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[The Substitute Princess's Love]

[Episode 14]

[Prince Jin's Mansion]

Doctor, how is Her Ladyship?

Fortunately,

the arrow didn't hurt any of her vital organs.

I've taken the arrow out of her body.

But

Her Ladyship's body is weak.

So she needs more rest.

It's been cold and damp in recent days.

Burn some charcoal in the room all the time

to keep warm.

Yes, doctor.

Doctor.

Is it enough?

Yes.

You don't have to use so much.

She'll have inflammation if the temperature is too high in the room.

Make sure it's not too warm or too cold.

Guard Wan.

I'm here.

If Her Ladyship needs anything,

I'll ask Steward Yi for help.

You've been here all night.

Go back and have some rest.

I'll stay here.

I won't leave until she wakes up.

Stop.

There's a trap ahead.

Let me go!

I've sent people to chase them.

I'll let you know if I get any news.

Thank you.

Your Highness.

We've captured some of them alive.

Take them back for interrogation.

Yes.

Go back and get changed.

You stink.

You're awake!

Yes.

How I wish

that arrow had gotten into my body.

It's okay.

I'm glad I did it.

It shows how brave I was at that time.

Your Highness, be careful.

Your Highness.

Lady Yunying is awake.

The doctor said her injury was not serious now.

But your leg is still injured.

The doctor said several times

that you shouldn't

walk too much.

Otherwise, you can hardly recover.

It's okay.

I'll take more ointment with me.

I have many military affairs to deal with these days. I can't have much rest.

Where is Her Highness?

She's been back and had a rest for half a day.

She's much better now.

She has been waiting for you in your room.

Come on.

Your Highness.

Remember to use the ointment.

Okay.

[Tang's Fish Shop]

Can I go with you?

I'll repay you.

When you become stronger,

we will meet again.

We will meet again.

[The Great Learning] [Tao Te Ching]

Your Highness, you're awake.

Where is His Highness?

He left before dawn.

He said that he had many military affairs to deal with

and asked you not to wait for him tonight.

But today is His Highness' birthday.

Sister Yunying.

These are the cakes I prepared for you.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Sister Yunying.

How did His Highness

celebrate his birthday in the past?

He spent most of his time in the army,

so he never celebrated his birthday.

There were a few years when he went back to the capital

on his birthday.

But he just went to the royal palace to visit Empress Dowager.

That's understandable.

My nanny told me

that the day one is born is the day one's mother suffers.

Although Empress Dowager

is not His Highness's birth mother,

she is the one who raised him.

She's one of His Highness's family.

His Highness is busy in the army today.

As his wife,

I should visit Empress Dowager on his behalf.

Your Highness.

You'd better not go to the royal palace.

Empress Dowager...

Sister Yunying.

I know

Empress Dowager doesn't like me.

But I can't always hide behind His Highness

and let him deal with all the conflicts.

I have to face those conflicts.

Instead of letting Empress Dowager criticize me,

I'll go visit her first.

Actually, sometimes,

you don't have to do these things.

His Highness will protect you.

The royal palace is different from our mansion.

I won't be able to help you if you're there.

I need to take my responsibility.

His Highness and I should work together

so that we can have a happy family.

If I just let His Highness do everything,

he'll be very tired.

Don't worry, Sister Yunying.

I'll be fine.

Your Highness.

You've become more mature now.

[Jiaxi Palace]

[Beauty and Grace]

If you want to see Empress Dowager,

[Jiaxi Palace]

why are just standing here?

Your Highness.

Don't kneel down.

Let's go back to Prince's Mansion.

You came to visit her and brought desserts made by yourself.

But she

is giving you a hard time.

It's fine.

[Jiaxi Palace]

Luckily, the desserts are not stale.

They're still tasty.

She deserves stale desserts.

No matter how nice we're to her, or how good

our desserts are, she won't care about it at all.

[Shen Mansion]

Do you want me to feel more painful?

