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"Go Ahead Fearlessly" - Liu Yuning

♫ Grudges and karma, right and wrong ♫

♫ The past hides blood and tears ♫

♫ It is hard to catch up after years of separation ♫

♫ The truth cannot be fully revealed ♫

♫ Fate is full of twists and turns ♫

♫ Life and death, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand ♫

♫ Obsession is hard to get rid of, keeping the truth and getting rid of the lies, let the wind blow ♫

♫ Tossed about by the wind and rain, I will never regret it, I will accompany you for my whole life ♫

♫ At least you share my joy and sorrow ♫

♫ Unravelling fate, fearlessly, a dream returns ♫

♫ The mountains and rivers are bright and beautiful, holding hands, together we return ♫

♫ In this life, my heart returns untainted of dust and ash ♫

[Melody of Golden Age]

[Episode 15]

[Princess of Valor Mansion]

Assistant Minister Zhang has arrived.

- Stand still. Don't move. - Wait!

Stop! Let him go.

Trying to snatch someone in broad daylight?

How is this considered snatching?

I have sent someone to invite him over as a guest.

Princess of Valor. Since he is a guest, he should be free to come and go.

But it's obvious that he doesn't want to be a guest.

Just a personal matter.

I didn't expect it to get you to come.

I wonder what relationship you have with Young Master Han.

Your Highness overstates it. I am here under imperial orders to offer my regards to the Great Chief and his wife.

And I happened to hear Madam Shen mention it.

The Grand Empress Dowager has always valued you.

My actions are also for Your Highness's benefit.

I hope Your Highness will reconsider.

Since you have said so,

it would be inappropriate for me to insist on holding him here as a guest.

I shall take my leave.

Madam Shen, I have made it clear last time

that you might protect Young Master Han temporarily, but can you protect him for a lifetime?

[Princess of Valor Mansion]

Great Chief, someone has reported

that a number of moth-shaped jades suddenly appeared in the ruins of Jinxiu Workshop.

And familiar faces appeared. Very strange!

Let's go to Jinxiu Workshop.

[Jinxiu Workshop]

It's Manager Kong from Jinxiu Workshop!

But hasn't Mr. Kong already died?

Is it a person or a ghost?

Could it be that the dead really can come back to life?

You saw it just now.

Is it really the work of ghosts?

I never believed that there were ghosts or deities in this world.

If there were, it would be someone secretly causing trouble.

Let's investigate carefully, and we will certainly find some clues.

I've found it!

A divine miracle revealed a precious jade.

This moth-shaped jade must be a divine jade.

- There must be more. Keep searching. - Definitely more. Search.

I found one!

Miraculous!

I found another one!

[Shen Mansion]

I always feel that there are two pairs of big hands behind this case.

One pair of big hands wants to quietly erase the Jinxiu Workshop case,

while the other pair wants to stir up trouble by taking advantage of this.

Moth-shaped jade,

the shop owner reveals divine power, the dead come back to life.

It's as if all these strange events were planned to occur together this month.

Whoever stirs up such a commotion in the Imperial City

is definitely not a serial murderer or an ordinary warlock.

Certainly, a powerful figure must be behind this.

I just can't figure out the purpose of this powerful figure.

Creating a deity!

Creating a deity?

The case now is already beyond your control.

There's a case within the case,

and it's intricately connected to the court's strife.

What's the purpose of creating a deity, then?

Any thoughts?

My only thought right now

is the only advice I can give you.

Stop investigating!

Don't get involved in the trouble.

Boring!

I thought you had some profound insights.

I must continue to investigate the case.

Utterly childish!

Don't recklessly put yourself in danger!

Are you concerned about me?

What do you think?

Regardless, you currently bear the title of Madam Shen.

Behave yourself!

Try not to get yourself involved.

I still feel like you care about me.

You won't let me go. I must get to the bottom of it.

Madam.

Lu Chuichui and I have an appointment to visit the silk store in the south of the city.

I've heard they've received a batch of new cloths.

In red, yellow, black, and sophora yellow.

The tie-dyeing looks really good.

If I go too late, I won't get any.

Maybe you should go back. Don't disturb Great Chief.

He didn't rest well last night, just let him sleep a little longer.

All right, hurry up and go.

Madam, where are you going so early in the morning?

Lu Chuichui and I have an appointment to visit the silk store in the south of the city.

I've heard they've received a batch of new cloths.

In red, yellow, black, and sophora yellow.

