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You've come to? I brought you here.

Why? Why did you knock me unconscious?

I did it to ensure your safety.

Someone wants to kill me?

Are you keeping something from
me? Let me go now. Let me go.

Stop it. You'll easily get yourself hurt.

Tell me what's going on or set me free.

Fine. The organization is sending someone

to the palace to
assassinate Guangxu today.

They will kill you too if you're with him.

I didn't want you to get hurt. Sol
kidnapped you and brought you here.

Why do you guys want to kill His Majesty?

The organization believes
that once Guangxu is dead,

there will be chaos
in the Qing government.

That will very beneficial to
us for starting a revolution.

Empress Dowager has put His Majesty
under house arrest in Yingtai.

Whether he lives or dies has
no effect on the administration.

Why can't you guys spare him?

This is the decision
of the senior officers.

I can't stop it. I'm not
involved in it either.

Just pretend you didn't tell me anything.

Let me go now. I have to go to
the palace to save His Majesty.

You're just an imperial
doctor. You can't fight.

You think you can save him?

I don't care. I can't
sit back and do nothing.

If I don't manage to save His
Majesty, I will never forgive you.

You're really not afraid of dying?

One can die for nothing
or for something important.

Either you set me free or kill me.

Fine. Perhaps you're right.

Guangxu's death has no effect at all
on the entire political situation.

I will go with you to rescue him.

Lower the bridge down now.

How come no one's here? Your Majesty.

I'm sorry. To Chung. I'm the assassin.

Fuk Ling.

Where's His Majesty?

So you really used me.

Four days before Guangxu's assassination

Miss Ling.

Sorry. I didn't know your lover was here.

You don't recognize me?

Xu Bian? So you're
into this kind of thing?

I don't have a pigtail.

If I go out like this,
it will cause suspicion.

Why did you summon me
to Beijing so urgently?

Is there an important mission?

Cui Yugui told us that
Cixi is seriously sick.

You guys want to kill her?

She's going to die soon. We
want to kill the lousy emperor.

Of course you shouldn't.
You should kill Prince Chun.

He's power hungry. And a womanizer too.

What do you mean?

Kot Kan talks nonsense all the time.

But why do we have to kill Guangxu?
It's more effective to kill Cixi.

The Qing dogs are doomed. It makes
no difference which one we kill.

But the lousy emperor is a
symbol of Qing's feudal monarchy.

If we kill him, it'll mean that even God
is no longer protecting the Qing dogs.

Then people will support our revolution.

Also, that lousy emperor has no son.

Once he's dead, the Qing dogs will
compete fiercely for the throne.

It'll be more beneficial to
us to start a revolution then.

But Guangxu has been put under
house arrest in Yingtai by Cixi.

The only access to Yingtai is a
bridge. It's guarded around the clock.

It's not that easy to kill him.

It's not easy, but not impossible.

Some people have free access
to Yingtai all the time.

No one would suspect them or
stop them from going there.

The imperial doctors of
the Imperial Hospital.

You want Miss Ling to recruit To
Chung to assassinate His Majesty?

Three days before Guangxu's assassination

Dr To.

Kot Kan, what's the matter?

It's been windy lately. My grandma keeps
coughing, but she won't see a doctor.

I wonder if you could make
a house call and see her.

I'll go to Chuen Yan
Clinic when I get off later.

Thank you. Bye.

Dr To, how's mom?

She's fine. It's just a
minor ailment for a senior.

I'll prescribe some medicine for her.
She'll get better after she takes it.

Cured sausages, cured
duck and sweetheart cakes?

They're all Guangdong's specialties?

Kot Kan, I haven't heard from
your Miss Ling in a long time.

How is she doing? Doesn't she write home?

She does. But she doesn't write
to me. So I don't know much.

Two days before Guangxu's assassination

Miss Ling, as you expected, To Chung
is watching us across the street.

You're such a lousy actor. Of
course he knew you were lying.

Fuk Ling.

You've come back?

One day before Guangxu's assassination

This jade pendant helped
me hang in there until now.

