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♪ I walk across the mountains with elegant footsteps ♪

♪ How much time has passed unknowingly ♪

♪ There's loneliness hidden behind your smile ♪

♪ I'm unable to guess the fire in the water ♪

♪ I'm afraid my youth fades with the wind ♪

♪ Searching the cause and ignoring the results ♪

♪ Asked where I'm from and where I'll be going ♪

♪ I can't say nor can I escape from myself that I don't know about ♪

♪ Who am I in the past ♪

♪ Who will recognise my face ♪

♪ The person that you know ♪

♪ Is it even me and who am I living for ♪

Maiden Holmes

Episode 10

Detective Su.

Here she is.

It was you

who found Ms. Xu was dead?

I went to serve her wash up as usual this morning.

But no one responded

insides.

I knocked the door open

and I discovered that Ms. Xu...

She was already...

When was the last time you saw her?

That was,

before she went to bed last night.

I served her wash up as usual.

Was there anything ususual before that?

Sometimes

she would stare out the window in a daze.

She would occasionally smile to herself.

She thought she was going to be the Princess Consort Qi.

I supposed she was happy.

Besides,

was there anything else?

Nothing else.

But

she often said the sound of rain here was nice.

Perhaps because she used to stay in Northern Xinjiang.

So it must be something new to her.

The sound of rain?

Was it a sunny or rainy day at that time?

It was a rainy day.

Your Majesty.

How will you deal with Xu Zhi's death?

I've asked the Mingjing Office to investigate in full scale.

Before that,

Your Majesty, if you intend to comfort Marquis Zhenyuan,

I'm afraid this isn't enough.

So uncle, what do you suggest?

Xu Zhi was killed in the palace.

The imperial guards should be responsible.

I suggest

to dismiss Fu Ziyou

Commander of the Imperial Guards

to show your attitude.

Well...

It allows no hesitation.

Marquis Zhenyuan commands a massive military force.

If he bears any animosity,

it might lead to endless disasters.

Your Majesty.

If so, demote him.

Let's revisit the issue again

when this is all over.

Sure, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Prince Qi is waiting for your summon.

Send him in.

Yes.

Prince Qi, this way, please.

Your Majesty.

Uncle.

You're here, Yanzhi.

Your Majesty.

I shall take my leave.

Your Majesty.

I've just demoted Commander Fu.

Uncle said

that we needed to answer to it.

Ms. Xu's death has caused an uproar in the palace.

It's rumoured that her life was taken by the devil.

Don't believe in supernatural beings.

Of course, I won't.

But Marquis Zhenyuan loved her daughter dearly.

He might blame it on you.

Brother, have you prepared for it?

I didn't want her to die,

but she died because of me.

If Marquis Zhenyuan blames me,

I should accept it.

Someone wouldn't let Ms. Xu to be Princess Consort Qi.

So they would resort to different means.

But they chose the most vicious one!

Have you thought about the reason?

Both sides suffered great losses.

Even if it raises others' suspicion,

they want to ensure no one with unsuitable status

dare to think about marrying Prince Qi.

Little Su.

Brother Pei, you are here.

I'm here with Prince Qi to deal with some things.

It's about Xu Zhi, right?

Are you in charge of this case?

I'm going to the office for an autopsy with Rushuang.

Why don't you come with us?

You could inform Prince Qi if we would have any news.

All right.

The scar extends from the neck to the back of the ear.

Her nails are frayed and broken.

She must have struggled

before she was hanged.

It matches the shoes print on the stool.

Why is this tied from the outside?

Someone is trying to mislead us.

Brother Su.

What is this?

I could smell the scent of rouge and powder.

Brother Pei, take a sniff

and see if you can figure out what it is.

The scent is very special.

It's my first time coming across this scent.

Rushuang.

Collect some and examine it.

All right.

I need to go out.

Where are you going?

To question Qu Linjiang.

He drew a portrait of Xu Zhi before.

Qu Linjiang? He's a friend of mine.

I'll go with you.

This is...

I'm Su Ci from Mingjing Office.

I would like to ask you a few questions

about the murder of Ms. Xu Zhi.

Ms. Xu was killed?

Yes.

She was such a pure and smart woman.

What a shame.

How many times did you contact with her?

Only once.

I was ordered to draw her portrait.

Was she acting as usual?

Ms. Xu

was graceful and well-mannered.

Nothing unusual.

Where were you last night?

Last night, I was working on my beauty portrait

at my place

and tried to find a way to perfect it.

My boy servant can testify for me.

This beauty portrait...

Brother Qu is determined to draw a portrait

to capture the beauty of the world.

He has been painting it for many years.

