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♪There seems to be a trace of fragility in your look,♪

♪which tugs at my heartstrings as we fool about.♪

♪How should I describe my feelings?♪

♪Perhaps there is no word for them.♪

♪I don't understand. I show no interest. I feign ignorance.♪

♪But I can't resist your persistence.♪

♪Your love for me is long-lasting and strong.♪

♪How should I accept it?♪

♪In tranquility. Calm as the wind.♪

♪We don't regret living in this world.♪

♪I'd take anything fate gives me.♪

♪I'd let everyone misjudge me.♪

♪So what?♪

♪I don't care about right and wrong.♪

♪Perhaps our feelings can't be described and only we understand them.♪

The Heiress

Episode 17

Servants!

Servants! Let me out!

Servants!

Servants! Tell my father to come here!

I need to talk to him!

Young master,

lord told me to knock you out

if you came out.

Please don't make it difficult for us

Let me out

or I will kill you once I get out.

Servants! Tell my father to come here!

Father!

Father, come here! I need to talk to you.

Father!

-I'm here. -My lord.

You disobedient brat, what do you want now?

Father, let me out.

I said I'd help you.

You often goofed around

and I never restrained you.

I know you wantoned when you were younger.

But you shouldn't have neglected your family duties

and sabotaged my plan again and again.

Stay in there and reflect on yourself.

Father.

Father, where is Han Shiyi?

Is he in the epidemic area?

Lord Han has returned to Licheng.

Father,

you'd even lie to your own son?

If you don't believe me,

then don't ask me.

I have stopped hoping you could help the Wang family.

You and your younger sister will head back to the capital tomorrow.

Father,

I'm telling you,

if Han Shiyi dies,

I will die with him.

You disobedient brat!

What spell has Han

cast on you?

How can you break my heart with that kind of talk?

You two, watch him closely.

If he runs away, I won't spare you.

Yes.

Father. Father.

Father, come back.

I'm not finished yet.

Father.

Sir.

Is there any food in the village?

We should make some rice soup for them.

Look how the village has suffered.

We have no food here.

I'm here to bring Young master food.

Xiyuan.

Why are you here?

Is father going to harm Han Shiyi?

Xiyuan.

Do me a favor.

Han Shiyi needs you to save him.

No matter what, you must tell the Fifth Prince

that Han Shiyi is in danger in the epidemic area.

Understood.

There is murder!

Come on.

Come on. There is murder.

-Hurry. -What happened?

Hurry. Keep up.

Ma'am. Ma'am.

What is going on?

The Liu family in the west of the village wanted to run out of the village.

But the officers killed them all.

We'll find the officers to demand justice.

You shouldn't go.

Get back and tell the villagers

not to conflict with the officers. I'm trying to come up with a solution.

Hurry.

If you had a solution, you would have been out of here already.

-Keep up. -Ma'am.

Come on.

-Hurry. -Come on.

Hurry.

Hurry.

Horse riding is forbidden here. Get down.

I have an important matter to discuss with the Fifth Prince.

My cousin is really willful.

She injured two guards

and rushed to Licheng regardless of the consequences.

Now our plan has been spoiled.

Only after she sends the word, will Chen Yanyi come here.

Once Chen Yanyi enters the epidemic area,

our problems will be solved.

Uncle,

you mean we should let

Chen Yanyi enter the epidemic area and eliminate him.

But Yanyi isn't a fool.

The epidemic area is dangerous.

Why would he enter the area?

No matter how shrewd he is,

he can't resist the power of love.

Chen Yanyi has always rejected the idea of marriage.

And everyone in the capital

knows the reason.

Yes, rumors have been going around in the capital

about Han Shiyi and Chen Yanyi being homosexual.

But Yanyi was just playing with him.

Besides,

if I harm Yanyi and my father knows about it...

Don't worry.

After Chen Yanyi dies,

His Majesty won't punish you

no matter whether he suspects you.

After all, the state needs an heir to the throne.

I'm sure he would never

pass down his throne to the small Seventh Prince

or the Third Prince whose life is all cakes and ale.

