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(Guardians of the Dafeng)

(Episode 16)

If this can be tolerated,

there's nothing else that cannot be tolerated!

How can you enforce the law

when you have no respect for the law?

How can you ask others to be upright when you are not?

Today,

I, Li Yu Chun, am not going to tolerate this anymore!

I will resign.

And you can kill me!

Chun.

- Chun. - Chun.

Our superiors have informed us

to allow you to visit the prisoner.

But you only have 15 minutes.

- That's enough time for you, right? - Yes.

But of course, you'll have to be able

to wake him up first.

Wake him up?

He has been sleeping like this for a few days.

It's normal. Warriors are usually like this.

This is my father's dream.

Thank you.

Ning Yan.

Ning Yan, now is not the time for you to train.

(When the mind and spirit are united, you can unlock the mystery of fate.)

(Spirit Refining Realm.)

(Rank Seven Warrior, Spirit Refining Realm)

It stinks.

I pulled many all-nighters

to break through the Spirit Refining Realm.

By the way, why are you here?

Yesterday, your comrades came to our residence to inform us.

They told us about the situation you are in.

Ling Yue left the city at night to inform me at the Yunlu Academy.

When I found out, I came back at once the very night.

I only entered the inner city when the gate was opened at sunrise.

Is our family okay?

My mother didn't sleep the whole night.

She spent the night asking her friends for help.

Father went to the Astronomical Bureau and the Imperial Sword Guard.

Ling Yue cried her heart out.

She was trembling when she talked to me.

Ling Yin is worried sick about you too.

She just ate a bowl of porridge this morning.

I feel sorry for them.

I talked to our masters.

But

Wei Yuan has a bad relationship with the academy.

The dean said that since the Royal Princess recommended you,

she is the only one who can save you.

Unfortunately,

the Princess Royal is in the palace.

It's okay.

Just now, your two comrades told me

that they can get me a permit to enter the palace to find her.

Ci Jiu.

Don't you blame me?

Of course I do.

It was your fault for not being powerful enough to kill that evil man.

You are indeed a scholar.

I'm sorry.

I will save you.

Don't worry.

I am a lucky and blessed person.

I've entered the prison plenty of times

and gotten out unscathed.

Moreover, I have Princess Royal's protection.

I'll be fine.

I hope so.

- Did you bring money with you? - Yes.

Find the head of the prison

and retrieve a thing of mine from him.

The Jade Mirror that I'm always carrying.

If it's still there,

take it to the Anji Abode in the east of the city.

Find a man named Heng Yuan.

Ask him to relay a message to No. 1.

Tell him that No. 3 has been sent to prison.

Ask him for help.

What if the mirror is gone?

Then forget it.

And you don't have

to find Princess Royal either.

You can't take the copper plate, badge, sword, and uniform.

You can take the rest away.

Please help us announce our arrival.

(I wish to enter the palace to meet the Royal Princess.)

I am a scholar from the Yunlu Academy.

I wish to meet the Royal Princess.

Please inform them about my arrival.

Wait here.

This is as far as we can go.

You'll have to do the rest yourself.

Thank you, Song, Zhu.

It's nothing as long as we can save Ning Yan.

Your Highness, your guest is here.

I am Xu Xin Nian from the Yunlu Academy.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Why are you here?

My cousin, Xu Qi An, is in trouble.

Please save him.

Xu Qi An?

What happened to him?

A Copper Guardian injured a Silver Guardian severely.

He must have wanted him dead.

To put it more seriously,

it was an attempted murder.

Although my cousin was quite reckless,

if he didn't attack that man,

that poor girl would be raped by Silver Guardian Zhu.

He did the right thing.

He didn't do it for power or his personal gain.

My cousin is not a scholar.

But he is not afraid to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

How did Lord Wei punish them?

Silver Guardian Zhu is fired and can never be a Night Guardian anymore.

My cousin will be executed after a week.

This is a letter

from my masters, Scholar Mu Bai and Scholar You Ping.

Please help us.

(By Li Mu Bai and Chen You Ping)

I got it.

But

the Night Guardians belong to the imperial family.

They only take orders from my father.

I can only do my best.

Thank you, Your Highness.

(I can't just put all my hopes in the Royal Princess.)

(Although she agreed to help, )

(I don't know how much effort she will put in.)

(Xu Ci Jiu.)

(What have you been doing all these years?)

(I have to pass the spring imperial examination next year.)

Your Highness. I've investigated the matter.

Xu Xin Nian told you the truth.

Did Xu Qi An and Silver Guardian Zhu hold a grudge against each other?

