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[Warm on a Cold night]

[Episode 35]

[He'an Hall]

I'll go first.

I've figured it out.

My personal feeling shouldn't interfere

with the truth.

I should respect your thoughts.

So,

I asked Liu Fu to investigate.

You investigated it last night?

The longer we take, the more difficult this gets.

I thought I'd better act earlier.

Although the reports of the Law Department

is vague,

there are not many people

in Jiuxiao City who deals with dead bodies after all.

Liu Fu has found the person

who collected Shopkeeper Li's body.

He said

though his tongue was fractured,

and was hung to death,

he had a bruise on the back of his head

and there are signs of struggle on his right hand.

They're all coming together.

So...

My brother is indeed a suspect.

But I also found that

on the night Shopkeeper Li died,

Ah Qi wasn't at home.

How did you know?

My brother's maid

is also a fan of my scripts.

When Ah Qi left,

it was midnight.

When he returned, it was 3am.

And as soon as he came back,

he entered my brother's study.

So I think

it doesn't seem like he's working for others.

Your Highness.

Thank you for verifying this.

You're welcome.

I'm not

investigating things for you anymore.

It's just that I still think

Brother is not a villain.

Maybe he has his reasons

for doing this.

I also think

there are many things I don't understand regarding this.

The Crown Prince has never shown

his dislike for Qi people.

Even if some things can be faked,

I'm sure Jun would have been able to

detect these details, right?

I don't know.

If this is true,

I can only say

my brother has his guard high up

against me too.

Maybe from a Qian person's perspective,

he just wanted to stop

the Qian-Qi Six Treaties from being signed.

This has nothing to do

with your brotherhood.

Besides,

if it's really him,

I think

there is a way to get the antidote.

How?

Kidnap him, and bring him back to Shuobei.

We're not really kidnapping him.

It's just that Crown Prince

knows very well the situation in Shuobei.

If Han Zheng and I kidnap him personally,

he will know that

we're grasping at straws.

By threatening to imprison him

in Shuobei,

he might hand over the antidote.

But...

What if he doesn't give it?

Then we can only

take him back to Shuobei for real.

Your Highness,

this matter involves the war between the two states.

If we don't take the risk,

I'm afraid the war won't be over.

But I promise you

I will never hurt Crown prince.

Then... Promise me,

when you get the antidote,

return him back to me.

I promise you.

By then,

I will send Crown Prince

back to the State of Qian unscathed.

Good.

It's a deal.

But Your Highness,

the Prince's Residence is heavily guarded.

The Riverside Building is also in the market.

If we want to bring Crown Prince out

quietly,

I'm afraid we'd need your help.

The day after tomorrow is the death anniversary of my brother's concubine.

Every year on that day,

he would go to the tomb alone.

This would be

the best time for you

to kidnap him.

But you have to promise me.

You can

never break your promise.

This is...

Jun,

this is the way the Qi race vows.

I, Han Zheng, swear

regardless of if the rivalry between Qian and Qi

can be settled,

we will definitely

protect His Highness and ensure his safety.

No matter what will happen between the Qian and the Qi

in the future,

the Qi race will remember

what you did for the Qi race for generations.

We will honor this.

Everything will be fine.

Yes.

We might get the antidote

and save everything.

We might even be able to

live together in Jiuxiao City.

Besides,

we still need to safeguard

the relationship between the Qian and the Qi in Jiuxiao City.

[Consort Ying, Tomb of the Family of Yun]

[Inspection Bureau]

Inspector Su.

Thank you,

Physician Qin,

and the Inspection Bureau's

protection these days.

Although we're living here,

we didn't suffer

at all.

Yes.

We all know it at the bottom of our hearts.

We are so grateful.

That's good.

I was worried

you guys would think

I want to lock you up.

Of course not.

Jiuxiao City has

long been our home.

Yes.

We want to stay too.

But we don't know whether the

Qian-Qi Six Treaties can be passed.

Thank you.

It will.

It definitely will.

Your young master is still trying his best.

I hope everyone could also

hold on

and wait for him to find the antidote.

