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00:00:00Hi, Minister Mu. How dare you accuse me? Your illegitimate daughter harm your legitimate daughter. How dare you ask me

00:00:05what crime I've committed?

00:00:07Mu Zhao Zhao, how dare you lay hands on the master? I think you've gone mad.

00:00:12Mad? Then I'll show you what a real madman looks like.

00:00:16Help, master.

00:00:17Ding. Facelap successful.

00:00:19You think you can run? Not so fast.

00:00:22Huh.

00:00:27What's all the noise? I was just finally getting some shut-eye.

00:00:31She's alive again. The legitimate daughter's alive again.

00:00:38Ding. Detected host's resentment point succeeding limit.

00:00:41Hello, Zhang Suihua. You died from overwork with deep resentment. The system chose you as its host.

00:00:46What? I'm dead.

00:00:52Since I'm here, might as well make the best of it. I can go crazy and get paid. I can

00:00:57live with that.

00:00:58Ha ha ha.

00:01:05Damn. The original owner was such a coward.

00:01:08She was the legitimate granddaughter of the Duke of Jeune, yet got bullied to death by her scumbag father and

00:01:13half-sister. So pathetic.

00:01:17So this is my two-faced little saint of a half-sister.

00:01:21Ah. A ghost. A ghost.

00:01:23A ghost?

00:01:25Yes. I'm here to take your life.

00:01:28Ah.

00:01:30You think you can run? Not so fast.

00:01:35Where?

00:01:35You rebellious wretch. How dare you fake death to scare people? What punishment do you deserve?

00:01:41Prime Minister Moo. How dare you accuse me? You favor your concubine over your wife.

00:01:46And let your illegitimate daughter harm your legitimate daughter.

00:01:48How dare you ask me what crime I've committed?

00:01:50You. You dare hit me? How dare you?

00:01:52She used to be too timid to even breathe loudly.

00:01:55How dare she attack today?

00:01:59Moo Zhao Zhao. How dare you lay hands on the master?

00:02:02I think you've gone mad.

00:02:04Mad? Then I'll show you

00:02:06what a real madman looks like.

00:02:09Help. Master.

00:02:11Ding. Face slap successful.

00:02:12Reward 2. Face slap progress.

00:02:14Current progress 2.

00:02:15Zhou Zhao my Zhao Zhao.

00:02:17You're alive. That's all that matters.

00:02:21Mother, I'm fine.

00:02:22Someone. Seize this unfilial daughter.

00:02:28If anyone dares touch my daughter again,

00:02:30don't blame me for using

00:02:32the power of the Duke of Jeanne's house.

00:02:35Wasn't the original owner's mother weak and timid?

00:02:37How did she suddenly get so tough?

00:02:40Madam Liu,

00:02:41don't wash our dirty linen in public.

00:02:43Behave yourself.

00:02:44If you won't protect my daughter, I will.

00:02:47I'm fine.

00:02:49I won't argue with you.

00:02:51Get back to your rooms right now.

00:02:53She's supposed to be the Prime Minister's

00:02:55legitimate daughter.

00:02:56And she lives in this shabby courtyard?

00:02:59Your dad said once Yanui recovers,

00:03:01he'll arrange for you to move back.

00:03:04Mother, do you actually believe

00:03:05anything my scumbag father says?

00:03:08Hmpf.

00:03:09Ah, Zhou Zhao.

00:03:10You just woke up.

00:03:11You're still weak.

00:03:13Where are you going?

00:03:16What else?

00:03:17I'm going to grab-

00:03:18A legitimate daughter.

00:03:18Why you're not dead?

00:03:20Th this is second Mrs. Quarters.

00:03:22And no, you can't.

00:03:23You worthless servant.

00:03:24You dare block my way?

00:03:25Okay.

00:03:28Come on.

00:03:29This is way too slow.

00:03:30At this rate, I'll never get back.

00:03:32Forget it.

00:03:32I'll take it as it comes.

00:03:34Let's have some fun first.

00:03:39Sister, how could you do this?

00:03:41Xixiao courtyard was father's gift to me.

00:03:43How could you take it by force?

00:03:44Mu Zhao Zhao, you just woke up

00:03:46and you're already acting crazy.

00:03:47Stealing your sister's courtyard?

00:03:49Aren't you afraid people will laugh

00:03:50if this gets out?

00:03:52You?

00:03:52What status do you have to deserve living here?

00:03:55Be but.

00:03:56Father said I could live here.

00:04:01What he says doesn't count.

00:04:03It's an ancestral rule that

00:04:04the legitimate daughter lives in the main courtyard

00:04:06and the illegitimate daughter in the side courtyard.

00:04:12You dare hit my daughter.

00:04:14I'll fight you to the death.

00:04:19I hit your daughter.

00:04:20So what?

00:04:21Hitting you is just as easy.

00:04:23Okay.

00:04:27Xixiao Zhao, stop hitting.

00:04:28If you keep this up,

00:04:30your dad will punish you again.

00:04:32Mother,

00:04:32I won't strike unless I'm struck first.

00:04:34You're the legitimate daughter

00:04:36of the Duke of Xingua's mansion.

00:04:38Don't be so weak anymore

00:04:39and let others push you around.

00:04:42Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:04:43aren't you done making a scene?

00:04:44My lord,

00:04:46you must stand up for us.

00:04:48Mu Zhao Zhao wants to seize

00:04:49Yue's courtyard

00:04:50and even hit us.

00:04:51Father,

00:04:52don't blame my sister.

00:04:53It's all my fault.

00:04:55How dare you?

00:04:56I arranged for Yue to stay here.

00:04:57It was my decision.

00:04:59You wouldn't dare hit me,

00:05:00would you?

00:05:01Father,

00:05:01do you remember how

00:05:02you climbed to your current position?

00:05:06Shall I refresh your memory?

00:05:09Mother,

00:05:10and I haven't been back

00:05:10to the

00:05:11Duke of Xingua's mansion

00:05:12in ages.

00:05:13You wouldn't dare

00:05:14stop us from going,

00:05:15would you?

00:05:16Damn it,

00:05:17I'm still under their thumb.

00:05:18I can't afford to fall out

00:05:20with the Duke of Xingua's mansion.

00:05:21Then,

00:05:22Father,

00:05:22you should know what to do.

00:05:24Yue,

00:05:24pack your things right now

00:05:25and move to the south courtyard.

00:05:27My lord.

00:05:28No,

00:05:28you can't.

00:05:29Yue's not in good health.

00:05:31Yes,

00:05:31yes,

00:05:31she's used to Xixiao courtyard.

00:05:33Moving to the south courtyard,

00:05:34she might not adapt.

00:05:35What?

00:05:36Are you questioning my decision?

00:05:38Mother,

00:05:39stop.

00:05:39I'm willing to move.

00:05:41As long as Father is at ease,

00:05:43anywhere is fine with me.

00:05:44Hurry up and move.

00:05:45Don't delay my rest.

00:05:50Muxiao,

00:05:51if my mother's family

00:05:52weren't weaker than yours,

00:05:53what right do you have

00:05:54to take what's mine?

00:05:55I'll settle this score

00:05:56with you sooner.

00:06:00Why should I move

00:06:01to this dump?

00:06:02And that bitch,

00:06:03Muxiao,

00:06:04why did she steal my courtyard?

00:06:06Yue,

00:06:07stop messing around.

00:06:08We're outmatched right now,

00:06:10we can't fight head on.

00:06:11I won't accept this.

00:06:13I watched her die.

00:06:14How can she come back to life

00:06:16and be this crazy?

00:06:17Did you forget about

00:06:18His Highness the Crown Prince?

00:06:19The palace banquet

00:06:20is in a few days.

00:06:22Right,

00:06:22I still have the Crown Prince.

00:06:24Muxiao,

00:06:24I'll take your legitimate status.

00:06:26And everything you have,

00:06:27just you wait.

00:06:28Wait.

00:06:29Wait.

00:06:31Wait.

00:06:32Wait.

00:06:36You wear a place so well.

00:06:37No wonder,

00:06:38she's the capital's

00:06:38recognized talent.

00:06:40Your Highness,

00:06:40you flatter me.

00:06:41I only know a little.

00:06:43What talent

00:06:44are you preparing,

00:06:45sister?

00:06:45May I have the honor

00:06:46of watching?

00:06:47You're not worthy.

00:06:50Sorry,

00:06:50sister.

00:06:51I forgot

00:06:51you can barely

00:06:52do anything.

00:06:53Just her.

00:07:02Since you're so enthusiastic,

00:07:03sister,

00:07:04I'll just give it a try.

00:07:13This person's fate

00:07:14is peculiar and chaotic.

00:07:16I can't even read it.

00:07:17Impossible.

00:07:18How can she play so well?

00:07:25Bravo.

00:07:30Mother,

00:07:31it's Stuffy here.

00:07:32I'll go out for some fresh air.

00:07:33Baby,

00:07:34quick.

00:07:39Muxiaozhao,

00:07:40you did this on purpose.

00:07:41You've always known

00:07:42how to play Gezheng,

00:07:43but you pretended

00:07:44you couldn't

00:07:45just to show off today.

00:07:48Oh,

00:07:49finally dropping the act.

00:07:50Huh?

00:07:58Sister,

00:07:59why did you push me?

00:08:04Muxiaozhao,

00:08:05you're so vicious.

00:08:06You even pushed

00:08:07your way into the water.

00:08:10Your Highness,

00:08:11please don't be angry.

00:08:12My sister didn't mean it.

00:08:14She just got confused

00:08:15for a moment.

00:08:16Since you put it that way,

00:08:17I'll just have to make

00:08:18that accusation stick.

00:08:28Face slapping points one.

00:08:30Miss Moo,

00:08:31just a moment.

00:08:32You're quite different

00:08:33from the rumors.

00:08:34Oh?

00:08:35What do the rumors

00:08:36say about me?

00:08:37Stupid and cowardly.

00:08:38Easily bullied.

00:08:39It seems rumors

00:08:40can't be trusted.

00:08:41System,

00:08:42who is he?

00:08:46Speaking of which,

00:08:48the Imperial Perceptor

00:08:49isn't what rumors say.

00:08:50Rumors say you never

00:08:51meddle in other people's business.

00:08:52Just a passing remark.

00:08:53You can't fully trust rumors.

00:08:55If there's nothing else,

00:08:57Imperial Perceptor,

00:08:57I'll take my leave.

00:09:00Muxiaozhao.

