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Now that it's already been investigated clearly

there are 259 officers that use the excuse of capturing the rebel party

and violated the law, at the same time ignoring human lives

They have many excuses

to claim the rewards from the Imperial Court

Is it that serious?

It is not just serious

it is appalling

Just take the left wing's front line camp leader, Longde Duo as an example

Two years ago

he was still a small front Army's guard

from a fifth ranking officer, he relied on the military credit

and got promoted straight for five rankings

In a blink of an eye

he became a second ranking military officer

I know about Longde Duo

Half a year ago

he destroyed five camps of the Anti-Qing Alliance in the Capital

and captured more than 50 rebels

I personally rewarded him an imperial yellow jacket

But Your Majesty, you didn't know

that out of these 50 rebels

half of them are innocent

What did you say?

These people...

These people that were killed innocently

they were people escaping from drought and flood

And some of them were civilians forced by local officer

to enter the Capital City to launch magistrate report

Since these people were innocent

the court hall had also sent people to monitor the beheading punishment

why didn't they shout for their innocence?

For the sake of getting the military credit

Longde Duo had silenced them using medicine

before these prisoners were sent to the execution site

to prevent them from speaking out for themselves

He really deserves to die

Your Majesty, the other officers that lied to gain military credit

they also had different tactics

Is there anyone committing even serious crime than Longde Duo?

Yes. He's the leader of the protective army of Capital City, Abi Qi

Abi Qi?

The plaque 'Pillar of Country' that is hung at his residence

it was me that wrote him the words myself!

This Abi Qi had used the similar tactic with Longde Duo

and accumulated military credits all the way

From a small soldier guarding the city door

he had been promoted all the way

and he is already the third ranking military officer now

How many innocent people has he killed?

According to my investigation

there are 300 people killed by Abi Qi

only 100 of them committed the unforgiving crime

The rest of them were killed innocently

The thing that is even funnier is the same name

could be killed repeatedly for five times

The identity could be an old woman

could be a little child

and could also be a middle aged man

No wonder

no wonder as a weak lady, I

was taken as a rebellion and captured by them

They must have heard my accent as a foreigner

and I don't have any relatives with me

so they wanted to take my head to add up to the amount

- Songgotu - I'm here

Those officers that have been proved of their crimes

capture all of them under my order

and send them to Ministry of Punishments to be interrogated

I obey the order

Your Majesty is doing the wise thing

Wise?

Are you mocking me?

Is there any wise Emperor

having so much greedy and cruel officers by his side?

It's not like that

Your Majesty has been running your administration not long ago

Those previous messes were all created by Oboi

they have nothing to do with Your Majesty

As a leader of the country

how can I put all the blame on the ministers?

It seems that

I need to select the capable and wise ministers as soon as possible

to reshuffle the court hall's administration

Brother Long

I believe that you can do it for sure

Brother Zhu

you look thinner

your face looks sharper

At last, you are concern about me

It was Sister Xue that discovered it first

Brother Zhu

I have always gotten used to your care towards me

but I rarely put much concern on you

Little girl, why are you telling me all these?

I know that you must be very upset now

In fact, I'm upset too

But I also don't know why

I also don't know what should I do

Yi Huan

don't say it anymore

I understand how you feel

I don't blame you

I only hate myself for being incapable

Brother Zhu, don't ever say it this way

I feel guilty hearing you say it this way

Yi Huan

we grow up together since we were young

We're too familiar with each other

To our relationship, this

is a good thing and a bad thing as well

And to you, Kang Xi

is an unpredictable desire

That's why you're filled with fantasy towards him

Yi Huan

do you want to bet with me?

What bet?

Let us bet on Kang Xi can't fulfil his promise

I bet that he can't

Kang Xi is an Emperor

and he hates those greedy and cruel ministers the most

He will definitely do as he said

Fine

In that case, the bet is on

What's the thing to bet on?

100 silver taels or 1,000 silver taels?

I'm not going to bet with you on money

I bet on your heart

If you lose

I believe that your fantasy towards Kang Xi will also be crushed

You won't be trapped by his charm

At that time

you will rebuild Ming Dynasty with me obediently

and become my future Crown Princess

What if you lose?

If I lose

even I will obey to Kang Xi

At that time, no matter what you do

I won't say a word

Fine

What did you say?

His Majesty wants to reshuffle the administration

and he has already sent Longde Duo, Abi Qi and other 259 ministers

to jail to interrogate them.

