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ADAPTED FROM MO SHUBAI'S NOVEL,
THE GRAND PRINCESS ON JJWXC.NET
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THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION
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-Wait for me!
-Slowly.
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This looks so pretty.
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Given your young master's foul temper,
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they're going to split sooner or later.
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Hurry.
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And I will stand a chance by then.
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Well, do you think
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flicking that lock of hair
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makes you look particularly handsome?
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My young master should have
split you in half earlier,
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so that you won't make sarcastic comments.
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Fine.
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We'll see if my prediction
turns out correct.
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It won't.
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My young master
is destined to be the Prince Consort.
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Just give up.
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Lanterns!
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Lanterns for sale!
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Here.
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Why are you staring at my face?
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Don't tell me you scratched my face too.
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I didn't.
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I made sure to be careful.
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Does that sound like
what a princess should say?
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You little shrew.
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Who are you calling a shrew?
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I got you some river lanterns.
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You like them, don't you?
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You can put the lanterns in the river
and make a wish.
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I thought you didn't
believe in these things.
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I didn't.
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They're made up
to fool naive little girls.
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Why would a man like me believe them?
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What are you doing then?
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But ever since I met you,
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I'm open to believing
in any god or deity now.
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Release the lantern.
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I know
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most people around you
would sacrifice love for power.
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You may also think
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that your future
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is more important than feelings.
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But if I really did that,
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you would never know
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that some feelings
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cannot be traded for power.
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I became a court official
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and fought for power
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just to get closer to you.
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So
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if I were to leave you to gain more power…
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Even if it's just temporary
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or just mentioning the idea,
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I would never do so.
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So you didn't want to get a divorce
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because you were afraid of uncertainties
that might happen afterward?
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Yes,
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but that's not all of it.
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I don't want you to lose faith in love.
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So…
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What are your plans after this?
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Well…
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I'll do as you say.
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It's going to upset you, though.
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It won't.
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I know your true feelings now,
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so I won't be disappointed
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or scared.
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As for you,
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even though you were born in the palace,
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you never belonged to the palace.
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The kind of relationship
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that your heart yearns for…
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is purer than what you've imagined.
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I have to give you
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whatever you want.
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You won't have to compromise,
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not even a little, to get what you want.
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And I will prove to you someday
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that I, Pei Wenxuan,
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am capable of offering you such pure love.
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Look.
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The lanterns are up.
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Rongrong.
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I will give it my all
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to present you
with all the best things in the world.
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What wish did you make?
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What about you?
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It's a secret.
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You're keeping it a secret too?
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I wished…
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for being together
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with you now and forever.
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Perhaps…
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We can consider having a child.
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Aren't you scared?
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This would create
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a new and bigger weakness for us.
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If you're not scared,
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then I'm not.
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Your Majesty, the farmers in Jiangnan
have started to grow rice.
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Due to colder temperatures,
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the sowing began later
than in previous years.
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Your Majesty.
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The imperial exam candidates
have all arrived in the capital.
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We will need to make arrangements
for the personnel involved.
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I hope you will swiftly approve
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our request for the staff mobilizations.
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I understand.
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Court dismissed.
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TAIJI HALL
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Mr. Pei.
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Eunuch Fu.
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His Majesty is summoning you.
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Please lead the way, Eunuch Fu.
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There are a number of talented scholars
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among this year's candidates.
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I was too narrow-minded after all.
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Many talents lie among the commoners.
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Anyone who can win your appreciation
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must be trustworthy indeed.
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Rongqing.
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You're back.
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I'm back.
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But you are not the one I used to know.
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I'm sorry.
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This is my only way to protect you.
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My love for you has never changed.
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Please give me more time
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and wait for me.
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Mr. Su.
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Mr. Su?
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Therefore, it is important to select
a good chief examiner.
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You're right, Mr. Su.
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I have some people to recommend to you.
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Why don't we talk about it while walking?
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Sure.
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PEOPLE
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Your Majesty.
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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You may rise.
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Pei Wenxuan.
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I called for you
to discuss your recent promotion
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to the Vice Minister of Personnel.
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You've been rising
through the ranks too quickly,
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and many are not convinced.
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Do you have any plans for this?
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Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty.
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I know that I am not that experienced,
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but I have my seniors to help me
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and I have built some connections
in the Censorate.
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Rest assured, Your Majesty.
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However, you're the Prince Consort.
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And Pingyue has been offending
many officials lately.
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There are many officials
from the Xie Family
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working in the Ministry of Personnel.
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I'm afraid you'll have a hard time
if you do work there.
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How about this?
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I'll transfer you to the Ministry of Rites
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to make your life easier.
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Your Majesty.
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Please seek justice for me.
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What justice do you want me to seek?
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Your Majesty.
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I would like to request
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for a divorce.
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I hope you will approve it.
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What did you say?
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You want a divorce?
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What's wrong with my daughter?
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Why do you want to divorce her?
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Pei Wenxuan, how dare you!
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Your Majesty.
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I…
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I've suffered.
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Look.
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It's the Princess's doing.
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Why were you two fighting?
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She even hurt you badly.
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You didn't hit her, did you?
