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[Warm on a Cold Night]

[Episode 23]

Get out of my way.

What do you want?

Well...

The case of The Western Chamber has been solved.

I haven't rested for days.

It's too tiring.

By the way,

Uncle Hu invited us to dinner.

Yes.

I wonder what's wrong with him.

He's so happy today

that he's even willing to treat us to dinner.

Drink more then.

Uncle Hu's liquor is very good.

Okay. Let's go.

Why are you taking advantage of me?

You bastard.

You hugged me first.

Who is taking advantage?

You...

I want to go down.

I want to go down.

Go ahead.

This...

Remember that you forced me to do this.

Enough, Su Jiu'er.

Be careful.

Su Jiu'er.

Listen carefully.

I...

was wrong.

What did you say?

I said I was wrong.

I shouldn't have yelled at you.

From now on,

I will control my temper

and won't make you sad anymore.

You...

Are you apologizing to me?

A-Are you really yourself?

Don't tell me

you're making fun of me

with a Hanzheng-like face mask on you.

Enough.

Ouch!

Are you okay?

Did I hurt you?

I'm fine.

My skin is rough.

This is nothing.

Don't say that again.

You don't care about it

but I do.

Alright.

I've apologized.

We should go into

the second issue.

What is it?

Does it hurt?

Just a moment.

It'll be ready soon.

Done.

This...

This...

What is this?

How can I move

with you tieing my hands together?

You have too many wounds on your hands.

Luckily, my bandaging skills

are not bad.

Not bad?

This is great.

Fine.

It looks nice.

But with my hand wrapped like this,

how can you replenish my health?

This is easy.

If it's not enough...

Jiu'er.

I...

You...

Actually...

Actually what?

Hu told me

he invited us to Deyue Restaurant.

Impossible.

He can't afford Deyue Restaurant.

With his monthly salary,

he can only afford Drunkery.

That's acceptable too.

Alright.

Hu is with his good liquor.

Let's go.

Well,

what did you want to tell me?

I...

I'll tell you

when I'm ready.

Look at that cloud.

Doesn't it look like a puppy?

Are you saying that?

Yes.

It really looks like a puppy.

Look at its four legs

flopping around.

So cute.

Silly girl.

She's so easy to fool.

What was he trying to say?

I want to know

but I don't dare to.

Oh, Hanzheng.

There are times when you dare not.

Oh, Jiu'er.

W-What are you nervous about?

You're amazing.

This move

really hurts.

Many people can't stand it.

As a man,

If I can't even bear this pain,

how can I call myself a man?

Hang in there.

It's done.

It's done?

It's done?

When you reach home,

cook these two packages of herbs.

You'll be fine after taking them.

Take them.

It's you.

How can I accept that?

You...

Are you the Inspector

who helped me close my stall last time?

Hu!

Let's go.

Hurry!

Let's go.

You've paid too much money.

Didn't I mention

the girl I liked with you last time?

I remember.

You said she's your crush.

Didn't you say you would arrange a meeting for us?

Actually,

she...

Why does it suddenly rain?

Hu.

Go back on your own first.

Be careful on the road.

It's raining heavily. Where are you going?

Does it hurt?

No.

Okay.

-I… -I...

-You go first. -You go first.

I also had

a bad attitude just now.

I know Keyuncha

has suffered a grievance.

But what I do

is not to

protect Boss Chen

but to protect Keyuncha.

Let me do it.

I understand that.

Tomorrow morning,

I will fetch Keyuncha back home

and talk some sense into him.

So that he can

free himself of all this.

We need to keep him company.

We can take him

to have tasty food in Jiuxiao City

and to the suburbs

to visit the hot springs.

Silly girl.

Have you ever seen Qi people

like to go to the hot springs?

It hurts.

Why do you always pinch my face?

Don't you know

the more you pinch, the bigger my face will be?

If so...

Pinch me too. Take revenge on me.

I want to make your face bigger too.

Make your face bigger.

Help!

The suspect ran away!

Help!

Hurry!

He ran away!

What happened?

Who ran away?

Is it He Yuqin?

What happened?

What happened?

Keyuncha ran away!