I've been fooling myself all along.
I actually believed you weren't dead,

that someday you'd stand in front of me.

I believed I could return this
jade pendant to you myself.

Miss Ling, you're really here.

How did you know I was here?

You come here whenever you're
unhappy. Well? You still miss To Chung?

No.

You've been through so much with him.

Now you have to double cross him.

I would find it really
hard too if I were you.

There's an expression in Guangzhou:

If you eat the salty fish, then
you must put up with the thirst.

I chose this path. So I must
carry on. There's no turning back.

I know To Chung won't
forgive me after tomorrow.

But for the sake of the
revolution, I don't have a choice.

Miss Ling, let me assassinate
His Majesty for you.

No, Kot Kan. Thanks for the offer. I
will take full responsibility for this.

Besides, it's time I ended
my relationship with To Chung.

Day of Guangxu's assassination

Why do you guys want to kill His Majesty?

The organization believes
that once Guangxu's dead,

there will be chaos
in the Qing government.

That will very beneficial to
us for starting a revolution.

Just pretend you didn't tell me anything.

Let me go now. I have go to
the palace to save His Majesty.

You're really not afraid of dying?

Either you let me go or kill me.

Fine. Perhaps you're right.

Guangxu's death has no effect on
the entire political situation.

I'll go with you to rescue him.

How come no one's here? Your Majesty.

I'm sorry. To Chung. I'm the assassin.

Fuk Ling.

From the moment you
got back to the capital,

everything you did was just to get me

to take you to Yingtai so you
could kill His Majesty, right?

If you insist on thinking
that, I've got nothing to say.

I've told myself all along that

you wouldn't do something like
that to use me. I was so stupid.

When did you start thinking
that I was using you?

From the moment you suddenly caught me and
told me that your organization wanted to

go to the palace to
assassinate His Majesty.

You really didn't think I
was truly worried about you?

You were dressed like you were
prepared to go to the palace.

Besides, if you were really worried about
my safety if I were with His Majesty,

you could have tied me up so that
I couldn't go see His Majesty.

Why do something unnecessary and
tell me everything when I came to?

I started doubting you at that moment.

I suspected you were using
me to take you to Yingtai

so that you could assassinate His Majesty.

Back then I was thinking that since His
Majesty was resting in Yangxin Palace

these past couple of days

because he had meetings about
implementing a constitutional monarchy,

even if I took you to
Yingtai, nothing would happen.

So I played along to see if
you were really lying to me.

You should understand that
I didn't have a choice.

And what about His Majesty?

Why doesn't he have a
choice? Why must he die?

To make the revolution a
success, we must overthrow Qing.

Some people have to be sacrificed.

But it shouldn't be His
Majesty. He's a good emperor.

For the sake of the nation and the people,

he's ready and willing
to give up his power

and implement a constitutional monarchy.

Why can't you guys give him a chance?

Even the best emperor
is still an overlord.

This kind of conservative feudal
thinking is already outdated.

We must overthrow this
autocratic structure.

Only then will there
be hope for our country.

No matter how grand or
selfless your ideals are,

in the end it will cause bloodshed.

The commoners will be the
victims once there's a war.

In the past dozens of years,
we've watched as we kept

ceding territories and paying
indemnities to the foreigners.

The government is corrupt.

If we don't stand up now,

the powers will only keep scrambling
for concessions and taking our land.

For the sake of the country's future,

it's worth sacrificing
our lives at this moment.

In other words you will try to
assassinate His Majesty no matter what?

Even though I've failed today, the
organization still won't give up

until Guangxu is killed
and the monarchy abolished.

The only thing I can promise you is
that I will give him a quick death.

I won't make him suffer.

His Majesty has already suffered
too much. Listen carefully.

As long as I can still breathe,
I will never let you hurt him.

If you want to kill His Majesty,
you'll have to kill me first.

I've never expected you to side with me.

I don't want us to become
enemies. I won't kill you.

But I can't guarantee that other people
will think like this too. Take care.

