

who poisoned Oboi

Who could it be... if it's not you?

Songgotu is supposed to protect him

how could he allow this to happen?

I think there's something fishy too

Could it be the spy that was sent

by Oboi among the guards?

The spy knew Oboi had lost his influences

and no longer wanted to be controlled by him

So the spy poisoned Oboi

Since Oboi had gone insane

we can't find any clues to

his intelligence network

Your Majesty

Though you eliminated Oboi

and gained the power of the imperial

your burden

are too great

Never underestimate your enemy

Grandmother, please don't worry

I won't let you down

Oboi had gone insane

For now, the Alliance and us

are safe

Therefore, we don't have to kill Oboi now

Otherwise, we will attract attention to ourselves

and Kang Xi will suspect us

You're right, Sixth Master

Oboi had gone insane

We lost our clues to find

the spy

Who could have poisoned Oboi?

He was surrounded by his family and servants

and his house was full of guards

Still, this person found the chance to poison him

The ministry has been investigating for days

but they can't figure out

how Oboi is poisoned

Maybe...

it's just like what Eunuch Li was saying

It's Songgotu?

Because there's no one else

If Songgotu is the culprit

the ministry won't find anything

no matter how hard they investigate

But why would Songgotu poison Oboi?

Don't you forget

Songgotu is the son of Soni

Years ago, Soni and Oboi were both Regent

They had been fighting for years

and hold deep grudges against each other

But Songgotu is a cunning old fox

He is careful in his actions

Songgotu might want to eliminate Oboi

but instead, he was ordered to protect him

He won't poison Oboi

out of his own selfishness

Did Songgotu

poisoned Oboi because he was ordered to do so?

You mean from Brother Long?

But why would he choose now

to poison Oboi?

I don't know

Maybe Kang Xi wanted to tell the world

that Oboi has been taken down by him

He is forcing Oboi's men to find another master

Then, Kang Xi will have the chance

to take over the intelligence network

It's quite impossible

Kang Xi is a smart person

He already made a deal with Oboi

I think he won't

change his mind so fast

You always have a clear mind

in dissecting the current situation

Do you think it's the same person

who poisoned Oboi and stole the copper box?

Maybe

And it might not be

a person, but a group of people

who did all these

What could their intentions be?

They know Kang Xi and Oboi

and they know us

Moreover, they can go in and out of the palace

and the heavily guarded Oboi's house freely

We don't know whether they're friends or enemy

If they're friends

why didn't they work with us?

If they're enemy

why didn't they report us to Kang Xi?

Eunuch Li is here

The emperor has ordered

Consort Li Pin to meet him in the royal study room

Yes, Eunuch

Eunuch, did you hear it wrong?

The emperor has never

ask Li Pin to go to the royal study room at daytime

He will only ask me to help him in the study room

Lady Yi Huan, you're humorous

Though I might be old

I still can hear clearly

The emperor did ask for Consort Li Pin

Eunuch Li...

do you know...

why the emperor ask Li Pin

to meet him in the study room?

The emperor was reading reports

in the study room

suddenly his expression changed

and slapped his hands on the table

He kept walking around in the study room

And finally settled down after a while

Then, the emperor ordered me

to ask for Consort Li Pin

Consort Li Pin

please come with me

Yes, Eunuch

Brother Zhu

Here I am, Your Majesty

Allow me to pay respect to you

Wan Xin, you may rise

Thank you, Your Majesty

Are you feeling tired of reading the reports

and ask me to come here to play chess with you?

What's happening, Your Majesty?

Wan Xin...

I asked for you

because there's something I need to tell you

Your father...

What happened to my father?

An urgent report from the army

says that while the military head, Shu Jian

was escorting the son of Prince Pingxi, Wu Ying Qi

they were ambushed by robbers

Part of the items of Yong Li emperor was robbed

And General Shu was...

What happened to my father?

Your father was badly injured

and his life is in danger

Don't worry, Wan Xin

I've asked people

to try their best to save your father's life

But your father is still unconscious

and he has been calling your name

You're his only daughter

I bet he misses you very much

What an ungrateful daughter I am

for not being at his side

In fact, your father sent me

a secret report a month ago

He reported that most of the local officers in Shanxi

were recommended by Oboi

They worked together

to steal the funds and food that we sent

And they enclose territories illegally

causing citizens to lost their homes

So...

I gave a secret mission to your father

to collect the related evidences

and send it together with the items of Yong Li emperor

Never did I expect that

the fleet would be ambushed by the robbers

You think...

the robbing has something to do with the secret mission?

Maybe

Maybe it's about the items of Yong Li emperor

Among the items

there's a special golden key

The robbers

might have had their eyes on the golden key

Golden key?

The golden key

is related to a top secret of Ming Dynasty

It will even endanger the kingdom of Qing Dynasty

Wan Xin...

it was not an ordinary robbing case

There are a lot of secrets involved

You father is staying

in the inn which is near to the site

and he can't move

If your father...

