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THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION

What are you doing?

Why are you scared?

Don't you want to know the truth?

Mr. Xie, do you recognize it?

Where did you steal it from?

How did you get this?

I've seen this same pendant

on a young lady from the Xie Family.

How did she know about this?

Father.

With this pendant and the resemblance
between the two of them,

as well as the red ink,

I started getting suspicious.

So I sent someone
to look into Mr. Xie's past.

Something surprising was discovered.

I found out

that Mr. Xie had a love affair

that was once the talk of the town.

It's said that when Mr. Xie was young,

he fell in love with a woman
from the martial world.

But they couldn't be together

due to his family's objection.

That woman left when she was pregnant

and gave birth to a child by herself,

named Lin Feibai.

Her Highness was able to find out
about this in such a short time.

-And Mr. Xie…
-Could it be that…

went to that woman after he was married.

But she didn't want to be his concubine

and didn't want her child
to return to the Xie Family.

For some reason,

Mr. Xie agreed to this.

He provided her with protection

and helped her found
today's Seven-Star Sect.

After listening to this story,

do you think it is more likely

that I was so insane

to keep directing a man
to kill his birth father?

Or is it more likely
that the father and son

conspired to falsely accuse me?

Nonsense.

Then we shall test your relationship

with a drop of blood from both of you.

Father.

Get a bowl of water.

Your Highness.

Mr. Xie.

You're the Minister of Justice.

You're familiar with testing
a relationship with blood drops, right?

She traveled thousands of miles
to Huajing,

got pregnant out of wedlock
but was abandoned,

and then was alone ever since.

Mr. Lin.

As a child,

don't you feel sorry for your mother?

Mr. Xie, you're staying still.

Is it because you're not feeling well

or because you dare not do this?

Mr. Xie.

Xie Lanqing!

Impossible.

This is impossible.

Your Majesty, someone's framing me.

This result is false.

It can't prove

that this assassin and I
are father and son.

I don't know him!

Mr. Xie.

You tried to assassinate Her Highness

and then colluded with your son
to frame her.

And even now,

you are not willing
to confess to your crimes

to ask for forgiveness
from His Majesty and Her Highness.

Instead, you're refusing
to comply with legal authorities.

I'd like to know

what gave you the courage

to disregard His Majesty,

the law,

the principle of moral conduct,

and the justice of the world.

Pei Wenxuan.

You're making irresponsible remarks.

Your Majesty.

I've been an official for 30 years.

I've spared no effort
in serving you and the country.

But now,

I'm being framed by these two kids.

Your Majesty,
I hope you will look into the matter.

Look into the matter?

Xie Lanqing.

As an official who has been working
for the court for years,

I should have trusted your words.

But now the solid evidence is here.

How else do you want me to look into this?

You said Pingyue framed you and set you up

again and again.

How can a young girl
who's not even 20 years old

be able to set up a cunning man like you

who's worked for the court
for over 30 years?

Please calm down, Your Majesty.

There are too many misunderstandings,
Your Majesty.

What misunderstandings?

In the past, there was no evidence.

Now the evidence is solid.

If there's any misunderstanding,
you can talk about it in prison.

-Your Majesty--
-Someone.

Drag this traitorous minister out
to the Censorate

for Pei Wenxuan to investigate
and deal with accordingly.

Please don't do this, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty.

Pei Wenxuan is the Prince Consort.

Such an order won't convince the people.

So what if he's the Prince Consort?

You can yourself mix
public and private interests together.

But when it comes to me,
I have to regard my interests?

It's decided.

This case is assigned to Pei Wenxuan.

Anyone who says another word

will be put on trial too.

Your Majesty, I think

it's inappropriate for me
to preside over this case.

It should be handed back
to the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Justice?

Who would dare to interrogate him?

I'd like to recommend someone.

Who is it?

Right Minister of Justice, Pei Liming.

He's my uncle,

a man of integrity and honesty.

He has been working
at the Ministry for years,

and knows the law well.

I recommend the worthy
regardless of family ties.

