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Episode 25

Prince, look, everything is in order.

There are no problems. Then what about those marks on the assasins?

This I am not sure. It may just be similarities.

It probably got the mark by coincidence, you never know.

Is that so?

Come here!

If you don't believe, check the records and count the people yourself.

Yes.

General Zha, who is he? He looks strange.

Oh!

He's my servant. He went crazy (No Heart Sickness)

I wanted to take him to get medical treatment but he didn't want to.

So I'm just keeping him here.

Not only does he act strange but he looks strange. Prince, don't you think he looks like a monkey?

He understands what we're saying, it doesn't look like he's crazy.

What's wrong?

Come on.

Yuan Shou!

Yeah!

What happened?

Nothing

Strange

What's wrong?

I keep thinking it's strange.

What's strange?

Everyone in the records are present, not one is missing.

It looks like the problem isn't there.

I disagree.

What did you discover?

Remember that day when a prisoner fainted and I helped him up?

I remember.

When I held him, I found he was very stiff.

Think about it, he's a living person and should have blood circulation and he should feel soft and relaxed.

But he was like a rock when I helped him up, he doesn't seem like a living person.

I also think it's strange.

That crazy person..when you said he looked like a monkey,

he had a reaction.

But people with No Heart Disease, will never mind what people say of them.

It's a dead person.

How is that possible? In the morning they were all alive. How did they just die all of a sudden when night came?

Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Brother!

Don't worry, we mean no harm.

What happened?

I don't know, I don't know.

Don't worry, our prince keeps true to his word.

If you have any injustice just tell him, he'll try to help you solve your problems.

Really?

The person in charge of this place isn't a person. He doesn't treat us as humans.

Besides abusing us, he uses us to practice his weaponry.

Those people that died, they say it that they were killed when they tried to escape.

When attendance wasn't enough, they used dead people to fill in spots.

Dead people can fill in spots?!

Did you see the person outside who holds and moves the stick?

He's a hypnotist. He knows how to control bodies.

How does he control it?

He puts an invisible string on people to control them.

It's like controlling wooden puppets.

Official, we got found out. What do we do?

Why are you so anxious?

If tomorrow, they found that all the people here are alive,

then they would think that they are dreaming right now.

Alive?

Hurry and go capture people.

Eat slowly, eat slowly.

It's so good. Eat slowly, here are some dishes and buns.

Thank you. I'll pour you some water.

This place...there is no village ahead and no stores behind. If I didn't meet you, I'll starve to death.

This area only has this one village.

Added together, it doesn't even add up to one hundred people.

What noise is that?

It can't be the soldiers again right?

It's always like this, do they want us to live? Yeah.

What's up?

Those people that watch over Ning Gu Ta are like demonic devils.

When they don't have much food or drink, they come here to steal. We're angry but we're scared to say it.

Is there any rights in this world?

This way!

Capture those three!

Let's go! What are you doing?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Listen to me well,

do what I tell you to.

Let's go!

Prince.

Did you sleep well last night?

There isn't much to show you here,

I hope that you don't mind.

I slept quite well but I had a bad dream,

I dreamed that all the prisoners here became walking dead.

You can really crack a joke. They are all alive here, how can they become dead?

Come here.

Listen up.

Walk around, jump a bit,

to let Wang Ye see

if you are dead or alive.

I'm alive! I'm alive! I'm alive!

Prince, please look.

They do look quite lively.

It looks like Ning Gu Ta takes care of them quite well.

That's natural, since this was given for us to take care of,

we must watch over them well.

It's hard for me to come here.

Since I came, I'm going to take a look.

Yuan Shou.

Yes.

The prince is giving a reward, come and get your share!

Don't squeeze against one another, you all have your share.

Give me. That's mine. That's all mine.

Prince, you did what you wanted to do.

Do you want to stay here a while or are you going to go back to the city to repent?

I saw what I had to see, I'll leave.

I'll send you out.

I think I heard 19th brother's voice.

You might have heard wrong.

That's right, how can he be here?

Stop!

Today, we finally sent away that Dampering Spirit.

With his arrival, he made me unhappy.

So I have to think of a way to let my anger out.

Official, how do you want to play?

Let them all free!

Run as far away as you can.

Those who can't run away, will become my arrow's ghost!

Hurry and run!

Greetings, Wang Ye. Wang Ye

Zha Lan Tai, the emperor gave orders for you to watch over Ning Gu Ta.

Yet you dare to use their lives as a joke.

This is evidence.