Then all of the secrets

will be buried with him

So I decided

to go to Shanxi to meet your father

I'll investigate this case

and the bribery that your father mentioned

You want to go out of the palace, Your Majesty?

Yes

In order to keep it a secret

so that the culprit behind it won't take the risk

to kill your father

or assassinate me during the journey

I can only sneak out of the palace

and disguise as a normal person

And...

I'm planning to take you with me

in order to fulfil your father's wish

Both of you can meet each other again

I... I have to go, too?

What's wrong? Don’t you want to see your father?

No, that's not it

I want to go and see my father

But...

it's against the rules to take a consort out of the palace

It will make other consorts feel neglected

if you favour me over them

Don't worry. I'll take the responsibility

I've thought about it

We'll sneak out of the palace

and come back as soon as possible

So, no one in the palace

will know we went out

I'm in such a confused state after

suddenly hearing that my father is in danger

I'll follow what you say, Your Majesty

Wan Xin...

Don't be too upset

If something happens to your father

I'll take care of you

Li Pin...

is really grateful for your grace, Your Majesty

Grand Empress Dowager...

I'm sure you know about this

There are a lot of dangers outside the palace

But the emperor insists on

bringing just a few guards along for the short visit

while he disguises as a normal person

But if anything happens...

I can't bear such

a great responsibility

The emperor thinks that

he couldn't learn about the world

by limiting himself inside the palace

what's more to manage a country

That's why... he wants to go to Shanxi

in disguise to investigate the 2 cases

And he can take a look at the outside world at the same time

I agree with him

Luckily Oboi had gone insane

All officers in the imperial

have pledged their loyalty to the emperor

And I'm here to watch over the palace

The emperor won't cause any serious trouble

by merely going out for a few days

But if the news were leaked out,

our enemies

might conspire

and ambush during the travel

to assassinate the emperor

- Then... - Don't worry

I'll send an announcement

that the emperor

has to accompany me to meditate

for a month

and pray for Qing Dynasty

Only a few people

will know that the emperor is out

You should assign more guards

to protect the emperor in secret

If anything happens...

I'll make you take the full responsibility

Yes, Your Highness

All right!

When I'm out of the palace tomorrow

I'll be another person,

Long San, the Imperial Commissioner

When I see you issue the order

and assign yourself as the Imperial Commissioner

I suddenly thought of one person

Who is it?

I can't tell you

Stop pretending

When there's no one else here

you have never refrain yourself from saying anything

All right, I'll tell you

I thought of Zheng De emperor from Ming Dynasty

He claimed himself as the Great General

and he never stopped giving titles to himself

And finally, he seized his own throne

How could you compare me to that useless emperor?

See?

You're angry

You're narrow-minded

I just suddenly thought of the story

and would like to keep it to myself

I don't want to tell you actually

but you made me

And now, you're angry after hearing it

Zheng De emperor

had never carried out

his duty as an emperor

He treated it as a game

And the people was the chip of his game

He's a bad example for me

I will never follow his footsteps

The purpose I wrote this

is to help me in my investigation

Yes...

Brother Long is the best emperor in the world

You're a saint

a son of the heavens

Zheng De is stupid

He is not even worthy of

taking the shoes of Brother Long

Well said

Flattering is always the way to go

Only you're brave enough

to joke with me in the palace

At first, I was upset when I think of the

situation of Shu Jian

and the missing golden key

After joking with you

I felt more relieved

All right

With this order

and the gold token from the emperor

it should help us greatly after we go out

Let me keep it for you

Oh... no

You can even get yourself lost

How could I let a person as forgetful as you

keep a hold of the order and token?

Are you looking down on me?

You can protect me in the palace

But when we're out of the palace

I'll be the one to protect you

Boast all you can

- You can boast as much as you like - Give it to me!

Give it to me...

Finally, we left the Forbidden City!

So... how was it, master?

This is your first time leaving the palace, right?

Do you find the outside world

much more exciting?

Of course

The Forbidden City is a small, human-made world

How could it compare to nature

and beautiful scenes?

What's that?

That? The bride is going back to her home

It's a tradition

Now you know

The outside world

is much more interesting than the Forbidden City

It does open my eyes

But we're not here for travelling

We have to hurry up

The injury of General Shu is severe

and he might die at any time

I have to go and see him for the last time

No, you're wrong

You can't use the imperial expression outside

Just address yourself using the normal way

All right, I...

Oh, I've gotten used to it

It's my habit

But you fooled me

when you were disguised as Long San before

You're good at lying

Actually, I'm not that good

I was able to cover my lies

and you didn't realise it

You said you're smart

but you're actually stupid

I will remember this forever

Sure

If you remember it forever

I will remember it too

Stop...

The road in front is collapsed

we may need to find another way

I see

All right, separate and check on the surrounding

Yes, sir...

Isn't that Nasai?

Why are they separating

and disguised as guards?

