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Search the outside and inside once more. 11 00:02:09,510 --> 00:02:13,290 -See if there are any suspicious objects. -Yes 12 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,820 - Come here. -Yes. 13 00:02:31,820 --> 00:02:33,720 Take this off. 14 00:02:44,710 --> 00:02:48,790 Lang Kun, I have something that I want you to do 15 00:02:48,790 --> 00:02:51,300 You take my handwritten letter 16 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:55,610 Find Li Wenxiang in Guangling County. 17 00:02:55,610 --> 00:03:00,170 That's how it was. 18 00:03:01,060 --> 00:03:05,470 Understand. I understand everything. 19 00:03:13,090 --> 00:03:14,540 You're here. 20 00:03:14,540 --> 00:03:18,500 - Your Majesty - Have you been followed? -Of course not. 21 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:21,230 -Your Majesty, why do you want to see me in a rush? 22 00:03:21,230 --> 00:03:24,500 Lang Kun built a cabin for me, so 23 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,500 that I have a place to stay when I'm in distress. 24 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:31,000 But someone just reported that Yan Zheng just discovered the cabin. 25 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,120 Yan Zheng did whatever to discover our identities. 26 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,200 and now that he found the cabin, he will definitely make a fuss. 27 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,600 What's in the cabin to make you guys so anxious? 28 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:46,260 The cabin was arranged exactly like my sleeping hall. 29 00:03:46,260 --> 00:03:49,640 Anyone would know that it's been built for me. 30 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,940 The most important thing is that cabin has a letter from Her Majesty to Lang Kun. 31 00:03:53,940 --> 00:03:56,980 I'm worried that the letter is already in Yan Zheng's hands. 32 00:03:56,980 --> 00:03:58,970 If Lang Kun's past is discovered, 33 00:03:58,970 --> 00:04:01,570 then you two will also be exposed. 34 00:04:01,570 --> 00:04:04,610 When that comes along, the consequences will be unimaginable. 35 00:04:07,470 --> 00:04:11,450 This morning, I encountered the Price of Guangding and the Princess Royal. 36 00:04:11,450 --> 00:04:17,650 They both acted like nothing had happened. Prince of Guangding is like an open book. He couldn't have faked it. 37 00:04:21,210 --> 00:04:23,640 I'm afraid that Yan Zheng hasn't told them yet. 38 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,990 He's tried several times and hasn't been able to expose us, 39 00:04:25,990 --> 00:04:29,180 This time we need to have a good plan before we act. 40 00:04:29,180 --> 00:04:31,500 He must be trying to find more evidence, 41 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:35,930 to expose the relationship between the empress dowager, you and me. 42 00:04:36,820 --> 00:04:38,320 Then what should we do now? 43 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:43,090 We made a small mistake. We could make a bigger one to cover it up. 44 00:04:43,090 --> 00:04:47,300 Step by step, have him walk into the trap. 45 00:04:54,450 --> 00:04:57,000 Please go back to Wanxiang Hall, Noble Consort Ning. 46 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:02,700 I'm just going to say two phrases. 47 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:10,250 Wei Guang, I need to know your plan. And your plan needs to include me. 48 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,850 Noble Consort Ning's boldness is such different from the usual. 49 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:23,050 You are joking. I'm still the old Ye Ningzhi. 50 00:05:23,050 --> 00:05:27,390 This phoenix robe is just allowing me to do more. 51 00:05:31,380 --> 00:05:33,670 I'll see you at the temple of the patron god tomorrow. 52 00:05:40,550 --> 00:05:47,260 Grand Marshall Wei Yan's Tomb 53 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,280 Grand Marshall Wei Yan's Tomb 54 00:06:34,420 --> 00:06:37,140 Grand Marshall Wei Yan's Tomb 55 00:07:13,470 --> 00:07:15,800 Grand Marshall Wei Yan's Tomb 56 00:07:29,550 --> 00:07:31,480 You've still come. 57 00:07:32,330 --> 00:07:36,270 Lang Kun told you my father's grave is here, didn't he? 58 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:41,340 I figured it out when you mentioned the temple of the patron god yesterday. 59 00:07:41,340 --> 00:07:44,550 Lang Kun told me a lot about your father's past. 60 00:07:45,850 --> 00:07:49,240 Is it so? What did he say? 61 00:07:49,780 --> 00:07:52,180 He mocked you and your father, 62 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:56,150 saying you must have owed the emperor in your previous lives, 63 00:07:56,150 --> 00:07:59,330 so this lifetime, you guys are carrying his bad name. 64 00:07:59,330 --> 00:08:02,890 My father served the emperor. So do I. So there is that. 65 00:08:02,890 --> 00:08:06,100 It's necessary to do these things for his Majesty. 