00:09:06Your Majesty,

00:09:08I beg you to allow me

00:09:09to break off

00:09:10my engagement

00:09:10with Muxiaozhao.

00:09:11Crown Prince.

00:09:13Marriage is a serious matter.

00:09:14How can you treat it

00:09:15like a game?

00:09:16Your Majesty,

00:09:17Muxiaozhao is vicious,

00:09:18stupid,

00:09:18and disrespectful.

00:09:19She dared to push

00:09:20her half-sister

00:09:21into the water

00:09:21at the palace banquet.

00:09:23She doesn't deserve

00:09:23to be Crown Princess.

00:09:25Your Majesty,

00:09:25I didn't push her.

00:09:26She jumped on her own

00:09:28to frame me.

00:09:28I just wanted to prove

00:09:29my innocence.

00:09:30Still quibbling?

00:09:31Everyone saw it.

00:09:32You still want to deny it?

00:09:34Your Majesty,

00:09:35I passed by the shore

00:09:36just now

00:09:37and saw it clearly.

00:09:38The truth is just

00:09:40as Miss Mux said.

00:09:41The state preceptor

00:09:42saw it himself.

00:09:43Since the state preceptor

00:09:44says so,

00:09:44there must be

00:09:45a misunderstanding.

00:09:46Why would he help me?

00:09:47But it did save me

00:09:48some trouble.

00:09:49Father has always respected

00:09:50the state preceptor.

00:09:51So I can't bring this up again.

00:09:53Your Majesty,

00:09:54I thank the state preceptor

00:09:55for testifying.

00:09:56Even if this

00:09:57is a misunderstanding,

00:09:58I voluntarily end my

00:09:59engagement to the Crown Prince.

00:10:00I never liked him.

00:10:02A forced marriage

00:10:02will only harm both sides.

00:10:04Muxiaoxiao,

00:10:05how dare you break

00:10:05off the engagement yourself?

00:10:07The Crown Prince favors

00:10:08second Miss Mux.

00:10:09I don't want to force this either.

00:10:11Let's dissolve engagement now,

00:10:12go separate ways,

00:10:13and avoid future trouble.

00:10:14In that case,

00:10:15I won't force it

00:10:17to avoid a resentful couple.

00:10:19But the woman suffers more

00:10:20in this matter.

00:10:21I should offer her

00:10:22some compensation.

00:10:23Your Majesty

00:10:24is wise and just.

00:10:25I reward you

00:10:25with 100 tails of gold,

00:10:275,000 tails of silver,

00:10:28and a plot of land

00:10:29as compensation.

00:10:31Thank you,

00:10:31Your Majesty,

00:10:32for your kindness.

00:10:37Song Mingyuan

00:10:38is incredibly stupid.

00:10:39He gave up the power

00:10:39of the Duke of Xinguo's estate

00:10:41for an illegitimate daughter?

00:10:42Ridiculous.

00:10:46Miss Mu,

00:10:47please wait.

00:10:49Your Highness,

00:10:50the Third Prince,

00:10:51is there something you need?

00:10:52Miss Mu,

00:10:53you are very forthright.

00:10:54This prince

00:10:54greatly admires that.

00:10:55Come to me anytime

00:10:56if you have trouble.

00:10:58Appreciate.

00:10:58More like you just want

00:10:59to use my Duke

00:11:00Xinguo's influence.

00:11:02But at least he's more

00:11:03perceptive than the Crown Prince.

00:11:05Thank you for your kindness,

00:11:06Your Highness.

00:11:07But I can handle this

00:11:08on my own.

00:11:10Farewell,

00:11:10Your Highness.

00:11:12Mu Zhao Zhao

00:11:13is backed by the Duke

00:11:14of Xinguo's estate.

00:11:15As long as I can win her over,

00:11:17Song Mingyuan's position

00:11:18as Crown Prince

00:11:19won't be that secure.

00:11:28Once I get some men

00:11:30to the capitals,

00:11:31tea houses,

00:11:31taverns,

00:11:32and streets tonight,

00:11:33spread the story

00:11:34from the palace banquet.

00:11:35Make sure to completely ruin

00:11:36Mu Zhao Zhao's reputation.

00:11:37Yes,

00:11:38Miss.

00:11:38I'll go arrange it right away.

00:11:40Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:11:41you only bully and humiliate me

00:11:42cause you outrank me.

00:11:44Then I'll ruin your reputation.

00:11:45Let's see.

00:11:46Miss Bad News.

00:11:47Rumors are spreading

00:11:48in the capital,

00:11:49claiming the Crown Prince

00:11:50broke off your engagement

00:11:51for improper conduct.

00:11:52Zhao Zhao,

00:11:53those people have gone too far.

00:11:54It's clearly the Crown Prince's fault.

00:11:56Yet they still slander you.

00:11:57I knew they wouldn't stay quiet.

00:11:59If they want to play,

00:12:01I'll play along.

00:12:02Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:12:03look at you.

00:12:04You've shamed

00:12:04the entire Chancellor's household.

00:12:06The whole capital's laughing at me now.

00:12:08Are you satisfied now?

00:12:09You've completely disgraced our family.

00:12:11But when the Crown Prince

00:12:12broke off our engagement,

00:12:13father,

00:12:14you didn't say a word

00:12:15in my defense.

00:12:16So now you're here

00:12:17blaming only me?

00:12:18You.

00:12:18How dare you talk back

00:12:19if you weren't of loose morals yourself?

00:12:21How would these rumors have started?

00:12:24What?

00:12:25What are you going to do?

00:12:26Mu Cheng Yuan,

00:12:26stop blaming me here.

00:12:27If you're that capable,

00:12:28go make those rumors disappear.

00:12:30Otherwise,

00:12:30leave me alone.

00:12:31My reputation's already ruined.

00:12:33One more charge of patricide

00:12:34won't matter.

00:12:35After all,

00:12:35no one argues with a madwoman.

00:12:37Fine.

00:12:37Very well.

00:12:38Let's see who dares marry you

00:12:39from now on.

00:12:45Zhao Zhao,

00:12:46are you all right?

00:12:47I'm fine, Mom.

00:12:48I was just scaring him.

00:12:50Miss,

00:12:50the third prince sends for you.

00:12:51He's waiting in the front hall.

00:12:53The third prince?

00:12:55What's he doing here?

00:12:56My respects,

00:12:58third prince.

00:12:59Miss Mu,

00:12:59please,

00:13:00no need for formalities.

00:13:01I came today

00:13:01to offer you my help.

00:13:03Oh?

00:13:03What do you mean,

00:13:04your highness?

00:13:05Lately,

00:13:05the capital's been buzzing

00:13:06with rumors about you.

00:13:08I imagine this must be

00:13:09quite a headache

00:13:10for you right now.

00:13:11Then what do you suggest,

00:13:13your highness?

00:13:13Simple.

00:13:14If the crown prince

00:13:15won't marry you,

00:13:16I will.

00:13:17Then the rumors

00:13:17will die out on their own.

00:13:19This third prince

00:13:20is quite clever.

00:13:20He knows this

00:13:21is the perfect time

00:13:22to win my favor,

00:13:23but his little plan

00:13:24is all wrong.

00:13:25Thank you for your kindness,

00:13:26your highness,

00:13:27but I just had my engagement

00:13:28broken off.

00:13:30Please find someone else instead.

00:13:32Miss Mu

00:13:32won't you reconsider?

00:13:34This is the best solution

00:13:35for you.

00:13:36You needn't worry about that,

00:13:37your highness.

00:13:38I have matters to attend to,

00:13:39so I must take my leave.

00:13:42Refuse third prince.

00:13:43One face slapping points.

00:13:45Mu Xiao Xiao,

00:13:46the more you reject me.

00:13:48Xiao Xiao,

00:13:49what did his highness

00:13:50the third prince

00:13:51want with you?

00:13:52He didn't bother you,

00:13:53did he?

00:13:53Mother,

00:13:54don't worry.

00:13:54He didn't trouble me.

00:13:55He just wanted to marry me,

00:13:57and I refused.

00:13:58Xiao Xiao,

00:13:59his highness

00:14:00the third prince

00:14:00is nobly born.

00:14:01Marrying him

00:14:02should be good for you.

00:14:03Why wouldn't you want to?

00:14:04Mother,

00:14:05I know what I'm doing.

00:14:06I can handle the rumors myself.

00:14:08No rush.

00:14:09All right.

00:14:10My daughter has grown up.

00:14:11Xu and Xing,

00:14:12get me a men's outfit.

00:14:13I'm going out.

00:14:14Yes.

00:14:15Xiao Xiao,

00:14:16where are you going again?

00:14:17Mom,

00:14:18I have something to do outside.

00:14:19Don't worry,

00:14:20I'll protect myself.

00:14:21I'll be back soon.

00:14:29Coming.

00:14:32A pot of good tea

00:14:34and a plate of snacks.

00:14:36All right,

00:14:36sir,

00:14:37just a moment.

00:14:37Have you heard?

00:14:39Mu Xiao Xiao,

00:14:39the prime minister's

00:14:40legitimate daughter,

00:14:41was jilted by the crown prince.

00:14:43Who would ever marry her now?

00:14:44TCH,

00:14:45some legitimate daughter.

00:14:46She's just a loser.

00:14:48Can't even beat

00:14:49her younger half-sister.

00:14:50She deserved to be rejected.

00:14:53Hey,

00:14:54who touched me?

00:14:58Noises.

00:15:01It's him.

00:15:02How come he's here?

00:15:06Call your storyteller over here.

00:15:07I have business with him.

00:15:09Right away,

00:15:10sir.

00:15:10Just a moment.

00:15:12Sir,

00:15:12the young master over there

00:15:14invites you.

00:15:15All right.

00:15:16What instructions

00:15:18does the young master

00:15:19have for me?

00:15:20Sir,

00:15:20I've got a story.

00:15:21Could you tell it on stage?

00:15:23As you wish,

00:15:24young master.

00:15:25I'll do whatever you say.

00:15:27What do you want me to tell?

00:15:29Tell it like this.

00:15:37Rest assured,

00:15:38young master.

00:15:38I won't disappoint you.

00:15:40Good.

00:15:41If you do well,

00:15:42there's a reward.

00:15:43Dear guests,

00:15:44I just talked about

00:15:45Jianghu heroes.

00:15:46Today,

00:15:46I'll tell you a true story.

00:15:48It happened right here

00:15:49in our capital.

00:15:50In our capital,

00:15:51there was an official family

00:15:52with two sisters.