Right.

The Seventh Prince is young and feeble.

He might not even live to adulthood.

The Third Prince is a moron.

If I eliminate the Fifth Prince,

my father will have no choice but to make me the heir.

Let's do as you say.

Licheng

Your Highness, don't act rashly.

You must not venture there.

We will find another way.

I have already made a mistake,

letting him enter that dangerous place.

I must not make another mistake.

Lord Lu,

take care of Licheng and wait for us to return.

I will keep His Highness safe. Don't worry.

Your Highness, this...

Can they really save Lord Han?

Why did you, instead of begging your father to release Lord Han,

come to Licheng to ask for help?

My brother said it was useless to beg my father.

Then thank you, Miss Wang.

His Highness told me to have someone send you back to Zhangzhou.

You should leave as soon as possible.

All of you, come with me!

Show yourself.

You have followed me for the whole day.

Why did you follow me?

The head of village told me to follow you

and not let you run away.

Look.

This village adjoins a mountain in the east and water in the west.

The officers have blocked the village on the south and north.

There is nowhere to run.

The mountain and water

compose a beautiful landscape.

You also haven't had food for the whole day?

I haven't had food since yesterday.

I will carry you back later.

Save your strength.

My lord, we are starving to death these days.

Some people pulled the floating corpses of pigs and rabbits up from the river

and cooked them at home.

They stank so bad. I couldn't bear eating them.

My elder brother ate them.

He plucked wild fruits

in the woods over there.

Now my elder brother has fallen sick.

And all the wild fruits have been plucked.

Don't cry. Don't cry.

We'll have a look later.

I'm really good at plucking wild fruits.

I can climb a towering tree.

Really?

Yes.

Don't eat.

What? I can't hear you clearly.

Don't eat the meat.

What did you say?

Don't eat.

Brother.

It's okay. Don't cry.

Your brother just fainted.

Let him rest for a while.

Here.

Here.

Without a doctor's medicine,

he might not survive for long.

Brother.

Brother, wake up. Brother.

One. Two. Three. Four.

There are only four women.

All the other people are men.

Can it be that only men catch this disease?

Some people pulled the floating corpses of pigs and rabbits up from the river

and cooked them at home.

They stank so bad. I couldn't bear eating them.

Is the disease caused by eating dead animal meat?

Ma'am.

My lord.

Before he became sick,

did he eat the dead animals

that had floated in the river?

Yes.

The village lost everything after the flood.

We even cut and eat tree bark and grass.

We were so hungry. We couldn't bear the hunger anymore.

The men pulled the animals up and roasted them.

The meat was rotten.

You didn't eat the meat, did you?

I couldn't force myself to swallow the meat.

The meat stank too bad.

Good.

Go and tell the villagers

to stop pulling dead animals up and eating them.

I'm afraid the villagers caught the disease by eating dead animals.

Is it true? I'll tell them right now.

My uncle is still pulling dead animals up at the river.

Let's go.

Yeah.

Uncle!

Uncle!

Stop pulling.

You can't eat them.

Stop. Quit pulling.

Eating the dead animal meat will give you the disease.

We'd die from the disease if we ate the meat.

We'd die from hunger if we ate nothing.

We all die sooner or later.

Quit pulling. Quit pulling.

Food will be transported here soon.

What are you doing? You think you're brilliant just because you're an official?

You pick on the civilians.

I'm trying to save you.

Uncle, stop it.

The official speaks sense.

Most of the villagers who ate the meat have fallen ill.

We are healthy because we haven't eaten the meat.

We want to live.

But we need food to live.

Don't worry.

I will save you.

It has been a day.

How come nothing has happened?

What are they waiting for?

No.

I'm not their target.

I'm just bait.

They are trying to catch fish.

Don't panic. Don't panic.

His Highness will realize this is a trap.

He won't fall into the trap.

No.

My lord. My lord.

I have got a lot of flowers.

Zhangzhou Prefecture

Yanyi, you should have told me that you were coming.