66 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:10,490 He also said the last emperor was way too ambitious in a battle he fought. 67 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:13,560 He insisted on pursuing a group of enemy soldiers that were retreating. 68 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,980 Eight thousand soldiers, the whole army dead. 69 00:08:15,980 --> 00:08:18,770 He blamed the event on your father. 70 00:08:18,770 --> 00:08:21,760 Your father was suspended from his office as the grand general for two years. 71 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,370 Is it so? 72 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:26,810 It's not that my father was blindly devoted to his emperor, or I to mine. 73 00:08:26,810 --> 00:08:29,790 If the Emperor falls, the world will fall into chaos. 74 00:08:29,790 --> 00:08:33,060 The people are stuck between peace and order under a despot and war in anarchy. Either way, their lives are miserable. 75 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:38,030 When the empire stumbles, the underprivileged are the first to feel the shock. 76 00:08:38,830 --> 00:08:41,270 The last emperor was just cruel, 77 00:08:41,270 --> 00:08:44,440 letting such a faithful servant die for something that wasn't even his fault. 78 00:08:45,570 --> 00:08:48,260 The Princess Royal has thought that 79 00:08:48,260 --> 00:08:51,000 is my father. 80 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:56,250 What are you saying? The Princess Royal didn't kill your dad? 81 00:08:56,250 --> 00:08:59,460 Someone who served the Princess Royal once told me: 82 00:09:08,830 --> 00:09:14,120 Princess Royal, Wei Yan is a warrior, and also already has a family. 83 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,400 This is way better than I deserve. 84 00:09:19,130 --> 00:09:23,280 Humans are animals of emotion. 85 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,570 This word will forever be with me. 86 00:09:28,830 --> 00:09:31,460 How can you be so cruel? 87 00:09:31,460 --> 00:09:33,340 Go ask my maids, 88 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:37,300 They used to describe me as plump. 89 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:40,720 but now, for you, 90 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,690 I can't eat. I can't sleep. And this is all you have to say to me? 91 00:09:44,690 --> 00:09:46,910 I deserve to die. 92 00:09:48,860 --> 00:09:51,320 Everytime you go on an expedition, 93 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:55,720 I will always wait for your victorious arrival. 94 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:00,470 And you? I yearn for you day and night, and think about you all the time. 95 00:10:00,470 --> 00:10:04,580 But all I get is what? 96 00:10:04,580 --> 00:10:07,100 I'm a royal. 97 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:10,300 Yet here I am, begging you. 98 00:10:10,300 --> 00:10:13,030 What else do you want me to do? 99 00:10:13,030 --> 00:10:17,600 You've said that you can't abandon your wife, 100 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:22,550 fine. I can let her follow you as a concubine. 101 00:10:22,550 --> 00:10:24,620 I don't mind that you have a son, 102 00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:26,330 I told you before. 103 00:10:26,330 --> 00:10:30,180 I'll take him as my own son. 104 00:10:30,180 --> 00:10:33,350 What else do you want me to do? 105 00:10:34,980 --> 00:10:39,690 I am so good to you, why do you act like this towards me? 106 00:10:41,750 --> 00:10:44,370 You put me in this situation. 107 00:10:44,370 --> 00:10:47,660 How could you have such a rock-hard heart? 108 00:10:52,410 --> 00:10:54,730 I was still young at the time, 109 00:10:54,730 --> 00:10:57,250 every time she came, 110 00:10:57,250 --> 00:10:59,510 I would become super scared. 111 00:11:00,850 --> 00:11:05,560 She really loved like crazy. I didn't think that 112 00:11:06,470 --> 00:11:11,970 in the end, my father lost his life in her hands. 113 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,470 A man like this 114 00:11:17,470 --> 00:11:19,740 is a disaster no matter what. 115 00:11:21,870 --> 00:11:24,280 Going crazy for love, 116 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,130 if you are not careful, you'll fall into the abyss. 117 00:11:40,310 --> 00:11:42,620 You can talk about your plan now. 118 00:11:42,620 --> 00:11:47,560 You must be in the plan so that it can be realized. 119 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,010 Grand Marshall Wei, go to the North for a trip. 120 00:11:58,010 --> 00:12:01,570 Contact your men there. I will get you their names when I have them. 121 00:12:01,570 --> 00:12:04,090 -Okay. -Why don't you leave that mission to me? 122 00:12:04,090 --> 00:12:06,770 The emperor is sick with a chill. He can't shake it. 123 00:12:06,770 --> 00:12:10,270 He told me to find a good physician to treat his condition. 124 00:12:10,270 --> 00:12:12,780 Wouldn't it be just right to do this mission? 125 00:12:12,780 --> 00:12:18,320 I think delivering the list is just a cover for you, isn't it? 126 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,270 What you really want is to meet Grand Marshal Wei in private outside the palace. 