The tie-dyeing looks really good. If I go too late, I won't get any.

I'm going to the silk store in the south of the city.

I've heard they've received a batch of new cloths.

- Uncle Zhong, what happened? She had another quarrel with Great Chief? - Yellow, black, and sophora yellow.

- If I go too late, I won't get any. - What are you talking about?

Want some sugar cakes? I just made them.

I am about to deliver them to the Great Chief.

No, it's a made-up lie.

What?

Madam Shen left the house this early in the morning, she must have something urgent to do.

Recently, Great Chief hasn't had much appetite for breakfast,

so I made some sugar cakes.

Why don’t you all give them a try?

Jing Lin.

Great Chief.

Go keep an eye on Yan Xing.

With her temper, she definitely won't listen to me.

Yes.

There's one person missing from this case.

The witness who found Madam Chen's body.

Besides Chen Shoujie, there was another person.

She personally made basin mutton, smoked chicken, baked flatbread, and cake.

She even gave me a bowl of wine.

Madam treated us so well.

She personally made basin mutton, smoked chicken,

baked flatbread, and cake.

The testimony of Chen Shoujie's servant

is exactly the same as that recorded by the officials when they questioned him.

The testimonies are identical, not a single word differs.

He probably memorized what to say beforehand.

Chen Shoujie.

Where is your servant?

Fire moth!

Fire moth!

Fire moth!

Fire moth!

- Fire moth! - What fire moth?

Fire moth!

Fire moth!

Fire moth!

Fire moth!

It's you!

The day Madam Chen was killed, what exactly did you see?

Why would you forge the testimony?

[Chen Mansion]

He seems to be waiting for me?

[Mingsheng Temple]

Mingsheng Temple.

Sounds familiar.

May I ask, did you just see anyone come in?

May I ask...

Help!

The dead come back to life.

The dead come back to life.

The dead…

You cannot die.

You still haven't told me who the murderer is.

- You cannot die. - Who are you?

And who are you?

Why did you kill him?

I didn't kill him.

I saw it with my own eyes. Don't try to deny it.

I really did not kill him.

Guards.

I didn't kill him, I just…

Stop!

Greetings, Princess Runing!

Princess Runing?

[Ministry of Justice] Mingsheng Temple.

No wonder it sounds so familiar.

The Princess of Runing, implicated in the Jinxiu Workshop case, is reflecting at the Mingsheng Temple.

Brother Xu.

What? Do you not want your head anymore,

or is it your hands you don't need?

Why would I be that foolish to be set up?

I am really so foolish.

What's wrong?

I think...

I got this powder in the Mingsheng Temple.

It looks like the suspicious powder around Jinxiu Workshop.

I need to calm down and think things through.

There must be some connection here.

There must be something I've missed.

Don't be anxious.

There is someone out there who is more anxious than you.

I'd been following her all the way. But when I reached the outside of Chen Shoujie's mansion,

my horse seemed to have gotten frightened.

After I got to Mingsheng Temple, Princess Runing had already…

Are you sure that after coming out from the Chen Mansion, Yan Xing didn't look right?

Yes, I called her several times and she didn't respond at all, as if she were bewitched.

And she ran after something.

I don't care who it is.

Whoever dares to harm my people, I won't show any mercy.

But Madam was taken by Princess Runing.

I'm afraid this matter won't be that simple.

There are rules, you can't go in.

How could Yan Xing possibly have killed someone?

You really can't go in.

How is Yan Xing doing?

She's fine and just ate two steamed buns.

Right, she said not to tell her family about this matter yet.

Who set Yan Xing up?

You must investigate this thoroughly.

We also believe Yan Xing wouldn't kill anyone.

But the one who arrested her is Princess Runing.

This matter might not be that easy to investigate.

What's not that easy?

With solid evidence here, it is natural to punish a murderer.

You!

Minister Lai, I wonder what brings you here to the prison of the Ministry of Justice at this late hour.

The matter of Mingsheng Temple involves the Royal Princess.

The Empress Dowager wants to interrogate the murderer, Yan Xing.

- What are you waiting for? Take her. - Yes.

Wait!

What do you want to do, Great Chief?

Do you intend to shield your wife,

obstruct the interrogation, and go against the law?

The Imperial Inspectorate breaks into the prison of the Ministry of Justice.

Is this by imperial decree?

Or are you relying on favor and indulgence, treating the law as if it were nothing?

The Imperial Inspectorate has always served the Grand Empress Dowager sincerely.