I would like to recommend this person
to investigate this case.

I second the recommendation.

I also think

that Mr. Pei
is the most suitable candidate.

Since Mr. Su also said so,

just let Mr. Pei investigate the case.

Prepare the decree.

I'd like to test our blood again.

-Get the water!
-Take him away!

I'd like to test it again.

Your Majesty! Please get the water!

I'd like to test it again, Your Majesty!

I'm innocent!

Your Majesty!

I'd like to test it again!

Just once!

I'm tired.

You shall take your leave now.

Pei Wenxuan, you may stay.
I have something to talk to you.

Your actions today

have taken me by surprise.

Mr. Su, your actions today

have also greatly exceeded
my expectations.

What did you think I would do?

I thought you wouldn't compromise

in Xie Lanqing's case.

He tried to assassinate you.

Of course, I won't cover up for him.

However, Your Highness…

why must you establish
the Inspectorate Office?

For the country.

For the people.

Also for justice.

Justice?

Is it that in your mind,
justice means making enemies

with the noble families?

Even if there are bad people
in the noble families,

it's still the foundation
of the Great Xia.

One should not demand absolute purity.

For a few bad people,

the very foundation will be affected.

Then war will break out
and the people will suffer.

How can there be any justice
and well-being that you mentioned

for the country

and the people?

Let's drop the subject.

Your Highness.

How have you been…

since you married Pei Wenxuan?

Mr. Su.

In fact, I really don't need you

to worry so much about my relationship.

Actually…

I have a small wish.

I hope

that your relationship remains separate
from power and politics.

I hope that it can be pure.

And you'll have no regrets.

Take care, Your Highness.

I hope you will proceed with caution
in the future.

I shall take my leave now.

You two had a good time chatting, huh?

What did Father say to you?

His Majesty asked me
why I recommended Pei Liming.

How did you answer?

For others, this opportunity
is the icing on the cake.

But for the Pei Family,

it's offering timely help.

There will be a big difference
in their mentality.

Well said.

Oh, right.

What were you and Mr. Su
exactly talking about?

I think you were touched by his words.

Feeling moved?

Yes.

He just told me something very important

that made me feel touched

and have even more feelings for him.

Have even more feelings for him?

Don't you have enough feelings for him?

How much more do you want?

Why not just hold him dear to your heart?

It's just that it'll be hard for Mr. Su.

Wait.

Why is it hard for him?

Your Highness,
there's only a tiny spot in your heart.

If Mr. Su is going to be in it,
he'll have to stand on one leg.

He will need to switch legs
over and over again.

Don't you think Mr. Su will be tired?

Yes. He'll be exhausted.

If so, I don't think
you can do such a tiring job.

-I'd better find someone else.
-Your Highness.

That's not right.

You don't know

that my unique skill
is standing on one foot.

If you want,

I'm willing to stand on one foot
in your heart for the rest of my life.

You weren't worried at all in there.

Especially during the blood drop test.

You looked confident.

I worked on a shipwreck case before,

and many people came
to identify their families.

The blood drop test
for relationships was used.

After using it many times,
I found it strange.

Later, I learned

that the blood of any two people
can be fused.

There's no basis for the method

of the blood drop test.

In that case,

does that mean
that our blood drops can fuse too?

Li Rong, you're unbelievable.

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Your Highness.

Uncle Liming.

Uncle Liming, spare the formalities.

Has Lin Feibai arrived
at the Ministry of Justice?

Yes.

Ms. Shangguan has just sent him here.

I'll go and see him then.

I'll be waiting for you here,
Your Highness.

Why did you recommend me?

With your help,
we'll be able to go to the prison

as we want now.

Although you recommended me,

I still have something to say.

You're being a little reckless.

You should have

told me about this earlier.

I didn't know this would happen today.

Someone was needed on short notice,

so I had to recommend you to help.

You call this help?

One dots, two dots, three dots.

Where's the four dots tile?

Where is it?

Your Highness.

Why are you still here?

