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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 15

What?

There are bandits in the capital?

I also heard of it.

The bandits started trouble at Zhuming Post

and robbed a batch of grains.

Some exiles took advantage of the chaos and escaped.

Exiles?

Who are those exiles?

The family of the criminal Yang Yan who has just been executed.

If it’s them,

just let them go.

As for the bandits,

we won’t spare them!

Yes.

Minister Feng.

I’ll leave it to you to catch those bandits.

I won’t fail you.

The clothes and hats I prepared in the morning

are for them.

They will have a new identity in a few days

and start a life somewhere else.

I remember it.

Last time

the man who protected the book with his life at Zhuming Post

was him.

Yang Qin doesn’t like being an official.

He likes farming.

He has been studying how to farm.

It’s better to change it then.

The farmer who sows in the spring and summer

Yang Qin’s wife Yang Liu should work harder.

Yang Qin’s wife Yang Liu Mr. Daole!

Yang Qin’s wife Yang Liu

This is...?

This is Minister Feng’s…

Wife.

What a distinguished guest!

I don’t have tea here.

Old man, go and pour some water.

I’ll make some food for you.

Wait a moment.

Hurry up!

All right.

Look.

How sweet they are.

They live in their own world.

They are much happier than us.

It is said that Yang Qin

had a dream when he was young.

In the dream the crop was as tall as a person.

The rice was as big as soybean.

So he kept studying

how to grow rice like that.

Did he succeed?

Not really.

But in terms of knowledge in farming,

few people in Dayin can beat him.

By the way,

he reported the locust plague first.

But it was not taken seriously at that time.

And it ends up like this now.

You mean he knows how to treat the locust plague?

The locust plague is not a man-made disaster,

but it’s not uncontrollable.

I heard about a method.

Locusts are born from vegetation.

If we cut all the vegetation,

they will have nowhere to escape

and no source of food.

No!

Who said that?

It is said that some people have used this method to treat the locust plague

very effectively.

It was also written in the book.

Is there anything wrong?

Of course wrong!

Totally wrong!

Absolutely wrong!

Locusts like eating vegetation.

But they prefer to lay eggs in dry land!

Do you know that?

If you cut down all the trees

on the dry land,

wouldn’t it leave more space

for them to lay eggs and reproduce?

Are you killing the locusts or helping them?

But I have a friend who tried it himself.

What a friend he is!

Full of nonsense!

Take me to see him.

I’ll scold him in person!

How can he make up things?

If something goes wrong,

how many people will starve to death?

That’s bad.

If the method I gave to the Third Prince is fake,

wouldn’t it lead to a catastrophe?

I told you

not to bother me, didn’t I?

Dongyue!

Don’t tell anyone that I write Capital Journal

at Court History Bureau.

In the last issue of Capital Journal,

you wrote about your experience of working there.

Is it all true?

Of course it is.

You don’t know how well I did in the countryside

and how much the local people loved me.

Otherwise Minister Feng wouldn’t praise me

and make me the Court Astronomer, right?

Although the narrative of Capital Journal is pompous,

there are no lies in it.

Tell me the truth.

Is the method of locust control real or fake?

Didn’t I write it in this issue?

It was written vividly

with high readability and practicality.

Tell me the truth!

There was no locust plague.

Then why did you write about it?

It was a minor pest.

Cut down the pest-infested trees and burn them together.

It’ll be all right in a while.

That’s how I wrote in the book.

I just exaggerated it a little bit.

Just a little bit.

Why did you lie?

You killed people! Do you know that?

Who did I kill?

Xi.

How is it?

A group of bandits were caught

who have been lurking around the capital for years.

They have been robbing, killing and pillaging

in the name of robbing the rich and helping the poor.

The people have been complaining about them for a long time.

We caught them all

by the incident of Minister Yang this time.

Minister.

Minister.

Kill me if you want.

Cut it out.

I hate fighting and killing.

Deal with him.

I won’t spare you even I become a ghost!

Why are you still up so late?