I'm so sorry.

Get out!

Yes.

Your Ladyship.

Have you got any news

about the guy I asked you to find?

Yes.

Your Ladyship.

Our men found out that

Shen Keyi

used to sell sugar figures on Jinsheng Street.

There was an old man

who also sold sugar figures next to her stall.

He knows everything about Shen Keyi.

Give some money to him

and ask him

to go to the royal palace.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

By the way,

of all the young girls in the Jiang family,

has any one of them been chosen

as the emperor's concubine?

Miss Jiang, the oldest and dearest daughter of your cousin

has been chosen this year and she's in the royal palace now.

Prepare some expensive gifts for her.

I need my niece

to help me.

Yes.

Go.

Shen Keyi.

For how much I've suffered,

I'll make you suffer much more heavily.

[Jiaxi Palace]

[Jiaxi Palace]

Your Highness, are we going to kneel all day?

[Jiaxi Palace]

Come in with me.

Please hurry up.

Don't keep Empress Dowager waiting too long.

Your Grace.

Why are you

looking at me like this?

I didn't see you clearly last time.

This time, I do.

You are younger and more beautiful than I thought.

So you used to think

I was an old, ugly woman?

No, I didn't dare to think that way.

Now I know

you're really good at flattering people.

No wonder His Highness is obsessed with you.

I didn't know he had said that.

His Highness never told me that before.

Your Grace.

These are the desserts I made for you.

Thank you.

[Beauty and Grace]

I'm glad you came today.

I

have something to discuss with you.

Show the portraits.

[Wu Xue, Grand Preceptor's daughter, aged 20]

They are daughters of noble families in the capital.

[Wang Qiuyue, daughter of Head of State Security Bureau, aged 18]

You choose one from them to be a concubine for His Highness.

So that she can help you with the business

in Prince's Mansion in the future

and produce offspring for His Highness.

Please forgive me, Your Grace.

I can't do this.

There're many good girls in the world.

But His Highness only wants me to be together with him.

I have no right to select

a few concubines for him.

Princess Jin is a jealous wife. It's against women's virtue.

According to the palace rules, she should be warned and slapped in the face.

Yes.

Your Grace.

I knelt at the door

and got punished by you.

If there's nothing else,

I'll go back to Prince's Mansion.

I need to go back now

and make birthday noodles for His Highness.

I don't know if you know

today is His Highness's birthday.

I want to keep him company today.

From this year on,

His Highness will not spend his birthday alone.

All right, you may leave.

I now know what kind of girl she is.

No wonder His Highness likes her.

Go.

Summon Yi Fu to the palace.

Yes.

That woman in the palace

slapped my face harder than Aunt Xin did.

Your Highness.

Tell it to His Highness once we get back to the mansion.

He will do something about it.

Don't do that.

Why not?

This is so humiliating.

[Jiaxi Palace]

Today is his birthday.

We should all be happy.

I don't want him to be worried because of this.

I'm fine.

I just need to use some ointment.

It must have hurt very much.

Greetings, Your Grace.

Stand up.

Thank you, Your Grace.

Is His Highness in the mansion today?

His Highness is busy with military affairs.

He hasn't been back to the mansion for many days.

This day last year,

did he come to the royal palace?

Yes, Your Highness.

And he did it the year before last year.

And three years ago.

As long as he was in the capital that day,

he would come to the palace.

He would always sat here for a while

and he wouldn't say anything.

Now I know

he just wanted to hear me, his mother

say happy birthday to him.

But I

just forgot that.

Your Grace.

How about I bring a birthday gift to him?

Forget it.

By the way,

how is the relationship

between Prince Jin and his wife?

His Highness has been busy with military affairs.

and has no time to spend with her.

They...

Yi Fu.

Your Grace, forgive me.

I didn't tell you the truth.

Actually,

I feel sympathetic towards His Highness.

He has finally

met someone who really understands him.

But she is the daughter of the Shen family.