127 00:12:21,270 --> 00:12:24,850 Aren't you a little impatient? 128 00:12:24,850 --> 00:12:27,300 I think you both can wait. 129 00:12:27,300 --> 00:12:31,650 When we are done with this big job and the emperor steps down, 130 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:34,240 I will marry the two of you myself. 131 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:38,620 Your Highness, there is nothing between Grand Marshal Wei and Noble Consort Ning. 132 00:12:38,620 --> 00:12:43,100 I saw them meet with each other outside the palace seven times and every time they were all business. 133 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:45,690 There was no chemistry at all. 134 00:12:45,690 --> 00:12:47,580 and hasn't even held hands before. 135 00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:49,850 If other people saw, they would probably think that 136 00:12:49,850 --> 00:12:53,530 their usual intimacy is acted out. 137 00:12:53,530 --> 00:12:57,340 Mr. Yan, I may not be the most virtuous girl in the world, 138 00:12:57,340 --> 00:13:00,300 but I have pride as a woman. 139 00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:04,020 Lord Wei and I have feelings for each other, but we never did anything unbecoming of who we are. 140 00:13:04,020 --> 00:13:08,200 How can we ever expect to become a legitimate couple if we don't have honor and integrity? 141 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,690 There is no way we would ever get intimate in a place where you can see us. 142 00:13:11,690 --> 00:13:15,220 Is that so? I'm afraid your honorable relationship is but a story 143 00:13:15,220 --> 00:13:18,660 when you just pretend you are into each other so Her Highness will let her guard down. 144 00:13:18,660 --> 00:13:22,780 The only thing real is the spy working for the emperor. 145 00:13:22,780 --> 00:13:25,390 Mister Yan, 146 00:13:25,390 --> 00:13:29,160 let me tell you a touching love story. 147 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,480 Twenty years ago, there was a young princess that fell in love with a Grand Marshall. 148 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,300 This princess was very pretty, and was only seventeen years old. 149 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:38,840 The grand marshal is in his 30s. 150 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,250 has a wife and a son. 151 00:13:42,250 --> 00:13:44,960 But the princess never minded, 152 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,030 She is in love with him 153 00:13:48,030 --> 00:13:51,650 and tattooed his name on her body. 154 00:13:51,650 --> 00:13:56,350 The princess didn't ask him to marry her. She kept her feelings under control 155 00:13:56,350 --> 00:13:59,930 because she knows this love will bring the Grand Marshall 156 00:13:59,930 --> 00:14:02,700 a bad name. 157 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:04,710 She doesn't want to do so 158 00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:07,960 because she loves this Grand Marshall. 159 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:14,360 Grand Marshall Wei, why did you just speak of such a story? 160 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,600 Her feelings for him were profoundly strong. 161 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:22,960 Every time he was away on an expedition, she would sit on top of the city wall waiting 162 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,430 until the Grand Marshall comes back. 163 00:14:25,430 --> 00:14:31,120 She was royal. All she needed was an order from the emperor and 164 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,310 she could obtain the person she dreamed for. 165 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:36,910 But she didn't do so. 166 00:14:39,230 --> 00:14:43,790 Mister Yan, do you know what it was like when the princess was alone with the Grand Marshal? 167 00:14:43,790 --> 00:14:46,520 -is like? -How is it like? 168 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,890 She never crossed the line. 169 00:14:48,890 --> 00:14:52,700 She never did anything more than maybe a quick peep because she was afraid of 170 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:55,280 implicating this Grand Marshall. 171 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,760 According to your theory, their feelings 172 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,160 is acted out? 173 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,550 You are trying to make a weak case stand. 174 00:15:04,550 --> 00:15:06,540 What kind of evidence is that? 175 00:15:06,540 --> 00:15:11,110 Mister Yan, I admire your strategic thinking, 176 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:14,990 but when it comes to love, maybe you don't understand that 177 00:15:14,990 --> 00:15:17,680 true love is not like a fire that quickly burns out. 178 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:22,320 It's sustainable like a river and deep like an ocean. 