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♪A leaf fluttered down before us.♪

♪Love is spreading in the warm wind.♪

♪Our eye contact♪

♪express more than words.♪

♪Happiness is no longer far away.♪

♪Above us is the bright moon.♪

♪Beneath it is a pair of lovers.♪

♪I want to fly to the celestial palace♪

♪to join my beloved in passionate moments.♪

♪The night is long.♪

♪But you're at my side.♪

♪We cuddled up together.♪

♪And it means forever.♪

♪Sweetness hovers among the yellow leaves,♪

♪and falls between you and I.♪

♪Flowers bloom and wither.♪

♪But the moon can still be full.♪

♪Things changed over time.♪

♪Only you are the same.♪

♪Let's write an immortal poem♪

♪that records our own beautiful lives.♪

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(Music and Dance Academy)

That day,

Your Highness took my lady away

right from this room.

It's only been half a month since,

Miss Lin was killed,

Young Master Han conquered the city,

and you were detained.

What a turn of events!

Things are the same, yet people are no more.

If it wasn't for the death of Lin Qi,

I wouldn't have to trick Han Shuo into leaving,

and make things turn out like this

Butler Lin, may her rest in peace!

When the Second Princess was determined to kill my lady,

it was Your Highness who saved her.

Although you decided to exile her,

before she left,

you gave her a golden token.

Even though my lady

was still killed in the end,

we do owe you one.

I will never forget that.

Open the door.

Butler Lin, someone sent this brocade box

and asked me to give it to you.

Alright.

Your Highness!

The golden token I gave to Lin Qi?

Look at this.

(The letter represents me. I'm doing fine. I'm at Xuanhu City. Don't miss me.)

"The letter represents me. I'm doing fine."

Lin Qi is alive!

My lady is alive?!

That's so great!

The Lins won't be childless now!

Lin Qi is...

Wait! Wait a sec!

Wait a sec!

Calm down! I need to clear my mind!

Why would I make Han Shuo leave?

Because I thought

the plots were out of my control.

I was afraid that Han Shuo would end up in the plots I wrote.

But where did I get that idea?

Because...

Because my mother had a stroke,

Lu Peng died, and Lin Qi also died.

But I wrote all of those.

However, my mother has recovered,

it's proved that Chuchu killed Lu Peng,

and Lin Qi didn't die.

Lin Qi is alive!

It means I can change the fate of the characters!

It means Han Shuo

won't end up in the pre-set plots!

So, what's the point of fighting with Han Shuo?

Qianqian, what's wrong?

Your Highness, aren't you happy

that my lady is alive?

I am happy.

But I don't think

your lady and I will get along.

Look the letter she wrote. What is that?

She's fine, but I'm not!

Pei Heng,

I have to go back.

Go back to Yueli Mansion?

Qianqian, don't be willful.

It took me great efforts to get you out of there!

Han Shuo is like a wild animal now.

You want to become his prey again?

It's hard to explain to you

what happened between us.

Han Shuo humiliated you so badly.

Why do you have to go back?

Because it was just a misunderstanding!

He won't treat me like that anymore

once we talk it out.

I can't watch you

jumping into the fire pit again.

But I have to go back.

Butler Lin,

is there any way to get me back to Yueli Mansion

without letting other people know?

How did you get out of there then?

Pei Heng, I'm sorry!

Qianqian, don't go!

Qianqian!

Qianqian!

(A pure heart and spirit)

The situation is settled now.

You are already my prisoner.

Between the City Owner Seal and your life,

which one is more important?

I believe that you are a smart person.

You will make a smart choice.

To ordinary people,

life is certainly more important.

But as the owner of Huayuan City,

I'm responsible for the future of our city.

To me,

the City Owner Seal

is surely more important than my life!

If you are being stubborn,

then don't blame me for being harsh.

Then why don't you just kill me?

You think I don't dare?

I'm not afraid of death,

but my poor youngest daughter Qianqian

will have to deal with the pain of losing her mother.

She will cry about it

for three days!

Are you threatening me?

Young Master,

you just said

that you were the knife, and I was the meat.

You are the one who's threatening me right now.

Good!

Women in Huayuan City are known

as tactful and crafty.

I've seen it up close many times.

Your Majesty, take good care.

About the City Owner Seal,

I'll figure out another way.

But Qianqian is such a filial daughter.

Though you spare my life today,

during this chaotic time,

if someone else

killed me,

Qianqian would still

blame you for it.

If my death caused discord between you and Qianqian,

how could I

rest in peace after I died?

You are indeed a cunning woman!

In that case,

I can't kill you,

instead, I actually have to protect you.

