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[A Journey To Love]

[Episode 4]

When you killed Lou Qingqiang yesterday,

why did you say he was the first one?

He was the first one to bully and kill Ling Long

in the branch.

Ling Long?

Is she...

your White Sparrow sister?

But you shouldn't have done it at that time.

I know better than anyone

when is the best time to do it.

You can't even do your job well as a White Sparrow.

I'm the best assassin.

Except assassination,

I'm indeed not good at other things.

Then why would the best assassin

do something stupid like coming back

and exposing her martial arts skills easily?

Because Yuan Lu reminded me.

You killed Zhao Ji.

And he was the second one.

I hate owing people favors.

I see.

Then we're even.

Now you've become

the chief of Liudao Hall again.

Why would you let me go?

Because this decision has been made

before I became the chief.

And you've shamelessly

given all you have.

I'll take it as doing good deeds.

But your biggest luck is

your characteristics don't match

any of the enemies of Palace of Hell or Liudao Hall.

Otherwise,

I wouldn't have been that kind.

You are so soft-hearted.

No wonder you were betrayed by someone like Zhao Ji.

You too.

You're a top killer,

but you're willing to start over.

And for a White Sparrow,

you went to kill Liudao Hall's chief.

You're not that smart either.

Are you a traitor of Scarlet Guards?

I'm nobody.

I'm just a dead person.

All right.

I hope we go our separate ways

and never meet again.

Then...

can I stay?

You want to save the emperor of Wu, right?

In a few days,

my internal force will gradually recover.

Take me with you.

I can do many things for you.

I know a lot of things

in the harem and court of the State of An.

You want to disguise yourself in the delegation

to avoid Mr. Yue's hunt, right?

I just want to know who Mr. Yue is.

This person

sold out

Scarlet Guards' Wu Capital Branch to you.

Only Zhao Ji and his followers

know who Mr. Yue is.

But most of them are dead.

However,

Yuan Lu and our shadow scouts have found out

Mr. Yue is about 3 inches taller than you.

Mr. Yue always shows up

with a mask and a cloak.

Mr. Yue came to Wu Capital from the State of An 3 years ago.

Judging from Mr. Yue's martial arts skills,

Mr. Yue is at least a Purple Emissary.

Can you investigate one more thing for me?

I have a very important friend,

who was suddenly murdered a few years ago.

But before she died,

she just wouldn't tell me who the murderer is.

I want to avenge her.

You're so smart,

and you have powerful Hell Path and Palace of Hell.

Can you...

No.

I told you what I told you

to make you owe me a favor,

so that you can keep the secret of the delegation for me.

As for you,

our delegation doesn't need an assassin.

You have too many secrets,

and my mission is too important.

The best way for us to get along

is

to go our separate ways.

By the way,

is Mr. Yue the third one?

It's none of your business.

Pretty.

Yes, of course I am pretty.

Why are you

either fat or old?

It's been a long time.

You didn't set high requirements for yourselves,

right?

As long as it's reasonable,

we can tailor our uniforms.

Why?

Boss.

It makes me look much better.

Everything is ready.

Am I pretty?

You look pretty energetic.

Chief.

Stand up. Stand up and talk.

Boss Ning,

I feel guilty towards other brothers of Heaven Path.

If it were me instead of Chai Ming

who protected His Majesty from the arrow,

they wouldn't have been left on the beach by An people

and died in a foreign land

with an accusation of treason.

For the men of Liudao Hall,

it doesn't matter where we die,

unless we return to our hometowns in glory.

The mission this time is for both the people and them.

We will clear the name of Heaven Path.

You and Du stay in the headquarters.

Get ready to support us at any time.

Okay.

Bring me wine.

First, it's for the Heaven and Earth.

Second, it's for our comrades.

Third, it's for sending us off.

Bottoms up.

Let's go.

[Ning Residence]

Let's set off.

Really?

You didn't drink much wine, but you look weak.

Boss caught a cold when he was in prison and tortured.

He hasn't recovered yet.

Do you think

he has so many different kinds

of women to take care of him? Just like you?

Boss, are you okay?

I'm fine.

Lu,

don't be envious.

I can teach you if you want to learn.

But first,

you need to call me Master Shisan.