What?

He ran away.

The prisoner ran away.

Let's go.

Let's go.

This...

We used agarwood

to block his five senses.

He shouldn't have escaped.

What happened?

He shapeshifted into the Qi form

and cut off his arm.

Boss Chen.

He must have gone to Boss Chen.

Hanzheng.

Wait for me!

Girl.

Look at your hand.

You're injured.

Don't go to dangerous places anymore.

I'll keep an eye on him.

Slow down.

Master.

Master!

This is no time

for you to take your things.

It's more important to run for your life.

You guys keep watch outside

and wait for me.

No, Master.

Master!

Master!

D-Don't kill me!

Don't kill me.

It's yours.

It's yours.

They're all yours.

Here.

Take them.

Take them.

No!

Don't kill me!

Don't kill me!

No!

Don't kill me.

What's that sound?

It seems to be Master.

Let's go in and have a look.

I can go back to the Inspection Bureau with you.

Let's go. I'll take you to Chilan.

What for?

I'm a murderer.

You should arrest me.

Cut the crap. Come with me.

Chilan has

a secret escort team

in Jiuxiao City.

She must have a way

to take you back to Shuobei.

I don't want to implicate you.

Do you want to die like this

for a villain

who hurt your beloved one?

Trust in Chilan and me.

Come with me.

What are you doing?

Do you want to take him away?

Hu, get out of the way.

Prince Han.

Do you think it is a faithful act to your friend?

Keyuncha has killed someone!

He must go with me to the Inspection Bureau.

If he has any grievances,

pour out those in the Inspection Bureau.

If you help him to escape from this,

you'll become his accomplice.

I'll resign myself to it.

Hu.

You know you can't stop me.

Fine.

I know I'm no match for you.

So what?

The Inspector is on duty.

Keyuncha.

Come with me.

Han.

Calm down.

I'm sorry.

Keyuncha.

Get up.

Let's go home.

They are here to catch him, aren't they?

Look, he's covered in blood.

He's bloody.

Yes.

That's scary.

What's going on?

It's him.

The one who is without his arm.

He killed Boss Chen.

I know you.

You're a Qi Patrol of the Inspection Bureau.

What?

Are you trying to cover up for a murderer?

I can't manage that much. Let's go.

Hold on.

I did kill Chen Boliang.

Take me away.

This has nothing to do with him.

Shut up!

Trust me.

Let's go home together.

Hanzheng.

Be rational.

I can't go back anymore.

Don't be implicated by me.

You haven't found Muyan yet.

You have things to do.

I don't care anymore.

Come with me.

How arrogant you are!

No matter how mighty you Qi people are,

you're no match for

the shining spears and heavy armors

in Jiuxiao City.

I don't want to implicate you.

I also don't want the Qian-Qi Six Treaties

to be suspended because of me.

All of this

is my choice.

I have no regrets anymore.

Keyuncha!

I killed Chen Boliang alone.

Three, two, one.

Open your eyes.

Look.

This is a pair of shoes I chose for you.

Does it look good?

Yes.

Yes.

Try it on.

From now on, you have to wear

the pair of shoes I chose for you.

I will.

I'll wear it till my death.

What's wrong...

with you?

Why did you kill my godfather?

Kill?

Is Hu dead?

Godfather!

Godfather, what's wrong?

Godfather, get up.

Godfather, get up.

Godfather.

Don't scare me, please.

Godfather!

Wake up, Godfather!

Wake up!

Please wake up!

Godfather!

Godfather!

Wake up, Godfather!

Why?

My godfather treated you so well.

Answer me.

Why did you kill my godfather?

How would I kill Hu?

Stop quibbling.

Answer me.

Why did you kill my godfather?

Just because you wanted to

save Keyuncha,

do you have to

sacrifice my godfather's life?

Jiu'er.

How was that possible?

Did I really

kill Uncle Hu by mistake?

You didn't see

how fierce that Qi was.

Senior Inspector Hu was trying to stop him from taking the murderer away.

Without a word,

he slapped Senior Inspector Hu far away.

I thought...

Are you sure

it's Hanzheng...

