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=Romance of a Twin Flower=

=Episode 36=

If Princess Ruyue has a clear conscience,

let's verify it on the spot.

If there is no problem,

your innocence will be proved.

Mr. Qin.

Do you have the product of Joy Cosmetics?

Mrs. Ning.

This is Joy Cosmetics' new product Qingfeng Cream.

In fact, it is quite simple to verify the mercury content in it.

All I need is stone sulfur and a heating furnace, and I can get

what the ancients called the red elixir.

Elixir?

Yes.

It is actually the cinnabar in Chinese herbal medicine.

So I only need stone sulfur and a heating furnace

to verify on the spot.

Your Highness, what do you think?

Mr. Qin.

Please.

The new product has been presented to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

How much confidence

do you have this time?

Don't just stand.

Sit.

Why don't you speak?

Are you afraid of losing?

No.

If everything goes well, my Qingfeng Cream

will definitely win in the final.

I will do my best to win the game.

Sir.

Could it be that the real purpose of this contest

is not to win the first place,

but to

get rid of Ning Yuxuan and his wife?

Your Majesty.

Mercury is a common ingredient in face creams.

I didn't know mercury would be poisonous when used in excess.

I admit defeat

in this Imperial Supplier Contest.

Princess Ruyue, stand up.

It is not surprising that mercury powder is commonly used

in face creams.

But I would like to know

if there is not any mercury powder added to the products

of Haoxue Cosmetics.

Your Majesty.

All the products of Haoxue Cosmetics are formulated from

natural Chinese herbal medicines, because only this way is the safest

for women's delicate skin.

It seems that Haoxue Cosmetics is the real champion

in the competition of face creams.

Your Majesty.

I think you held the Imperial Supplier Contest in Haifang this time

not to decide a winner,

but to take this opportunity

to promote the development of new products and the entire guild.

So Haoxue Cosmetics decided to make

all of its product formulas public.

All cosmetic shops can use my formula to develop new products,

and also use it as a basis to develop better formulas.

Have you made up your mind?

If you make public the formula, from now on, the same product

will be available in all shops.

Your Majesty, the reason why you approved maritime trade back then

was to make people's lives more prosperous,

not to benefit only a few people.

If this move can promote Haifang's cosmetic industry,

even if it is only a little bit of progress,

Haoxue Cosmetics is duty-bound.

Consul Ning.

Is this your idea?

Your Majesty.

It's my wife's idea.

Good.

I really admire Mrs. Ning's breadth of mind.

I already have a candidate for

the chairman of the Sea Trade Guild in Haifang.

Your Majesty.

Mr. Ning.

Mrs. Ning.

General Nie.

Today, Mrs. Ning won the championship of face cream.

I also have a great gift for you all.

Zheng.

Bring me the gift.

Mr. Ning.

This is my gift to you.

(Spirit Tablet of the Deceased Daughter Nie Sangyu)

Your Majesty.

When I first arrived at Haifang, I found that Mrs. Ning

was very different from before.

I was worried that someone would pretend to be

the second-rank lady with imperial mandate,

so I secretly sent someone to search for clues.

As expected,

after following General Nie, I found the spirit tablet of Ning Sangyu,

the first wife of Consul Ning,

in a temple.

Consul Ling.

Pretending to be the second-rank lady with imperial mandate

is something serious.

Don't talk nonsense without evidence.

Your Majesty.

As the daughter of a general who has always lived in the boudoir,

she doesn't speak or talk like a young rich lady,

but she also has a deep understanding of the common people.

It's really suspicious.

Your Majesty.

To prove whether it's true,

please send someone to search the Ning's Mansion.

More evidence will surely be found.

General Nie.

Consul Ning.

Do you two have something to say?

Your Majesty.

This matter is complicated.

Please let me tell you in detail.

So

what Consul Ling said is true?

Your Majesty, my wife... Your Majesty.

This woman

is definitely not Nie Sangyu.

Nie Sangyu was good at painting, but this woman

knew nothing about painting.

