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[The Princess Royal]

[Adapted from Mo Shu Bai's novel, The Princess Royal on jjwxc.net]

[This is a work of fiction.]

[Episode 18]

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

The Prince Consort is back.

♪In the shower of petals♪

What did you say?

What did you just say?

♪And the stars twinkle. At this moment♪

Did you say Pei Wenxuan is back?

Really?

The Prince Consort... The Prince Consort is back in the capital.

♪It's hard to tell what's right or wrong♪

♪I forgot to lock both our memories♪

♪Pupils are enchanted♪

Quickly. Ask someone to find out more

and keep me posted.

Besides,

send people to guard the imperial hall at once.

As soon as there's news from the imperial hall

that the Qin Family has been pardoned,

have all the men of the Inspectorate Office

clear the royal path

to ensure that the Imperial Decree Bearer

can arrive at the execution site unimpeded.

Yes.

Go now.

I'll go right away.

♪To take the risk, to make the decision♪

♪To break through♪

♪In the shower of petals, and the stars twinkle♪

♪Make the decision to love you to the moon and back♪

♪Don't be afraid of changes, there's no escaping destiny♪

♪The dream from the previous life is fading♪

Mr. Su.

Pei Wenxuan...

is back.

I heard that.

What you just said...

Please forget...

about what I said, Your Highness.

Don't take it to heart.

Mr. Xie.

Why are you here?

But I haven't received an imperial order from His Majesty.

My master said he'd be responsible for any problems caused.

Execute them first.

[Execute]

[Beibang Inn]

It's time.

Execute!

Let's take action.

The time is not yet up

and the imperial decree hasn't yet arrived.

How could you execute them beforehand?

How dare you!

You are now in the capital, the imperial city.

How dare you openly rescue criminals

disregarding the law?

Arrest them!

Halt the execution!

His Majesty has ordered to halt the execution.

Here's the evidence I've obtained.

Your Majesty, please take a look at it.

Your Majesty, what you see here

are the records I transcribed of the provisions and funds in transit

from the county offices

along the way that I visited.

Go ahead.

In addition to these records,

I've also asked the local soldiers and people

to record their testimonies of the war.

In that war, half the soldiers had suffered

from starvation and illness before the war started.

[A soldier defending Huangping County] They couldn't fight

without enough to eat.

But under this circumstance,

the Qin Family was still able to safely evacuate the people in advance

without causing too many casualties.

[A soldier in battle] In my opinion,

the Qin Family

should not be punished.

Instead, they should be rewarded.

Your Majesty,

don't ever disappoint the soldiers at the border.

Pei Wenxuan,

do you have any idea what your words mean?

Your Majesty, I implore you to thoroughly investigate

the embezzlement of military provisions and funds

by the counties in Huangping County.

It's a false accusation.

Your Majesty, he's making a false accusation.

Pei Wenxuan, do you know

how many officials in the Great Xia

will be wronged, humiliated

and implicated if you make

such a casual remark?

If it's a false accusation, it'll be found out.

Your Majesty, I implore you to thoroughly investigate

the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Revenue,

the Ministry of War, and the Censorate

to clear the Qin Family's name

and bring justice to the soldiers at the border.

Pei Wenxuan, what do you mean?

The Ministry of Justice, War, Revenue, and the Censorate?

Are you saying that everyone in the imperial court

is working together to hide the truth and frame the Qin Family?

Is it worth it for a mere Qin Family?

Besides, as an investigating censor,

you were not doing your job,

yet you deceived His Majesty and left the capital without permission.

When you're back,

you've fabricated a bunch of evidence to deceive His Majesty.

Do you think His Majesty can be fooled by you?

You checked the accounts.

What kind of authority do you have

as an investigating censor

that allows you to check so many existing accounts?

Why would they give you those accounts?

How did you exactly get those accounts?

Your Majesty, I implore you to look into this.

- Your Majesty, - Your Majesty,

- I implore you to look into this. - I implore you to look into this.

Your Majesty, I implore you to look into this.

- Your Majesty, - Your Majesty,

- I implore you to look into this. - I implore you to look into this.

Your Majesty, I implore you to look into this.

Your Majesty, the soldiers at the border

are not only guarding the border,

but also the land and the people

of the Great Xia.

Pei Wenxuan, you've had a long journey.

This case is very important

and involves a lot of people.

Let me think about it.

You must be tired.

You can leave now and get some rest.

Your Majesty...

What? Didn't I make myself clear?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Wait.

Now, Pingyue is grounded at Beiyan Pagoda.

Go and pick her up.