Yeah.

I’ve been thinking about the bandits.

If I tell you I am thinking about you,

you will say

that I’m lying to you.

What about you?

What’s on your mind?

Are those bandits your people?

Who do you think I am?

I am just a sycophantic courtier.

I’m not a bandit.

Those people are mine.

But they are not real bandits.

In fact, your actual goal

is to set Yang Yan’s family free.

If anything goes wrong with taking away the prisoners,

I can blame the real bandits

and let them be held accountable.

Look.

These hands

should be used for playing music and writing poetry.

But I forced Yang Yan to death

and executed the bandits.

Well,

do you regret?

I’m wearing a mask every day

and living in lies.

I’m used to it.

Regret?

I don’t have the right to do that.

If my life

is made up of lies,

I hope you

can be the only truth in my life.

Then what do you

want me to do?

I want you to play a piece of music

for the deceased Minister Yang.

You know what?

It turns out the sound of your flute can keep me from having nightmares.

Since I became an official,

I haven’t slept well once these years.

That was the best sleep

I’ve ever had.

That song is for Minister Yang,

not for you.

It doesn’t matter.

If I can’t sleep again,

can you play a song for me?

You all may leave.

Yes.

Your Highness, you have suffered much.

Why did you ask them to leave?

I’m in a hurry to enter the Palace after I take a bath and change my clothes.

No, don’t change it.

It would be inappropriate.

Meeting His Majesty being like this is too disrespectful.

That’s exactly how you should be like.

You went to handle affairs under His Majesty’s order.

You should let His Majesty

know clearly about

everything that you have done.

Qingxiao.

I work for my father

by loyalty.

Not by these tricks.

But,

you should at least let His Majesty know how much you have suffered.

You are belittling me,

and also belittling my father.

You can leave.

Yes.

My son.

I always treat you as a kid.

I didn’t expect you to grow so fast.

Now you can even share my worries.

It’s my duty to work for you.

Come on, get up.

You have never suffered like this before

in the Palace.

I’m glad that I can

work for you

and for the welfare of the people.

You deserve a reward for managing the locust.

But you don’t take credit.

All right.

I will draw up an edict now

to recognize your distinguished work!

Your Majesty.

Let me grind the ink for you.

Okay.

I heard that the locust plague was serious this time.

I thought you would be leaving for a long time.

I didn’t expect you to come back so soon

and be made as Prince Qingyan and the head of Ministry of Revenue.

Thanks to Yang Qin, who you recommended to me,

I could control the locusts so quickly.

Great, Yang Qin did some help, right?

He is really an amazing man

who knows well about locust plagues.

It was him who helped me through the difficulties.

Luckily no big mistake was made.

Peace and Prosperity

Take a look, take a look!

The latest issue of Capital Journal!

God bless Dayin!

Capital Journal The Third Prince wiped out

Capital Journal locust plagues with brilliant method!

Take a look! Capital Journal!

Officials from various places enter the capital to report on their work!

Talents will be promoted in the court

as the future pillars of the country!

Take a look!

The latest issue of Capital Journal!

Take a look!

Your Highness.

Minister Feng invited two officials to Pingkang House at noon today

who have just entered the capital to report on their work.

Got it.

You may leave.

Your Highness.

There are vacancies in the six ministries.

His Majesty summoned a group of officials from other places

to report on their work in the capital.

They are either with outstanding performance,

or having outstanding character.

It would be great if they can be used by you.

Feng Xi must think in the same way.

Now Marquis Lu and Deputy Prime Minister are two major forces in the court.

Of course he wants to build up his own force.

If Feng Xi draws those people to his side,

then we will be in trouble.

I’m afraid that my father has tacitly

allowed Feng Xi to do it.

After all, in a situation of tripartite confrontation,

they can balance each other.

Don’t worry.

In the past,

I would just avoid it.

But now,

I have to change this game.

Feng’s Mansion

Official document

List of officials

Yes.

It’s the list of officials who came to the capital.

Where did you get it?