I'm sorry. I didn't know
Guangxu wasn't in Yingtai.

Forget it. That lousy emperor is lucky.

He can stay emperor a little while.

Did you To Chung get suspicious?

No. When he learned that Guangxu
had gone to Yangxin Palace,

he was relieved.

If To Chung knew we wanted
to kill Guangxu this time,

our future operation would be compromised.

You in particular. Your cover
could be blown. Be careful.

Don't worry. To Chung would
never double cross Miss Ling.

If he wanted to, he would
have done it a long time ago.

Right, Miss Ling?

What's our next move?

That lousy emperor is
still in the Forbidden City.

It's much more difficult
to assassinate him there.

We shouldn't make any moves right
now or else we may alert him.

Let's decide what to do after
he's gone back to Yingtai.

OK.

Miss Ling, you're back? Someone
came to see you just now.

Who?

Dr To's maid.

Lin-chi?

Yes. She left you a letter. Here you go.

Sit down.

Why did you ask to meet me?

Why did you come back?

I came back to visit
Grandma and the others.

That's the only reason.

I really don't understand.

It's good that you had
left. Why did you come back?

Do you know when you were away,

Wai-Shan and I could live a normal life
again, like the way things were before?

It may have been simple and plain,
but at least there were no storms.

Why did you insist on coming
back to upset our life?

Pak-hop, I think you've got it wrong.

It was never my intention
to upset your life together.

You're still lying to me? How do
you explain this lover's knot then?

Wai-Shan said he saw it
when he passed by the market.

So he bought it for me.
He's such a lousy liar.

He's never bought me such things
the whole time we've been married.

I'm sure you have an
identical lover's knot.

There are things I don't
know how to explain to you.

But I swear to God that I
would never wreck your home.

I would never steal To Chung
from you. You don't need to worry.

Stop pretending to be kind. Wai-shan's
heart went to you a long time ago.

I just want to keep him by my side
now. Why can't you give me a break?

To Chung promised to look after
you for the rest of his life.

He won't break his promise.
Why don't you believe him?

Yes, he promised my dad that he would
look after me for the rest of his life.

But he only promised to look after
me. He didn't promise to love me.

Don't worry.

I will leave this place very
soon. I won't come back ever again.

You think I still believe you? You
lied to me the first time I met you.

I was even so naive to
treat you as my bosom friend.

I'm sorry. I was wrong. What can
I do to earn your forgiveness?

I will never forgive you. Actually
I don't want to see you ever again.

Drink the wine and our
friendship will end.

We'll go our respective ways.
I think that's the best ending.

Pak-hop, what's the point of doing this?

You want to deny me such a humble wish?

OK. Since you insist, fine.

Remember, after we drink the wine,

our friendship will end and we will
go our respective ways. This is...

This is the best ending, right?

Don't drink it. There's poison
in the wine. Don't drink it.

To Chung.

You think I want to kill
Fuk Ling with poison?

Am I such a wicked woman to you?

I don't want to think that way.

But Lin-chi told me that you
secretly bought rat poison.

Then you told her to deliver a letter
to Fuk Ling asking her to come here.

Isn't this what you wanted to do?

It seems you only have
Fuk Ling in your heart.

I lost my place in your heart long ago.

I did ask Miss Fuk to come here

because I wanted to tell her
that only one of us can live.

I did put rat poison in the wine.

But not in her cup. It's
in the one I'm holding.

Please keep her safe...
Father, how is she?

Thanks to Dr To for inducing
her to vomit in time.

She vomited most of the
poisonous wine she had drunk.

Just now we did gastric lavage for
her several times. She'll make it.

May I see her?

She's not in critical condition now.

But she's comatose. We haven't
figured out the cause yet.

Pak-hop, I was wrong. You could
have hit me or yelled at me.

Why were you so silly to commit suicide?

Mrs. To, you must wake up. Please wake up.

What's wrong with Her Royal Highness?

She suffers from diabetes. She's
been exhausted for a prolonged period.

She feels hot. And she doesn't sleep well.

That causes dizziness and headaches.