You can go home together.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Highness, working with the noble families

to help the Crown Prince ascend the throne

is the best path for you.

If the Inspectorate Office is to be established,

you still need to have a sense of proportion.

Power struggles involve strife.

Please be careful, Your Highness.

I don't want to be your enemy, Your Highness.

I just hope you can lead a good life.

I've lost...

this one.

Your Highness, you must have a lot of things to attend to.

I'll take my leave now.

Su Rongqing.

Are you also...?

Nothing.

See you.

You didn't attend today's morning court,

but you've come to Beiyan Pagoda for a stroll.

It seems like you're in a good mood.

I came to see Her Highness for something.

It seems to be something urgent.

Mr. Pei,

you are afraid of me meeting Her Highness, aren't you?

It's broad daylight.

What nonsense are you talking about?

Why am I afraid of you meeting Her Highness?

You asked me

to be your groomsman to fetch Her Highness on your wedding day.

You intended to curry favor with Her Highness.

But then you found out

that she liked me.

Right?

So what?

I'm the one

who's with Her Highness now.

Pei Wenxuan.

How can feel at ease

when you say things like that?

Don't forget

that if it wasn't for His Majesty's fear of the imperial relatives,

you wouldn't have even been able

to get close to Her Highness in your life.

Not to mention

to be with Her Highness.

Let me remind you of something, too.

If you miss it, you miss it.

Since I'm with Her Highness now,

I won't give her up to anyone else.

No matter whether it's in the past or the future,

you won't get another chance.

Aren't you curious

about what I told Her Highness?

I told Her Highness...

that I'd like to marry her.

Unfortunately, you're back.

Pei Wenxuan.

I don't know why you are so confident.

You think that you can totally own Her Highness from now on?

But the way to protect Her Highness

is not to ask her

to against everyone in the imperial court with you

or to make her take

on the burden of inspecting all the officials.

If you ever put Her Highness

in this kind of danger in the future again,

then remember...

you will forever

lose Her Highness.

Pei Wenxuan.

You won't always be so lucky.

Su Rongqing, listen here.

You are no one to judge

how I treat Her Highness.

Besides,

I don't care what you say to Her Highness

because I know

Her Highness won't say yes to you.

Whether Her Highness agrees or not

is something you should find out for yourself.

I'll still say the same thing.

Don't let Her Highness down.

Conduct yourself well.

Your Highness!

The Prince Consort...

The Prince Consort is at the foot of the pagoda.

[Beiyan Pagoda]

Your Highness!

Your Highness, slowly.

Be careful.

You're back.

Pei Wenxuan.

Rong.

I'm here to take you home.

Well...

We haven't seen each other in a while so I've forgot myself.

If I've offended you in any way...

Does it hurt?

Your injuries.

Yes, it does.

It hurts everywhere.

Mr. Tian, you'd better confess.

The Prince Consort is already back.

The evidence he obtained is enough to put a lot of people at risk.

Why don't you keep yourself safe first?

Trying to trick me into talking about it?

You're too young for that.

If you're like this,

I'll write a memorial

about you

and submit it to the Censorate.

Mr. Tian,

think about it carefully.

Wait.

Recently, Tian Zhong and the others have disappeared one after another.

The situation is not encouraging.

I'm afraid they've got something on them.

All these people

have been reported by the Censorate, right?

What are you

going to do about them, Mr. Shangguan?

They've been warned to be careful with their words and actions,

but they just won't listen.

I'm afraid they can't stand the torture

and will speak out of turn.

We need to get rid of the misfits

in the noble families with Pingyue's help.

Is he all right?

Don't worry, Your Highness.

There is no vital injury.

He only needs to have a good rest to recuperate.

That's good.

But please still prescribe a few remedies

to help nurse his health.

Yes.

Thank you.

Your Highness,

the Qin Family's members have been settled,

you can go to see them at any time.

I'll go over there and take a look.

Take care of your young master.

Yes.

General Qin.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Get up. You're still wounded.

No need for these formalities.

Your Highness,

you've saved my entire family.

You have shown us great kindness. I...

Get up first. Get up and we can talk.

Slowly.

Okay.

Come on. Say thank you to Her Highness.

- Thanks for saving our lives, - Thanks for saving our lives,

- Your Highness. - Your Highness.

- We'll return the favor in the future. - We'll return the favor in the future.

You asked to be expelled from the capital

in exchange for time to clear my family's name.

You have shown us great kindness.

In the future, I, Qin Yun, am willing to risk my life to repay you.

Please get up.

Please get up now.

Her Highness has always disliked such formalities.

