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PRIME MINISTER'S MANOR

Mother.

You haven't eaten all day.

Have some soup.

Mother.

Changle.

Kneel down.

Your brother is dead.

Whose fault is that?

It's Li Weiyoung's.

Louder.

It's Li Weiyoung's.

Yes!

It was Li Weiyoung!

You must remember

this debt of blood.

It's Li Weiyoung who killed your brother.

Changle.

Changle.

Mother.

You have to remember.

The pain that I am suffering right now,

we need Li Weiyoung to pay it back in double.

She will pay for the blood

your brother had shed

with her life!

Do you hear me?

I miss him.

Weiyoung seemed to genuinely care about me.

Could it be that I'm mistaken?

Seventh Concubine, is Young Lady not here yet?

Cui'er.

Go get a physician.

Don't let anyone know about it.

Yes, my lady.

Wait.

We'll meet the physician in the South Court.

Yes, my lady.

RUYI RESIDENCE

Lady Wen.

Mother.

Changxi, aren't you usually at Madam's place at this time?

Because of Minfeng's death,

Aunt Rou is very cranky.

She is yelling at everyone.

If I go over there,

I will be yelled at too.

She gets her way all the time and uses her power to do evil things.

The heavens have finally punished her.

Mother!

Now her son is dead.

She deserves it.

People are saying that Minfeng's death

has to do with Li Weiyoung.

What do you think?

Do you even believe the gossips of maids?

Of course, I don't.

Li Weiyoung isn't that powerful.

But Minfeng's death

was kind of strange.

Think about it.

Throughout the country, who dares to displease the Chiyun family?

Killing Minfeng would anger the Chiyun family.

Who cares if it's true or not?

Because of Chiyun Rou, your father has had to work a lot

and hasn't been able to come home.

You don't get to meet with your father often,

I don't get to spend time with my husband.

Now her only son has died.

We'll see if she continues to be such a bully.

Whenever I think of that,

I feel very happy indeed.

Mother, keep it down.

People of Aunt Rou are all around the manor.

If she finds out what you're saying, who knows what she'll do.

It's been so many years.

We've lived under her shadow.

We can't even talk freely in our rooms.

When can the two of you

be like Changle and Weiyoung

and become famous throughout Ping City?

Don't worry, Mother.

We'll work hard.

Seventh Concubine, what seems to be the trouble?

My problems have bothered me for years. It doesn't matter.

I actually called you here to ask you about something.

Of course.

As people grow older,

is it possible to have new birthmarks?

As for birthmarks,

usually, as people grow older, the birthmarks might fade away,

or even disappear.

But growing new birthmarks...

Pardon me for my limited knowledge,

I have never heard of it.

Thank you, Physician.

Cui'er, walk him out.

Yes, my lady.

Seventh Concubine, I will now take my leave.

Here's your payment, Physician.

This way, please.

The gate is at the front.

-Take care. -All right. Thank you.

Why did she ask you about birthmarks?

She didn't tell me anything.

So I did not ask her.

Chun Ming, walk the physician out.

Yes, Madam.

I will leave now.

Asking a physician about birthmarks out of the blue.

Could it be about Li Weiyoung?

I finally get to meet Mother.

I miss you so much.

This plan for disaster relief is good,

but it is prone to problems during the implementation.

The resources are handled on many levels.

In the end, they are handed out by low-ranking officials.

If they take the opportunity

to benefit themselves and lie about the condition of the disaster...

CROWN PRINCE'S MANOR

Cheng De.

-Yes, Your Highness? -Let's go to the Prime Minister's manor.

Yes, Your Highness. You should go.

Prime Minister Li just lost his only son.

You should give your condolences to bond with Prime Minister Li.

Give my condolences?

That's a good excuse.

So you're not going there for Li Minfeng, Your Highness?

He was a playboy who brought calamity to the country and the people.

Why would I do that?

So you're...

You're going to see Li Weiyoung?

Your Highness, I thought you had given up on her.

Why are you...

What's wrong with my hand?

Look at this.

I shouldn't have listened to you.

Your Highness.

Young Lady.

Is this the right time for you to be so excited?

If Mother sees you, you'll be punished.

I'm sorry, Lady Changle.