00:15:53The elder sister

00:15:54was virtuous and graceful

00:15:55and was betrothed

00:15:56to a high-status nobleman.

00:15:57It was a match made in heaven,

00:15:59but who could have imagined?

00:16:01What happened,

00:16:02sir?

00:16:02Don't keep us in suspense.

00:16:04But who would have thought?

00:16:05The younger sister

00:16:06secretly got involved

00:16:06with this nobleman,

00:16:08exchanging favors

00:16:08behind closed doors.

00:16:09Really?

00:16:10Is that true?

00:16:11Absolutely true.

00:16:11And then?

00:16:12That nobleman

00:16:13not only broke off

00:16:13the engagement

00:16:14with my elder sister

00:16:15in public,

00:16:16but he turned around

00:16:16and falsely accused

00:16:17her of misconduct

00:16:18and ruined her entire reputation.

00:16:20Dear guests,

00:16:20tell me,

00:16:21isn't this elder sister pitiful?

00:16:23Pitiful.

00:16:23So pitiful.

00:16:24That sister

00:16:25and that nobleman

00:16:26are truly heartless

00:16:27and ungrateful.

00:16:28Exactly.

00:16:29Stealing her engagement

00:16:30and ruining her reputation.

00:16:31It's an outrage

00:16:32against heaven.

00:16:33So my sister

00:16:34is that kind of person?

00:16:35How could a nobleman

00:16:36even fancy her?

00:16:37She's utterly shameless.

00:16:42Now it's time

00:16:43to go...

00:16:50Thank you for your help

00:16:51just now,

00:16:52Imperial Preceptor.

00:16:53I didn't mean to help.

00:16:55Just a coincidence.

00:16:56But Miss Moo,

00:16:57what a clever move.

00:16:59Sir,

00:17:00you were watching

00:17:00from the second floor

00:17:01the whole time.

00:17:02You must know

00:17:03I never meant

00:17:04to cause trouble.

00:17:05After falling into the water,

00:17:06you've gotten even fiercer,

00:17:08Miss Moo.

00:17:08You used public opinion

00:17:09to reverse rumors

00:17:10without dirtying your hands.

00:17:12That's quite a clean,

00:17:13neat move.

00:17:14You flatter me, sir.

00:17:17Miss Moo is too sharp.

00:17:19It will backfire.

00:17:20Sir,

00:17:20are you warning me?

00:17:21I appreciate your kindness,

00:17:23but I've always been like this.

00:17:24If no one wrongs me,

00:17:25I wrong no one.

00:17:27But if anyone wrongs me,

00:17:28I'll repay a hundredfold.

00:17:30A hundredfold?

00:17:31Is it?

00:17:31I'll look forward

00:17:32to your next move.

00:17:33Miss Moo.

00:17:34Take your time

00:17:35and enjoy the story.

00:17:36Imperial Preceptor,

00:17:37I have matters to attend to,

00:17:38so I'll take my leave.

00:17:41Your temperament's changed

00:17:42so drastically,

00:17:43Mu Zhao Zhao.

00:17:44Are you really still

00:17:45Mu Zhao Zhao?

00:17:47Go fan the flames further.

00:17:49Put a good spin

00:17:49on this story.

00:17:50Yes.

00:17:51Song Mingyuan,

00:17:52look at these.

00:17:53These are impeachment

00:17:54memorials against you.

00:17:56All that's been going around

00:17:57among folks lately.

00:17:58Do you think

00:17:59I don't know?

00:18:02I...

00:18:03I know I'm guilty.

00:18:04Please forgive me,

00:18:05father.

00:18:05If you truly knew

00:18:06you were guilty,

00:18:07you wouldn't have done

00:18:08such foolish things.

00:18:09Rumors are everywhere.

00:18:11Everyone's blaming you.

00:18:12Deal with it yourself.

00:18:13If you can't handle it right,

00:18:15then forget about

00:18:16being crown prince.

00:18:17As you command.

00:18:17I'll settle this quickly

00:18:18and end the rumors.

00:18:20Please give me another chance,

00:18:21father.

00:18:22Get out.

00:18:22Don't be an eyesore here.

00:18:24I take my leave.

00:18:31If you want to settle this quickly,

00:18:32we have to go to Mu Zhao Zhao.

00:18:36Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:18:37come with me right now

00:18:38to clear the rumors.

00:18:39Tell everyone

00:18:40it was all a misunderstanding

00:18:41and that you called

00:18:42off the engagement voluntarily.

00:18:43Your highness,

00:18:44you humiliated me in public.

00:18:46Hmpf.

00:18:46Now you want me

00:18:47to clean up your mess?

00:18:48Just because you're

00:18:49the crown prince

00:18:50doesn't mean you can be

00:18:51so unreasonable.

00:18:53Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:18:54how dare you?

00:18:59Do you really want

00:19:00to drag the entire

00:19:01prime minister's

00:19:02household down with you?

00:19:05His highness,

00:19:06the crown prince

00:19:06is the heir.

00:19:07How can you be

00:19:08so disrespectful?

00:19:09Seems like you two

00:19:10haven't been taught

00:19:11a lesson lately.

00:19:12Are you two asking

00:19:13for a beating again?

00:19:14Sister,

00:19:14the crown prince

00:19:15is still here.

00:19:16Don't do anything rash.

00:19:17Oh, really?

00:19:19Push me again,

00:19:20I dare you.

00:19:20See if I won't slap you.

00:19:23Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:19:24what will it take

00:19:25for you

00:19:25to come forward

00:19:26and clear this up?

00:19:27Whatever your terms,

00:19:28I, the crown prince, agree.

00:19:31Anything I want.

00:19:33Then I want you.

00:19:36Sister,

00:19:36you don't still want

00:19:37to marry crown prince,

00:19:39do you?

00:19:39Don't even think about it.

00:19:40This prince

00:19:41will never marry you.

00:19:42Sister,

00:19:43stop your wishful thinking.

00:19:44Your highness,

00:19:45you're way too

00:19:46full of yourself.

00:19:47I don't make a habit

00:19:48of revisiting old flames.

00:19:50You.

00:19:51You.

00:19:54Five hundred tails of gold,

00:19:56not a bit less.

00:19:58Sister,

00:19:59how can you be

00:20:00so money-grubbing?

00:20:02I'm talking to his highness,

00:20:03who gave you

00:20:04the right to interrupt.

00:20:06Where?

00:20:07Now,

00:20:07let's continue this discussion.

00:20:09Five hundred tails of gold,

00:20:10any less

00:20:11and I won't rule.

00:20:14Fine.

00:20:15I promise.

00:20:16But you have to help me

00:20:17stop the rumors first.

00:20:18Pay me first,

00:20:19then I'll do the job.

00:20:21Your highness,

00:20:23you're the one

00:20:23asking me for a favor.

00:20:24You need the right attitude

00:20:26when asking for help.

00:20:27After I pay,

00:20:28what if you go back

00:20:29on your word?

00:20:30Relax.

00:20:32Once I have the money,

00:20:34I'll clear up

00:20:35the annulment right away.

00:20:36After all,

00:20:37unlike you,

00:20:38prince,

00:20:38I'm not one

00:20:39to break my word.

00:20:40You,

00:20:40your highness,

00:20:41your highness,

00:20:42hurry up

00:20:43and send the money over.

00:20:52My lady,

00:20:53good heavens,

00:20:53such a huge chest.

00:20:55How much gold is in here?

00:20:56I've never seen

00:20:57this much gold in my life.

00:20:59Lady Moo,

00:21:00the crown prince

00:21:00sent me to tell you

00:21:01all five hundred

00:21:02tails of gold

00:21:03have been delivered.

00:21:04Go back

00:21:04and tell his highness

00:21:05the crown prince.

00:21:06He can rest assured.

00:21:07Please fulfill

00:21:08your promise soon,

00:21:09my lady.

00:21:09Don't disappoint

00:21:10his highness

00:21:10the crown prince.

00:21:11I always keep my word.

00:21:13I'll settle this matter

00:21:14for him today.

00:21:15Yes,

00:21:15my lady.

00:21:16I shall report back

00:21:17at once.

00:21:23All right,

00:21:23don't just stand there.

00:21:25Pack up

00:21:25and come with me.

00:21:26It's time we put on a show

00:21:27and give my dear little...

00:21:29They call him

00:21:29the unrivaled envoy

00:21:30of the five western passes.

00:21:32Lady Moo.

00:21:34Old sir,

00:21:35you've been storytelling for days.

00:21:36You must be tired.

00:21:37May I take over

00:21:38for you today?

00:21:39Good sirs and ladies,

00:21:40I'm not feeling well today.

00:21:42This young lady

00:21:43will speak for me.

00:21:44I take my leave.

00:21:46Ladies and gentlemen,

00:21:47endless rumors about me

00:21:48have been spreading

00:21:49in the capital lately.

00:21:51I've come here today

00:21:52to say a few words.

00:21:54Eldest Miss Moo,

00:21:55you're finally here.

00:21:56Your illegitimate younger sister

00:21:58is way out of line.

00:21:59You must get justice

00:22:00for yourself.

00:22:01Thank you, sir.

00:22:02But they've already

00:22:03fallen for each other.

00:22:04I just want to help

00:22:05them get together.

00:22:06Please, everyone,

00:22:07stop blaming

00:22:07His Royal Highness

00:22:08the crown prince

00:22:09and my sister.

00:22:10If that's the case,

00:22:11why hasn't the crown prince

00:22:12given second Miss Moo

00:22:13a proper title yet?

00:22:14I don't know either.

00:22:16Maybe the crown prince

00:22:17has his own considerations.

00:22:18The crown prince

00:22:19is so irresponsible.

00:22:20Since he likes

00:22:21second lady Moo,

00:22:22he should give her a title

00:22:23and not let her be wronged.

00:22:25Exactly, exactly.

00:22:30Such a cunning fox

00:22:31acting so well.

00:22:33Your majesty,

00:22:34rumors among folks say,

00:22:35the crown prince

00:22:36and second lady Moo

00:22:37are truly in love.

00:22:38Yet he still hasn't

00:22:39given her a title

00:22:40and is just toying

00:22:42with her feelings.

00:22:43Nonsense.

00:22:44Your majesty,

00:22:45please calm your anger.

00:22:46His royal highness

00:22:47the crown prince

00:22:47is already waiting

00:22:48outside the hall.

00:22:49Seeking an audience

00:22:50with your majesty,

00:22:50let him in.