Is it Hanzheng

who knocked Senior Inspector Hu down?

Of course.

I saw it with my own eyes.

Senior Inspector Hu was lying on the ground

and couldn't get up.

I realized that

Senior Inspector Hu

couldn't stop him.

So I went to ask for backup.

I went straight to Dongyang Gate

and found Guard Commander Li.

I took Commander Li

back to the scene.

After that,

they saw it too.

When I kept my chin up and walked into the yard,

I didn't expect

Boss Chen to be dead.

Senior Inspector Hu was also lying on the ground.

His head was beside the table

and bled a lot.

When I checked his breathing,

I found he was dead.

After the analysis,

Hu was indeed hit

in the back of his head.

What he said

fits with the situation.

That Qi was so cruel.

I'm scared just thinking about it.

Enough.

Don't say anything unnecessary.

See if there's any problem with the testimony.

If there's no problem, sign it.

You can leave now.

It seems

Hanzheng did cause Hu...

But I believe

he didn't mean it.

You know Qi is strong.

He must not have expected it

to be like this.

Girl.

There's nothing.

I really can't find anything.

Hanzheng.

I am reluctant to believe it's you.

But I really can't find

any other evidence.

I don't know what to do.

Young Master Han.

Eat something.

Uncle Liu.

I want to see Jiu'er.

I have something to ask her.

Tell her

to see me.

Can you do that?

To be honest,

I don't even want to see you now.

not to mention Jiu'er.

Jiu'er.

Is that you?

I can recognize your scent.

Can you say something?

I did fight

with Uncle Hu.

But I stopped where it should have.

I couldn't and shouldn't

have hurt him.

I didn't want to believe it was you.

So I went back to that yard

and inspected the scene

thoroughly.

Except you,

Boss Chen's servant and coachman,

there is no trace

of others.

And the footprints of the servant

and the coachman

were far away from my godfather.

Also, they are

feeble people.

They couldn't

kill my godfather with a strike.

I really...

really wish I could find

another person's trace.

But I couldn't.

There was nothing there.

I really couldn't find anything.

Except you.

Could it really...

be me?

At that time,

perhaps you only

cared about Keyuncha

and had no time

to care about my godfather's situation.

Maybe

you didn't do it on purpose.

But...

But Hanzheng,

I really...

I really can't forgive you.

From now on,

we should

part ways

and break up our relationship.

Jun.

Jun.

Mother.

You're getting more and more unruly.

You don't even

greet me when you meet me.

It's not that I don't want to.

My legs are numb.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Your legs are numb,

but you stayed here all afternoon.

The fish should have been annoyed by you.

Mother.

I heard that

the fish only have a moment of memory.

Do you think they are boring

swimming in there?

Or don't they know

they are bored?

I don't know whether the fish are bored.

But I think you are quite bored.

You've been in my palace

for three days.

When will you

return to your residence?

You always blame me when I don't visit you.

Now that I'm here, you disfavor me too.

I'm not disfavoring you.

It's just that

even if you stay here all day,

you can't cure your illness.

I'm not sick.

What's wrong with me?

You cared neither for food nor drink

but daydreamed every day.

What disease could it be?

It's lovesickness.

If you're in a bad mood,

go out more often

and do things that make you happy.

Naturally,

your anxiety will be relieved.

Mother.

I feel

everything is boring.

I want to be with Mother

and Eldest Brother,

just like when I was young.

I'll feel much better with that.

I'll assign someone

to summon your brother

and ask him to have afternoon tea

with us.

By then, tell us

which girl

has charmed

our Prince Jun.

That's about it.

She is the little girl

who saved your born mother, right?

No wonder.

You've been obsessed with her since you were young.

You always wanted to leave the palace

and repay her and her mother's kindness.

I didn't expect that after so many years,

you had reunited under that circumstance.

It's indeed your fate.

What does she look like?

She...

has a small mouth,

big eyes,

and a small face.

Anyway, she has a pretty smile.

Is she as pretty as you said?

She's just an ordinary girl.

How is she ordinary?

Have you seen her before?

She's an Inspector of the Inspection Bureau.

We met each other before

because of a case.