They had never interacted with each other before this.

But Silver Guardian Zhu

did express his jealousy and hatred toward Xu Qi An in private.

Were the family members of the magistrate of Taikang affected

and sent to the Imperial Musical Bureau?

No. Actually, all these years,

Silver Guardian Zhu had raped the female members of the criminals.

But no one was willing to stand up for those women.

I also found out

that Silver Guardian Zhu did force Xu Qi An to attack him.

- But... - But

no one expected that a weak Copper Guardian

would have so much power.

I got it now. You can leave.

Yes, Your Highness.

(Yongzhen Nature)

(The Emperor's Bedroom)

Your Majesty.

You are awake.

What time is it now?

Your Majesty.

It's three fifteen in the morning.

We are in autumn now and the weather has gotten cold.

You are devoted to cultivating yourself.

But you should take care of your health too.

Any news from the Lingbao Court?

I've passed down your order.

They'll report it once they've received news that the Imperial Chaplain

has come out from seclusion.

Your Majesty. There's a sudden explosion in Sangbo.

Yongzhen Nature Temple has been destroyed.

Yongzhen Nature Temple

has been destroyed.

Wei Yuan.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

The festival has just ended.

Why would something like that happen?

I'm investigating that matter now.

Where's the Divine Conqueror Sword?

It has fallen into Sangbo Lake. We are fishing for it now.

Where is the Imperial Astronomer?

Your Majesty, we have a message from the Astronomical Bureau.

According to them, the Imperial Astronomer is ill.

So, he's unable to use his vision.

All the other bodies are like this.

Your Majesty, we haven't found any signs of invasion.

Wei Yuan.

His Majesty has forbade anyone from entering.

Huai Qing.

How is it?

I don't have any clues yet.

Lord Wei.

Lord Wei.

What's the situation?

Someone was behind the destruction of the Yongzhen Nature Temple.

But the culprit was long gone.

Is it related to the Ancestral Worship Ritual on that day?

His Majesty has ordered me to solve this case within 15 days

and find the culprit.

I've told His Majesty

that this case

won't be an easy one to solve.

I still feel uneasy and anxious.

It's a type of mental illness.

And you need a psychiatrist

to treat it.

It's indeed a mental illness.

Can we ask the Imperial Chaplain to come out of seclusion earlier?

I will make an official decree at once

to crown her as Consort Goddess.

I will convey your message

(Chu Yuan Zhen)

to my master.

Okay now.

No need to worry.

Everything is okay now.

Father.

Is this related to the abnormality at the Ancestral Worship Ritual?

Father, we ran into Lord Wei just now.

He told us that he was in a difficult situation.

Based on my opinion,

I think Lord Wei hopes

that we can help him to convince you

to give him a few more days.

I know an expert in solving cases.

If he can take part in this case,

I'm sure we can solve this case within half a month.

Who is he?

He is a Night Guardian, Xu...

I don't think this is appropriate.

Are you trying to promote someone who works for you again?

Father.

Father.

The Crown Prince hasn't even offered his assistance.

And you already want to take over?

- Look at her. - What do you think?

I don't know.

I don't know.

To me,

nothing is more important than your health.

Father, Sangbo is the imperial forbidden area.

I want to know what treasure it holds.

If those criminals can enter that place so easily,

does it mean that they can enter my residence too?

Nonsense.

With me here,

who dares bring you harm?

The explosion in Sangbo is a grave matter.

Everyone in the court is anxious.

Father, although solving cases is not my expertise,

I can ask the Imperial Guards and the six ministries for help.

I'm sure we can solve this case.

If His Highness can take over this matter,

I'll have no objections.

I'll leave this case

to the Crown Prince, then.

Yes, Your Majesty.

So,

Lord Wei hinted at you to help him.

But you were stopped by Princess Lin An.

It's obvious that Lin An still doesn't know about Xu Qi An's situation.

Why didn't you tell her?

If Lin An knew about it,

she would've helped you.

It was not the right time just now.

But we can tell her now.

Our father is a distrustful person.

And the explosion in Sangbo

is a great threat to the imperial family.

By recommending someone who works for her,

it'll rouse Father's suspicion for sure.

But I never thought

that she would give up so easily

after taking the risk of arousing Father's discontent.

No.

Huai Qing would not give up so easily.

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

Something bad has happened.

Why are you in such panic?

Just now, I heard the people in the palace

talking about Copper Guardian Xu being sent to prison.

What? I asked them for more information.

They said that he attacked his superior, a Silver Guardian, in public.

It was a grave crime.