I just hope you can stay alive

to do the right thing

and help the country.

That would be enough.

Please suit yourselves.

Take care, Your Highness.

Come on, see Her Highness out.

I thought you saw me out

to thank me again.

The word "thank you"

never means anything.

What I can repay you

is the military power in the Northwest.

That's what you want the most,

right, Your Highness?

You're pretty confident

in your abilities.

It's not me who has confidence in myself.

It's you who have confidence in me.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have forced the Crown Prince

to go to Jiulu Mountain several times to see me.

That's true.

Your Highness, please.

You must have a lot of work ahead of you.

Don't get delayed.

His Majesty has arranged

for the Qin's Mansion to be returned to you.

So

you can either stay in my mansion

or go back to your mansion

today.

Such an honest man of character.

[Testimonies] Xun Chuan and I got these testimonies

to help you overturn the case for the Qin Family.

Okay.

If things go on like this,

Uncle will think of coming to me soon.

But I'm sure I'll get to the bottom

of the military provisions and funds case.

You must find a way to persuade him

to take this opportunity to rectify the Shangguan Family.

Of course,

it's awkward for Uncle to do it himself.

When the time comes, you can take the initiative

to suggest the Shangguan Family conduct an internal investigation.

This way,

I'll be able to have a say in the Shangguan Family.

I can even talk to my father

about letting me represent the Shangguan Family

to negotiate with you.

How confident are you?

It depends on how far you will push him.

I got it.

I'll take these back and read them.

I'll get going now.

It's still early yet you're going back?

Why don't you stay and we'll play several rounds?

I don't want to play with you.

Pei Wenxuan just came back today.

I have to go back early.

Your Highness, I'll stay here to discuss the details

with Miss Shangguan.

I'm glad you guys are working so well together.

Be careful.

I'm leaving.

What's on your mind?

I'm thinking...

Do you think Her Highness likes Su Rongqing more

or the Prince Consort more?

Is that what you should be thinking right now?

You're such a serious person.

It's so annoying to think of something serious all the time.

It's so much fun gossiping about Her Highness.

Finish your work

before you run into

Su Ronghua again.

You're so serious. Boring.

You scared me.

You scared me, too, Tong.

Jinglan,

it's been a long time since Her Highness and my young master

haven't seen each other.

Yeah.

Why are they still busy with their own businesses?

Haven't you noticed

they've been acting strange since they got back?

They're strange indeed.

It can't go on like this.

I have an idea.

Young Master.

Young Master.

You've got to talk to her.

Talk about what?

Don't you know what you have to do?

This is really serious.

Get to the point.

Her Highness refuses to sleep.

She was grounded in Beiyan Pagoda for a long time.

It's a humid place.

She's already in poor health, but she doesn't care.

She's still preoccupied with state affairs.

If you don't persuade her, then...

I got it. You can go and get some rest.

Okay.

Don't... Don't get too worried.

What are you doing?

Go to bed.

Go to bed?

Come on.

What's wrong?

Be careful.

Nothing. Just go to bed.

It's late now.

Well, why did you come over here all of a sudden to ask me to sleep?

I'm worried about your health.

It's late yet you're still reading the memorials.

But you haven't slept yet either.

So I'm here to keep you company.

Come on.

You're mad?

I'm not mad. I'm worried about your health.

Let's stop.

You're getting more and more aggressive.

It's like you're trying to devour me.

Did I hurt you?

Not really.

Well,

you're really heartbroken, aren't you?

Today,

I've lived for myself once.

Rongqing,

I hope you

live for yourself for the rest of your life.

Since Her Highness doesn't want to give up on the Inspectorate Office,

I can only use Consort Rou's power

to balance Her Highness's power

and prevent her from becoming everyone's target.

I told Her Highness

I'd like to marry her.

Are you unhappy

because you think that I don't care about you?

When you weren't around,

they all thought you were dead.

But I knew...

you were not.

I'm grateful for your faith in me.

You have always been confident in me.

It's not just because I was confident in you.

It's also because I was afraid.

I was afraid

I wouldn't know...

what to do if you died.

So whether I was confident in you or not,

I had to believe you were alive.

What are you looking at me for?

It's embarrassing to say this kind of thing,

so I don't like to say it.

What's so embarrassing about it?

I just want to look at you.

What's there to see? Sleep now.

Your Highness.

On my way to get evidence,

I was thinking about looking at you like this every day.

No way, you...

Your Highness.

I know you have me in your heart,

which makes me happy.

What are you doing?

I would like to give you the joy of the world.

So I can repay your favor.

Here.