It cannot be this way

it can't be

it can never be this way

- Songgotu - I'm here

These 259 ministers

we have concrete evidence of their crimes

I'm appointing you as the minister to execute the punishment immediately

behead all of them after ten days

Your Majesty

behead all of them?

What's wrong?

Do you need me to repeat it again?

No... there's no need to, Your Majesty

I understand now

I... I have a flu these few days

I've been coughing non-stop, and my whole body feels cold

and I keep sweating

coughing non-stop

I've been insisting on carrying out my duty

but I feel that I can't hold my sickness any longer today

I want to ask for Your Majesty's forgiveness

if it can be delayed for a few days for me to carry my duty?

Or Your Majesty send someone else to execute the punishment?

Songgotu

you have this sickness at such coincidence

Really, I really can't hold this sickness

Fine, you can go back to your residence to rest

I thank Your Majesty for the good grace

I take my leave

Old cunning man

Your Majesty

Sir Songgotu is quite efficient on carrying out his duty

and he also acts accordingly

He's a capable minister that is worthy to keep

Just that it doesn't occur to him that

Your Majesty will give death sentence to these corrupted ministers

If he executes the death sentence

it's equivalent to let him offend half of the court hall

He wants to win himself credit in front of me

but he doesn't want to offend other people

Yes

I think that Your Majesty willl face difficulty in selecting the minister

Anyway, nobody wants to

stand at the opposite side of half the court hall all of a sudden

On the contrary, I have no burden

But I'm a Han minister

and I'm just an imperial physician

Your Majesty let me help Sir Songgotu to handle the case silently

this is fine

But if Your Majesty appoints me huge responsibility in front of public

I'm afraid that it's not too appropriate

I understand

You're not afraid of causing trouble for yourself

You're willing to serve for me

But I

cannot be so irresponsible for endangering your life

Thank you, Your Majesty, for understanding

Now that the officers are sentenced to death

I'm afraid that nobody dares to take up this responsibility

It doesn't matter

In that case, I'll execute the punishment myself

to restore the order of this court hall

Brother Long, you're so great

You have my support

Brother Zhu, what's the matter?

Didn't I say it before?

Kang Xi is a good Emperor

he's a good Emperor that puts on great effort to rule the country

You're drawing a conclusion now

isn't this a little too early?

If Kang Xi really has his charm

to behead those 259 corrupted ministers

then I'll admit myself of losing the bet

Fine

In that case, let us wait another ten days

Fine

Grandmother, how are you doing lately?

As an old lady, I'm doing quite good

But why do I hear that these days

Your Majesty has not slept well?

Although Your Majesty is young

but you can't be too tired as well

You should stay busy and loosen yourself at the same time

Grandmother

I'm busy rectifying the administration lately

Indeed I haven't been able to sleep well for a few days

But now that the matter has been settled appropriately

therefore I can sleep well later

Your Majesty

this is the ginseng tea that I've prepared for you on my own

in order for you to strengthen your health condition

Try it

Grandmother

this ginseng tea tastes quite good

just that it's a little bit concentrated

and the taste of medicine is a little strong

The colour of tea is murky

this proves that the taste of medicine is very strong

This ginseng tea can refresh and nourish the body

Your Majesty has so many matters to handle

improving on your precious body is beneficial

Thank you, grandmother, for your concern

Taste this again

How does it taste?

Grandmother

this ginseng tea is very clear in colour

but the medicinal flavour is not that strong

the refreshing effect is not so good

Yes

There won't be any fish staying in clear water

fish will only breed in murky water

Grandmother

it seems that you have something to say to me

Yes

I do have something to tell Your Majesty

I heard that Your Majesty was so furious that

you want to behead 259 ministers?

Yes, I did

Grandmother, these people

were corrupted and violated the law without caring for others' lives

They deserved to die

Everything that they had done

I've heard about it as well

Your Majesty wanted to behead them

it was reasonable to do it

You can even kill the whole family of certain ministers

to serve as a warning to others

Grandmother

in fact

my decision of beheading so many ministers in one shot

in my heart

I also feel insecure

Thank you, grandmother, for your support

In this way, I can proceed with my decision without hesitating anymore

I have to plan carefully for Your Majesty naturally

and fully support Your Majesty

Just that I'm getting older

when I speak ten sentences

Your Majesty won't necessarily listen to one sentence in patience

I understand now

Grandmother, you're complaining me for making my own decision, aren't you?

