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While the gongs and drums are being beaten, we bring our wooden benches.

A grand opera will be put on at the old lady's home.

Whom is it about?

It's about Prince Jin.

[Wedding]

His face is as black as charcoal and his eyes are as big as copper bells.

He scared the enemies away with his fangs.

He protects our country with great prestige.

The God of War returned home in triumph, and is going to get married.

After he gets married, what's he going to do?

His Highness, the God of War, is in his thirties.

He's finally going to get married.

Yes.

He has been fighting in the war for so many years, and it's not easy for him.

Right. It's not easy for him.

If you still keep running around,

I'll send you to Prince Jin.

Prince Jin loves punishing children very much.

Come back! Don't run around!

[Jin] [Mourn]

The King of Hell has opened the way. The person inside the coffin is welcoming his bride.

[Mourn]

After the bride marries into his family, she'll attract his soul back to his hometown.

[Jin] [Wedding]

[Mourn]

[Prince Jin's Mansion]

My younger brother

Wen Ye, namely Prince Jin, and Shen Keyi will become

a married couple after today.

I'd like to thank the matchmaker

for making this marriage come true.

Let's praise the harmonious relationship of the married couple with poems.

Firstly, bow to heaven and earth.

Secondly, bow to your parents.

[Jin]

The couple should bow to each other now.

This memorial tablet represents my husband.

[Memorial Tablet of Prince Jin, Wen Ye]

Although I'm wearing a wedding dress,

I'm not the real bride of this wedding.

I'm here to marry him in place of my elder sister.

The ceremony is completed.

[The Substitute Princess's Love]

[Episode 1]

My father is the high-ranking Prime Minister Shen,

while I'm a secret illegitimate daughter

who wandered the street.

Luckily, I have a nanny.

Sugar figures for sale!

My nanny and I wandered around

with the stall of sugar figures.

-We didn't have a fixed residence to live in. -I'm not tired.

As my nanny was with me...

Sugar figures for sale!

I didn't think life was so hard.

-Our biggest wish was to save enough money -We earned so much money.

so that we could have a stall which could shelter us from wind and rain.

But now...

[Mourn]

Your Highness.

I'll be your wife from now on.

My name is Shen Keyi.

[Mourn]

Thanks to you,

now we have

a place to live in.

Please bless us

so that we can have money to spend,

have sugar to eat,

and can sleep in the future.

[Memorial Tablet of Prince Jin, Wen Ye]

It smells so good.

Nanny.

Ke! Ke! My child!

Nanny.

Ke.

I'm going to take you away from here.

Nanny.

Mrs. Shen has said that Her Highness is naughty by nature.

We must keep an eye on her closely.

Nanny.

Don't let her leave the mourning hall.

Yes!

Shh.

Prime Minister Shen, you and your wife

are willing to send your daughter to Prince Jin's Mansion.

I'm very grateful.

Prince Jin sacrificed himself for our country.

It's our family's honor that

my daughter can be a widow for His Highness.

I hope Princess Jin will also think like this.

After all, she's still young,

but she has to stay in this empty mansion.

You and your wife must educate and enlighten your daughter well.

Don't let her do

anything improper.

As a vulgar woman,

I have a request, Empress Dowager Your Grace.

Your Grace.

Speaking of which,

His Highness's biological mother is from the same clan as my husband.

Our daughter

should call His Highness uncle.

With such a close relationship,

it's more necessary

for our Shen Family to deal with His Highness' funeral well.

His Highness had no son and was all alone.

Our Shen Family

will let our daughter die and be buried with His Highness

so that His Highness can have a companion on his way to the netherworld.

Please agree, Your Grace.

Prime Minister Shen, are you and your wife really willing to do that?

My lord.

My lord!

If I hadn't suggested that,

that wild girl's behavior is so inappropriate that

people will discover that she's a substitute bride sooner or later.

But Shen Keyi

is my daughter after all.

She's just an illegitimate daughter who grew up on the street.

Our daughter Lingling

is the one who grew up by your side.

Are you willing to let her be a widow?

At this point,

we can't let anything wrong

happen to this plan.

Otherwise,

it'll be a crime of deceiving His Majesty.

Let's ask Shen Keyi to die and be buried with His Highness.

In this way,

you can show your loyalty to the imperial family,

and get sympathy from the Empress Dowager and His Majesty.

It will only be beneficial to your career,

and there will be no harm at all.

Nothing can go wrong.

Don't worry, my lord.

[Prince Jin's Mansion]

Fire!

Fire!

Her Highness is missing.

Her Highness is missing.

Your Highness!

Your Highness, stop running!

Come and take a look.

