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Why does she look like Sister Xue?

- Could it be... - Shu Wan Xin escaped a month ago

We don’t understand why

she hasn’t reported in

But

there is a big possibility that she has returned to her home in Shanxi

to find her father, Shu Jian

It is not far from here to Tai Yuan Residence

Could it be that this is

the Shu Wan Xin who escaped from Pearl Valley?

But she is a weak, young woman

Why doesn’t she report in

instead of escaping a few thousand miles alone to her home?

- Yi Huan - Yi Huan

- Yi Huan, where are you? - Where are you?

- Here, Miss - Yi Huan

Let’s hide here

Hurry up

Hurry

Miss

Are you all right, Miss?

- Yi Huan - Yi Huan

Yi Huan.

It seems like the sound of Sister Huan’s breathing in that house

But it also seems like

there is another weak breathing sound

If Sister Huan is not saying anything

there must be a reason

that she is not able to show herself

This silly girl.

Where did she go?

This silly girl is really worrying

Yi Huan

Are you all right?

Your face is really pale

Are you starving?

Here

Miss, eat some

Thank you

She is already starving

but she still takes care of her eating etiquette

not daring to wolf down the food

She must be a lady from a wealthy family

Excuse me

I haven’t eaten for two days

Thank you for saving me

Thank you

Don’t...

You are most welcome

Miss, you don’t look like

someone from this village

Why are you alone?

Where are you from? Where are you going?

I

am from Shanxi, Tai Yuan Residence

I am on the way there

I saw an empty house

and was planning to rest there

Who knew

that when I entered

there were two soldiers who rushed in

and said that I’ve forcibly occupied this house

and wanted to drag me to court

Thankfully you came to my aid, heroine

I can’t thank you enough

I... I am not any heroine

I am just like you

I am also a passing traveller

Our meeting has already been fated

Why don’t we exchange names

and if we meet in the future

we are considered friends

I am Yi Huan, how about you?

You’re Heroine Yi

Heroine Yi, you’re highly skilled in martial arts

and willing to help people

Being able to form a bond with Heroine Yi

is my honour

My humble name

is not worthy

But

I am on the road

and didn’t bring enough money

Heroine Yi, where do you live?

Once I’m safely home

I will definitely prepare a gift

to thank you

She is quite tight-lipped

Unwilling to mention her name

but in return is questioning me

You don’t have to thank me

We look like we’re around the same age

I am born on the 4th of May Shun Zhi year 12

Should I call you elder sister

or younger sister?

I was born on

the 8th of March Shun Zhi year 11

Isn’t that Shu Wan Xin’s birthday?

Then... then you are older than me

I should call you elder sister

Elder sister

You are quite weak alone

why have you come all the way here?

Don't you have anyone accompanying you?

Two months ago

my father gave me

to a powerful man

That man

wanted to pick a concubine

out of a group of maidens

I am one of the chosen ones

I never thought

that before even reaching that man’s house

I will be kidnapped by someone else

It wasn’t until recently

that I managed to escape

This powerful man

must be referring to Brother Long

Is there such a thing?

Then after escaping

why didn’t you report to the courts?

Now

do you want to find

the powerful man?

No...

It is not like that

I didn't report it

because

even though those kidnappers

are mean

I don’t hate them

I am actually thankful

Why?

My father gave me up to

a powerful man to be his concubine

is not out of his own will

It is because that man

is too powerful

and my father doesn't dare to disobey

That is why I’ve vowed to myself

if I get chosen by him to be his concubine

I will die in protest

Actually, that powerful man

is also a good dependant

You don't want to go

could it be because...

Looking at this jade you’re wearing

it must be a mandarin duck jade, right?

The one you are wearing is male

Then the female one...

Could it be that you already have someone in your heart?

I understand

No wonder after escaping from your kidnappers

you didn't report it

Right now, are you going to find your lover?

I don’t want to hide

My mother died when I was young

leaving me and my father to depend on each other

I want to take the advantage before leaving

to quietly go home

and see my father for the last time

She says she wants to see her father for the last time

then elope

but if she finds out that her father is dying

she definitely can’t help showing herself

Won’t it be complicated then?

There are people in this garden

This group of useless people

They still bother me with a small issue like this

All right...

I didn’t think that Yang

can hear our breathing

I definitely won’t be able to deal with them

Should I ask for help?

This is not possible

I’ll alert Brother Long and Songgotu if I do that

That will be bad

Elder sister

Let's hide there

Let's go

All right

Hurry

What is wrong?

