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[The Substitute Princess's Love]

[Episode 17]

Your Ladyship.

I'll take my leave.

Okay.

Can you not go?

Why not?

They are not kind to you.

It's none of your business.

What does it have to do

with you, Guard Wan?

I...

I admire you.

As your admirer, I am being a little selfish.

Is it enough?

♫My missing of you is like a gust of wind♫

♫Your attitudes towards me are always changing, and I'm deeply influenced by the memories♫

♫I've seen many people coming and going♫

♫There's an ocean in their eyes♫

I know...

♫I thought I could see through it, but I couldn't help thinking about you♫

I know there are

many differences between us.

Our statuses are different.

Many people may even bad-mouth us.

♫Lend me the stars so that they can be my companions♫

But life is short.

♫While I'm going through the long night♫

Why can't you just live for yourself for once?

♫Lend me a lamp♫

♫To warm my lonely heart♫

If Your Ladyship has the same feeling as mine,

♫Lend me some ink♫

♫So that I can draw a portrait for you♫

please don't go.

♫I've been missing you♫

♫There's so much to say♫

♫I'll ask♫

♫The moon to answer your questions for me♫

♫Lend me the stars so that they can be my companions♫

♫While I'm going through the long night♫

♫Lend me a lamp♫

♫To warm my lonely heart♫

Do what you like. Be brave.

♫Lend me some ink♫

Don't care what others think of you.

Get rid of prejudices and stereotypes.

♫So that I can draw a portrait for you♫

Just follow your heart.

♫I've been missing you♫

Your Ladyship!

♫There's so much to say♫

Leave me here and go!

♫Lend me the stars so that they can be my companions♫

♫While I'm going through the long night♫

♫Lend me a lamp♫

Please wait for me for some more time.

♫To warm my lonely heart♫

Let me take my last step

♫Lend me some ink♫

towards you.

♫So that I can draw a portrait for you♫

It will take a while

♫I've been missing you♫

but I will definitely come.

♫There's so much to say♫

♫I'll ask♫

♫The moon to answer your questions for me♫

Good night.

Bye.

Your Highness.

Don't go.

Just stay here.

Please.

I have some military affairs to deal with.

You sleep first.

Okay.

Lie down.

We'll be away for only a few days.

We don't have to take so many things with us.

Sister Yunying.

Your Highness.

Let me help you pack.

It is rare to see you here.

Why aren't you with His Highness?

What brings you here?

You'll be away for quite a few days. I'm going to miss you much.

Well.

I know

what you're thinking.

What are you going to tell me?

Take a seat first.

I'd better not tell you about it.

It's embarrassing.

What's the thing that even makes you embarrassed?

I

am so curious what it is.

Sister Yunying.

Do you think His Highness

has been acting weird in front of me recently?

You think there is something wrong?

Not really.

I think

His Highness has been too nice to me lately.

I feel I'm living in a dream every day.

You silly girl.

It's totally right for a husband

to be nice to his wife.

There's nothing wrong with it.

When I was a little kid,

my neighbor Uncle Zhang couldn't afford to raise his daughter.

So he planned to desert her on a street out of the city.

A few days before he did that,

he had treated his daughter very well.

He had even bought snacks

that he wouldn't buy before for his daughter.

Stop.

What are you thinking?

I know this is not a good example.

But I feel insecure.

What are you insecure about?

His Highness doesn't sleep with me now.

My gosh.

You're really open with us.

Well...

Shouldn't a married couple sleep together?

Could it be that

His Highness is hiding a lover in his room?

Your Highness.

You must trust His Highness.

He will not cheat on you.

He must have been busy with work recently

so he needed to work overnight.

He thought

you had suffered a lot in prison

and needed time to recover.

That's why he's been so nice to you lately.

He wanted to make it up to you.

You're right.

I was thinking too much.

Didn't you say

you had prepared a new year gift for His Highness?

Have you given it to him?

I forgot.

Go give it to him now.

We're leaving soon.

Sister Yunying.