What else do you have to say?

Prince, this is on my territory.

Do you want to go against me?

Prince, you are only by yourself.

Everywhere under the sky is the emperor's territory.

Those who don't follow the emperor's orders are my enemies!

Once I call for help, all the soldiers of the area will be under my control.

Bring that criminal up!

Prince! You should recognize this person, right?

Nineteenth!

He broke into Ning Gu Ta and should have been killed on the spot.

Do you want me to act according to the rules?

You!

This stupid ball, let him open his mouth and talk.

Seventeenth Prince, don't worry about me! Capture them all!

Don't!

Prince, what are you thinking?

17th brother, don't worry about me! Don't worry about me!

Seventeenth Prince, you're so stupid.

Before, only I would have died.

Now we both have to die together.

Don't worry 19th brother.

He won't dare do much to us.

Not only is he scared to hurt us,

he will send us back to the capital.

I know, the emperor sent you here to investigate on Ning Gu Ta.

But I heard, that you had a disease before coming here.

What if...because of this sickness, you certainly became ill and died?

I believe the emperor won't blame me.

For you to think like this, then you're way too naive.

If I came here to find you, it means I have already reported to the emperor about everything.

I bet at this time, the scripture should be at the emperor's hands.

If something happens to me during this time, what do you think the emperor will think?

Zha Lan Tai!

The prince broke into a highly secured area of Ning Gu Ta,

normally, he should be confined.

Guo Qing Wang wanted to save his brother and forgot about his position,

he killed many prisoners of Ning Gu Ta.

I shall bring these two brothers to the emperor and let them decide.

The emperor wanted to go there to find out more about the assassination attempt, how did it become like this?

Report to the emperor, General Zha Lan Tai brought the bodies of the prisoners

all back.

Each one was so brutally murdered.

Emperor please make your rule for them.

Before this happened, I got a scripture saying you used your soldiers wrongly, abused the prisoners,

and even went around the area.

Now that this happened, I don't know who to trust!

Emperor, please be clear. Since I've been at Ning Gu Ta, I've done everything the right way and didn't make errors.

Guo Qing Wang just wanted to save the 19th prince and caused this issue.

Then what about the mark of the assasinators?

Emperor, things can be similar even if they come from different sources.

Jiang Hu people also have a lot of marks on their bodies.

This could just be a coincidence.

If you don't believe me, then take the records and count the people of Ning Gu Ta.

We never lost one person.

That's not right.

Yun Li is a person with good judgement.

Even if he's rash, it's not to the point where he would actually kill.

Emperor, Guo Qing Wang is righteous but he's also very strong in emotions.

It can be because Sheng Jun Wang was captured and was rash at that moment to do something like this.

That sounds about right and it is possible. But the situation is so different, it must be investigated carefully.

Li Wei. Here.

Then I order you to hurry and investigate, investigate it so everything is clear.

Yyes.

Official Li, what should we do?

This Ning Gu Ta's records were checked and there were no problems.

Based on the personality of Guo Qing Wang, he won't kill that many people.

I think it must have been thought up by Zha Lan Tai.

Then are we going to risk getting in trouble with the empress and reveal this truth?

Well, not to that point.

Those bodies of the criminals have all rotted.

The proof can't be compared.

But those two princes are quite strong and we can't really ask by force.

I'm scared to pull this off a bit longer for the emperor will either think we're useless

or that we'll make both sides suffer.

That's right, then what should we do?

Official Li, Official Cui.

What is it?

There's a General Zha at the door saying he's your friend.

He sent this in for you.

General Zha's meaning is quite obvious.

Either you get rich and get a high status,

or you become a talent in the palace.

I don't want to be a talent in the palace.

Where are you going?

We must all make a choice.

This persimmon...we must pick the ones that feel soft.

Let me out! I want to be with Seventeenth Brother!

I need to find my Seventeenth Brother!

Li Wei!

Where is my seventeenth brother?

Sheng Jun Wang, stop yelling, will you? People here are quite timid.

Even if you yell till you're hoarse,

they won't dare come inside the jail.

What do you want to do with us?

It's not what I want to do...it's that emperor already made a choice.

What choice? He didn't even question us? What choice did he make?

There's no need to be questioned, so many prisoners died and so many guards are witnesses...

what is there for the emperor not to realize?

Everything is done by Zha Lan Tai, that bastard.

His people of course would help him.

Okay, I don't need to explain it to you. All of you are just the same.

I want to go see the emperor.