Lord Wei was furious and sentenced him to death.

I think he's in huge trouble this time.

Xu Qi An.

It's Xu Qi An. No.

Brother, save him. Save Xu Qi An.

- Save him. - Calm down. Who is Xu Qi An?

Xu Qi An is my adviser.

Your adviser is a Night Guardian?

No.

- Lin An. - Your Highness.

- Lin An. - Your Highness.

Slow down, Lin An.

As expected,

Princess Lin An went to the imperial study room.

Xu Qi An broke the law

and he worked under Lord Wei.

So, Father would not want to get involved.

But I never thought

that Princess Lin An would beg so desperately.

In the end, she even said that Xu Qi An was her male escort.

Her male escort?

How absurd.

But it does sound like something that she'll say.

His Majesty is furious.

He has summoned the Crown Prince and Noble Consort Chen.

Father is just furious now.

Everyone knows

that Lin An will not do something like that.

Does she know what a male escort means?

I really don't know what a male escort means, Father.

The servants in my palace taught me those words, Crown Prince.

They told me that a male escort

is the escort of men,

the leader of the officers who work for me.

Mother, trust me.

Shut up.

Kneel!

Your Majesty.

Although Lin An is naughty,

she won't do something so ridiculous.

Please believe her.

Father, Lin An just was just too desperate to save someone.

This must be a misunderstanding.

Please believe her.

Your Majesty.

Do you want to anger me to death?

I was wrong.

I wouldn't dare to have a male escort.

He's just a Copper Guardian.

Do you want to save him so badly?

I really want to save him.

He...

He knows how to create poems

and solve cases.

He knows how to solve cases?

He is great at it.

I've seen the cases he worked on for the Night Guardians.

- How good is he? - He solved most of the cases at an incredible speed.

Please allow him

to investigate the Sangbo case

to atone for his sins.

Okay.

Since you think so highly of him,

I will give him a chance

to atone for his sins.

He'll help you with the case.

Thank you, Father.

If he can't solve the case within half a month,

I'll behead him.

Are you Xu?

Who are you?

A few Imperial Sword Guards asked me to tell you

that they can't meet you today because something urgent came up.

Those scoundrels.

We agreed to meet when we drank together yesterday.

But today, no one is here.

They are worse than animals.

Ning Yan.

I promised your father

that I'll protect you.

Although I'm not powerful,

I will

keep my promise!

Your bowl of noodles.

I said no cilantro, right?

Why did you add cilantro to my noodles?

- Do you have garlic? Give me some. - We do.

If you don't eat your bowl of noodles with garlic, it'll taste less tasty.

I need to fill up my stomach

before I can get down to business.

Ning Yan.

Wait for me.

Just let me eat my bowl of noodles.

Fresh garlic.

This is amazing.

The imperial edict has arrived!

The Night Guardian, Copper Guardian Xu Qi An,

is an expert at solving cases.

He will be given a chance to atone for his sins

by investigating the Sangbo case within half a month.

If he can solve the case,

he'll be exempted from punishment and his post will be resumed.

Otherwise, he will be punished for the crime he committed.

The Night Guardians are to do their best to help him.

The end.

I accept the edict.

Lord Wei.

His Majesty has shown mercy

on this Night Guardian.

He's just a minor Copper Guardian.

But he's quite fortunate.

Thank you

for delivering the edict.

Lord Wei.

Thank you.

Let's return.

Xu Qi An is indeed fortunate.

You are a fool.

Why did you criticize me?

Why do you think Foster Father said those words to the Royal Princess?

He hinted at the Royal Princess outside of the study room.

The Royal Princess must have suggested His Majesty

let Xu Qi An atone for his sins.

I don't need you to tell me that.

Of course I know. I just don't want to expose it.

With that useless brain of yours?

Enough.

Stop quarreling.

Go to the prison to bring him out.

Roger that.

Send someone to inform Li Yu Chun

that His Majesty has given Xu Qi An a chance

to atone for his crime.

He will also resume his post

as the Silver Guardian.

One more thing.

Do it grandly.

Ning Yan.

I promised your father

that I'll protect you.

Although I'm not powerful,

I will

keep my promise!

Where's the toilet?

Ning Yan!

You don't have to die now, Ning Yan!

His Majesty has allowed you to atone for your crime.

- Hurry up. - My friend!

I'm going to get crushed to death.

I'll get crushed to death by you even if I'm not sentenced to death.

Go away!

Ning Yan.

I had diarrhea just now.

So, it has taken me some time.

This time, nothing can stop me.