Have a safe trip. I'll wait for you to come back.

[Prince Jin's Mansion]

Your Ladyship.

Shall we wait a little longer?

Let's go.

Guard Wan

only said those beautiful words to you.

He knows you're going to your mother-in-law's home to worship ancestors.

Why is he not here to see you off?

It's strange, Your Ladyship.

This path used to be rough.

Who has made it so smooth?

Your Ladyship,

why are you laughing?

[Virtue and Benevolence]

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have left the marriage agreement in the study.

I've hidden it

in your wardrobe.

It's okay.

Be careful in the future.

But...

Your Highness.

The wedding is drawing near.

You can't hide it

from her forever.

Uncle Fu.

Tell me.

When should I tell her?

In my opinion,

she'll be sad about it anyway.

You'd better tell Her Highness as soon as possible

and explain to her your difficulties.

Her Highness

will understand.

But it's my fault.

How can I ask her to understand it?

Your Highness.

If there's no any other way,

how about you send her

to your villa outside the city?

After the wedding,

you can get her back

and explain to her.

Will His Highness

like it?

Yes, he will.

Although I'm not good at sewing,

he will feel my love from this.

His Highness will be very happy upon seeing the outfit.

Is this a wedding outfit?

He said he's going to tell me something on New Year's eve.

Is he going to hold

a wedding for me again? A bigger one.

He's so sweet.

[Zuo Shuangzhi, Princess of Liang State, is a graceful lady who is not married.]

[Wen Ye, Prince Jin, is honored to marry her and I will pick a wedding day for them.]

[She is a quiet and elegant princess.]

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

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

♫Among the clouds and in the sky♫

♫This love has lasted for several rounds 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♫

♫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♫

[Shanglin Pavilion]

Don't come.

Who is the girl you're going to marry?

Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't get the chance to do it.

Are you going to abandon me?

No.

I...

Forget it.

You're a liar.

[Xingyue Pavilion]

Your Highness.

Doctor.

No one else is here.

How is she?

Your Highness.

Her Highness

is pregnant.

She is

only three months pregnant.

So her body is very weak.

The child may....

Doctor.

Please give her a prescription.

No matter what it takes,

you must take good care of Her Highness

and the unborn child.

Okay.

I will do my best

to help Her Highness take care the child.

And

keep this a secret.

Don't show the prescription to those in the Imperial Hospital.

Just bring it to Prince's Mansion.

Your Highness.

Prince Xian is here.

Ask him to leave.

I'll talk to him tomorrow.

Prince Xian said

it's an urgent matter.

Yuanze.

Why are you so flustered?

Brother, do you know Xu Fang?

Xu Fang?

He was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice when the former emperor was alive.

What did he do?

Didn't he leave the state and defect?

He did.

I just got to know

that Xu Fang had defected to Liang State at that time.

To show that the leader of Liang State really wants to marry the princess to you,

he handed Xu Fang to His Majesty.

Okay.

So what?

Xu Fang was a minister trusted by the former emperor

but he had conflicts with our present emperor.

Xu Fang was afraid that he would be punished

so he defected when His Majesty ascended the throne.

Now he's back and he'll be sentenced to death this time.

But I've got the news

that Xu Fang told His Majesty a secret in the prison

in exchange of his life.

Go on.

That secret

is about an imperial order issued by the former emperor.

It said the former emperor

planned to let you accede to the throne.

Brother.

Is it true?

Then why are you...

I made a deal with Empress Dowager.

I didn't want him and me to be brothers who would hate each other

so I gave up the throne

and went to the border areas.

But I know

he never

fully trusts me.

Fortunately, Xu Fang

hasn't got any evidence now.

His Majesty won't make a big fuss about it.

But I'm afraid that someone might take this opportunity

to drive a wedge between you and His Majesty.

If I'm all alone,

I wouldn't care about these things.

But now,

Her Highness is pregnant.

Brother.

You can't keep this child.

That's my child!

His Majesty doesn't want you to have a child.