No need.

Qian. Qian.

Prescribe some medicine for Boss Ning.

I only know how to cure diseases. I don't know what to do with love sickness.

I'm afraid he's like this

because he doesn't want to be parted from his beautiful cousin.

Cousin?

Beautiful?

Qian.

Boss, are you okay?

I'm okay.

What cousin?

Prime Minister Zhang said it himself. How could it be wrong?

Boss,

has Ruyi really left?

Yes.

Did she tell you her true identity

when she left?

It's probably what I guessed.

When she mentioned the 3 words,

she was very cold.

But when she avenged her friend,

she was very determined.

I guess she's an abandoned pawn.

That's why she has such complicated feelings.

Feelings?

What's so complicated about feelings?

Qian Zhao,

where is the emperor of An now?

After he captured Xu, Cai, and Jing cities,

his military strength reached its limit.

After sending some soldiers to guard the cities,

he led the An army back to the capital.

I think he has arrived in Guideyuan by now.

His Majesty is also with the army.

Okay.

Let's go.

[Guideyuan, the State of An]

Greetings, Father.

Congratulations on your prestige

and triumphant return.

Good.

[The second prince of An, Prince Luoxi, Li Zhenye]

[The first prince of An, Prince Hedong, Li Shouji]

[Noble Consort Chu]

Soldiers, thank you for your hard work.

Let's drink.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, do you like the wine?

It's bitter and astringent.

It's hard to swallow it.

Both good and evil people

are here at the national banquet of the State of An.

It's inappropriate.

The war is over. The people won't suffer anymore.

Even though it's inappropriate, what can you do about it?

Maybe you need to be a guest in the State of An

for decades.

You'd better get used to it as soon as possible.

Tongguang has grown up suddenly.

Looks like I should find him

a noble lady as soon as possible.

I don't think that's enough.

This time, he made the greatest contribution

to capturing the emperor of Wu alive.

Apart from finding him a beauty,

I'm afraid

you should also promote him as Duke.

Let's drink.

It hasn't been easy for Tongguang.

After all, half of your bloodline comes from Wu people.

Brother, don't be ridiculous.

Tongguang is the only child of Aunt Qingning.

Father has granted the royal family name to him. He's extremely noble.

He has no Wu people's bloodline.

Everyone here knows

his biological father

is a lowly paramour from Wu, right?

Brother,

you're drunk.

Prince Hedong, you are very humorous.

You really believe those rumors.

Tongguang,

let's drink.

Soldiers, raise your cups.

Thank you.

Let's drink.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

[Li Tongguang's camp]

You are hard on yourself every time you're in a bad mood.

What on earth did your master

teach you?

The old man is asleep?

Yes.

Why else can I come here?

Come out now.

The water is so cold.

Compared with my mother

and those jerks who mocked me,

the water is much warmer.

We haven't seen each other for months.

Do you miss me?

Do you miss me?

Of course I miss you.

Otherwise, do you think it's that old man I miss?

Back then, that old man

married me

for the power of Shaxi Tribe.

I had been stupid for 3 years.

I became clear-headed long ago.

Are you avoiding me?

If you don't want to see me,

I'm leaving.

You think too much again.

I just want to get this hairpin.

I found this on the emperor of Wu

when I captured him alive.

It's from the previous dynasty.

The empress of Wu loves it.

He kept it with him as a souvenir.

I hid it secretly

for today.

I'm giving it to you,

hoping you can become the empress as soon as possible.

Thank you.

I like it very much.

But you know

he won't let me be the empress.

The harem is full of noble ladies from different tribes.

He wants to balance the power of the tribes.

That's why he always said

he misses my cousin Empress Zhaojie

and he loves her deeply

because they are husband and wife.

The empress dowager is also the head of the harem.

And she is more powerful than the empress.

Since you don't like the old man's penchant for violence and cruelty,

let's work together

to destroy the 2 princes.

If I become the empress dowager,

I will make your wish of ending wars come true.

You hate wars of injustice.

If you become Cabinet Grand Secretary,

the State of An can stay away from the misfortune of wars.

One person waging war makes it difficult for the world to be at peace.

I'm not greedy for power.

I only wish for peace.