Lady Changle, guess who is here.

Why would I care who's here?

It's Prince Gaoyang.

Prince Gaoyang is here?

Yes, he is in the garden.

Hurry and help me get dressed.

Yes, Young Lady.

Prime Minister, I am sorry for your loss.

Thank you for your concern, Prince Gaoyang.

I still have to handle some matters regarding Minfeng.

Please excuse me.

Of course, Prime Minister.

I'll walk around with Minde.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness, what are you looking for?

Nothing.

Let's walk around.

Your Highness, I'll walk with you.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, you...

Greetings, Prince Gaoyang.

Drop the formalities.

How are you lately?

I am doing well. Thank you, Your Highness.

I'm glad to hear that.

Young Lady, the Prince is looking at you.

Greetings, Prince Gaoyang.

You may rise.

I have something to do. Please excuse me.

I just got here

and you are leaving so soon.

Why are you being so distant?

How lucky I am to meet you here, Prince Gaoyang.

Would you like to play a song together with me?

I remember

two years ago, Your Highness played a song together with Changle.

It was very beautiful and moving.

It wouldn't be possible if you two didn't have a special connection.

That's a good idea.

Lady Changle is quite skilled.

I can feel my fingers tingling to play as well.

Young Lady.

Prince Gaoyang!

Hey! Why are you leaving all of a sudden?

Are you not feeling well?

I don't feel unwell.

I'm very fine.

Your Highness, please go back.

Changle is waiting to play a song with you.

Hey.

What's wrong with you? What do you want?

Why do you care what I want?

You are a respectable prince. What can I do about it?

You can be Prince Gaoyang,

and I'll be Lady Anping. Won't that be nice?

Why are you holding my hand?

Let go.

Let go!

Jealous?

I don't like him.

Why would I be jealous?

Bai Zhi, your joke isn't funny at all.

Do you really not like him at all?

Then why did you...

Why did you keep this folding fan?

It's just a cheap folding fan.

I forgot to throw it.

So it's just a cheap folding fan.

-Then I'll destroy it for you. -Don't you dare!

Kneel down!

Bai Zhi, you're out of control.

I'm going to marry you off tomorrow.

Don't, Young Lady. It's my fault.

Please forgive me, Young Lady.

I just told the truth about what you're thinking.

My mistake.

I'll rip your mouth off!

No need, Young Lady. I'll do that.

I'll rip my mouth myself.

She is jealous.

CROWN PRINCE'S MANOR

Jun.

Is something on your mind?

Mother, I'm glad you're here.

I would like you to help me analyze something.

What is it?

There is a person.

You're on good terms. You're like friends.

But suddenly, that person starts to treat you indifferently.

You keep thinking about it,

but you haven't done anything to offend that person.

What could be the reason?

So sweet.

I'm not talking about the orange.

I'm not either.

I don't know what's going on with that person.

But I do know what's going on with you.

One word. Sweetness.

It's a girl, right?

When she smiles, you feel happy.

When she ignores you, you panic.

How do you know?

You're my son. How could I not know?

Silly boy.

You're in love with her.

In love with her?

I'm in love with her?

Hey. Who is she?

She is Prime Minister Li's...

I'm far from getting anywhere.

Stay out of it, Mother.

Prince Jingmu.

Your son has all grown up.

He is in love with a girl.

Prime Minister Li's household?

It must be Changle.

FUAN COURT

Just let the servants

do things like this for you.

I don't want you to get tired.

It's my duty to serve you, Old Madam.

I know that

you're still sad

about what happened to Minfeng.

Minfeng was my grandson.

I am sad as well.

Think about how old I am

and how sad it is that he died before me.

Old Madam.

The family has been through a lot lately.

I would like to take the children to pray at Qingfeng Abbey.

We'll also pray that you can feel better soon.

Great.

I'll let you arrange that.

Mother,

Grandmother needs someone to take care of her.

Let me stay and do that.

You're a good child.

Very well.

All the other young ladies are going,

you shouldn't be left behind.

Luo will take care of me.

You should go relax with your mother.

Yes, Old Madam.

Send more people to go with them.

In case anything happens.

Mother.

Qingfeng Abbey is very well known.

