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[The Wolf]

[Episode 23] Your Majesty.

[Episode 23] Lord Duan said that

my father had always been guarding the borders and was away from home.

He only came back once a year or every six months.

Leaving the defenses and going back home was a secret order.

If there was no spy among the higher-ups,

how would the murderer obtain such accurate information?

Second Prince colluded with our enemy, Jin.

They had constant communication.

When we went to Qitan with Lord Bo,

Second Prince tried to use the same method to kill us.

Shut up!

Kneel.

Your Majesty.

Now we’re at this point,

if the real culprit is still hiding, I beg Your Majesty

to seek justice for Ma Mansion.

Ma Zhai Xing.

You...

I was heartbroken and couldn’t sleep every night

because of You Gui’s matter.

You are working together with a criminal now

to create rumors to defame a prince.

What you are doing is like stabbing a knife through my heart.

I dare not.

I know I am acting recklessly.

I just hope Your Majesty can investigate the Ma Mansion case again

and let me join the investigation so I can study

all the details and doubtful points.

If I indeed misunderstand Second Prince, I am willing to be punished.

Shut up!

No one

can investigate the Ma Mansion case anymore!

Why?

Is Your Majesty protecting Second Prince because you are afraid

that he’s involved?

Or does Your Majesty know that there’s more to it than meets the eye

and try to hide it from the public?

How dare you!

Someone!

Take the criminal, Ma Zhai Xing,

- to prison! - Your Majesty.

The Ma Mansion case is doubtful.

Please re-investigate it, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Please re-investigate in, Your Majesty!

Your Honour.

Eunuch Jin sent someone to summon Your Honor and Lord Bo

to the palace to meet His Majesty.

What did Zhang Jin say?

Tell Lord Bo.

He said Princess went to see His Majesty

and suspected Second Prince for colluding with the Jin Troop

to kill her family.

She requested His Majesty to re-investigate the assassination

which His Majesty got enraged and has forbidden anyone from

investigating the Ma Mansion case again.

She is now in prison.

Lord Bo.

No matter how smart Ma Zhai Xing is, she will still lose her cool

after she finds out about the real culprit.

So, this is what you’ve been aiming for.

I will definitely tell Father that Ma Zhai Xing fell into your trap

and you were the one who had pulled the strings from behind.

You won’t.

Don’t forget.

If His Majesty finds out about Hong’er,

you’ll become a criminal,

and what do you think will happen

to the people of the Night Fury like Mo Xiao?

His Majesty has ordered that whenever anyone from

the Night Fury betrays, everyone will be punished.

If you don’t obey me,

I will report this to His Majesty.

The price will be

the lives of everyone from Bo Mansion.

Idiot!

Look.

How did you keep an eye on Ma Zhai Xing?

How dare you take this letter to me!

See for yourself!

Did you know about

this letter full of nonsense written by Duan Yan Yu long ago?

I didn’t.

You didn’t?

Duan Yan Yu’s letter

which is full of his imaginations and conjecture s

has made Ma Zhai Xing suspicious about the death of Ma Ying.

Yes!

This case is unrelated to You Gui.

But if Ma Zhai Xing doesn’t stop

and keeps investigating in detail, can you guarantee

that she wouldn’t find the truth?

I’ve told you.

Ma Zhai Xing is not a simple person.

I’ve witnessed her wisdom in solving a case many years ago.

After that, she showed her decisiveness and wits in Bao Na’s case.

She even turned your case around in front of You Zhen

in the First Prince’s case.

That’s enough to know

that she can’t be underestimated.

Your Majesty.

Ma Zhai Xing must die.

Why don’t we get rid of her?

Yes.

I regret keeping her alive.

You Zhen sent back a military report today.

Taibao Battalion is just as I expected.

I’ve ordered Ma Troop to prepare and attack them soon.

Once I’m done using the Ma troop and wait till

they are no more than an army with injured and disable men,

I will have

no more reason to keep Ma Zhai Xing alive.

Father.

Lord Bo!

Lord Bo.

Lord Bo!

Do you know

why I’ve never really tried to harm her before?

That’s because I’ve always been taking care of your feelings.

Yes.

I remember.

Lord Bo.