[Luming Posthouse]

Greetings, Chief.

Brothers, stand up.

Yuanzhou.

Yuanzhou.

Your Highness.

Watch your manners.

[Auspiciousness in All Seasons]

Yuanzhou.

Your Highness.

Why... Why are you back to the capital so soon?

Why did you come here all of a sudden?

Who are you?

I am Ning Yuanzhou, Commander of Left Guards

and Chief of Liudao Hall.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Yuanzhou, stand up.

Stand up.

I received the secret order of Prime Minister Zhang.

I'm here to make sure you enter the State of An safely

and welcome His Majesty back to the State of Wu.

From now on, I will be in charge

of everything of the delegation.

[The chief clerk of the delegation: Chief Clerk Du]

Yes, My Lord.

I'm Ms. Ming. Greetings, Mr. Ning.

Yuanzhou,

I'm really scared.

Every day, Chief Clerk Du told me

after we arrive in the State of An,

maybe there will be assassins.

Will I die?

Your Highness, you should know your noble status.

And you shouldn't address Mr. Ning like that.

Don't worry.

We are here, right?

This is Sun Lang.

From today onwards,

he will officially join the delegation

to protect you.

As we leave the capital,

there will be more informants of Scarlet Guards.

So in order to make things easier,

we will disguise ourselves,

so that

we can cooperate with the delegation.

After the war,

there is an acute shortage of herbs.

So we will disguise ourselves

as herb merchants from the State of Chu,

who are worried that there would be danger along the way.

So we've decided

to go with the delegation.

And we can be companions.

Qian Zhao of Heaven Path will disguise himself as a guard of the caravan.

You know Yuan Lu. He will disguise himself as a footboy.

And this one...

I'm the most important accountant of the caravan,

Yu Shisan.

Nice to meet you.

I want to give you a gift.

I picked it outside just now.

Your Highness, I hope you can feel calm

when you see these beautiful flowers.

Here.

Take it.

Her Highness didn't look well just now.

What did the doctor say?

She has been depressed

and weak

since she left the capital.

We came in a hurry this time.

We didn't bring an imperial physician.

Besides,

considering the situation of the princess,

we can't just invite a civilian doctor.

Please forgive me, Your Highness.

I didn't mean to get sick.

But I couldn't eat or sleep well along the way.

And Chief Clerk Du and Ms. Ming would teach me every day.

And they would force me to learn things about the State of An.

Then how did it go?

Not bad.

Nothing serious.

I think it's the incoordination between the spleen and the stomach

due to the bumpy ride.

That's good.

Listen. Later,

prescribe some medicine for Her Highness.

Okay.

Your Highness, I'm gonna ask you some questions as a test.

How many princes are there in the State of An?

What are their titles?

3.

One is called Xiluo...

Prince Luoxi.

The other 2...

are...

I remembered them just now.

I just can't remember them all of a sudden.

Boss,

didn't Qian say

Her Highness is too tired due to the bumpy ride?

Why don't you let Her Highness rest first

and give her a test another day?

Okay.

Your Highness, since you are tired,

we should leave.

Ding Hui, come here.

Yes.

Lords,

you failed your duties.

I'm sorry for being incompetent.

Her Highness hasn't been feeling well lately.

I can't force her to learn.

That's right.

Her Highness is too weak.

And she always misses the capital.

She cries and has a fever every time she's anxious.

I've reminded her many times.

But her intelligence quotient is really limited.

Actually, Her Highness is quite smart.

It's just that there are so many things to learn.

She doesn't know where she should start.

Ms. Ming and I

will try harder tomorrow to teach Her Highness.

Yes.

What do you plan to teach Her Highness?

The grudges between Wu and the State of An

and the general resume of the officials above the third rank of the State of An.

The temperament of the emperor of An,

the situation of the harem,

and the situations of the princes.

That's it?

That's all?

You don't plan to tell her about Scarlet Guards?

You don't plan to tell her

how many parties there are in the court of the State of An?

You don't plan to tell her

what we should do if someone deliberately makes things difficult

after we arrive in the State of An?

You only plan to tell her about the situations of the officials above the third rank.

Let me remind you.

General Zhongwu, Marquis Changqing,

who captured His Majesty,

is just a sub-third-rank official.