Many people pray there.

But I'll send more guards to go with them

just in case there's any trouble.

Okay.

Madam, a letter from Hong Luo.

The real Weiyoung is dead.

This Weiyoung is a fake.

I have a villager as a witness to prove it.

It seems like Hong Luo has discovered something

about the thing you told her to investigate.

My mother trained Hong Luo herself.

She is very skilled indeed.

As for the plan to be executed on this trip,

I'm going to make some adjustments.

Yes, Madam.

Li Weiyoung.

How are you going to escape this time?

Hurry up and be careful.

This is for Lady Anping.

You often say you don't get to go out.

-Are you happy now? -Put this at the bottom.

I'm not as lucky as some people.

They get to be the lady of a county and be favored by Old Madam.

Even Prince Gaoyang is impressed by her.

I'm a daughter of the Li family, too.

Why do I rarely get a chance to go out?

They say that Junlan Court has the best feng shui.

I guess that's true.

Then we should go visit Weiyoung more often.

Maybe we'll get to share the good fortune of that place.

Forget it.

I probably won't get any good luck,

but get all the bad luck instead.

Changru, remember.

Some people are born ominous.

If you're with her, you might not know how you would die in the end.

Shut up, Changxi.

You shouldn't say that.

Apologize to Weiyoung.

You...

Changxi.

I don't mind you saying things like that.

But if other people heard you,

you might get punished for being disrespectful.

Weiyoung was appointed by the Emperor himself.

If you insult Weiyoung, you insult the Emperor.

Hey.

Weiyoung, I'm sorry.

Let me apologize for Changxi.

It's fine. We are cousins after all.

Get on the carriage.

Okay.

-You're coming, too? -Do you think I want to?

You've had terrible luck lately. Bad things happened to you.

I don't want to clean up your mess later on,

so I reluctantly thought I should tag along.

Just admit that you care about me.

My dear cousin, Minde. We are indeed good cousins.

Who's your cousin?

We're not related by blood.

He is getting mad again.

Go.

QINGFENG ABBEY

Madam.

We've already prepared a court for everyone.

Lady Changle and Lady Weiyoung will stay in the East Wing.

Lady Changru and Lady Changxi will stay in the West Wing.

Thank you, sir.

You're welcome, Madam. Please help yourself.

-Please excuse me. -Thank you, sir.

Go put the luggage in the rooms.

-Yes, Ma'am. -Yes, Ma'am.

Mother, is that person here yet?

Don't worry. I've arranged everything.

Li Weiyoung.

You're going down.

Enjoy your happiness for the last few days.

-Young Lady, I'll go prepare the room. -Okay.

Your Highness.

Jun Tao?

It's so nice to see you.

Do you know how worried I was?

How are you? Are you feeling better?

Don't worry, Your Highness. My wounds have healed.

Li Minfeng was on my tail before,

so I couldn't contact you.

But I finally got rid of him.

It was you.

Your Highness.

I got revenge for the King, Queen Dowager, and my father.

Your Highness.

As your personal guard,

I wish to stay by your side and protect you.

I don't want to be away from you again.

Please fulfill my wish, Your Highness.

There are many rules in the Prime Minister's manor.

It'll be difficult to bring you back with me.

But

I wouldn't want you to be on your own outside.

I'll definitely find a way to let you stay with me.

Okay.

No.

We don't know where she came from. How can I let her in my house?

Jun Tao is willing to sign her life away.

So it's not against the rules.

She practices martial arts.

Would she be willing to be a maid?

Who knows

if she is plotting something against us?

Do you want to invite a wolf into the house?

Madam, when I was severely injured,

if Lady Weiyoung hadn't saved me,

I would have died.

I have to pay her back for her kindness.

I know that you doubt my loyalty,

so I'm willing to swear right here and now

that I will devote my whole life

to serve Lady Weiyoung as a loyal servant.

I would do anything for her.

If I break this promise...

That will be me.

Why did you let Jun Tao stay with us?

Now Li Weiyoung will have a helper.

That Jun Tao is no good.

If Li Weiyoung wants to keep her around,

it must be for a reason.

That's why you should have said no.

If I'm not mistaken,

they are working together.