Be quick. Hurry up.

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

She's over there.

I'm sorry.

Stop running!

Stop!

Hurry up!

Stop running!

Your Highness!

Stop!

Your Highness!

She ran away?

There are so many of you,

but you failed to keep an eye on a little girl closely?

Your Grace.

I've sent some people to look for her.

We will find her and bring her back tonight.

That girl from the Shen Family

is quite capable.

On the first night after she married into the family,

Prince Jin's Mansion is in chaos because of her.

She even dared to take away all the offerings and treasures

in the mourning hall.

I hesitated at first.

But since the Shen Family did such a thing,

just tell them

for the reputation and peace of our Prince Jin's Mansion,

no matter what they do,

they need to ask one of their daughters to die and be buried with Prince Jin.

Stop!

She's over there!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop running!

Hurry up!

[The Portrait of Prince Jin, Wen Ye]

Stop!

Stop!

Over there!

Keep quiet.

Have you seen a girl

who is short with a round face,

and is wearing a blue dress?

No.

Shh!

This way.

This way.

This way.

Look at this lion.

I'm the lion's head. Just listen to my orders.

I can do the lion dance. Listen to my orders.

Then you should start dancing. Start dancing!

Why is the lion not moving?

Right.

This is strange.

Good!

This way. Hurry up.

Why is it so cold?

Right.

Let's go to the front and take a look.

Okay.

This lion is moving again.

Good!

Do it again!

She's over here! Chase her!

Go!

I can finally take off such heavy clothes.

Put down your sword.

Otherwise, I'll kill her.

Just kill her. I don't know her anyway.

You...

Sir.

I didn't see anything.

I won't tell anyone about it.

Just let me go. I'll give you all the money.

Help!

I'm just a little girl

who knows nothing.

It's useless for you to kill me.

Go forward.

Go!

You...

You... Wake up!

Wake up!

Wake up!

You fell asleep yourself.

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

Don't chase me or kill me.

I have to find my nanny outside the city.

I can't help you.

Forget it.

By that time, if you want to kill me,

I'll definitely die.

[Anju Hall]

Nanny!

Nanny!

Why hasn't my nanny arrived here yet?

Chief.

Is Prince Jin

really dead?

I saw him fall off the cliff after being stabbed by a sword.

It can't be wrong.

But one of his soldiers escaped.

My men are hunting them down.

They will try to find them and kill them.

He's finally dead.

From now on, you can sleep well.

No one will talk about investigating

the case of delaying the delivery of army provisions anymore.

From now on, your position is only

inferior to His Majesty's in the imperial court.

Congratulations, Prime Minister Shen.

What's there to be happy about?

This incident was the action of the Nanzhu Pavilion.

The Nanzhu Pavilion is a spy organization of the State of Liang.

They had been planning to assassinate Wen Ye for a long time.

This false report about the battle

said that Prince Jin had died.

My daughter will also die and get buried with Prince Jin because of this.

I feel sad, too.

Prime Minister Shen, you're a man of great achievements.

Making sacrifices are inevitable.

Alright.

It's time for you to leave.

I've done my best to you.

This medicine was given to me by my nanny.

The herbs are expensive.

I've used all the medicine on you.

This is the reward you should give me.

For a bottle of medicine to treat wounds,

the market price is five qians of silver.

I'm not blackmailing you.

I'll put the rest back in the original place.

This man looked fierce when he was awake.

I didn't expect that he would look

so gentle when he's asleep.

As I'm watching him carefully,

he looks so handsome.

[Anju Hall]

You...

How could you do this?

It's me.

I saved you yesterday.

Stop!

Who was chasing you last night?

I...

I offended a rich family.

They wanted to report it to the police and catch me,

so I escaped.

You're lying.

Then why were you chased by those people?

None of your business.

Are you hungry?

Do you want to eat some snacks?

This is called Four-colored Pastry.

People also call it Bride Cake.

You ran away from marriage.

Why do you...

This is your wedding cake.

Don't talk nonsense.

Will you eat it or not?

I don't eat sweet food.

You don't eat sweet food?

There is someone in this world who doesn't eat sweet food?

I'm injured.

Get me some water.

In broad daylight,

there are many people who are chasing me outside.

No problem.

Since you gave the reward to me,

I'll take the risk and give it a try.

When you come back,

I will give you the money

and your luggage.

Well...

I'll go get some water. I'll be back soon.

Don't you care about your nanny?

[Anju Hall]

Your Highness.

Your Highness,

I knew you're still alive.

Your Highness.

We found you by following the clues

left by you.

Your Highness.

Let go!

Your Highness, are you alright?

We can't stay here for long.

