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=The Maid Ballad=

=Episode 2=

Please forgive me.

I was wrong.

Please forgive me.

Leave.

Thank you for your help.

You're welcome.

(Study of Rituals) Luckily it's fine.

Your hand.

I...

Let me take you to the physician.

Please be gentle.

He's a nobleman.

You're so clumsy.

Do they always bully you?

Not really.

I will fight back.

This is

for external use.

I'll also get some medicine for you to take.

You're hurt too, aren't you?

Why did you save me?

The only way to get the power of Xuanqian

is to win her heart.

So you mustn't let her find out what you're up to.

I left something at the academy

and I happened to be passing by.

How are you going to repay me

for saving you today?

It's just as well

I need a maid.

There's a selection process in a few days.

So why don't you

perform well

and be my attendant?

What do you think?

Prince Chen is a notorious womaniser.

You're just going to be

a attendant in name

to warm the bed.

Pervert!

(Grass Academy)

Dihua.

What are you doing in my bed?

Di...

Xuan Qiancao is a killer!

(Taicheng Royal Mansion)

Tongxue.

Our spy reported

a violent death of a maid in Grass Academy.

It might have something to do with the Taiyin Heart Sutra.

(Looks like I need to break the frozen knot)

(and get the power of Xuanqian as soon as possible.)

The Supreme Court will be handling the case.

All irrelevant personnel must leave.

Did you kill her?

No.

I found Dihua dead

when I got back from outside.

Then everyone came in.

Xuan Qiancao must have killed her.

She died on her bed.

Exactly.

She had a fight with Dihua this morning.

We all saw it.

It must be her.

Exactly.

I didn't kill her.

She was found dead in your bed

and you had motive.

How can you explain it?

Take her.

No, I didn't kill her.

I was at the clinic on the west side of town in the afternoon.

I couldn't have killed her.

Don't try to deny it.

How brazen.

We didn't even see her in the afternoon.

She was the only one here who had a conflict with Dihua.

The physician can testify for me.

And

Prince Chen Tongxue.

Ridiculous!

You are a lowly slave.

How could you be with Prince Chen?

You can't just make up

some big names to get away with it.

Take her.

I didn't.

Wait.

It's Prince Chen Tongxue.

Why is he here?

Greetings, Prince Chen.

- Greetings, Prince Chen. - Greetings, Prince Chen.

What happened?

Prince Chen.

I was informed of

the violent death of a slave

and came to investigate.

Prince Chen.

I have identified

Xuan Qiancao as a major suspect.

The corpse has shown postmortem spots

as well as rigor mortis.

A decrease in

corneal transparency,

leading to a completely impervious pupil

with a greyish colour.

So I deduce

the deceased died around 14:00 p.m.

At that time, I was with Xuan Qiancao

at the clinic in the west of the town.

The physician there can testify it.

I was wrong.

Thank you for your guidance.

I will

bear it in mind.

(He said the same thing I did.)

(Just because he's the Prince,)

(people believe him.)

(Is this world)

(really so unfair?)

Take care, Prince Chen.

Greetings, Your Highness.

What's the matter?

I have made arrangements

to find a scapegoat for the maid

who died in Grass Academy today.

Enough.

You don't have to

report such trivial matters to me anymore.

Yes, Your Highness.

There's one more thing.

What?

Prince Chen Tongxue

also went to the Grass Academy.

(Crown Prince of Wei State)

(Crown Prince of Wei State) Chen Tongxue?

Why did he go there?

I am not sure.

All I know is that

he also probed the body.

Keep an eye on him.

I'd like to see

what he can do as

the adopted son of Lord Taicheng.

Do you still deny it?

In the inside pocket of this dress

is a pair of silver bracelets

I got for my granddaughter.

You

(Xuan Qiancao's mother) washed it.

Who else could it be

if not you?

If you don't admit it,

I'm going to report you to the officials.

Mother.

Wait.

Please.

Give me back my silver bracelet.

You...

What?

Madam.

It's my fault

for losing your bracelet.

See if this...

No.

Qiancao.

Let go.

Consider yourself lucky.

What are you looking at?

Mother.

What are you doing?

That was the last weapon

left by father.

How could you just

give it away so easily?

Have you forgotten

father's disgrace?

I'll prepare the dinner.

Mother.

Our family has been loyal for generations.

It is our mission

to protect our land.

Although you are a girl,

you carry the blood of the Xuan family

and the power of Xuanqian.

Remember.

You must learn to love yourself,

never trust others blindly

and don't ever underestimate yourself.

All right?

Yes, father.

Good girl.

(Father.)

(I remember all your words.)

(No matter what it takes,)

(I'll clear your name.)

Do it properly.

Tomorrow is the servant selection event.

If you're so weak,

which master will want you?

Don't you want to leave Grass Academy?

We are all lowly slaves.

Only by becoming an attendant to the masters will we rise.

Resign yourself to fate.

(Father.)

(Lanyao was right.)

(However,)

(I won't resign to fate.)

(Clear father's name)

(The personnel who were in charge of my father's case)

(are nowhere to be found.)

(The most powerful people left in the capital)

(are Lord Taicheng and the Crown Prince.)

(Prince Chen Tongxue...)

(No.)

(Prince Chen Tongxue is a flirt.)

(He's going to get in my way.)

(Then my only recourse)

(is...)

(Becoming the maid of the Crown Prince)

I must make the Crown Prince

choose me at the servant selection event.

Father.

Wait for me.

♪Someone is worried in Peach Blossom Temple♪

♪A lovesick tree planted in Peach Blossom Ridge♪

♪A small path in Peach Blossom Land♪

♪We wait for the sunrise in Peach Blossom Village♪

♪A song of Peach Blossom Fu from afar♪

♪ Can't you see the yearning day and night♪

♪Countless rings of peach wood♪

♪A hundred-year covenant, I hope to stop♪

♪Love, like flowing clouds♪

♪Experienced many winters and summers♪

♪A fleeting moment in a dream♪

♪Jotting it down with a pen♪

♪The setting sun and rippling waves♪

♪Time wasted away♪

♪People also wear away♪

♪Today, in the Southern Terrace♪

♪The morning sun and the weapons of war♪

♪The setting sun and the sound of music♪

♪The moonlight of the past♪

♪Can no longer shine in♪

♪The mountains and rivers of old friends♪

♪Can no longer shine in♪

♪The mountains and rivers of old friends♪