Qu.

It's okay to let Detective Su take a look at it, right?

It's so beautiful.

But why haven't the eyes been drawn yet?

The eyes of the beautiful lady must be charming,

lifelike, dark and bright.

I have been searching for years

but found nothing.

Brother Qu is very particular about

every feature of his portrait.

I wonder

when will he be able to find it.

No.

I have found it.

Sirs, please come upstairs.

Cosmetics Store Have you heard?

Someone killed herself in the wedding gown again.

Which girl is it this time?

I heard it's Marquis Zhenyuan's daughter.

Her name is Xu Zhi.

That's so spooky.

Miss.

Could you take a look at this box of powder?

What about it?

I detected the ingredients of animal fat and cinnabar

from it.

So I guess this is a box of lip rouge.

Indeed.

But it's slightly different from those in my store.

How so?

Here.

I'll get my product for you to make a comparison.

You'll see.

Thank you.

Mansion of Marquis Zhenyuan

Respect

Marquis.

My condolences.

Marquis.

I'm here to extend my apologies.

You should apologise.

It's my fault for letting this happen.

It's all because of me.

However you're mad at me,

I deserve it.

Do you think

that I'm mad at you

for not keeping Zhi safe?

No.

When I met you a few years ago,

you weren't the one sticking to social rules.

You were magnanimous and optimistic.

I thought

there would be a well-ordered administration.

I never thought you would change

and degenerate.

Pretentious.

Manipulating power.

I'm willing to take your advice.

With your intelligence,

how would you not know

that someone was using the Empress Dowager

to lay a trap for the selection of your consort?

But you protected no one but yourself.

Have you ever wondered

the destiny of the pawns in this game?

You'd rather be an onlooker.

But you never thought

about being the one to end it.

Marquis.

You've misunderstood him.

Shut up.

I thought you had the passion of a soldier.

You're such a big letdown.

I'm deeply ashamed.

Go.

Xu Zhi's memorial tablet

My beloved daughter

was wrong about you.

I'm sure your mom will like the gift I picked for her.

Don't worry.

How thoughtful of you.

Your Highness.

Why didn't you say anything

or give him an explanation?

Marquis has lived with honor all his life.

He's grieving the loss of a child.

It's fine to take

whatever scolding he has.

But

That's enough.

Let's go back.

I have found out that the powder

scraped from the wedding gown

was a unique lip rouge in Northern Xinjiang.

This lip rouge is different from ours

because the extraction method is more complex

and the colour lasts longer.

So it is very popular among the nobles.

I cross-checked it with Detective Chen today.

We found this box of lip rouge

from Ms. Xu's room.

Lip rouge?

I just smell something fishy about this.

I'm sure Ms. Xu didn't commit suicide.

Why would you say that?

When I was on the street today,

I heard a lot of people talking about it

and they were spreading fear.

They said her life was taken by the devil.

Like being possessed by a ghost bride.

It was talked by different people.

But the story was the same.

I think someone must be

spreading the rumours

to confuse the people

so that he could just bluff his way

out of it amid the chaos.

Here, Detective Su.

Rushuang.

Thank you.

Rushuang.

Your reasoning ability is getting better now.

That's showing off in front of an expert.

This is nothing as compared to you.

Thank you.

Let's eat.

Brother Pei.

You can't eat this.

Is something bothering you?

No.

Perhaps, I've been too tired lately.

It's quite easy to tell apart

if one is tired or being preoccupied.

You...

Brother Su!

How is it?

I found something.

Take a look.

All right.

I've been investigating on similar cases lately

before I heard

about Ms. Xu's case.

This murderer

has lost his sanity.

He has got his way into the palace now.

Here.

Brother Xie.

Drink some soup.

Xu Zhi's death

seems different.

How so?

Xu Zhi's case

has many similarities.

But

this murderer left too many traces behind.

It's completely different from the former cases.

Also, it's obvious

that someone put on the wedding gown for her.

It's very different from Lady Jing and Ms. Lin.

So Xu Zhi was probably not...

Here. Take a look.

Jumping over the walls.

Poisoning.

Hanging oneself.

Drowning.

Swallowing gold.

In all these suspected cases,

the murderer's methods of committing the crime

were different.

But Ms. Xu's death was the same as Lady Jing's.

They both hanged themselves.

Judging from these cases,

the methods of death for each victim

were carefully planned.

This murderer

must be someone meticulous

who's after perfection.

Someone like this

would not allow his ritual

to be interrupted.

Ms. Xu was the most popular candidate

to be Prince Qi's consort.

Now that she's been murdered.

Everyone in the capital knew about it.