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I…
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No!
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The Princess is so noble. I wouldn't dare.
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Get up.
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Tell me
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what happened exactly.
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It started
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with a talisman.
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When the Princess returned home yesterday,
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I went to fetch her.
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But she told everyone outside
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that I sought a talisman randomly
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that made her fall
into Consort Rou's trap.
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Your Majesty.
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Why would I do such a thing?
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This…
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Here it is.
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This isn't even my handwriting.
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Actually, I believe
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that you probably have
your own judgment now.
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I don't wish to talk more about it.
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But what I'm going to say next
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is something I cannot tolerate any longer.
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Your Majesty, you do know
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that I suggested to the Princess
to establish the Inspectorate
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to share your burdens.
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But now,
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many officials in the palace,
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including the Crown Prince
and the Empress,
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have grown dissatisfied
with the Princess because of this.
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Last night,
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the Princess and I got into an argument.
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In anger, she actually called me
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a lowly and despicable man.
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She even said
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I was worse than the entertainers
from Nanfeng House.
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Isn't that humiliating?
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I indeed came from a humble background,
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but I am a man after all.
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Even though she is the Princess,
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she can't insult me like that.
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I married the Princess
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to fulfill your command
and my duty as an official.
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Why am I
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getting humiliated instead?
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Let's take a step back.
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No matter how unreasonable
Her Highness is,
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I can tolerate her behaviors.
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But now, I have to say
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as her husband and your subject,
I have remained loyal.
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But what about the Princess?
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She went on a lantern night cruise
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together with a dozen of entertainers.
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How am I…
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How is everyone else going to think of me?
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Your Majesty.
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I know I'm wrong
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and I have disappointed you.
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But I implore you
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that for the sake of my diligent father
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and my loyal service,
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please permit me
to divorce Princess Pingyue.
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Your Majesty,
I really can't live like this anymore.
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If that's the case,
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since Pingyue has been overbearing indeed,
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and you're set on a divorce,
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I shall not force you.
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How about this?
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You go home first
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while I draft a decree.
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Thank you, Your Majesty. You're brilliant.
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I'll take my leave.
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Consort Rou said
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that the talisman was fake.
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Princess Pingyue took it with her.
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What if they try to verify it?
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Hongde has been taken away as well.
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Mr. Su.
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If he ever babbles,
Consort Rou would be implicated.
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He won't get to talk.
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Tell Consort Rou not to worry.
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What about the talisman?
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Since the Princess took it,
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even if they find out that it's fake,
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what can they do?
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What if they tell His Majesty
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that the Princess told a lie?
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Then why would the Princess do that?
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If His Majesty has his doubts,
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he will try to feel Pei Wenxuan
and the Princess out.
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Pei Wenxuan
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would expose himself by then.
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Why are you so sure, Mr. Su?
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Pei Wenxuan might just agree
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to get a divorce instead.
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He'd never agree to it.
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Because he won't.
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He dares not.
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And he doesn't even want to.
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Everyone has weaknesses.
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00:16:46,479 --> 00:16:47,920
Pei Wenxuan has always
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maintained a clean reputation,
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and he's good at winning people over.
286
00:16:51,839 --> 00:16:54,000
That's why he has all sorts of tricks
at his disposal.
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It's not easy to thwart
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his political career.
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00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,680
If you try to bring him down directly,
it'd cost us even more.
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00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,439
He cares about the Princess.
291
00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:05,919
He cares about their relationship.
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00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,079
He would never abandon
the Princess for power.
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00:17:12,639 --> 00:17:14,079
As long as he doesn't get a divorce,
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His Majesty will remain doubtful,
295
00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,440
and Pei Wenxuan will find it hard
to turn the tide.
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00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,159
What if he does agree to the divorce?
297
00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,760
Then he deserves to die.
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00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,599
Anyone who lets the Princess down…
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00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:31,520
shall be killed.
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00:17:33,159 --> 00:17:34,120
Your Majesty.
301
00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,120
The writing on the talisman is fake.
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00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,720
CHOU HOUR, 19TH DAY OF 7TH MONTH,
THE 6TH YEAR OF YONGNING ERA
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Fu Lai.
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Do you know
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00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,360
what's the toughest thing
about being a ruler?
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00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,879
Your Majesty, how would I know
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00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:57,960
the answer to that?
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00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,919
Everyone around you may be deceiving you.
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00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,000
While anyone else
can obtain the truth easily,
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00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:08,760
as the Emperor,
311
00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:12,480
I have to search for the truth
amid a trove of lies.
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00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,040
What's more, these truths
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00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,560
are often consisting
of the half-lies they tell me.
314
00:18:19,639 --> 00:18:21,760
But you're the wisest man
in the country, Your Majesty.
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00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:24,960
The wisest man?
316
00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,679
How am I wise?
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The talisman is fake.
318
00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,040
Then is Pei Wenxuan completely innocent?
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00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,360
Tell me
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00:18:40,919 --> 00:18:42,480
who you think is speaking the truth.
321
00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,520
Your Majesty,
you're putting me on the spot.