Good day, Yanhao.

Where is Han Shiyi? Licheng needs him.

I need to take him back.

Han Shiyi honors the name

of the loyal Han family.

He insisted on entering the disaster-stricken area to help the victims.

I tried to stop him, but I failed.

Take me to the disaster-stricken area.

Yanyi, I know you care about the people,

but you should take care of yourself.

After all, our father has high hopes for you.

Take me to the epidemic area right now.

Take it easy.

I will have some people take you there now. Okay?

Your Highness, it's ahead of us.

The village is close to the river levee.

The whole village has been flooded.

Many people died.

What's worse, an epidemic has hit the village.

Where did you get this thing?

Are you Prince Qi?

Yes.

Lord Han asked me to bring you a message.

Don't enter the village.

They are waiting for you to enter the village, so they can burn the village.

If you don't enter the village, he won't die.

How did you get out?

Tianniu, I will take you to the mountain top

and you will bring this hair clasp

to a lord called Prince Qi.

Ask him for help.

My lord, I'm not leaving.

If I leave, what will happen to my brother?

Tianniu.

Do me this favor.

I will take care of your brother.

My lord, you are a good person. I will help you.

Lord Han asked me to find Prince Qi.

He said you would recognize this thing.

This is for you. Only I can weave this.

Shiyi can't.

Who is Shiyi?

Shiyi is my younger brother. He is a little geek.

All he does is study.

When you are at my home, just play with me and ignore him.

How dare you intercept government goods?

Don't worry.

We just want to borrow

your clothes.

-Your Highness. -Don't move. Stay put.

If anything happens to you,

we will lose our heads

and the future of the State of Chen will be affected.

Let me enter the village.

I swear on my life

that I will take Lord Han out.

Say no more. I must enter the village myself.

Show the way.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Your Highness.

Why do I always dream about you?

♪...which tugs at my heartstrings as we fool about.♪

Perhaps it's because I'm dying.

Your Highness.

♪I don't understand. I show no interest. I feign ignorance.♪

I really miss you.

♪Your love for me is long-lasting and strong.♪

Shiyi.

♪How should I accept it?♪

Shiyi.

♪In tranquility.♪

♪Calm as the wind.♪

Your Highness.

You finally came.

♪I'd take anything fate gives me.♪

I need to...

I need to tell you a secret.

I love you.

But...

But I...

I might be dying.

Shiyi.

No.

You can't die.

You've promised to spend your life with me.

Keep your word.

♪How should I describe my feelings?♪

Your Highness.

♪Perhaps there is no word for them.♪

♪I don't understand. I show no interest. I feign ignorance.♪

If there is a next life,

I will...

will be

with you.

♪We don't regret living in this world.♪

♪I'd take anything fate gives me.♪

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Han Shiyi!

♪So what?♪

♪I don't care about right and wrong.♪

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Shiyi.

Can you stop shaking her?

You are making it impossible for me to feel her pulse.

What?

Lin Baozi.

You must save her.

Please save her.

Shiyi.

Wake up. Don't scare me.

Shiyi.

She just fainted due to hunger.

Shiyi.

Don't scare me.

I'm not an imperial doctor.

Why get angry with me?

I'm telling you,

if you snap at me again,

I will leave and check on other patients.

Get well soon, okay?

Shiyi.

I will never leave you again.

Get well soon, okay?

Shiyi.

You are awake.

Your Highness.

When did you grow a beard?

It looks ugly.

Our Highness watched over you

for two days and nights without any sleep.

Lord Han,

the first thing you did after waking up was criticize his beard.

How come I passed out for so long?

Your Highness.

The Second Prince plans to burn Sweet-water Village to stop the epidemic.

You must come up with a way to save the villagers.

There is no epidemic. The villagers had a bowel disease.

Lin Baozi has distributed the medicine.

Their situation has improved.

They probably caught the bowel disease

by eating the rotten meat of the dead animals from the river.

They had no food or drink.

The people had no choice

but to risk their lives and eat those things.

We have distributed the medicine.