If there's a future,

we'd still need your help

in Jiuxiao City.

Don't mention it.

This is what we should do.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you

Thank you, Inspector Su.

All right.

Get up, everyone.

Let's eat.

Let's eat.

Here.

Let's eat.

Let's eat, everyone.

Let's eat.

I'm back.

How is it?

It's exactly just as

you said.

No one else

has been to the Consort's tomb.

I don't think they've found out about us yet.

We can get ready.

It's settled then.

So fast!

Tomorrow is the day.

Jiu'er,

I have something

to tell you.

What is it?

You sound so serious.

I hope you won't go tomorrow.

Stay at home.

Why?

Even Jun's going.

Wen Jun wants to hear

his elder brother's difficulties himself.

We must fulfill that wish of his.

As to you...

I want to hear it too.

But if you're around,

I can't rest assured.

If anything happens tomorrow,

and he threatens me with you,

then I will be...

easily

manipulated by them.

So,

just think of it as allowing me to be assured.

Fine.

I don't have to go.

But this is not a perfect plan either.

It sounds like

you have an idea.

His Highness doesn't know martial arts.

With your skills,

you can definitely capture him easily.

But he's a noble.

If something goes wrong,

it's very likely that you will be

expelled from Jiuxiao City

and it'd be hard for you to ever return to the State of Qian.

I'm afraid

after we part tomorrow,

I'll just be waiting at home,

just like how

my mother and I

waited for my father at home,

you will never return.

So I plan to

go home in a bit

and pack my things immediately.

If anything

happens over at your side,

I'll meet you immediately.

By then,

just take me back to Shuobei.

Jiuxiao City

can't tolerate a Qi like you,

but Shuobei should be able to

accept me, a Qian, right?

Idiot.

If it fails

tomorrow,

I will no longer be

Shuobei's Prince of Qi.

If that's the case,

would you still

go back to Shuobei with me?

Silly.

I like you,

not your status.

Besides,

if you are no longer

the noble Prince of Qi,

then I don't have to

work so hard

to reach your level.

All right.

This

is just a backup plan.

I still hope

we can settle this

and sign the

Qian-Qi Six Treaties.

In that case,

I can

fulfill your little wish.

My... little wish?

What is it?

Have you forgotten?

You got drunk

that day

and told me this yourself.

You said you wanted to be the first couple

who has a Qian-Qi marriage certificate with me.

Have you forgotten?

Jiu'er,

I'll do my best tomorrow.

I also want to sign the Qian-Qi Six Treaties.

In this way,

I can marry you

in a grand manner

in Jiuxiao City according to Qian culture.

I trust you.

Han Zheng.

Close your eyes.

Close my eyes?

What for?

Just close your eyes.

I want to do something

that I failed last time.

Fine.

Han Zheng?

How could I meet

someone as lovely as you are?

I'll spend the rest of my life with you

I only wish to see the star map with you in the long night

Wind goes with flowers, rain moistens the plants

Hold one person's hand forever and never let down

I thought I found a good friend,

yet I didn't expect him to be another fake.

I don't know if I overestimated you

or underestimated you.

Forget it.

We'll see tomorrow.

As you said,

His Highness only brought Ah Qi with him

and have set off early in the morning

with the offerings.

Let's set off then.

Let's go.

What's wrong, Jiu'er?

I...

I've discussed with Jiu'er.

She won't be

going with us today.

That's good.

You don't know martial arts.

It'll be dangerous if you go there.

Stay at home so that he can rest assured.

Okay.

Stay at home

and wait for us.

Let's go.

Jiu'er,

why are you home?

Mother.

What do you mean?

Where else can I be?

Aren't you busy

looking for the antidote?

Why do you have time

to be sitting around at home?

Everyone is busy with their own things today.

As for me,

I was assigned to

to cook for them at home.

Something's wrong.

Why?

What you said just now

reminds me of your father.

In the past,

before your father does something big,

he would cook for me.

Jiu'er,

are you planning

something big?

There's nothing big, Mother.

We just found a clue

for the antidote.

So we split up our work.

