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My Wedding Gown Became Her Bridal Dress
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00:02On the eve of the Royal Consort's Selection, an intruder broke in through the window and abducted me.
00:08Hours later, the intruder cast me down from the carriage, dissembled and exposed upon Piccadilly Street.
00:13Crowds gathered round, pointing and murmuring, my reputation is ruined and forever lost.
00:18Wretched girl! You have defiled our family's honour! Take your own life!
00:23No! Father, please, no!
00:29Felix Ashburton begs for the hand of Lady Isolid. I shall honour her for all the rest of my days.
00:34I was married to Felix. My half-sister Cecele took my place in the Royal Consort's Selection.
00:41She gained the most coveted position within the court of the Prince of Wales, Chief Lady's Maid.
00:46You ruined her reputation and yet married her. The Hamiltons have become the laughingstock of London's high society.
00:53She bears seven parts of a resemblance to Cecele. That is enough.
00:56Furthermore, the family's crippling debts require her status and watching.
01:01I died in childbirth. My child did not survive.
01:05I had been reborn.
01:08Back to the night before the Royal Selection.
01:13None of you will escape me this time.
01:16Good evening, sister.
01:18Cecele, what brings you here so late at night?
01:20I made this myself. It is a farewell gift for you.
01:23After all, tomorrow is the Royal Consort's Selection.
01:26Chloroform. How familiar this scent is.
01:33I am not afraid.
01:35I am just doing my utmost to stop myself from wringing her neck right now.
01:39Won't you drink it, Isolid? Is something wrong?
01:42I was just thinking, it feels odd to drink alone.
01:45Have a drink with me, Cecele.
01:48Tomorrow's your big day, sister.
01:49This wine, it was made just for you.
01:51Indulge me this once.
01:52Since it is a farewell toast, we ought to drink together.
01:54The wine has turned cold.
01:56Let me pour us two fresh cups.
01:58No need.
01:58Let me do the pouring for you.
02:03Every detail of this night is etched deep into my bone.
02:10The Cloacroform is real, and I will use it.
02:14Just not on myself.
02:21Enjoy your new life, dear sister.
02:29The time has come.
02:45Hurry.
02:46Go faster.
02:47Take her away.
02:57This is the personal ignea of the Hamilton heir.
02:59A one-of-a-kind piece across the whole country.
03:03In my past life, Felix lied that he dropped it during a visit, and my foolish father believed every word.
03:11Help her now!
03:14Miss, what has happened?
03:16A man took Cece away.
03:18He climbed in through the east window and carried my sister off.
03:21I saw him escape over the wall with my own eyes.
03:24Scandals within noble families are always buried in secret, never to be spread.
03:27If I send for the authorities, the Earl will surely have my skin.
03:32If my sister suffers harm because of even one second of your delay, you will answer directly to the Earl.
03:38What's more, tonight is the royal curfew decreed by Her Majesty the Queen.
03:41If you dare to cover up a violent crime against a noble lady during curfew,
03:44you will face not only the gallows of Scotland Yard, but also the wrath of the royal family.
03:48Tell me, which do you prefer?
03:50I'll get the horses at once.
03:51I'll go straight to Scotland Yard.
03:57Lila, come here.
03:59Miss, what are your orders?
04:01Go to the Bull Tavern.
04:02Find the correspondent from the Times.
04:04Give him this.
04:04And tell him the personal insignia of the Hamilton heir was found at the crime scene in the Thorn Manor
04:09tonight.
04:10Miss, this will stir up public opinion across all of London.
04:13That is exactly what I want.
04:14Do not say another word.
04:15Let that scandal-chasing hound sniff out the truth and draw his own conclusions.
04:19Understood, miss.
04:19I leave now.
04:22By early morning tomorrow, this scandal will spread everywhere.
04:27Such reckless behavior.
04:28What has happened?
04:29Cecile has been abducted.
04:30A man broke in through the east roof window last night and took her away.
04:33The servants have already sent word to Scotland Yard.
04:35You sent for Scotland Yard without consulting me the head of this house at all?