Sheng Jun Wang, if I were you,

I wouldn't scream and I wouldn't yell.

I would just quietly sit here and eat a nice meal.

Or else once you're sent on your way, you'll be a starving ghost. Why would you meet the emperor?

What?

The emperor wants us to die?

You're wrong. Not the emperor. It's because you committed such a crime,

you deserve to die.

I don't believe you.

Whether you believe or not...it's not up to you.

But you should know the reason why you must die,

I will hint you in and see if you can figure it out.

Let me ask you, do you know the situation with Xi Fei niang niang and Guo Qing Wang?

Those are rumors!

Even if they are rumors,

which man can accept that their woman had something on with another man and still be calm?

You mean...

the emperor is purposely using this to kill Seventeenth brother.

Whether or not he's trying to harm you two, only he knows.

But you can think like that if you want.

However, as for now, saying this is useless.

You and I...

let's drink a glass.

Sheng Jun Wang, I know you don't like me, Li Wei.

You think I'm a greedy official and that I'm a bad person.

But I can't do much either.

My whole life...I lived so long

and I've seen so many unjust things.

I'm filled with talent...yet my test was switched with someone else's on test day.

I use my heart to do good and I can't get a smile.

I finally reached the top and everyone is nice to me.

I do...then I make myself an evil person.

If I don't do...then I'll be looked down on and have troubles.

So I can't do much.

To survive, to live a better life,

I can't help but sell my consciousness.

Do you think I'm not in pain?

But who do I speak to of my pain?

So today, you two brothers will leave.

I have to send you on a portion of the way.

In case, you still have a grudge on me and will hate me even when you get to the other side.

So, I'll drink this in respect.

Is there really no way?

It's not that there are no ways.

You don't need to look at me like that.

People who have done bad plenty of times will want to do something good once in a while.

You two committed a big crime, both must die.

If one is willing to sacrifice a bit and push all the blame on himself,

then the situation will be different.

How?

If you are willing to admit that you broke into the grounds and killed people

and in order to save you, he had to kill many.

In that case, the punishment will go down by a lot.

If you say that you both killed all those people together,

and not just by himself,

the punishment will be smaller yet.

Of course, you can't get away without any punishment.

However, it'll probably be a long-term house arrest.

It's better compared to death.

All this stuff that happened...is my fault.

If I didn't listen to seventeenth brother's words and stubbornly broke into Ning Gu Ta,

then nothing would've happened.

This situation...I will take full responsibility of it.

Someone come!

Niang Niang

Fu jin, stand up quickly

quickly, and we will talk, stand up

Niang Niang, please help

what happened?

Yesterday, who knew what happened to nineteenth

and suddenly admitted to all the wrongdoings.

My family's prince, worried for his little brother, also started claiming the wrongdoings to be done by him.

Today the emperor made the decision and it's to immediately execute!

What?

Niang Niang, only you can save him

To look at your previous relation with the prince back in the day!

How dare you! These kind of words are not to be said in the palace.

Do you know that this can cost niang niang's life?

i... But i can't do anything else...Niang niang!

Fu jin, quickly stand up

you go back first, let me think about it, let me think about it carefully

okay

Emperor finally came back to you,

please don't interfere with such business or else all hopes will be gone.

Niang Niang...you know even now...

But that's the prince's life.

Even if you interfere, it might not save the prince.

Maybe your life will be on the line too.

Instead of this, why don't you just let it follow the sky's will?

No. I must take care of this.

I will definitely take care of this.

Greetings emperor

You came, get up.

Thanks emperor.

Just in time, I was tired from reading these scrolls.

Why don't you read it for me?

Governor of ZheJiang province, Ceng Ming Quan, reports to the Emperor

The harvest for the region south of the Yangtze River is extremely good. Compared to previous years the tax has doubled

This year, he hopes to save rice and grain and that you will be able to help reward the officials under him.

Here.

What's wrong?

It's the Board of Punishment. They want Your Majesty to comment on

to kill Guo Qing Wang and Sheng Jun Wang.

How do you view this matter?

He appears to be nonchalant.

But his hand...is constantly tapping.

It means that he does care a lot about this matter.

He wants to know what I'm thinking.

Then I can't tell him directly.

I am just a woman

In my lowly opinion, how can I speak wildly in front of the Emperor?

On the surface, I think the nineteenth put all the blame on himself.

But if you think carefully,

he's helping someone accept this punishment.

If he didn't do anything bad,

then why would nineteenth write such a thing?

Emperor, your analysis makes sense.

