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Hanhui Pavilion, Ning'an

Lan's Mansion

Be a good boy and wait for me here.

I need to talk to someone.

Confucius says,

"When directing the affairs of a great nation,

a man must diligently regard business, be sincere,

practice a discreet economy, and love mankind.

Mr. Lan, when should we set off?

The sooner the better.

One more day is one more risk.

Turns out Mr. Lan and I met a long time ago.

That's how

it all started.

We're home.

Let's go.

It's Xuan Ji.

Why is he here?

He must have followed us here.

But I only reported it to the Empress Dowager.

How would he know it?

Now it's up to you two.

Looks like he is up to no good.

They're over there!

Go and inform the people. I'll hold them off!

But...

Run!

Let's go.

Mr. Lan!

Run!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Kuruo.

Do you remember that I've been troubled by something?

I hid it under the water.

If one day,

you want to know who I am and what I did,

just go find it, okay?

Why don't we play hide-and-seek one more time?

Just like...

Just like what I'm doing now.

If you win,

I'll buy you a lot of preserved fruit.

How is that?

And this thing.

You must hide it well.

Water Illusion

can save people from being troubled.

Give me your hand.

Cover your eyes.

I'm going to hide.

Don't run!

Stop!

Don't run!

- Stop! - Catch her!

Catch her!

Mom.

I remember now.

I remember it all.

Mom left me.

Mom left me.

Mom left me.

Mom left me.

Mom left me.

Your mom didn't leave you.

Your mom didn't leave you.

Mom didn't abandon us.

Mom loved us.

Mom loved us.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping, wake up. Zhang Ping.

Zhang Ping.

You're awake.

Are you all right?

My mom was a good person.

My clansmen were also good people.

My mom didn't abandon me.

She died to save me.

All right.

Zhang Ping.

What is the Sacred Lake for?

It has no use.

It's a symbol of reverence for nature.

Our clan

has been studying medicine for generations

to cure sickness and save people.

Water Illusion is only a medical technique

to save people from being troubled.

My mother

must have known that she would die soon

and I would never

have the chance to use Water Illusion on her.

Why did she still ask me

to go under the water and find what made her troubled?

Since your mother said it,

she must have meant something.

But where could it be hidden

if it's not hidden in her heart?

Shulin also lived here before,

but I never suspected him.

Search this place.

If he has any secrets,

it's most likely hidden here.

Yes.

What are you troubled by?

I hid it under the water.

Could it really be

hidden under the water?

Hurry, help Zhang Ping out.

- Yes. - Yes.

Sir.

There's nothing here.

Are we sure this is the right place?

Zhang Ping.

Could it be that you misunderstood her?

Xu Dong.

There is something here.

Give it to me.

Sir.

Give it to me.

Jing Qizhe, Emperor Qingfeng's eldest son The birth certificate?

Map of Ning'an Subdivision in the Capital City

Lan's Mansion It's Lan's Mansion.

He did look into me.

Why is the prince's birth certificate

here?

The 15th year of Qingfeng.

Could it be

that the prince on the birth certificate

and our emperor are the same person?

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Peizhi, you have found it, right?

Yes.

Ten years ago, I went to the capital

not to take the imperial exam,

and I did approach you

on purpose.

I know you've been looking into the Moluo Village's case.

Who are you?

It has been ten years.

It's time to reveal the truth.

This is my home.

If there is any clue,

it's gonna be here.

Why is the room in such a mess?

It looks like someone searched here.

What is this?

My mother used it

to measure my height.

Why are there two marks?

I remember

I used to have a brother.

But he never played with me.

He just sat in his room

and read books quietly all the time.

It's my nickname.

Kuruo.

It means puppy in our language.

But why would they

call him Xiaolong?

Xiaolong.

What does it mean?

It's a custom of our village.

All the kids in the village are named

puppies or kittens.

The kids are easy to raise under such names.

But what does

Xiaolong mean?

30 years ago,

the Empress Dowager used the Resurrection Array to switch the prince.

I remember it.

The pronunciation of Xiaolong in our language is

"Qingzhang".

What?

But the real prince she switched

didn't die.

He is still alive

and sitting in front of you.

It started with Zhang Ping.

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At that time, Zhang Ping's mother

knew how to use Water Illusion

and was taken by Xuan Ji

from Moluo village to the Department of Incantation

and became an incantation practitioner.

My mom had a habit of writing things down.

Maybe she wrote something about it.

I think it's hidden

here.

In the first month of the 15th year of Qingfeng,

the late emperor and Concubine Li asked Xuan Ji

to set up the Resurrection Array to save the little prince.

It lasted two days and two nights.

It surprised me

that the little prince actually came back to life.

When the ceremony was over

and everyone was about to leave,

I saw Xuan Ji holding a baby

and leaving in a suspicious manner.

