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♪We meet again after reincarnation♪

♪With the crescent moon and few stars♪

♪To meet you I travel all the way♪

♪No matter how things change♪

♪There’s a twisted fate of the past♪

♪In old dreams I hear one more song♪

♪I hate to leave and don’t know when to return♪

♪Who can I depend on at the end of reincarnation♪

Twisted Fate of Love

Episode 13

Minister Feng.

The director is about to retire from office and return to private life.

Although it’s not a very important position,

His Majesty is concerned about it.

I wonder if there is a suitable candidate in your mind?

No hurry.

Since His Majesty is concerned about it,

it must be carefully selected.

Yes.

Is there anything else to report to me?

Although Dongyue just took a position at the Ministry of Rites,

she stayed in the Court History Bureau for some time.

Dongyue.

Do you have anything to say about today’s discussion?

Minister Feng.

I’m new here.

I’m not familiar with many things. I still need to learn.

Therefore, I have no opinion yet.

That’s okay.

You can speak out freely.

Just say as you want.

I think the process of reviewing official reports here

is too complicated.

It would be more efficient

to streamline the process.

I think Dongyue has a point.

You come up with a plan to streamline the process.

-Yes. -Yes.

What else?

Minister Feng is too imperious.

Vice Minister should be around

when you make big decisions.

It needs at least three people’s agreements to pass the proposal.

Minister Feng is in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

He should have the final say.

I agree with Dongyue!

A decision will be made

with at least three people on board.

Minister.

There is no need to make

the decision-making so complicated.

The Ministry of Rites is at your disposal.

-We all are at your disposal! -We all are at your disposal!

Just do as Dongyue said.

Write it into the regulations.

Minister.

This is weakening your authority.

Please think twice.

Please think twice!

No need to think twice.

From now on, what Dongyue says

equals what I say.

Everyone, keep it in mind.

-Yes. -Yes.

Dongyue!

Shouldn’t you be in the Court History Bureau now?

The director is going to resign from office.

There isn’t much to do at the Court History Bureau.

So I came here to see you

and visit Minister Feng passingly.

You are here to see Minister Feng

in the name of seeing me, right?

Otherwise, why did you

directly go to his study?

I asked the maid.

She said you are in the study.

So I came to the study to see you.

What books does Minister Feng usually read?

Why are you so careless?

Minister Feng hates the most

that people touch his stuff.

Go back to the Court History Bureau!

Just go!

Slack...

Documents of the Ministry of Rites

Slack season after autumn... Well written.

This is an official document!

Just go back.

Don’t make troubles for me.

Just leave!

No, I haven’t seen Minister Feng yet.

Hurry up.

I have to tidy up these things.

Lu Chuan!

Just leave now!

No way.

-Just go back! -I’m not leaving.

Go! Don’t make troubles for me!

Minister Feng.

Minister.

I’m here to visit you.

Why would you see me?

Now that you have had Dongyue by your side.

I also want to work at the Ministry of Rites.

Even as the smallest official,

I would be satisfied as long as I can

stay by your side and help you.

All right!

There is river blockage in Jiangnan area.

I’ve been hesitating about whom to send there.

Why don’t you

go there and find out for me?

Then come back and report to me.

Isn’t that leaving the capital

and leaving you?

Don’t you want to go?

Who just said

that he will do

whatever I ask him to do?

No, no.

I’ll go.

The Prime Minister’s Mansion

Your Excellency.

Now everyone in the Ministry of Rites

knows that Feng Xi favors Dongyue.

Whatever Dongyue said, Feng Xi would nod along.

He even weakened his own power.

Last time he agreed to cut down the seignior’s power

to save this woman.

His lost his head over lust.

Speaking of that,

after the power withdrawing,

Lu Yuantong didn’t do anything.

That’s quite strange.

Your Highness.

You look more haggard after a few days.

Are you still worried about the abolition of Yufeng Pavilion?

Yesterday is a history.

Instead of being sad for Yufeng Pavilion that exists only in name,

it’s better to calm down

and think about

what to do next.

I never entered the court before.

