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♪Don't feel sad for the fallen flowers♪

♪Falling in the mortal world♪

♪Keep all the memories♪

♪Can't find any peace anymore♪

♪The storms can't kill my passion♪

♪But I need to endure♪

♪Be serious even though I'm naive♪

♪If this is the destined fate♪

♪Even if I'll be hurt♪

♪I'll protect the people♪

♪The mountains sun and moon can be my witnesses♪

♪Full of passion♪

♪Deep love and hatred♪

♪Melts in my heart along with the snow♪

=Royal Rumours=

=Episode 22=

Oh, it's you, Princess Hua.

Let me ask you something.

Were you the official in charge

of escorting food provisions

ten years ago

for the Battle of Yuncang Ridge?

You were called Lian Yue instead

of Zhu Jin at that time.

I have no idea what you are

talking about, Princess Hua.

It's a severe crime to falsely

accuse an official of court.

Since you won't admit that it's you,

then I should just hand this item

to His Majesty

and let His Majesty decide.

The item?

What's the item?

Do you even need to see it?

I bet you know what it is.

I wouldn't have come to you,

Censorate Zhu,

if it wasn't for that item.

How could that item still be here?

You are indeed Lian Yue.

My parents were critically injured,

we lost so many soldiers

and tens of thousands of people

died because of you.

Who's the mastermind?

Hua Liuli.

Even if I did such things,

why would I tell you

about the mastermind?

If I tell you who it is,

do you think I can live?

Would you disregard

the lives of your family members then?

The punishment for treason is eradication of the whole family line.

Would you insist on keeping

your master's secret

even if it'd cost the lives of your entire family?

If you tell me today

who your master is,

you'll be safe.

His Majesty is benevolent.

He will give your family

a way out.

Don't you forget.

You still have a daughter

who has just turned five years old.

Daddy.

Don't fight.

When will you play

hide and seek with me?

Go ahead and hide first.

I will look for you in a bit.

Your Highness!

Oh no! We have a problem.

Censorate Zhu was killed

in his study tonight.

There's a little girl there

who keeps saying Princess Hua's name.

Does anyone else know this?

No, don't worry.

Supreme Court

has the entire crime scene surrounded.

No one can enter or leave.

Let's go.

Madam.

Madam, stop crying.

Your Highness,

the chest wound is serious.

It's a sword wound.

It looks like a soft sword.

(Judging by the wound,)

(it definitely looks like Liuli's doing.)

(Why would she do this on her own)

(without letting me know?)

(Why did she kill Censorate Zhu?)

Miss,

you even injured your arm

as you went out in the middle of the night to fight.

You only told me about this now.

How did you hold it all in?

Oh no, we're doomed.

Did you stir up

trouble outside?

Do we need to tell Master

and Madam about this?

I afraid they'll know about it soon enough

without us telling them.

(Hua Mansion)

Did you hear?

Censorate Zhu died

in his study last night!

It's so tragic!

Initially, no one knew about this.

Then someone suddenly went

to capital prefecture to beat the drum,

appealing for justice.

They said that there's evidence

that Princess Hua was the culprit.

Oh my God, that is so scary!

What happened after that?

After that,

the crown prince had no choice

but to tell the civil officials

to go to Hua Mansion

to capture her.

That person...

Be careful.

(Hua Mansion)

Liuli.

Madam, Miss is getting changed.

She's getting changed?

Madam, this is not a good time.

Get out of the way.

Mother.

Liuli.

Are you hiding

anything from me?

No.

Liuli,

did you really kill Censorate Zhu?

I wanted to kill him,

but I didn't.

I lied that I had proof to trick him

into admitting his true identity.

Maybe it was because of his family,

he was about to tell me the truth.

I finally have

a chance

to make my own decision.

All right, I will tell you.

(Those people dressed in black)

(just tried to distract me.)

(They were clearly)

(targeting Censorate Zhu.)

Daddy!

A'Man!

Daddy!

A'Man!

(Who would do such a terrible thing?)

Censorate Zhu was Lian Yue,

the food provisions official

from ten years ago.

He escorted the food slowly

on purpose.

You and father almost died there.

So many of the soldiers

whom I knew died there!

I will never forget

what they did!

We will get our revenge,

but you can't be so impulsive.

I don't want anything

to happen to you.

Your Highness, it's not that

I don't want to let you in.

You come with ill intentions.

Forgive me

for not being able to do anything.

Who says I'm here to capture her?

Why did you have

Hua Mansion surrounded?

I only brought soldiers here

to shut the people in the palace up.

I will apologise to you in the future

if I have offended you.

Miss,

His Highness sent a lot

of people here.

Is he...

Your Highness.

Go outside first, Yuan Wei.