Given her current condition,

she should drink a dose
of tranquilizing tea first

to help her sleep well.

Then we'll help her strengthen her health.

Few people live to their
70s. Empress Dowager is 72.

She's suffered from diabetes for
years. Both her yin and yang are weak.

Her meridians aren't well maintained.

Her blood and qi are
irregular. I'm afraid...

My greatest worry is that
if Empress Dowager dies,

none of us in the Imperial
Hospital will be spared.

Too bad Dr To has taken a long leave
because something happened in his family.

If he were here, he'd figure out
a way to heal Empress Dowager.

I don't believe To Chung alone can
beat all of us in the Imperial Hospital.

I was just stating the fact.

Your Royal Highness, how are you doing?

I'm afraid I can't hang in there for long.

You mustn't say that. You're
blessed. You will live a long life.

Right. Take the medicine
and you will get better.

Prince Chun, why don't we ask To Chung

to cancel his leave and come
back to heal Her Royal Highness?

You think he's a fairy?

Her Royal Highness is
blessed. She will get better.

She just needs some rest.
Then she will get well.

Puyi still needs Your Royal
Highness to teach and train him.

Your Royal Highness must take care.

I'm afraid things might
not work out as we wish.

Your Royal Highness,
Puyi is such a good boy.

He knew you were sick. He said he
wanted to give you his blessing.

Puyi, what do you want to
tell Her Royal Highness?

I wish Your Royal Highness
many blessings and longevity.

Your Royal Highness will
live a very long life.

Puyi is such a good boy. If I get better,

I will personally teach Puyi
how to become a good emperor.

Since Empress Dowager said that.

I think she will soon nominate your
son as the Big Brother. Congrats.

Yuan Shikai, you're really well-informed.

You even know what Empress
Dowager said in her bed.

No wonder you came to see me so soon.

You're doing the right thing. Very
soon I'll be under only one person.

So you've come to fawn on me
now. It's to your advantage.

Your Highness can really read my
mind. But I still have some worries.

Haven't you overlooked
something, Your Highness?

What have I overlooked?

His Majesty.

He may be physically
weak, but he's still young.

If Empress Dowager dies before he does,
then he will regain substantive power.

I'm afraid you'll need to wait a
while before your wish will come true.

You don't need to worry for
me. I have my way to ensure that

Empress Dowager won't die
before His Majesty does.

You're really a person
who does big things.

I really admire you.

I think you've overlooked
something too, Yuan Shikai.

When His Majesty wanted
to carry out reforms,

who tipped off Empress Dowager and
double crossed him at the eleventh hour

causing him to be put under
house arrest in Yingtai?

His Majesty is very clear on that.

If His Majesty regains power,
he is sure to take revenge.

Thank you for your advice.

I can only wish Empress
Dowager a very long life

so that His Majesty
will never regain power.

How's His Majesty? Is he OK?

Forgive me for being frank.

His Majesty's kidneys suffer
from congenital deficiency.

They can't support his liver.

Lately, he's been working
so hard for national affairs.

He often burns the midnight oil.

So his liver heat is hurting his
stomach. He suffers from indigestion too.

At this juncture, he's even caught a
cold. That has made his condition worse.

Yam Sik-kang is just exaggerating.
Your Majesty just needs rest.

Don't work so hard or worry so
much. Take the right medicine.

Then you'll get well very soon.

You mean I have to postpone the
discussion on constitutional monarchy?

How can I do that?

Your Majesty, your
health is more important.

If you manage to successfully
implement constitutional monarchy

at the expense of your
health, it won't be worth it.

It was so hard to get Empress Dowager's
consent for constitutional monarchy.

I have to draft the relevant
policies as soon as possible

or there may be obstructions again
and all my efforts will be wasted.

I've discussed it with
Father Taylor many times.

He can't figure out
the cause of your coma.

I've also read a lot of medical
journals. But I can't find similar cases.

Father Taylor reminded me that

I can talk to you about some happy
things we went through together.

Pak-hop, do you remember
our wedding night?