How dare you!

You are disrespectful.

His Majesty just went north to hunt.

Fine.

Go on. What else do you plan to teach her?

Her Majesty was worried that Her Highness can't remember all of them if we teach too many things.

So she asked me to teach Her Highness the most important things.

After all, the duty of Her Highness

is just to pay the ransom.

Mr. Du will be responsible for the negotiation with the State of An.

That's right.

In the eyes of the people,

Prince Li has been ignorant of politics since childhood.

If she is too smart,

it will make An people suspect her.

If Prince Li

is someone who easily cries,

do you think whether An people will suspect her or not?

What do you plan to tell Her Highness

about Noble Consort Chu of the State of An?

Noble Consort Chu?

Noble Consort Chu is Duke Chu's little sister.

She went into the imperial palace 3 years ago and is the emperor's favorite.

She likes horse riding and archery, and she's good at seducing men.

Enough.

Thank you.

Mr. Du,

how do you plan to negotiate with An people

after we arrive in the State of An?

I will make them understand with reason and move them with emotion.

And of course, I'll give them the ransom.

If they still won't let him go

after you do these things,

and they even detain everyone in the delegation,

what should we do?

If this really happens,

I will go straight to the court

and criticize the emperor of the State of An for going back on his word

in front of the officials of the State of An.

And then I'll die calmly

to prove my loyalty to His Majesty.

That's right.

Since we left the capital,

we've known that we may not be able to go back.

Well said.

Where are our rooms?

Go straight to the court and criticizing the emperor of An?

He must have read too many novels. How can he do that?

If An people want to make things difficult,

they just need

to put the delegation under house arrest in the posthouse.

None of us can get out.

Let's make a bet.

After our princess arrives in the State of An like this,

how many days will it take for them to find out her real identity?

I think it'll take 1 day.

Boss Ning is in charge now.

I think it'll take at least 2 days.

An hour at most.

This female official doesn't even respect Her Highness.

How can she teach her well?

The princess grew up in the cold palace.

She is so pitiful.

Look.

I knew you didn't ask me out because it's a simple task.

But Prince Danyang is really cunning.

He doesn't want Her Highness to go back,

but he doesn't want it to be too obvious either.

So he asked Chief Clerk Du here.

He is a loyal official, but is not flexible.

If we screw it up,

there will be nothing we can do.

What should we do?

What should we do?

We can't replace Chief Clerk Du.

We need to think of a way as soon as possible

to ask the empress

to send a competent female official here.

There is no one else.

There are only a few competent female officials in the palace.

Unless you want to make an excuse

to ask Ms. Pei, your childhood sweetheart, to come here.

Well...

But she seems to be engaged.

It's inappropriate, right?

Of course it's not appropriate.

Forget it.

It'll be nice

if a beauty

who knows everything about the State of An

comes to us now.

Take me with you.

I can do many things for you.

The first one.

I know a lot of things

in the harem and the court of the State of An.

Yuan Lu,

send a message to Jiang Qiong in the headquarters immediately.

Ask him to strictly interrogate Zhao Ji's followers recalled.

We must find out where Mr. Yue is.

Yes.

[Zhiyun Cloth Store]

Miss, please come in.

Xiaosi.

We have guests.

Okay.

Come in, please.

[Kaiyang Branch of Scarlet Guards]

I've sent shadow scouts.

My Lord, please rest assured.

Once that person shows up,

kill her.

But the people of Liudao Hall have all retreated.

I'm worried that something might happen.

Are you scared?

I dare not.

But...

you said the person who escaped

has All-Purpose Antidote.

Could she be a Purple Emissary?

[Scarlet Guard: Yu]

So what?

Even if she is a Scarlet Emissary,

she still has to die

since she has ruined our lord's plan.

Yes.

I'm gonna go take a look.

Miss, what kind of silk do you want?

Xiaosi.

I'm sorry.

Our shop is closed today.

I'm sorry.

In every palace hall the green moss grows.

Heaven would have grown old were it moved to emotions.

Lord Ren,

you are still alive.

This is great.

I need to send an urgent message back to the headquarters.

Do you have a pigeon?

Yes.

Let me take you to the secret chamber.

Please.