I asked someone to steal it

from Feng Xi’s place.

It seems that there is no one around Feng Xi’s study.

But in fact, there are eight or nine hidden guards.

Even a cat can’t get in there.

How did you steal it?

I asked someone to verify it.

The document should be real.

That’s not what I mean.

Maybe he doesn’t want to

compete with you for these officials.

Are you saying

he wants me to steal the list

and wants me to have those officials,

so I can have a chance to fight with him?

I don’t know how to

make you believe me.

Dongyue, I don’t blame you.

I’m afraid you have been bewildered

by Feng Xi’s sweet words.

There was a time

I thought he was a good person.

Do you still remember once I told you,

when he was my study partner,

he did one thing

which is extremely disgraceful.

Feng Xi, Deputy Prime Minister only scolded you.

But you put poison in his cup!

I...

Your Highness.

I’m stupid to be caught using poison.

But Deputy Prime Minister is not a good person!

Don’t trust him.

Enough!

I know that the Feng family and Deputy Prime Minister are in dispute.

But what’s in court should stay in court.

How can you be so vicious at such a young age?

I didn’t do it for the court.

Just leave.

There is no place for you.

You were obstinate before,

I thought it’s because of your bad personality.

But poisoning and plotting against someone

must be from your ill nature.

Take him out!

Yes.

Servants!

Remove Feng Xi from his post as the study partner of the prince!

He will leave the Palace immediately!

I didn’t want to criticize others behind their back.

I’m just afraid you would be deceived by him

if you stay by his side for too long.

How happy we were

when we had those conversation

at Yufeng Pavilion.

Dongyue.

Come back.

If it’s true as you said,

the loss of ordnance is only a trap of Feng Xi,

then the trap is already

big enough and dangerous enough.

I can’t let you get involved in that!

I will find out the facts.

But before that,

please don’t take action.

I promise you.

But you need to remember,

nothing else matters.

I only want you to be safe.

Strange.

How do I feel

someone is speaking ill of me behind my back?

What’s so strange about that?

There are always a lot of people who speak badly about you

behind your back every day.

Right.

I am a treacherous courtier to them.

If no one criticizes me,

how would I deserve my reputation?

Xi.

You saved Yang Qin.

It’s fine that you didn’t take credit for controlling the locust.

Why would you let the Third Prince take advantage of it?

He was an idle prince himself.

Now he is Prince Qingyan.

He has risen above your position.

Xi, you must have your own reason

to do that, right?

How is the list of officials

that His Majesty wants to assess?

Don’t worry.

I purposely put it where it’s easiest to get.

I guess the Third Prince has had it now.

Do you think

the Third Prince will know

that I asked people to help him?

That depends on whether you want him to know it.

He thought he did a great job.

But whether being promoted or demoted

is totally up to your momentary thought.

Didn’t you ask me

why I let the Third Prince take the credit?

Yes.

You were helping him.

But why did you help him in the way he hated the most?

The Third Prince will ascend the throne one day.

But when that day comes,

it won’t be Deputy Prime Minister standing by his side.

It won’t be Lu Yuantong,

and it won’t be me.

I want him to know it earlier

that it’s the loneliest to be at the top.

He has to go this way by himself.

Taiji Hall Zhaoyang Hall

Lu Chuan.

Where are you going in such a hurry?

I’m going back to write a new issue of Capital Journal.

I need to publish my firsthand news about

the officials who come to the capital to report on their work.

What’s interesting about that?

Show it to me.

Zhaoyang Hall

Minister Feng gets promoted

Minister Zhou doesn’t clean up room What are these things that you wrote?

Record book Minister Zhou’s principle of

Record book governance is honesty and harmony.

Record book But he never cleans his room?

Minister Li

owns the best restaurant of noodles in soybean paste in the world?

You don’t understand,

common people just love this.

If it’s written like the official document,

then it’s not the Capital Journal.

See, I paid money to draw their portraits respectively.

He entered the capital to report on his work

in the fourteenth year of Qiyuan.

