Original subtitles

♪So this is what love is♪

♪I want to transform into a butterfly and pretend to meet you by accident♪

♪Gentle yet playful♪

♪You are as sweet as honey and as beautiful as springtime blooms♪

♪Yes♪

♪I have secretly fallen in love♪

♪My eyes are filled with longing. I can't help but care deeply about you♪

♪In this lifetime, I'll practice hard♪

♪To master your enchanting worldly charm♪

♪You are like a love story, a poem, a dream, and a stunning view♪

♪The unparalleled and everlasting love in this world, all that touches my heart♪

♪Your dress brushes past the copper bell♪

♪Laughing foolishly, feeling fortunate to have met you♪

♪Cherry blossoms fall into my heart♪

♪You are like a mood, sometimes happy, sometimes mad, and sometimes sunny♪

♪I'm the happiest when I think of you and I want to pick the stars for you♪

♪I'll be gentle with you for the rest of my life♪

♪You make me want to be close to you♪

♪Let's travel together to the ends of the earth♪

♪There's a girl, playful and unique♪

♪A smile of hers can make the whole street bloom♪

♪How could the world ever let down a pair like us, unmatched in the world?♪

♪The world is no longer fun. I don't want to explore it without you♪

♪There's a girl, mesmerized by the spring breeze♪

♪Like falling petals meeting flowing water, hoping for eternity♪

♪I shall confess my love for you♪

♪There is someone♪

♪I really like♪

♪You are like a love story, a poem, a dream, and a stunning view♪

♪The unparalleled and everlasting love in this world, all that touches my heart♪

♪Your dress brushes past the copper bell♪

♪Laughing foolishly, feeling fortunate to have met you♪

♪Cherry blossoms fall into my heart♪

♪You are like a mood, sometimes happy, sometimes mad, and sometimes sunny♪

♪I'm the happiest when I think of you and I want to pick the stars for you♪

♪I'll be gentle with you for the rest of my life♪

♪You make me want to be close to you♪

♪Let's travel together to the ends of the earth♪

[Practice Daughter]

[Adapted from An Yimo's original novel, The Charming Thief Princess]

[Episode 11]

[Chongwen Academy]

Did you all hear

that last night

a woman broke into the Eastern Palace?

Who was that?

I don't know.

I thought you knew.

Next time, please come with full information.

The people of the Eastern Palace are great at keeping secrets.

All I heard was that she accidentally triggered weapons

and got injured.

The Grand Tutor was even asked to cure her.

What?

The Grand Tutor, instead of physicians?

Did you know about it?

She hurt so badly?

Yeah.

Hopefully,

Yao can at least give her a quick death.

I wonder which lady it was.

So unreserved.

Didn't she even care about her reputation?

Did she think she could get what she wanted if she was proactive?

The Crown Prince won't be that easy to get.

Come on.

Who do you think it could be?

- I don't know. - No idea.

I was wondering this morning

why that glutton

didn't come for breakfast today.

Could it be...

Miss Mei, are you hurt?

You were fine yesterday.

How did you get hurt overnight?

Right.

I'm an unreserved person.

I sleep everywhere,

except for any bed.

I thought you were a lady.

But it's only been a few days.

You already couldn't wait to throw yourself at a man.

Well,

do you want to marry His Highness so badly?

Marry His Highness?

There is only Buddha in the eyes of the Buddha.

And there is only a pig in the eyes of a pig.

Who is she talking about?

Maybe you.

If this news gets out,

the Mei Family's reputation

will be ruined.

Yes.

This is indeed not good.

Mei,

prepare some ink for me.

Look at her.

I'm going for a walk

before they start gossiping.

Where is she going?

What's going on with those two?

Something's going on.

It's His Highness.

Your Highness.

Yao.

Yao,

I heard you asked the Grand Tutor to your palace last night.

Did someone get hurt?

It was my rabbit.

It scurried around and got hurt.

Your rabbit?

Is the rabbit light blue?

You are funny.

There's no such light blue rabbit.

It's just

an ordinary rabbit.

It's fierce

and bold.

A rabbit.

It doesn't matter if it was a rabbit or a lady.

I've never seen Yao

cared so much about something or someone before.

