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[The Substitute Princess's Love]

[Episode 5]

Have a look. They just arrived.

It's quite fresh.

Yeah.

They are newly picked.

Pick one.

Fresh fish is here.

Here you are.

Thank you, bro.

[Tang's Fish Shop]

Boss, a fish, please.

OK.

You fishmonger.

You're quite dexterous.

But can you not

make it so bloody every time?

It's scary.

I'll pay attention next time.

Here.

So dirty.

It's not bad.

Take care. See you next time.

Boss, a fish, please.

Sorry, we're closed today.

So early?

My wife is back.

That's right. His wife is back.

Of course, he has no intention of selling fish anymore.

Are you tired?

Your hand.

Well.

We are a married couple right now. Can you act a bit more like one?

Don't forget our mission.

I got news from the Prince's Mansion today.

I need to see Prime Minister Shen.

Be careful.

I may not be able to accomplish the mission of stealing the jade pendant.

But I can't let Nanny

stay at the Prime Minister's Mansion forever.

People in the Prime Minister’s Mansion will bully Nanny.

[Ye]

How about

I exchange some money on the street

and find a craftsman

to make a fake jade pendant and save Nanny first.

What are you doing?

Sis.

I've been working here for two years.

I just want to visit a relative.

Take this as tea money.

Please do me a favor.

OK, I’ll pretend I didn’t see anything.

Young Master.

What time is it?

1 p.m.

How much longer do we have to wait?

Until the jewelry shop closes.

Young Master.

[Dachang Jewelry Shop]

Master

asked us to come to the capital to look for prey.

You've been drinking tea all afternoon here.

Can you get prey by just drinking tea?

[Dachang Jewelry Shop]

Take care, Ladies.

Take care.

Please come in.

Let's go over there.

Okay.

See?

What? Just a few women.

Madam Huang appeared extravagant and splendid,

but she only bought one thing after spending an hour inside.

It means she lacks money.

Maybe she's just a concubine from a rich family.

Take care, Miss.

[Dachang Jewelry Shop]

Sir. Please come in.

Young Master, look at her.

She didn’t buy anything.

She must be from a poor family.

No.

Today, a total of 21 madams and young ladies

visited the jewelry shop.

Nine of them came by carriage,

and among those who came by carriage, three of them did nothing.

They did nothing?

So what?

Look.

A person who can take a carriage ride out

without doing anything

must be wealthy, leisurely,

and greatly cherished.

They didn't buy anything, not because they couldn't afford it,

but because they didn't like it.

Isn't that a prey?

What are you waiting for?

Come back.

We can't take action against those who are overly favored.

Their family will come after us.

Great!

Great!

Great.

Awesome.

Great.

Miss, your pouch.

Thank you. Warrior.

See if something is missing.

Nothing is missing.

With a righteous man like you in the capital,

there will be fewer and fewer victims.

It’s no big deal.

Thank you, warrior.

Be careful next time.

What are you doing?

What's wrong?

You are a thief.

Who're you calling a thief?

Aren't mountain bandits thieves?

I...

I'm playing the long game.

Understand?

Let's go.

[Dachang Jewelry Shop]

Please come in.

Take care.

Sir, I would like you to carve a jade pendant for me.

What kind do you want?

A jade pendant like this.

[Ye]

Can you carve it?

Yes.

Yes.

But...

the price...

Do you think this is enough?

Yes. Yes.

How... can it be enough?

How much more do you need? I'll think of a solution.

I'm afraid...

I'm afraid...

Double is enough.

All my valuable things

are taken away by Aunt Xin.

Where can we get so much money?

How about this?

Carve it for me for now, please.

I'll figure out a way to get the remaining money to you

on the day of the spring gathering.

You didn't hear anything or see anything.

Otherwise...

Yes.

Be careful. His Highness will be back soon.

Off you go.

Your Highness.

Don't worry. I've arranged everything.

Not to mention Her Highness,

not even a fly can come into

the Shanglin Pavilion.

No one can get close to you.

They couldn't have sold the stolen dowry

outside the mansion so quickly.

Kneel!

I said kneel!

I was wondering why Shen Keyi stopped drinking

the water in the room.

So it was you who told her the truth.

I...

How dare you!

Aunt Xin, please spare my life.

You conniving, backstabbing girl.

What did Shen Keyi give you?

I'll teach you a lesson.

I won't do it again.

How dare you tell her?

It's a big deal that a princess died in the Prince's Mansion.

But no one will care about the death of a maid.

How dare you! How dare you!

Stop!

You...

Run!

Shen Keyi must have been found out

by His Highness when she tried to steal the jade pendant.