I don’t care what methods you use.

You must stop Ma Zhai Xing

from having any thoughts of reinvestigating the Ma Mansion case.

Never!

I’m sure you hate me.

The letter that provoked Zhai Xing

was your scheme.

That’s right.

Ma Zhai Xing fell for it.

You can finally come back

and become the real Lord Bo.

Even if I’m Lord Bo,

I will become one who wants to kill you every day.

Sir.

Your candied haws.

The last princess of Kuizhou

loved these candied haws the most?

Do you mean Princess Zhai Xing?

My candied haws were her favorite.

Then, I want all your candied haws.

Also, tell me everything about what Princess Zhai Xing likes.

She and I

are acquaintances.

I can’t see her now

and miss her a lot.

I can only remember her with an object.

Princess Zhai Xing loved to go to the restaurant in front

and liked to watch their shadow plays.

She was always praising Mr. Fang’s dishes.

Unfortunately, both Mr. Fang and his daughter died from an accident.

They are dead?

Yes.

We thought it was just a fire in their house.

Unexpectedly,

a few days ago, Mr. Fang’s corpse was found on a river bay

by a woodcutter dozens of Li away from here.

They even reported it to the official.

Mr. Fang was actually killed while the fire was just a cover-up.

The fire was just the murderer’s cover-up.

A distraction like that

is very usual.

That’s... But, Mr. Fang was friendly and never had any enemies.

Even the local court has no clue.

They offered a reward of a hundred taels of gold

to those who can assist in their investigations.

A reward of a hundred taels of gold?

Spinning Flower Leaf?

Isn’t this a strong poison created secretly in the Palace?

Why did the Court

do so much

to kill a petty manager?

[Bo Mansion]

Mo Xiao.

What should we do now?

All of us can’t visit the Princess at the prison?

His Majesty has ordered that no one can visit her, not even Lord Bo.

But you can prepare some clothes first.

Also, it’s cold in the prison.

Prepare some yellow wine too.

I’ll talk to the wardens and

see if they let us bring these things inside.

Alright. I’ll get it done.

Alright.

Yao Ji planned to

let Princess find out about the assassination by mistake

in order to destroy Princess

to get her revenge from five years ago.

It’s my fault.

I knew that woman was planning something

yet I still underestimated her.

We have no time to blame ourselves right now.

We have to think of a way to rescue Princess.

Five days later,

Zhai Xing will be released.

We have to clear her suspicion.

I couldn’t even protect

the girl I love.

How is he?

What’s wrong?

Master can usually overcome pain and illnesses.

What is going on?

Master has been restricting himself.

He must be enduring it all this while.

It must be Yao Ji!

My Lord!

- My Lord! - My Lord!

Get the Heart Chains.

My Lord.

Get the Heart Chains!

Hurry!

Wen Yan.

Wen...

Wen Yan.

If Master didn’t kill Hong’er, you should just do it for him!

But,

I don’t want to do that.

You’ve forgotten.

We are the Night Fury.

We are His Majesty’s tools.

Master is confused because of Princess.

Have you gone mad as well?

If His Majesty finds out, none of us can live.

You are good at fighting, right?

Can you oppose His Majesty?

Can you oppose everyone?

You are right.

For Master,

I am willing to oppose anyone.

Mo Xiao.

You had the chance

to finish the job for Master.

But because of your vacillation, now... But I like

to see Master in his current situation.

Can’t I?

I’ve never seen Master smile.

I’ve never seen Master so happy before.

The same goes for all of you.

When did we ever

have a hotpot together with a messy face

and laugh happily?

When did we ever play bow throwing together

and had so much fun disregard of our status?

Never.

You and I both know that was just a short-lived moment.

That was not Lord Bo.

Do you forget?

We are all orphans from the war.

We are neglected by the world.

Ever since we joined the Night Fury,

we have no choice.

At least this time,

my choice is the same as Master’s.

What should we do now?

Mo Xiao and I

will take care of Master.

Go to the prison

and ask Princess

not to investigate the case anymore.

I will figure out

how to deal with the rest.

Alright. I’ll go there now.

It’s time to spy on the enemy.

Princess.

Hai Die.

These clothes can protect you from the cold.