Nie Sangyu has studied regular script all year round, but her fonts

are lively and vigorous.

Nie Sangyu has a gloomy personality,

and the servants are quite afraid of her.

But after Banxia was left with the plum blossom mark by Nie Sangyu

and deliberately set fire to revenge on you,

you abolished the family rules of the Ning's Mansion.

Isn't that true?

All signs indicate that she's definitely not Nie Sangyu.

Qian Lianxue, who lives in the Magistrate's Residence,

can testify to the authenticity of what I said.

Although I don't know what crooked ways this woman used

to confuse everyone, as long as the Court of Judicial Review

conducts a rigorous interrogation,

the truth will definitely be revealed.

Your Majesty.

I have known Nie Sangyu since childhood.

Based on what I know about her, I can guarantee with my life that

she is

definitely not Nie Sangyu.

I'll take this woman to the Court of Judicial Review

and subject her to severe torture.

I will definitely find out the truth.

Guards.

Take her to the Court of Judicial Review

and subject her to severe torture.

Your Majesty, this... I'm guilty.

Your Majesty.

I'm not

Nie Sangyu.

You... But it has nothing to do with Consul Ning, my father

and everyone in Ning's Mansion.

I should bear it alone.

Princess Ruyue.

You went out of your way to set the trap.

What?

Don't you dare to admit your identity now?

You are not Princess Ruyue,

but Wen Wan

of Ning's Mansion, right?

Wen Wan?

The concubine of Ning's Mansion?

But isn't she already dead?

Princess Ruyue,

why do you know everything about the Ning's Mansion?

I... Your Majesty.

Don't be fooled by this liar.

Obviously she's pretending to be Nie Sangyu.

But instead she planted the blame on Princess Ruyue.

Put her in jail and subject her to severe torture.

Yes.

Stop!

Ling Jianxing!

Ning Yuxuan!

How dare you!

Ning Yuxuan.

Let me ask you.

Is the dead Nie Sangyu your wife?

Your Majesty.

Yes.

One more question.

Is Princess Ruyue the concubine of your mansion?

Yes.

Guards.

Here.

Take the two of them out and flog them to death.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

Let me go.

Piss off.

Mr. Ling.

Let me go.

Mr. Ling.

Mr. Ling, save me.

Let me go.

So... You lied to me.

You are Wen Wan!

You vicious woman!

When you rescued me from the prison

and asked me to pretend to be Princess Ruyue to frame Ning Yuxuan,

you said that you would definitely keep me safe.

Mr. Ling.

You vicious woman!

Don't slander me.

You pretend to be Princess Ruyue.

I see.

You must have teamed up with Ning Yuxuan to frame me.

No.

I don't want it.

I can't go back to that place again.

I can't go back to that place even if I die.

Ning Yuxuan.

Ning Yuxuan.

Could you save me?

Listen.

Listen. Listen.

Ning Yuxuan.

As long as you save me, I will tell you everything I have done

in detail, okay?

Just save me.

What a criminal.

How dare you listen to Ling Jianxing and pretend to be my niece?

You!

You played me around.

Lord Tan.

What you have done... Take her away and flog her to death.

- Yes. - Yes.

Ling... - Go. - Mr. Ling!

Lord Tan!

Ning Yuxuan!

Save me!

Ling Jianxing

colluded with a criminal and deceived the emperor,

which is an unpardonable crime.

Arrest Ling Jianxing as well.

Yes.

Hold on.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

I am indeed guilty of deceiving Your Majesty and Lord Tan.

But Ning Yuxuan and this criminal woman should also be executed.

Not only is she pretending to be Nie Sangyu,

but she is also the daughter

of the court's criminal, Ji Ming of the Tea Gang.

The two of them conspired to obtain the title of

second-rank lady with imperial mandate.

Their intention is execrable.

What did you say?

The Tea Gang?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

If you want more evidence,

ask General Tao to search the Magistrate's Residence.

There would be new evidence.

Your Majesty.

I would like to take up the assignment.

Please allow me to personally lead the search,

so that no one with evil intentions will get in the way.