Grandmother

our hearts are linked together

Just say it directly if you have something in your mind

Does Your Majesty know the background

of the left wing's front line camp leader, Longde Duo?

I know

This Longde Duo's grandmother and you

are direct cousins

Grandmother, are you pleading for Longde Duo

for me to spare his life?

I'm pleading for him

it's not because of the family bond

Your Majesty

you have to know when you were trying to capture Oboi

why didn't those guards receiving bribes from Oboi

carry out any action?

Why didn't those soldiers personally trained by Oboi

rebel?

Is this have something to do with Longde Duo?

In fact, Longde Duo is

a man that I had arranged to be at Oboi's side

In order to gain Oboi's trust

he had killed those people opposing the court hall in mass

Some of these people deserved to be killed

and some of them were wrongly killed

But this is a situation that can't be avoided

When you captured Oboi

Longde Duo had used the excuse of clearing the rebel party

to launch curfew at the Capital City

to prevent Oboi's rebellious army to act against us

In this way, you could successfully stay in the palace

to capture this Oboi

Grandmother

why didn't you tell me earlier about this matter?

Your Majesty, although you are young

but you have your own opinions on many things

You won't necessarily agree with me regarding the method of doing things

That's why I keep them from your knowledge

Fine

In that case, consider Longde Duo to atone his wrongdoings

I'll take back his title and dismiss him from his position

Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the face

In that case, please forgive me for relying on my old age

to ask a few more favours from Your Majesty

Grandmother, please go ahead and tell me

Does Your Majesty know behind this court hall

many things are related to each other?

Things will be affected although

you only make little changes?

You're still too young

and I've already gone through

the rise and fall of three eras

As your grandmother, I have to think comprehensively for you

Grandmother, you mean...

The people up there

they're inextricably linked to Your Majesty and Qing Dynasty

inextricably linked people

I hope that when Your Majesty deal with them

you need to put in more consideration

These names with circles

you can consider sentencing lighter punishment towards them

These names with ticks

it's better to release them immediately

You can only behead those names with crosses immediately

Grandmother, this...

Grandson

It's not that I must interfere in the administration

I'm just a woman

I'm reaching my late age

why do I have to oppose my own grandson?

You have to believe that all my action

they are for Your Majesty's sake

they are all for Qing Dynasty's sake

Grandmother, please don't be too sad

In this world

naturally, I trust grandmother the most

It's good if you can understand this

Grandson

grandmother knows that you're now rectifying the administration

but you can't be too hasty in the hope of achieving the aim

Things can't be done well if you're too hasty

You can't prescribe strong medicine for those sick people

Brother Zhu, we have been waiting for a few days

But we didn't see the traitor to show up

Wasn't it you who acted rashly and alerted him?

You hadn't listened to me all the time

Let us go back to the palace first

I think that he won't show up

I still don't want to go back to the palace

In that case, where do you want to go?

I want to eat candies with rock sugar

You're really a greedy cat

Let's go

Please be slower, don't spin around until you get dizzy

Do you want it?

I'm not giving to you

Brother Zhu

- is it nice? - It looks quite good, doesn't it?

This shop today is really not bad

Will I recommend a wrong place?

Your breed of bird is quite good

- I spend a lot of money to buy it - Yi Huan

Is it true?

Let me tell you guys

- I also know the other shop - Don't look back

Those ladies there are very good at playing the zither

And they're great in singing the tunes

Really?

Yes, I get excited after telling you these

- This way... - Let me treat you next time

Brother Zhu, isn't that... isn't that Longde Duo?

Am I seeing the wrong man?

You're not wrong

The leader is Longde Duo

and the man following him at the back is Abi Qi

How is it possible?

Aren't they supposed to be at the prison now?

Shouldn't they get beheaded three days later?

It's obvious that the matter has some changes

Yi Huan, looks like you have lost the bet

It's impossible

it must be them bribing Songgotu

that's why Songgotu releases them

Songgotu isn't a man wanting money more than his life

Moreover, if they're released in secret from the prison

how can they show up

here in broad daylight?