We have started to hand out rice gruel.

How did the Second Prince explain it all?

He denied his attempt to burn the village.

He said he only placed the village on lockdown

to control the epidemic.

You are brilliant, Your Highness.

I truly admire you.

But

how did you seize control of Sweet-water Village?

Did you dispatch troops to Zhangzhou?

It's a felony to dispatch troops

without an imperial edict.

I don't need troops to deal with him.

After you recover,

I will tell you the whole story.

I'm fine.

It's just

that this place looks pretty nice.

I reckon you have got food here.

Chicken, duck, fish, meat. I'm fine with any of them.

Give me some food.

You just recovered.

You were injured.

Lin Baozi took great pains to heal you.

You can only eat bland rice gruel for now.

Be good.

Jiye.

No need to trouble you. I can eat it myself.

Slow down. Slow down.

Slow down.

Take your time to eat.

I have things to do.

You...

Where are you going?

Are you going to see the emperor?

Yes. Don't worry.

Burning the village is a big deal.

The Second Prince wouldn't have the courage to give the order without permission.

I'm afraid he's already told His Majesty about it.

Father gave his tacit consent to Yanhao burning the village to stop the epidemic.

Of course he wanted Yanhao to handle it neatly

and avoid criticism from the civil officials.

If this matter becomes known,

His Majesty won't let him take the responsibility.

Yeah.

His Majesty cherishes his reputation.

Jiye.

Yes.

Stay here and take care of Lord Han.

Your Highness,

you are cultured and good at fighting.

I'm not worried about you.

But

Jiye would nag me if he stayed here.

You might as well

take him back to the capital with you.

Lord Han, when did I ever nag you?

Listen to me. Be good.

I want him to stay here

because I'm worried that something unexpected might happen.

Listen to me.

Be careful.

I'll get going.

Your Highness.

You've promised to spend your life with me.

Keep your word.

Your Highness.

If there is a next life,

I will...

will be

with you.

I've had my people put away

Yanhao's secret report.

I wonder if he understands what I'm trying to do.

Of course, the Second Prince understands.

I love the people dearly.

But if the epidemic breaks out...

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, Prince Qi has asked for an audience with you.

He came back so fast.

Let him in.

Yes.

I pay respect to you, Father.

Spare the formalities.

Yanyi,

do you know why I summoned you back to the capital?

You summoned me?

You didn't know I summoned you?

I came back to the capital in a rush.

I probably missed a meeting with your people.

Then you should be providing disaster relief in Licheng.

Why did you come back?

Father,

I hear Yanhao is going to burn the village

and falsely claims it's your order.

It'll not only hurt the people and make the court lose face,

but also damage your reputation.

So I hurried back

to beseech you to order him

to stop what he is doing

and avoid making a grave mistake.

There is no such thing.

You must have heard wrong.

It's true.

I received the news

and secretly visited Zhangzhou to stop him.

Even if it's true,

I'm sure Yanhao has no choice

but to make this undesirable move.

Just think about it. Once the epidemic breaks out,

innocent people will be affected.

Without proper control, the epidemic could affect several provinces

and kill millions of people.

Similar events happened in the previous dynasty.

There is no epidemic.

The people caught a bowel disease

that is not infectious.

What?

It's not an epidemic?

Are you sure?

I dare not make reckless remarks about this important matter.

The dams of the Yellow River were breached. A flood ensued.

All the villages and towns were flooded.

The flood didn't hit Zhangzhou that hard.

But Sweet-water Village locates by the riverbank.

The villagers had no food.

So they pulled rotten animal corpses up from the river to eat.

It's how they caught a bowel disease.

We have identified the source of the disease.

The patients' conditions have improved.

Damn Chen Yanhao.

He decided to burn the village without a thorough investigation.

He disregarded the people's lives.

Outrageous!

Your Majesty, calm down.

Having given birth to such a disobedient son,

I'm ashamed to face the people.

I'm ashamed to face the people.

You have always loved your subjects as if they are your children.

You wouldn't tolerate such behavior.