322
00:18:50,639 --> 00:18:53,200
I remember that when I was a boy,
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00:18:53,879 --> 00:18:56,120
someone kept stealing my persimmons.
324
00:18:56,879 --> 00:18:58,320
I investigated it for a long time.
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00:18:59,879 --> 00:19:02,639
And just as I thought,
326
00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,600
you were the thief.
327
00:19:04,679 --> 00:19:06,560
-Do you remember that?
-Of course.
328
00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,399
How could I ever forget?
329
00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,960
Actually, there's something else
330
00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,000
that I've been hiding from you.
331
00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,120
-There's more?
-Back then,
332
00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,200
I was punished, so I got angry.
333
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,919
No amount of persimmons
could quell my anger.
334
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:27,840
So
335
00:19:28,919 --> 00:19:32,080
I stole something else from you.
336
00:19:32,159 --> 00:19:33,760
How dare you.
337
00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:35,440
What else did you steal?
338
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,480
Crab meatballs,
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00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:39,879
your favorite dish when you were young.
340
00:19:44,879 --> 00:19:46,200
So
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00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,080
even back then,
342
00:19:48,159 --> 00:19:50,080
you were already getting cheeky
343
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,000
and fat at that time.
344
00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,480
Those were the good old days.
345
00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,000
There was nothing much
to be concerned about.
346
00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,440
Even if I couldn't guess it right,
347
00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,440
I'd just lose a few persimmons at worst.
348
00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,360
But it's different now.
349
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,639
If I make the wrong guess,
350
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,679
I'd be losing the entire country.
351
00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,159
Your Majesty.
352
00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,360
About the Prince Consort
and Princess Pingyue's divorce,
353
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,919
should I draft a decree now?
354
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:30,520
Just put it aside for now.
355
00:20:33,159 --> 00:20:34,320
Your Majesty.
356
00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:36,800
Consort Rou has always been gentle.
357
00:20:36,879 --> 00:20:39,240
She's always obeyed your commands.
358
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,000
Now that she had brought Hongde
into the palace,
359
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,040
I'm afraid someone
must be manipulating her.
360
00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,200
I'm worried…
361
00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:50,399
Well,
362
00:20:51,679 --> 00:20:53,000
get someone to investigate this.
363
00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:55,840
Yes, Your Majesty.
364
00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:58,440
Sir!
365
00:20:59,879 --> 00:21:01,120
Her Highness is resting.
366
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,200
I know.
367
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,080
Tell everyone
in the inner courtyard to leave.
368
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,159
Go.
369
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:15,600
Why would I stay in the sleeping chambers?
370
00:21:15,679 --> 00:21:17,760
I'm sleeping in the study from now on!
371
00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:25,840
Sir!
372
00:21:25,919 --> 00:21:27,159
The study is this way…
373
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:33,639
Don't make everyone else hear you.
374
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,399
I'm having a falling out
with Her Highness.
375
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,600
No one can see me meeting her.
376
00:21:37,679 --> 00:21:39,040
-Why?
-You…
377
00:21:41,159 --> 00:21:42,200
Guard the study's entrance.
378
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,080
If anyone asks,
tell them I'm in the study.
379
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:50,840
Thoughtful indeed.
380
00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:55,320
Rongrong.
381
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:56,919
Rongrong.
382
00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:02,280
You're back.
383
00:22:05,879 --> 00:22:06,840
Come.
384
00:22:13,159 --> 00:22:14,600
How was today?
385
00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:16,879
What did my father say?
386
00:22:17,919 --> 00:22:19,760
Did he approve of our divorce?
387
00:22:20,919 --> 00:22:21,840
He didn't say that.
388
00:22:22,639 --> 00:22:23,480
But
389
00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:25,360
I complained about you.
390
00:22:29,639 --> 00:22:31,679
You, little cat, bit and scratched me.
391
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:33,679
I don't want you anymore.
392
00:22:36,639 --> 00:22:38,439
This little cat is going
to apologize to you.
393
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:40,360
How?
394
00:22:40,439 --> 00:22:41,720
How?
395
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,560
Seriously, what happened next?
396
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,679
Then, I complained about Consort Rou.
397
00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:48,720
I said
398
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,080
she tricked you with a talisman.
399
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:52,720
His Majesty should realize
400
00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:54,879
that someone might be using him.
401
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,080
Then, His Majesty said
402
00:22:57,159 --> 00:22:58,840
he would draft a decree for the divorce,
403
00:22:58,919 --> 00:22:59,840
and I came back.
404
00:22:59,919 --> 00:23:02,200
But Father has always favored Consort Rou.
405
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,040
What you did
406
00:23:04,679 --> 00:23:06,000
probably won't be very effective.
407
00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,200
If His Majesty feels
408
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,960
that Consort Rou is being used
to bring him down,
409
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,360
he wouldn't forgive her.
410
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,320
You mean
411
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,360
my father needs to realize
412
00:23:16,439 --> 00:23:18,480
that Consort Rou is manipulated
by the noble families.
413
00:23:21,879 --> 00:23:24,360
Your complaint alone won't be enough.
414
00:23:25,679 --> 00:23:26,800
That's all right.
415
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,720
Even in Go,
you play one move after another.