04:38A life is at stake.
04:39There was no time to waste.
04:40There is always time to think.
04:42Do you have any idea what this means for...
04:44For the family reputation, I know exactly what you are going to say.
04:48Listen.
04:49The royal consort selection is held today.
04:52Both the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria will attend in person.
04:55If word gets out that the heir of the Hamilton family committed such a heinous crime of drugging and assault
04:59and the Thorn family covered up evidence to protect him,
05:01we will become more than just a laughingstock across London.
05:03We will be utterly destroyed.
05:05Your title of earl, your valued seat in the cabinet, everything will be revoked by the Queen.
05:10But think differently.
05:12If our family takes the initiative and brings the criminal to justice,
05:16then the Thorn family will be seen as loyal subjects who uphold Her Majesty's laws even under strict curfew.
05:22It will be a perfect tale to go down in history.
05:26My lord, men from Scotland Short have arrived.
05:29Inspector Arthur Rowe is leading the team.
05:33Show the inspector in.
05:35The Hamiltons.
05:37Three years ago, they framed my father and let him die in Newgate prison.
05:40I have waited for this opening for three long years.
05:42Inspector, the Thorn household reported the second young lady has been abducted.
05:45The situation is complicated.
05:46Just the usual tricks of the nobles.
05:48Let's go take a look.
05:49No hysterics.
05:50No tears.
05:51This Miss Thorn is far too calm.
05:54Mrs. Leadthorn, I am Inspector Arthur Rowe from Scotland Yard.
05:57Inspector Rowe, thank you for coming late at night.
05:59I will show you the scene.
06:00The cordial has an odd odour.
06:02These are signs of a struggle and dragging.
06:04Scuff marks left by hard objects.
06:05The culprit escaped through this window.
06:07You are extraordinarily calm.
06:08Hardly the demeanour of a delicate noble lady who has just faced mortal danger.
06:11Panic changes nothing.
06:12Rather than weeping, I would sooner see the criminal hang.
06:15Inspector!
06:15Inspector, the culprit seems to have dropped something.
06:18Do you recognise this, Miss Thorn?
06:20I saw an identical one at Villick Pembroke's Ball last month.
06:23On whom?
06:24On Felix Ashworth, the heir of the Hamilton family.
06:26Though, I might be mistaken.
06:29She is not mistaken.
06:31We both know it.
06:32This is a perfect trap.
06:34Handed right to me.
06:37Seal off Hamilton Manor.
06:39Not so much as a sparrow takes wing from these grounds.
06:42Send forth the coroner post-haste.
06:48Inspector, the overnight report from the Public Athletic Laboratory.
06:51Rush through urgently.
06:54Residue in the wine glass contains high concentration chloroform
06:57enough to keep an adult woman unconscious for over six hours.
06:59Such dosage may trigger respiratory...
07:01This wine was brought to me by my sister Cecile herself.
07:05She lied and said she brewed it with her own hands.
07:07Too flawless.
07:08Every tear, every prearranged accusation.
07:11She is making use of me.
07:12Yet, I am exactly in need of this knife.
07:14Your two accomplices have fully confessed.
07:16All promises from Cecily were nothing but a scam.
07:18Will you keep hiding and condemn yourself to felony charges?
07:21I only followed orders.
07:22Miss Cecily forced me to pass word to Felix.
07:25I watched her pour the drug into the sweet wine with my own eyes.
07:28I truly knew nothing else.
07:30Miss Thurns.
07:32We hold physical evidence, two witness statements, plus Ella's signed confession, alongside the family crest.
07:38The case is iron lat beyond dispute.
07:43That is excellent news, Inspector.
07:45One matter to confirm.
07:46You stated Cecily's left the room temporarily, and you returned in time to spot the abductor escaping through the window.
07:51That is correct.
07:55She lied.
07:56She personally handed her sister over to that brute.
08:00This woman is as cold and calculating as a ruthless politician, and I admire it.
08:06Launch a city wild manhunt.
08:07Arrest Felix Ashworth on site.