179 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:31,520 Grand Marshall Wei, don't talk it about it anymore. 180 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,020 I believe that you and Noble Consort Ning's feelings for each other 181 00:15:36,020 --> 00:15:38,610 are authentic. 182 00:15:39,750 --> 00:15:42,760 Let's continue to talk about the list of people. 183 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:10,860 You are dismissed. 184 00:16:11,530 --> 00:16:13,130 Yes. 185 00:16:35,220 --> 00:16:37,370 The love of the princess for the grand marshal 186 00:16:37,370 --> 00:16:40,000 was really touching. 187 00:16:42,590 --> 00:16:47,610 I was so afraid my father might hear it from beyond the grave. 188 00:16:47,610 --> 00:16:52,270 He would certainly throw a bolt of lightning at me. 189 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:57,250 But I wasn't really prepared for the confrontation with Yan Zheng. 190 00:16:57,250 --> 00:17:01,010 That was some quick thinking of yours. Otherwise, the prince royal may become suspicious. 191 00:17:01,010 --> 00:17:03,540 He wanted us to expose ourselves. 192 00:17:03,540 --> 00:17:07,140 He was just too impatient and we have all the time we need. 193 00:17:09,020 --> 00:17:13,140 Wei Guang, there's something I don't understand. 194 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,210 The Princess Royal has clearly killed you father, 195 00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:21,230 but why was she so touched by hearing your words? 196 00:17:21,230 --> 00:17:24,930 Does she still love your father? 197 00:17:28,220 --> 00:17:30,690 Human love is very complicated. 198 00:17:30,690 --> 00:17:32,850 Love and hate is often a momentary thing. 199 00:17:32,850 --> 00:17:35,450 Not to mention that the Princess Royal has always thought that 200 00:17:35,450 --> 00:17:39,410 she was the victim in this relationship. 201 00:17:39,410 --> 00:17:42,030 So she will be touched by herself. 202 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,860 When we first met, you were like a piece of wood in love. 203 00:17:47,860 --> 00:17:50,240 I didn't think that you'd feel so much. 204 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:54,100 You will understand when your feelings are strong enough. 205 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,000 There's another thing I don't understand, 206 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,910 Does Yan Kuan have the letter the empress dowager wrote to Lang Kun? 207 00:18:03,910 --> 00:18:06,800 if he already has it, why doesn't he take it out? 208 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,250 We wouldn't have been able to defend ourselves. 209 00:18:09,250 --> 00:18:13,130 I think he has it. He wouldn't have tested us if he doesn't have it. 210 00:18:13,130 --> 00:18:15,940 He should be looking for more solid evidence, 211 00:18:15,940 --> 00:18:20,350 since that letter can only prove the relationship between Lang Kun and Empress Dowager. 212 00:18:22,190 --> 00:18:26,860 The man is hard to read. Be careful. 213 00:18:38,890 --> 00:18:41,620 Your Majesty. 214 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:45,130 You are the emperor. 215 00:18:51,030 --> 00:18:53,840 How are you, Your Highness? 216 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,200 How long has mother slept for? 217 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:59,260 She's slept for a bit. 218 00:18:59,260 --> 00:19:03,710 Does she usually talk in her sleep? 219 00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:08,200 She talks in her sleep when she can't fall into a deep slumber. 220 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,180 But it won't be long. 221 00:19:10,180 --> 00:19:13,760 Then, what does she usually say? 222 00:19:14,850 --> 00:19:18,450 Just little things in the palace. 223 00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:21,260 I don't remember clearly. 224 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,270 She has so much trouble sleeping. 225 00:19:27,270 --> 00:19:31,290 I need to be here to keep an eye on her. 226 00:19:31,290 --> 00:19:38,030 - Someone knows your true identity. - Mother, who are you telling to leave? 227 00:19:40,730 --> 00:19:44,340 -Your past... -What past? 228 00:19:44,340 --> 00:19:47,390 no one already... 229 00:19:47,390 --> 00:19:50,290 knows. 230 00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:55,010 Chen Fu... 231 00:20:16,430 --> 00:20:20,410 -Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Highness. -Get up. 232 00:20:20,410 --> 00:20:22,350 Thank you. 233 00:20:25,030 --> 00:20:30,820 Your Majesty, I think he's the most suitable. 234 00:20:31,740 --> 00:20:36,410 -I agree. -Chen Fu, I have a highly classified job for you. 235 00:20:36,410 --> 00:20:40,720 Tomorrow morning, I will send people to secretly send you out of the palace. 236 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,500 -Yes. -Go down. 237 00:20:49,950 --> 00:20:54,030 There are too many variables in this plan. I'm not so sure. 238 00:20:54,030 --> 00:20:56,870 Your Majesty, let's play this board of chess together. 