Don't flatter me.

You were able to

conquer the city overnight,

it shows you hid your evil plan very well.

I don't even trust my own daughters,

let alone trust you to protect me.

Carefully guard her bedroom!

No one is allowed to be out

or in!

Yes!

Why are you coming back?

We forgot our instruments.

Go get them now, and then leave!

Are you here to pick me up?

Hurry!

Your Highness, how come you are back, too?

I don't have time to explain!

Let's change our clothes back.

Just pretend that nothing has happened.

Do not let Han Shuo find out!

If he does,

just tell him

that you forced me to go,

but I refused determinedly

and said I wouldn't go anywhere,

I'd only stay with Han Shuo!

Got it?

Yes!

Well. Listen.

Han... Han Shuo, please let me explain.

I didn't want to run away, I...

You've changed your clothes.

How could you say you didn't want to?

I did run away, but I came back.

Will you believe me?

Bai Ji.

Young Master!

Your Highness!

You've put on the musician's clothes and try to run away?

Young Master.

Thank God that I've been guarding this place

without even blinking my eyes.

She almost succeeded.

Whose idea?

Not like that! Han Shuo, listen to me.

Young Master, please spare my life!

Minister Pei asked me to do it!

Pei Heng?

No! No!

You were going to run away with Pei Heng?

Where to?

Pei Heng has nothing to do with it!

Bai Ji.

Take the musicians away.

Yes.

Follow me.

Please don't be angry!

Let me explain.

I... I actually...

Wait!

You were playing the same trick again, right?

You were first dressed as Pei Heng's servant and ran away.

This time, you were dressed as a musician.

And both times, Pei Heng was involved.

Looks like you really trust him a lot!

No! Han Shuo, it's a misunderstanding!

I promise I'll be with you in the future.

I won't go anywhere, okay?

I once loved you,

respected you, cherished you, and cared about you.

But you

betrayed me, deceived me, cheated me, and fooled me.

Apparently you think that I can't live without you!

Since you could give up on my love

for the interest of the two cities,

I think I don't have to be merciful to you anymore.

I'd rather consummate our relationship right now,

in case you'll run away again!

(Divorce Letter)

You are still gonna use the divorce letter to threaten me?

You...

If you want to consummate our relationship,

then do it!

You...

Can't believe you'd do this for Pei Heng!

How is this related to Pei Heng?

Then you are doing this for your mother!

You think by doing this,

you can save her?

No!

It's totally irrelevant to my mother!

Chen Qianqian.

I underestimated you!

Can't believe you are shameless like this!

You'd use your body to make a deal with me!

Make a deal?

Han Shuo, I am being serious!

You are humiliating yourself!

Humiliating myself?

Since you don't want to be my woman...

I want to be!

...then you can be my slave.

That

is not an option！

From now on,

all chores, including heating up water, cooking,

doing laundry and making bed,

will be

your responsibilities.

Hey, have you even been listening to me?

You should've seen it coming!

Stop!

Han Shuo.

I lowered myself yet you are still leaving?

I also have dignity, okay?

Luckily I controlled myself!

Why did you come out again?

Well, the Second Princess is here.

She's waiting for you in the study right now.

Ask Chen Qianqian to serve her.

Yes.

As long as our misunderstanding is addressed,

everything will be back to the way it was.

Young Master Han,

since you and Qianqian have divorced,

it's not proper for you to live together.

Why don't you...

Chen Qianqian!

Come out!

Chuchu, long time no see.

Why were you eavesdropping by the door?

I wasn't.

You asked me to be here to serve.

Then what are you waiting for? Pour us some tea.

Chuchu, what were you going to say?

Why don't you send Qianqian to Risheng Mansion

to live with Yuanyuan?

Good idea!

Whatever you say.

I'll listen to you!

I didn't expect you'd agree so quickly.

She's just a toy to me.

I can put her anywhere I want.

Sounds like you

really don't like her anymore.

Do you need me to prove it to you?

So, when are you going to

send Qianqian to Risheng Mansion?

No hurry.

Though she's a toy,

it's more fun to keep her at hand.

Then how about

you move to Xingzi Mansion?

It'll be convenient for us to discuss the city matters.

Are you

treating me as a man of Huayuan City

so that you can boss me around?

What you did was just an act to piss off Qianqian, wasn't it?

Looks like you just treated me as a woman of Xuanhu City

and bossed me around.

I still have things to do.

Your Highness, please see yourself out.

Men are so unreliable

and unpredictable!

I feel hurt!

But I must have hurt him even more

when I gave him the divorce letter.

It's karma.