416
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,120
When someone tricks me,
417
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:34,399
I can trick them back too.
418
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,360
Anyone can bluff.
419
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:42,240
Mr. Pei, you need to show me
what you've got.
420
00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:45,200
You'll see.
421
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:54,040
Ms. Du.
422
00:23:57,639 --> 00:23:58,600
Mr. Pei?
423
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,800
You're already a skilled calligrapher.
424
00:24:04,879 --> 00:24:06,679
It has been quite some time
since you last came.
425
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,919
What brings you here today?
426
00:24:09,919 --> 00:24:12,200
Ms. Du, I have a favor to ask of you.
427
00:24:15,159 --> 00:24:16,600
Do you think
428
00:24:16,679 --> 00:24:18,080
you can replicate this handwriting?
429
00:24:18,639 --> 00:24:20,879
This person has a solid foundation
in the clerical script.
430
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:21,840
It's not that hard.
431
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:23,760
But
432
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:26,040
you know my rules.
433
00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:27,520
I don't forge letters and documents.
434
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:29,600
Yes.
435
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:31,639
But what if
436
00:24:32,399 --> 00:24:33,560
it's for the sake of justice?
437
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:35,480
For justice?
438
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,439
Your Highness.
439
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,520
Why do you look so tired?
440
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,280
Did you not sleep last night?
441
00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,879
I'm fine. Take a look at this.
442
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,919
What's this?
443
00:24:58,760 --> 00:24:59,600
Eat something first.
444
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,560
TESTIMONY
445
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,199
You went out early in the morning
446
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:09,679
to forge Hongde's handwriting?
447
00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,199
Read the content carefully.
448
00:25:16,439 --> 00:25:17,760
You actually wrote
449
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,879
that Su Rongqing went to Qingfeng Temple
450
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,600
and threatened Hongde with his status
451
00:25:21,679 --> 00:25:24,520
to deceive Consort Rou to frame us.
452
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,360
But why did you leave Consort Rou
out of this?
453
00:25:26,439 --> 00:25:28,360
We're offering His Majesty
a way out through her.
454
00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:31,080
If we don't leave her out of this,
His Majesty won't be able to act.
455
00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:34,240
It's just that
456
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,040
by doing this,
457
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,760
we're literally declaring war
against Su Rongqing.
458
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,840
I'm afraid he already has.
459
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:53,600
Your Majesty.
460
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,480
Our men reported
461
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,439
that the Princess and the Prince Consort
are sleeping separately.
462
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:01,439
Let them be.
463
00:26:02,639 --> 00:26:05,199
Then what about the divorce?
464
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:08,960
It's tough for a lady to remarry.
465
00:26:10,439 --> 00:26:11,480
Let's see how it goes
466
00:26:12,919 --> 00:26:14,480
Yes, Your Majesty.
467
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,000
INSPECTORATE OFFICE
468
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,120
Your Highness!
469
00:26:18,639 --> 00:26:21,000
Your Highness, I was tricked!
470
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,960
Please spare me, Your Highness!
471
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,760
-Please spare me!
-You may leave now.
472
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:25,840
I'll talk to him alone.
473
00:26:27,159 --> 00:26:28,040
Your Highness.
474
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,760
I'd love to learn how to interrogate…
475
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:31,679
Let's go.
476
00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:33,639
I'll buy you some drinks.
477
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,280
Let's go.
478
00:26:37,919 --> 00:26:39,480
You said someone tricked you.
479
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:41,480
Who was it?
480
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:44,320
I…
481
00:26:44,399 --> 00:26:45,679
I don't know.
482
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:46,960
You don't know?
483
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:50,080
Are you taking me as a fool?
484
00:26:50,159 --> 00:26:51,600
No, Your Highness.
485
00:26:51,679 --> 00:26:53,960
I really don't know.
486
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,240
All I know
487
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,639
is that a nobleman came
to Qingfeng Temple that night
488
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,360
and summoned me.
489
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:02,760
I don't even know
490
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,040
who he is.
491
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,960
I didn't even get to see his guard's face.
492
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,280
But he kidnapped my son.
493
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,120
I had no choice.
494
00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:14,480
You have a son?
495
00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:20,560
Go on. What happened next?
496
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,760
Then, he tied me up
497
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,320
and put me into his carriage.
498
00:27:24,399 --> 00:27:25,520
He told me
499
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:27,639
that he would expose
500
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,439
your intent to delay
the Crown Prince's wedding.
501
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,439
This isn't a lie, is it?
502
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:35,879
That itself is a lie.
503
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,919
-I've never done anything like that.
-Yes.
504
00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:43,480
It's true
that you have never called for me.
505
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,280
But no matter what,
506
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:49,480
I really had no choice.
507
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,560
Your Highness, I hope you'll show me mercy
508
00:27:51,639 --> 00:27:52,639
and spare my life.
509
00:27:53,199 --> 00:27:54,360
I can show you some mercy,
510
00:27:55,159 --> 00:27:57,840
but you'll have to do as I say.
511
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,360
You don't know who called for you, right?
512
00:28:04,199 --> 00:28:05,679
But I do.
513
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:07,760
Su Rongqing.