239 00:20:56,870 --> 00:21:00,360 Isn't this what they call support from your allies? 240 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,570 You're reading military books now? 241 00:21:02,570 --> 00:21:07,830 I can't stay an ignorant girl after so many years serving you. 242 00:21:07,830 --> 00:21:11,830 Do not worry, Wei Guang has thought about it well. 243 00:21:14,660 --> 00:21:19,320 Speak! 244 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,050 Speak! Are you going to say something? 245 00:21:23,050 --> 00:21:26,230 -Lord Yan. -Has anyone confessed? 246 00:21:26,230 --> 00:21:30,410 Lord Yan, we beat them hard, 247 00:21:30,410 --> 00:21:33,080 but we still haven't got anything out. 248 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:38,710 Speak! 249 00:21:38,710 --> 00:21:42,750 You are tough! You are really tough! 250 00:21:42,750 --> 00:21:46,510 What do you want us to say? 251 00:21:46,510 --> 00:21:50,990 My son-in-law, Huo Yanghong, cured Lord Lang's condition. 252 00:21:50,990 --> 00:21:52,840 He is now trying to return the favor. That's why... 253 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,820 It's enough. 254 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,410 This is not that simple, is it? 255 00:22:00,410 --> 00:22:04,970 You see, four of your seven children have died. 256 00:22:04,970 --> 00:22:08,940 You want to lose them too? 257 00:22:08,940 --> 00:22:12,200 There will be no one to mourn you at your funeral. 258 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,420 And you. You have all seen Lang Kun. 259 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:19,390 Did you notice nothing at all? 260 00:22:19,390 --> 00:22:22,640 He just said hi to us every time he came to her grave. 261 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,560 We told you everything we know. What else do you want from us? 262 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,910 Right. What else do you want from us? 263 00:22:29,910 --> 00:22:32,220 Quiet! 264 00:22:34,030 --> 00:22:37,530 If they still won't talk, 265 00:22:37,530 --> 00:22:40,660 get the father to beat his children 266 00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:43,230 and get the husband to beat his wife. 267 00:22:43,230 --> 00:22:46,360 And remember, beat them as hard as you can. 268 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:50,370 I punish impotence and reward efficacy. 269 00:22:50,370 --> 00:22:54,090 Whoever pries verifiable information out of them before sundown 270 00:22:54,090 --> 00:22:58,310 will get a big promotion. Those who get nothing 271 00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:00,580 will be punished as Lang Kun's accomplices 272 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:03,710 and spies. Clear? 273 00:23:03,710 --> 00:23:05,870 Yes, sir. 274 00:23:06,860 --> 00:23:10,730 You have only a few hours before sundown. 275 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,050 What are you waiting for? 276 00:23:16,210 --> 00:23:20,010 Messenger coming in! 277 00:23:20,010 --> 00:23:23,030 Lord Yan, Noble Consort Ning left the palace a few hours ago. 278 00:23:23,030 --> 00:23:25,330 It appears she is going to Youlong Township. 279 00:23:25,330 --> 00:23:28,540 And Wei Guang looked a room at Yunlong Hostel. 280 00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:29,840 Go on. 281 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,790 Many kung fu masters from the Flying Tiger Battalion have entered Youlong Township in disguise. 282 00:23:32,790 --> 00:23:37,000 -How many? -Not sure. But maybe 100 or 200. 283 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,560 They only have 300 warriors in Flying Tiger Battalion. You are saying more than half of them are there? 284 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,430 Is the emperor coming? 285 00:23:42,430 --> 00:23:45,480 -Find out more. Get more people on it. I will be there soon. -Yes, sir. 286 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,060 Go! 287 00:23:50,490 --> 00:23:52,080 [Yunlong Hostel] 288 00:25:23,450 --> 00:25:25,200 Your Majesty. 289 00:25:26,620 --> 00:25:29,090 Sister, here you are. 290 00:25:29,090 --> 00:25:33,520 You sent for me at such short notice. What can I do for you? 291 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,710 It's been a while since you came back 292 00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:40,580 and we haven't had a chance to talk. 293 00:25:40,580 --> 00:25:44,300 I just wanted to see you and have a little chat. 294 00:25:45,980 --> 00:25:47,870 Is that so? 295 00:25:51,210 --> 00:25:52,850 [Yunlong Hostel] 296 00:27:31,530 --> 00:27:34,930 Do you think you can fool him? 297 00:27:37,230 --> 00:27:40,430 It depends on how good an actor the empress is. 298 00:27:42,090 --> 00:27:45,250 Your Majesty, listen to yourself. 299 00:27:45,250 --> 00:27:48,460 We are siblings. Your empire 300 00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:50,830 is my empire. 301 00:27:50,830 --> 00:27:53,810 Why would I sabotage your empire? 