Great Chief, you are slandering me!

Regarding today's matter, I must take action personally,

in order not to let down the Grand Empress Dowager.

I will personally investigate this matter thoroughly.

Vice Minister Lai, please leave.

Guard this place well.

Anyone who dares to approach will be considered as attempting a prison break...

and will be executed without mercy.

- Understood! - Understood!

Unexpectedly,

you truly trust that Madam Shen is not the murderer.

But I wonder how the Grand Empress Dowager will react when she knows about this tomorrow.

Whether she will be moved by the deep affection between you two,

or will command me to administer justice and enforce the law.

One night.

Great Chief, please cherish this night!

Go! Come again tomorrow.

- In the dead of night, what are you doing? - Old Wu.

- Shut up and come with me. - Can't you wait until tomorrow?

Great Chief.

Jing Lin.

You saw with your own eyes

that after Yan Xing came out of the Chen Mansion, as if chasing someone,

she rode a horse all the way to the forest west of the city.

Yes.

Yan Xing said that she discovered the Chen family servant forging testimony,

so she went to the Chen Mansion with growing suspicions.

But she found he was trying to flee, so she chased him to Mingsheng Temple.

That's right, that's what Yan Xing said.

Then something's wrong.

What's wrong?

Jing Lin, lift your foot.

I see.

The west woods are muddy.

If it were a fast horse galloping, the hem of the pants wouldn't be this clean.

I must have soiled my soles on the way to Mingsheng Temple chasing Madam.

But the soles of the Chen family servant are spotless.

Then, how did the body appear at the Mingsheng Temple?

Could this scent be…

The Mingsheng Temple case has many suspicious points.

No one will interrogate the suspect until tomorrow.

- But if… - If Yan Xing suffers in the prison,

- But if… - If Yan Xing suffers in the prison,

I will hold you responsible.

Great Chief, what should we investigate next?

The source of the mistake.

Not entering the cycle of reincarnation, undying.

[Like a moth to a flame, live at dawn, die at dusk.]

[Like a moth to a flame, live at dawn, die at dusk. Not entering the cycle of reincarnation, undying.]

This powder is similar to the one that appeared in the Jinxiu Workshop.

Did Madam fall into a trap right here?

Fire moth! Fire moth! Fire moth!

What was originally placed here?

Great Chief, there doesn't seem to be any signs of rummaging or fighting.

So much blood.

Looks like this is where the murderer killed.

How did the victim end up at the Mingsheng Temple, then?

It's a box.

Great Chief, this is the whereabouts of Prince Xian last night.

[Prince Xian meets with Princess Runing at Mingsheng Temple.]

As expected.

You sent someone to spy on Prince Xian.

- If they find out, I'm afraid… - Saving the person is priority!

I need to meet this Princess Runing myself.

I'm Shen Du, the Great Chief of the Imperial Guards.

Greetings, Princess Runing.

Great Chief Shen, you are the renowned White Ghost.

Today, who do you want to take away here?

Your Highness, you misunderstand.

Today, I have a favor to ask.

Don't be kidding.

I am no longer a princess, but a commoner.

Great Chief, I can't help you with anything. Please leave.

Your Highness, please hear me out.

If it is an affair of the court, it has nothing to do with me.

You don’t need to say anything more.

It is my personal affair.

A personal affair?

Yesterday, my wife was set up by someone.

She mistakenly entered Mingsheng Temple and was imprisoned.

I hope Your Highness can show some leniency.

I can't believe you would come to beg me for your wife.

You are very different from what I heard about you.

Do you want me to release your wife?

I would like Your Highness to tell me the truth.

What do you mean?

Are you suggesting that I have slandered your wife?

Naturally, Your Highness did not intend to do so.

But if you want to protect someone,

you might hide some piece of information.

Nonsense!

I am tired. You may leave.

At the time of the incident,

was there really only Your Highness in Mingsheng Temple, without anyone else?

Grand Empress Dowager has confined Your Highness here.

If Her Majesty learns that you met Prince Xian secretly,

I wonder what Her Majesty would think.

Are you threatening me?

I only seek the truth.

He just came to visit his lonely aunt,

brought some items, and had a cup of tea.

We never criticized state affairs or harbored any ulterior motives.

It's just a courtesy thing between relatives. Can't we do so?

Prince Xian values family ties.

But people on the outside may not necessarily think it that way.

Sometimes, one word can cause an innocent person to die unjustly.