This way

Hurry, let’s go, keep up

- This way... Hurry! - Over there!

Chase them!

Stop!

Where exactly did Yi Huan run off to?

Stop!

Hurry... Elder sister

Stop!

Elder sister, are you all right?

Don't move!

What are you doing?

We’re not doing anything

Come, take them away

- Yes - Hold on

Aren’t you...

Old Yang, come

Isn't this girl with that group of merchants?

What is wrong?

I have a feeling that those businessmen aren’t that simple

Catch the other one, don't catch this one

In case we complicate the problem

That's fine

All right

Brothers

take this one away

Yes

- Let’s move - No

- Elder sister... - Let go, hurry

Heroine!

- Hurry up - Elder sister...

- Save me! - Elder sister...

Stop shouting

- No one can save you now - Save me!

There is a lot of noise there...

- go have a look - All right

Behave yourself

Let's go

Little girl

I couldn’t tell you are skilled

Didn’t you hit my soldiers previously?

Your temper is really fiery

But I like to ride on the fiery horse

Didn't you say you want to gauge my eyes out previously?

Seems like now

it is me who is gauging your flesh

Boss, are you all right?

I... I’m fine

I’m fine

Don't be rash

I am an officer of the Imperial Court

Leader

He dared to assault Yi Huan

His death doesn’t even pay for his offence

It is already generous that I stabbed him once

This is the first time in my life

that I killed someone with my own hands

Killing an officer of the Imperial Court is a big offence

This way it is very easy for us to expose our identity

What's done is done

We’ll think of something

It's the middle of the night

why are you running around?

We called out for you but you didn't answer

Don’t you know that we are very worried about you?

I...

I wasn't full from dinner

I wanted to see if there is any chicken in the village

to fill my stomach

But after searching for a while, there isn’t any

Then... then I met these scoundrels

Are you a hungry ghost reincarnated?

Every day you think about eating

Besides eating, what else do you know?

I also know about hunger

Look at your little sister

What exactly is in her head?

Sister had a rough childhood

so whenever she has the chance

she wants to satisfy her mouth

I'm sorry for embarrassing you

I understand

Before, both of you have suffered a lot

But now that you are with me

I promise the best for you

and you will never suffer again

- Thank you, for your kindness - Leader...

just the both of us not suffering is not enough

you need to make sure the citizens

are not suffering anymore

This is the most important thing

I know that

my boss is greedy when it comes to food

but she is not greedy in life and is definitely not selfish

She always has the best interest of the citizens at heart

She really is my mentor

Leader

Leader, what happened here?

No need to panic

Look for a place to bury him first

Yes

Come, drag him away

- Yes. - Hurry

Leader

Yang Ba Zong’s body

has already been buried

At the same time, I have arranged for people

to stand guard at all the entrances

Not even a fly is able to enter here

Good job

Also, if there is anyone coming here to get information

don't kill them first

Capture them

and find a place to lock them up

When the time comes, they will become witnesses

Yes

Also

in the village

there are five families, eleven villagers left

They are all sick and elderly

Songgotu

Find a few trustable people

and look for a safe place

Before sunrise, we must

move all of them there

- Yes - Also...

they are all sick and elderly

Use my horse cart to transport them

Yes

Nasai, let’s go

Yes

We need to prepare

At sunrise, we are going to leave this house

Leader, it is still midnight

Why don't you retire to your room first?

Once we have packed up, we will call you out

All right

Another day of travelling tomorrow

then we can meet Shu Jian

There will be a lot of matters

for me to attend to then

So, I must take care of myself

How about I light a calming incense for you?

Or else you won’t sleep well

and start imagining things

Unbelievable

You’ve learned to care for others

Leader is asleep

At first, Leader was tossing and turning, unable to sleep

But after smelling your incense

he fell asleep right away

Tell me

what kind of incense did you give to him?

Just a normal calming incense

don't worry

It is not harmful to the body

Really?

Really

Uncle

why would I lie to you?

Don't ever call me uncle again

It is best if we never acknowledge each other

Yi Huan, I am begging you

Please don’t have

any bad intentions towards the Leader

And don’t hurt him

or else even I won’t want to live anymore

How could it be?

How could I harm my Brother Long?

I won't let anyone

harm my Brother Long

All these things you say

I am not sure if I believe them

or not

But I can tell you

I have serviced three leaders

and the leader we have now

is the best out of all of them

Didn't you once said you

wanted the best for the citizens?