I always thought that being upright

and hardworking

would be what it takes for the officials to do things well.

After this matter,

I have to admit

that human heart matters the most.

Your Highness.

You are kind by nature.

This is not your fault.

Let’s not talk about it.

How are you doing?

Are you doing well by Feng Xi’s side?

I’m fine.

He didn’t bully you, did he?

I stay by his side

to find out the evidence of

his collusion with Lu Yuantong.

I don’t know if that batch of ordnance

it related to this.

I can only find it out

by getting close to Feng Xi.

Dongyue.

Feng Xi is sinister and treacherous.

You are no match for him.

I’m afraid

you would put yourself in danger again.

As for Lu Yuantong,

if you trust me, just leave him to me.

It’s not that I don’t trust you.

It would be more dangerous

with one more person involved.

I’m just more worried about you.

Your Highness.

Please take care of yourself.

I’ll leave now.

Feng’s Mansion

Feng’s Mansion Minister.

Is the Ministry of Rites busy recently?

Just some tedious stuff.

I heard Dongyue came back late.

She got home about the same time as you.

I thought there could be something big at the Ministry of Rites.

She might hang out on the street.

How long can it take to hang out on the street?

The servant said that

she came back from the direction of south street.

Isn’t the office of the Ministry of Rites at south street?

Minister.

Dongyue just arrived here.

Don’t make her work too hard.

I’ll go back now.

You should rest early.

Astronomical...

The Ministry of Rites office and Yufeng Pavilion are both on south street.

Did she go to Yufeng Pavilion?

Take a look!

Take a look!

Give me one.

-Flood strikes the south! -Give me one.

Locust plagues strikes the north!

There is a food crisis and people die from hunger!

People have been displaced and suffering!

The Capital

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Stop!

Dongyue.

Your Highness.

Why don’t you tell me that you are going to control locusts?

Why should we tell you?

How can you even come here?

Qingxiao.

I’m going to the north to control locusts.

Now the northern is infested with locusts.

The victims left their homes,

some even fled around the capital.

I’m worried.

I want to do something.

So I recommended myself to my father.

He gave me the chance to control locusts in north

and train myself.

But you didn’t study how to control locusts.

I have been reading books on

locust control.

I believe it will help me.

If I manage it well,

my father might be impressed.

Take care.

I’ll be back soon.

You must be careful being out there.

Dongyue.

Dongyue!

What are you thinking about?

Some guests dressed up as quacks

came to the mansion last night.

They have weapons.

Do you know who they are?

I heard from Daole

that they were old friends of Minister Feng when he was down.

They spent half the night in the study.

I guess they might have something to discuss.

Can you find out

what they discussed for me?

I suspect that those people are related to the ordnance.

Help me find it out.

Ziyuan.

What is this?

I have nothing to do today.

So I made some brow cakes.

Have a taste.

Yummy.

You treated me the brow cake before.

I think it tastes good.

So I made some myself today.

I added some chopped peanuts and sesame in them.

Look.

Is it better than the one they sell?

It’s better than the one I bought.

If you like it, keep more.

I’ll do it for you tomorrow.

But why did you

make me a snack today?

Because...

Because you taught me martial arts for a long time.

You are half a master for me.

Take it as my respects for my master.

Okay.

Good.

I also saved you some snacks for the night.

Do you have time to come?

Of course.

No.

Xi asked me to do something tonight.

Then you can come after you finish your work.

No.

He asked me to send something

to a private mansion outside the city tonight.

I’ll be back at midnight.

Let’s have night snack next time.

All right.

This place is rarely visited.

It’s a good place to hide things.

Could the weapons be hidden here?

In this breezy moonlit night,

the ilex flowers are blooming.

Why not call you

Dongyue?

Feng Xi!

♪Return to the past as we promised♪

♪A miracle happened in front of the ilex tree♪

♪Hope our love is deep Hard to find someone like you♪

♪Hold the lamp in the hall and miss you♪

♪There’s a twisted fate of the past♪

♪In old dreams I hear one more song♪

♪I hate to leave and don’t know when to return♪

♪Who can I depend on at the end of reincarnation♪

Did I hurt you?

