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[The Substitute Princess's Love]

[Episode 8]

Tao.

Your Highness.

The Shen family

wants to harm Her Highness.

Go on.

Madam Shen is the stepmother of the Princess.

She has been harsh on Her Highness.

I'm afraid

in Shen Mansion, Her Highness

would be…

But this is the internal affair of the Shen Family after all.

It's not appropriate for us to interfere.

Wan.

Get the horse ready.

Yes.

Let's go to the Shen Mansion.

Your Highness, please wait a moment.

[Shen Mansion]

Madam.

Madam.

Prince Jin suddenly barged in.

He said he was looking for the Princess.

Prince Jin?

Yes.

Your Highness.

What brings you here

at such a late hour?

Lord Shen,

I'm here to pick up my princess.

The Princess?

Isn't Her Highness in your mansion?

Nonsense.

She came back to Shen Mansion at the Lantern Festival.

Well...

Well...

My lord.

Madam, you came at the right time.

Has Her Highness ever

come back home?

No.

Your Highness.

We can settle our grudges in the court.

Why do you have to take it out on my daughter?

She doesn't know anything.

My poor daughter.

She's been living in fear in the Prince's Mansion every day.

Maybe she was too scared

to go back to the Prince's Mansion

or tell us the truth,

so she went somewhere to hide.

Move aside.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

I told you.

-She's really not here. -Your Highness.

That's right, Your Highness.

She's really not here.

Mother.

Who is this man?

This is Prince Jin.

Go back to your room quickly.

Your Highness.

In this yard lives

Her Highness's sister who isn't married yet.

That's right, Your Highness.

If this gets out,

my daughter's innocence will be ruined.

If Her Highness is really in our mansion,

why would we hide her?

If something happens to her,

Prime Minister's Mansion can't take such a great responsibility.

Your Highness, you should go out and look for her.

A husband and a wife would make up very quickly after a fight.

Maybe Her Highness was just in a fit of pique.

Just find her

and coax her. That will do.

That's right.

If I find out you are lying,

don't blame me for being ruthless.

Your Highness.

Take care and goodbye.

Wen Ye has noticed something.

We can't delay any longer.

Tell Commander Zhang to act quickly.

Yes.

Your Excellency,

I...

Don't leave any trace.

Now the soldiers have found out,

we won't be able to leave tonight.

Then stay one more day.

It's safer this way.

We're running out of food.

There must be some food in this village.

I'll go find some.

You...

Come with me.

How dare you!

How dare you set fire?

I just wanted to protect myself.

Protect yourself?

Do you know what will happen

to the women held in captivity in the fortress

in the end?

Are you scared now?

Then behave yourself.

If you don't make any trouble,

I'll keep you safe.

Otherwise,

I myself don't know what I'll do.

You...

What will you do?

I'm a bandit. I can do anything.

I remember you.

You helped me catch a thief on the street.

You are that righteous man.

I...

I was just adopting a long-term plan to secure something big.

And you gave me

that half of the steamed bun on purpose.

I don't think

you're a villain.

You don't have to pretend to be fierce.

I want to live.

Can you help me?

Help you?

This is valuable, right?

Give it back to me.

As long as I let it go,

it will be smashed into pieces.

Don't.

Is it so important?

If you have to exchange it with your life,

will you agree?

If you can keep your promise,

I will.

This is so important?

Does it belong to a man?

This belongs to my husband.

It's just a jade pendant.

Is it worth your life?

I think you are a good person.

You won't kill me for real.

Don't challenge my authority.

If you kill me,

you won't get anything.

If you let me go

and let me leave from the cliff behind,

no matter how much money you want,

I'll send it to your fortress

when I get it ready in the future.

Do you know

what is the least valuable thing in the capital?

What?

Women.

My husband is not a heartless man.

He will protect me.

Also,

I can help you find food to satisfy your hunger.

Okay.

Find the food first then.

Your Highness.

I saw with my eyes that the maid from the Shen Mansion came looking for Her Highness.

No one threatened her.

She left with the maid happily.

She's not in the Shen Mansion,

nor did she come back to our mansion.

What on earth is she doing?

Did the Shen family hide her?

Sir,

shall we send people out to look for her?

Okay.

Go.

Remember.

Don't let anyone know.

Yes.

Is this edible?

This is called sweet potato.

It looks black,

but it's sweet inside.

And it makes you full.

It seems to be a crop which only grows in the south.

I heard that many people in this village

had fled here from the flood

of the south.

So we dug out a lot of sweet potatoes in the ground.

How about we try them?