Stay still.

♪A dream takes me through eternity♪

♪Waking up to the warmth of the sun♪

♪Only wrinkles on one's sleeves♪

♪Then, you wave to me♪

Don't move.

What are you doing? No.

Be good.

No.

I don't need it.

I don't need it.

No, I can't have this.

- Don't move. - I don't need it.

What do you think?

♪Talking about everything♪

♪I'm glad to have you in my world♪

♪By my side♪

♪We watch the moon and sun♪

♪We share the fate♪

♪We climb the high tower♪

♪Then we light up a lantern somewhere♪

♪The years pass♪

No.

I...

I've heard

that Mr. Su has asked for your hand in marriage.

Don't worry.

I'm just reminding you.

Don't be fooled by Mr. Su's good looks.

I can give you

everything you want.

Whenever you want

to be served,

I'll be at your service at any time.

I got it.

I got it.

Please forgive me, sir.

I'm sorry for having failed to do my job.

Don't let anyone know

that you'd once left the capital.

Otherwise, even I can't keep you safe.

Sir.

Yes.

How dare they

to try to advance the execution.

They're forcing me to make a move.

Pei Wenxuan is a sharpened sword now.

I'll try him on you.

What are you standing here for?

I'm afraid these people will mess with you.

So I'm here to protect you at least.

I'll be back to my place

when we get inside.

You underestimate me.

They can't beat me up

in public.

As long as they don't hit me,

we'll see who'll win.

Yes, you're right.

Can I just stand here

to shield you from the wind?

Your Highness.

Mr. Pei.

Mr. Pei, aren't you standing in the wrong spot?

Shouldn't you be over there?

Mr. Su,

As the Prince Consort,

what's wrong with me

standing next to Her Highness?

Enter the hall!

Pingyue,

how's the case I asked you to investigate going?

Father,

the Qin Family's case is basically cleared up.

The case originated from the Ministry of War.

The Ministry of War failed to keep the Military Record,

resulting in missing pages in the record.

An official noticed

that the battle in Huangping County was unusual

and blurted it out.

[The Qin Family's case originated] Then, a kind man went to Mr. Wen Ping

[from the Ministry of War] and reported the Qin Family.

So Mr. Wen worked with Mr. Cui Shuyun of the Ministry of Justice

to investigate the case.

But they neglected their duties in the course of investigating the case,

resulting in a wrongful conviction.

Now that the Qin Family's name has been cleared,

I hope that you can severely punish Wang Xi,

the Bureau Director of the Ministry of War,

Wen Ping of the Censorate,

Cui Shuyun of the Ministry of Justice,

and the others involved in the case.

In addition to the Qin Family's case,

I've also sorted out the embezzlement of military provisions and funds

related to this case.

I've also provided a list of the names of those involved.

I implore you to allow me to conduct a thorough investigation, Father.

Well done.

Look.

When I first wanted to establish the Inspectorate Office,

you stopped me.

You said Pingyue was too young to do anything.

So, how's the case going?

I think it's going very well.

It's been investigated clearly

and there's not a single mistake.

If it weren't for Pingyue,

I wouldn't know that you officials

were so capable.

Your Majesty, I think

it's fortunate that by the grace of God,

Her Highness is able to supervise the officials

with great success.

The Shangguan Family has begun an internal investigation,

and we'll get rid

of all those involved.

These evil actions are not

what the Shangguan Family wants,

even if it's just one man's corruption.

I guess Ya convinced him.

In that case,

the establishment of the Inspectorate Office is necessary.

If so,

do you have any objections

to the establishment of the Inspectorate Office?

I have no objection.

Good. It's decided, then.

From today on,

Pingyue is officially in charge of the Inspectorate Office.

All affairs of the Inspectorate Office

can be reported directly to me.

No need to report to the two Chancellors

and Six Ministries.

Pingyue,

you can handpick the internal staff

for the Inspectorate Office.

Allocating Mingsheng Military Drill Ground

in the north of the city as the office of the Inspectorate.

The Ministry of Revenue should make a budget for the establishment

of the Inspectorate Office and submit it to Pingyue.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Not less than 30,000 taels per year.

Your Majesty, isn't that too much?

There are many places where money is needed.

Her Highness needs so much more. Well...

You can't even spare 30,000 taels?

The Ministry of Revenue collects tens of millions of taels of tax

every year.

Now you can't even spare 30,000 taels?

How do you do your job?

Pingyue,

I've established the Inspectorate Office for you.

You have to share my burden in the future.

Yes, Father.

Well.

The Qin Family's case and the military provisions and funds case...