Yes.

So,

if I don't say anything,

will you not say anything

to me either?

I didn't feel wronged

when your parents misunderstood me.

Why are you

feeling wronged now?

Did I cause you trouble because

I acted on impulse last night?

Not at all.

It's not the first time

that I've been criticised.

I wouldn't mind

being criticised for you.

Besides,

you didn't kill him.

How do you know I didn't?

What if I did kill him?

You wouldn't.

Do you trust me this much?

Then let me ask you.

If anyone

told you I killed a person,

would you believe them?

I would.

Really?

All right,

don't be mad.

Why wouldn't I believe you?

You are the best crown prince

in the whole world.

What's wrong?

Show it to me.

You're injured.

I got this medicine

from the imperial physician.

We're done.

Does it still hurt?

No.

I'd actually been looking

for Lian Yue for a long time.

I didn't think that

he would be this bold.

I actually wanted to ask him

about the mastermind

when I looked for him last night.

I didn't think that

I would be taken advantage of.

What did you plan to do

even if you found out who it was?

Would you look for him

all by yourself?

Hua Liuli.

You already knew that

something was wrong with Censorate Zhu.

Why didn't you tell me about it?

You even got injured.

Why are you yelling at me?

Let me show you something.

That little girl liked

to play in the study.

When I left last night,

I found

these half-burnt letters

that she placed

on a cushion.

That's probably why they

didn't notice these letters.

Fine.

I will discuss

with the two generals

about what to do later.

Liuli,

you should also spend some time

to think about it.

I want to spend

the rest of my life with you.

(Ankang Garden)

(If Hua Liuli knows)

(Lian Yue's identity,)

(then...)

(The assassins came)

(as soon as Liuli entered.)

(It seems that Lian Yue had found)

(the key to the person behind it all.)

Liuli is currently injured

and resting at home.

I shall handle

everything outside.

Generals, there's no need

for you two to worry.

However, I won't be inviting

the Hua family to the States Banquet.

This is to prevent people

from escalating this issue

and targeting Liuli.

Forgive me, generals.

Your Highness, you are very considerate.

The Hua family should be thanking you instead.

In addition, both the State of Jin

and Jinpo have suffered greatly

from the Battle of Yuncang Ridge.

The person behind all this

aimed not to harm,

but to take over the State of Jin.

Jihuai.

Yes.

Register

the Hua family in Supreme Court.

Say that they are under suspicion

for Censorate Zhu's death

and that we have them under supervision

in Hua Mansion in the western suburb.

Yes.

Your Highness.

Do you think that

He Yuanting

instigated someone to kill Censorate Zhu?

The tiger is out of the mountain.

Since he has bared his fangs,

I shall meet him to see

if he is really as good as me.

Ever since the news

of the Emperor's health declining

has spread, there are

unusual actions in the capital.

Your Highness,

you should be more careful.

There is a great saying,

“Wealth is obtained from taking risks.”

Isn't this the very moment we have been

waiting for with all our planning?

Come on, let's deduce together

what is written on these letters.

(Ambitious) His Highness isn't letting me out.

So we can only go around the courtyard.

I'm so bored.

Miss, what is that?

It isn't

an evil spirit or something, is it?

Don't panic.

Maybe it's a rat.

You're a rat instead!

Hurry and help me.

Jiamin.

Come on.

Why are you here?

Don't touch it. I sprained my waist.

Hurry and find a place

for me to sit down first.

Let's go.

Have a seat.

How is it? Are you feeling better now?

You.

Why did you come in

from our secret passage?

I wouldn't have crawled

through the dog hole

if those soldiers didn't stop me.

How dare you laugh at me.

I'm not. Why would I?

I'm extremely glad.

I didn't think

that we had such

a strong sisterly bond.

You would even crawl through

a dog hole to see me, Jiamin.

You're really a great friend.

I'm so dirty.

Can you speak properly?

Did you want to go out

when you were over there?

Yes. The main door

is so heavily guarded.

Men are unreliable.

He threw the Hua family under the bus

because he couldn't handle the civil officials.

The crown prince went over the line

for doing this.

So this is what you think.

Can't I think that way?

Of course you can.

You are my best friend

and the most reliable,

Jiamin.

You really think so?

Tell me.

Why do you want to go outside?

I'll help you to figure out a way.

Jiamin.

To be honest, I want to leave the city.

Can you help me?

How about this?

Change into my clothes

and go to my home to look for my parents.

They will help you to leave the city.

Thank you,

but if I really wanted

to leave the city with Yuan Wei,

they wouldn't be able to stop me.

You…

You're making fun of me again.

No.

Let's go to my room quickly.

I'll help you to clean up.

Look at all the dirt on your face.

I'm not dirty.