00:22:53Royal father,

00:22:54I beg your forgiveness.

00:22:55I had Moo Zhao Zhao

00:22:56clarify this matter,

00:22:57but for some reason,

00:22:58new rumors emerged

00:22:59among the people.

00:22:59You've had a secret affair

00:23:00with the Moo family's

00:23:01illegitimate daughter,

00:23:02yet you haven't given her

00:23:03any title.

00:23:04You're being blamed

00:23:05by the people.

00:23:06You still have the nerve

00:23:07to see me?

00:23:08Royal father,

00:23:09I just haven't had time

00:23:10to give Yanue

00:23:10an official title.

00:23:11I truly love her.

00:23:13Since you love her so much,

00:23:15bring her into the eastern palace

00:23:16as your secondary consort.

00:23:18This will end the rumors

00:23:19and restore

00:23:20the royal family's honor.

00:23:21Thank you,

00:23:22royal father.

00:23:22I obey your decree.

00:23:24Humph,

00:23:24you'd better remember

00:23:25what you said today.

00:23:26If you cause any more trouble,

00:23:28I'll never go easy on you.

00:23:30Your son takes his leave.

00:23:33By my decree,

00:23:34Moo Yanue,

00:23:35the illegitimate daughter

00:23:36of the prime minister's residence,

00:23:38shall enter the eastern palace

00:23:39and be appointed

00:23:40crown prince's secondary consort.

00:23:42The wedding will be held

00:23:43in three days.

00:23:44Yes, your majesty.

00:23:47Miss, his majesty

00:23:48has issued a decree.

00:23:49He will elevate

00:23:49second lady Moo

00:23:50to the eastern palace

00:23:51and appoint her

00:23:51as crown prince's

00:23:52secondary consort.

00:23:53The wedding is in three days.

00:23:56Current 25.

00:23:59Moo Yanue,

00:24:00do you

00:24:06that bitch deliberately

00:24:07said those things

00:24:08at the tea house

00:24:09just to make his majesty

00:24:10issue the decree

00:24:11and force me to become

00:24:12a secondary consort

00:24:13in the eastern palace?

00:24:16Yui, stop fussing.

00:24:19It's a great blessing

00:24:20to marry into the eastern palace

00:24:21as a secondary consort.

00:24:23Why are you still angry?

00:24:25Mother,

00:24:26the crown prince

00:24:26is marrying me

00:24:27by imperial decree.

00:24:29All my efforts

00:24:29to keep our bond

00:24:30might

00:24:30all be for nothing.

00:24:32How can I possibly

00:24:33be happy?

00:24:34Yui,

00:24:35what's done is done.

00:24:36Being angry won't help.

00:24:37If you have a prince someday,

00:24:39you could still

00:24:40become crown princess.

00:24:41Yes,

00:24:41I must become

00:24:42the crown princess.

00:24:43Moo Zhaozhou,

00:24:44just you wait.

00:24:45I won't let you

00:24:45be smug for long.

00:24:53I pay my respects,

00:24:54your majesty.

00:24:55Rise.

00:24:56Since you've married

00:24:57into the eastern palace,

00:24:58you must know your place,

00:25:00serve the crown prince well,

00:25:01and don't cause

00:25:02any more trouble.

00:25:04Yes,

00:25:05but I have a favor

00:25:06to ask your majesty.

00:25:08Please grant it.

00:25:09Speak.

00:25:10Your majesty,

00:25:11my sister's reputation

00:25:12is ruined.

00:25:13Because of me,

00:25:13no one dares to marry her.

00:25:15I feel guilty.

00:25:16Please grant her a marriage.

00:25:18Damn,

00:25:19Moo Yenue can't stay

00:25:20still for even a moment.

00:25:21How thoughtful of you.

00:25:24Now,

00:25:25gentlemen here,

00:25:26is anyone interested

00:25:27in the Moo family's

00:25:28eldest daughter,

00:25:29Moo Zhaozhou?

00:25:31Moo Zhaozhou was publicly

00:25:32jilted by the crown prince.

00:25:34Who would risk

00:25:34marrying her?

00:25:35It'd offend the crown prince

00:25:37and spark gossip.

00:25:41Seriously?

00:25:41Are all ancient emperors

00:25:43this obsessed

00:25:43with arranged marriages?

00:25:45Zhaozhou,

00:25:46after years of cultivation,

00:25:47you still have

00:25:48an unfinished mortal tie.

00:25:49Until it's resolved,

00:25:50you can't attain

00:25:51the great way.

00:25:52You may go down the mountain.

00:25:54Master,

00:25:55how can I find that person?

00:25:57What should I do?

00:25:58Don't force it.

00:26:00Follow your heart.

00:26:01Go with the flow.

00:26:02When fate comes,

00:26:03you'll get your answer.

00:26:04Follow your heart?

00:26:06Moo Zhaozhou,

00:26:07is that you?

00:26:08No.

00:26:11Father,

00:26:12I'm willing to marry

00:26:13Miss Moo Zhaozhou.

00:26:15Him again?

00:26:16What a busybody.

00:26:18Good.

00:26:18I'm pleased by your intentions,

00:26:20Third Prince.

00:26:21I grant this marriage

00:26:22to you both.

00:26:23Set a date

00:26:24for your wedding.

00:26:25Wait.

00:26:26I object.

00:26:27Wait.

00:26:28I disagree.

00:26:30Seriously,

00:26:31Imperial Perceptor,

00:26:32why are you stealing my lines?

00:26:33Moo Zhaozhou,

00:26:34you disagree?

00:26:35Your Majesty,

00:26:36I refuse.

00:26:37The Third Prince wants to marry you

00:26:38as his primary consort.

00:26:40Why don't you agree?

00:26:42I'm only a secondary consort

00:26:44in the Eastern Palace.

00:26:45Bye.

00:26:45What right is he still

00:26:46the primary consort?

00:26:47I'm grateful for your kindness,

00:26:49Third Prince.

00:26:50Even if I'm unwanted,

00:26:51I'm not an object that

00:26:52must be grateful

00:26:53for every proposal,

00:26:54whether I marry or not.

00:26:56I want to decide for myself.

00:26:57Moo Zhaozhou,

00:26:58you don't know

00:26:58what's good for you.

00:26:59Rest assured,

00:27:00Your Highness,

00:27:01I've always known

00:27:01how to appreciate kindness.

00:27:02If someone gives me face,

00:27:04I'll take it.

00:27:04If someone uses me

00:27:06as a stepping stone,

00:27:07I'll chop their foot off.

00:27:08Sister,

00:27:09the Crown Prince

00:27:10is just looking out for you,

00:27:11now that your reputation's damaged.

00:27:13If the Third Prince

00:27:14is willing to protect you,

00:27:15isn't that a good thing?

00:27:17Here you go again.

00:27:18It's your wedding day.

00:27:19Instead of minding

00:27:20your own wedding,

00:27:21you're busy arranging mine.

00:27:22What?

00:27:23Can't you sleep

00:27:24if I don't get married?

00:27:25Or,

00:27:25do you only sleep well

00:27:26if I marry wrong?

00:27:27You misunderstood,

00:27:28Sister.

00:27:28I'm just sorry I wronged you.

00:27:30What are you guilty of?

00:27:31Guilty of stealing my fiancé?

00:27:33Or guilty of pushing me

00:27:34in front of everyone?

00:27:35Let the whole capital

00:27:36see if anyone wants me.

00:27:38Slap Mu Yan

00:27:38where successful.

00:27:39Face slap points too.

00:27:41Current 27.

00:27:43Only two.

00:27:44This half-sister

00:27:45is getting less

00:27:46and less valuable.

00:27:48All right,

00:27:49Imperial Preceptor.

00:27:51Why do you disagree again?

00:27:53Your Majesty,

00:27:54Lady Mu's fate

00:27:55isn't set yet.

00:27:56We shouldn't rush

00:27:57this marriage.

00:27:57Destiny not yet determined?

00:27:59After Lady Mu

00:27:59fell into the water,

00:28:00her fate chart changed.

00:28:01I haven't fully

00:28:02worked it out yet.

00:28:03If this marriage

00:28:04is granted now,

00:28:05it may disturb

00:28:05the royal fortune.

00:28:06Great.

00:28:07I just didn't want to marry,

00:28:08and now,

00:28:09he's pinning the blame

00:28:10on the imperial fortune.

00:28:11Father,

00:28:12since the Imperial Preceptor

00:28:13has such concerns,

00:28:14I'm willing to postpone

00:28:15this matter.

00:28:16The Third Prince

00:28:17is way better

00:28:18at dealing with people.

00:28:19In that case,

00:28:21this is postponed.

00:28:22In three days,

00:28:23Mu Zhao Zhao

00:28:23will enter

00:28:24the Imperial Preceptor's residence

00:28:25for the Preceptor

00:28:26to personally examine

00:28:27her destiny.

00:28:28I knew it.

00:28:30Things won't blow

00:28:30over that easily.

00:28:33Secondary Consort,

00:28:34let's start the ceremony.

00:28:35If you delay any longer,

00:28:37our auspicious moment

00:28:38will be gone

00:28:39because of your crying.

00:28:46Imperial Preceptor,

00:28:47was that to save me?

00:28:48Or set me up?

00:28:50Is there a difference?

00:28:51Of course.

00:28:54If you save me,

00:28:55I'll thank you.

00:28:56If it's a trap,

00:28:57I need to get ready to run.

00:28:59Then come back

00:28:59in three days.

00:29:01You'll find out then.

00:29:02Warning unknown.

00:29:04Probe approaching.

00:29:06Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:29:07where exactly did you

00:29:09come back from

00:29:09after falling into the water?

00:29:13Miss,

00:29:14people from

00:29:15the Preceptor's residence.

00:29:16Miss,

00:29:17they're already waiting outside.

00:29:18Make them wait.

00:29:19But it's the Preceptor's residence.

00:29:23So what?

00:29:24Even Imperial Advisors people

00:29:25can't just disturb someone's sleep.

00:29:27The Emperor ordered

00:29:28a fate assessment today.

00:29:29It's bad to be late.

00:29:31Fate assessment?

00:29:31Basically,

00:29:32they suspect me.

00:29:33My transmigration

00:29:34must stay secret.

00:29:35My system must stay hidden.

00:29:37If I'm burned as a monster,

00:29:38I won't get my 50 million.

00:29:40I'll be charcoal first.

00:29:45Then is Shen Zhaohui

00:29:46an ordinary person?