What if there's an ambush?

There's an ambush?

Who dares to ambush His Highness?

Your Highness.

Let's go back to the mansion first.

People in the mansion are preparing for your funeral.

The report about the battle clearly said that it was a victory at the front line,

and that you would return to the capital in triumph.

After the report was sent to the capital, why did it become the news that

you sacrificed yourself for our country?

In this case, your death was considered

as something that had happened in the battlefield.

It would be inadvisable to investigate who was the murderer.

I'm afraid behind this matter...

This report about the battle

is the same as the army provisions which haven't arrived at the battlefield.

Both schemes were conducted secretly by someone in the imperial court.

Sir.

Are you suspecting that person?

Who else knows that

you came to find me?

Only Nan Bo and I know this.

Even the Empress Dowager doesn't know this.

Then let's not go back to the capital for the time being.

Sir.

Do you want to give everyone a surprise?

I'm waiting for someone here.

Sir.

We have a secret sentinel station to help us inside the city.

We can even drink some hot tea there.

It's better than the environment here.

Yes.

Who are you waiting for?

I'll wait for that person here on behalf of you.

[Anju Hall]

Sir.

You've been waiting in this shabby temple for so long.

Are you waiting for that luggage?

Sir.

It turns out you're waiting for the assassins.

Just take the poison.

It's really the seven-tail hawk,

the symbol of Nanzhu Pavilion from the State of Liang.

So it's the Nanzhu Pavilion that has sent people to assassinate Your Highness.

Sir.

The Nanzhu Pavilion has discovered your whereabouts.

Let's go to the secret sentinel station inside the city.

My good father

gave birth to me but didn't raise me.

Now he even wants to use my life

as a stepping stone for getting promoted and becoming rich.

Ke.

In this way, it's good to see the true colors of the Shen Family clearly.

He has not deserved to be your father since a long time ago.

Take this jade comb.

It used to belong to your mother.

She asked me

to comb your hair when you get married.

But now,

I'm afraid it's too late.

Nanny, leave here with me.

I'm an old woman.

They won't do anything to me.

I'll sneak out from the back door when the house is in chaos.

Let's meet at the Temple of Local God outside the city.

Leave at once.

If you don't leave now,

we'll die.

Your nanny was tortured so severely,

but she wasn't willing to tell us where you were at all.

Shen Keyi.

Don't you feel sad about your nanny?

What do you want?

If you don't die to be buried with Prince Jin,

and our Shen Family can't hand over someone to them,

they'll ask my daughter to die and get buried with Prince Jin.

I have no choice.

As long as you return to Prince Jin's Mansion and get buried with Prince Jin obediently,

I'll let her go.

Okay.

I promise you.

Prepare a carriage for me now.

I want to personally see my nanny leave here.

Is that okay?

I've lived a hard life since I was a child.

My father abandoned me.

My mother died early.

Fortunately, I have you.

♫I took off the winding light sent by the moon♫

However,

from now on, I can never see

the sugar figure shop which is run by you anymore.

♫I cut the hidden line at the center of the palm silently♫

In the future, please eat

all the candy for me.

♫Among the clouds and in the sky♫

♫My missing of you is hidden secretly♫

♫Only a light of our predestined love is left there, and it's flickering♫

♫I vaguely remember that in our previous life, we passed by each other♫

♫But it's a vow that we can't fulfil in this life♫

♫We failed to meet again♫

Time to eat.

♫This love has lasted for several times of reincarnation♫

♫The mystery of love can't be solved, but I'm still indulged in it♫

♫Who is destined to♫

♫Lose his chance and face the chaotic situation?♫

♫The memories of happiness and sorrow

♫Are engraved in my heart, and have become my nightmares♫

♫Who stood opposite the destiny♫

♫And took one more look at the old smiling face?♫

♫I'm not able to escape from♫

♫The parting where prosperity has withered♫

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

[Mourn]

This dead man will never return to his hometown again.

[Jinxiu Pavilion]

[Jin]

Neighbors and relatives, please

stay up late so as to carry lanterns and come to see him off.

♫Who is destined to♫

♫Lose his chance and face the chaotic situation?♫

♫The memories of happiness and sorrow

♫Are engraved in my heart, and have become my nightmares♫

♫Who stood opposite the destiny♫

♫And took one more look at the old smiling face?♫

[Marriage Contract]

♫I'm not able to escape from♫

♫The parting where prosperity has withered♫

[Wen Ye, namely Prince Jin, will marry Shen Keyi from Hedong]

Do you want to eat some snacks?

This is called Four-colored Pastry.

People also call it Bride Cake.

You ran away from marriage.

This is actually my own wedding.