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Alright, I will approve it

Then, I will ask the Board of Rites and Ceremonies to prepare

a Memoriam at Yongfu Temple

Thank you, Your Majesty

Our mother being able to enjoy such honour

is our biggest pleasure

Don't thank me so fast

I still have another important task

that I need you to carry out for me

I am not sure if you are willing to do it

I would like to listen to what you have to say

Liu De Zhao

and Shuntian Prefecture's Gan Guo Tai's case

has been handed to the Ministry of Punishments for trial

But I know

that in the Imperial Court

there must be many other Liu De Zhao and Gan Guo Tai

I want you and Songgotu to investigate

Form a group of capable officers

and investigate other officers in secret

And see if there are anyone who purposely creates erroneous cases

and exploit fortune

This is a start to rectify the corruption

Your Majesty

- I... I am afraid... - What is wrong?

You are not willing?

If you have any problems, just tell me

I will solve it for you

I don't dare

I am just a small imperial physician

I don't think I can take on such a task

Rectifying the corruption

will definitely offend a large group of officials

Especially those who have been enjoying under the eight banner reign

This is a tiresome and thankless task

Although Songgotu is very capable

but he is still a minister

there will be situations where he cannot act upon

That's why I want to bend the rules to make you a commissioner

To catch those corrupted individuals

cruelly oppressing and exploiting the people

all out

Executed by the capital punishment

That is too great, Brother Zhu

This is good news that benefits both the country and the people

Officer Li

I have thought about this deeply

Out of all the people in the court

you are the only one who can take the responsibility

Firstly

you don't have any complicated and influential relations

Your background is clean

Secondly

you are well skilled in martial arts

and you are capable of carrying out the task well

Also, I won't be afraid that someone will assassinate you

Thirdly

which is also the most important point

You are not greedy for a luxurious life

you have the best interest of the citizens at heart

and willing to sacrifice for them

Jian Qing, are you willing?

Brother Zhu, just say yes to Brother Long

This issue is not just for Brother Long alone

but for all the citizens as well

We have already seen the evil ways

of Liu De Zhao and Gan Guo Tai

But out there

how many other Gan Guo Tai and Liu De Zhao are there?

How many other citizens

are suffering under their bullying and humiliation

can you bear to not bother about it?

I will obey your decree

That is fantastic, I knew

that Brother Zhu will not disappoint me

Eldest Senior

It seems like

you and Yi Huan's plan to move out of the Forbidden City

would have to be delayed

This is also a move that I have no way out of

I don't want to disappoint Yi Huan

I also don't want to miss the chance to remove the danger for the citizens

But have you thought about this?

You helping Kang Xi to rectify the corruption

will mean that you will face a big danger

Even at the end, you managed to pull through

it is also just helping Kang Xi

At the end

the ones that the citizens will thank is Kang Xi

and not you

I have thought about this

I will use this chance

to create a big wave

in the Imperial Court

Create a resentment between those powerful men and Kang Xi

This way

the citizens will have benefits

and also create an internal rift between Kang Xi and those men

To create an internal disorder with them

You still are very good at considering even the smallest details

To be honest

I am very conflicted at heart

If I move away with Yi Huan

and leave you alone in the palace

to finish the mission of finding the copper box

and finding the spies

it is too dangerous

We are too selfish

Eldest Senior

I understand

You have the best interest of every one of us at heart

you hope to do everything perfectly

to be able to answer to all of us

But like this

you will be very tired

Like your decision to stay this time

Yi Huan and Kang Xi

will continue to live along side each other

To you

this would be a great torture

If Yi Huan can understand me as you do

and care about my feelings

it would be great

Grandmother

the Emperor is treating the Li siblings

better and better

He has asked the Board of Rites and Ceremonies

to use the name of the Imperial Court at Yongfu Temple

to organise a Memoriam for their deceased mother

How is this good?

The howling winds precede the mountain storm

The Emperor has started to make a move

Could the Emperor

want to enter the Li Yi Huan into the Imperial Harem?

I don't think so

The Emperor is treating Li Jian Qing so well

because he wants Li Jian Qing and Songgotu

to help him rectify the corruption

After his incognito tour this time

he had a change of heart, and his words are radical

I am afraid that he doesn't know his limits

And will shake the laws of the Imperial Court

- Young Master Wu - Have a safe trip

Yong Li Emperor's relics have safely been transported to the Capital

It is time for us siblings to take our leave

After I hand in the edict tomorrow

I will also need to return to Yunnan, Dian City

Since the both of you can make a home wherever you go

I'm not sure if you can follow me

back to Yunnan, Dian City?