08:09Detain Ceci Thorne immediately once located.
08:12Extra, extra.
08:14Hamilton Air arrested.
08:15Shocking scandal on the eve of royal selection.
08:19Good heavens.
08:20Felix got himself mixed up in this the night before the royal selection.
08:23The Hamiltons are finished for good.
08:25The Marquise may not live to see tomorrow's sunrise.
08:27That's the illegitimate daughter of Earl Thorne, the kidnapped lady from last night's scandal.
08:31She's dragged the whole nobility's reputation through the mad.
08:34Cecily Thorne, you're arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to abduction.
08:37Let go of me!
08:37I am the Earl's daughter!
08:39Father, save me!
08:40Felix, save me!
08:42Isalette, you ruined me!
08:44You witch!
08:45I'll never forgive you!
08:46When I was abandoning on this very street in my past life, no one came to save me.
08:50All you endure now is the fruit you planted yourself.
08:54Pick up the pace.
08:55We must not be late for the royal selection.
08:59My dear Miss Thorne, we've all heard of your dreadful family incident last night.
09:04Your half-sister was abandoned like trash on Piccadilly Street.
09:07Will your father resign from the cabinet voluntarily, or will Her Majesty dismiss him?
09:12Lady Evelyn, royal selection prioritizes personal impegrity.
09:16Last night's crime falls under Scotland Yard's jurisdiction.
09:18They already have solid evidence and suspects in custody.
09:21As for my family's standing, Her Majesty will make her own wise judgment.
09:24After all, she always has impeccable discernment.
09:27Shall we head inside?
09:31Miss Isalette Thorne!
09:33We've heard endless rumors about you since early morning.
09:35I expect so, Your Highness.
09:36Most of them seem to work entirely in your favor.
09:38I would never presume to say so myself.
09:40You are most intriguing.
10:05Dancing is concluded.
10:06All candidates, tidy your appearance and line up for Her Majesty's inspection in the audience chamber.
10:18Hollow bows, greedy eyes, hidden plots.
10:22Nothing but shallow, pretentious fools.
10:31This is a trial of composure.
10:34Screaming or weeping right now would cost me everything.
10:39No harm done.
10:41Be more careful on your way back.
10:44Miss Isalette Thorne.
10:46Keep her.
10:47Appoint her as Senior Lady and Waitering immediately.
10:49I thank Your Majesty for your grace.
11:01It was you!
11:03You planned everything, you devil!
11:09Miss Thorne, you will be given your turn to speak.
11:12Maintain your dignity.
11:13It was Felix!
11:14He tricked me and manipulated all of this.
11:16He made me lace the wine with the drug!
11:18You lie!
11:18You envied your sister and came on to me of your own free will.
11:21Your confession proves you leaked the man's security details.
11:24You lowborn bastard!
11:26You dare frame my air with such despicable tricks!
11:29You pack of lying vipers!
11:30You promised me advancement!
11:31Now you want to throw me under the carriage!
11:35Silence!
11:36The petitioner, Miss Isalette Thorne, may now address the court.
11:40Cecily Thorne obtained restricted chloroform to incapitate me
11:43and passed over the household's defensive intelligence to Felix in exchange for court favor.
11:47All evidence and witness statements filed before this court confirm every detail.
11:51I have but one question for Mr. Ashworth.
11:55If your affection for Miss Cecily was genuine,
11:59why did you abandon her like trash on the streets of Piccadilly?
12:09Read out the verdict.
12:11By Her Majesty's royal decree, judgment is passed on the Hamilton scandal case as follows.
12:16Felix Ashburn is disinherited from all Hamilton succession rights,
12:19confined permanently to the family's country estate,
12:21and banned from London and all royal jurisdictions in perpetuity.
12:26Cecily Thorne shall forfeit her family name and all noble privileges
12:29placed under royal restraining order to live alongside Felix in lifelong rural confinement.
12:33Neither may leave the estate without dual approval from the Crown and Scotland Yard.
12:36I will not be trapped with this useless man!
12:38Let me go! I'd rather die!