Her Ladyship said

as long as the mission of stealing the jade pendant fails,

we'll get rid of Shen Keyi immediately.

We'd better let others think it was done by His Highness.

Later, you...

What are they doing?

Thief! Catch the thief!

Go find His Highness!

Catch the thief!

No, go find Steward Yi. Go.

Thief.

She really is a thief.

How dare she steal so many things?

You bold servant!

How dare you steal things from Her Highness's residence?

According to the rules of the Prince's Mansion,

she should be taught a lesson and severely punished.

Yes.

Stop!

I'm the princess. How dare you hit me!

Have you seen Her Highness before?

No.

Is she going crazy trying to climb the social ladder?

Why is she vomiting blood?

My goodness.

Could she have any disease

that can infect people?

I heard that many people in the suburbs

have recently contracted a strange disease with coughing up blood.

Kill this thief!

Don't let her spread the strange disease to the mansion.

I'll kill you!

I'll kill you!

Steward Yi!

Lower your voice.

Steward Yi, a maid named Tao is looking for you.

Steward Yi, a thief was caught in the laundry in the backyard.

You...

Why did you come to me for such trivial matters?

Ask the people in the backyard to take care of it.

Or beat her up and throw her out.

[Pristine Atmosphere and Pure Spirit]

Yes.

Yes.

These are not the paper and ink in the mansion.

Is His Highness willing to see me?

Leave. His Highness is busy.

Please let me meet His Highness.

Go away.

Don’t make trouble for the front yard.

Can just anyone impersonate our princess?

Someone fell into the water!

Help!

Go take a look.

Okay.

How are you?

Are you okay?

Your Highness.

No one believes me.

This is the only way I can see you.

Her Highness is in the backyard. Please save her.

Your Highness, the servants said

there was a thief in the backyard. Could it be...

Your Highness, I'm guilty.

-Tell the backyard to stop. Stop! -Yes.

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

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

Stop!

♫Among the clouds and in the sky♫

Your Highness.

♫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♫

♫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♫

Your Highness.

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

I'm dirty.

♫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♫

♫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♫

♫This love has lasted for several times of reincarnation♫

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

All the people who insulted the Princess today

shall be flogged 50 times, degraded to a lowly status, and expelled from the capital.

♫Who is destined to♫

Please spare us, Your Highness.

♫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♫

Who did this to you?

Tell me. I won't let him or her off easily.

It's Your Highness

and me myself.

But what could I do?

Can I choose my fate?

I can only come to the mansion.

I can only be shameless to please you

and get a chance to stay.

I don't want to be a person who annoys you.

You didn't.

It was my fault.

Tell me.

What's your reason?

Who did this

to Her Highness?

Sister.

Apply some medicine for her

and get her changed. The imperial physician will be here soon.

Okay.

[Qulan Pavilion]

Your Highness.

Sister.

Is she okay?

She's asleep.

Your Highness.

I have something to tell you.

I suspect

something is wrong with the servants in Her Highness's chamber.

Her Highness has some old injuries.

It looks like she was pinched and beaten.

The culprit even picked places

that are not easy to find.

The imperial physician also checked Her Highness's pulse

and found that Her Highness was poisoned with a very hidden poison.

This poison will cause abdominal pain at the beginning,

but there won't be anything wrong with her pulse.

If I hadn't suspected that something was amiss

with the servants in the princess's chamber,

I wouldn't have started thinking about poisoning

as the cause of the pulse examination results.

Can the poison be detoxified?

Fortunately, she didn't take much.

The imperial physician has already used acupuncture and released the toxic blood.

She should be fine after a few days of recuperation.

Your Highness,

the relationship in the backyard of the Shen family

is much more complicated than we thought.

Prime Minister Shen has several wives and concubines.

He has many children.

It's not surprising for them to fight for fortune and power.

I'm afraid Her Highness's just a sacrifice.

But since she's here in our mansion,

we must protect her.

Don't worry.

I will investigate this thoroughly.

Your Highness, I don't know.

It's...

It's Biyun.

Biyun bullied Her Highness and stole her dowery behind my back.

She deserves to die thousands of times.

There's a mole in this yard.

It's my fault. Please punish me.

Since she's from the Shen family,

put the maid in the handcuffs

and stab the character "Shen" in her face.

After flogging her 50 times,

you take her back to the Shen family.

What do you think, Aunt Xin?

Thank you, Your Highness.

Please spare my life, Your Highness. I know I was wrong.

Spare my life, Your Highness!

I'm sorry, Your Highness.

Spare my life, Your Highness!

Your Highness.