But this matter concerns the state's reputation.

It's inappropriate to spread the news out.

Forgive me for suggesting that you keep this matter from the public,

lest there should be trouble.

Please think it over.

Good.

You think for the overall situation.

Good.

Fine.

I will listen to you once.

Let's keep this matter from the public for now.

After Yanhao comes back, I will decide what to do with him.

Yanyi, I'm old.

From now on,

I need you to share

my burdens often.

You are in your prime.

It's good news to the people.

But you need to take care.

Good morning, doctor.

Sit down.

You all have returned.

Good to see you back here.

We won't be talking about the Classic of Poetry today.

Tell me your thoughts on your trip to the disaster-stricken area.

Han Shiyi,

you first.

I used to be conceited.

I always wanted to find fault with the sages

to highlight the uniqueness of my opinions.

Now that I think about it,

the sages were only human,

but they organized

their knowledge and thoughts

for the later generations. They enlightened us.

"I grieve over people's lives beset with hardships" is an example.

When I recited this sentence in the past,

I only paid attention to the literary grace and rhythm.

But after living with the disaster victims for a few days,

I've realized what it means to grieve.

People act frivolously when they are young.

It's good to see you sensible.

Sit down.

What about the rest of you?

Liao Jichang,

what's your thought?

I?

I...

I lost several kilograms.

Why are you laughing?

I used to be too lazy to exercise.

After I entered the disaster-stricken area,

I hustled and bustled.

Sometimes I didn't even have the time to eat.

I wanted to sneak back at midnight.

But now that I'm back,

I've started to miss the disaster victims.

Now, whenever I see wine and meat on my dinner table,

I feel super guilty.

I've come to realize

my life is too comfortable.

Doctor, I can prove it.

He even had people

send food to the disaster-stricken area.

He saved money

to buy the food.

Gu Wan,

I didn't save the money.

The money was saved by the whole family under my mother's instruction.

Yeah. Now every time I eat,

I dare not waste a grain of rice.

It feels like if I don't finish all the food during a meal,

I treat the starving people unfairly.

Doctor, if you ever see another chance to help people,

let us know.

Sit down.

Wang Zhongyu, what's your thought?

Back in the day,

I watched the plays about people singing on fishing boats and life in the mountains.

I thought life outside the capital

was easy and free.

But now that I think about it,

the fishers, woodcutters, and farmers

suffer from their own hardships and worries.

They worry about food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

They worry when their elders and children become sick.

Those who only see beautiful scenery,

in my opinion, have never worried about food and clothing.

Sit down.

You are children of rich families.

You were born to live extravagantly.

It's not your fault.

But it narrowed your minds.

Now you have widened your horizons.

No matter what you will become, officials or civilians,

you will be able to understand the hardships of survival.

And I'm relieved to know that.

What do you think, Your Highness?

I'm no different from ordinary people.

We all have feelings.

Every person loves in the same way.

Indeed.

There is no rank

in people's love.

Your Highness, sit down.

I will be busy for a while.

So I won't have time to take care of you.

It's okay.

My future father-in-law

has been pressing me to get married.

I probably won't have much time to see you

before I marry Qin Wanning.

You are going to marry her for real?

I gave my word.

What else can I do?

What about me?

Actually,

since I got together with you,

I've had a different understanding

of love and happiness.

I don't want her to marry me.

But I have

got no choice.

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♪She and he are the same person.♪

♪Nobody can see through her disguise.♪

♪She is young and frivolous,♪

♪not knowing where to look.♪

♪She jests that the world was so big,♪

♪yet too small for a few people.♪

♪Stubborn as a mule,♪

♪she stays in an alien land.♪

♪She howls at the sky♪

♪and vows to become♪

♪a good man♪

♪with a sense of propriety.♪

♪One's love life♪

♪changes constantly.♪

♪How many years♪

♪have slipped away?♪

♪It's a love-hate relationship.♪

♪The end of the story♪

♪has been no secret♪

♪to us.♪

♪How come you♪

♪still have hopes?♪