If you feel cold, warm yourself up by drinking wine.

Hai Die.

Do me another favor.

I want to write a blood letter to His Majesty

to explain about the meeting which I had when Lord Bo was not around

so His Majesty won’t be angry with him.

I chose to meet His Majesty alone because I was hoping that Lord Bo

would never get involved in anything.

Lord Bo returned suddenly.

He was summoned by His Majesty and knew about this.

Is he well?

Princess, don’t worry.

His Highness is fine.

His Majesty did not punish him.

He was just anxious to know the details and sent me here.

That’s great.

I just sneaked into the Grand Diviner Palace.

The key reason of Master not being able to fight against Yao Ji

is that

he didn’t kill Hong’er.

The only way

is to tell His Majesty

that I was the one

who failed to kill Hong’er.

What did you say?

If no other people are related to what happened to Hong’er

and Master was only fooled by me, with me shouldering the blame,

Yao Ji will no longer have anything to threaten Master.

As for Princess,

I’ll just say Yao Ji threatened me

with my failure

and forced me to provoke

and frame Ma Zhai Xing.

Wen Yan.

Do you know what you are talking about?

If you do that,

His Majesty will give you a harsh punishment.

You are gambling with your life.

If we don’t solve this problem,

Master will forever be threatened by Yao Ji and be under her control.

When I first joined the Night Fury,

I was the slowest to improve my martial arts.

Without Master’s help,

I would’ve died

in the first several missions.

If I have to repay Master,

my life alone will not be enough.

Also,

you must not let Mo Xiao find out about this.

If he knows,

that fool will be the first to sacrifice himself

to protect everyone of Bo Mansion.

Mo Xiao and I owed Master a lot too.

You shouldn’t be the one to shoulder this alone.

I treated His Majesty’s injuries from previous wars.

I have some contributions.

I’m the only one

who has a chance of not getting killed.

Will His Majesty believe you?

I have my own way.

I’ve found out

that Hong’er’s body is still in the Grand Diviner Palace.

I’ve also hidden some evidence there.

If His Majesty starts and investigation,

he will surely find the evidence.

Wen Yan.

We have no time.

Farewell.

You are saying there’s another reason for Ma Zhai Xing

to reinvestigate the Ma Mansion case?

This is a serious matter.

Stand up and tell me.

No.

I am guilty of a grave crime.

I can’t stand up.

You are the most cautious one in the Night Fury.

What crimes will you commit?

After Your Majesty ordered me to assassinate Hong’er and her father,

I made a mistake

so they managed to escape from us.

You didn’t do it?

After Mr. Fang’s death, Lord Bo ordered me

to assassinate Hong’er in the attic.

I was guilty and

violated the Night Fury’s code.

I got emotional and failed to kill Hong’er.

I only burned the place down

and reported to Lord Bo

that I had killed her.

When I left, I didn’t expect

Hong’er to still be alive.

Finally,

She fell into Lord Bo’s enemy’s hands.

Who is it?

Yao Ji.

Yao Ji blackmailed me when she found out that I failed the mission.

Your Majesty should know

Yao Ji lost to Lord Bo before.

When Yao Ji found out Lord Bo was infatuated with Ma Zhai Xing,

she wanted Lord Bo to feel the pain of losing someone he loves.

Yao Ji ordered me to work with her from within

and tricked Ma Zhai Xing into visiting Duan Yan Yu’s old house.

With the help of Duan Family’s servant, we forged Lord Duan’s letter

to confuse Ma Zhai Xing.

I don’t believe you.

You are someone from the Night Fury and you are most loyal to Lord Bo.

You never fail easily and betray Lord Bo.

Wen Yan.

Are you sure you are not trying to save Bo Mansion

by making up such nonsense to fool me?

I dare not!

Your Majesty.

Do you still remember?

When I was young and first met Your Majesty,

I was holding

a female corpse in my arms.

I remember.

It was your younger sister who died of illness

who inspired you to study medicine for you whole life.

Am I right?

Hong’er

looked similar to my younger sister who died of illness.

I got emotional and betrayed Master.

Your Majesty.

Everything was manipulated by Yao Ji.

As far as I know,

Duan Family’s servant and Hong’er’s corpse

are still in Grand Diviner Palace.