514
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,240
Second Young Master Su?
515
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,639
I want you to testify against him.
516
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,320
Testify against him?
517
00:28:14,199 --> 00:28:16,560
How is that different
from telling me to die?
518
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:22,600
I know what you're thinking.
519
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,000
You think
520
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,159
that your son is in someone else's hands,
521
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,840
and I have nothing to coerce you
522
00:28:28,919 --> 00:28:30,040
other than your own life.
523
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,120
Given your background,
524
00:28:32,639 --> 00:28:34,199
if you testify against Su Rongqing,
525
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,000
the Su Family would never let you off.
526
00:28:36,959 --> 00:28:38,399
Since it means death for you anyway,
527
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,080
you might as well keep your son alive.
528
00:28:41,439 --> 00:28:42,720
But only I…
529
00:28:43,879 --> 00:28:45,720
can keep both of you safe.
530
00:28:48,879 --> 00:28:51,000
I'll tell you something else I know.
531
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,399
Tell me if I'm wrong.
532
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,679
Five years ago,
533
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,040
you conned a young lady
534
00:28:56,639 --> 00:28:58,120
for thousands of taels
535
00:28:58,199 --> 00:28:59,919
by telling her that she needed
536
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,040
to change her fate on your popularity.
537
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:03,280
Four years ago,
538
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,199
you had an affair with an official's wife.
539
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,399
While she visited Qingfeng Temple
every month to pray,
540
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,840
she was actually in your bedroom.
541
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,679
-Three years ago--
-Your Highness.
542
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:15,399
Your Highness.
543
00:29:15,959 --> 00:29:17,360
How did you know so much?
544
00:29:17,439 --> 00:29:21,080
If you don't want people to know
your wrongdoings, then don't do it.
545
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,919
You've deceived and harmed so many people.
546
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,560
Don't you feel guilty at all?
547
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:27,679
Guilty?
548
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,199
Why should I feel guilty?
549
00:29:32,919 --> 00:29:35,760
There are tons of other people
who are more evil than me.
550
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,280
You must have seen people who would kill
for a meager sum of money.
551
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,280
That's pure evil!
552
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,760
People like me
553
00:29:45,639 --> 00:29:48,000
commit sins once in a while.
554
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,439
You may say that bad guys like us
555
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,600
don't deserve to live in this world.
556
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:54,639
But what if there are plenty like me?
557
00:29:55,919 --> 00:29:57,280
Would that be mankind's fault
558
00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,879
or the society's fault?
559
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,080
That's why I hope
560
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,480
that my efforts can make
561
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,280
the noblemen and commoners
live together in harmony
562
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,240
-and the world at peace.
-Your Highness.
563
00:30:11,199 --> 00:30:13,760
I admit that this country isn't perfect,
564
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,600
-Don't be too hard on him.
-but this shouldn't be
565
00:30:16,679 --> 00:30:18,800
-a reason or excuse for your sins.
-Yes, Your Highness.
566
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,959
If it's as the Princess said,
567
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,800
I can't afford to offend
568
00:30:23,879 --> 00:30:25,959
both the Princess and the Su Family.
569
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:28,120
Your Majesty.
570
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,240
Princess Pingyue requests an audience.
571
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:32,360
Why is she here at this late hour?
572
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:34,240
Father.
573
00:30:35,159 --> 00:30:36,840
Father, please seek justice for me.
574
00:30:39,959 --> 00:30:41,760
-What is it?
-Father.
575
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,399
You need to discipline Pei Wenxuan for me.
576
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,520
He's gone too far.
577
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,159
What exactly happened?
578
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,360
A few days ago,
579
00:30:49,439 --> 00:30:51,199
Pei Wenxuan and I had a quarrel.
580
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,480
He has been ignoring me since then
581
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,800
and he even said he wanted a divorce.
582
00:30:55,879 --> 00:30:57,439
He said you've already drafted a decree.
583
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,040
I don't believe him.
584
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,720
Would a father force his daughter
to get a divorce?
585
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,040
If I do get a divorce,
586
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:05,639
who else can I marry?
587
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,199
If you don't want to get divorced,
588
00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:10,480
why were you cruising
with those men from Nanfeng House?
589
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,560
I was just trying to upset him.
590
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,040
Father, I've realized my mistake.
591
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,439
Please persuade him for me.
592
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:28,879
He can't ignore me forever.
593
00:31:28,959 --> 00:31:30,520
He's even moved to the outer courtyard.
594
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,879
How about you command him to come back?
595
00:31:33,959 --> 00:31:34,800
Ridiculous!
596
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,919
I appointed you as the Supervisor
of the Inspectorate Office,
597
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,560
and now you're indulging yourself
598
00:31:41,639 --> 00:31:42,959
in debauchery
599
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,520
instead of fulfilling your duties.
600
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:45,879
What's wrong with you?
601
00:31:45,959 --> 00:31:47,560
You've wronged me, Father.
602
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,679
We may quarrel sometimes,
but I still do my work.
603
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,199
In fact,
604
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,240
you haven't replied to the memorial
605
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:55,439
I submitted a few days ago.
606
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:56,800
What are you planning to do?