Rather than kicking her out,

it would be wiser to keep her within our control.

If necessary, we can capture them together.

But I'm still worried that...

Don't worry.

Very soon,

we'll be able to get rid of them once and for all.

That's what Li Minfeng told me before he died.

You're saying that

Chiyun Rou was the one who ordered to put poison in the lanterns?

Those lanterns were my gift to Grandmother.

I can't believe she used them like that.

How could she be so cold-blooded?

Weiyoung died because of her.

And she even helped Chiyun Nan

take so many innocent lives from the Liang Province.

If you hadn't stopped me, I would have killed her right away.

Don't be hasty.

Chiyun Rou has done many bad things.

I'm going to find a way to make her pay for it.

Also, Young Lady,

you must be wary of Chiyun Rou.

During the past few days, I have been following her maid, Chun Ming.

I found that she came here a few days ago to scout.

She met up with a woman.

I didn't hear what they were talking about,

but they came here afterward.

So I think there must be something fishy here.

Welcome, Your Highness. I'm sorry, we weren't expecting you.

Don't worry about it.

I heard that Madam Chiyun is holding a charity event to show mercy here.

After I heard about it,

even Prince Gaoyang became impressed with her.

No need for formalities.

Your Highness, this way, please.

I heard there are a lot of people from the Prime Minister's manor here.

Yes, Madam brought her daughters.

They're all here.

How many daughters?

I'm sorry. I'm not sure.

Lead the way.

This way, please.

Young Lady, I have made some lotus seed soup.

You should drink it while it's hot.

Who is this?

What are you doing?

Young Lady. What are you doing?

So you're Bai Zhi?

I heard Young Lady say

that you are very loyal to her and that you're like sisters.

I am also very loyal to Young Lady.

So I want to be sworn sisters with you.

Hold this.

Lady Weiyoung.

Jun Tao, you're scaring Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi, Jun Tao is on our side.

Don't be scared.

Hold this!

Drink it!

From now on, we will be like sisters.

From now on, we'll be family.

We'll be with each other through thick and thin.

Weiyoung.

Weiyoung, are you there?

Jun Tao, stop.

He is with Prince Gaoyang.

Jun Tao.

Are you not going to listen to me anymore?

Your personal guard is quite skilled.

I'm not so worried now.

Why are you here, Your Highness?

I heard that Madam Chiyun is doing charity here.

I also came to do good deeds.

Jun?

You're here as well?

Uncle, why are you here?

We're probably here for the same reason.

-Your Highnesses. -Your Highnesses.

Since everyone is here, how about looking at the flowers together?

What do you think?

Everyone?

Uncle.

Her Ladyship has agreed

to go pray at the main temple with me.

I'm sorry, Your Highness.

I've made plans with my cousin, Minde, to pray for the elders in the family.

Please excuse me.

In that case, I'll go to the temple then.

I'm going to the temple as well.

Please excuse me.

Changle, wait for me.

Your Highness.

The cherry blossoms here are quite famous.

You can't see them anywhere else.

Maybe I could look at the flowers with Your Highness.

Sure.

Goodbye, Madam.

It's as you expected, Madam.

After you spread the news out, both princes came.

It'll be easier now since both of the princes are here.

We'll carry out the plan.

Yes, Madam.

Have you ever heard of a plant called the strangler fig?

Strangler fig?

They usually grow below bigger trees.

At first, they're quite unnoticeable.

They lean on the big tree like dodder flowers.

They're weak.

But slowly, their roots reach into the soil

and they grow stronger.

Their roots intertwine with the big tree's roots

and they hold the big tree tightly like a web.

In the end, the big tree rots and dies.

The strangler fig replaces it

and receives the sunlight and water it needs.

Your Highness.

Is this too cruel of a story?

Natural selection assures the survival of the fittest.

It's the most basic principles of nature.

Why would it be cruel?

I'm thrilled that Your Highness

doesn't think my stories are boring.

Those princes are like flies, aren't they?

All they do is hover around you.

You can't make them go away.

If they are like flies, then what am I?

I don't really know whether you're insulting them or me.

You didn't get the point.

I did.

I know that you care about me.

Don't worry. I'm not trying to climb the social ladder.