Yeah, exactly.

I've never seen you like this.

Yeah.

Well, it wasn't my intention.

But it fell and kept screaming.

If I didn't do anything,

I'm afraid it'd have kept me up all night.

Let's go.

Go back to your seat.

It indeed made a big scene.

No wonder people got curious.

Never mind.

You haven't got married yet.

No one takes care of the affairs for you.

Of course, you have to do everything yourself.

By the way,

Her Majesty also cares a lot about this.

Is there maybe someone you like?

Thank you for caring about me.

But, no one yet.

Why does she ignore the rules

and stay out for so long?

She is still not back.

I'm exhausted.

Go to sleep. Hurry.

We're back, finally.

Why haven't you fallen asleep yet?

Go to sleep.

Quiet.

Let's go.

Who is there?

Come out now.

Sir.

Sir.

Sir, I have looked into it.

These three are thieves.

They disguised themselves as refugees

and claimed relief pensions.

They even stole money from those who lived in the same room with them.

We caught them as they tried to escape.

How dare they!

Who hired them?

The Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Why are you so flustered?

News about those fake refugees is all over the place.

Several old ministers led by Liu Qinyuan

are now outside the Throne Room.

They accuse the Crown Prince of failing to hire qualified workers

and don't know how to rule the country.

Eunuch Song,

what do you think about my flowers here?

Your Majesty, there is no time for admiring flowers now.

I trim them every day,

but only this one grows the fastest.

Within the palace,

nothing is more annoying than unnecessary troubles.

The flowers need to be pruned when they grow crooked.

Otherwise, sooner or later, they will influence their owner.

Your Majesty, I, Zhuang Fucheng, pay my respect to you.

I guess Mr. Zhuang's here with scissors.

I brought

what you wished for.

Your Majesty.

Liu Qinyuan is corrput. He colluded to amass wealth.

It's time to give him some punishment.

And we should do this in a convincing way.

Eunuch Song,

I heard that when Yao inspected the repair of the Museum,

something was stolen.

I didn't hear about this.

Your Majesty, forgive me.

I was busy serving His Highness the whole day.

All the ladies seemed normal.

If there was something strange...

It was the maid of Mei Yushan, the daughter of the Grand Chancellor,

who tried to approach the Crown Prince in the disguise of a palace maid.

But nothing really happened.

Then the lunar eclipse happened.

All the other ladies left.

Mei Yushan was the only one who stayed behind.

Mei Yushan again.

I guess

I have underestimated her.

We've never decided who's going to be the Crown Princess all this time.

I think

Zhuang Yangyang, the daughter of Director Zhuang,

who is elegant and decent,

could be a good choice.

Yes.

On behalf of my daughter,

I thank you, Your Majesty.

You.

Come here.

I'm talking about you.

Come forward.

What do you need, Eunuch Song?

I have served in this palace for over 20 years.

Because of you,

I almost lost my life.

I don't understand.

Tell me,

the night at the Museum,

why did you approach the Crown Prince as a palace maid?

Besides,

something from the museum was stolen.

A witness said that you were near the showroom then.

What's your explanation?

Not telling me?

Fine.

Then I'll ask the Punishment Department

to help you refresh your memory.

Take her away.

Yes.

Wait.

It's Guard Xingshi.

Guard Xingshi,

I'm following the orders of Her Majesty.

Is there anything wrong?

I dare not defy

the orders of Her Majesty.

But Eunuch Song hasn't found any proof

of her crime.

Taking her away like this

seems improper.

Guard Xingshi, you don't understand.

That night at the Museum,

I already found this maid strange.

That night at the Museum,

I was there, too.

She was not the only one there.

According to you,

should all the ladies and maids

go with you for interrogation?

That's not necessary.

I just wonder why you try so hard to protect Mei.

Could it be...

I am the guard of the Eastern Palace.

I protect truth, not persons.

Are you questioning my character?

Guard Xingshi.

This is about the assassination of the Crown Prince.

His Highness ordered

that this must be kept a secret.

Eunuch Song,

are you trying to disobey the Crown Prince?

Well, I see now.

I will take my leave then.

Sorry for disturbing you.

Thanks for rescuing me.

Are you okay?