607
00:31:56,879 --> 00:31:57,879
What memorial?
608
00:31:57,959 --> 00:31:59,760
Hongde's testimony.
609
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,439
I submitted all the evidence
several days ago.
610
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,159
We just need a word from you
to start investigating Su Rongqing.
611
00:32:05,719 --> 00:32:08,639
How is Su Rongqing related to this?
612
00:32:09,639 --> 00:32:10,520
Well…
613
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,840
Hongde said it was Su Rongqing
who went to him
614
00:32:14,919 --> 00:32:17,399
to tell Consort Rou all that.
615
00:32:18,639 --> 00:32:20,760
Haven't you read my memorial?
616
00:32:23,199 --> 00:32:24,360
Fu Lai.
617
00:32:24,439 --> 00:32:26,879
Go to the Remonstration Office
to bring the Princess' memorial.
618
00:32:26,959 --> 00:32:28,120
I want to review it now.
619
00:32:28,199 --> 00:32:29,159
Yes, Your Majesty.
620
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,360
As soon as Father reads the memorial,
621
00:32:32,439 --> 00:32:34,760
he will find out that Su Rongqing
has been using Consort Rou
622
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,480
for the noble families' benefit.
623
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,399
Father will then start to get suspicious,
624
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:39,520
and Su Rongqing
625
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,679
can no longer associate himself
with Prince Su.
626
00:32:43,399 --> 00:32:45,399
If this memorial gets submitted,
627
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,159
you will be implicated, Mr. Su.
628
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,199
On the occasion of the assessment
for the position of Minister,
629
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:51,760
everyone has high expectations of you.
630
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,679
I was worried that this memorial
may hinder you,
631
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,679
so I took it out secretly.
632
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:56,840
Xuanji.
633
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:01,919
I transferred you there,
634
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,919
and it seems that my plan has backfired.
635
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,080
This round…
636
00:33:09,159 --> 00:33:10,120
We have lost.
637
00:33:13,679 --> 00:33:15,320
This testimony is a fake.
638
00:33:15,399 --> 00:33:16,520
TESTIMONY
639
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:17,800
It's fake?
640
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,919
The Princess deliberately
submitted this fake testimony
641
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:24,679
for you to steal.
642
00:33:25,959 --> 00:33:27,439
If my guess is correct,
643
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,879
the Princess must be already
in the palace now.
644
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:33,879
And His Majesty
645
00:33:34,439 --> 00:33:36,600
must have already sent someone
to retrieve this memorial.
646
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,120
Go back now.
647
00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:42,760
-I'll put it back right away.
-No need.
648
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,280
Even if you do,
649
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,480
the Princess would claim
that her memorial has been switched.
650
00:33:49,439 --> 00:33:51,159
Once they start investigating,
651
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,000
you'll be implicated as well.
652
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,600
By then,
653
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,080
you'd lose your job.
654
00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:58,760
What should I do then?
655
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,760
Leave this thing here.
656
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,320
Pretend that you don't know anything.
657
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:06,760
Are you supposed
658
00:34:07,639 --> 00:34:08,759
to be on shift now?
659
00:34:08,839 --> 00:34:09,759
No.
660
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:11,839
That's great.
661
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:14,080
Go back home and sleep.
662
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,440
Pretend that you've never been here.
663
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,080
I'll take my leave.
664
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,239
I plotted and schemed
to make Hongde accuse the Princess
665
00:34:27,319 --> 00:34:29,080
of delaying the Crown Prince's wedding.
666
00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:30,520
I even prepared a marriage talisman
667
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,199
to undermine His Majesty's trust
in Pei Wenxuan and the Princess.
668
00:34:33,759 --> 00:34:36,679
But the Princess used this
to her advantage instead.
669
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:38,520
Mu Hong.
670
00:34:39,759 --> 00:34:40,880
Sir.
671
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,880
Get a servant to sneak into the palace
672
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:46,920
and burn the Remonstration Office.
673
00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:53,600
When the fire starts to burn,
make sure he doesn't leave.
674
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,759
Just leave him there.
675
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,000
You want to burn the Remonstration Office?
676
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:01,480
Isn't that a bit too much?
677
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:04,920
It's not just too much.
678
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,759
It's the boldest and craziest idea ever.
679
00:35:08,839 --> 00:35:11,040
-Sir…
-Just do as I say
680
00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:13,080
and wait for the results.
681
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,160
Whatever will be, will be.
682
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,000
-Go.
-Yes, sir.
683
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,160
LI RONG, SUPERVISOR
OF THE INSPECTORATE OFFICE
684
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,720
SU RONGQING,
VICE MINISTER OF PERSONNEL
685
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,000
Your Majesty, bad news!
686
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:52,520
The Remonstration Office is on fire!
687
00:35:53,279 --> 00:35:54,640
-Your Majesty!
-Say that again.
688
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,600
-What's on fire?
-The Remonstration Office.
689
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,920
It was already burning
while I was on my way there.
690
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,120
Many officials are still trapped inside.
691
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:02,799
How did the fire start?
692
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,360
We don't know yet.
693
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,680
Father, let me take a look there.