Okay.

You have to search carefully and not play favouritism.

Understand?

Yes, sir.

The Imperial Supplier Contest ended up like this.

The whole country will laugh at me.

Guards.

Detain Ling Jianxing and this criminal woman

in the Magistrate's Residence's prison.

Yes.

Go.

Step aside!

Sorry.

Protect yourself.

Your Majesty.

You promised me before... Ning Yuxuan!

Ning Yuxuan, come with me.

(Magistrate's Residence)

Sir, nothing found.

Sir, nothing found.

Sir, nothing found.

Sir, look.

(The snow melted in the northwest frontier, and the soldiers returned on horseback. Under the bright and clear moon, the soldiers in the outpost are playing the Qiang flute.)

(Where is the plum blossom full of lovesickness? It seems to fall all over the mountain with the wind.)

Sir.

Here is the ironclad proof.

Look.

(Here proved, Ning Yuxuan and Ji Man)

Ji Man.

Ning Yuxuan.

It's time to

pay off your debts.

(Haoxue Cosmetics)

Why haven't they come back yet?

We are so anxious waiting.

Why did the conferment banquet take so long?

Isn't it just to announce the ranking?

Exactly.

I wonder how Muxu is going.

It's announced.

Muxu.

It's announced.

How is it?

Ruyue's trick was exposed by Her Ladyship on the spot.

Haoxue Cosmetics won the championship.

Really?

- Great! - Great!

We have to celebrate it.

Yes.

We should have a big meal.

Let's have a big meal to celebrate.

Gui Bai.

Gui Bai.

Why are you here alone?

- Exactly, where is Her Ladyship? - Where are they?

Something happened

to Her Ladyship.

What happened?

What?

After the result was announced,

His Lordship dismantled Ruyue's identity,

and Her Ladyship's identity was also exposed by Ling Jianxing.

His Majesty ordered someone to send her back to the residence,

where she's temporarily imprisoned.

Is she in custody?

What about my cousin?

Did he go to save her?

- Right. - Did he?

His Lordship has his own arrangements.

With him around,

it is impossible for anyone to hurt Her Ladyship.

- This... - So you don't have to worry about this.

Well...

Well...

How could she be imprisoned?

What to do?

I was ordered to search the Magistrate's Residence,

and found these things in the rooms of Ning Yuxuan

and Nie Sangyu respectively.

This is the regular script written by Nie Sangyu

when she was in school many years ago.

Your Majesty, please take a look.

The verses in this painting

are exactly the same as that in this regular script,

but the handwriting

(The snow melted in the northwest frontier, and the soldiers returned on horseback.) is completely different.

Mr. Ning.

Is there anything hidden in this?

How could

she be Nie Sangyu?

If not, where is

the real Nie Sangyu?

Your Majesty.

What else did you find?

Your Majesty.

In addition, I also found a marriage contract.

(Marriage Contract)

(Here proved, Ning Yuxuan and Ji Man)

Ning Yuxuan.

Ji Man.

Alright.

Leave us alone.

Yes, sir.

Ning Yuxuan.

Is there anything else you want to tell me?

Your Majesty.

She is

indeed not Nie Sangyu.

She is the daughter of Cai Wenzheng, the chief of the Tea Gang.

What?

She's really the daughter of Cai Wenzheng?

I had planned to report to you personally

after returning to the capital.

I didn't expect others

to be one step ahead.

That's why you asked me for a reward earlier?

After you arrived at Haifang, you not only managed it

in an orderly manner, but also established the Shipping Department,

setting an example for the imperial court to rectify taxes.

You also solved my biggest trouble.

I did choose the right person.

Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment.

Just get to

the point.

I want to ask for a reward

for my wife.

Ask for a reward?

Ning Yuxuan.

It's not like something you would do.

My wife is reckless by nature.

I'm afraid that

she will make a big mistake

in the future.

So... Do you think your wife is reckless?

But I think she understands the common people very well.

I found that after you came to Haifang,

you've become much more cheerful than before.