Songgotu

had chosen 30 martial art masters

to protect me in secret

I don't want them to be too close to us

to avoid attracting attention

So I asked them to break into three groups

One group is to check on the surrounding

and another group will be guarding from behind

What a good arrangement

Songgotu was severely suppressed by Oboi

and he had to keep a low profile

Actually, he's quite capable

And he's loyal to me

Stop

Master

It's safe in about 30 miles away

Nothing out of the ordinary is found

Only a stone bridge

collapsed due to the flood a few months ago

Because of this, we need to go around

to another bridge

Go around?

Yes, master

Since the bridge collapsed a few months ago

why wasn't it repaired yet?

Well...

Judging by the territory

this place is under the management of Shuntian Prefecture

What is the governor doing?

Maybe...

there is...

a lack of fund?

Lack of fund?

There had been a lot of officers

who reported that

the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Gan Guo Tai

had collected more than ten golden sculptures

of Guan Yin for his

mother's 70th birthday

And now he said he has no fund

to repair the bridge?

It's alright if he doesn't repair a bridge

but people have to go around to another bridge

Is the inconvenience of the people

not worthy of his attention?

Yes, master

Please don't be angry, master

Master, please don't be angry

During the journey

we will see a lot of strange things

which can't be seen in the palace

If you get angry every time

it will go on forever and ever

How about this?

I'll record down everything

and you can handle them

after you return to the palace?

Don't you think so, Sir Songgotu?

Yes... Lady Yi Huan is right, master

You're right

We have something more urgent

After I go and see Shu Jian

I'll handle all of them

when I return

Let's go

Yes, master

Let's go

Move...

Move

Sixth Master

What's so urgent that you want to discuss with us?

Kang Xi went to release himself with Songgotu and Eunuch Li

They'll be back soon

We can't waste any time

Crown Prince

It's a good chance

Should we kill Kang Xi during the journey?

- No! - Why?

Yi Huan, remember your identity

Kang Xi is our rival

our enemy

I know

But let's not forget about

the 30 martial art masters

that Songgotu brought

Me, the crown prince and Qing Cheng

could handle the 30 martial art masters

You're in the same carriage with Kang Xi

If you attack him

Songgotu won't be able to protect him on time

Me... You want me to do it?

I can't

I can't do that

You have to!

Brother Zhu

Sixth Master

We can't kill Kang Xi yet

Why?

Didn't you say before

that Kang Xi is smart and hardworking

- and he'll be our greatest enemy? - Yes

But it's Qing Dynasty that we want to overthrow

not Kang Xi alone

Though we might be able to kill Kang Xi

the imperial will get another

descendant of Aisin Gioro for the throne

Qing Dynasty will still be there

It's not helping to the

restoration of Ming Dynasty

If we do so

our identity will be revealed

Then, all of the efforts that

we had risked our lives for...

will be wasted

But if we help Kang Xi

to complete the visit this time

we'll be able to gain his trust

Then...

we will have the chance

to find the copper box in the heavily guarded Forbidden City

We'll also have the chance

to sow the dissension between Kang Xi and Wu San Gui

and make them turn against each other

This...

is a better way to restore Ming Dynasty

Yes... Sixth Master

That's what I meant

But Brother Zhu explains it better than me

Master

I agree with Eldest Senior, too

If we can find the copper box

and get the treasure

we'll have the strength

to gather all the power to restore Ming Dynasty

and build a strong army

to achieve our noble goal

Sixth Master, please don't get angry at Sister Xue

I know you have been wanting

to seek revenge for the hundreds of life sacrificed for Meihuamen

But it is exactly for this reason...

that we need to consider the whole situation, right?

Master...

Since the three of you disagree with it

I will say no more

We'll follow the Crown Prince's advice

What I'm worrying is...

if Shu Jian is saved

it will be of bad consequences

when he exposes the

real identity

of Qing Cheng

Since we're here now

it's useless to worry about it

We can only see where the situation leads us to

But I think

Shu Jian is severely injured

it's not necessary that he'll know my identity

Sister Xue is right

Brother Zhu, since Kang Xi is not back yet

let's go to the river and wash our hands

- All right - Let's go

Brother Zhu, hurry up!

Brother Zhu!

Brother Zhu, you're awesome

You persuaded Sixth Master

to not kill Brother Long

I don't want to kill him

due to the political situation

It's for a bigger purpose

But how about you?

It's not for a bigger purpose that

you don't want to kill him

It's because of your feelings for him

What feelings are you talking about?

Not feelings

but it would be your affection for him

Yi Huan

You're too innocent in the relationship between men and women

I'm afraid that you're not

aware of your own feelings

since you're always with him

Brother Zhu, what are you talking about?

I...

My feelings for him is...

He's the emperor

I just don't want to lose

the most powerful brother in the world

It's not what you think

Really?

Of course!

We grew up together

You should know me well

All right

I'll believe you now

But if one day, I found out that

you fooled me

I'll change my mind

and kill him myself

Brother Zhu

You look scary now