12:42Are you satisfied?
12:44You ruined your sister and dragged our centuries-old family honor into filth!
12:48My lord, empty reputation cannot prop up a decaying household.
12:51If you truly valued your dignity,
12:52you would never have allowed a greedy, illegitimate daughter to poison me under your own roof.
12:56You are a cold-blooded monster!
12:59Thank you for the compliment.
13:00In Dog Eat Dog London, monsters outlive the dead.
13:02The false affection of my blood family was torn to pieces in my past life.
13:05I need no weak and selfish father.
13:07From today onward, I walk only by my own strength.
13:11The Hamilton household hid far more than a fallen insignia.
13:14These ledgers were smuggled out by a distant clan member to bypass noble privilege protection.
13:19For ten years, they've systematically embezzled funds,
13:22withheld servants' wages and erected tenants without compensation, rotten to the core.
13:26There is far more.
13:28Look at these private correspondents between the Marquis and colonial trading firms.
13:31In the eyes of the Queen's Legal Council,
13:33these financial arrangements amount to treasonous incipitation.
13:36Exactly.
13:37What will you do with them?
13:38This is the ultimate weapon to ruin their house entirely.
13:41I leave them to you.
13:43Using the Queen's preliminary temporary inspection warrant,
13:45submit all evidence directly to the Royal and Parliamentary Inspection Committee
13:48in Scotland Yard's official name.
13:50It is time to strip their ancestral privileges from the Empire's register.
13:53It will be my pleasure.
14:16Miss, this letter is posted from Thorn Manor.
14:18It is written by the Earl.
14:20They squandered and overdraft the manor's funds,
14:23and now that they're strapped for cash,
14:25they suddenly remember they have a daughter like me?
14:28Lila, all future deliveries coming from Thorn Manor shall be burnt directly.
14:32No need to bring them to me ever again.
14:34As you wish, miss.
14:36Two years have passed, and the ashes of the past have settled.
14:40It's time to step into a more splendid yet deadly battlefield ahead.
14:44The French Engvort, core guest of tonight's state dinner,
14:47has been relegated to seat seat for impoverished barrazans and minor peripheral lords.
14:51This is a ducted spare copy swapped in secret.
14:54A clumsy, vicious ploy.
14:56She aims to ruin me with noble underhanded trick.
15:01Lila, instruct servants to set nameplates strictly per this list.
15:05No single alteration permitted.
15:08As you command, miss.
15:32A la France à votre excellence.
15:35Permettez-moi d'expliquer cette place spécialement réservée pour vous.
15:39Spécial ?
15:40Est-ce une humiliation délibérée de me réléger au fond de la salle,
15:43la marque du mécrit britannique ?
15:47Nous apprendons que la flotte française a conclu une victoire diplomatique décrissive
15:51sur le canal de Souhexière.
15:52Les places aux deux tables suivent les conventions banales de la...
15:55Depuis ce poste, vous embrassez d'un seul gars tout le banquet
15:58et derrière vous s'étendent les étoiles et les routes marignales du monde.
16:00Ce cige symbolise la France.
16:02Team honneur inconcourgeable des nouvelles routes européennes.
16:05Nous ne jugeons pas les honneurs par la hauteur des chaises.
16:07L'Empire britannique vous honneure d'une place unique de timonaires.
16:12Magnifique raisonnement, mademoiselle Fearne.
16:14Votre esprit et votre grâce surpassent toutes les roses de Paris
16:16Ã nos futurs accords commerciels.
16:18Santé !
16:23A masterful interpretation of the helmsman's seat.
16:26Even the shrewiest diplomats would applaud your wit.
16:28Your Highness flatters me.
16:30It was merely a desperate improvisation to save myself from ruin.
16:33You were never merely surviving, Isolette.
16:35You relish outmaneuvering them,
16:37turning those conceited norbles into ut-you fools.
16:43Duke Cavendry will submit an official impeachment
16:45and will against you to Her Majesty first thing tomorrow morning.
16:49Your Majesty, the Thorn household is tainted by scandal.