302 00:27:53,810 --> 00:27:57,260 The great plan you and Prince of Guangding put together 303 00:27:57,260 --> 00:28:00,060 is so obvious. A three-year-old can see it through. 304 00:28:00,060 --> 00:28:02,300 I will let you. 305 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:04,680 I will make you a duke and duchess. 306 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,770 You can have the 18 counties north of the river. 307 00:28:08,470 --> 00:28:10,870 Is that enough? 308 00:28:15,660 --> 00:28:19,470 Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, 309 00:28:19,470 --> 00:28:22,390 will you excuse me? 310 00:28:22,390 --> 00:28:24,710 Go ahead. 311 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,830 Lord Yan, here is a classified message for you. 312 00:28:34,550 --> 00:28:36,930 -Leave me. -Yes, sir. 313 00:28:43,870 --> 00:28:48,240 Yan Zhen, let's trade. Give me my wife's body. 314 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,030 Let her family go. 315 00:28:50,030 --> 00:28:51,980 And I'll tell you who I workd for 316 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:53,610 and who else are with me. 317 00:28:53,610 --> 00:28:56,140 If you are interested, meet me 318 00:28:56,140 --> 00:28:58,120 at JIngxuan Restaurant in Nanji at 1 o'clock this afternoon. 319 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,430 Anyone here? Such weather. 320 00:29:01,430 --> 00:29:04,720 It was just fine and sunny and now it's pouring. 321 00:29:10,910 --> 00:29:13,910 - How are you, Your Majesty? - At ease. 322 00:29:14,710 --> 00:29:18,660 What are you doing here alone? 323 00:29:18,660 --> 00:29:22,000 Aren't you the princess royal's advisor, Mister Yan? 324 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,560 I am. 325 00:29:25,740 --> 00:29:29,600 - Waiter! - Your Majesty, I have something important to do here and I need this place. 326 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,020 I have vacated the entire restaurant. 327 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:35,100 Please forgive me and grant me permission to do my job. 328 00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:38,160 I can't have some snacks? 329 00:29:39,950 --> 00:29:45,270 All right. I'm having my identity concealed for this trip. 330 00:29:45,270 --> 00:29:48,030 It's about some private business, so I didn't bring anyone. 331 00:29:48,030 --> 00:29:50,170 I hope you won't tell anyone. 332 00:29:50,170 --> 00:29:54,930 I understand. But I really have something important to do. 333 00:29:54,930 --> 00:29:58,510 Could you make yourself scarce? Since it's raining, 334 00:29:58,510 --> 00:30:01,680 I can have my men take you somewhere else. 335 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,620 No need. I'm keeping this a low-profile trip. 336 00:30:04,620 --> 00:30:07,030 I don't want to be seen. 337 00:30:07,030 --> 00:30:11,070 I'll get out of here since you have your job to do. 338 00:30:11,070 --> 00:30:13,240 Take care, Your Majesty. 339 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,490 What are the odds? 340 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,110 I'll wait no more. Get my tag. 341 00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:35,100 Take the prisoners to the palace. Do it today. 342 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:38,440 I'm moving up my plan. 343 00:30:42,370 --> 00:30:44,380 Your Majesty. 344 00:30:45,810 --> 00:30:51,100 Your Highness. Where are you going in such a hurry? 345 00:30:51,100 --> 00:30:54,090 Nowhere. The empress dowager is feeling better. 346 00:30:54,090 --> 00:30:57,410 She told me to see her in Chengxiang Palace for a little chat. 347 00:30:57,410 --> 00:31:02,220 Now if you will excuse me, I shouldn't keep her waiting. 348 00:31:29,470 --> 00:31:31,750 [Guangxuan Palace] 349 00:31:36,730 --> 00:31:40,010 [Huaxiang Palace] 350 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,370 You wanted to see me for something urgent? 351 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,010 Who are they? 352 00:32:12,050 --> 00:32:13,940 Your Highness. 353 00:32:23,670 --> 00:32:25,520 Your Highness. 354 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:30,050 You summoned me at such short notice. What can I do for you? 355 00:32:30,050 --> 00:32:36,360 It is Mister Yan who wanted to see the three of you today. 356 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,960 What would Lord Yan need from us? 357 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,290 Close the doors. No one in or out. 358 00:32:43,290 --> 00:32:45,070 Yes, sir. 359 00:32:48,580 --> 00:32:52,260 Everyone is here. I have bad news for you. 360 00:32:52,260 --> 00:32:55,360 The emperor arrested another 36 officers of ours. 361 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,400 It's all because there is a mole among us. 362 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,300 He leaked their names to the emperor. 363 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:06,160 Wei Guang. Lang Kun. Noble Consort Ning. 364 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,560 Am I right? 