Thank you, Young Master Wu, for your invitation

How about this, let us think about this for a few days

and answer you later

That's fine

I shall wait for your news

Young Master Wu

until we meet again

Until we meet again

Hold on

Miss Qian Ying

Nearby the inn, there is a lake

Could we meet there tonight?

I have a present for you

You can consider it a memento

Thank you, Brother Ye

Let's go

Young Master

You really what to bring the both of them to Yunnan?

What's wrong?

Why do you oppose?

These Ye siblings are unknown wanderers

Didn't my father once said to me?

That I should make friends with more capable wanderers

But I feel these two siblings

have ulterior motives

This whole time

if they had ulterior motives

they would have exposed it already

All right, you don't need to say more

I will know what to do

Report, Your Majesty

I have safely escort Yong Li Emperor's relics

into the Capital

I am here to hand over the edict

- Please rise - Thank you, Your Majesty

Young Master

after meeting in Shanxi

I trust that you are in good health since the last time?

My bad eyesight

I didn't recognise you in Shanxi

I should die ten thousand deaths

Young Master, no need for the formalities

Please rise

Yes

When I was at Shanxi

I was visiting under the identity of the Imperial Commissioner

It is not your fault for not recognising me

I am not capable

During the trip here, I was robbed twice

Not only my father's tribute was taken

it also involved Shanxi's Military General Sir Shu to sacrifice his life

I should die ten thousand deaths

This robbery at Shanxi

I have already investigated

that it was Oboi's remaining confederate, Liu De Zhao's doing

It has nothing to do with you

You escorted Yong Li Emperor's relics into the palace

and it was laborious

You and Ping Xi Government are loyal

to Qing Dynasty

I will reward you well

Thank you, Your Majesty for your generosity

Get up and we'll continue talking

Yes

I have another task for you

Please assign the task

I will definitely give it my all

On this list, the medicinal herbs

are only found in Yunnan

When you get back to Yunnan

please arrange for it quickly

and send it to the Capital

Reply to you, Your Majesty

the medicinal herbs on this list is indeed only found in Yunnan

but some of it is readily available

some of it needs time to prepare

Then please hurry and prepare it

- Yes - After entering the palace

did you meet with your elder brother?

Reply to you, Your Majesty

I just came from outside

and haven't gotten the edict

I didn't dare to see the Prince Consort

You are very detailed

and it is good

But you don't need to be confined to the details

When the Grand Empress Dowager heard that you are coming into the palace

she was exceptionally happy

She specially arranged to the princess and her husband to enter the palace

Please go and meet the Grand Empress

and at the same time, meet your brother

You can talk

about old times

Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity

Young Master

you are a fine-looking man

Please rise

Thank you, Your Highness

- Prince Consort - Here

Based on what I see

your younger brother is more handsome than you

Your Highness, you don't know

my brother is not only more handsome than me

his talents also surpass me

Previously, in the residence

my father always said that I am not comparable to my brother

Simply put

the Emperor loves the eldest one

the citizens love the youngest one

As parents

those who spoil the younger one is not uncommon

From what I see

the both of you have good achievements

It is both very good

It is true that a wise goose never lays a tame egg

Thank you, Your Highness, for your high praises

I'm not sure if Young Master has a marriage partner?

Reply to you, Your Highness

my father has already arranged

someone for me in Dian City

I wanted to match a maiden for you

I didn't expect that you are already engaged

This is good too

Then your father won't blame me

for match making two of his sons

and keep them in the Capital

causing him to not have anyone

to be filial to him by his side

Thank you, Your Highness, for your gracious concern

It is not my luck

My whole family are exceptionally grateful for the Imperial Court's care

Please have a seat

Thank you, Your Highness

Although I am old now

but I am not muddled

I know that the Ping Xi Government

is always loyal to the Qing Dynasty

So when you arrived in the Capital

I wanted to ask you to come meet

the Grand Empress Dowager and I

I also arranged for a large present for Ping Xi Government

Someone, bring the present over

Prince Consort, Young Master

the both of you can open up the present and have a look

We will follow your orders

Your Highness and Your Majesty, please understand

These reports are all false charges against our father

The Grand Empress Dowager and I want to give these reports

to the Ping Xi Government

to tell him

that in the Imperial Court

there are many people accusing him

Accusing him of evil intentions

and having ulterior motives at heart

But in our hearts

we believe him fully

Thank you, Your Highness and Your Majesty for your trust

I promise to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty to death

All right, we are one family

why are you being such a stranger?