Your Highness, please tell me the truth

and clear my wife's name.

Open it.

I didn't actually see your wife kill anyone.

When I rushed over upon hearing the commotion,

only she and the body were left in the hall.

I didn't want others to find out that Prince Xian was here,

so I told him to leave through the back door.

Later, upon inspecting the back door,

signs of forced entry were indeed discovered.

Among the pile of items brought by Prince Xian,

I found this box.

But I don't know where it came from.

Thank you for telling the truth.

Today, I have caused many offenses.

Great Chief, be careful!

If anything happens to Prince Xian,

I will definitely inform Empress Dowager of your surveillance of the royal family.

Do you think that I would be that bold

to do so without permission?

May there be peaceful days ahead.

Doesn't Your Highness want to know

the truth behind the Jinxiu Workshop case from years ago?

What difference does it make knowing the truth?

The dead can never come back.

The dead are gone and have found peace.

Just a word to comfort the living.

No one dared to investigate the truth of that case back then.

What about today?

I promise you that I will get to the bottom of the case...

and give Your Highness the truth.

Good, then I'll wait for the truth.

Prince Xian, Mingsheng Temple is a place of dispute.

If Grand Empress Dowager knew that you had been there,

she would certainly accuse you of harboring treasonous intentions.

When there is a desire to accuse someone, there will always be an excuse.

Back then, it was just because of a piece of clothing,

that my aunt caused bloodshed at Jinxiu Workshop.

Prince Xian, please be cautious with your words!

Prince Xian, please be cautious with your words!

You have just performed a charitable act to aid in disaster relief which pleased the Grand Empress Dowager.

Do not do anything to displease the Grand Empress Dowager.

Do not neglect minor conduct, lest you suffer a great loss.

Shen Du knew about this yet did not report it.

He is quite calculating!

It's already dawn,

why hasn't Great Chief Shen returned yet?

It's about time. Take her.

How stubborn you are!

I remember back then you were caught by Shen Du.

But now you listen to him.

Grand Empress Dowager's decree

requires you to interrogate by the hour of Yi. (Between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.)

No interrogation until the time has come!

Inspector!

How dare you to stop the Imperial Inspectorate from handling a case!

I'll see just how stubborn you are!

Vice Minister Lai certainly has a lot of bravado!

Though it seems like you're a bit impatient.

I should do my best for Grand Empress Dowager.

Grand Empress Dowager has decreed.

The Mingsheng Temple case is fraught with numerous suspicious points.

Now it's transferred to the Imperial Guards to take full responsibility...

to investigate thoroughly!

Great Chief Shen, you really act fast!

Retreat!

Why hasn't she come out yet?

Bless her, bless her! Please come out quickly.

Sixth Miss, you finally came out!

I was so worried!

Come, come, come. Sweep, sweep, sweep! (Clearing away bad luck.)

I'm glad that you could come out safe and sound.

You!

You always get yourself in trouble while investigating cases.

But I'm glad that you could come out safe and sound.

Do you have any idea how worried I was

when I heard you'd been arrested for murder?

Come on. Get rid of the bad luck. Turn around, turn around.

Get rid of the bad luck. Go around.

I am blessed and lucky to be alive.

The case has been cleared up and then I got released.

If it weren’t for Great Chief Shen finding the Princess of Runing to clarify the situation,

and for uncovering the box used to transport the body

in the woods behind the Mingsheng Temple,

do you think you would have gotten out so easily?

He went to find Princess Runing?

What did you just say?

The box used for transporting the body was thrown into the woods?

Something's wrong.

What's wrong?

You must have been scared out of your wits.

It's all right now.

Oh, right! Brother Xu and Jiang Langxing have gone to pursue new clues.

I heard that the deceased servant of the Chen family

had been stealing the Chen family assets while Chen Shoujie was out of his mind.

had been stealing the Chen family assets while Chen Shoujie was out of his mind.

Later, he got caught by Madam Chen,

so he betrayed his master and colluded with someone to kill her.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to prove it now.

Yan Xing.

- Great Chief, are you here to take Sixth Miss back home? - Back home?

I'm all fired up to investigate the case and clear my name now.

What are you doing?

From now on, you're not allowed to investigate this case.

We've reached this point.

Even if I were to quit now, can I stay out of it?

Also, the body of that servant of the Chen family should be at the Ministry of Justice.

I must find clues from his body.

When I say no, I mean no.

The murderer used that servant of the Chen family to lure me to Mingsheng Temple,

obviously leading me to suspect Princess Runing.