However,

About what?

I don't dare say.

I allow you to say it.

I think that this report is just nineteenth prince's script lines.

I think someone told him to do this or it is the truth.

But to make the decision immediately seems to be too rash.

It looks like you're still leaning towards him...

His trembling eyes show insecurity.

He doesn't have control in his heart.

Emperor, actually, I'm on your side.

They are all your brothers. It's best to make clear of the situation. If you do them injustice,

then would you feel at rest?

You're right.

Actually, there is a witness.

Though those prisoners are dead,

but did you forget? There is another assassinator on the run.

If we can catch him, then we can know whether or not General Zha mistreated the prisoners.

If he did, then emperor, this case would have a different result.

There are only five days left. If someone finds this escaped criminal within five days, then all is good.

Otherwise once the royal decree is released, "to stay true to your word"...there won't be room for a turning point.

Emperor, emperor stop worrying about these things.

We haven't went to see the poor civilians in a long time.

Tomorrow, let's release our stress together.

You have time to release your troubles?

If you have time, then I will have time.

Really?

Fourth master came! We're all happy!

Boiling eggs! Opening wine!

Everyone drinks a few cups happily.

Good! Good, good!

Here, I am closest to the fourth master. This seat is for me.

Not playing with you! Let's go!

These civilians rely on their surroundings to survive,

if there are any news, they would spread it quite quickly.

This kid is passionate and likes to cut people off,

when he talks, he has a lot of expressions.

He must be a good child and can't hide much when he wants to talk.

This kind of person...once receiving a secret, will definitely spread it all over the place.

Also, he must also like to use other people's glory and honor for himself.

Thankfully, I'm quite smart. When I hear news from other people,

I came to tell you.

Fourth master,

I feel dizzy and I want to go for a walk.

Do you want me to accompany you?

I can go by myself.

Okay, be careful.

Have you been well recently? Yes. Yes.

Mistress! Mistress!

Your handkerchief.

Come.

Xiao Liu Zi, don't tell anyone else.

My handkerchief is yellow.

Also on the handkerchief there is a dragon embroidered.

You know that the color yellow is reserved for the royal family and the dragon is only reserved for the emperor.

Emperor? You stole a royal family possession!

What are you saying?

Since you saw it already, I'll tell you the truth.

Fourth master is the emperor. He came here to experience civilian life.

Emperor? I met the Emperor!

It's so great! I already know the emper---!

I'm not scared of bullies anymore.

How about this? Since you already know everything, it is due to fate.

Here, I'll give this pendant to you. If you have troubles or if someone bullies you,

just show this jade pendant to them. They won't do anything to you.

What happens if no one recognizes this object?

Then it doesn't matter.

The emperor will be in Cheng Xi practicing martial arts these days.

You can come find us any time.

Really? That's great!

Doctor Li, this is a matter of expediency. I'm afraid of this getting out and causing trouble so I called you here.

Don't find this strange.

Niang niang what do you mean? This is what I'm supposed to do.

Su Gong Gong.

Mhmm!

Greetings, Niang Niang. Niang Niang,

This is,

the only one that I found after searching that is similar to the emperor's body type.

Do you think it works?

This body type is kind of similar.

But his looks...

that will be Imperial doctor Li's job.

To change the looks, techniques have been passed down for many years.

But today...a lot of techniques were not passed down.

Ever since niang niang ordered me to research, I thought of many plans

only one plan can actually be tried.

Please look.

It's so similar!

Imperial doctor Li, imperial doctor Li!

Can my face also become better?

Of course you can.

Really?

It's gone!

This is so good! So good!

Imperial doctor Li, now it's time for the fish to get stuck on the hook.

You go and rest first. I'll call for you when I need you.

Yes.

Can you give it back to me?

Imperial doctor Li, can you give this to me as a gift?

Though it can change the person's face and also hide scars, it also can be damaging.

Using it once or twice is okay, but if its used for long terms, it may cost your life.

Imperian doctor Li, I understand. I won't use it to often.

Can you give it to me? I beg you.

Niang Niang...this...

Yes.

Su Gong Gong, are the guards all prepared at An Ren Ting?

Niang niang, don't worry. Everything is prepared. As soon as the assasinator comes, there should be no problem.

Okay.

Did you hear? That little peasant over there

is the emperor's relative!

No way! If he is, why is he that poor?

The emperor met him when he was outside of the palace.

Why didn't I encounter such a good thing?

What are you doing?

What? There are people to give you money!

Take it.