Please rise

Jian Ning

please help the Prince Consort up

Here

Please rise

Young Master

when you get back to Yunnan

please send my regards to your father

Also, I prepared a small gift

for your mother, the princess consort

Please take it along with you

I thank you, Your Highness, on behalf of my mother

Prince Consort, Young Master

it is rare that you get to meet each other

you don't need to continue being so formal here

You should go to prince consort's residence and talk

Jian Ning

you stay here and accompany me

I will take my leave

Grandmother

at first, when the previous Emperor wanted you to marry Wu Ying Xiong

I disagreed

But you are Aisin Gioro's eldest grandchild

I understand

I will treat my husband well

to share your burden with you

What is wrong?

Is your leg injury acting up?

Is it starting to hurt?

No

Then why are you sulking all of a sudden?

What are you thinking?

Just now, I saw Princess Jian Ning

She is supposed to be the eldest Princess

Very respectable

But at the age of 13

she had no choice but to marry Wu Ying Xiong

You see

she has to be very careful around the Grand Empress Dowager

and watch for the language

All these years

she must have suffered a lot

and tormented

This is nothing

As the royal bloodline

which one of us doesn't live in torment?

Think about me

at the age of 13, I was already married

These few years in the palace

I also have to watch my language all the time

Until I met you

then my life started to become more interesting

Brother Long

actually, I am a little afraid

Afraid?

What are you afraid of?

The Grand Empress Dowager?

I see that she is quite good to you

She knows that you like to eat desserts

so she gifted you a box of flower cakes

Didn't the Grand Empress Dowager and you

reward the Young Masters of Wu heavily as well?

But...

You are actually talking about this

This Wu San Gui

is a mortal malady to the Imperial Court

The Grand Empress Dowager and I have no choice

You didn't leak political matters

and you are not a nuisance to others

why are you guilty?

Brother Long

I have a feeling

When there isn't anyone else around

in front of me, you are my Brother Long

and I feel so close to you

We are very close

But when there are other people around

you are the Emperor

Then, I will feel

that the distance between the both of us are actually very big

Actually this feeling that you are talking about

I can understand

But I have no choice

As the Emperor

I cannot be close to anyone

I cannot let other people see me so well

Or else

people will threaten me very easily

You are already the closes person to me

You know me the most

Then would there be a day

where the Grand Empress Dowager, or you

will chop my head off because of this?

What is your little mind thinking of all the time?

Always cursing yourself that you will get your head chopped off

Don't worry

I've sworn into brotherhood with you

We have promised each other to suffer together and die together

Eunuch Li

- is the Emperor around? - Sir Suo

The Emperor is with Miss Yi Huan at Yongle Residence

They will take a while to get back

Sir Suo, wait a moment

Then I will wait here

All right

Now that Gan Guo Tai's case is over

I need to report to the Emperor

Why are you running?

So anxious

The Ministry of Punishments say

that Liu De Zhao does not want to admit his guilt

He is also pleading to see you

See me?

Yes

This is bad

Could it be for the 20,000 silver taels that he gave me

he wants to report me?

No, I need to shut his mouth

Tell Liu De Zhao

don't get anxious

Tell him, after I've met with the Emperor

I will see him

Yes, uncle

Liu De Zhao, get up quickly!

Sir Suo is here

Sir, this way

Liu De Zhao

What do you want to see me for?

Sir Suo

I have something to report

What else do you have to say?

Sir Suo

I know

that my crimes are punishable by death

But I want to atone my crimes for a good deed

I want to exchange for my second wife, Qiu Min

and the two lives in her womb

Sir Suo

You

You are hoping for too much

You still don't understand?

Don't you know that you've committed such a big crime?

Suo...

Sir Suo...

Liu De Zhao

you've committed the biggest crime out of all

Now the new Shanxi Provincial Governor

has taken your second wife, Qiu Min

and her brother Qiu Gui and his people

and arrested them!

In the morning, they will be escorted to the Capital

to be executed in public together with you

Sir Suo, I know

I know

this crime that I've committed

is a godless crime!