I'm afraid no family will dare

to allow their daughters

to marry Prince Qi now.

That's exactly what the murderer wanted

so that he could use this

to cover up his real motive of killing Ms. Xu.

But

is it that easy

to commit murder in the palace?

It's the selection of princess consort

and the palace is heavily guarded.

The murderer

is unlikely to be an outsider.

Is it possible

that Ms. Xu was too popular

and the other candidates were jealous of her?

That's possible.

All right now.

We won't be able to figure it out now.

Let's get some rest first.

Help yourselves.

Young Master.

I'll get back to work too.

This is...

Brother Pei!

It has a great impact on you, right?

It's fine.

Don't worry about me.

Go back and get some rest.

Acting tough.

It's obvious something is up.

Brother Pei.

Are you asleep?

Come on in.

Little Su.

Here. Take a seat.

Is something bothering you?

No.

You're not the kind of person drowning the sorrows.

Little Su.

I can take care of it myself.

Don't worry about me.

You're helping around with Xu Zhi's case too, right?

Brother Pei.

I remember you once told me

not to take it alone if I encounter any problems.

You remembers

my words so well.

I have always had a good memory.

The government has become panic-stricken now.

So Prince Qi is affected by it.

I've been running around for this matter.

The conflict in the government

brings disaster to the innocent.

Prince Qi is implicated in it.

I'm sure he's been put in a bad spot.

Prince Qi

did have an inescapable responsibility.

I heard

that Marquis Zhenyuan argued with His Majesty.

Would it put Prince Qi in the spot?

Not really.

The Marquis was right.

My colleagues were discussing about this.

The Marquis commanded a massive military force.

-If he used this to... -Little Su.

He wouldn't do that.

It's precisely because he's an upright person.

That's why he put pressure on His Majesty

in a direct manner.

If he was up to no good,

he would have left the capital by now.

Brother Pei.

I'll surely find out the truth as soon as possible

so that Prince Qi will not be put on the spot.

Little Su.

Thank you.

Brother Pei.

Why don't you buy a love lock?

You'll be locked together for a lifetime

and no one can tear you apart.

Brother Pei.

I just recalled

that I've got things to do.

I have to go.

Don't drink anymore.

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The button on the robe, the lip rouge stains on the wedding gown

I get it now.

Detective Su,

why did you ask me here?

Just routine inquiries.

Don't worry.

Detective Su.

If there's anything else you want to ask,

I'll surely tell you everything I know.

Do you know all the things

that Ms. Xu used to carry around with her?

Ever since Ms. Xu entered the palace,

I was the one who took care of everything for her.

Of course, I know.

Here's the thing.

When we were checking Ms. Xu's belongings,

we discovered

that a few things have gone.

My Lord, you may not know that.

The candidates of concubine would bring their belongings

to grease the palms of others.

So did Ms. Xu.

What did she bring?

To whom did she give them to?

My Lord.

She brought some jewellery

and gave them to other candidates of concubine.

Ms. Xu was a kind person.

She even gave me some.

No powder or rouge?

No.

Just some pearl hairpins.

What happened to your fingers?

I got in on my fingers

when I applied the lip rouge this morning.

Sorry about that.

It's fine.

Wipe it off.

Can't wipe it off?

It's fine.

It's just harder to remove.

I can wash it off later.

There's actually a lip rouge so hard to remove.

Girls' things.

It's normal if you don't know.

But I'm just curious.

Why don't you wipe off

the lip rouge on your lips?

My Lord.

I might have mistaken it.

This should be Ms. Xu's lip rouge.

My Lord,

Ms. Xu's lip rouge is not only nice in colour,

it's also very hard to remove.

I see.

Detective Chen.

Yes.

So why is there

the same lip rouge stains on your clothes?

It probably got on my clothes

when I put on makeup for Ms. Xu.

But as far as I know,

Ms. Xu had obsession with cleanliness.

She never let anyone put on makeup for her.

Well.

I probably got it elsewhere!

You said

that Ms. Xu never gave anyone

her powder and lip rouge in the palace.

No, I...

Also...

how do you explain

that the pattern on your dress

is exactly the same as the begonia pattern

on Ms. Xu's wedding gown?

The people from Palace Clothing Bureau

said that this pattern was designed by them.

It's unique.

You plotted everything down to the tiniest detail

that you've even had it thought out

to wear the wedding shoes and stand on the stool.

But you never would have expected

that a small box of lip rouge

from Northern Xinjiang

would leave behind such hard evidence

on you.

Detective Su.

Detective Su, spare me.

I bet all my fortune

on the candidates of Prince Qi's consort.

I can't lose.

Detective Su, spare my life.

