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