But, Sir Suo

the matter that I want to report

is not a small matter

This is regarding the secret of the Consort

To the Empress and you

it is related to the whole family line

All of you go out, I want to talk with him privately

Yes

Liu De Zhao

Think carefully

If your report is of value

then I can promise

to spare your wife, Qiu Min

and her babies

Sir Suo!

I'll kneel!

Let me hear it

What is the important matter?

Sir Suo

The matter I want to say

will implicate the royal family's dignity

I think if fewer people who know it, it would be better?

He is fine, he is my nephew

All right, Sir Suo

I want to say

I hear that Shu Jian's daughter Shu Wan Xin

after entering the palace, not too long later

she was promoted as a Consort?

Yes

And she is well loved in the Imperial Harem now

But?

Sir Suo!

You don't know

that the person that is receiving the favours from the Emperor

is not the real Shu Wan Xin

She is a fraud!

She is a fraud!

You say that Shu Wan Xin is a fraud?

This Consort Li

is a fake Consort

What?

The Consort was switched with a fake?

Your Highness, please keep your voice down

Don't let anyone outside hear it

Is this real?

Can we trust what Liu De Zhao says?

Liu De Zhao sensed that he cannot escape the death row

so he wants to leave a successor

He has no need

to come up with such a preposterous lie

And based on the performance of the Consort at the tour

she risked a life a few times

to protect the Emperor

With guts like that

it doesn't look like the actions of an ordinary official family's daughter

This matter is most likely

to be true

And if we think even more deeply

the person who impersonated the Consort

must be from the same group with the Li siblings

Does Liu De Zhao have any evidence?

No

It because he doesn't have any evidence

that's why he doesn't dare to make it public

But he begged to see me

and wanted to make a deal with me personally

Then based on your thoughts

what should we do now?

Should we tell the Emperor?

Absolutely not

Now the Emperor is favouring the Consort a lot

and this matter will involve the reputation of the royal family

We need to have concrete evidence in our hands

to overthrow the Li siblings

and the person who impersonated the Consort

or else we won't be able to catch the snake

and get bitten instead

Then what you mean is...

Right now, the most concrete evidence is the real Shu Wan Xin

I will secretly send people to Shanxi

and inform the new Shanxi Provincial Governor

to quietly arrange for the release

of Qiu Gui and Qiu Min, the siblings

I will get Qiu Gui

to help us find the real Shu Wan Xin

Nasai

Arrange for a trustable person

to pass this letter to Qiu Gui

Tell him

if he can help us find the real Shu Wan Xin

then he can atone for his crimes

Not just him and his sister will be spared

but even Liu De Zhao's punishment can be lightened

Take care

Don't worry

Leave this to me

Go on

Take it to be grounded

Yes

Imperial Physician Li

Eunuch Li

Uncle means that Nasai and Songgotu

are thinking of a way to plot against Yi Huan and me

Yesterday, Songgotu was at the door to the study

ready to report on the case of Shuntian Magistrate, Gan Guo Tai

when the Ministry of Punishments sent someone to find him

saying that Liu De Zhao insisted on meeting Songgotu

He said that he has an important matter to report

After coming back from the prison, Songgotu

and Nasai was whispering to each other

I will take a guess that it is not something good

It might have something to do with the both of you

I understand

Thank you for your warning

Be careful

Eldest Senior

I suspect

that Liu De Zhao has told Songgotu

the matter of me impersonating Shu Wan Xin

Songgotu has suspected both me and Yi Huan

from the beginning

Now

he must suspect that the three of us are together

He hasn't made a move

because besides Liu De Zhao's words

he doesn't have any other evidence

But this matter will involve the reputation of the royal family

He will definitely send Nasai

to find the real Shu Wan Xin

If he really finds the real Shu Wan Xin

we will be in trouble

Don't worry

I have already sent someone

to deliver the news to Meng Xiang He

For him and Shu Wan Xin

to cover their tracks carefully

Thank you for your hard work, Imperial Physician Li

You are welcome

Here

Your Majesty

these are Yong Li Emperor's relics

that Wu Ying Qi brought in from Yunnan

The man that is kneeling up there

and the woman that is kneeling next to him

take a good look at them

Remember their faces

Never forget it

Who are they?

Why do I need to remember their faces

and never forget it?

Don't ask why yet

Listen to me

look at them carefully

This is your first time seeing them

and also the last time seeing them