00:29:48Ugh, forget it.

00:29:49Your system is unreliable.

00:29:50Quite the entourage.

00:29:51Your Excellency,

00:29:53let's get this straight first.

00:29:54If anything breaks,

00:29:55don't ask me to pay.

00:29:56Miss Moo,

00:29:57it's okay for other people.

00:29:58But if you break something,

00:30:00you have to pay.

00:30:02Then can I leave now?

00:30:04Too late.

00:30:12Is this thing usually so excited?

00:30:16It wasn't me.

00:30:17I didn't use any force.

00:30:20Your lifeline was once severed.

00:30:21You nearly drowned.

00:30:23A broken life thread

00:30:24makes sense, doesn't it?

00:30:25It's already a wonder

00:30:26to reconnect what's broken.

00:30:28But your destiny chart

00:30:29wasn't reconnected.

00:30:29It was replaced.

00:30:38Before the drowning,

00:30:39Mu Zhao Zhao was gentle and yielding.

00:30:41After that,

00:30:42you're a completely different person.

00:30:43I've already been to death's door.

00:30:45Can I change a little?

00:30:46But while temperament can change,

00:30:48a soul's essence can't.

00:30:49Then what kind of evil spirit

00:30:51does the Imperial Perceptor

00:30:52think I am?

00:30:53Or a monster resurrected

00:30:54by possessing a corpse?

00:30:55I don't know.

00:30:58But whether you're a ghost

00:31:00or a god,

00:31:02once you've entered my domain,

00:31:03I'll take it all.

00:31:05It's the Imperial Marriage

00:31:06decree you fear,

00:31:07not Song Mingza.

00:31:09You're afraid of being trapped.

00:31:12You're so perceptive,

00:31:14Master.

00:31:14Why can't you see?

00:31:16I just want to go home

00:31:16and sleep now.

00:31:17Which home?

00:31:19Anomalous destiny detected.

00:31:21Recalculating data.

00:31:23What are you looking at?

00:31:25Nothing.

00:31:28She didn't return

00:31:29from the Underworld.

00:31:30It's like she...

00:31:30No, that dumps my home too.

00:31:33But can I ever really go back?

00:31:39Miss Mu,

00:31:40the Third Prince

00:31:40is here to see you.

00:31:42Miss,

00:31:42it's the Third Prince.

00:31:43I stopped your carriage today

00:31:44to apologize to you,

00:31:45Miss Mu.

00:31:46For that proposal

00:31:47at the Crown Prince's residence.

00:31:48Yes,

00:31:49I was really selfish that day.

00:31:51The Crown Prince

00:31:51is losing power

00:31:52and the Emperor

00:31:53is also displeased.

00:31:54The Duke of Jingwa's household

00:31:55holds military power,

00:31:56yet they've never

00:31:57taken sides for years.

00:31:58I proposed publicly

00:31:59to get you out of trouble.

00:32:00Second,

00:32:01I want to borrow

00:32:01the Liu family's

00:32:02influence for protection.

00:32:04This guy is harder to handle

00:32:05than Song Minyuan.

00:32:06He knows what he wants

00:32:08and what others can't refuse.

00:32:09Want to cooperate?

00:32:10Show some sincerity first.

00:32:12The stuff inside

00:32:12is useful to you,

00:32:14Miss Mu.

00:32:15Four years,

00:32:16the Chancellor's residence

00:32:17has publicly claimed

00:32:17Madam Liu's dowry

00:32:18suffered losses.

00:32:19But in truth,

00:32:20Concubine Lin has been transferring

00:32:21money out through her relatives.

00:32:23Your Highness,

00:32:24this gift is right on target.

00:32:25As long as it's useful.

00:32:26So,

00:32:27Miss Mu,

00:32:27are you willing to cooperate?

00:32:28Two conditions.

00:32:29First,

00:32:30don't drag the Liu family

00:32:31into this.

00:32:32Second,

00:32:32I won't use my marriage

00:32:33to pave your way.

00:32:34Fine.

00:32:35You give me the info,

00:32:37I'll owe you a favor.

00:32:38Any repayment

00:32:38must be within my limits.

00:32:40Fair enough.

00:32:40Your Highness,

00:32:41Third Prince,

00:32:42you're much tougher

00:32:42than the Crown Prince.

00:32:44Is that a compliment,

00:32:45Miss Mu?

00:32:46Consider it a warning

00:32:46for a smart man.

00:32:48A pleasant partnership,

00:32:49but a painful breakup.

00:32:50I'll remember that.

00:32:51That day at the Crown Prince's residence,

00:32:52did you really want to marry me?

00:32:54If you'd agreed,

00:32:55I would have taken responsibility.

00:32:57Responsibility?

00:33:00Your Highness,

00:33:02Eldest Miss Mu,

00:33:02you don't seem to trust me.

00:33:04It's only natural

00:33:05not to trust you.

00:33:06So,

00:33:07will you still cooperate with me?

00:33:08Of course.

00:33:10It's a shame

00:33:11to have a man like him

00:33:12as an enemy.

00:33:13Crown Prince,

00:33:14the Third Prince,

00:33:15met Mu Zhao Zhao privately.

00:33:16They talked for a long time,

00:33:18and the Third Prince

00:33:19even gave her a gift.

00:33:20Song Mingzha

00:33:21also met him secretly.

00:33:23I saw it

00:33:24with my own eyes.

00:33:25I've just entered

00:33:26the Eastern Palace.

00:33:26I haven't even found

00:33:27my footing yet.

00:33:29Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:33:29you've made the Third Prince

00:33:30and the Imperial Perceptor

00:33:32act one after another.

00:33:33On what grounds?

00:33:34I want to see.

00:33:34What can they talk about in private?

00:33:36Your Highness.

00:33:39My sister's reputation

00:33:40is already precarious.

00:33:41If word gets out

00:33:42about her private meetings

00:33:43with the Third Prince,

00:33:45I'm just worried

00:33:45she might do something foolish

00:33:47and implicate both

00:33:48the Third Prince

00:33:48and the Chancellor's residence.

00:33:50Oof.

00:33:51Good.

00:33:52Then let the whole

00:33:52capital know

00:33:53what kind of woman

00:33:54Mu Zhao Zhao really is.

00:33:56Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:33:57you love showing off,

00:33:58don't you?

00:33:58Zhao Zhao,

00:33:59how are things

00:33:59at the Imperial Perceptor's residence?

00:34:01The Perceptor says

00:34:02I have a tough fate.

00:34:03Anyone who messes with me

00:34:04will regret it.

00:34:05Mother,

00:34:06look at these shops.

00:34:09They're from your dowry.

00:34:10All these years,

00:34:11they weren't losing money.

00:34:12They were bled dry.

00:34:13Your father said

00:34:14the shops were poorly managed.

00:34:15You believed every word,

00:34:16he said.

00:34:17You believed him

00:34:18when he said

00:34:18Concubine Lin was gentle

00:34:20and sensible.

00:34:20You believed him

00:34:21when he said

00:34:22Mu Yenua was frail.

00:34:23He told you

00:34:23the Xiangfu was struggling,

00:34:24so you kept pouring

00:34:25in your dowry.

00:34:25Mom,

00:34:26when he's in trouble,

00:34:27he comes to you

00:34:27when he needs

00:34:28to save face.

00:34:29He comes to you,

00:34:30but when there's real gain.

00:34:32Did he ever think of you?

00:34:33Zhao Zhao's mom,

00:34:34was I really

00:34:35that useless before?

00:34:37Let's put the past

00:34:38aside for now.

00:34:39What matters most

00:34:40is right now.

00:34:41We're taking back

00:34:42everything that's ours.

00:34:45My lady trouble.

00:34:46Rumors are going

00:34:47around again outside.

00:34:48Don't rush.

00:34:49Speak slowly.

00:34:50They say your visit

00:34:51to the Imperial Perceptors

00:34:52wasn't about

00:34:53testing your fate.

00:34:53It was actually

00:34:54to seduce

00:34:54the Imperial Perceptor.

00:34:56They also say

00:34:56you've been meeting

00:34:57the Third Prince

00:34:58in secret two-timing.

00:34:59I just met Song Mingza

00:35:00and now the Eastern Palace

00:35:02is on fire.

00:35:03Song Mingyuan

00:35:03is so despicable

00:35:04and disgusting.

00:35:05Some even say

00:35:05the Imperial Perceptor

00:35:06and Third Prince

00:35:07are fighting over you.

00:35:08They're just jealous.

00:35:09No,

00:35:10who started this one?

00:35:11Earlier rumors

00:35:12were so poorly crafted,

00:35:13but this one's actually

00:35:14quite imaginative.

00:35:15Zhao Zhao,

00:35:16this is no time

00:35:16for jokes.

00:35:17If they want

00:35:17to play dirty,

00:35:18I won't hold back.

00:35:19Today,

00:35:20I'll show them

00:35:21what it means to

00:35:21shoot themselves

00:35:22in the foot.

00:35:23Today,

00:35:24I won't tell tales

00:35:25of wandering heroes.

00:35:26Instead,

00:35:26I'll share the latest

00:35:27ridiculous scandal

00:35:28in the capital.

00:35:28Is this about Lady Moo?

00:35:30Exactly.

00:35:31Some say Lady Moo

00:35:32seduced the Imperial Perceptor

00:35:33and secretly met

00:35:34the Third Prince.

00:35:35I'm puzzled.

00:35:35If Lady Moo

00:35:36really had that skill,

00:35:38why didn't she just

00:35:38seduce the Crown Prince too?

00:35:40Ha ha ha.

00:35:40Didn't the Crown Prince

00:35:41reject her?

00:35:42I find this even stranger.

00:35:44A woman rejected

00:35:45by the Crown Prince,

00:35:46yet protected by

00:35:47the Imperial Perceptor

00:35:48and sought by

00:35:49the Third Prince.

00:35:50What does this tell us?

00:35:52It proves she's formidable

00:35:53and the Crown Prince

00:35:54has bad taste.

00:35:55Ha ha ha.

00:35:56Miss,

00:35:56this actually works.

00:35:58Bad publicity

00:35:59is still publicity.

00:36:00The Third Prince,

00:36:01in broad daylight,

00:36:02stopped her carriage

00:36:03on Main Street

00:36:03to apologize.

00:36:04With guards by his side,

00:36:05her maids outside the carriage,

00:36:07you call that

00:36:07a secret rendezvous.

00:36:08Then,

00:36:09if you ask for directions

00:36:10on the street,

00:36:11don't you have to

00:36:11get married first?