Your Highness,

Young Master is calling you over

to help him change clothes.

Please.

Is it too tight, Young Master?

-It feels good. -Really?

-Yes. -Okay!

Get me a cup of tea!

Alright!

Young Master, please.

Why is it so hot?

Is it?

I'm sorry!

Chen Qianqian,

do you think I have no way to deal with you?

How come?

You are such a powerful man.

You conquered Huayuan City and detained my mother.

You also threaten me every day with little white bottles.

My life

is totally

at your mercy.

As long as you know it, Chen Qianqian!

Even if you die,

I'll let you die in my hands.

Don't even think about getting out of Yueli Mansion!

Now,

go iron my clothes.

If I see any wrinkle,

you can forget about sleeping tonight!

Men asking women to do housework is really a tradition

that's never changed since ancient times!

I'm exhausted!

Oh no!

Her Majesty is resting.

Please go back, Your Highness!

Why couldn't I go into my mother's bedroom?

When did you replace the guards

with your own people?

You are Her Majesty's daughter.

If one day you change your mind,

I'll have to at least keep a hostage.

To you,

Chen Qianqian is already a hostage!

Isn't it enough

to have her?

But Chen Qianqian is not a threat to you.

I think you've changed your mind.

We made a deal

that we'd get the abdication decree

from my mother.

But now,

Mother still hasn't issue the decree.

The decree can be forged,

but not the seal.

Without the seal,

those old officials

won't accept me as the new City Owner.

What will you do

if Her Majesty doesn't hand you the seal?

My mother cares about Chen Qianqian the most.

I'll use Chen Qianqian's life to threaten her!

If she refuses to give me the seal,

I'll cut off one finger of Chen Qianqian every day

and show it to my mother.

That way, I'm sure

she'll hand the seal to me within three days!

But, it'll depend on

if you will feel bad for her.

You are such a good sister!

As I expected, you do pity her!

Don't forget our deal!

If I can't become the City Owner,

you will never get

that black water mine!

I know what I'm doing.

I will help you get the seal.

As long as you keep your promise!

Although you have your Xuanhu army,

I also have my Huayuan City Guards.

We certainly don't want to make things ugly.

Mr. Pei, even though we know Her Highness burned her hand,

there's nothing we can do!

Stop!

Han Shuo!

Mr. Pei!

Han Shuo!

Mr. Pei!

What's the matter?

Han Shuo!

Han Shuo!

Mr. Pei!

Pei Heng.

I haven't got a chance to settle with you

for abducting my wife,

yet you

showed up here yourself.

I shouldn't have let you take Qianqian away!

You've never really cherished her!

And now you even tortured her!

How could you do that?

I just asked her to do some housework.

How could that be "torture"?

Aren't the Huayuan women a little too delicate?

Qianqian is a princess.

She doesn't know how to do housework.

She even burned herself!

But you don't care about her at all!

She got burned?

How did you know that?

I must take her away today!

How do you manage that?

Pretend to be a musician again

and take her away by playing music?

Yon have no control of any soldier.

You can't even protect yourself,

let alone the person you love!

(Yueli Mansion)

I'm injured,

yet you are still trying to consummate our relationship?

Are you an animal?

Why didn't you tell me that you burned your hand?

Even Pei Heng learned the news before me.

How would it help even if I told you?

You don't care about me anyway.

Plus, I didn't tell Pei Heng about my injury.

Is it hurt?

Yes.

Good that you've applied medicine.

Sleep well.

Don't leave me alone here!

I'll ask Zi Rui to guard you.

I want you to stay with me!

Why didn't you ask me

whether I like sleeping in bed or on the floor?

Cause I like sleeping in bed.

The floor is too hard.

It's good for your waist.

Are you asleep?

The moon tonight

is as round as the first time when you stayed

in my room.

I'm sorry

that I lied to you.

I know you must be sad.

It'd be good if you are also lying right now.

Mr. Pei, it's a gift from Her Highness!

Playing music

is useless!

I can't even protect the person I love!

Yon have no control of any soldier.

You can't even protect yourself,

let alone the person you love!

Mother!

Flower token!

The flower token of the City Guards!

♪The moon has risen high in the sky.♪

♪Its light is rampaging through darkness.♪

♪I can't take my eyes♪

♪off your lovely face.♪

♪Loneliness is gone at this moment.♪

Your Highness.

♪A leaf fluttered down before us.♪

♪Love is spreading in the warm wind.♪

♪Our eye contact♪

♪express more than words.♪

♪Happiness is no longer far away.♪

♪Above us is the bright moon.♪

♪Beneath it is a pair of lovers.♪

You are back!