Please.

Who is she?

It's you.

You know her?

She's the star of Lanfang Pavilion on West Street.

She's good at oral stunts.

Tell me.

Why did you come here?

Why do you have the cypher? And how do you know the code words?

This morning,

a woman gave me a tael of gold.

She asked me to learn some words from her

and then come here.

Oh no.

Oh no.

Left Emissary asked her here on purpose.

None of us can live now.

Left Emissary?

Left Emissary Chen?

No.

It's...

It's Ren Xin, Left Emissary Ren.

Impossible. She died long ago.

Take me back to An Capital. Now!

My Lord, who is Ren Xin?

Don't mention her name.

We are lucky enough

that we can go back to the State of An safely

with these gold.

Why are you so afraid of her?

You've only joined Scarlet Guards for 2 years.

Of course you don't know how scary she was.

In the eyes of our generation of Scarlet Guards,

she is a legend.

Back then,

[The young Ren Xin]

she was just an ordinary Scarlet Guard.

But she made great contributions to the State of An

as she fought against foreign enemies.

Because of this, Commander

promoted her as a Purple Emissary directly.

She is the most successful assassin

in the history of Scarlet Guards.

As long as it's her,

there's nothing she can't accomplish.

Prince Xin of Nanping and Empress Dowager Yuan of the State of Chu

were both killed by her.

Later, she conquered

the military governors of Fengxiang, Dingnan, and Baosheng

in a row within a month.

His Majesty personally named her Left Emissary of the headquarters.

But why have I never heard of her?

She suddenly had an evil intention 5 years ago.

She went to assassinate Empress Zhaojie.

After she was arrested, she burnt herself in the imperial prison.

His Majesty was furious

and issued an imperial edict to crush her bones.

He also ordered everyone

not to mention her name again.

But I never thought

she is still alive.

What's going on?

Yu.

You lured me here on purpose.

I was foolish.

You are alone in the dark.

I am in the light and have many followers.

You deliberately lured me out of the branch in Kaiyang.

Then you attacked me halfway. You got me at one blow.

Left Emissary Ren, you deserve your reputation.

Who are you?

I'm Yue Sanniang, a Purple Emissary of the branch in the State of Wu.

When you were in trouble in Yaoyue Pavilion,

I was just an ordinary Scarlet Guard.

I didn't have the chance to be summoned by you.

Since you know me,

you should know what I'm capable of.

Tell me.

As the head of the branch in the State of Wu,

why did you betray your followers

and make 47 people of the Wu Capital Branch

lose their lives?

I dare not act on my own.

This was an order from the headquarters.

My life is in danger. Why would I lie to you?

Last year, the Wu Capital Branch

received 2,000 taels of gold through me

to bribe Eunuch Hu, who serves the emperor of Wu.

But it's 5,000 taels of gold

on the account book of the headquarters.

Someone in the headquarters committed corruption?

Yes.

A Purple Emissary in the Wu Capital Branch

found out about this.

The headquarters was afraid of her reporting this,

so they ordered me to kill her.

In order to complete the mission perfectly,

I asked Liudao Hall for a collaboration.

They also wanted to take this opportunity to make contributions.

So we reached a partnership.

The people of Liudao Hall gave you 3,000 taels

in exchange for the lives of 47 people.

Ms. Yue,

that was really a good deal.

Please forgive me.

Don't you want to know

who committed corruption in the headquarters?

Will you tell me?

As long as you spare my life,

I'll tell you everything I know.

That person is...

You can't even hold your sword steadily.

Looks like the efficacy of the All-Purpose Antidote still exists.

You really don't have any internal force.

Kill her!

Ruyi.

Who is that person in the headquarters?

I won't tell you.

If he can't reach me,

he will naturally find out about you.

You went to catch up with the princess, right?

Why are you here?

We were worried about you.

So we specially came to you.

So you've realized you need me?

And you regret not making a deal with me?

Anyway,

do as you said that day.

You teach Her Highness everything about the State of An.

And I will help you find out

who killed your benefactor.

I've changed the price.

You also need to send someone to Shengzhou

to take my godmother

to her parents' home in Fu County and help her settle down,

and ensure my safety before I arrive in An Capital.

No problem.