The army seal used to forge Lord Duan’s letter is

in Grand Diviner Palace too.

Your Majesty can investigate to verify it.

How do I dare to lie to Your Majesty?

Does Lord Bo know about this?

Master has always been in the dark about this.

I did everything by myself.

You were emotional and failed your assassination.

You were even threatened by Yao Ji

to betray Lord Bo and lie to me.

Aren’t you

afraid that I will sentence you to death?

I’ve been feeling anxious.

I’m telling Your Majesty the truth

because I don’t want to disappoint

Your Majesty and Lord Bo.

I can only

redeem myself with death.

You’ve been loyal all these years.

You misconducted because of your sister’s death.

You’ve made a lot of contributions in the Night Fury

and treated my injuries.

I can spare you from the death penalty

But, do you know

what the punishment is for failing a mission

as a member of the Night Fury?

Destruction of every meridian vessel.

Your Majesty.

I am not afraid of death.

I only wish for Yao Ji to be executed To prevent Lord Bo

from saving Ma Zhai Xing, she even used Wolfbone Flower secretly

to stimulate the adverse effects hidden within Lord Bo!

I’ll know whether you’re telling the truth

after I have the Grand Diviner Palace searched.

Come in.

Lord Yao Ji, bad news.

The imperial guard’s leader

ordered for the Grand Diviner Palace to be surrounded.

What?

Let’s have a look.

Yes, Master.

This is the Grand Diviner Palace.

All of you are unqualified to come here.

Get lost!

If the imperial guards are unqualified

to enter the Grand Diviner Palace, what about me?

Your Majesty.

I wonder why Your Majesty visit here so late at night?

Zhang Jin.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

This is the letter written by Duan Family’s servant to Princess Ma.

Yao Ji read it in the Grand Hall.

Tell me the truth.

Was this letter forged by you?

I wonder who framed me

and fooled Your Majesty into believing such nonsense.

I am willing to confront him.

Search this place.

Yes.

Search this place!

Bring out all the corpses!

Yes!

Your Majesty.

I’ve found two corpses in the secret room.

One of them is a girl around 14 years old.

The other is the corpse of Duan Family’s servant.

I was doubtful at first.

It seems that Wen Yan is telling the truth after all.

You threatened him to work with you to provoke Ma Zhai Xing

to be suspicious of the Ma Mansion case

because he failed to kill Hong’er Your Majesty.

Wen Yan is making a baseless accusation.

He must know that I... Your Majesty.

We’ve found the Duan Family’s army seal and Wolfbone Flower.

All evidence is here.

If you didn’t threat Wen Yan with Hong’er and use Duan Family

to forge the letter,

how do you explain the corpses and the army seal in your Palace?

Besides,

you even have the guts to make Lord Bo lose his mind.

I’ve got solid proof.

You did all these to get revenge on Lord Bo, right?

Yao Ji.

You are so good at scheming.

I dare not.

I was just... Shut up!

Besides tricking me,

you even dared to manipulate the case of the Ma Family

and frame Second Prince.

Someone!

Take Yao Ji into prison.

Seal the Grand Diviner Palace.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

Shut up!

Your Majesty.

About Princess Ma in prison...

Go to the prison and bring her to me.

Yes, Your Majesty.

By His Majesty’s decree, after you confess your crimes to Princess Ma

and clear Princess Ma’s doubts on wiping out Ma’s,

His Majesty will consider sparing your life

if he finds you worth using.

I obey His Majesty’s decree.

Princess.

His Majesty summons you.

Eunuch Zhang.

What is going on?

Princess.

The letter from Lord Duan that you gave to His Majesty

was a set-up by Yao Ji.

Why would she do that?

Yao Ji has always been having a grudge toward Lord Bo.

She lied to you and tricked you to go to Duan Mansion.

After that, she handed you a letter written by Lord Duan

that she forged to provoke you to take revenge

and persuade you to lie to His Majesty

so His Majesty will punish Lord Bo and his subordinates.

They were all planned by Yao Ji.

Yao Ji.

You deliberately went against me

only to take revenge on Lord Bo?

Five years ago, he made me lose everything.

Now,

I’m going to make him suffer.