Okay.

I promise you.

If your wife makes any mistakes in the future, I will do my best

to keep her safe under the premise of being fair,

how about it?

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I'm guilty and you can punish me at will.

But please keep your words and don't blame Ji Man.

What?

Do you still have the guts to bargain with me now?

I dare not.

All I did

was trying to keep my wife safe

as a husband.

Besides, there's something else hidden

about the Tea Gang case back then.

(Three days later)

(Haifang)

What happened?

Your Highness, someone is blocking the way.

Yuan Lang.

Why are you in my way?

Lord Tan, you know me.

Please get off the carriage.

You are just a vulgar person.

What qualifications do you have to talk to me?

Get out of the way.

Don't you think I'm qualified?

Step back.

What do you want to do?

Lord Tan.

I have already checked out what happened back then.

It was you who found someone to send false news to my father

to deliberately sow discord,

causing the tragic death of the two of them.

I don't understand what you are talking about.

You took advantage of my father's reluctance to submit

to deliberately deceive him,

saying that you would give the Tea Gang a new path.

That's why my father readily believed you

and pretended to be Cai Wenzheng to meet Ning Zhongtian.

As soon as Ning Zhongtian arrived at the scene, you set fire

to burn Ning Zhongtian and my father to death.

Yes

or no?

Don't slander me.

I have with me the secret letter you wrote to my father.

Why do you still refuse to admit?

Do you think these letters were burned?

Thank goodness.

The letters were preserved.

No way.

I saw these letters burnt

with my own eyes.

So you did

write secret letters to my father?

You are cheating me.

These letters are all fake.

Fake...

Most of them are fake.

But I didn't lie to you.

One of the letters

was with my father.

And my father

was the only survivor of the fire.

Right.

I was the one who planned to eliminate the Tea Gang back then.

But so what?

You want to take me away?

So naive.

I'm going to make you

disappear with these letters.

All of you!

Take this traitor down.

Stop!

Who is the traitor will soon be determined.

Lord Tan.

Why did you ask me here today?

Under the circumstances,

what's your plan?

Maybe that sounds like sophistry to you.

But I have inner thoughts to tell you.

I am not reconciled to the fact that you all conclude

my father did everything based on Ling Jianxing's statement

and my father's reaction.

And I don't believe it.

I have to find out the truth.

I didn't expect that

one day the two of us

would be on the same side.

What do you mean?

Have you ever thought that your father must have

done those things in secret back then,

but how did Ling Jianxing know it so clearly after so many years?

The only possibility is that he

or someone close to him

was in the game.

Right.

I've been having someone check it out.

When your father confiscated the Tea Gang,

Lord Tan

seemed to be sick for a few days and didn't go to court.

For Lord Tan,

if the Tea Gang became a chivalrous organization, it would be

a threat instead.

Your father Ning Zhongtian

was a strong enemy of Lord Tan.

My father and the Tea Gang

were wiped out overnight.

No one would benefit more than Lord Tan.

But with that said,

we have no solid evidence to prove

that Lord Tan was involved in this matter.

Have you ever thought about

how Lord Tan got in touch with your father

without leaving the capital all these years?

But after so many years,

I'm not sure if there are any secret letters left.

But as long as there is still a glimmer of hope,

I will never give up.

Mr. Ning.

Do you have any countermeasure?

Do not alarm the enemy

until you find the letter.

Mr. Ning.

Thank you so much.

Besides, there's something else hidden

about the Tea Gang case back then.

20 years ago,

my father Ning Zhongtian was ordered to subdue the Tea Gang.

It was Lord Tan who added fuel to the fire behind

and sabotaged the peace talks.

Your Majesty, please check it out.

So what proof do you have now?

I already have secret letters from Lord Tan.

I guess after today, Lord Tan will definitely kill Ling Jianxing.

I have sent Gui Bai to protect him.

If I can get the testimony of Ling Jianxing,

I am confident that I'll wipe out Lord Tan's adherents.

This case will be your sole responsibility.