Ning Yan,

here I come.

Who are you?

How dare you break into the Tower of Valiance at night.

What are you doing here?

My Lord.

I'm just passing by.

If there's nothing else,

I'll get going now.

Stop right there.

Why are you holding a sword?

I've tied it on too tightly.

The more I panic, the harder for me to untie it.

Can you help me with it?

Ning Yan.

The explosion at Sangbo.

His Majesty wants me to investigate this case to atone for my crime.

You are lucky to be alive.

How did His Majesty find out?

We just know that Lord Wei went to Sangbo to meet His Majesty.

Then an order was received this morning to release you from prison.

Lord Wei?

Let's not stay here anymore. It's depressing in here.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

You have been released.

Lord Jiang.

They told me that you stood up for me.

Thank you.

It was nothing.

Besides, you didn't do anything wrong.

All the Gold Guardians are on your side.

Not bad, young man.

I'll talk to Yang Yan again when I'm free.

I'll definitely bring you over.

Thank you for your acknowledgment.

This person is...

This petty criminal must be crazy.

He held a broken knife and

made a scene in front of our yamen.

I caught him.

- He must be crazy. - Yes.

However, Jiang.

Since this person dares break into our yamen,

maybe he's just working for someone.

You should just send him to prison.

Then punish him severely, and he'll start talking.

You are right.

Guards.

No need to interrogate him. Just send him to prison

- and punish him. - Yes.

Lord Jiang, I'll get back to work now.

Okay.

- Lord Jiang. - Okay.

- Lord Jiang. - Let's drink together again when we are free.

Will do!

Let's go.

Ning Yan.

Ning Yan.

Ning Yan!

Ning Yan, what's wrong?

Why do I hear someone calling me?

You must have gone crazy.

You are free now. You don't have to come in here anymore.

Don't worry, my friend.

We will help you with the case and protect you.

You are great friends.

Ci Jiu.

Princess Royal...

Her Highness is a righteous person.

I hope she will help us.

Mother, Xin Nian.

Eat something.

We need to eat to have the energy to come up with a solution.

I wonder if Ning Yan gets to eat well

in prison.

Mother.

Ling Yue is right.

We need to eat to have energy to save Ning Yan.

Ling Yue,

you haven't eaten much these few days too.

You should eat something too.

If I had known,

I wouldn't have taken him in.

You've never wanted to take him in, right?

You know I don't mean what I say.

If Ning Yan's father didn't save

your father back then,

we wouldn't have a family now.

You wouldn't even be born.

Mother, what's wrong?

Nothing.

I'm just a little bit

worried.

Eat more the replenish your strength.

What good food are you eating behind my back again?

You are back, Ning Yan!

Dou Ding, let me carry you.

- Do you miss me? - I've missed you so much.

Hurry up. What are you eating? I've been starving for two days.

We are not eating anything good.

You are knee-deep in debt.

There's nothing for you to eat.

What's wrong?

Ci Jiu told me

that you couldn't eat well in the past two days while I was gone.

That's not true. I have a great appetite.

I'm so full every day.

Where's Ling Yue?

Ning Yan.

Ning Yan, I thought that...

Okay now. I heard that you were not eating too.

Yes. I even gave my favorite chicken thigh to Ling Yue.

You are such a good girl.

Okay now. I'm fine. Sit down and eat.

Let me cook another dish.

You don't have to do that, Ling Yue.

Let me get you a cup of water.

Let's eat now.

Stop bothering your brother.

Which chicken thigh is yours?

Let's drink more.

Be careful.

Ning Yan.

The view is beautiful.

Let me

recite another poem.

You haven't written any poems.

But your tolerance for alcohol has improved a lot.

(I couldn't find Heng Yuan at the Anji Abode.)

(I need to find another way to rescue Ning Yan.)

(Solution one.)

(Ask Father to meet Princess Royal)

(and explain the situation to her to plead His Majesty for mercy.)

(Solution two.)

(Ask Father to convince the Imperial Astronomer to save Ning Yan.)

By the way, where is Second Uncle?

Yesterday,

he said that he wanted to go out to buy some roasted chicken.

He said that I loved it when I was young.

He gave this to me yesterday.

He said that the money he hid from us every month was here.

He asked us to be frugal with it.

Mother, I thought you gave that bracelet to Madam Wang.

Your father said that I brought this with me when I married him.

We even kept it when we went to prison.

He said we couldn't lose it as it was more valuable than his life.

Did you lecture him again?

I didn't do that this time.

You know it too.

Your father thinks that he's useless

and that he owes us.

So, where is he?