365 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,620 I'd be damned 366 00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:12,900 if I can't expose this mole today. 367 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:16,670 Not again, Mister Yan. 368 00:33:16,670 --> 00:33:20,360 You can't just accuse someone of being the mole without evidence. 369 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,760 Do you have witnesses? Any material evidence? 370 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,150 You should recognize the handwriting of this letter. 371 00:33:26,150 --> 00:33:29,950 The letter is evidence that Lang Kun has been colluding with the empress dowager. 372 00:33:29,950 --> 00:33:32,550 I'll read it out for you. 373 00:33:32,550 --> 00:33:36,170 Lang Kun, I have a job for you. 374 00:33:36,170 --> 00:33:41,840 Take this letter to the capital of Guangning County and find Li Wenxiang. 375 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,930 Your Highness, see? 376 00:33:43,930 --> 00:33:46,800 This is the empress dowager's handwriting. 377 00:33:49,150 --> 00:33:53,050 Yan Zheng, I'm grateful. 378 00:33:53,050 --> 00:33:55,960 If you hadn't provided me the names of the traitors, 379 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,590 my empire would be in jeopardy. 380 00:34:02,090 --> 00:34:06,080 Your Highness, the emperor has distinct handwriting. 381 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,540 You should recognize it. 382 00:34:10,510 --> 00:34:13,950 Yan Zheng, I could forge 383 00:34:13,950 --> 00:34:15,680 100 copies of letters in certain handwriting. 384 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,500 It was all done by Mister Liu of Runfang Studio. 385 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:22,900 You are trying to frame me when you produce this for your evidence. 386 00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:28,060 Prince of Guangning, do you still want to trust them? 387 00:34:28,060 --> 00:34:31,780 Every time you gave them a list, our men died or were arrested. 388 00:34:31,780 --> 00:34:36,280 - Do you really think this is all just coincidence? -Of course not. 389 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:41,230 There is indeed a mole among us. 390 00:34:41,230 --> 00:34:46,400 But it's not one of us. It's you, Mister Yan. 391 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,400 What a joke. 392 00:34:49,650 --> 00:34:54,150 Yan Zheng, you made a great move. 393 00:34:54,150 --> 00:34:59,670 You were the emperor's man from the beginning and you have been a mole in the princess royal's palace. 394 00:34:59,670 --> 00:35:03,400 Every time you betray her, you blame it on us, 395 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,130 scapegoating us. 396 00:35:05,130 --> 00:35:07,900 This is what you did after the eastern gate arsenal explosion. 397 00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,070 And you are doing this again after the 36 officers' arrest. 398 00:35:11,070 --> 00:35:13,770 You are the culprit calling the police. You are calling black white! 399 00:35:13,770 --> 00:35:17,120 Lang Kun! You are the thief who calls "Stop the thief"! 400 00:35:22,180 --> 00:35:28,040 Your Highness, didn't you tell me you gave the list to Noble Consort Ning? 401 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,990 I saw her give the list to Wei Guang 402 00:35:30,990 --> 00:35:33,710 yesterday morning at Yunlong Hostel. 403 00:35:33,710 --> 00:35:36,820 Wei Guang passed the list to someone else. 404 00:35:36,820 --> 00:35:41,300 And that man was the emperor, who was there in disguise. 405 00:35:42,620 --> 00:35:44,450 Really? 406 00:35:45,790 --> 00:35:51,310 Mister Yan, did you really see me and the emperor in Yunlong Township? 407 00:35:51,310 --> 00:35:52,780 Of course. 408 00:35:52,780 --> 00:35:56,020 That's strange. 409 00:35:56,020 --> 00:36:00,360 The emperor told me he met with the princess royal yesterday. 410 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,380 He was offering to make peace. 411 00:36:03,380 --> 00:36:06,820 But he was rejected. 412 00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:13,630 Your Highness, did you really meet the emperor yesterday? 413 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,310 It was an imposter. 414 00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:23,430 I heard the emperor has at least five doubles. 415 00:36:24,580 --> 00:36:28,140 The princess royal grew up with the emperor. 416 00:36:28,140 --> 00:36:32,420 You think she wouldn't recognize her own brother? 417 00:36:35,450 --> 00:36:37,430 I see. 418 00:36:37,430 --> 00:36:42,180 This is a trap. The man I saw yesterday was an imposter. 419 00:36:42,180 --> 00:36:45,730 Wei Guang! You set me up! 420 00:36:47,430 --> 00:36:49,240 You are such a traitor. 421 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,070 A moment ago you said the princess royal was with an imposter. 422 00:36:52,070 --> 00:36:54,860 Now you are saying the one you saw was fake. 423 00:36:54,860 --> 00:36:59,180 But Prince of Guangding and I saw you and the empress yesterday at Jingxuan Restaurant. 