Feng Xi!

You lied to me again!

Dongyue!

Sorry.

I almost killed you at Zhuming Post that day.

I know you are still upset about it.

Today it’s my compensation for you.

What if I had killed you?

If you had killed me,

that would be the punishment from God.

Do you remember the first time we met?

In this breezy moonlit night,

the ilex flowers are blooming.

It’s just a few months.

But it’s like we have known each other for half a lifetime.

How nice it would be

if we have another chance

to go back to when we first met?

Feng Xi.

I’m really curious.

Why do you like me?

I like your shy look

when I first met you.

Your heroic bearing when you wield the sword.

I like that you point at me when you are angry.

I like your heroism in menswear.

Your beauty in womenswear.

Do you have other questions?

Actually, none of it matters.

What matters the most is

that I like the unpredictable you.

You surprise me every day.

You are the one who is unpredictable.

You always lie to me.

I can’t figure out what you are thinking about.

It seems

that we are meant to be together.

Ziyuan!

Ziyuan!

Ziyuan.

I didn’t mean to lie to you.

Don’t ignore me.

Xi predicted that you would make me talk.

He said those things to me on purpose.

Minister Feng wants Dongyue to see him at the private mansion in the suburbs.

Why didn’t he just tell her?

Did he have to lie to her?

Modesty and Brilliance

Let’s not worry about them.

If you are angry,

just hit me.

Hit me and let’s move on.

But don’t ignore me.

You promised me to make me a supper.

Modesty and Brilliance

This is for you as my apology.

Let it go as it never happened.

Don’t think you can make me happy

with some rouge.

Take a look.

I know you.

You are not an ordinary woman in my heart.

How could I give you

the vulgar stuff?

Take a look.

I’m sure you will like it.

Do you like it?

I promised you to give you a set of darts.

I see. You made up your mind to lie to me.

You even prepared the gift to apologize to me.

Modesty and Brilliance That’s unfair!

I made a lot of efforts to please you.

How can you make me sound like a treacherous villain?

All right.

I like this gift.

I forgive you.

Why can’t you tell me honestly?

I always treat you like a brother.

Don’t lie to

your sister again.

I don’t need a sister!

Modesty and Brilliance

You...

What’s that attitude?

Are you here to apologize?

Dongyue.

Dongyue.

I really didn’t know

Minister Feng did it on purpose to get you there.

I didn’t collude with him.

I was eager to track down the weapon.

That’s how I was used by him.

It’s not your fault.

In fact, even I can see

Minister Feng’s heart for you.

Didn’t you notice it?

Minister Feng is different from the rumors outside.

Look at his mansion.

All of them are loyal to him.

That’s because he knows how to win people’s heart.

It’s not that, Dongyue.

I’ve been in Marquis An’s Mansion before.

He is completely different from Marquis An’s family.

He bears a lot of infamy.

But he doesn’t care about it at all.

I think

you should stop fighting against him.

It’s not that I won’t stop.

It depends on whether he can stop doing bad things.

I know.

You want to find out where the ordnance is.

But you keep a straight face all day,

how would he tell you?

Then what should I do?

Be gentle with him and treat him better.

Then he will be too embarrassed to reject you.

It’s easy to say.

Be gentle.

How to be gentle?

I made some stew in the kitchen.

Why don’t you

bring it to Minister Feng?

Just tell him that you specially prepare it for him.

Dongyue.

You and Minister Feng are both good people.

Why do you have to stand against each other?

I just hope what I did

can mend your relationship.

All right?

Come on, let’s go.

Madam, please calm down!

I really saw Miss Ziyuan holding Dongyue’s hands

and entering Minister’s study.

Ziyuan entering our mansion

might be arranged by Dongyue.

Dongyue did it to make it easier for her to approach Minister.

This is a series of stratagems.

You can’t keep being so kind.

She would ride on top of us

if she keeps doing it.

Get up first.

What do you think

we should do now?

Since Dongyue wants Ziyuan to be a matchmaker,

let’s send out this matchmaker!