These two cases

are both assigned to the Inspectorate Office.

Now that the Inspectorate Office has been established,

I'll find an assistant for you.

Assistant?

With so much power in your hands,

you'll need someone to assist you.

I'll choose Su Family's Young Master, Su Ronghua.

Su Ronghua was Prince Su's teacher

and he is a member of the noble families.

He'll definitely keep a close eye on Her Highness.

Putting in someone from the Su Family

is a way to appease the noble families.

It's decided then.

Have the Secretariat prepare a decree.

Pingyue, pick a date

to establish the Inspectorate Office as soon as possible.

Yes, Father.

I'm afraid Father has developed a distrust of us.

[Mingyue Palace]

Sir.

If the ruler is not upright, what should the ministers do?

The ministers should admonish him with their lives.

And if the ruler doesn't accept it, what then?

As those in front fall, those behind take up their positions.

What if it still won't work?

If that's the case,

choose another wise ruler.

All right, that's all for today.

Mr. Su, thank you for the lesson today.

Your Highness.

Come on, bow to Mr. Su.

Your Highness.

I accept this honor on one condition.

I wonder what you can offer me.

What do you want?

But Your Highness

and Prince Su may not agree to my condition.

Just tell us.

From now on...

you will do whatever I say.

- Greetings, Your Highness. - Greetings, Your Highness.

It's in my mansion.

Uncle, you don't need to be so formal.

Please sit down.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness, there are so many things in the Shangguan Family

that I can't handle them all.

Now that a mistake has been made,

I'm here to ask you

to close the Qin Family's cases.

Now, the Qin Family is involved in two cases,

the military provisions and funds case

and the case of framing.

How much do you know about these two cases?

Your Highness,

my father didn't know anything about them.

To be honest, Your Highness,

the Qin Family's case was already a case with solid evidence

when it came to my father's attention.

Despite his selfish motives,

he's not a man who can't distinguish between right and wrong.

What's going on then?

His Majesty takes sides with Mr. Xiao

in the fight for military power in the Northwest.

My father was afraid that His Majesty would hear and believe slanders,

so he sent someone to investigate the Qin Family.

My father's intention was to rectify any mistakes

and let them go if there were no mistakes.

And then what happened?

But the word then became

finding out the Qin Family's fault.

The Ministry of War found nothing after the investigation.

So they tore up the Military Record and submitted it to the Censorate

for reporting on the fulfillment of their duties.

The Censorate

saw that Yang Quan was a traitor.

The Qin Family was working under him at that time.

In the battle to defend the city, our soldiers and enemies

were in equal numbers, yet we lost the war.

It was very strange.

Hence,

the Censorate made evidence out of nothing

and made Luo Juan a witness.

In fact, even if the Ministry of Justice had got Luo Juan's testimony,

it would not have been enough to convict the Qin Family.

But the Ministry of Justice thought

that my father wanted to thoroughly investigate the Qin Family

and the Qin Family seemed to have deserved it.

So the Ministry of Justice added another piece of evidence.

During the search,

the taels of gold and forged letters were planted in the Qin's Mansion

to form a complete evidence and clues

together with Luo Juan's testimony.

And Uncle, you felt

that Father had gone too far this time,

so you wanted to give Father a warning

and decided to go ahead with this big case.

When I started looking into it,

they started panicking,

trying desperately to cover up their guilt.

And Uncle, you thought

I was being used

and deceived,

right?

Now that things have come to this,

I don't want to argue any further.

I just hope that you can stop here

and discontinue the stalemate.

I understand your determination.

But the Shangguan Family

is the foundation of you and the Crown Prince.

Your Highness.

You must be clear about this.

How can you call a group of people

who can't be controlled

and want to cause you trouble your foundation?

♪Who gazes at the sky from afar?♪

♪Who gazes at the sky from afar?♪

♪In the night's chill breeze♪

♪What is she singing for?♪

♪The wind caresses the hills♪

♪The wind causes ripples on calm water♪

♪Moonlight graces passing souls♪

♪Her steps get slower and slower♪

♪She's trod a lengthy path♪

♪Memories lost then found♪

♪Gazing idly as clouds roll by♪

♪She holds a red candle♪

♪To brave the thick fog♪

♪Life can be bitter sometimes♪

♪Experience it with grace♪

♪Like a fleeting dream♪

♪Like a fleeting dream♪

♪Neither warmth nor cold will last♪

♪Like a fleeting dream♪

♪Like a fleeting dream♪

♪The moon is reflected in her eyes♪

♪In her gaze, the unwavering faith remains♪

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