16:52This disgraced noble's daughter fooled foreign envoys
16:55with cunning sufferer at the state dinner,
16:56overstepping her official bounds.
16:58A scheming woman like her,
16:59staying beside Your Majesty,
17:00will bring ruin to the British Empire.
17:02After discussion with Cabinet Ministers,
17:05Princess of Denmark is the ideal bride for the Prince of Wales.
17:08To safeguard royal dignity,
17:09we beg Your Majesty to dismiss Isoleth from court at once.
17:14The Duke claims you are crafty and malicious, Miss Thorne.
17:18The Empire needs no useless blank paper,
17:20yet neither will it keep a dull blade that cuts its own master.
17:24Prove you deserve your place here.
17:29As you command, Your Majesty.
17:32My foes have risen from petty lobal girls
17:35to powerful Cabinet Dukes.
17:36This is an all-or-nothing power struggle.
17:38Layla, leave via the secret side exit.
17:41Contact Inspector Arthur Roo immediately.
17:42Use my Royal Inspection Warrant
17:44to access confidential official archives.
17:45The Duke has overseen Army and Navy funding appropriations
17:47for twelve years.
17:48I need every file recording abnormal fund flows under his name.
17:50Understood, Miss.
17:58Miss, Inspector Rowe retrieved all confidential records
18:01per your Royal Warrant.
18:02Everything you requested is inside.
18:04Tens of thousands of pounds in unexplained gaps.
18:07So they are the real parasites straining the Royal Treasury.
18:10Shall we submit these documents directly to Her Majesty?
18:13Simply handing evidence to the Queen
18:14would only make me a common informer.
18:16What Her Majesty values is not blind loyalty,
18:19but capable political tactics.
18:21To top a towering noble, never check its trank.
18:23Poison its hidden roots instead.
18:25Simply handing evidence to the Queen
18:27would only make me a common informer.
18:28What Her Majesty values is not blind loyalty,
18:30but capable political tactics.
18:33To top a towering noble, never hack its trank.
18:36Poison its hidden roots instead.
18:41Your tea party is elegant, Miss Thorne,
18:43yet cabinet affairs keep us occupied.
18:45We can only stay a short while.
18:47Naturally, my Lord Billet.
18:48The lumber procurement for HMS Royal Ark at Porchmas Dockcard
18:51surely demands all your attention.
18:53Royal Navy business is far beyond a lady-in-waiting's concern.
18:56I know nothing of shipbuilding, but I can count.
18:58All proof is laid right here.
19:00£15,000 worth of premium and antique
19:02through a private dock at Southampton,
19:03yet officially recorded as low-grade Scottish plime value
19:05at merely £3,000.
19:07One wonders where the missing £12,000 vanished,
19:10perhaps carried on coastal winds
19:11into the Duke Cavendale's newly built West End townhouse.
19:14And you, Lord Earl,
19:16£30,000 allocated for winter uniforms
19:18for troops stationed in the Krymos
19:20bore the signature of your wife's nephew last fiscal year.
19:22I've heard countless soldiers perished
19:24from bitter cold at the front.
19:25Does the Parisian man and your nephew purchase
19:27stay warm enough through harsh winters?
19:29You... you slander me outright!
19:31Whether it is slander or truth
19:33is fully documented within Scotland Yard's classified archives
19:35with verified excerpts in my possession.
19:37Her Majesty tossed that impeachment writ to me,
19:40a clear sign she has entrusted me the authority
19:42to root out treasury and meslers.
19:44With complete evidence in hand,
19:45I may submit the case to Parliamentary Inspection Committee anytime.
19:49Duke Cavalish may deliver impash speeches before the throne,
19:52yet you three will bear all punishment
19:54when judicial judgment falls.
19:56The tea has gone cold, gentlemen.
19:58You may take your leave.
19:59I happen to have a poor memory.
20:01Should several names vanish
20:02from that impeachment menu by tomorrow morning,
20:04all these tedious financial figures
20:05may slip entirely from my mind.
20:09Cowardly constricts!