Go. Hurry up.

So that's what happened.

Wait…

What?

You mean that the crown prince

is facing danger on his own?

He's locking you up

as

part of a trap?

There isn't much time.

If we want to succeed, we must

create an illusion to make

the opposing party believe that

if they don't do anything right now,

they will never have

a chance to take action again.

After hearing what you said,

I also feel like the capital

is a little unusual these days.

You only thought so after I told you, right?

The Hua family

is the leader of military officials.

Now that you've been locked up,

it looks like they've succeeded,

but in reality, it's an illusion.

His Majesty and Grand Preceptor Du

aren't doing well nowadays.

This is definitely the perfect timing

to take action.

It's so scary.

Are you scared?

Says who?

Why would I, Princess Jiamin, be scared?

I've

seen it all, all right?

Your turn to talk.

Right now, you need to stabilise

the situation and think of a way

to get Prince Ying

to help the crown prince,

understand?

(Grand Preceptor Mansion)

(Back then, the evil consort caused)

(the death of the crown prince's mother.)

(His Majesty has been remorseful)

(after the disorder was resolved.)

(He never has an Empress after that.)

(For many years, I've been)

(tracking down the remaining rebels)

(and doing my best to get rid of them,)

(in hopes of keeping the State of Jin safe.)

(Sir, let me)

(be the one to see you off.)

(I have great things to do.)

(Grand Preceptor Mansion)

Great-grandfather,

your medicine is ready.

(Grand Preceptor Mansion)

Please return home, everyone.

My great-grandfather had lived a simple life.

He would like to keep his funeral simple.

If my great-grandfather knew so many people came,

he would

feel terribly sorry.

(Letter to the Teacher)

(Grand Preceptor Mansion)

(Grand Preceptor Du of the State of Jin)

Great-grandfather,

we depended on each other

ever since my parents passed away.

You taught me to read, write

and tell right from wrong.

In my heart, you're the best

great-grandfather.

I am ashamed of not being able

to fulfil your lifelong wish

of seeing me having a good husband.

(Grand Preceptor Du of the State of Jin)

(Du Mansion)

(Even though Grand Preceptor Du was old,)

(there's something strange with his death.)

(I wonder if there are hidden secrets.)

(Everything in the room seems to be)

(the same. No sign of anything being moved.)

(If Grand Preceptor was really)

(killed by another person,)

(it must be someone he was familiar with.)

(Xie)

(Selected Poems)

(Xie)

(If this was a clue)

(left by Grand Preceptor before he died,)

(why…)

Dear.

What are you doing?

Leave!

Are you still mad?

I really didn't have

a choice.

It's not safe outside right now.

A few days ago,

there're moles in our home.

I was only doing so

to protect you.

Protect me?

Did you really mean that?

Of course I did.

The crisis

is resolved now.

I don't have to lock you guys up anymore.

The turmoil outside has subsided.

The palace is hosting

Taiping Banquet in a few days.

You guys can then

relax and have some fun.

If you are still mad,

you can hit me.

I…

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

You scared me.

Caiwei, you can leave now.

All right.

(Benevolence and Virtues)

Miss Du,

may I burn an incense

for Grand Preceptor Du?

Sure.

Grand Preceptor,

I have come to pay my respects.

(Forgive me,)

(Grand Preceptor)

(I don't wish for much.)

(May you bless Xiuying)

(so that she will be)

(safe and happy.)

(Grand Preceptor Du of the State of Jin)

(Du Mansion)

Master Yun,

I can only see you off here.

Thank you.

Please be careful,

Master Yun.

Yes.

I know that Grand Preceptor Du

was your only relative.

It must be a really tough time.

If you are feeling unhappy,

you can look for me.

Look for you?

If you are in the capital,

you can look for me

with that.

Thank you, Master Yun.

(Xiuying,)

(we will meet again, right?)

(Taiping Banquet is coming up soon.)

(A lot has been happening)

(in the capital these days.)

(Jihuai,)

(dispatch the entire Blackmail Troop)

(to strengthen the capital's security.)

(Grand Preceptor didn't offend him in any way.)

(He must be aiming for something big)

(when he acted right at this moment.)

Hanhan, I'm here!

You're drinking tea by yourself.

I don't even complain

even though I'm so busy these days.

This is mine now.

Why are you here?

Look at you.

Can't I look for you when I have nothing to do?

I'm just here to ask you

about the progress

on Grand Preceptor Mansion.

His Highness told you to investigate it.

I haven't found anything suspicious yet.

(You have failed)

(His Highness after all.)

It's all right.

If you can't find anything today, keep searching tomorrow.

There's no need to rush.

Remain calm.

Why do you keep staring at me?

Look at you.