You don't need to thank me.

That is what I should do.

Why are you hiding here?

School is boring.

Little Master.

Here.

After you two switch back,

what will you do?

Leave here,

of course.

In such a hurry?

I...

Little Master, you are kind to me.

I know it.

However,

I can't stay here forever.

Remember.

Don't let anyone find out

about you two switching bodies.

I can protect you here.

Out there,

you have to protect yourself.

Mr. Bai.

Where is the Crown Prince?

Inside.

Your Highness.

I didn't see you at school just now.

Miss Mei is here, too.

I'm tired of writing.

So I came out to admire the flowers.

What are you here for?

Something went wrong with the recruitment.

Let's talk over there.

What's wrong?

Don't move.

I will be fine if you don't move.

Ignore her.

We'll talk over there.

[Chongwen Academy] It's all my fault

that such things happened.

You just like

to take on all the responsibilities.

They have impeached me many times.

If they don't impeach me,

I'd feel weird.

Are you really not going to blame me?

When have I ever blamed you?

By the way,

I came with another thing today.

I heard on the day you went to the Museum,

a pearl went missing.

Something in the museum went missing.

How did the whole palace find out?

My mother sent someone to ask me about it.

You also came for it.

I just want to know

if you remember

what this pearl looks like.

No.

Why do you ask?

I...

I need to know

if this one is

the same one I once saw before.

Your Highness, your carriage for going out of the palace is ready.

I will deal with the refugee situation.

Don't worry about it.

Be careful.

Those men are indeed some petty thieves.

I was there during the hiring days.

I noticed something wrong with them.

They don't even know the towns of Lantian.

But Mr. Bai is on your side.

He wanted to hire those people.

I dared not say anything.

Your...

Evil officers.

You refuse to say anything?

Sir,

no one told us what to do.

All we did was claim some wages.

Dan, don't explain to them.

Wait, who are you?

You want us to tell.

It hurts.

Prepare me some good wine and food.

Hurry.

Are you afraid?

Afraid of what?

Are you afraid that I'll kill you

and you'll never have such good wine

or such amazing food?

Don't scare us.

We have an acquaintance

in the palace.

Who?

Boss, we mustn't say it.

Why can't we say it?

Look at the situation now.

Say it out.

Scare him to death, Boss.

If I tell you, you'll be so scared.

Try me.

Who do you know in the palace?

My daughter.

She... She's also my daughter.

She is very famous.

Well,

I am an officer in the palace.

May I know your daughter's name?

In which department does she work?

An officer.

Just an officer.

You are from the palace, too?

I'll tell you.

- My daughter... - Boss, stop.

- Why not tell him? - What?

- We can't say. - Why not?

- Stop. - What are you afraid of?

- Why can't we tell him? - Why can't we tell him?

We just can't.

It's time to intimidate him.

- We can't. - What's wrong with you?

- We should say it. - No.

If you refuse to tell who's behind this,

according to the law,

I'll have you beheaded in twenty days.

Look at that pavilion.

Doesn't it look just like the one where we switched bodies?

That day, it was just like this.

As soon as the pearl glowed, we switched bodies.

Are you ready?

Take this.

Why isn't it glowing?

It's a strange thing.

It should glow on its own, right?

Don't let the Moon Spirit Pearl hear you.

This thing is spiritual.

Do you think it's too dark?

Do you have any candles with you?

Is it because we didn't pray to the immortals?

Maybe the postures we laid in were too ordinary?

How about

we change our postures?

Switch.

Did we make it?

No.

Abracadabra.

Switch!

Did we make it?

No.

What about now?

No.

Did we make it?

And now?

Did we make it?

Abracadabra.

Switch!

Stop saying those words.

They are the words of Taishang Laojun.

What do we do then? It's not working.

The Crown Prince was here that night.

Should we ask him to join us, too?

So you mean

we have to ask

Eunuch Song and other eunuchs to join us, too?

We won't even know

between whom the switching happens.

So you won't cut my head off?

I won't.

Then I'm relieved.

Eunuch Song,

is there a rule

saying no one should sit next to His Highness?

Uhh...

Of course,

no.

Well, since there are no such rules,

I'll sit next to him.