Ma Zhai Xing.

Don’t think that you will be safe after this.

If you really love Lord Bo, leave him.

I’m telling you clearly.

Your ending with Lord Bo is cursed.

His true self

is not what you can accept.

How dare you.

How dare a criminal like you speak nonsense?

Do you have a death wish?

Princess.

His Majesty is still waiting for you.

Do you think I will be caught just like this?

I will get more opportunities

by hiding in the dark.

Criminal Ma Zhai Xing is here to see Your Majesty.

As you were.

I don’t blame you.

I can only blame the culprit for setting you up.

Even so, I still have to be blamed for suspecting Second Prince.

It’s just that I still have some doubts.

If Yao Ji wanted to frame me to take revenge on Lord Bo,

there are many ways for her to harm me.

Why would she do that

to provoked me to ask Your Majesty

to reinvestigate the Ma Mansion case?

I’m sure she was afraid of getting involved in it.

For her own safety,

it is better to use me to achieve her goals.

By doing that, even Lord Bo

could do nothing about it.

How could she guarantee that Your Majesty

would be angry when I requested it?

If you still have doubts,

that means you are blaming me for being careless

and concluded this case hastily.

I dare not.

Since Yao Ji confessed her crimes, the culprit has been found.

I was just overthinking.

Your Majesty has already explained.

I dare not speak another word.

Alright.

Since the case has been solved,

I don’t want to cause any more trouble.

The most important issue at hand is Lord Bo.

What’s wrong with Lord Bo?

In order to stop Lord Bo from protecting you, Yao Ji hurt Lord Bo.

Fortunately, his injuries were treated immediately.

He is fine now.

But Lord Bo is still in a coma.

Go and visit him.

I’ve prepared the carriage for you.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I will be leaving.

Ma Zhai Xing is very wise.

She worries me.

She shouldn’t be kept alive any longer.

Your Majesty is wise.

However, this involves Lord Bo...

Don’t worry.

As the leader of the Night Fury,

he knows what to do.

Everything has been decided.

This will be a good lesson for him

so he will not be foolish and get emotional next time.

Reporting!

Your Majesty.

Fourth Prince has sent an urgent military report.

Yes, Your Majesty.

You may leave.

Yes.

Great.

Fantastic.

As expected.

Jin Army’s Taibao Battalion is indeed located by the Beiliao River.

Besides, the Jin Troop’s rations are all gathered here.

Taking down this place

will definitely hurt the Jin Troop’s morale.

Your Majesty has captured Jin Troop by its throat.

We can’t miss this opportunity.

We need to strike before they make a move.

But according to the report,

Taibao Battalion is heavily guarded by the elite soldiers.

It is stronger than I expected.

Any army deployed for this battle

will suffer from heavy casualties

and won’t be able to recover

no matter the results.

Come here.

Which unit do you think is the most suitable for this job?

Ma Troop.

Move!

Zhai Xing is my princess consort.

Only Wolf Boy...

Xing’er!

Made it in time to save me.

Every time I was in danger,

His Highness sacrificed himself to save me.

But what have I ever done

for him?

Who are you?

Do I still know you?

Even though you couldn’t accept this, you have to eat.

Remember

to take care of yourself.

Princess.

Don’t worry.

Master is strong.

They are just flesh wounds.

The wounds will recover after a few days of rest.

Yao Ji is so despicable.

She used my feelings for the Ma Family.

It’s also my fault for not being alert enough

so His Highness has been harmed.

Princess, don’t worry.

It’s all my fault.

Princess.

Master will wake up soon.

I’m sure Master wouldn’t want to see you

feeling sad and blaming yourself.

Princess.

I think Hai Die is right.

Why don’t we go back and take a rest?

We will visit Lord Bo again when he wakes up.

No.

I’m staying here with him

until he wakes up.

Princess, since you’ve decided,

we will leave for now.

Call us if you need anything at night.

We will be right outside.

Let’s go.

Your Highness.

Your Highness. Have you waked up?

Xing’er.

What did you say?

Are you thirsty?

Do you want a drink?

What did you say?

Xing’er.

Xing’er.

Xing’er is here.

Xing’er will not go anywhere.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

You are awake.

It’s you.