A girl, being an Inspector,

must be an interesting person.

No wonder Jun is so obsessed.

He's always

interested in

weird people and things.

Mother, Eldest Brother.

I'm pouring out my heart to you.

But you...

are making fun of me.

Later, if I have any secrets,

I'll keep them to myself.

Fine.

I promise you.

Whether she's a daughter of an eminent family

or a daughter of a humble family,

I will support you.

But what's the use of liking her?

She doesn't like me.

Why don't you

put your hobbies aside

and do something serious?

For instance,

you may help me

to deal with government affairs

and share Father's burdens.

I don't think so.

Your father is such a womanizer.

He falls in love with every girl he meets.

While you two

are so dedicated.

The Crown Princess

has been gone for so many years.

When are you going to remarry?

We're talking about Jun.

Why did you suddenly involve me?

I'm just worried.

Jun is still young.

He's naughty and likes to be free.

Unlike you.

As the Crown Prince,

you are responsible for carrying on the ancestral line

of the royal family.

That's right, Eldest Brother.

Although I know

you and Sister-in-law had been very close,

she had been gone for many years.

Can't you stop thinking about her?

It's not that I can't.

But after having her,

I can't

fall in love with others anymore.

Rong was an angelic girl.

But she was ill-fated.

I got it.

What is it?

Compared to Eldest Brother,

I'm quite lucky.

Although the girl I have a crush on

doesn't like me,

I still can meet with her.

Right?

Small streams and rivers seem like nothing to someone who has seen the ocean.

I've met a girl

I favor so much.

How can I give up easily

and abandon myself to despair?

Sounds reasonable.

But something doesn't feel right.

Mother.

I've figured it out.

Even if she doesn't like me,

so what?

At least I can stay

by her side, right?

I can accompany her to have fun

and relieve her boredom.

I'm happy as long as she's happy.

Now I'm going back

to find Miss Jiu'er.

I'm leaving now.

Jun.

-Jun. -I'm leaving.

Your Highness!

Something happened!

What happened?

Hu Badao is dead.

D...

Dead?

[Godfather, Hu Badao's memorial tablet]

Physician Qin, where's Jiu'er?

She said she wanted to buy another bottle of liquor for Hu.

Maybe

she doesn't want to witness the scene.

Silly Godfather.

He even forgot to take the flagon.

He'll come back for it.

Inspection Bureau

has a unique rule.

Owing it's a

very life-risky job,

so everyone writes

a last letter

on the first day in the office.

If

we die one day,

we can leave a message

for our beloved ones.

This box

hasn't been opened

for years.

I didn't expect...

Uncle Liu.

Read it when Jiu'er comes.

She must be listening somewhere else.

When her father left,

she was like this.

Read it.

When I first wrote my last letter,

I was 20 years old.

I thought the rule was ridiculous.

So I drew a big tortoise in the letter.

Until my best pal, Su Huan,

suddenly passed away,

I realized

that, in this world,

impermanence is a fact of life.

So I'll write a few sentences.

At this moment, I'm 40 years old.

I have no wife or children.

Maybe in ten years,

I'll also be alone.

But it's okay.

Because in my heart,

Jiu'er is my daughter.

Inspection Bureau is my home.

All the Inspectors

are my family.

Of course,

not everyone

is close to me.

For example, Yan Kuan and Yue Daren.

You know well in your hearts.

But as a family,

we have some close

and some not so close.

We're still a family.

You...

Nonsense.

You cheated.

You are lost.

Are you not admitting it?

When I was young,

I devoted myself to achieving great missions

and solving high-profile cases.

I wanted to become a hero

who cut off evildoers for the people.

Now,

I understand it completely.

I'm different from Su Huan.

I'm not

a capable Inspector.

Only so-so.

Top 3 in the state.

But I'm not upset at all.

Regardless of

the abilities,

as the person is a responsible Inspector

who protects the world

and fulfills his duty, that'll be enough.

I'm a loner

in my life.

Not much money I left behind.

But there are aged liquors

hidden in the yard.

If I die one day,

my family from the Inspection Bureau

should bid me farewell

with those liquors.