00:36:12Ha ha ha.

00:36:13Top 30.

00:36:17By order of His Highness

00:36:18the Crown Prince,

00:36:19we're here to arrest

00:36:20those spreading malicious rumors.

00:36:21My lords,

00:36:22what's the meaning of this?

00:36:24Can't win an argument

00:36:25so you arrest people?

00:36:26Is this all

00:36:26the Crown Prince can do?

00:36:27How predictable.

00:36:28The Crown Prince's

00:36:29residence certainly...

00:36:30My lady,

00:36:30what do we do?

00:36:37Imperial Perceptor,

00:36:38what a coincidence.

00:36:40No.

00:36:44He did that on purpose.

00:36:47Imperial Perceptor,

00:36:48I'm here by order

00:36:49of the Crown Prince

00:36:50to prosecute rumor spreaders.

00:36:52Please don't stand in my way,

00:36:53Imperial Perceptor.

00:36:57He's not wrong.

00:36:59What?

00:37:00He said the Third Prince

00:37:01apologized on the street

00:37:03with guards and maids present.

00:37:05Is that wrong?

00:37:06That's right.

00:37:07Every word is true.

00:37:09He said the Crown Prince

00:37:10broke off the engagement.

00:37:11First,

00:37:12then Lady Mu proved innocent.

00:37:13Is that wrong?

00:37:16If nothing's wrong,

00:37:18why call this fear-mongering?

00:37:19But he can talk about

00:37:21the Eastern Palace.

00:37:22Why can't common people

00:37:23talk about it?

00:37:24The Crown Prince

00:37:25is the heir apparent

00:37:25of our great Zheng.

00:37:27In the future,

00:37:28he will be under

00:37:28public scrutiny.

00:37:29If he can't even bear

00:37:31this now,

00:37:31how can he become

00:37:32an enlightened ruler

00:37:33for the people?

00:37:37Imperial Perceptor,

00:37:37please do not take offense.

00:37:39What does Lady Mu think?

00:37:41Great.

00:37:41He passed the torch to me.

00:37:43I think the Imperial Perceptor

00:37:45is right.

00:37:45If His Highness

00:37:46the Crown Prince

00:37:47thinks the people are wrong,

00:37:48he can just come out

00:37:49and explain himself.

00:37:50Lady Mu,

00:37:51watch your words.

00:37:52I am watching them.

00:37:53Or else,

00:37:54the Crown Prince's

00:37:55500 tails of gold

00:37:56will all go to waste.

00:37:57500 tails of gold?

00:37:59Probably about

00:37:59that scandalous affair

00:38:00between the Crown Prince

00:38:01and the second daughter

00:38:02of the M.O. family.

00:38:09Have you found

00:38:10your mother's dowry

00:38:11account book?

00:38:13How do you know?

00:38:14I'm the Imperial Perceptor.

00:38:16Is that so hard to know?

00:38:17You've been following me.

00:38:19In the capital,

00:38:20many want to know this.

00:38:21I'm not the only one.

00:38:23I know.

00:38:24This thing might be

00:38:26useful to you.

00:38:28Does the Imperial Perceptor

00:38:29wish to affiliate with me?

00:38:30I just can't stand

00:38:31seeing you bullied,

00:38:32having to dig through

00:38:33accounts all by yourself.

00:38:35Then thank you,

00:38:36Imperial Perceptor.

00:38:36If you have trouble later,

00:38:38I'll help you too.

00:38:40But...

00:38:40Miss with this,

00:38:42Concubine Lynn

00:38:43can't deny it.

00:38:45Deny?

00:38:46I want more than just

00:38:47her not being able

00:38:48to deny it.

00:38:49Eldest young lady,

00:38:50His Excellency,

00:38:51the Chancellor

00:38:51summons you

00:38:52to the front hall.

00:38:53What for?

00:38:54Concubine Lynn says

00:38:55you're secretly investigating

00:38:56the main wife's dowry.

00:38:58You intend to embezzle

00:38:59Madam Liu's assets.

00:39:00His Excellency is furious.

00:39:01He's summoned

00:39:02the Klan elders

00:39:03for a family tribunal

00:39:04to punish you.

00:39:05Life.

00:39:06A family tribunal?

00:39:09I was just thinking

00:39:10I didn't have enough

00:39:10of an audience.

00:39:11Let's go.

00:39:12Today, let's show them

00:39:13who exactly...

00:39:21What a show.

00:39:24Young Miss is throwing

00:39:25her weight around.

00:39:26How dare you be so insolent

00:39:27in this sacred ancestral hall?

00:39:30So?

00:39:33Unfilial daughter,

00:39:33how dare you secretly

00:39:35go through your mother's?

00:39:36Dowry ledgers

00:39:36to embezzle her property?

00:39:37Father, that's new.

00:39:39You call checking

00:39:39my mother's dowry embezzlement?

00:39:40So what about

00:39:41concubine Lynn

00:39:42taking silver?

00:39:42From my mother's shops

00:39:43to the Lynn's?

00:39:44What's that called?

00:39:45My lord,

00:39:46I'm innocent.

00:39:47Miss got some fake ledgers

00:39:48from who knows where.

00:39:49And she's slandering me.

00:39:51Fake accounts?

00:39:52Then let's go through them

00:39:54one by one.

00:39:55Youngin embroidery dowry shop

00:39:57lost 2,400 tails in three years

00:39:59that same year.

00:40:00Lynn Guangchian bought a house

00:40:01for 2,300 tails.

00:40:02Fengha rice mill

00:40:03lost 1,100 tails

00:40:04that same month.

00:40:05The Lynn family

00:40:06added 40 acres of land.

00:40:07Fuxian cloth shop

00:40:08has years of losses on books,

00:40:09but its manager

00:40:10sent the Lynn's

00:40:11two boxes

00:40:12of silver ingots.

00:40:14Enough.

00:40:15That's just the beginning.

00:40:17These ledgers

00:40:17are from an unknown source.

00:40:19They aren't valid.

00:40:20Then what does

00:40:20father consider valid?

00:40:21Xiao Xiao,

00:40:22even if the accounts

00:40:23aren't right,

00:40:23your father should look into it.

00:40:25You're an unmarried girl

00:40:26making such a scene.

00:40:28If word gets out,

00:40:29which sounds worse

00:40:30than me causing a scene,

00:40:30or the prime minister's concubine

00:40:32embezzling the first wife's dowry.

00:40:33My lord,

00:40:34I'm truly wronged.

00:40:35I was just managing

00:40:36the shops for madam.

00:40:37The manager stole,

00:40:38and now they pin it all on me.

00:40:40I'm willing to investigate

00:40:41and bring them here

00:40:42for questioning.

00:40:43What a coincidence.

00:40:44I brought the manager,

00:40:45too.

00:40:46Spare me, young miss.

00:40:47It was concubine Lynn.

00:40:48I was just following orders.

00:40:50Lynn,

00:40:50do you know your crime?

00:40:52My lord,

00:40:52I'm at fault.

00:40:54Our manor needs silver

00:40:55for all social obligations

00:40:56these years.

00:40:57It was all for the manor.

00:40:58Then why did all the silver

00:41:00end up with your family?

00:41:01I will deal with this.

00:41:03Father,

00:41:04how will you handle this?

00:41:05I want my mother's dowry back

00:41:06every last penny.

00:41:08Send it all back

00:41:09to my mother tomorrow.

00:41:11Impossible.

00:41:12Then I'll report this

00:41:13to the authorities.

00:41:14Family affairs cannot be

00:41:15taken to the authorities.

00:41:16Then I'll ask the duke

00:41:17of Jingwa's manor

00:41:17to judge.

00:41:19Lynn's hand it over.

00:41:30I'll miss so much silver.

00:41:40Mom, why are you crying?

00:41:42It's back.

00:41:43You should be happy.

00:41:47Why are you suddenly

00:41:53going back, Zhao Zhao?

00:41:54I don't need a reason

00:41:56to visit my family.

00:41:57Mother,

00:41:58you're a daughter

00:41:59of the Liu family.

00:42:00You're not a bought out

00:42:01hired hand bound

00:42:01to the chancellor's manor.

00:42:05Your grandfather's old.

00:42:06If he knew

00:42:07how I've been living.

00:42:09It would break his heart.

00:42:11And hiding it from him

00:42:12doesn't upset him.

00:42:16Mother,

00:42:17wear this today.

00:42:19It's the fabric

00:42:20grandfather

00:42:21had made

00:42:21for my wedding.

00:42:24Go back home.

00:42:25You should look the part.

00:42:32The young miss

00:42:33is back.

00:42:37Let's go in,

00:42:38mother.

00:42:42My honor.

00:42:44Father.

00:42:45What are you doing?

00:42:46Good to have you back.

00:42:48What are you kneeling for?

00:42:49I'm an unfilial daughter.

00:42:51I've made you worry

00:42:52all these years, dad.

00:42:53Don't you know

00:42:54I'm worried?

00:42:55You always wrote

00:42:56you were doing well.

00:42:57That Lu Qingyuan

00:42:58treated you well.

00:42:59Look at you now.

00:43:00Does this look like

00:43:01you're doing fine?

00:43:02Zhao Zhao.

00:43:03Grandfather.

00:43:05I've heard all

00:43:05about what you did.

00:43:07You're a true child

00:43:08of the Liu family.

00:43:09Thank you,

00:43:10grandfather.

00:43:12Tell me,

00:43:13why did you come back

00:43:14so suddenly?

00:43:15Did the chancellor's

00:43:16manner bully you

00:43:17and your mother again?

00:43:18Grandfather,

00:43:18see for yourself.

00:43:22Outrageous.

00:43:23They bullied you like this

00:43:25and you just took it?

00:43:26I was afraid

00:43:27of causing trouble

00:43:27for the family.

00:43:28Trouble?

00:43:31You're the daughter

00:43:31of the Liu family.

00:43:33You got bullied this bad

00:43:34and you're still afraid

00:43:35of troubling me?

00:43:36You're stabbing your father

00:43:37right in the heart.

00:43:39What happened?

00:43:40M.M.

00:43:43I'm going to settle

00:43:44the score

00:43:45with Mu Qingyuan

00:43:45right now.

00:43:47Prepare the carriage.

00:43:48We're going to

00:43:49the chancellor's

00:43:49manor.

00:43:50Father, no.

00:43:51The matter's already

00:43:52been brought

00:43:52before the clan.