424 00:36:59,180 --> 00:37:04,180 Is that not real? We saw you enter the restaurant. 425 00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:08,620 And the empress went in not long after. We don't know what you discussed in there. 426 00:37:08,620 --> 00:37:12,820 Soon after the empress left, you left too. 427 00:37:16,390 --> 00:37:20,380 Is that right? Or is this a false accusation? 428 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,330 My sister told me yesterday 429 00:37:27,330 --> 00:37:31,920 that she saw the emperor sneak into Guangxuan Palace to meet the emperor. 430 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,570 Then the 36 warriors were arrested. 431 00:37:34,570 --> 00:37:38,020 It must have been you who sneaked out to give her the list, 432 00:37:38,020 --> 00:37:40,860 which the empress passed to the emperor. 433 00:37:41,570 --> 00:37:43,400 Yan Zheng, 434 00:37:44,610 --> 00:37:48,290 I feel so bad for the 36 warriors. 435 00:37:48,290 --> 00:37:50,380 They didn't deserve to die. 436 00:37:50,380 --> 00:37:55,480 My sister and I worked so hard to build that arsenal. 437 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,800 This is all on you! 438 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:12,850 Your Highness, I have always been serving by your side as your advisor. 439 00:38:12,850 --> 00:38:17,670 I get rid of anyone who gets in your way. 440 00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:19,510 Do you really believe I'm the mole? 441 00:38:19,510 --> 00:38:22,730 Mister Yan, you can't have a double standard. 442 00:38:22,730 --> 00:38:27,220 You sentenced us to death based on speculation. 443 00:38:27,220 --> 00:38:29,990 Today, you have been exposed. 444 00:38:29,990 --> 00:38:32,660 Are you still trying to get out of this? 445 00:38:32,660 --> 00:38:37,660 I don't want to believe it. 446 00:38:37,660 --> 00:38:42,500 But I went to Chengxiang Palace the other day to see the empress dowager. 447 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:46,180 She was talking in her sleep. 448 00:38:46,180 --> 00:38:49,150 And she mentioned the mole's name. 449 00:38:49,150 --> 00:38:55,360 I asked them and they said they heard the name many times. 450 00:38:56,750 --> 00:39:01,890 And the mole is you. 451 00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:06,500 Yan Zheng. 452 00:39:08,350 --> 00:39:12,990 This is very impressive. I'll give you that. 453 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,890 Arrest him! 454 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,010 Wei Guang! 455 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,930 You don't have to fear now. You can tell the truth. 456 00:39:38,930 --> 00:39:43,120 Your Highness, it's been 18 years since my daughter died. He is a monster! 457 00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,740 He dug out her coffin! 458 00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:49,620 Of the 16 of us, only four are alive now. 459 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:51,890 Your Highness, he killed my son. 460 00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:55,090 And he forced me to give false confession so he could frame a good man. He is evil. 461 00:39:55,090 --> 00:39:57,110 I'll kill him! I'll revenge my son! 462 00:39:57,110 --> 00:39:58,800 Kill him! 463 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,540 Kill him! 464 00:40:01,540 --> 00:40:03,120 Kill him! 465 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,070 Wei Guang! 466 00:40:07,590 --> 00:40:09,430 Kill him! 467 00:40:11,930 --> 00:40:15,730 Kill him! 468 00:40:15,730 --> 00:40:17,760 Kill him! 469 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:50,220 [Huangxiang Palace] 470 00:40:50,220 --> 00:40:52,250 Take him out and kill him! 471 00:40:52,250 --> 00:40:54,710 My lord! Don't kill me! 472 00:40:54,710 --> 00:40:58,070 My lord! I'm not the mole! 473 00:40:58,070 --> 00:41:00,880 That was some damning evidence. 474 00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:04,140 Yan Zheng, are you still trying to deny it? 475 00:41:04,140 --> 00:41:07,990 If you want to kill me just because the wicked ones gave a statement against me, 476 00:41:07,990 --> 00:41:10,260 what about the other men who work for you? 477 00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:11,970 They will be so disappointed. 478 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:16,060 If you want to kill me, at least give me a chance. 479 00:41:16,730 --> 00:41:18,450 My lord! 480 00:41:18,980 --> 00:41:22,110 How do you propose to prove your innocence? 481 00:41:22,110 --> 00:41:24,340 Something is going to happen tonight 482 00:41:24,340 --> 00:41:26,280 and it will show you that I'm not the mole. 483 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,980 If I'm wrong, you can kill me then. 484 00:41:35,420 --> 00:41:37,080 All right. 485 00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:40,230 Take him away. I'll deal with him tomorrow. 486 00:41:40,230 --> 00:41:41,890 Yes, sir! 487 00:41:41,890 --> 00:41:46,350 My lord! 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