I know that.

But that doesn't mean they can't like you.

Don't worry, Minde.

I can take care of myself.

As for you, you should talk to the princes more.

I know you hate socializing,

but you have a position in court.

You can't offend them.

I don't care about them.

All right. You don't care about anything.

Let's go pray in the main temple now, okay?

I'll pray that Minde can find a beautiful and kind wife.

I don't want a beautiful and kind wife.

Then what do you want?

I just want you and my mother to be happy forever.

Young Master Minde, Lady Weiyoung,

Madam is about to start the charity event now.

Please head over to help out.

The two princes are there already.

Come on.

I don't want to go.

Hey. Hurry up.

Come on, Young Master.

Let's go, Young Lady.

Why are Changle and His Highness being so distant?

I remember when we were children,

Your Highness said you wanted to marry Changle.

So the two of you have a marriage pact.

Changxi, what are you talking about?

Your Highness, Changxi never thinks before she talks.

She is still young.

Please forgive her.

I guess I did say that as a child.

I talked wildly when I was a child.

Please don't take it seriously.

"Don't take it seriously"?

I'm sure that Lady Changle had forgotten about it as well.

Bringing it up is quite embarrassing, isn't it?

-But I... -Lady Changle.

Madam must have started the event. I'll have to go help.

Young Lady.

Changle, I'll go too.

-Young Lady. -Why did you come at the worst time?

What are you doing?

"Don't take it seriously"?

Is he regretting it?

Is it because of Li Weiyoung?

Here you go. Be careful.

-Thank you, Madam. -Here you go.

-Here. -Thank you, Madam. You're a good person.

Be careful.

-No rush. Take your time. -Slowly.

Everyone will get some.

-Here. -Thank you.

-Here. -Hold this. Here you go.

Thank you.

-Come back if it's not enough. -Okay.

Thank you.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Here you go.

Thank you, Madam.

Where is Lady Weiyoung?

I need to see Lady Weiyoung.

-Madam, you need to line up. -I need to see Lady Weiyoung.

Madam, I need to see Lady Weiyoung.

-What is it? -Madam,

I'm from the Zhou family.

I need to see Lady Weiyoung.

Weiyoung, come here.

This is Lady Weiyoung.

Tell her if you need anything.

You're not Lady Weiyoung.

This is Weiyoung, the second daughter of the Li family.

Madam, Lady Weiyoung does not look like that.

She is not Lady Weiyoung.

Weiyoung.

Can you tell me what's going on?

PRIME MINISTER'S MANOR

What's going on?

Why did you have me rush back?

Master Li,

there might be a problem with Weiyoung's identity.

Identity?

What's the problem?

I'm not sure what exactly is the problem.

But someone said that this Weiyoung

is not the girl we sent to the foster family in the countryside.

I think this is quite serious.

To prevent things from getting worse, I rushed home immediately.

We have to find out the truth.

Master Li,

you must make a decision.

Prince Nan'an and Prince Gaoyang both know about this.

Why would the princes know about it?

It won't be good to involve the princes in this matter.

I took the young ladies to the abbey.

But I didn't expect that the princes would be there.

It happened so suddenly.

They were both there.

Now we can't hide it anymore.

If I only knew this would happen,

I would have let Weiyoung stay at home to take care of Old Madam.

Don't worry, Master Li.

I've sent someone to get Liu, the woman who took care of Weiyoung.

She should arrive soon.

I knew that there was something wrong with Li Weiyoung.

She doesn't look like a peasant girl.

She knows how to make Old Madam happy

and even knows about disaster relief plans.

Isn't that strange?

It must be because she is a fake.

Who knows who she is?

If that woman was telling the truth,

then the Emperor has appointed a fake as Lady Anping.

Lying to the Emperor is a serious crime.

If Weiyoung is a fake,

we can only

let the Emperor take care of it.

Lady Weiyoung, Master Li has ordered

that no one can leave Junlan Court without permission.

So this is why Chiyun Rou asked us to go to Qingfeng Abbey.

What do they want with Lady Weiyoung?

I'll just fight my way out of here.

Jun Tao, if you do that, then you will fall for Chiyun Rou's trick.

Subtitle translation by Sophie Chang