This was found in Aunt Xin's room.

Your Highness, this is not poison.

It's tonic.

I thought Her Highness was not feeling well,

so I wanted to give her some nourishment.

Tonic?

Since it's tonic,

I'll reward it to Aunt XIn.

Your Highness.

Open your mouth.

Yi Fu.

Yes, Your Highness.

Aunt Xin has done a great job protecting her master.

She should be rewarded.

Feed her this every day.

Yes.

Your Highness, please spare my life.

Sir.

Aunt Xin is obviously the culprit.

Why didn't you kick her out of the mansion?

Some assassins deliberately framed the Princess,

accusing her of being disloyal to me.

I'll assume that the assassins

used the Princess as a scapegoat

to cover the true instigator behind them

because they knew about my conflict with the Shen family.

But

what a coincidence!

Even those servants of the Shen family dare offend their master.

This is really strange.

Sir.

You think these two things are connected?

I'm not clear about the conflicts among the women

in the Shen family.

But it seems that the Princess was not treated well in the Shen family.

That's why she was bullied.

But they dare to reach into the Prince's Mansion.

There must be the tacit consent of Prime Minister Shen behind them.

Even the vicious tiger won't eat its cubs.

The way the Shen family did it is so strange.

There must be something

that we don't know.

Sir.

We've found out what happened in the backyard.

It's Biyun who served in Xingyue Pavilion.

wanted to bully Tao.

Her Highness saved Tao.

But the Princess rarely ordered the servants around.

So few people have seen her.

Biyun took advantage of that

and framed Her Highness as a thief

and led the people in the backyard to attack Her Highness.

Did she suffer this

just to save a little maid?

That's true.

Sir.

Through what happened today,

I don't think Her Highness is pretending.

She is indeed a warm-hearted person

who likes to fight injustice.

She and her father

aren't on the same page.

But the Princess sneaking out of the mansion today

is indeed suspicious.

Go ask around

and see who she met

and what she did today.

Yes.

Sir.

Why don't you ask Her Highness yourself?

What if Her Highness will lie to His Highness?

What if she won't?

Wouldn't this hurt their relationship?

[Shanglin Pavilion]

Get up if you're awake.

Shen Keyi.

I know everything.

Your Highness.

You already know?

I've found out

what happened in the backyard.

Your servants poisoned you

and tried to kill you.

Why did they do that?

Are you not favored in the Shen family?

At first, they only wanted you to be a widow.

But they didn't expect you to become the real princess.

They were jealous of you.

That's why they wanted to hurt you.

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Your Highness, you didn't like me.

You may not believe me even if I told you.

I admit

I'm a very suspicious person.

But from now on,

as long as you don't lie to me,

I will try to believe you.

I won't set any strange rules

and neglect you.

Your Highness.

Is what you said

true?

Then why did you go out

today?

Your Highness, you ignored me.

So I wanted to find a way out.

It was all my fault.

I made you suffer.

What kind of compensation do you want?

Just tell me.

Don't you blame me for hiding things from you?

I know

you are a pure good girl.

But you have your reasons.

So I don't blame you

for hiding things from me.

Your Highness.

That maid, Tao, is innocent.

Tao is loyal to her master.

It's commendable.

I won't punish her.

But Steward Yi

didn't manage the backyard properly

and neglected his duty,

I'll flog him 20 times

and ask him to reflect on himself.

Your Highness.

Forget it.

I'm fine now.

Don't punish Steward Yi.

Getting flogged really hurts.

He's getting old.

If he is severely hurt,

he won't be able to perform

"I'm guilty" again.

Approved.

But I was asking you to ask for compensation.

Yet you're pleading for others.

Then,

can you take back what you said?

Which sentence?

You said

you wouldn't allow me to go near Shanglin Pavilion

and you don't want to see me again.

[Ye]

This is my token.

Seeing this is like seeing me.

You can move freely in the mansion at will if you bring this with you.

Even if servants who haven't met you

will obey you.

[Ye]

Take it.

For me?

You don't want it?

But...

This is your token.

You must have worn it for a long time.

[Ye]

It's very important, isn't it?

Father gave it to me.

It's a death-exemption plate.

With this jade pendant,

I can avoid going to the fief,

retain my military power,

and escape capital punishment.

Then...

if you give me this jade pendant,

you'll be in danger

without the amulet, will you?

What danger will I face?

I haven't used it once in these years.

Even without this jade pendant,

I can protect myself.

This jade pendant

is just an external possession to me.

But when it's on you, it can protect you well.

It's worth it.

Keep it.

If you lose it,

I won't forgive you.