Lots of guest came because
your dad was well connected.

You kept smiling and smiling
until your jaw got a cramp.

You even asked me to massage it for you.

One time, we went to fly a
kite. It flew to the clouds.

Back then you were so happy. You
were really envious of the kite.

You even said you wished you'd someday
fly as high and faraway as a kite.

Pak-hop, please wake up soon
so we can go fly a kite again.

I promise it will fly really
high and faraway this time.

I'm so sorry. This is my
fault. I broke your heart.

But don't be so cruel to leave me behind

and make me blame myself
for the rest of my life.

Please grant me a
chance to make up to you.

This is so sad. She
suddenly went into a coma.

Dr To's aunt said Mrs. To relies on
the so-called drip now to stay alive.

They don't know how long she will
be in this state. It's so pathetic.

Dr To is even more pitiful. He has no
idea when his wife will wake up again.

It's so torturous.

Hey. Kan, you're home so early?

I need to see Miss Ling
about something urgent.

What's the matter?

Something bad is going to happen.

Fuk Ling, I'm here. Show
yourself. Where are you?

You don't need to call anymore. Fuk
Ling's not coming. I wrote that letter.

I don't know you. Who are you?

You don't need to know who I am.
Because you won't live past today.

Why do you want to kill me?
I've never hurt you before.

I don't want to kill you.

But you know too many things
you shouldn't know about.

You're from Fuk Ling's organization?

Now you know why you must die.

Stop it. I told you he
won't double cross us

Why do you still want to kill him?

For the sake of the revolution,
we can't take any risks.

I've checked. To Chung is very
close to that lousy emperor.

If he knows we want to
assassinate that lousy emperor,

he won't just sit back.

To be safe, we must kill him.

You really won't spare him?

I told you that we cannot involve
personal feelings when doing big things.

If you try to stop me,
I will kill you too.

I'm sorry. There are things
that aren't for me to decide.

But I have a request.
Can I do this myself?

I want him to die easier.

I promise you'll stop breathing
before you feel any pain.

You're finally awake.

You got a dozen stitches. You
had better not move so much.

How long have I been out?

You were in a coma for a whole day

since Kot Kan carried you
to the hospital yesterday.

Kot Kan carried me here?

Yes. I asked him what
happened. He refused to tell me.

He just said that I had to save
your life. Dr To, what happened?

I was stabbed.

I know that.

The position is exactly the same as
where you stabbed yourself last time.

And the knife wasn't pulled out.
The internal organs weren't injured.

You've survived once again.

Did Kot Kan really leave
without saying anything?

He didn't say a word. He left
after he helped you lie down.

Oh, yes. There's a letter in your pocket.

Thank you.

To Chung, I owe you and Pak-hop too
much. That's why you mustn't die.

Only you can make Pak-hop wake up.

I really don't want anymore innocent

people to sacrifice
themselves for me again.

That time, you stabbed
yourself to save me.

This time I'm stabbing
you to return your favor.

From now on, we should not see each
other again. Just pretend we never met.

Wai-Shan.

Aunt Ping.

You look much better now
after a couple of day's rest.

Right.

Princess Wojia is outside.

It seems she wants to see
you about something urgent.

Wow... To Chung, it's
good that you're here.

You came out of the blue. Did
something bad happen to His Majesty?

He was fine several days ago.

But his condition got
drastically worse last night.

Those quacks in the Imperial
Hospital didn't know what to do.

But they refused to summon you to
the palace. I was really worried.

So I decided to come see you myself.

His Majesty has been sick for so long.

Even Empress Dowager is
prepared for his demise.

Prince Chun's son Puyi as the Big
Brother in a hurry this morning?

Everyone around me wants
me dead. I want to die too.

As long as you don't give up,
I have great confidence that

those around you won't get
what they wish for so easily.

How dare you, To Chung! You prescribed
such strong medicine for him?

You got His Majesty killed. You're guilty.

His Majesty died before he had a chance
to take the medicine I prescribed.

So why did he die?

I dare not say since
it might get me killed.