694
00:36:06,759 --> 00:36:08,279
The building itself is nothing.
695
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,040
We need to save the people and memorials.
696
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,360
No need. I will go there myself.
697
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:15,279
Split into two teams!
698
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,799
Team One, put out the fire!
699
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,759
Team Two, save the people
and memorials inside!
700
00:36:18,839 --> 00:36:20,640
-Your Majesty!
-Go!
701
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,000
-Your Majesty!
-Your Majesty!
702
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,400
Your Majesty, why are you here?
703
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,240
It's dangerous here. You should go back.
704
00:36:26,319 --> 00:36:27,920
Yes, we'll handle the situation here.
705
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,400
Does any of you know who set fire
to the Remonstration Office?
706
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,759
I just received the news,
and I came over right away.
707
00:36:33,839 --> 00:36:36,120
Perhaps someone knocked over
a candle stand.
708
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,799
I'm asking who is bold enough
to burn the Remonstration Office!
709
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:41,120
Your Majesty.
710
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,000
Your Highness,
the Remonstration Office is on fire.
711
00:36:52,799 --> 00:36:54,759
The Remonstration Office
has always been patrolled
712
00:36:54,839 --> 00:36:56,279
every night since it was built.
713
00:36:56,359 --> 00:36:57,520
Why the sudden fire?
714
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,160
His Majesty summoned the Princess earlier
715
00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:03,160
and wanted to retrieve Hongde's testimony
from the Remonstration Office.
716
00:37:03,759 --> 00:37:05,600
Not long after that,
the office was on fire.
717
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,600
He's even burning
the Remonstration Office.
718
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,080
Looks like Su Rongqing is really cornered.
719
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,960
Go and devise a counterplan
with the Prince Consort.
720
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:14,920
Yes, Your Highness.
721
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,560
Greetings, Father.
722
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:25,440
You may rise.
723
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,520
You said Mr. Su was involved,
724
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:31,920
and your memorial was burned.
725
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:34,080
Thus, I called you here
726
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:35,480
to confront each other directly.
727
00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:39,240
Su Rongqing said
728
00:37:39,319 --> 00:37:40,480
he did not know Hongde.
729
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,279
What do you have to say?
730
00:37:42,359 --> 00:37:44,080
Whether Su Rongqing knows him or not,
731
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:45,440
Hongde has confessed everything.
732
00:37:46,359 --> 00:37:49,080
It's just that his testimony,
together with the Remonstration Office,
733
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,640
has suspiciously perished in the fire.
734
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,520
The material evidence may be gone,
735
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:57,839
but the man is still there.
736
00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,279
Summon Hongde here.
737
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,960
I have done nothing wrong.
738
00:38:05,799 --> 00:38:07,279
Your Highness, someone must have
739
00:38:07,359 --> 00:38:09,799
instigated you to make you
come to this conclusion.
740
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,200
I also agree we should call Hongde over
741
00:38:12,279 --> 00:38:13,520
to ask him in person.
742
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,200
Summon Hongde here?
743
00:38:16,759 --> 00:38:19,200
I couldn't persuade him
that day in prison.
744
00:38:19,279 --> 00:38:21,279
After all, his son is still
in Su Rongqing's hands.
745
00:38:21,359 --> 00:38:23,000
He wouldn't help me at this point.
746
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,960
But I have no other options now.
747
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,200
Summon him.
748
00:38:28,279 --> 00:38:29,120
Yes, Your Majesty.
749
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,359
While we're waiting,
750
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,000
Pingyue, tell me why
751
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:38,080
you said Mr. Su had instigated Hongde
to falsely accuse you.
752
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,680
For some reason,
753
00:38:40,759 --> 00:38:42,040
Mr. Su went to Hongde.
754
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,960
He kidnapped Hongde's illegitimate son
and used him to coerce Hongde
755
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:46,279
to accuse me
756
00:38:46,359 --> 00:38:48,200
of trying to delay
the Crown Prince's wedding.
757
00:38:48,799 --> 00:38:50,839
He took advantage
of his position as Prince Su's tutor
758
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,759
and cajoled Consort Rou
into bringing Hongde to the palace.
759
00:38:56,319 --> 00:38:57,359
Mr. Su.
760
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,120
I have no grudge against you.
761
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,240
Why are you framing me?
762
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:07,359
Mr. Su.
763
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,359
What say you?
764
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,560
Your Highness, you're claiming
765
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,240
that I was trying to set you up
766
00:39:17,319 --> 00:39:18,640
by making Hongde say
767
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:21,720
that you were trying to delay
the Crown Prince's wedding.
768
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,359
Then why didn't I just tell him
to accuse you of treason?
769
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,440
You should ask yourself
that question, Mr. Su.
770
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,160
The Crown Prince is all grown up now.
771
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:35,920
He should get married as soon as possible.
772
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,200
If I want the best for him,
773
00:39:37,279 --> 00:39:39,720
I would have chosen
a suitable noble lady for him instead.
774
00:39:39,799 --> 00:39:41,319
Why would I want to delay his wedding?
775
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,960
As his elder sister, why would I harm him?
776
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,160
Only you can answer that, Your Highness.