I only drank a cup of your tea

and you're staring at me now.

You're just too tired and anxious these days,

understand?

Drink it while it's hot.

Drink it.

Oh right, I heard

that Great Preceptor Du

fainted that day

at Ceremonial Hall

and fell ill after that.

Poor Great Preceptor Du.

He won't be able to go to Taiping Banquet.

You saw through me.

Yes, we did.

Did His Highness

realise?

Actually,

His Highness was the first to notice.

Why didn't he get rid of me?

It's because he believed that

he made the correct

choice that year.

Blame me

for letting him down.

To keep you alive,

he would rather kill Qing Yue

than seeing you losing your life.

He knew you would be forced.

So he wouldn't give you any task.

Spies all over the city were killed

and he said you were asking for his help.

I always thought

His Highness

was a moody person.

I never thought that he would be

so benevolent to you!

What did he get in return?

You're right.

I'm ungrateful

and treacherous,

but is he really

as benevolent as you say?

What did you say?

Everywhere he goes, people are scared.

Everyone is worried.

He's domineering

and he bullies the commoners.

He doesn't deserve to be named the crown prince.

I wouldn't mind if others said that,

but how could you say that?

Who are you to judge?

We've been buddies for so long!

Say it!

Say that you don't mean it.

I do mean it.

You should kill me.

You know I'm a traitor.

Why are you keeping me alive?

Isn't it better to just kill me?

I know that

you are being controlled with a poison.

However, you knew that His Highness

had been so kind to you.

Why didn't you say anything?

Am I

not your buddy, too?

It's because I am

the remaining rebel of the evil concubine gang

you've been looking for.

So kill me.

Kill me.

Killing me

is your best option!

You…

Why?

There is no reason.

I can do what I want.

Many years ago,

you saved my life.

It doesn't matter if you were sincere

or faking it, but

I have returned the favour.

I have never been

disappointed in anyone.

You are the only one.

♪The wind, the rain and the heart aren't cold♪

Take this life-saving medicine.

You can return to that person

and continue to serve him.

I can

face what is to come

by myself.

I no longer

need you anymore.

♪Protect the world♪

♪Only the mountains, rivers, sun and moon♪

Your Highness.

You've lived a rough life,

being taken advantage of

and facing dilemma on both sides.

You want to live, yet you want to die.

However, Yun Han,

I don't want to kill you.

I once promised you that

one day I'd set you free.

I will pave

the way for you.

You don't have to tell me

who that person is.

I have no intention of hearing it from you.

I already have my guesses.

Dying is easy,

but you deserve

to live a good life.

♪And the light of the city♪

♪Journey to prosperity♪

♪A resolute look♪

♪In the eyes of all♪

♪Unseal all the past♪

♪Turn the tables♪

♪Leaving a body full of scars♪

♪To protect the world♪

♪With only the mountains, rivers, sun, and moon as witnesses♪

♪With all the passion♪

♪A love-hate relationship♪

♪The snow melts in the soul♪

(Supreme Court)

Your Highness,

do you regret it?

I don't.

Then, don't be sad.

I'm not sad.

I'm sad.

We still have to risk our lives for many things.

Let's go.

(Supreme Court)

(Pretentious Hour)

Why isn't she here yet?

Fafa,

is my behaviour today

not obvious enough?

She should come and coax me

if she knows that I'm mad.

Am I right?

Why is there still

no action from her?

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Princess Hua just told Yuan Wei

to deliver this.

What is this? Why is it so hot?

Hot water.

Princess Hua said one should drink

more hot water when he or she is angry.

You should drink it.

Now.

You must be joking, Your Highness.

I'll drink it.

♪A new song is played by my fingers♪

♪I can't talk or sleep under the moon♪

♪I'm missing someone walking around the pavilion♪

♪I can hardly tell anyone♪

♪Who will be in this mortal♪

♪Know my heart and how I cry without showing anyone♪

♪The memory has gone♪

♪Whose face is showing in my dream♪

♪How many times do I need to go through this♪

♪Crying alone in front of the window♪

♪Hearing the rain last night♪

♪But my heart will not change♪

♪The clouds are being covered by the shadow of the moon♪

♪Who is rolling up the sleeve with the wind♪

♪Not worried about the grudges but for the ones not around♪

♪Telling my sorrowfulness in Fengyi Pavilion♪

♪But it's a shame a few autumns have passed♪

♪It's hard to balance between the world and the one we love♪

♪The clouds are being covered by the shadow of the moon♪

♪I'm waiting while turning back♪

♪I sighed as the old days are no longer here anymore♪

♪How many worries are there♪

♪How many of us can grow old together♪

♪I wish you can have the world and the one you love♪

♪I wish you can have the world and the one you love♪