Detective Su, spare my life.

So it was her the murder?

My Lord.

I have compiled the details

into a file.

Please go through it.

Do you think I would believe

that you would dare to kill my daughter

for just a small bet?

My Lord, spare my life.

That small money might mean nothing to you.

But it's my everything!

Stop pretending!

I have seen all the dark dirty secrets in the palace!

Tell me the truth.

Who ordered you to do it?

No one!

No one.

I can give you whatever they offered you.

If they threaten you,

I can help you with it

as long as you tell us the truth.

I can even

spare your life.

No.

No.

No.

I never thought you would change

and degenerate.

Pretentious.

Manipulating power.

But you protected no one but yourself.

Have you ever wondered

the destiny of the pawns in this game?

You'd rather be an onlooker.

But you never thought about being the one to end it.

What the marquis said was right on point.

I, Xiao Yanzhi, should go against the trend

instead of dealing with power

and treading with caution

every single day.

Respect

Marquis.

Zhi.

To enter the palace for the selection,

she said to me,

"I can't spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you this year."

But right now, she's...

Marquis.

I know you don't want to see me.

Since you know that,

why are you here?

I'm here to thank you.

Thank me

or thank my daughter for sparing you?

I'm here to thank you

for your priceless advice.

My priceless advice?

You really think so?

Back then, when I returned from the battle at Honggu,

everyone in the government got all jittery.

I thought that was lame.

So I gave up my military power.

A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.

Suspicion

did not stop because of this.

Indeed.

I can't cut off ties with the government.

Given the unstable political environment,

I still have unfinished business

and I have no choice but to deal with it.

This is the real cause of suspicion.

That's your own problem.

How does it concern me?

Marquis.

You reminded me

to end the game.

A real man

should lead an honourable life.

Although I disdain the power manipulators,

I have to live and play by their rules.

Not only it's lame,

I'm sick of it too.

Marquis.

This is another plot as well.

What do you mean by that?

The people behind this know your temperament.

So they killed two birds with one stone.

Not only they ruined our marriage alliance,

they drove a wedge between you and the royal family.

So when the government is in danger,

there'll be no assistance from the north.

Marquis, you've guarded Northern Xinjiang so long.

You have high prestige, you are loyal and patriotic.

You're crucial in keeping the Liang Dynasty stable.

Onlookers are under the control.

But the ones who crack it can take control of others.

Marquis.

Isn't that what you've taught me?

Zhi

was innocent.

Am I suppose

to just let things slide?

Marquis.

The people behind are well hidden now.

But I, Xiao Yanzhi

hereby swear

that I will pursue this matter to the bitter end

and bring justice to Xu Zhi.

My Lord.

Marquis Zhenyuan will leave the capital soon.

How come he can keep his composure?

Prince Qi visited him

and apologised to him.

I never thought

he would be able to see through my plan.

My Lord.

The one who solved Xu Zhi's case

was a young officer of Mingjing Office.

His name is Su Ci.

Su Ci?

Mingjing Office?

What's his story?

He has solved several major cases in the past few years

known as the great young detective in the capital.

When in Qingshui County,

he has been by Prince Qi's side.

It looks like he is Prince Qi's secret agent.

Dig up everything on him.

Get rid of him once you find out anything.

I believe Your Majesty

have heard about my daughter's murder.

Yes.

I've asked the Mingjing Office to investigate in full scale.

They'll surely bring you justice.

I suspect

that someone rigged the selection of concubine,

manipulated power

and killed my daughter.

Marquis.

Your Majesty.

I'm a military man.

I won't beat around the bush.

I thought

my daughter acted against the rules

and broke taboo.

At most, she'd be disqualified and be sent home.

But I never thought

this would be an eternal goodbye.

Right now

I beg you, Your Majesty.

Even if things couldn't be brought to light,

Please give me justice in the end.

♪ Through the rain and dust ♪

♪ A deep love I feel for you ♪

You're in grief right now.

I won't blame you for that.

I'll surely have this investigated

and bring you justice.

♪ A promise for life from both of us ♪

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I

shall take my leave.

♪ I will never disappoint you for life ♪

♪ Feeling lonely and left out ♪

♪ The whimpering of the flute and the faraway star ♪

♪ I don't know when I'll return as long as my travel goes on ♪

♪ I dream of coming back every night ♪

♪ Through the rain and dust ♪

♪ A deep love I feel for you ♪

♪ Looking at the vast lands and sighing out of loneliness ♪

♪ Where can I go to find you ♪

♪ A promise for life from both of us ♪

♪ After many separations and gatherings ♪

♪ I will never disappoint you when we meet again ♪

♪ For life ♪