For someone like me

who's born weak and ill,

can only stay at home

to cook for everyone.

I'm so miserable.

You can cook?

Thank you, Mother.

You

should learn properly.

You'll get married

when the Six Treaties has been passed.

If you don't know

how to cook a single dish by then,

it's inappropriate.

Today, I will teach you

my best dish

that conquered your father.

Old Su,

you didn't expect that, did you?

Jiu'er's going to get married soon.

Jiu'er?

Jiu'er?

Jiu'er!

Jiu'er!

Jiu'er!

Jiu'er!

Jiu'er!

Jiu'er!

Where am I?

You're awake.

Your Highness.

Why are you here?

Didn't you plan

to kidnap me in front of my late consort's tomb?

How did you know?

Your every move

was part of my plan.

It's the same today.

Besides,

it's not that you will kidnap me today,

but I who wants to meet you all today.

But...

But you have to capture me first

to threaten them.

Threaten?

You think too much.

I want to kill you.

You...

Why do you want to kill me?

You are intellegent,

why don't you take a guess?

Since

you still want to meet them,

you must have a strategy.

Then why

do you have to kill me?

Unless...

Unless I'm an

even bigger threat to you.

Go on.

You know we are looking for the antidote.

And you

you must have the control

over the antidote.

Could it be...

Could it be something related to the antidote?

There is a plant called Mount Xie Dragon.

It only grows in Shuobei.

After the ember was lost,

due to the polar night,

Mount Xie Dragon stopped growing.

Could it be...

It's all because of the Ember?

You could deduct so much

just from minimal clues.

I really underestimated you.

No.

I should say

I underestimated you

and your father.

My father?

I drew up such a perfect plan back then.

Even Lord Sun who intercepted the secret letter

has no idea

where we traded.

But your father

saw through my plan

and followed me on the boat.

Boat?

No wonder Lord Sun said

there is no record of Mu Yan on the pass.

You traveled on water.

10 years ago,

May 5th,

is the day Daylight Water vessel set sail.

In that case,

the place you made the deal

was on the Daylight Water vessel.

There's a vessel

that goes between Shuobei and Jiuxiao City.

When the vessel arrived at the port,

the people on the boat

strangely

a-all disappeared.

Unfortunately, the Daylight Water vessel ran into a sea monster

and returned an empty ship.

No, no.

There is no sea monster at all.

You killed them.

You went to kill Muuan

for the Ember?

Yes.

But also no.

So,

the ship is empty,

the ember is lost.

Father was poisoned,

but didn't dare to get treated.

It's all because...

Because he wanted to hide

the fact that he stole the ember himself.

I never understood

who'd steal the ember

and how they escaped unscathed.

I didn't even notice

any trace of him.

So I've been waiting for him

to negotiate with me with the relationship between the Qian and the Qi.

But what I didn't expect is

this person did it

not for the two races.

He did it for...

He did it for me.

For the me

who was seriously ill

and was going to die...

Physician Qin,

there's nothing I can do.

This disease is incurable.

You two

should be mentally prepared.

Jiu'er,

I won't make any mental preperations.

I believe

you will be fine.

Jiu'er,

hang in there.

Don't worry.

Father and Mother

will find a way for you.

Hang in there.

Father,

where are you going?

Are you going on a boat to somewhere faraway?

Father

is going on a long trip.

Wait for me at home.

When I

return,

our little Jiu'er

won't cough anymore.

I love you the most.

I didn't expect that...

Ten years later...

When I want to

my new plan...

You...

The descendant of that thief,

came out to mess everything up again.

Su Jiu'er,

do you know

how you exposed yourself?

Because of Han Zheng.

Because Han Zheng didn't get poisoned

so you found out.

That's right.

The ember itself is the antidote.

It's all thanks to how special you are

that I found your father.

This thief

that hid himself so well.

But Your Highness,

if you want the ember,

just take it.

Why must you kill me?

As to the reason...

You will probably never

find out about it.

When the river reaches the sea,

no one in this world will ever

find the ember again.

It's time to meet them.

Ah Qi,

you go back to the city first.

Don't let anyone find the antidote.