He made you marry a daughter of the Shen family.

And now he is making you marry the princess of Liang State.

Both of them are related to your enemies.

His Majesty believed you wouldn't like them.

He thought you wouldn't let them be pregnant.

I was born into the royal family.

My life

is always at stake.

We have a large family. His Majesty sees me as a threat because of my achievements.

I know that day would come.

But that's my child.

I can't make her abort the child.

If you insist on keeping this child,

His Majesty will get Her Highness and your child

detained in the royal place as hostages.

You really want the child to lose freedom the minute he's born?

You really want your family to break apart?

If I force her to abort the child,

she will hate me forever.

If you want to keep the child and be free,

take Her Highness with you and leave here tonight.

No.

I can't leave now.

[Map of Great Cang]

I've been fighting battles for ten years.

The border areas in the north have been pacified.

But the Nomadic Tribes in the north

may come back anytime.

And we have to deal with

Shen Yurong who is a treacherous official.

So,

I can't leave now.

Isn't this a dead end?

I need more time.

The longer you delay, the more dangerous the situation will be.

There're so many people spying on my mansion.

Before everything is ready,

I can only snub her.

Only in this way

can I keep her and the unborn child safe.

Uncle Fu.

Your Highness.

When I was cleaning your room,

I found this new outfit.

I think

Her Highness must have made it for you by herself.

Uncle Fu.

Yes.

Uncle Fu.

I know you are a spy

sent here by Empress Dowager.

Your Highness.

I'm guilty.

I'm guilty.

Uncle Fu,

I know you have no other choice.

I can see that.

Besides,

all these years,

you haven't done anything that harmed the mansion.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Uncle Fu,

I have a request.

Your Highness.

I know

what it is.

I won't tell anyone

including Empress Dowager

that Her Highness's pregnant.

Good.

Good.

Uncle Fu,

This is a big test for us.

From now on,

you'll need to take care of all the business in Xingyue Pavilion.

Don't worry, Your Highness.

I will

do my best.

Where is His Highness?

Your Highness.

His Highness hasn't gone up yet.

I want to see His Highness.

Your Highness.

Have some ginger soup.

You may leave.

Yes.

Your Highness.

I dreamed about you.

In the dream, I couldn't find you anywhere.

It's still cold.

Have some ginger soup first.

Your Highness.

Did I

do anything wrong in the past?

If I did,

I can correct the mistake.

Although

I was born on the street

and don't know many rules,

I'm willing to learn.

I can take care of the business in the mansion.

Can you

not marry that girl?

I thought

you were a sensible woman.

Since when have you become so jealous?

Your Highness.

Will you fall in with many women?

In the mansion,

there won't be only one woman.

You are my Princess Jin.

You should accept this.

If that's the case,

I will hate you very much.

A wife should be obedient to her husband.

You shouldn't think like that.

You'll be grounded in Xingyue Pavilion for a month.

Reflect on what you did wrong.

You think you did nothing wrong?

Prime Minister Shen

has told me about the substitute princess.

The culprit, Madam Shen

has been punished by law.

Your Majesty.

Since the truth has been found out,

let me

take my wife home.

Please.

Wen Ye.

I

know you want her home.

But now,

there's one more thing.

[Marriage Agreement]

[The marriage between two people of the noble families from each state can bring peace and prosperity.]

The leader of Liang State

wants to marry the princess

to a nobleman in our state to bring peace in the border areas.

I don't want any more wars.

So

I agreed.

Brother.

I won't fall in love with another woman.

I don't want to marry her.

Wen Ye.

You led our army and defeated the troops of Liang State.

So they fear you.

If the Princess of Liang State

is married to someone else instead of you,

they

won't rest assured.

I...

If you still want to reject this,

I'll have to let the girl of the Shen family

be punished by law.

If you

agree to marry the Princess of Liang State,

I will allow that girl

to continue to be with you.

She'll still be your wife, not your concubine.

Both of them will be Princesses Jin.

[Marriage Agreement]