I…

I guessed you would come
to interrogate him, so I waited here.

Your Highness, I'm so curious.

Please enlighten me.

Mr. Lin.

You…

Don't you have anything to say?

My mother never told me about him.

Two years ago,

she was still holding onto
this jade pendant when she was dying.

She said she wanted to meet
the owner of the pendant.

She told me to wait
at the mountain gateway.

Because at the gate,

I could see the incoming people
on the trail right away.

He'd be dressed in black.

It was snowing that day

and he didn't come.

When I came to my mother's bedside

in the early hours of the next morning,

she was already dead.

My mother had many demands for me
before she died.

One of them

was that she owed Xie Lanqing three favors

she wanted me to repay.

That's why

when Xie Lanqing went
to seek help from the Seven-Star Sect,

I knew that getting involved in this

would bring the Seven-Star Sect
to its doom,

but I still did it.

I just don't understand.

This man…

failed her,

humiliated her,

and never even acknowledged her.

She hated him so much.

But why did she want me to help him?

She didn't honestly speak her mind.

Do you know why?

All I know

is that your mother wanted you
to stay alive.

And I'm here today

to give you a chance.

What chance?

A chance to live.

And a chance for revenge.

Now, Xie Lanqing

is bound to step down from the position
of the Minister of Justice.

Whoever takes over Xie Lanqing's case now

means to take over the position
of Minister of Justice.

You deserve to take this position.

Then, we'll have to rely on you
to help us from now on.

Your words

are like a slap in my face.

No.

On the way here, I was thinking.

In the past,

I could have been

nicer to you.

-But I--
-Uncle Liming.

Let bygones be bygones.

Let's move on.

Okay.

What's the condition?

No conditions this time.

All you have to do is tell the truth.

Xie Lanqing will get whatever punishment

he deserves.

As for your attempted assassination,

I'll report to Father

and ask him to absolve you of your crime

for you making amends
for your fault by good deeds.

Your Highness,
you're not using me again, are you?

But I'm willing to testify

against Xie Lanqing.

That's good then.

I hope you can get out soon, Mr. Lin.

Mr. Lin, don't be too sad.

The days go by fast
when you're playing tiles.

There are plenty of things
that can bring you joy in this world.

I'll leave the tiles here for you.

I'm leaving now.

Let's go.

Your Highness,
why do you think Lin Feibai's mother

had such contradictory feelings?

She had been teaching Lin Feibai

to hate Xie Lanqing in her whole life,

but she asked him to help Xie Lanqing

right before she died.

What did she want?

Do you know what it feels like
when you're dying?

Of course, I don't know.

I've never died.

Do you know?

I guess

it's true that Lin Xia had hated
Xie Lanqing all her life.

But hatred comes from love.

That's why she waited for him

when she was dying.

But it didn't really matter

if Xie Lanqing came or not.

When someone is dying,

what they think about is not only regret,

but also

the wonderful things in their lives.

Why do you sound like
you've been dead before?

But Lin Feibai is really pathetic.

There are a lot of pitiful people.

He's not that pitiful.

That's true.

The greatest sorrow
in the world is poverty.

Birth, senility, illness, and death
are the order of nature.

Only poverty always
makes you doubt yourself.

It's like being stuck

in a spider's web

and wondering
if you're not trying hard enough

to break free.

All right.

Your Highnesses, I shall leave now.

-See you.
-Take care.

Your Highness, I wonder

what you saw in your past life

when you were dying.

What about you?

What did you see when you were dying?

Me?

The Spring Festival.

That was the first time
we spent it together.

There was a fireworks show.

It was right here on this street.

There are no fireworks here.

It's on the right.

On the right.

Can you promise me

that you'll watch fireworks with me

every Spring Festival?

Sure.

I envy you.

I didn't expect you to think
of something so wonderful

when you were dying.

But then,

you broke the promise.

Then we'll watch it again this year.

I'll watch the fireworks with you again.

Promise me one more thing.

What's it?