Make sure our plan

is flawless.

Yes, Your Highness.

Keha,

protect Wen Jun.

Got it.

How could it be?

He doesn't know martial arts.

How can he

be faster than us?

You two

came uninvited.

Don't you

feel surprised?

As to why I didn't bring my right-hand man?

You can't be a Qi.

You're not Wen Ying.

Speak.

Who are you?

If I'm not Wen Ying,

then who is Wen Ying?

And who's been

protecting you in Jiuxiao City?

Do you know why

I prepared wine today?

Why?

Because today

is my dead wife's birthday.

The late concubine

had the same birthday as me?

It's a type of fate.

Happy birthday.

Her Highness was born in spring.

But it was autumn

just a few days ago.

Is that so?

Who are you?

- Mu Yan. - Mu Yan.

It's him.

He is the Mu Yan you have been looking for?

Where is my brother?

Where did you hide him?

Jun.

From beginning to end,

there has been no Wen Ying.

No Wen Ying?

How is that possible?

I don't understand

what you are talking about?

Since the 23rd year of Dingkun,

I have been Wen Ying.

At the beginning of Dingkun's 24th year,

a concubine died in the palace

and left

a poor prince who fell out of favor,

you.

No one takes care of you.

Aren't you curious?

Why would Wen Ying

who has been indifferent to you

suddenly keep you

by his side?

You...

You are Mu Yan?

You hate Qian people.

Then why are you

so nice to me?

I don't know either.

Maybe it's because

you're just like him from many years ago.

So...

You are really

the leader of Snow Chamber?

That's not me.

It's the real Wen Ying.

Haven't you been controlling it

in the past ten years?

Ten years ago,

I came to Jiuxiao City with the ember

to lure out the leader of Snow Chamber,

Wen Ying,

to kill him.

I replaced him

to spread news that

we've got the ember

to force King of Xueqi to declare war on the State of Qian.

Then why didn't you

do that?

Something happened

and the ember was lost.

What?

So what?

The ember has never been

a sacred object of the Qi race

but a shackle.

It trapped us in the far north.

We don't want to own more territory

to defeat those who keep getting stronger.

It's a good thing

that it's lost.

Then you pretended to be Wen Ying

to continue his plan

and led me to Jiuxiao City

with your identity.

What for?

To show you the sad state

of Qi people in the State of Jiuxiao City.

To let you know

that Qian people are not sincere towards Qi people at all.

They are full of deception and only use Qi people.

Do you remember

Zhang Sen from the Nursery Rhyme Case?

He's also from Snow Chamber.

There are many people like him

in the State of Qian who hate Qi people.

Qi people deserve to die.

Those who are siding with Qi people deserve to die.

With the identity of the leader of Snow Cmaber,

it's easier for me

to aggravate the conflict between the Qian and Qi

in the State of Qian.

He bit his tongue and committed suicide.

In the Painting Case,

I planned for Xu Youdao

to take my Qi Vital Stone.

In my dream,

I dreamed about him

many times.

It's to make you notice

Qi Vital Stone in the black market.

By making Su Jiu'er take

the Qi Vital Stone of the Qi men on the boat,

she would be able to find out

the secret of the Qi people's disappearances.

As long as Marquis Xian's

Qi Vital Stone business is exposed,

the conflicts between the Qian and the Qi in Jiuxiao City

will be completely exposed.

In this way,

the Qian-Qi Six Treaties can't be passed.

But in order to get the King of Xueqi to us his military,

we're just one last step away.

So I still can't

expose my identity.

So I asked Ah Qi

to kill Marquis Xian and Shopkeeper Li.

Han Zheng,

do you see what kind of life Qi people

live in the State of Qian?

Ridiculous.

It sounds like

you still care about your race.

You clearly know

the poison you created

will make the poisoned Qi men

never wake up.

Before I become a Wen Ying,

the poison has already

started its development.

Do you know

half of the court officials

are members of Snow Chamber.

Even if I become Wen Ying,

I can't stop

the appearance of this poison.

Since it can't be stopped,

I might as well take the opportunity.