Princess Runing has not left Mingsheng Temple for many years.

Who wants to drag her down into this?

Enough.

Are you asking me to quit because it's related to the royals?

Leave this matter to me. I will handle it well.

I just want to know the truth.

Since you are hesitant and fearful of the powerful,

fine, I'll investigate this case myself.

Great Chief, you can just pursue your career.

So that's what you think of me.

Aren't you always afraid of being implicated by others?

Then let's divorce right now.

So you don't have to write a confession later.

Sixth Miss!

What should we do?

- Where are you going? - To do the autopsy.

Shen Du examined the body before.

The soles of his shoes did not have any forest mud on them.

He was sent to Mingsheng Temple after he died.

What? Did you find anything?

Come and smell this.

This is the scent of something used to slow down the decay of a body.

Long before I arrived at Chen Shoujie's mansion,

he had already died.

What happened after then,

although I witnessed them myself,

I'm not sure if it's true.

Are you suggesting everything you saw might have been an illusion?

What is that?

Or what kind of drug could manipulate the mind like this?

The world is vast,

all sorts of wonders

are beyond our grasp.

Also, what concerns me more is

the method used on this servant's body to delay the death time

is the same as what Madam Tang used.

Do you believe that there are techniques for bringing the dead back to life in this world?

Are you worried that Chen Huo'e might bring the dead back to life asl the others said?

Yes.

I don't think so.

So I have to find out the truth.

So you quarreled with your husband and ran away from home?

I am just afraid that without White Ghost's protection,

what if you get bullied?

What am I afraid of? I still have you guys.

If you go home and your mother finds out, she will definitely scold you.

Don't worry!

I already know where to go.

This is where the Ministry of Justice keeps all case files. [Historical Archive]

I can't believe that no clues can be found.

- Clerk Yan. - Master Ji.

Why do you come to the Historical Archive so late?

Master Ji, I want to check on every record before and after

the Jinxiu Workshop case. [Ji Fangming]

You've been in charge of the Historical Archive for years. Do you know where it is?

Jinxiu Workshop.

It's been some years.

Perhaps over there, you can take a look.

Thank you.

I've smelled...

this scent somewhere before.

Clerk Yan.

Mind the fire.

Thank you. I will be careful.

Aren't you always afraid of being implicated by others?

Then let's divorce right now.

So you don't have to write a confession later.

Mother.

Oranges.

The branches of the orange tree outside the wall

just happened to fall into the garden.

I know you like oranges,

so I picked them for you.

Have you written the things

I told you to?

I don't know how, nor can I write it.

My father has been upright all his life.

He has never done the slightest thing against the Shen family's precepts.

My father was framed by others.

How can I admit to those unfounded crimes on behalf of my father?

Shut up!

You have a criminal record.

If you do not draw a clear line with the Shen family,

then you will have no hope. You…

But how can I live ignobly,

allowing my father to be reviled?

Rather so, I would rather, like my father, die to prove my integrity.

But if even you die, then this unjust case will truly end.

Shen Du!

Do you really want them

to never rest in peace in the underworld?

If you don't write that confession,

then from now on,

don't call me your mother again.

To clear the name of your father

and the Shen family,

no matter how difficult,

and dangerous it is,

you must go on.

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"Only Want You" - Ding Yuxi, Deng Enxi

♫ One look confirmed our fate ♫

♫ Upon meeting again, I know you're the one for me ♫

♫ Gaze at the stars, dreaming about old times ♫

♫ A pair of people have already taken root ♫

♫ Lovers before the candlelight, do not ask their thoughts ♫

♫ Affection is bound, lasting forever ♫

♫ Using the evening breeze to express deep love ♫

♫ I have someone I long for in this life ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

​♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

​♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ You are the only one for me ♫

♫ Embracing each other, how serious we are about our love ♫

♫ Every moment is treasured ♫

♫ From dawn to dusk ♫

♫ You and I, forever inseparable ♫

♫ Without noticing, you broke into my heart ♫

♫ Slowly immersing myself, I become undaunted by perils for love ♫

♫ I charge into battle with unmatched resilience ♫

♫ Because you are my responsibility ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

​♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ Deeply in love, you are the one I have chosen ♫

♫ Autumn moon and spring breeze, I only want you for my whole life ♫

♫ The trace of your palm ♫

​♫ Your gaze ♫

♫ Our love is heating up ♫

♫ You are the only one for me ♫