777
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:50,799
So you're saying
778
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,920
that Su Rongqing burned
the Remonstration Office down.
779
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,040
Now that the evidence is destroyed,
780
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,799
Hongde will be summoned to the palace.
781
00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,920
Won't he expose everything by then?
782
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,040
Would Hongde dear to enter the palace?
783
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,880
Thank you. Just hand him over to us.
784
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,160
Thank you, Eunuch Fu.
785
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,920
This way, Taoist Hongde.
786
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,880
Eunuch Fu, you have to vouch for us.
787
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,200
He was alive
when he left the Inspectorate Office.
788
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,080
It's true, Eunuch Fu.
789
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,359
This is not the time to talk about this.
790
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:47,120
I need to report this to His Majesty.
791
00:40:47,839 --> 00:40:50,359
Your Majesty,
Hongde was killed on the way here.
792
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:51,880
What did you say?
793
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,480
Bring me there.
794
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,080
I'd like to go there too.
795
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,440
None of you shall leave!
796
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:03,839
-Get the post-mortem examiner.
-Yes, Your Majesty.
797
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,359
Now that Hongde is dead,
no one can prove the truth anymore.
798
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:10,120
But now, in Father's eyes,
799
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:12,440
Su Rongqing's reputation has been tainted.
800
00:41:13,759 --> 00:41:15,040
If Hongde dies,
801
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,600
both human testimony
and the material evidence will be gone.
802
00:41:18,839 --> 00:41:19,799
No.
803
00:41:20,759 --> 00:41:22,040
If there's no evidence,
804
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,680
Father won't be able
to convict Su Rongqing.
805
00:41:24,759 --> 00:41:26,440
He may be doubtful,
806
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,279
but while he doubts Su Rongqing,
807
00:41:28,359 --> 00:41:30,160
he will also suspect you and Rong.
808
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,520
That's when the next step comes in.
809
00:41:33,279 --> 00:41:35,279
If His Majesty begins to suspect
810
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,319
whether the Princess
is speaking the truth,
811
00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:40,520
the only thing left to investigate
812
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,720
would be the whereabouts of Hongde's son.
813
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:45,960
The results would be interesting.
814
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,400
You said Hongde had a son?
815
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:49,560
Yes, Father.
816
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,279
And he's in Su Rongqing's hands?
817
00:41:51,359 --> 00:41:52,759
That's right.
818
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:54,799
-Your Majesty…
-Silence.
819
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,359
Fu Lai, investigate now.
820
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:02,400
Yes, Your Majesty.
821
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:10,960
His Majesty may not be able to find out
where exactly Hongde's son is,
822
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,520
but he'd discover
823
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,359
how the child was taken away.
824
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,000
There must be traces of the abduction.
825
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:20,240
For example,
826
00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:22,520
a passerby might have
accidentally witnessed
827
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,440
the child's kidnapping
828
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,120
and recognized the Su Family's emblem.
829
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,960
That's a common possibility, isn't it?
830
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:30,319
So what?
831
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:35,200
Even if my father knows the child
was abducted by the Su Family, so what?
832
00:42:35,279 --> 00:42:37,120
Since His Majesty already knows
833
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,920
that someone brought Hongde
into the palace
834
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,480
and that Hongde's son
835
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,200
was taken by the Su Family,
836
00:42:43,279 --> 00:42:44,600
who do you think
837
00:42:45,319 --> 00:42:46,720
His Majesty would suspect
838
00:42:46,799 --> 00:42:48,080
even though there's no evidence?
839
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:50,680
Hongde cannot afford to offend
840
00:42:50,759 --> 00:42:52,400
both the Su Family and the Princess.
841
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,960
This is the last kind of act he can do
842
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,359
to protect his son.
843
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,240
Your Highness.
844
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,480
I need to go to pick up your sister.
845
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,759
Shouldn't you be pretending
that your marriage is on the rocks?
846
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,799
Seemingly in harmony,
but actually at variance.
847
00:43:15,279 --> 00:43:16,880
I'll take my leave then.
848
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:18,680
Take care, Your Highness.
849
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,960
Guard this area.
850
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:23,880
No one else may come near.
851
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:24,920
Yes, Eunuch Fu.
852
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,080
Sir.
853
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,080
Please tell me what happened that night.
854
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,359
I was working my shift
as a night watcher that night.
855
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,000
When I passed by the street
where the temple is,
856
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,279
I saw a boy being abducted by several men.
857
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,680
I recognized one of them.
858
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:47,640
He's from the Su Family.
859
00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:51,080
Eunuch Fu,
I have completed the examination.
860
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,279
Your Majesty, this is the result
of the post-mortem examination.
861
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,160
The post-mortem examiner said
it was suicide.
862
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:30,279
And the Su Family…
863
00:44:38,359 --> 00:44:39,319
Su Rongqing.
864
00:44:40,279 --> 00:44:42,680
Hand over Hongde's son now.
865
00:44:46,279 --> 00:44:48,080
Your Majesty, I've been wronged.
866
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:51,560
I don't know where you heard this from.
867
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:53,600
Why don't you summon him here,
868
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,879
so I can confront him directly?
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