In view of Lord Tan's special status,

if there is any disobedience,

he can be summarily executed.

(Token)

Yes, Your Majesty.

So the two of you have been in collusion for a long time.

How can it be called in collusion?

You colluded with the Dragon Gang and joined forces with Wang Jinyao

to control the Sea Trade Guild.

There is ironclad evidence

for everything you did.

Ning Yuxuan.

Don't frame me

just because of His Majesty's favor.

According to

His Majesty's verbal instructions,

(Token) if Lord Tan refuses to cooperate, those who disobey the order

will be executed.

Lord Tan.

Please.

Good for you, Ning Yuxuan.

Let's cast accounts in front of His Majesty.

Mr. Ning.

Thank you

for today.

You are welcome.

His Majesty already knew the grievances of the Tea Gang.

After Lord Tan is convicted,

His Majesty will vindicate the Tea Gang.

My dream has always been to promote good and eliminate evil

together with those of the Tea Gang, and do more things that

benefit the common people.

Back then, when Cai Wenzheng yielded to the court,

the late emperor promised him a position.

If you have the intention,

I will bring it up to His Majesty.

I'm used to being free.

Thank you for your kindness.

The safety of Haifang in the future

is up to you.

That's what I should do.

I am leaving.

Mr. Yuan.

See you.

Ning Yuxuan.

If you dare to bully Man,

I won't let you go.

Take care.

Take care.

(Haifang Prison)

Your Highness, time to eat.

Take the crap away.

I want to see His Majesty.

Did you hear me?

I am Lord Tan.

I want to see His Majesty.

Here comes His Majesty.

Greetings to Your Majesty.

Uncle.

Hope that you are well.

Please get up.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Ning Yuxuan colluded with the rebel party and intended to frame me.

Please uphold justice for me.

Ning Yuxuan.

Is everything my uncle said true?

Your Majesty.

Over the years, Lord Tan has been forming cliques for private gain

and persecuting the faithful and honest.

Every word is true.

Please check it out.

What evidence do you have?

Lord Tan.

Do you remember

this letter?

If Cai Wenzheng submits to the imperial court,

he won't be put in an important position.

I know you don't want to surrender either.

If you are willing to stop it with me, after the deed is done,

I will help the Tea Gang prosper and give your men a good life.

Your Majesty, please take a look.

Uncle.

The handwriting matches yours.

Do you have anything else to say?

Your Majesty.

I have never written this letter, nor have I been in touch

with the Tea Gang.

Ning Yuxuan.

Don't think that a random forged letter can be used as evidence.

You know better than anyone else whether it's forged or not.

How can you prove it?

Ning Yuxuan.

What Uncle said makes sense.

Letters can indeed be forged.

Do you have any other evidence?

Your Majesty.

In addition to physical evidence,

I also have testimony of a witness.

Good.

Bring the witness here.

Greetings to Your Majesty.

Get up.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Lord Tan.

Why are you so surprised?

Did Lord Tan send you to rescue me?

Yes.

Lord Tan sent me here.

I know that he didn't give up on me.

What are you doing?

Let me out.

But I'm not here to save you.

♪ Summer stars, autumn night ♪

♪ Who is wandering under the moon in my heart ♪

♪ The deepest story with the shallowest goodbye ♪

♪ After passing by, I can only meet you in my dream ♪

♪ The wind can't breeze the long street of time ♪

♪ The burning yearning will never cool ♪

♪ Two hearts meet again foreshadowing love ♪

♪ How can I describe it when we look into each other's eyes ♪

♪ Take a life time to write the story ♪

♪ Together with you ♪

♪ Company you ♪

♪ Just for your glance and smile ♪

♪ The first promise means the forever love ♪

♪ Fireworks all over the sky light up your night ♪

♪ Take a life time ♪

♪ To write the story with you gradually ♪

♪ Just like this ♪

♪ Our love goes on and on ♪

♪ The day we first met, the year when we get old ♪

♪ My heart and my love will never vanish ♪

♪ My heart and my love will never vanish ♪