This time,

we'll either not say out loud

what we'll promise each other

or we'll keep our promises

till the end of our lives.

Okay.

Neither of us can break the promise.

Well…

Let's make a pinky swear.

One hundred years.

No change in lifetimes.

Mr. Xie.

Do you confess to the accusation

of hiring someone to assassinate for you

by Princess Pingyue?

Mr. Pei.

Didn't I teach you on the day

you joined the Ministry of Justice

that you need evidence
when handling cases?

Li Rong's assumptions alone

won't convict me.

I have evidence.

The money Mr. Xie used to pay
for the assassination

has the Xie Family's mark.

TAIJI HALL

Your Majesty.

The former Minister of Justice,
Xie Lanqing,

instructed an organization
in the martial world, Seven-Star Sect,

to assassinate Princess Pingyue
and the Prince Consort, Pei Wenxuan.

The evidence is conclusive.

By the Great Xia's law,

the crimes of committing rebellion
and hiring someone to assassinate others

warrant a death sentence.

But Xie Lanqing is a minister

who's worked for both Your Majesty
and the late Emperor.

He made contributions to the nation,

and served Your Majesty with sincerity.

So the Ministry of Justice suggests

that the merits and demerits
offset each other

and he should be sentenced
to exile in the northern desert.

Any objections?

Your Majesty.

The Qin Family's case

and the embezzlement case

have been investigated
by the Inspectorate Office for months

and the truth has now been revealed.

I request to close the cases.

Granted!

Your Highness.

Mr. Su.

I wonder if you are available.

Mr. Su, what's the matter?

Now that the cases have been closed,

there will be a break tomorrow

to welcome the Spring Festival.

If there's anything you want to discuss,

why don't you wait
until after the Spring Festival?

Mr. Pei, don't be nervous.

It's not about me.

It's Mr. Xie.

He wants to see you, Your Highness.

Your Highness, have some tea.

Mr. Su, have some tea too.

Thank you.

You're not going to have some?

There is a notch on the cup.

I can't use it.

I'll just use yours.

Mr. Su.

Your Highness.

Do you want some more?

There's no way

there's a chipped cup in my mansion.

Just keep your act up.

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Have you met her before?

Lin Xia.

You met her before, didn't you?

I hadn't.

I've been in Huajing.

And she

died two years ago.

She died two years ago?

You didn't know?

This is not surprising.

Twenty years.

You never went to see her
in the past 20 years.

Although I've never met her before,

I may still know

what you want to know.

Xie Lanqing, that old man.

He's in charge of the Ministry of Justice
and he's gone too far.

Don't be angry.

I've found Xie Lanqing's weakness.

There's a swordswoman named Lin Xia,

born into a famous martial family.

When she was young,
she came to Huajing accidentally.

In Huajing,

she met Xie Lanqing, a childe back then.

They had a child

named Lin Feibai.

Lin Feibai?

Ask me anything you want.

Is Lin Feibai…

really my child?

Yes.

You were in love with Lin Xia

but had to break up with her
due to pressure from your family.

She was pregnant with Lin Feibai
at that time.

But she didn't tell me.

Why would she tell you?

You would never marry her.

And she had no intention

of marrying anyone else.

So this child was her only hope.

Because of this child,

she could not be accepted by her family

and had to follow her junior sister
into hiding.

Finally, she had no choice
but to write to you

and ask for the money.

You were relieved at the time, right?

You felt you would
no longer owe this woman.

So you gave her Qinqu Mountain
so generously.

Later, she established the Seven-Star Sect

and was surrounded
by her right and left guardians.

Rumor in the martial world had it

that she was having an affair

with her right guardian,
her senior brother, Lin Fei.

So you thought Lin Feibai
was Lin Fei's child.

After all…

Lin Feibai's existence
was known to Xie Lanqing

a year later.

In other words,

Lin Feibai's real age is not 20,

but 21.

Lin Xia hid the exact time
she gave birth to her son.

It was already a year later
when Xie Lanqing found out.

So he never thought

it would be his child.