So,

I decided to use this poison

to force the King of Xueqi to declare war.

Have you ever thought about

in order to take down Jiuxiao City,

how much do we have to pay

and how many of our people we have to sacrifice?

Then, have you ever thought about how

with the current growth of the State of Qian,

many years later,

we might never be able to defeat them.

Instead, we'll be stepped on by them.

Han Zheng.

I think you should be clearn

that Jiuxiao City can't tolerate the presence of Qi people,

and Shuobei is not suitable

for Qi people to live in.

I planned this

for you to bring people of our race

to trample over the State of Qian

and realize our common dream.

Do you know how hard it is

for me to put on this act for the past 10 years?

What if

I said

I won't do that now?

Don't tell me

it's because of that Qian lady.

You used to

acknowledge me.

Yes.

I used to think

the State of Qian isn't the future for Qi people.

But since I met her,

I found that Qian people

is not

as I thought in the past,

weak, greedy, and despicable.

They

deserve our cooperation.

Ridiculous.

How ridiculous.

More Qian people

are like Jiu'er.

They are kind and can tell right from wrong.

They treat Qi people equally.

These days,

I've been in Jiuxiao City

and have gradually understood

my old man's thoughts.

Qian people and Qi people

can have

a better future.

Have you never thought about that?

I might have.

But I know

even if there are

one or two exceptions among the Qian people,

those who part of Snow Chamber

who treasure the Qi Vital Stone,

and treat Qi people as animals.

They

are still the majority of Jiuxiao City.

As expected,

you have let me down.

But it doesn’t matter.

I’ve already spread this poison

in Shuobei.

The King of Xueqi still has to compromise.

Han Zheng and I

believed that

Mu Yan put the interest of the Qi race

as priority.

No matter what,

he won't put our people in danger.

You've really changed.

Perhaps it wasn't me who've changed,

but that you've never saw who I truly was.

You all

are easily deceived by love

and forget the overall situation.

Don't worry.

As long as you bring the Xueqi and Chiqi tribes

to meet with Cangqi and Xuanqi,

I'll give you the antidote

to you.

As to the position of the King of New Qi,

Han Zheng,

it's still yours.

Is that all to your plan?

Yes.

I...

have been waiting for you.

From the moment

you helped me

leave 10 years ago.

Han Zheng,

I'll ask you one last time.

Will you stand with me?

Mu Yan,

you'll always be my brother.

But no matter what,

I can't declare war on the Qian.

Even if Qi people die because of you?

Qi people won't die.

Because,

I, the antidote, is still alive.

How could this happen?

Could it be...

That's right.

We separated on purpose.

Besides,

she took my Qi Vital Stone.

I can sense her situation.

I've discussed with my Jiu'er.

She won't be

going with us today.

Actually,

we made two plans for it.

Fortunately after Han Zheng

fell into the waters last time,

he has completely overcome

his fear of water,

allowing our plan to be successful.

I knew there was something amiss

since the poison didn't take effect

on Han Zheng.

Perhaps,

I, who have been in contact with him,

have something to do with the antidote.

So,

you will kill me soon.

So you all know

Su Jiu'er is the antidote

you've been looking for.

But do you know that

only by taking out the ember

and fully utilizing the power of the ember

could allow the poisoned Qi people

to live on?

Han Zheng,

Chilan,

just tell Su Jiu'er to go and die.

Brother,

stop it.

Please.

I won't let things

go that far.

Mu Yan,

you must

give me the antidote today.

Or else?

You're going to kill me?

Just for Su Xian'er?

Yes.

You said I've changed.

So have you.

I'm only one step away

to our goal.

I must fulfill it.

I'll show you

who is right.

General.

Han Zheng!

Jiu'er.

Keha!

Watch out, Han Zheng!

Han Zheng!

General!

Don't forget,

I trained both of you

personally.

Han Zheng!

Han Zheng.

I won't let you hurt her.

Mu Yan.

Stop it.

Let's go back to Shuobei together, okay?

Can't we take down

Jiuxiao City together?

Give up.

You are so stubborn.

Why should I be kind

to you?

No!