00:43:53We got the deed back.

00:43:54What if we go again?

00:43:56Is getting the deed

00:43:57back enough?

00:43:57What about

00:43:58the embezzled silver?

00:43:59Mother,

00:44:00you're not alone.

00:44:01Today I'm here to see

00:44:02if that ungrateful

00:44:03wretch Liu Qingyuan

00:44:04still dares to put

00:44:06on airs in front

00:44:06of our Liu family.

00:44:09The Duke of Zhenghua's

00:44:10people are heading

00:44:11for the chancellor's

00:44:12manor, right?

00:44:13Here comes excitement

00:44:14at the chancellor's

00:44:15manor.

00:44:18Lord Chancellor,

00:44:19bad news.

00:44:20The Duke of Zhenghua

00:44:21is here with his men.

00:44:22Who?

00:44:25Father-in-law,

00:44:26what brings you here?

00:44:27You should have

00:44:28told me earlier.

00:44:29I'd have had

00:44:29everything ready.

00:44:31I'm visiting

00:44:32my daughter.

00:44:32Do I need to send

00:44:33you an invitation?

00:44:34Is the threshold

00:44:35of the chancellor's

00:44:36residence really that high?

00:44:37That not even

00:44:37my Liu family can enter?

00:44:39Big brother,

00:44:40you're joking.

00:44:40I don't have an ill-bred

00:44:41little brother like you.

00:44:43Your grace,

00:44:43it's all my fault.

00:44:44I failed to manage

00:44:45the household strictly

00:44:46and was deceived

00:44:47by the servants,

00:44:48which led to this

00:44:48misunderstanding.

00:44:49I beg you,

00:44:50for the sake of

00:44:51master and madam,

00:44:52to forgive me

00:44:53just this once.

00:44:54Who do you think

00:44:55you are?

00:44:55How dare you

00:44:56mention favors to me?

00:45:00Father-in-law,

00:45:01though Lynn erred.

00:45:02She's just a woman

00:45:03of the inner quarters.

00:45:04I've already

00:45:05punished her.

00:45:06My daughter's dowry's

00:45:07been emptied

00:45:07by your concubine

00:45:08for years.

00:45:09You're her husband.

00:45:10How can you claim

00:45:11you didn't know?

00:45:12Father-in-law,

00:45:13this was indeed

00:45:13an oversight.

00:45:14I've ordered

00:45:15the accounts audited

00:45:15and the deficit

00:45:16will be repaid gradually.

00:45:18Gradually?

00:45:19Father,

00:45:20how long is gradually?

00:45:21When elders speak,

00:45:22it's not your place

00:45:22to interrupt.

00:45:23Haha,

00:45:24she's my granddaughter.

00:45:25What she says

00:45:26is exactly what I mean.

00:45:27Do you have a problem

00:45:28with me?

00:45:28I wouldn't dare.

00:45:29Most of the ledgers

00:45:30were tallied yesterday.

00:45:31The apparent deficit

00:45:32is 37,000 tails.

00:45:33Secretly transferred

00:45:34estates and shops

00:45:35are counted separately.

00:45:35Father,

00:45:36if you think the numbers

00:45:37are wrong,

00:45:37we can ask the Ministry

00:45:38of Revenue

00:45:39to check them.

00:45:40Lord Chancellor,

00:45:41as a high-ranking

00:45:41court minister,

00:45:42you surely wouldn't

00:45:43want censors

00:45:43to impeach you

00:45:44over your household

00:45:45accounts for the crime

00:45:46of favoring your

00:45:47concubine over your wife.

00:45:48How do you plan

00:45:49to deal with me,

00:45:50honor?

00:45:52Every penny of the

00:45:53deficit will be repaid.

00:45:54All the shop managers

00:45:55will be replaced,

00:45:56and the money lins

00:45:57withdrew under my name

00:45:58over the years

00:45:59must also be returned.

00:46:01Lou's awakening

00:46:02progress increased.

00:46:03Yo,

00:46:04there's even a side quest.

00:46:06Mom,

00:46:06how did you feel

00:46:07just now?

00:46:08Your palms

00:46:09are all sweaty.

00:46:10Hee hee hee.

00:46:13But I don't regret it.

00:46:15That's right,

00:46:16no regrets.

00:46:16You'll get the hang

00:46:17of it soon.

00:46:18Who would ever

00:46:19want to get used

00:46:20to this?

00:46:26You useless fool.

00:46:28How much

00:46:28uncleared stuff

00:46:29is left

00:46:29in the accounting office?

00:46:31A few more

00:46:31old ledgers.

00:46:32If the young lady

00:46:33gets them,

00:46:35then burn

00:46:37concubine lins

00:46:38jewelry 800 tails.

00:46:39West city land

00:46:40deed 1,600 tails.

00:46:42South courtyard

00:46:43private treasury

00:46:43fabrics worth

00:46:44270 tails.

00:46:46You heirs

00:46:46in the eastern palace.

00:46:48Too busy for me.

00:46:49Your father

00:46:49only cares about

00:46:50the mansion's

00:46:51reputation.

00:46:52Do I really have

00:46:53to spit out

00:46:53everything I ate?

00:46:55Mother,

00:46:55you look much

00:46:56livelier than usual

00:46:57when checking accounts.

00:46:58Back when I was

00:46:59at home,

00:46:59your grandma

00:47:00taught me this.

00:47:01After I married

00:47:02into the prime

00:47:02minister's mansion,

00:47:03your father said

00:47:04women shouldn't

00:47:05manage too many

00:47:05outside businesses,

00:47:06so I gradually

00:47:07let it go.

00:47:08He said it was bad,

00:47:09so you just gave it up.

00:47:10I was foolish.

00:47:12It's fine.

00:47:13It's not too late

00:47:13for me,

00:47:14your mother,

00:47:15to wake up now.

00:47:16Zhao Zhao,

00:47:17these shops.

00:47:18I want to run

00:47:19them again.

00:47:20Good.

00:47:21But I haven't

00:47:22touched these in years.

00:47:23I'm afraid I won't

00:47:24do well.

00:47:25It's okay even

00:47:25if we lose money.

00:47:26It's better than

00:47:27letting strangers

00:47:28take it.

00:47:30But...

00:47:33Miss, ma'am.

00:47:34The Lord is here.

00:47:38Mi Honor.

00:47:42Father has something

00:47:43to discuss.

00:47:44I'm talking to your mother.

00:47:45It was my oversight

00:47:46about Mi Honor's dowry.

00:47:47I've wronged you.

00:47:48I've already punished

00:47:49concubine Lin.

00:47:50I'll make up the deficit.

00:47:51But this visit

00:47:52from the Duke of Jeanne's mansion,

00:47:54it has hurt

00:47:54both families' honor.

00:47:55Write a letter

00:47:56to your father-in-law.

00:47:58Tell him not to interfere

00:47:59in the prime minister's

00:47:59family affairs.

00:48:00All these years

00:48:01I've saved your face.

00:48:03My entire dowry

00:48:04was stolen.

00:48:05I live in a remote courtyard.

00:48:06Mu Cheng Yuen,

00:48:07what about my dignity?

00:48:09Madam Lu,

00:48:10so you're bringing up

00:48:11old grudges now?

00:48:12You did me wrong.

00:48:13What gives you

00:48:13the right to accuse me?

00:48:15Don't forget

00:48:16you're the prime minister's wife.

00:48:18We are one.

00:48:19You're making a scene.

00:48:20What's in it for you?

00:48:22If we're one

00:48:23as husband and wife,

00:48:24why do I have to

00:48:25bear this alone,

00:48:26master?

00:48:28Well said,

00:48:29mother.

00:48:30Mu Xiao Xiao.

00:48:31I'm here.

00:48:32No need to shout.

00:48:33If nothing else,

00:48:34father,

00:48:35please leave.

00:48:35My mother is busy

00:48:36going over the accounts.

00:48:38So you've made up

00:48:39your mind

00:48:39to let the Duke of Jeanne's

00:48:41mansion overpower me?

00:48:42Get out now.

00:48:46Miss,

00:48:47look the prime minister's

00:48:48face is livid.

00:48:49This payment was recorded

00:48:50seven days late,

00:48:51but the silver note

00:48:52was cashed early.

00:48:54You said the shipment

00:48:55was delayed,

00:48:55but there was no storm

00:48:57at the dock that day.

00:48:58Explain.

00:48:59Madam,

00:49:00I...

00:49:00When mom gets serious,

00:49:02she actually looks

00:49:03like a proper mistress.

00:49:04Miss,

00:49:04something's going on

00:49:05in the south courtyard.

00:49:06Nanny Lou from

00:49:07Concubine Lin

00:49:08secretly went to

00:49:09the accounting office.

00:49:10Finally,

00:49:11they moved.

00:49:12Miss,

00:49:12you already knew?

00:49:14That would be strange

00:49:15if Concubine Lin

00:49:16paid the money back

00:49:17obediently.

00:49:18Hurry,

00:49:19burn all the old accounts,

00:49:20especially the ledgers

00:49:21from Fushan Cloth Shop

00:49:22and Yong an embroidery shop.

00:49:23Don't leave a single one.

00:49:25If mammy's caught...

00:49:27We're dead

00:49:27if we don't burn them.

00:49:29Andy said,

00:49:30once it's done,

00:49:30we'll each get 20 tails.

00:49:33So you're here.

00:49:36Well, well.

00:49:37You really came

00:49:38to burn the account room.

00:49:44Madam,

00:49:45spare me.

00:49:45Eldest,

00:49:46miss,

00:49:46spare me.

00:49:46I was just passing by.

00:49:48I saw nothing.

00:49:50Madam,

00:49:50you're worried

00:49:51maybe the account room

00:49:51door hinge will rust.

00:49:52Did you bring oil here

00:49:53to grease it?

00:49:54Who sent you?

00:49:56You can keep silent,

00:49:57but you burned

00:49:58the mistress's dowry ledgers

00:49:59to destroy evidence.

00:50:01Once you're handed over

00:50:01to the authorities,

00:50:02your whole family

00:50:03will be implicated.

00:50:04I can't say Eldest,

00:50:06miss.

00:50:06You can't.

00:50:07Oh, can't talk.

00:50:08Fine,

00:50:09take her away.

00:50:10It was Lady Lin

00:50:11who sent me.

00:50:12Even now,

00:50:13they still won't settle down.

00:50:16Take her to the front hall.

00:50:20I know nothing.

00:50:22It must be

00:50:22this old servant's doing.