Court History Bureau

Court History Bureau I investigated Xing City first

and found out its riverbed is very shallow.

There is a build-up of silt

and a lot of silt in the water.

Then I surveyed along the river upward.

The next county is Wei County.

I found...

You report it one by one,

when can you finish it?

Just tell me the conclusion!

Minister.

The problem of each county is different.

Some are natural disasters and some are man-made disasters.

They don’t fit into one category.

Please give me some more time

and let me report at large.

Do you think I have nothing else to do

or your colleagues have nothing else to do?

I want a conclusion and the solution!

But...

Shut up!

Minister Feng.

Your attitude to your subordinate is too bad!

Minister, you are right.

I am inexperienced.

I made the report too tediously long.

In order to find out the cause of build-up of silt,

Lu Chuan went to every downstream river

and came up with the solution to prevent the flood.

As far as I know,

those places have been plagued by floods for years.

It costs the national treasury a lot of money to treat the disaster,

but no progress has been made.

Without Lu Chuan’s hard work,

there is no way to solve it.

Shouldn’t you reward him?

Well...

Dongyue, what’s your proposal?

The director has resigned from office.

That position is still vacant.

I think Lu Chuan can take it.

Lu Chuan!

What do you think?

Well...

It’s not suitable.

Lu Chuan is dedicated to his duties.

The report about river management

is well written.

But he needs to correct this long-winded problem.

Lu Chuan and Dongyue have known each other for a long time.

Dongyue’s recommendation should not be wrong.

The position of the director is vacant.

Officer of Court History Bureau Lu Chuan is capable of doing this job.

Go to Court History Bureau tomorrow and start to work.

Thank you, Minister!

You are an insightful superior. You are eclectic,

elegant and charming,

young and promising,

talented and resourceful,

rich and powerful.

Alright.

Let’s go.

Thank you, Minister!

Let’s go!

Come on.

Thank you!

I’m the director now!

I know.

Daole!

Daole!

Take it.

Minister Feng said

you can only leave the mansion with the token.

What are you thinking about?

Why are you being so careless?

Xi asked me to do

a lot of things recently.

He doesn’t trust other people.

I might have been too busy and have forgotten it.

What?

Are you willing to talk to me now?

By the way,

the hidden weapon you gave me last time works well.

Thank you.

I’m glad you like it.

I made it specially for you.

All right.

I know you care about me.

If you are hungry after you come back at night,

just come to me.

I have some brow cakes for you.

You are such a big person now,

you still have dust on your face.

Just like Xiaosi.

Go ahead. Come back early.

Is it that good?

I wanted to congratulate you on your promotion.

But look at what you wrote.

These are all flattering Feng Xi.

Minister Feng promoted me from a little officer

to the director.

Of course I have to thank him.

Now all of my dreams

are about Minister Feng.

You are too ungrateful.

Hadn’t I recommended you,

you would still be left out by Feng Xi.

As a result, what you wrote was all praising Feng Xi,

you didn’t mention a word about me.

Thank you for promoting me.

How about I treat you to a dinner

at Pingkang House?

To celebrate my promotion.

You wrote in the report

that you encountered a plague of locusts while passing through Wei County.

Yeah, is it vividly written?

I’ve learned many ways to control the locust

from the local people.

I will tell you about it later.

The Third Prince is managing the locust plague in the north.

Maybe I should tell him

how Lu Chuan eliminates the locusts.

It might be useful to him.

Okay.

Let’s talk about it during dinner.

Okay.

Xi.

You’ve gone to a lot of trouble.

Didn’t you want Lu Chuan

to be the director long ago?

You thought his position is too inferior and worried that

it might be controversial if he gets promoted too quickly.

That’s why you gave him so much hard work.

Director is a small position,

but His Majesty cares about it.

Sometimes the words of the director

can be really powerful.

Lu Chuan taking that position

can save me some trouble.

It’s just that he talks too much

and it’s annoying.

By the way, where is Dongyue?

It is said that Lu Chuan treated her to dinner

at Pingkang House to celebrate his promotion.