Then my mom wrote

that she followed him all the way

and finally realized

that Xuan Ji switched the little prince.

He took the little prince

to the Yunxiao Mountain

and was going to bury the dying little prince

and the secret

in the ground.

Little prince.

Don't blame me.

Maybe the true dragon showed his power,

or God protected him,

just before Xuan Ji was about to bury the little prince,

there was lightning and thunder.

A strong wind was blowing.

Xuan Ji fled in fear.

Jing Qizhe, Emperor Qingfeng's eldest son

At that moment,

Zhang Ping's mother only saw me

as an innocent child.

Out of kindness,

she took me away from the capital overnight

Ning'an

and hurried to Moluo Village, a secret place in the south.

She kept me alive

with herbs on the way

and took good care of me.

When we got back to the village, I was treated by the clan leader.

I don't know if the medicine worked

or I was fated not to die,

I was miraculously cured.

Later,

she became my godmother.

Ten years passed in a flash

and I grew up to be a teenager.

She saw me spend my days with books,

and I was smart and studious.

Perhaps she thought

I'm a prince after all

and I should go back to the place where I belong,

so she told me where I came from

and wanted to take me back to the capital.

But she was too kind

to imagine

that it was the Empress Dowager

who ordered Xuan Ji to switch the prince.

She always thought

Xuan Ji was ordered to

to perform magic to bring me back to life

but failed to do so.

He was afraid to be punished by the late emperor,

so he switched me with a fake prince.

Godmother asked me about my opinion.

Do you want to meet your real mother?

I was young and arrogant.

Of course I wanted to go back to the capital

and meet my real mother.

She didn't say anything else.

She only told me

that it was too important to be done rashly,

and she would go to the capital first

to discuss it with Mr. Lan Lin, the most righteous man.

The next day,

she was going to leave alone,

but Zhang Ping cried so hard

that she had to take him with her.

So they left together.

I was anxiously

waiting for them to come back,

but the people who came...

It's not hard to guess

what happened next.

Back then,

my mom went to the capital to see Mr. Lan's father

because she was trying to help Qingzhang

go back to the Empress Dowager.

Out of his duty as a subject,

your father believed that he should

bring the prince back to the court as soon as possible.

That's why he went to the palace

right after he learned the news

and informed the Empress Dowager in person.

At that time, the late emperor just passed away

and Mrs. Li became the Empress Dowager

by giving birth to the late emperor's only son.

If it got out,

she would stand condemned through the ages.

She just got a taste of power.

Of course she didn't want to give it up

and lose everything.

So,

she gave Xuan Ji a secret order

to follow Mr. Lan's father

to the village

and kill her own son

and everyone in Moluo Village

who knew about it.

Later, your father was brought back to the capital by Xuan Ji.

Only then did he realize

that all this was a conspiracy of the Empress Dowager.

My father was a loyal and righteous man,

but the Empress Dowager made such use of him.

It's more than that.

Peizhi.

Have you ever thought about this?

If it wasn't your father who colluded with the enemy,

who leaked the military information?

I've looked into the army and the court,

but I found nothing.

Of course you found nothing.

Because

it was the Empress Dowager's crony who did it.

But the Empress Dowager

was afraid of causing public outrage

and implicating herself,

so she blamed it

on your father.

That doesn't explain

why he pleaded guilty to the charge of treason.

How do you think you survived?

The Empress Dowager threatened him with your life.

What other choice did he have

but to plead guilty?

85 people in Lan's Mansion,

all the villagers of Moluo,

and those in the know of the Department of Incantation

were all killed by her

just to satisfy her greed and lust for power!

That's why I'm back in the capital.

I've planned and prepared

just to take revenge on the Empress Dowager.

Shulin.

What's your plan?

To reveal her crimes

on the ceremony of the Immortal Instrument

and make her fall

from the top of power.

She sacrificed me

for power,

I'd like to show her

that the thing she cares about the most

is nothing but a plaything for me

to be toyed with.

I'm gonna make

those fools fight to the death

for the illusory power.

The world will fall into chaos at that time.

They will be disillusioned with

power and status.

Can you say

it's not gonna be a good show?

I'm not just gonna watch it.

I'm gonna invite her to watch it with me.

Peizhi.

We've known each other for a long time.

I'm officially inviting you

to join me in the pageant.

Come and find me at the palace

when you make your decision.

Mr. Jinghu is a man of the past.

Starting tomorrow,

I'll be Dr. Gu in Hanyuan Hall

who treats the Empress Dowager's burns.

Thank God you found your clan's prescription for miasma.

It worked pretty well.

The Army for Southward Crusade will be saved.

The prescriptions are all written in our language.

I've copied the ones that could be used in the army.

Please take them with you.

If you insist on leaving, I won't keep you.

Stay safe on the road.

I'll wait for your triumphant return

in the capital.

Zhang Ping.

What are you going to do

when you get back to the capital?

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