How can you sit here?

You get up.

Dongxi, I...

I'm not Dongxi.

He is...

I know.

Your Highness?

Have you ever heard

of such a precedent for civilians marrying royals?

Why do you suddenly ask?

A prince wants to know.

Have you?

In our history, there were civilians

marrying into the palace.

Have you ever heard

of a royal falling in love with a female thief?

A female thief?

A female thief?

I don't mean a vicious female thief.

I mean a very adorable female thief.

There are adorable female thieves?

I've never heard of such things.

However,

civilians who married into the royal family

didn't seem to end well.

They did become the Empress,

but they died in a fire.

You...

Your Highness.

I don't all the history.

I'm sure there were plenty of happy endings.

You don't need to worry about that prince.

Never mind.

As long as she's not a princess of Shengdong,

I don't care who she is.

You know nothing.

I am just a eunuch.

How could I understand this?

We've been trying the whole night.

I am still you.

You are still me.

Have you ever thought about

what if we can't switch back?

I don't know who my parents are.

I grew up with my three fathers in the Black Dog Alley.

I have suffered

everything.

Now I'm in the palace

enjoying an amazing life every day.

I don't have to worry about food anymore.

Do you think this is the god

trying to make it up to me?

I grew up in the Grand Chancellor's Residence.

Although I had everything,

I never enjoyed freedom.

Now we switched bodies.

I don't have to worry about manners and etiquette.

I feel more relieved.

But

if I have to stay in the palace,

I'll still not be happy.

Besides,

who's going to take care of my three fathers?

How about I ask my parents to invite them to my house?

The more people, the merrier.

They don't have to worry about food

or a place to stay.

Really?

Even though I don't know if my three fathers

will agree to this,

either way,

thank you, Mei Daidai.

Right. I just had an idea.

Look.

I didn't have any friends of the same age growing up.

You grew up

alone, too.

Why don't we smear the blood

to be sworn sisters?

It's a good idea.

But I don't think we need to smear the blood.

What are you afraid of?

It will be my blood anyway.

It was me. Why are you screaming?

Now it's your turn.

All right now.

Gods, please hear us.

Be our witness.

Today, I, Douzi.

I, Mei Yushan.

Become sworn sisters.

From now on, we share happiness

as well as pain.

We weren't born at the same time.

And we don't wish to die at the same time.

Douzi, you're not sincere.

You don't understand.

Think about it.

If one of us died,

the other one could still live in the body

of the other person.

How exciting!

Come on.

Cheers.

Get me some water.

You can do it yourself.

I've always been served by others.

You can't ask your sister to serve you.

Otherwise, God will blame you.

Here.

I know how to switch our bodies back.

I know how to do it.

Can we do it now?

Do you remember when we switched bodies that day,

there was a lunar eclipse?

So the next time there's a lunar eclipse,

we will be able to switch back, right?

When will that be?

All I know is the lunar eclipse happens

once every few years.

What do we do then?

Why don't we try it again

when the moon is full next time?

May as well.

After you switch bodies back,

what will you do?

Leave the palace,

of course.

If I had known it,

I wouldn't have given her the pearl back.

When you like someone,

shouldn't you try to keep her around

and grow old with each other?

So selfish.

When you like someone,

you should respect her

and set her free.

Shouldn't we fight for what we love?

You're so cowardly.

How do you rule the country?

This is not cowardice.

It's called not forcing it.

Stop it.

Be quiet.

So annoying.

♪It's your mesmerizing glance♪

♪Freezing the gentle breeze of the mundane world♪

♪Your gentle call awakens me from my unfinished dreams♪

♪It's hard to convey my love for you when fighting for the homeland♪

♪Our destined encounter♪

♪I am meant to accompany you on this journey♪

♪Wishing for a bit more♪

♪So love feels even more real♪

♪You and I, each completing the other, year after year♪

♪Accompany me to explore the world♪

♪We walk together on bustling streets♪

♪My heart leans towards your warm embrace♪

♪We're both kites reclaimed from the edge of the sky♪

♪If it's an unfathomable fate, let me do it again♪

♪We're both misunderstood, yet we accept it willingly♪

♪Step forth boldly and join me without asking where we're heading♪