You don't know how much I missed you!

♪...to join my beloved in passionate moments.♪

♪The night is long.♪

♪But you're at my side.♪

♪We cuddled up together.♪

♪And it means forever.♪

♪Sweetness hovers among the yellow leaves,♪

(Many talents compete in splendor) ♪and falls between you and I.♪

♪Flowers bloom and wither.♪

♪But the moon can still be full.♪

♪Things changed over time.♪

♪Only you are the same.♪

♪Let's write an immortal poem♪

♪that records our own beautiful lives.♪

Finally your Young Master

got back together with our Crown Princess!

Of course!

Look, how gentle our Young Master is!

When I finish the business here in Huayuan,

I'll take you back to Xuanhu City.

Then could you please stop

forcing my mother

and drop the plan of conquering Huayuan City?

No!

But, I've agreed

to go back to Xuanhu with you!

I won't fall

for your honey trap again.

I'll send someone from Xuanhu to take over Huayuan.

You can just go back to Xuanhu with me

and be my wife.

Huayuan is an inheritance from my ancestors.

My mother exerts her utmost effort into the city.

How can you ask someone from Xuanhu to take over it?

She's old now.

It's time for her to abdicate.

Then what about Chuchu?

You were able to come back this time

because Chuchu saved your life!

Are you going to fight against her, too?

Even without the Second Princess,

I'd still be able to get away.

She saved me

because she was going to use me.

After your mother

issued the abdication decree tomorrow,

they'll all become my prisoners.

Chuchu truly loves you.

But I only care about if you truly love me.

You are so ruthless.

How would I even dare love you?

Your nature will never change.

What do you mean by "my nature"?

You, Han Shuo,

the Crown Prince of Xuanhu City,

a meticulous man

who's vowed to conquer Huayuan City.

However, due to your heart disease, you weren't supposed to live long.

Yet you got the Dragon Bone from Huayuan and cured your disease.

You made yourself a hostage of Huayuan to spy on us.

You pretended to be sick while having an evil plan going on.

You are indeed a demon behind the scene.

I wrote three pages about your biography.

I know very well what kind of person you are!

If you are angry, just take it out on me.

Why do you give others a hard time?

Moreover, my mother is old

and she just had a stroke!

So in your eyes,

I only appear to be loyal

but actually I am a wicked petty man in disguise?

Since I came back,

have you ever asked me

how I have been during the exile?

Have I eaten or slept well?

Yet you care a great deal about your mother.

I just locked her up for only a few days,

and you already see me as your enemy!

You are so good at distinguishing the close from the distant.

You are jealous of my mother?

Let me ask you.

If your mother and I fell into water at the same time,

who would you save first?

I can't believe you'd ask me a fatal question like this!

Sounds like you'd save her first!

Hey, you are a man,

can't you swim?

Why would you fight with a woman?

Now you admit that I'm a man!

I thought men are known

as weak and humble in your Huayuan City.

Since you are worried about your mother

and you are so filial,

she's seriously sick right now,

if you dare disobey me,

I will end her life early!

I'll go back to the City Owner's Mansion!

Guards!

Zi Rui!

Closely watch Her Highness!

No one is allowed to be in

or out!

Yes!

Let's go!

Look, what a sissy you are!

What are you anxious about?

Our Young Master

won't hurt your Crown Princess!

He was just bluffing.

Couldn't you see that?

Who would expect that the Crown Princess

has quite a quick temper.

You've gone too far!

They haven't even officially remarried yet,

your Young Master already started

thinking about seizing

Her Highness' property!

In that case,

Huayuan City will be part of pre-marital property.

The pre-marital property and marital property

are indivisible!

Who knows if your Young Master

will love another girl after marriage.

If he did, Her Highness would lose both her husband and money.

But when our Young Master was sent into exile,

he also lost everything.

In my opinion,

your Huayuan City is much more scheming

and harder to guard against.

I'm not leaving! I'll stay right here.

I'll see what your Young Master

is going to do to our Crown Princess!

Suit yourself!

So? Have you heard anything?

After the Second Princess took charge of the country affairs,

she used the flower token to redeploy the City Guards,

but had no intention to save Her Majesty.

As you expected,

there's indeed different voice from the army.

But the Second Princess suppressed it.

If we can get the flower token

and ask the guards to serve the Crown Princess,

Qianqian will be rescued!

But Mr. Pei, will they listen to you?

After all...

After all, I'm a man, right?

I don't dare!

Gender shouldn't get in the way of one's future.

I'm a man, so what?

The Minister of Defense has always come from our Pei family.

My mother was such a prestigious woman.