But I need to check the result first.

Before we enter the State of An,

if what you teach Her Highness

can't meet my standards,

our deal will be canceled.

You didn't even pay the deposit.

Do you want to get something for nothing?

I saved your life just now.

This is the deposit.

And you said

you hate owing other people favors, right?

Deal.

But I want you to swear.

Well, you really believe this?

Yes.

I want you to swear in the name of your brothers in Heaven Path.

Fine.

I, Ning Yuanzhou, Chief of Liudao Hall,

swear in the name of my brothers in Heaven Path who died for their county

that I will abide by my agreement with Ruyi.

If I break my promise,

all my brothers in Heaven Path will be in Avici forever

and can never clear their names.

Are you satisfied now?

Say it again.

My real name is not Ruyi.

My name is Ren Xin.

Xin as in the 10 Heavenly Stems.

You are Ren Xin?

Yes.

When I died 5 years ago,

I don't think you were Deputy Chief.

You were just the head of Hell Path.

Isn't Ren Xin a man?

He's 6 feet tall and has a scar on his face.

That's the identity I used to assassinate the empress dowager of the State of Chu.

It was just a human skin mask.

Liudao Hall doesn't have this kind of thing?

We have.

Yu is very good at making them.

Looks like

Hell Path and Palace of Hell

are not as powerful as Zhang Song said.

There are a lot of things you can't find out.

I kind of regret making this deal.

But now,

you don't have a choice.

Let's go, Yuan Lu.

Okay.

Ren Xin is Ruyi.

This is great.

Ruyi once disguised herself as a man.

If we ask Ruyi to teach Her Highness,

she will definitely not give herself away.

[Guideyuan, the State of An]

This time, Tongguang

captured the emperor of Wu alive.

You made great contributions.

You haven't been rewarded yet.

I'm promoting you as the first-rank marquis,

General of Yulin Guards.

-Nice archery skills. -Nice archery skills.

Congratulations on your promotion today, Marquis.

General of Yulin Guards

is His Majesty's most trusted aide.

Yes.

Everyone knows that His Majesty has always treated Marquis

like his own son, right?

Marquis.

An attendant of Prince Luoxi

has the bird over there.

[Li Tongguang's attendant: Zhu Yin]

He just wouldn't give it to me.

I promoted him

just to stimulate my 2 sons.

Every time I went out to battle,

these 2 boys became restless.

Marquis Changqing is just a stone.

I want to use him

to sharpen the knives.

I see.

I asked him to be in charge of Yulin Guards

[Commander of Scarlet Guards: Deng Hui]

in order to keep him in the capital.

If not so, should I promote him as a military governor

to let him leave the capital and gain military power?

Your Majesty, someone was behind the tree just now.

It was Marquis Changqing.

He heard it, right?

I let him hear it on purpose.

Jerk! You can't even retrieve a bird!

What on earth happened?

I saw you getting angry at the servants.

I was worried.

So I made an excuse and came here immediately.

Nothing.

Tell me.

Otherwise, I'll be angry.

He just promoted me,

but he deliberately spoke ill of me behind my back.

It's nothing.

After all, being promoted is a good thing.

Besides,

you need to put up with it for the moment.

I know.

He deliberately let me hear it.

So I had to get mad on purpose.

If I put up with it like I did at the banquet,

he'll be increasingly wary of me, right?

You

are too deep.

If I'm not deep

and I don't always keep a clear head,

how can we achieve our ambition?

I hope you lose your mind.

Lose your mind to me.

Li Tongguang,

you know I'm fascinated by you.

But I'm not a fool.

All this time,

you've never wanted to get close to me.

You think I'm dirty,

right?

Kill her.

Otherwise, both of us will die.

M-Marquis.

Marquis.

Marquis.

M-Marquis.

Marquis.

Marquis, please spare my life.

Please spare my life, Marquis.

Close your eyes.

Don't kill me. I won't tell anyone.

It'll be over soon.

Jiu, please spare my life.

What did you call me?

I'm Liu Li.

[Former maid in Scarlet Guards: Liu Li]

I was with Lord and served you 9 years ago.

[The young Liu Li]

[The young Li Tongguang]

Remember this humiliation.

And you won't lose next time.