Little master, when you meet the emperor you have to say some good things about me. ME TOO!

I know, our fourth master...I mean emperor,

will be in Cheng Xi practicing martial arts these days at An Ren Ting. I will definitely put in a good word.

Thanks, thanks, thanks, little master.

You can't want to go to An Ren Ting, right?

This is a great opportunity.

This little peasant just said it and you believe it?

Are you not scared that it's a trap?

I already observed him for two days.

Also, from what the people say, there really is a person called "Fourth master."

Also he has that jade pendant. It is the real thing.

I still think this situation doesn't make sense.

I can't care about all that.

If Emperor doesn't come out of the palace, then I'll miss my opportunity.

Brother!

What time is it, he's not here yet.

Su Gon Gong, it's been two days.

Why hasn't that assassinator come?

Useless words, wait a bit more.

Tomorrow Guo Qing Wang will be executed,

if we keep waiting, I don't think it'll be much use.

God bless, assassinator hurry and show up.

Seventeenth Brother, it's all my fault.

I burdened you!

Righteous is within the heart. If it is not judged correctly, then I can't depend on normal people.

Don't hit my brother!

Don't hit my brother!

Wang Ye!

Wang Ye!

Why did you come here?

You shouldn't come to this place! Go back!

Didn't you ask me to send you on your last part of the journey?

Look, I'm wearing your favorite clothing.

I want you to remember the best look of me!

No, I don't want you to see me die!

Go back, go back!

Wang Ye!

Pull her away! What has this become?

To kill without even thinking,

our family's prince has done so much, can his family not even talk to him?

People in the streets, brothers and sisters, make a judgement.

Do you think this is right?

Yeah, that's right. That's right!

These people don't respect emotion at all! Yeah!

If you don't let me cross, I'll die right here. No matter what,

I am part of the royal family.

You're just a small Official.

Can you hold this responsibility?

Fu jin, I'm just following orders. How about this?

I'll give you the time it takes for tea, if it takes to long,

I cannot be delayed.

Then I shall thank Official Li.

Wang Ye

Jia Jia, why do you suffer so?

I'm not suffering.

How can I suffer after marrying you?

This is my happiest day.

Prince, look,

do my clothes look pretty?

My mother made it for me as wedding clothes.

But at that time, we had to follow the rules.

We had to wear the clothes the emperor chose,

so this never was used. I suddenly thought of how you liked the color red.

So I wore this for you to see.

Do you like it?

I like it.

Wang Ye, I don't regret marrying you.

If there's afterlife, I will still be your wife.

Jia Jia, I'm sorry.

I'm leaving you and our daughter behind.

I'm really devastated.

You must be strong and live on,

I will protect you from heaven.

Wang Ye, we don't have much time.

Let me kiss you and look at you well.

Prince, when there is a distraction,

hurry and escape.

I already had Er Muo prepare a horse carriage and food outside of the city,

our daughter is there. You will be safe.

I am a woman that treats my husband as my sky.

If you're not here, then I cannot live.

Since it's like that, just let me be lazy.

Let me give our daughter to you, you must take good care of her.

We'll meet in the next life.

Servant!

Okay, stop giving me a greeting!

What time is this? Has the assassinator been found?

Then why did you come back? Hurry and go keep watching.

Niang niang, we are powerless against time.

I can't let Wang Ye die in vain.

This won't do.

I have a plan!

What plan?

No no no, this is somethng never to be considered!

If this is not planned well, the emperor will have a bad judgement of you.

Then what other plan?

Now only the dead horse can help the living horse.

Hurry and go An Ren Ting and guard it.

Let's go.

Good, good hit!

What happened to Emperor?

Seventeenth Prince and Nineteenth Prince are sentenced to death today.

But Emperor is not showing any sign of grief.

But the emperor is this happy.

The emperor always believes in honor and to be righteous.

I don't know.

But those that treat the emperor well,

the more he doesn't cherish them.

Those who aren't good to him,

he's more lenient.

He hasn't come to Xian Fu Palace in a while.

I don't know what he's thinking in his heart.

Good hit!

Emperor, Emperor.

Why don't we skip this performance?

Not watch? Why not watch?

I have to watch.

Two threats are gone, I can't even be happy fast enough

Why not watch?

Emperor

Zhen er, tell me just what is up with them?

I want them to be well.

I don't want to be like this.

But them? They all don't know what is good for them.

Now this happens.

It makes me sad and it pains me.

I don't want to be sad and I don't want to be in pain.

I want to be happy.