Record book He stayed in the capital after that.

What was supposed to happen still happened.

Mr. Wen

is an honest and upright official.

But he is very stingy.

No lamps are allowed to be lightened after 7 p.m.

He never asks guests to stay for dinner.

Too stingy.

He is still that stubborn.

We are just speaking of Mr. Wen, now he is here.

Mr. Wen, farewell.

-Mr. Wen, farewell. -Farewell.

Farewell.

Vice-manager of Censorate Wen Ye

Wen Xin.

Do you want it?

Yes.

You can only buy such a beautiful paper kite

in the capital.

Mr. Wen.

Miss.

No, you are...

I’m Dongyue,

serving in the Ministry of Rites.

You are the female officer Dongyue.

I have long heard about you.

Have we ever met?

We...

We haven’t met.

Then how do you know my surname is Wen?

I...

I...

I read it from this book.

It’s not published yet.

Sorry for not letting you read it.

I still have business to do.

Farewell.

Zhaoyang Hall

I mean,

I wrote about them. How can you show that to him?

Let’s go.

Zhaoyang Hall

She looks a little like her.

Xi!

You must read this issue of Capital Journal.

It’s really funny.

There is flying on sword,

and selling noodles in soybean paste.

Where did Lu Chuan

get all this information?

I think 80% of it is given by the officials themselves.

They are at the same age and have similar achievements.

They have to find an unconventional way

to attract attention.

Capital Journal

No wonder

everywhere I went these days,

people were talking about these officials.

That’s what it is.

It’s fine that they do it on a small scale.

But if it’s too unconventional,

His Majesty would be disturbed.

What is Dongyue doing lately?

Is she still going to see the Third Prince?

Xi.

There is one thing I don’t know how to tell you.

She has been really attentive to Mr. Wen recently.

Xi.

Are you having a new competitor now?

Incorruptible Mr. Wen

Daole.

Is it because I deducted your salary

and you harbor grudges against me?

Xi! I’m being nice to warn you.

Anyway, it won’t hurt

to watch out Mr. Wen.

Zhaoyang Hall

I heard that you have been supervising the transportation of foodstuff

and the ship overturned.

Is that true?

Yes, that was my fault.

I have used my salary as compensation.

They all said that Mr. Wen is honest and upright.

You used your salary to compensate for it.

The traveling expenses to the capital must be collected from your fellows.

Even the people in the capital know about it.

It’s just misinformation.

Although I am not as profligate

as Minister Feng,

I still have enough money for coming to the capital.

That’s good.

I thought

Mr. Wen is acting in front of His Majesty

to show how upright and honest you are.

Minister Feng,

His Majesty is still here. Don’t push it.

Wen’s Mansion

Greetings to Minister Feng.

Greetings to Dongyue.

It seems the Capital Journal is not totally accurate.

Who said that Mr. Wen doesn’t ask guests to stay for dinner?

Mr. Wen has always been incorruptible.

Minister Feng, why do you have to hold on to this?

Dongyue, thank you for speaking up for me today

in front of His Majesty.

Thank you very much.

Forgive me if I offend you,

but my daughter Wen Xin

would be thrilled

if she can meet you.

The way you speak and behave

is very similar to her deceased mother.

Mr. Wen, watch your tongue.

How can you compare an official

with your wife?

Your relationship with your wife

must be deep.

Forgive me for being rude.

My wife passed away a long time ago.

I’m afraid she was still complaining about me

when she was dying.

Minister Feng, are you going to

chat with Mr. Wen here all night?

Mr. Wen, if you don’t mind,

I have some questions about government affairs

that I want to consult you.

I’m flattered.

Mr. Wen, where can I

change my clothes?

Right in the backyard.

Please suit yourself.

Over here!

Here!

You can’t catch me.

Miss!

You can’t catch me.

Miss, slow down!

Miss!

Miss, are you okay?

Miss!

Get up!

Virtuous and Inclusive

Who is the thief that stole my candy?

Mother!

♪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♪