Go ahead. I promise no
one will dare touch you.

Just now I noticed something odd
when I checked His Majesty's body.

I suspect that His Majesty
died of arsenic poisoning.

What?

That's nonsense. You say
he was poisoned and killed.

That means the murderer
must be someone close to him.

We can't withhold the news that
His Majesty's dead for long.

I'll give you one day to find
out His Majesty's cause of death.

To Chung should be held liable
for showing disrespect to the ruler

if he fails to find any
concrete evidence within a day.

I will make sure justice
is served for His Majesty

even at the cost of my own life.

Dr To, it's been a
long while. How are you?

Hello, Officer Yuan.

I've got something important
to do. I can't stay long.

No matter how important
your task is, it can wait.

I just want to tell you something.

It's a shame that His
Majesty suddenly died.

But he won't come back to life.

There's no point dwelling on
the past. You should look ahead.

You're really well-informed.
His Majesty just died.

And you show up in the
capital immediately.

Did you rush here to pledge
allegiance to the new king?

A new king will ascend to the throne.
Of course he needs people to assist him.

I think you're a talent.

If you'll agree to work with me, I'm
sure you will have a very bright future.

I'm sorry. I'm not an ambitious person.

I'm an imperial doctor. I'm liable
for failing to cure His Majesty

That's why I've decided to find
out his cause of death at all cost

and make sure justice is served for him.

If there's nothing else, please excuse me.

What? Where's His Majesty's body?

Just now Prince Chun
ordered someone to take

His Majesty's body to Qianqing
Palace in the Forbidden City

prepare for the funeral.

It's Prince Chun again.
What are you doing here?

Prince Chun ordered me to clean
up the place as soon as possible.

Empress Dowager ordered me to
investigate His Majesty's cause of death.

No one is allowed to touch
anything here. Get out.

Yes, sir.

He wants to remove everything.
He wants to destroy the evidence.

Dr To.

Princess Wojia.

I heard that Empress Dowager ordered you
to find out His Majesty's cause of death.

Is that true?

Didn't His Majesty die of
illness? What's there to find out?

Was His Majesty murdered?

Empress Dowager ordered that

His Majesty's demise
must be kept confidential.

I've got something important
to do. Please excuse me.

I will give him a quick
death. I won't make him suffer.

Mom told me time and again that
the jade pendant would keep me safe.

She said I must carry it all the times.

Run.

I don't get it.

Why would someone want
to kill me? Who are they?

I don't know who they are. I
think they wanted to kill you

to stop you from investigating
the cause of Guangxu's death.

His Majesty's demise must be kept
confidential for the time being.

You know I'm investigating
his cause of death?

I've been hanging out
with the two consorts.

Of course I know.

How did you know someone
wanted to kill me then?

I saw you leave Yingtai in a
hurry. So I secretly followed you.

Were you on your way to Chuen Yan Clinic?

You think I killed Guangxu?

I found this jade pendant in
front of His Majesty's bed.

Yes, I had wanted to use the two
consorts as my cover to kill Guangxu.

But before I could do that, I heard
from them that he was dead already.

Sol had nothing to do
with Guangxu's death.

How do you explain the jade pendant then?

Actually I had lost it a long time ago.

Maybe I dropped it when I went
to Yingtai with you last time.

You really haven't been to His
Majesty's bedroom since that time?

Absolutely not.

Sorry.

This is an important piece of evidence.
I need to keep it for the time being.

I know you won't believe me
no matter how I try to explain.

To prove my innocence, I will
investigate this with you.

What if you really did kill His Majesty?

If I let you follow me,

I'd be giving you a chance
to destroy the evidence.

If you're really not the murderer,

given your character, you wouldn't
need to prove your innocence.

Tell me. What's your objective
in staying close to me?

I want to find out what happened.

First of all, I want to
know who the murderer is.

Secondly, you've saved my life
before. Now someone wants to kill you.

I won't sit back and do nothing.

If I'm close to you, I can protect you.

I really hope you're not
His Majesty's murderer.