Sure. I'm hungry now.

Try it.

You can share it.

So sweet.

It's quite sweet.

It's delicious.

Good for you.

You found so much food.

Thank you.

What's your name?

Shen Keyi.

Keyi?

What an interesting name.

My mother gave me the name

because she hoped I could be at ease anywhere

and be fine with anything.

So, do you want to make a bet with me?

You're an interesting hostage.

No matter who comes,

I won't want to let you go.

You're cheating!

All right.

I promise you.

Whether anyone comes to redeem you

or whether your husband comes to pick you up,

I won't kill you.

You...

Are you really not going to kill me?

No.

I knew it.

You are different from other bandits.

Actually, I don't want to be a bandit.

But I was born

and raised in the fortress.

I don't know what else I can do except be a bandit.

I just listen to the stories

and

live a carefree life every day.

You shouldn't be a bandit.

You should…

be a hero.

Me?

A hero?

A dragon gives birth to a baby dragon, and a phoenix, a baby phoenix.

The son of the bandits

will be a bandit all his life.

Where did you get this?

I got this from an old lady.

Where is she?

Where did you meet her?

When I met her,

she was dying.

She was holding this tight in her hand.

I was going to ask her what happened,

but she died.

Madam.

Ke.

Ke.

This belonged to my nanny.

I recognize it.

Nanny!

Nanny.

Nanny.

You're awake.

What's wrong with me?

You fainted, probably because

you were too sad.

Nanny is my only family in this world.

Now she's gone, too.

Isn't there that man?

He hasn't arrived until now.

Do you still believe in him?

He gave me the most important jade pendant.

I believe in him.

Young Master.

Young Master.

Young Master.

What is it?

It's getting so late.

We agreed to leave today.

Uncle Dao is angry.

You don't have to delay our schedule

because of a sick girl.

Let's wait for another day.

With her current condition,

how can she climb the mountains?

I'm sure she won't be able to hold up halfway there.

But Uncle Dao can't wait any longer.

Why don't we give up the ransom?

Our lives are more important.

I'll talk to Uncle Dao.

Okay. Uncle Dao is over there.

It's good.

It's delicious.

What's going on?

What happened?

Are you alright?

Young Master, look.

What's going on?

Are you okay?

Zhou Yu.

That girl

put poison into our food.

She wants to poison us.

Look.

That girl must have poisoned us on purpose.

No.

Something is wrong with the water.

Commander Zhang, she's Princess Jin.

If we kill her,

will we be avenged by Prince Jin?

Madam Shen said

that the princess ran away from home

because she was bullied in Prince Jin's Mansion.

Then she was kidnapped by bandits, unfortunately.

Then it's the bandits who have kidnapped

and killed her.

What does it have to do with us?

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

We're here under His Highness's order.

Did His Highness come to pick me up?

Your Highness, take the medicine first.

His Highness is very worried about your health.

After you take the medicine,

I'll take you out of here.

Something's wrong.

Why aren't Nan Bo and Guard Wan here?

His Highness got the news that you were kidnapped by bandits

and asked me to get you home.

He learned that I was kidnapped by bandits.

Didn't he ask anything?

Of course His Highness is worried about you.

You're lying.

If His Highness knew I was kidnapped by bandits,

he wouldn't have sent

someone I don't know to pick me up.

Who sent you here?

His Highness wanted to save your face,

but you just don't know how to appreciate favors.

What are you doing?

Let go of me!

-His Highness already knows that you got married in place of your sister -Let go of me!

and that you entered the Prince's Mansion to steal the jade pendant.

He will never allow a liar and a cheater like you

to go back to the Prince's Mansion again.

Drink.

Open your mouth.

Go!

Are you okay?

I'm a liar. It's all my fault.

Even if you lied to him,

he shouldn't kill you like that.

His Highness already knows that you got married in place of your sister

and that you entered the Prince's Mansion to steal the jade pendant.

He will never allow a liar and a cheater like you

to go back to the Prince's Mansion again.

His Highness wouldn't want to kill me.

He wouldn't do this to me.

I don't believe it.

[Xingyue Pavilion]

Your Highness.

Her Highness told me not to tell you.

But for the sake of her safety,

I must tell you.

The Shen family sent this poisonous dress

and forced her to wear it at the Palace banquet on Lantern Festival.

They wanted to kill Her Highness.

In order not to enter the Palace,

Her Highness soaked in the cold spring for hours.

She froze herself into illness.

Sir, the water is poisonous.

I might have forgotten to close the window last night when I was sleeping.