Didn't you say that before?

Then don’t have any bad intentions

and don't harm the Leader

and also don’t drag me into it

I'm not sure who was the one initially

helping Oboi in poisoning the Emperor

I was left with no choice

Moreover, Oboi

didn't want to harm the Emperor

and the medicine that he gave to the Emperor

was mainly to distract his thoughts

and stop him from interfering with the Imperial matters

But you...

If we wanted to harm him, we would have done it long ago in the palace

Why must we wait until now?

Uncle

please don't worry about it

You promised

The calming incense I gave to Kang Xi is very light

Songgotu is arranging the villagers

he will be back very soon

We need to take advantage of this timing

Can you confirm

that the maiden is Shu Wan Xin?

- Let me take a look - Of course...

even her birthdate is correct

It can’t be wrong

Luckily

she was taken away by Liu De Zhao’s brother-in-law

If she gets discovered by Songgotu

it will be more complicated

But she is in the hands of the bullies

we're not sure what might happen

We need to save her

It is already at this point now

Do you still want to save Shu Wan Xin?

Why can’t you distinguish friend from foe?

Sixth Master

she is not our enemy

she is innocent

She jeopardised our great cause

therefore she is our enemy

What you’re saying is not right, Sixth Master

Why is it not right?

We are revenging for our past Emperor and returning glory to Ming Dynasty

We should distinguish right from wrong

We shouldn’t even dispute over these small matters

I...

Sixth Master

Yi Huan is right

We need to save Shu Wan Xin

After escaping from Pearl Valley

she hasn't reported in and reveal her real identity

because she wants to elope with her lover

But right now

she is in the hands of Liu De Zhao’s brother-in-law

To save herself

she might reveal her true identity

If Liu De Zhao discovers this

he will definitely report it to the Imperial Court

If so

Qing Cheng’s identity will also be revealed

But how do we save her?

We are not familiar with the roads

and we don’t know where they have brought her to

Moreover, daylight is approaching

There will not be enough time

How about this?

After this, I will fake an illness

and stay with the villagers

to recuperate

Once you all have left

I will look for Shu Wan Xin secretly

If she didn’t reveal her identity

I will save her

and send her to Pearl Valley

But

if she has revealed her identity

I can only kill her

and everyone who knows

to avoid any trouble later on

Sixth Master

you can’t do that

If you kill an innocent lady like this

then what is the difference between those Qing soldiers

who killed innocent citizens and you?

Yi Huan

How can you talk to Sixth Master like that?

Master

don't get angry

Yi Huan is like this

she doesn’t know the severity of her words

How about this?

If Shu Wan Xin

has revealed her true identity

then you

kill those who found out

Spare Shu Wan Xin’s life

and send her back to Pearl Valley

That is right, Sixth Master

Those dogs

are not innocent to begin with

Killing them is also doing justice to the people

But Shu Wan Xin is innocent

We cannot hurt her

Since the Crown Prince says the same thing

then let’s go with this decision

Thank you, Sixth Master

Court Lady Xue was doing fine yesterday

how has she fallen ill all of a sudden?

Actually, during the daytime yesterday

she was already not feeling well

but she was just persevering

not daring to let you know

I’ve already requested the villagers to take care of her

After resting for a few days

she will be fine

But because of her illness

you don't have anyone to serve you

I am already thankful that

Leader allows me to leave the palace to visit my family

Small issues like this

I can tackle it myself

I don't have to worry about you

Not like some people

who only knows how to find trouble for me

Songgotu has sent someone to deliver a secret message

stating that the Emperor has entered Shanxi territory

It shouldn’t be too long

before the Emperor can secretly meet up with Shu Jian

This is the Emperor’s first time travelling in disguise

I can only hope that the Emperor can share some of your luck

to have everything go smoothly

and be safe

Xuan Ye is Aisin Gioro’s grandson

If he grows up only within the four walls

of the Forbidden City

how can he rule the whole country well?

Letting him leave to gain some experience is good too

It is given that there might be a few accidents

but the Emperor is the Emperor

he will surely be safe from danger

Empress

don't worry too much

I am not worried about anything else

but I’m mostly worried

about the Li siblings

Don't worry

I have ordered

Songgotu and Li De Fu

to watch the Li siblings closely

Moreover, if the Li siblings

had any bad intentions

they would have executed it when they were in the palace

Since there isn’t anything out of ordinary

that means that their motive

is not to harm the Emperor

This journey to Shanxi

also will prove to the Emperor and everyone else

to see if

the Li siblings

are worth trusting or not

Lord

we’ve found Yang Ba Zong

You've found him?