It's impossible, brother Long won't break his own promise

Yi Huan, don't be silly

Those people from noble background like Longde Duo and Abi Qi

they are like the eagles of Aisin Gioro

Even though these eagles

had occasionally beaten wrongly a few deers and wild rabbits

but to Kang Xi

this is not something serious

But if he loses these eagles that serve for him

he would have to look to his laurels

Impossible

Brother Long won't do the opposite as he said

He won't lie to me

Yi Huan

Miss Yi Huan, His Majesty had given out the order

- His Majesty won't see anyone - No

I have something important to ask His Majesty

Brother Long

Miss Yi Huan

please be softer

His Majesty is asleep

Don't disturb His Majesty

Miss Yi Huan

please be softer

Brother Long

His Majesty isn't asleep

he's drunk

His Majesty is drunk?

I deserve to die

I deserve to die

What is really happening?

I also don't know

At the morning, His Majesty

had written a royal decree

and passed it to Sir Songgotu

And then he kicked us all out

by saying that he wanted some time to be alone

I know it now, just let me handle this

You go and get a bowl of soup for His Majesty to get sober

Fine...

If His Majesty's health is really affected

my crime will be too serious

Brother Long...

Wake up

Boss, you come

Please accompany me to have a few drinks

Don't drink anymore

You never drink so much before

What happened?

Don't ask anything

accompany me to have a few drinks

Don't drink anymore!

Look at me

Let me ask you, Abi Qi, Longde Duo

was it you that released them?

You're the Emperor

How could you break your own promise?

As an Emperor, all the words said by him

he must do exactly what he said

Yes

I'm the Emperor

I should fulfil my own words

You really disappoint me

Boss, I am disappointed with myself too!

I thought that after I handle the administration on my own

I can be decisive and act according to my will on matters

It didn't occur to me that...

And I don't understand

You're the Emperor

You can do whatever you want to

Moreover, those people that you want to kill

are corrupted ministers that deserve to die

Your action isn't violating the Qing regulations

and at the same time, this is also the thing that people hope to see

Boss

is it that simple to be the Emperor?

I'm so upset right now

can I hug you for a while, please?

Let me hug you

You didn't do as you said

I'm not going to bother you anymore

Boss...

Get up

You're a big liar!

I'm not going to bother you anymore!

Do you still remember this paper fan?

Do you still remember the words on it?

You had said before

you won't let your ear to become just a mere decoration

But now that I realize

you're not only a deaf and dumb dragon

but you're also a dragon without legs and paws

You're really...

You're really a worm!

Brother Long

In fact, this is the interest that I want

You have to remember those words that you had promised me before

eliminate the special authority of noble

eliminate the corruption and rectify the administration

so that people will have a good life

Fine

I promise you

I will surely return this interest to you

Do we have a deal?

Yes, we do

I promise you

Brother Long

I might not be able to persist anymore

Stop that

We're brothers, aren't we?

We're going to experience good and hard times together

For that sake

you must persist

Brother Long

I want to accompany you back to the Capital City badly

- Don't worry - I still want to go and collect

those interest that you owe me

Don't worry

As long as you're alive, I'll pay it back

You must stay strong

If you're not around

what should you do if I get away from my debt?

You won't do that

because you're a good Emperor

I used to say

that you don't deserve to be loved

I'm going to take that back

You're really kind

Thank you

Thank you, boss

Thank you

So you must stay strong

Big liar...

Yi Huan

Kang Xi lied to me

Kang Xi lied to me

Brother Zhu

I lost the bet

Don't be so upset

Yi Huan

didn't I say it before?

When Kang Xi disguised himself and went out to have a personal tour

perhaps he really thought of the people

But when he comes back to this Forbidden City

when he comes back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony

he considers more of his throne

Brother Zhu

let me ask you

if you become the Emperor one day

will you be the same as Kang Xi?

Are the people of your most concern in your heart?

Or is it your throne?

You have to be honest

don't lie to me

If I become the Emperor one day

those things that can't be done by Kang Xi

I will be able to do them

Are you telling me the truth?

I will never lie to you

I'm not the same as Kang Xi

He has lived in the palace since he was young

and I have been living among the people since childhood

My feelings towards the people

is different from him

I understand far better than him of the people' suffering

and also the corruption of court hall

Yi Huan

if I lie to you one day

let me be hit by a thunderstorm and die tragically

I don't need you to make such a mean vow

I believe in you, brother Zhu

At least you haven't lie to me before

unlike Kang Xi

Now that I finally realize why master and father

want to recover Ming Dynasty and help you to gain the throne

Yi Huan

you've finally seen things clearly

I've seen things clearly now

and through the visit to Shanxi this time

I've also seen things clearly that I hadn't understood before

Just like we messed with each other back then

kill a bully here

and eliminate a corrupted officer there