I want to be happy.

Continue fighting. Fight!

Emperor

Greetings, Emperor and Empress.

Get up, Lian er, you came just in time.

Accompany me and watch this play.

Emperor, recently the artwork in Ruo Yi Guan have gotten bitten by bugs.

So I picked out a few

for the emperor to see if we need to fix any.

Eighth and Ninth! Cooking beans on a fire of beanstalks, the beans weep in the pot.

The place where the mold grows, is exactly on this word.

Emperor, look.

(Note: This poem is by Cao Zhi and is about brothers killing each other)

Lian Er, Lian Er. In your eyes, am I a king that kills his brothers

and harms people?

I didn't.

You did! You all do!

Fine! Cooking beans on a fire of beanstalks right?

Let all of the beanstalks burn so there are none left!

Just like this,

I will never have to hurt again.

I will never have to see this attitude again.

Emperor leaves. Emperor! Emperor!

Sending Emperor on his way.

The time should be around three in the afternoon.

Hurry and call people to leave.

Yes.

Hurry and go!

Catch him! Whoever catches him gets a reward!

Hurry! Run! Catch him!

Shoot! We're tricked.

He's running, running, running!

Chase! Stop! Stop!

Come out!

One, two!

Bring him!

Jia Jia, don't be like this.

You must continue to live on.

Fu jin, time is up. You can come down.

Don't, hurry and leave.

Whoever comes up here will die with me.

What are you doing? Hurry and back up!

Back up!

Bback up, back up quickly!

Prince, go first.

Prince, go.

Jia Jia Hurry and leave,

Wang Ye.

If you don't leave,

I'll die right here!

Leave

Nineteenth, hurry and leave!

Wang Ye, why didn't you leave yet?

I can't leave unless we leave together.

Hurry and go, prince!

If you come any closer,

I will light this.

Hold up! Hold up!

The emperor sent a royal decree, there are too many suspicions and he wants to judge again!

Wang Ye

Did you hear that? Jia Jia,

I'm fine.

Wang Ye

All go down!

Su Gong Gong, how is it?

The assassinator is pretty firm. No matter what they do, he doesn't say anything.

If the emperor loses patience, then there won't be a way to save them for retrial.

He won't utter a word?

This is going to be hard.

Normally, those in Ning Gu Ta must have had some treatment

for them to come and try to kill the emperor, filled with revenge and hate.

Even so, then these people shouldn't hate the emperor the most.

It should be General Zha.

Su Gong Gong, where is this prisoner kept?

In the Internal Affairs Department. You know that if this assassination attempt spreads it'll negatively impact emperor.

It's hard to send to the main office.

Good, Su Gong Gong, I want to meet this criminal.

Ah? This..

Don't worry. I have a plan.

Yes.

You're the one that wants to kill the emperor.

Why don't you just reveal it?

Maybe if you say why you're trying to get revenge, you might be able to get help.

I will never talk to walking dogs.

Don't you worry, I didn't come here to force you to confess.

I want you to see someone.

Bring him here.

You recognize him, right?

Dog!

You want to kill him don't you?

If you tell what happens in Ning Gu Ta, and write it all out,

I will hand him over to you.

You can do whatever you want to him.

What do you think of this deal?

I know you don't trust the emperor or the court.

But if you wrote what happened,

if the court can stand in your favor, that is the best.

If they can't make the decision,

then you can still recognize your enemy.

Bring paper and pen!

Think about it.

Niang Niang is quite smart.

If it is really like how you analyzed it,

I believe that he will definitely reveal it.

As long as he reveals how the prisoners were mistreated and escaped,

then the emperor will balance it out and see which one is real or false.

At that time, even if all the crimes cannot be washed away, it won't be a death punishment.

But...

I'm worried of what the emperor is feeling for niang niang.

You don't have to worry about this.

I will think of a plan.

Thank buddha for watching over! Emperor finally smiled!

I will burn incense to thank you!

When did I smile?

Even though you're not physically smiling, you're smiling inside.

Looks like you can detect people's laughter.

Look

now you're smiling inside your heart and on your face.

The one smiling should be you.

You captured the assassinator.

This isn't what Emperor wanted to say.

Then what do you think I wanted to say?

You would want to say, "Lian er, Guo Qing Wang didn't die

you must be really happy."

But I don't think that way.

I think that if the emperor killed his own brothers, he'd be upset.

If you're upset, then I'll be upset too.

So Lian er wants you to be hapy.

The only way is to solve this problem.