No matter what is his reasoning

drag him out and cane him 50 times first

Such tendencies should not be encouraged

How dare he disappears without a trace?

How is he to lead the troops in the future?

How do we cane him?

We've found him

he was buried under a poplar tree

Is he dead?

He is dead

He has a couple of broken ribs

and was stabbed right in the heart

I think

the villagers of Huai Yang Village

don't have this kind of skill

Unless

it is those foreign travelling merchants

They have a group of bodyguards

and each one of them is highly skilled

Young master

the Imperial Commissioner is still not here

are we going to wait here like fools?

There are people complaining to the Emperor

that the people of Ping Xi Government are very snobbish

and they look down upon the Imperial Court

Now that such a big issue has happened

and the Emperor has ordered the Imperial Commissioner to investigate

me waiting here should mean something

In case people start talking again

Young master

the way you uphold the name of the Ping Xi Government

if the Lord finds out

he will be very proud

I am just doing my duty

whether my father finds out or not

it is not important

So

among all of the Lord’s sons

you are the most compassionate

Young Master Wu

is the Imperial Commissioner not here yet?

It shouldn't be too long

Then, we both

need to hide for a while

That is not necessary

Both of you are my friends

You don't have to hide

but if you two

are not familiar in welcoming an Imperial officer

then you can do as you will

After I have settled the matters

I will join you two to go to the Capital

Then we shall not add more to it

we shall stay in our rooms

That is fine as well, we shall follow what you say

Qui Gui

what you are saying

is Yang Ba Zong was killed by those travelling merchants?

From what I see

it isn’t just Yang Ba Zong who was killed by them

those missing villagers

must also be connected to them

Lord

It seems that these merchants are very suspicious

their actions are questionable

Shouldn’t you send someone to investigate them?

Where did they enter Shanxi territory from

and where are they heading to?

What is their motive?

Xiang He

Here

I shall hand this matter over to you

Understood

Stop...

Young master, this should be the Imperial Commissioner

These are the imperial bodyguards that survey ahead

Go...

Stop

Is the Imperial Commissioner here?

Yes

You both are...

I am the lieutenant general of Pingxi, Shi Qing Hong

This is my young master

You are right

This is the Imperial Commissioner

named Long, Sir Long

Imperial Commissioner, this is Wu Ying Qi

Sorry for your trouble

Young master

you really are dapper

and a real man of talents

Yes

A talented father has a talented son

Imperial Commissioner, you are too kind

Right, young master

the Emperor

sent me to accompany

Li Bin out of the palace

to visit Sir Shu

Miss Li Bin, this is Wu Ying Qi in your presence

Forgo the formalities

Don't spread word of this matter

there are only a few of us who knows

I understand

What is Sir Shu’s condition now?

Until now, he is still unconscious

Miss Li Bin, don’t get upset

Maybe when Sir Shu sees you

he might wake up

Qui Gui

tell me, why did these villagers

disappear all of a sudden?

Moreover, these villagers that are left

are the sick and elderly

Tell me

where have they all gone to?

Maybe they killed Yang Ba Zong

because Yang Ba Zong harassed their servant girl

They killed him by accident and hid his body

This still makes sense

But why did they take the villagers with them?

This makes no sense

Could it be

that they want to keep these villagers as witnesses

Later on

they will report to it to the Capital City

There is a possibility

Grandma Liang from Huai Yang Village

had always been a pain in the side

Think about it, when her son went to report it

he was killed by us

Then her grandson went to report

and he got locked up by us

Do you think she is willing to let it go?

Coincidentally

the travelling merchants are staying at her house

She must have told them about our doings

Talk... you still have the face to talk about this?

Calm down

If you knew that this old woman is a problem

why didn't you take care of it earlier?

Now we’ve gotten into this mess

How was I to know?

She is old and ailing like a candle in the wind

sometimes having meals, sometimes not

how long can she live?

Who would have thought that

these travelling merchants would suddenly appear?

Based on an unidentified news

one month ago, Shu Jian

sent a secret report to the Emperor

regarding me and all the officers of Shanxi

At that time, the Emperor

was busy with the matters of Premier Oboi

That is why the Emperor put this issue aside

Now, Premier Oboi

is jailed under the Emperor’s orders