Lin Xia spent her whole life alone
on Qinqu Mountain.

Lin Xia spent her whole life alone
on Qinqu Mountain.

She even thought of you when she was dying

and asked people to get to you.

But you refused to see her.

Your Highness.

I'm sure you're back too,

right?

Mr. Xie, anything else
you would like to ask?

If no,

I'll be leaving.

Did she hate me?

I don't know…

about this.

But there's one thing

I'm curious about.

Have you ever loved her?

I dare not to say it.

Love is nothing

to you.

But I pity Lin Xia

for her life of wandering and loneliness,

being trapped by a man like you.

I wanted her

to have a good life.

I was young and ignorant.

I thought if I risked my life,

I could protect both of us.

Only then did I realize

that I was not qualified
to talk about love

when I was a member of my family.

If I married her,

my family's centuries-old reputation

would become a laughingstock.

My family couldn't tolerate me
being with her.

Death was nothing to me.

But what about her?

Why did a heavenly being…

end up in the mortal world?

Even though Lin Xia was
a respectable swordswoman,

she was also a foolish woman

infatuated with her feelings.

Why did a heavenly being…

end up in the mortal world?

I let her go

because I wanted her to stay alive.

I didn't go to see her

because I knew

it would be meaningless,

so there was no need
to make her more heartbroken.

It's not that I didn't love her.

It's just that I was not worthy of it

and I dared not love her.

That's because of your status.

I didn't expect you
to have such deep insight

at such a young age.

And it took me my whole life
to see through it.

I want to protect my family,

this noble surname,

and this noble lineage.

You're a descendant
of the imperial family,

but you married a man
who's from a humble background.

It's fine
that he's from such a background,

but you listened to him
and cut off the noble families

from the Crown Prince.

Your Highness, I'd like to ask you

why you're doing

all this.

For the sake of making the son
of that humble woman, Consort Rou,

ascend the throne?

All Her Highness has done

is to stop people like you

from asking why.

What she seeks in the world

is not for the family
to be the most important,

but for all people

to live a happy life with hope.

It may not be realized today.

Even in a hundred years
or a thousand years.

But Her Highness still hopes

that one day,

there will be no more people like you

asking what you did wrong,

and no more people like you

accusing Her Highness
of being an imperial descendant

married to someone
from a humble background.

Pei Wenxuan has already…

answered your question.

You can put your mind at ease
and go on your journey now.

Mr. Su.

If there's nothing else,

we'll be going.

Your Highness.

Please.

The biggest mistake
Mr. Xie has made in his life is that

he shouldn't have allowed himself
to be carried away

even if he was deeply in love.

Are you the same?

In your world,

you can even kill your beloved
for the sake of your family?

Why say such an inauspicious thing
out of the blue?

I'm just asking.

Mr. Su won't mind.

I do mind.

Mr. Pei.

Please don't make fun of my beloved.

Mr. Su, do you have a beloved?

Whether I do,

it's not something
you should make fun of, Mr. Pei.

I'm sorry for offending you.

But you haven't addressed me

as Your Highness, have you?

Now, the Prince Consort's rank is higher

than that of the investigating censor
of the Censorate.

You come from a prestigious family,

so you should abide by the rules.

Please don't make that mistake again.

Let's go, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

As the Spring Festival is approaching,

I would like to wish you a happy new year

and all the best early.

Mr. Su, I also wish you a happy new year

and a bright future.

Thank you, Your Highness.

What's on your mind?

I think…

he's a bit familiar.

You mean…

I think he's…

more like the old him now.

I hope I'm overthinking this.

Let's go.

SU'S MANSION

The conversation
at the Ministry of Justice

has proved that Her Highness is back.

No wonder she treated me that way
at the Spring Banquet.

She must remember our time

being together at the Princess's Mansion.

But last time, Her Highness
and the Prince Consort ended so badly.

Why is she

still with Pei Wenxuan this time?

Is Pei Wenxuan back?

This time,

I have to protect both my family

and Her Highness.

Your Highness,

wait for me.