But she

is such a good girl.

His Highness got to know her identity long ago.

The Shen family has abandoned her.

I know

the girl he likes

must be a good girl.

But

unless he goes to his fief,

he can never fall in love with anyone

in the capital.

The stability of the border areas of Liang State has been restored,

but the North State is still a big threat to us.

We need Prince Jin to protect our state.

He can't leave now.

Your Grace.

I watched His Highness

grow up.

From a little boy

to an excellent general.

But he should be treated as a man with feelings first.

He's not just an excellent general.

He has chosen to be

a general respected by the people,

so he should know

the emperor can never fully trust him.

Before the former emperor passed away,

he actually wanted Prince Jin to accede to the throne.

If I hadn't made a deal with Prince Jin,

the two brothers

would have tried to kill each other.

Since he ascended the throne,

His Majesty has never fully trusted Prince Jin.

The two brothers have lived in peace with each other for many years.

But if there is a big change,

no one knows what will happen.

Besides,

the amulet given to Prince Jin by the former emperor

is useless now.

Your Grace.

You don't

believe that His Highness can handle all this?

I can't afford any risk.

I owe him a lot.

I won't be able to repay him.

I can only owe him forever.

Your Grace.

Even if I do nothing about it,

Madam Shen will take action

and she has already done it in the palace.

Princess Jin

won't be able

to be with Prince Jin for long.

[Quezhou Defense Map]

Your Highness.

The grain transportation units have arrived in Quezhou.

That's good.

Where are the people from Nanzhu Pavilion?

After they arrived at Mount Crane,

no one can find them.

And those Men of Sacrifice were too stubborn.

They refused to tell anything.

I've had many battles with the chief of Nanzhu Pavilion.

I rarely gained the upper hand.

She is skilled and mysterious.

If we can't capture her, it will be a big trouble.

Should I try harder to search the mountain area?

No need.

Remove all our troops.

She's good at hiding herself.

We can't find her here.

Let her go to the capital

where we'll set a trap for her.

Your Highness.

Why are you so sure that she will go to the capital?

Without an accomplice in the capital,

she couldn't assassinate me

and launch a sneak attack at Tianhe Fortress at the same time.

If grain transportation units can't reach us

we will not be able to build a military base camp

in Quezhou.

This will give Liang State an advantage.

At the same time,

those officials will begin to lose trust in me.

Let's wait and see what she'll do next.

I want to solve this problem once and for all.

Your Highness, happy birthday to you.

Today is my birthday?

Yes.

Your Highness.

No matter how busy you are, you can't forget your birthday.

This is the first time that

somebody in my family has made birthday noodles for me.

Then in the future,

I'll make birthday noodles for you on your birthday every year.

Ye.

You'll know when you grow up.

In some places, no matter how much charcoal you burn, you won't feel warm.

But there is a place where you'll feel warm

even when the roof is leaking and windows are broken.

What place is that?

It's home

where a family live together in a house.

That's the warmest place in the world.

Your Highness, it's almost midnight.

Make a wish.

My wish has been fulfilled.

I am now

in the warmest place in the world.

The warmest place?

The warmest place

is my home where you're with me.

Your Highness.

There's a scar on your hand.

I didn't notice it before.

I got it a long time ago.

I don't even remember it.

It seems that at that time I saw a girl who was about to be bullied.

I was going to help her,

but she scratched me.

And then?

Nothing happened.

Didn't she say she could only repay you by being your wife

and she would never marry anyone else?

You've read too many stories.

Your Highness.

Did you go to the royal palace today?

I heard that you would go to the royal palace to visit Empress Dowager

on your birthday every year.

So I went to the palace and visited her on your behalf.

Your Highness.

Why are you looking at me like this?

I did a great job in the palace today.

But I got lost

and hit the wall.

That's why my face is red.

It's getting late.

I'll go to bed now.

Bye, Your Highness.

It's really him.

Why him?