And I'm her only successor.

Mr. Pei, you are right!

You are a man, so what?

Have you taken care

of the thing I asked?

I've made the arrangement.

But the flower token...

We'll just do our best,

and let fate sort out the rest.

Yes.

(Xingzi Mansion)

Mr. Pei, please follow me.

Mr. Pei,

former Minister Pei once entrusted me

with taking care of the Second Princess and you.

Me?

I thought

my mother left the City Guards to Chuchu

because she didn't see me as important.

You were her dearest son.

To her,

you and the Second Princess

were both important.

She was a righteous person and died on duty.

I think she didn't want to see the Second Princess

betray the City Owner.

I'll lure the Second Princess

to check the flower token later,

and you can take it away from there.

Mother has been sick for days.

I'll ask her

to issue the abdication decree tomorrow,

in case there's any further trouble.

No hurry.

Everything is under our control.

You don't need to worry too much.

Are you hiding something from me?

You and I

are on the same boat now.

Don't worry.

I will help you become the City Owner.

And about the black water mine we talked about...

Since I promised, I will keep my word.

Good!

Young Master,

I'm taking a lot of risks

working with you this time.

But I'm different from Qianqian.

My feelings to you...

Her Highness! Her Highness!

What is it?

The City Guards caught a theft,

who was trying to steal the flower token!

Steal the flower token?

Since you have something urgent came up,

I'll see myself out.

You can leave. I'll be there soon.

Yes.

Mr. Pei,

this is the military camp.

Trespassing on the military camp is a capital offense!

I wouldn't be here in the middle of night

if it wasn't for an emergency!

Here is the flower token!

City Guards, listen up!

I order you to follow my lead.

In the battle tomorrow at the City Owner's Mansion,

you will surrender to the Crown Princess, rescue Her Majesty,

and fight Han Shuo to the death!

Mr. Pei,

I thought you came here this late

for something important,

but it turns out you were here to tell us a joke!

When have City Guards ever knelt to men?

As a man,

you want to lead the army?

How funny!

This is Huayuan City, not Xuanhu!

Men can never

call the shots!

Don't you think, everybody?

That's right!

It doesn't matter it's Xuanhu

or Huayuan.

I have the flower token.

Whatever I say should be considered military command!

When my mother Pei Wujiang was alive,

she promised Her Majesty

that the City Guards would defend her to the death.

And now Her Majesty is in trouble,

yet you wanna break your promise?

The important positions of the City Guards

have never been assigned to men.

You think

you can order us around with a piece of token?

Guys, let's go!

The Minister of Defense has always come from the Pei family.

Although I'm a man,

my family name is Pei;

I also have the guts and courage of the City Guards!

She deserved to die!

And who wanna die next?

Well...

Listen up, City Guards!

The City Owner and the Crown Princess are in danger.

Assemble all troops

and enter the city to rescue them!

-Yes! -Yes!

What should I do?

Will I be locked up here by Han Shuo

till the ending?

But with mother's personality,

it's unlikely that she'll compromise with Han Shuo and Chuchu.

What if they had a conflict and ended up fighting each other?

No, I have to sort it out.

Xiaoqian, you've written so many major scenes

and you've experienced a lot,

but why would you chicken out in front of swords?

Qianqian,

I'm here to save you!

You said

that I'd become

the first male Minister of Defense.

And I did it!

Sorry!

It's not your fault!

It's just I can't be who I used to be.

I must get the power

so that I can protect you!

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♪A cool breeze drifts away.♪

♪The rain leaves with the wind and never returns.♪

♪Whose dream am I in?♪

♪Feel the changes in life.♪

♪I thought a smile could conceal the crease between my brows.♪

♪No time has been lost.♪

♪Things would develop against wishes.♪

♪It's hard to keep up with time.♪

♪I'll follow you to the farthest corner.♪

♪I can't read your mind. It's all for nothing.♪

♪Fame is a burden.♪

♪The longing eventually fades away,♪

♪leaving people withered♪

♪and unrepentant.♪

♪The sounds hitting my ears are dreamy but real.♪

♪Rumors spread behind my beck.♪

♪Spur the horse and gallop.♪

♪Fail to escape from the design of fate.♪

♪To what extent can the characters♪

♪in a story control themselves?♪

♪Far away from each other,♪

♪we will end up together.♪

♪The sounds hitting my ears are dreamy but real.♪

♪Rumors spread behind my beck.♪

♪Spur the horse and gallop.♪

♪Fail to escape from the design of fate.♪

♪To what extent can the characters♪

♪in a story control themselves?♪

♪Far away from each other,♪

♪we will end up together.♪