20:10All of you useless fools!
20:12If legal means cannot drive her from court,
20:15erase her from this world entirely.
20:17Eliminate any backer shielding her as well.
20:19The audit investigation must never reach my household.
20:24Reborn from the brink of death,
20:25I've grown sensitive to the stench of mortal danger.
20:27This seemingly impenetrable royal hunt
20:29is shrouded in uncary oddities.
20:31These hands do not belong to stable attendants.
20:33They are fugitives who fight in underground rings
20:35and carry blades for blood money.
20:37The girth and stuller will snap the moment
20:38the stallion sprints into the thick woods.
20:40A suicidal ploy.
20:42Caunted by irrebutable corruption evidence,
20:43Duke Cavalish would kill the prince
20:44to reshape the whole power structure.
20:45Drop your silk handkerchief,
20:46then slip away to find Inspector Roa on perimeter guard.
20:48Tell him mad dogs lurk in the net.
20:50Seal all exits without waiting for higher approval.
20:53Oh dear, the wind is really strong.
20:55I'm going to fetch my cloak.
20:58Once this hunt ends,
20:59I shall present you something vital,
21:01tied to both my royal future and yours.
21:03Your Highness, your state is ready.
21:13Protect his royal highness!
21:15Seize him!
21:16Inspect the horse harness at once!
21:21Scotland Yard!
21:22All suspects under arrest!
21:31Miss Thorne, are you unharmed?
21:32I'm quite well, Inspector.
21:34Search their persons for evidence
21:35to present to Her Majesty.
21:41Exclusive stag decree of the Cavendish family.
21:50What explanation have you left, Duke?
21:52Miss Thorne,
21:53you bear grudges against my daughter Evelyn,
21:55yet you dare frame a hereditary perv
21:57for capital crimes over a random trinket!
21:59A random trinket?
22:01What if we had this?
22:03Your Majesty,
22:04these are full embezzlement accounts
22:05of the Cavendish family over five years,
22:07with his signed vouchers attached
22:08already submitted to Parliament Inspection Committee.
22:11Assassination treasury
22:12will be tried in the House of Lords Peer Court.
22:14Confiscate implicated furs and illicit assets.
22:17Strip his noble title.
22:18Confine the chief cop to royal manor
22:20for lifelong detention.
22:24All of you, leave us.
22:33This ring is my private collection,
22:35fully filed and registered in royal jewellery archives,
22:38kept in storage for far too long.
22:41To sustain the Empire's glory,
22:43we need no innocent lambs.
22:44We require a shrewd, resolute strategist
22:47who uncovers hypocrisy
22:49and brings assassins and corrupt nobles
22:51to justice amid peril.
22:55Isled,
22:56you have not only saved my life,
22:58but also stolen my whole heart.
22:59Marry me,
23:00and become the future mister of this Empire.
23:06As you wish,
23:07your highness.
23:08Very well.
23:10Starting tomorrow,
23:11the whole Empire shall prepare
23:12for this unprecedented royal wedding.
23:17Miss,
23:18all transfer procedures
23:19for half revenue of Thorn Manor
23:21based on the old contract
23:22have been finished.
23:23File it for archiving.
23:25Understood, miss.
23:29The game is over.
23:34Do you swear to remain faithful to one another
23:37in sickness and in health
23:39till death do you part?
23:40I do.
23:41I do.
23:47Her Majesty Queen Victoria arrives.
23:51You have done excellently.
23:53You've fulfilled the true purpose
23:55of the royal selection.
23:56The Empire needs steady hands
23:57to secure order
23:58and secure the royal line.
24:00By royal warrant,
24:02you are awarded
24:03the royal Victorian order
24:04with formal incitation
24:06to be held
24:06on a designated date.
24:08I am grateful
24:10for your majesty's grace.
24:13I shall take my leave.
24:15I rose from the mild
24:17and plotted every step.
24:19No longer anyone's pawn.
24:21All moves on this chessboard
24:23rest under my control.
24:25I have Mama, please.
24:26No longer you.
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