I caught a cold.

I'm afraid I can't accompany you to the Palace banquet.

Answer my questions truthfully.

If you answer it wrong,

the sword will be merciless.

Spare my life, Your Highness.

I really don't know anything.

I haven't asked yet.

Why do you say you don't know anything?

Let me ask you.

Why did you hurt the Princess?

Her Highness is the Prime Minister's illegitimate daughter who didn't grow up in the Prime Minister's mansion.

[Xingyue Pavilion]

The Shen family didn't want their legitimate daughter to be a widow,

so they let Her Highness get married in replacement.

But then Your Highness suddenly came back to life and came back home.

Her Ladyship and His Excellency

then gave the Princess a task.

They asked her to steal…

to steal…

What?

To steal your jade pendant.

Go on.

Later they found out that Your Highness gave the jade to Her Highness.

Her Ladyship wanted to kill Her Highness

after getting the jade pendant.

But about the current situation of Her Highness,

I really don't know.

I was only in charge of the affairs in the mansion.

As for the scheme outside the mansion,

Her Ladyship wouldn't tell me either.

Take her away.

Take her away!

Your Highness, please spare my life.

I've told you everything I know.

Your Highness.

Her Highness is the Prime Minister's illegitimate daughter who didn't grow up in the Prime Minister's mansion.

Your Highness suddenly came back to life and came back home.

My daughter is married to you.

We are in-laws.

Her Ladyship and His Excellency then gave the Princess a task.

Third Uncle,

we are relatives now.

Can't I stay in your house?

Your Highness.

Good morning.

Thank you, Your Highness.

After eating your food, we'll be family.

Your Highness.

I can become the person you like

to repay you.

Weren't you afraid when you blocked the arrow for me?

Actually, I had a selfish motive.

But what can I do?

Can I choose my own fate?

Your Highness.

I remembered that the maid Princess met

at the Lantern Festival

claimed to be a servant of the Shen family.

Her Highness left with her.

I met her again on the street today.

I felt something was wrong.

So I followed her

and threatened her.

Then she confessed everything.

Her name is Nian Sanniang.

She's not a servant of the Shen family,

but a neighbor that the Princess knew from before.

That night, she was under Madam Shen's instigation

to deceive Her Highness.

She took Her Highness into a carriage and left the capital.

And then?

And...

Then...

I found only this much about Nian Sanniang.

By the way, Wan told me

[Xingyue Pavilion]

Her Highness once sneaked out of our mansion

and had a fake jade pendant made in the jewelry shop.

The fake jade pendant

is exactly the same as yours.

I don't know why she wanted that jade pendant.

Interrogate all the carriage drivers in the whole city.

Focus primarily on those who left the city

on the night of the Lantern Festival.

Yes.

[Xingyue Pavilion]

Take them away.

Go.

Take them away.

Go.

Let's go back.

Your Highness.

I really don't know

it was the Princess who was in the carriage that day.

If I knew,

I wouldn't dare to do it

even if you lend me much courage.

Please spare my life, Your Highness.

Please spare my life.

What did the person who hired you want you to do?

The employer asked me

to snatch a jade pendant from her

and then kill her.

At that moment a group of people suddenly rushed out

and took her away.

I didn't kill anyone.

I don't know what happened next, Your Highness.

Take him away.

Your Highness.

Spare my life, Your Highness!

Please spare my life!

Take a roll call.

Yes.

Let's drink.

Master. Master.

What?

The God of War, Prince Jin, Wen Ye

is blocking the gate of our fortress.

Why did he come here?

They said

we kidnapped their princess

and asked us to hand her over.

But we haven't seen

a trace of their princess at all!

I see.

It must be Zhou Yu who did it down the mountains.

He hasn't come back for days.

Tell Jin Wenye that…

It's Prince Jin, Wen Ye.

Never mind!

Go tell him.

Just tell him…

Forget it.

I'll go by myself.

Move aside.

Your Highness.

The person you're looking for

must be taken away by my son Zhou Yu.

He hasn't been back for days.

This has nothing to do

with our fortress.

All in all, every injustice has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor.

He should take the full responsibility.

Your Royal Lordship Jin,

please go to him directly.

Where is your son?

I don't know.

He could be alive…

or dead.

That's nonsense!

Anyway, he's indeed not here in the fortress.

It should be that

he went down the mountain three days ago.

He might stop over at any village along the way.

Search!

Yes.

Your Highness.

We've finished searching.

Indeed she's not here.

A team stays here.

You go with me and search along the way.

Yes.

Take care, Your Highness.