Lu Chuan is pretty grateful.

Modesty and Brilliance

Yurou.

How are you doing in the mansion recently?

I am doing well.

Minister Feng and you take good care of me.

Daole taught me martial arts.

That’s good.

By the way, Ziyuan.

How old are you?

Me?

I’m seventeen.

Yurou.

Why do you suddenly care about my age?

I’m thinking

that you are the lady of Feng’s Mansion now.

What you do and say concerns the reputation of Feng’s Mansion.

Right?

Did I do anything wrong?

Don’t worry.

I just care about you.

You’re at the age of getting married.

If you still don’t do anything about getting married,

it might make people gossip.

But I haven’t thought about getting married yet.

So it’s time to consider about it now.

I found someone

to match you up.

A girl has to

marry someone one day,

I picked some young talents who are good enough for you.

You might as well go meet them when you are free.

Matchmaking...

I...

You might fall in love with someone at one glance,

and you want to get married soon.

What if I don’t?

Then making some new friends is not bad.

Okay.

Since you arranged it,

it’s disrespectful to refuse it.

I can go to meet them.

But you must promise me

that if I don’t like anyone of them,

don’t make arrangements for me anymore.

Okay.

Bright Heaven and Clear Earth

Why isn’t he here yet?

Why is the director still not here?

Yeah.

He is coming!

He is coming!

-Greetings to Mr. Lu! -Greetings to Mr. Lu!

-Inside, please. -Please.

-Be careful. -Inside, please.

-Be careful. -Watch out the steps.

Please.

Be careful.

Please.

Mr. Lu, please sit down.

Have a seat.

Mr. Lu, please have some tea.

You must be late today

because of something important.

Right?

-Yeah. -Yeah.

The paperwork is ready for you.

It’s my fault to be late today.

I should take punishment according to the rules.

Mr. Lu, don’t say that.

You are the boss in Court History Bureau.

It’s all up to you.

Yeah.

You attend to numerous affairs every day.

Even if you are not in Court History Bureau,

you are still worried about Court History Bureau.

What does it matter whether you are here or not?

Yeah, exactly.

No.

Yes.

That’s not how you said it

when the former director was in office.

That was then, and this is now.

Mr. Lu.

You are Minister Feng’s person.

Well...

It’s not the first day you know that.

We failed to recognize your greatness.

Mr. Lu, don’t blame us.

You are Minister Feng’s person.

We are your people.

Mr. Lu, you must say

some nice words to Minister Feng.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

-Say some nice words for us. -Say some nice words for us.

Say some nice words.

Say some nice words.

Hurry up.

Mr. Lu.

Please.

Mr. Lu, please.

Lu Chuan encountered a locust plague in Wei County.

The people there used this method to eliminate locusts quite effectively.

I hope Your Highness can return to the capital as soon as possible.

For Xinyao

Dongyue.

Where are you going?

For Xinyao

I’m just walking around.

What are you hiding behind you?

Let me see.

It’s just a letter.

Anything in Feng’s Mansion

can only be taken out with my consent.

Madam is the hostess of Feng’s Mansion.

She wants to see it.

How dare you not give it to her?

Is there any unspeakable secret

in the letter?

I’ve seen

dozens of women like you.

Feng Xi does what you say now,

but he will lose his interest soon.

I advise you to take the hint.

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♪Years pass by♪

♪Fate is too deep to understand♪

♪Time flies during it♪

♪Repeatedly it drowns the sorrows♪

♪The moon shines around♪

♪Love cuts away anxiety♪

♪Hope I could have a colorful dream♪

♪Silent but gentle♪

♪Love can’t stop♪

♪Hold hand and grow old♪

♪Hope I could sing an ode♪

♪Peaceful and everlasting♪

♪Enjoy the warm nightfall♪

♪Live the rest of life wholeheartedly♪

♪Life is like a dream♪

♪When waking up we stay together♪

♪Love can’t stop♪

♪Hold hand and grow old♪

♪Hope I could sing an ode♪

♪Peaceful and everlasting♪