00:50:24You from the South Courtyard,

00:50:25you all love

00:50:26acting on your own.

00:50:27Why does the Eldest

00:50:28miss target me

00:50:29at every turn?

00:50:30You know very well

00:50:32if it's targeted or not.

00:50:33I didn't.

00:50:34Lady Lin,

00:50:35you can't just deny it.

00:50:37You yourself

00:50:37ordered me

00:50:38to burn the account books.

00:50:40You said Madam Liu

00:50:41would never get

00:50:42the money back.

00:50:44You wretched slave,

00:50:45you're lying.

00:50:46What else

00:50:46do you have to say?

00:50:47Master,

00:50:48I was just foolish

00:50:49for a moment.

00:50:50I just feared

00:50:51the Prime Minister's

00:50:52household reputation

00:50:53would be ruined.

00:50:54You're afraid

00:50:54of ruining

00:50:55the Prime Minister's

00:50:55reputation,

00:50:56so you burned

00:50:57the account room

00:50:57at midnight?

00:50:58Aunt Lin,

00:50:59is your brain

00:50:59just there

00:51:00to make up your height?

00:51:01Master,

00:51:02this time you can't

00:51:02let it slide.

00:51:03Madam Liu,

00:51:04what do you propose?

00:51:05Lady Lin is confined

00:51:06to the South Courtyard

00:51:07and must surrender

00:51:08all household authority.

00:51:09The money embezzled

00:51:10by her maiden family

00:51:10must be returned

00:51:11within three days.

00:51:12If not,

00:51:13the Lin family's fields

00:51:14and properties

00:51:14will be used

00:51:15as compensation.

00:51:16You're trying

00:51:16to drive me

00:51:17to death,

00:51:18Madam.

00:51:18Do as Madam says.

00:51:25You're save your mother.

00:51:27Mu Zhao Zhao

00:51:27has pushed us

00:51:28to the brink.

00:51:29If we don't get rid of her,

00:51:30we mother and daughter

00:51:31will never rise again.

00:51:33Mom,

00:51:34you are my root.

00:51:35The Lin family

00:51:35is my foundation.

00:51:37If he falls

00:51:37as a psi consort,

00:51:39I'll lose the support

00:51:40of my maiden family

00:51:41since I can't deal

00:51:42with you

00:51:42at the Prime Minister's

00:51:43mansion.

00:51:44Once the Eastern Palace

00:51:45skates close,

00:51:46nothing will be up

00:51:47to you anymore.

00:51:48Mu Zhao Zhao.

00:51:53I'll dismiss.

00:51:53The Eastern Palace

00:51:54summons you.

00:51:56That was fast.

00:52:00Looks like my...

00:52:02Zhao Zhao.

00:52:04Don't go.

00:52:05We just dealt

00:52:06with the Lin's.

00:52:07Mu Yanue

00:52:08inviting you now

00:52:09is definitely

00:52:10up to no good.

00:52:12It's okay,

00:52:13mother.

00:52:14If I don't go,

00:52:15they'll just have

00:52:16ammo against me.

00:52:19Don't worry,

00:52:20mother.

00:52:21I'm not the weak

00:52:22Mu Zhao Zhao

00:52:23I used to be.

00:52:24I won't let myself

00:52:25be pushed around.

00:52:26I know you're

00:52:27at the Eastern Palace.

00:52:28You must be

00:52:29very careful.

00:52:30Don't act rashly.

00:52:31I know.

00:52:36She's Mu Zhao Zhao,

00:52:38the one the Crown Prince

00:52:39broke off engagement with,

00:52:41then paid 500 tails

00:52:42of gold to marry her?

00:52:44Ah, sister,

00:52:45you've come.

00:52:46Kanser Yen,

00:52:47you're too kind.

00:52:47The Eastern Palace

00:52:48has many rules.

00:52:49I'm afraid I'll get

00:52:50perfume on your hand

00:52:51and be accused

00:52:52of offending you again.

00:52:53Sister,

00:52:54you're always joking.

00:52:55We're all sisters here today.

00:52:56Don't stand on ceremony.

00:52:58Your family is quite large.

00:53:04The Eastern Palace

00:53:05is indeed livelier

00:53:06than the Prime Minister's residence.

00:53:08I've had many

00:53:08misunderstandings

00:53:09with you before.

00:53:10Now that I'm

00:53:10in the Eastern Palace,

00:53:12you're still

00:53:12my biggest worry.

00:53:14Today,

00:53:14in front of all

00:53:15our sisters,

00:53:16let me apologize.

00:53:17What a grand gift,

00:53:18Kanser Yen.

00:53:18I'm afraid accepting

00:53:19it will short to my life.

00:53:21If you really

00:53:22want to make amends,

00:53:23why not say something real?

00:53:24What do you want

00:53:25to hear, sister?

00:53:26For example,

00:53:27when I fell into the water,

00:53:28was that you

00:53:29standing behind me?

00:53:30Sister,

00:53:31did you come

00:53:31to the banquet today

00:53:32or to drag up

00:53:33old scores?

00:53:34That depends on you.

00:53:35If you just want

00:53:36to enjoy the flowers,

00:53:37I'll enjoy them with you.

00:53:38If you insist

00:53:39on faking sisterly affection,

00:53:41I'll have to remind you

00:53:42of a few things.

00:53:43There are some

00:53:44white crabapple trees

00:53:45in the back garden.

00:53:46Sister,

00:53:47you used to love them most.

00:53:48Here we go.

00:53:50You're feeling

00:53:51quite pleased

00:53:52with yourself now,

00:53:53aren't you, sister?

00:53:53Hmpf.

00:53:54You can finally

00:53:54stop pretending.

00:53:55My dear sister,

00:53:57why?

00:53:57Why are you still alive?

00:53:59You were dead that day.

00:54:00You stopped breathing.

00:54:01Maybe the king

00:54:02of hell thinks.

00:54:03I haven't slapped

00:54:04you enough yet.

00:54:05Sister,

00:54:06how could you

00:54:06secretly meet a man

00:54:07here in the Eastern Palace?

00:54:10Sister,

00:54:10I hosted this banquet

00:54:11for you today.

00:54:12If you're really

00:54:13having an affair,

00:54:14you shouldn't have

00:54:14picked the Eastern Palace.

00:54:18Oh,

00:54:18Consort Yen,

00:54:19is this the outside

00:54:20man you met?

00:54:23Where is the item?

00:54:24Here.

00:54:27The man is hidden

00:54:28behind the rockery.

00:54:29Wearing a guard uniform

00:54:30from the Third Prince's

00:54:31mansion.

00:54:32As soon as Consort

00:54:33shouts,

00:54:33everyone will catch

00:54:34Mu Zhao Zhao

00:54:35secretly meeting

00:54:35a man from

00:54:36the Third Prince's residence.

00:54:38The charge

00:54:38will be sealed.

00:54:41Stop.

00:54:45Ugh.

00:54:47Ugh,

00:54:47Humpf.

00:54:49Keep him alive.

00:54:50Put the bundle

00:54:51back in Zhao Fu's

00:54:51arms.

00:54:52Hide Zhao Fu

00:54:53behind the rockery.

00:54:55My dear sister,

00:54:56it shouldn't be him.

00:54:58Then who should it be?

00:55:01It's done.

00:55:02The man is secured.

00:55:03What's that?

00:55:04Take it out

00:55:05and show me.

00:55:06This belongs

00:55:07to the Crown Prince.

00:55:07Lady Mu

00:55:08has no right

00:55:09to check it.

00:55:10You weren't this

00:55:10polite just now

00:55:11when you rushed over

00:55:12to catch them cheating.

00:55:14Junxing.

00:55:17The Third Prince's name.

00:55:19Sister,

00:55:20why is this

00:55:20jade pendant here?

00:55:21Could it be you

00:55:22and the Third Prince?

00:55:23What's the rush?

00:55:25It's newly carved.

00:55:26The edges

00:55:26aren't smoothed yet.

00:55:28The Crown Prince's residence

00:55:29is in quite a rush

00:55:29with their forgery.

00:55:31Tonight beneath

00:55:31the crabapple tree,

00:55:32I wish to

00:55:33bear my heart to you.

00:55:34EW disgusting.

00:55:35What about this?

00:55:37What makes people

00:55:38unable to

00:55:38speak clearly

00:55:39this good thing?

00:55:40Your servant

00:55:41doesn't know.

00:55:42Zhao Fu.

00:55:43Your Highness Crown Prince,

00:55:44you're just in time.

00:55:45Your East Palace man

00:55:46hid in the back garden

00:55:47with a fake

00:55:48Third Prince

00:55:48jade pendant

00:55:49and a letter.

00:55:50The Secondary Consort

00:55:51just accused me

00:55:51of having

00:55:52a secret rendezvous

00:55:53with a man.

00:55:54How do you

00:55:54account for this?

00:55:56It wasn't me,

00:55:57Crown Prince.

00:55:58I just heard

00:55:59voices in the back garden

00:56:00and brought

00:56:01everyone here to check.

00:56:02I'll look into this myself.

00:56:04Today's banquet ends here.

00:56:05Everyone,

00:56:06please leave now.

00:56:07Why not just send

00:56:08Zhao Fu to his majesty?

00:56:09Let the emperor

00:56:10interrogate him personally.

00:56:11What do you want?

00:56:12First,

00:56:12hand Zhao Fu

00:56:13over to the court

00:56:14of judicial review.

00:56:15Second,

00:56:15everyone here today

00:56:16will bear witness.

00:56:17The East Palace

00:56:18can't silence anyone privately.

00:56:19Third,

00:56:20the Sai Consort

00:56:20must apologize to me

00:56:21in public.

00:56:22Impossible.

00:56:23Then before his majesty it is.

00:56:26Mu Yanyue,

00:56:27offer an apology.

00:56:28Yanyue wasn't thoughtful

00:56:29enough about today's matter.

00:56:31I'm sorry I startled you,

00:56:32sister.

00:56:33I do not accept

00:56:34this apology.

00:56:35Successfully counter

00:56:36the East Palace's frame-up.

00:56:37Face slapping points

00:56:38for current 38.

00:56:40Not so fast.

00:56:42This show isn't over yet.

00:56:45Think about it,

00:56:46everyone.

00:56:47If that person

00:56:47was really from

00:56:48the Third Prince's residence,

00:56:50Miss Mu's reputation

00:56:51would be ruined

00:56:52and the Third Prince

00:56:53would be dragged in too.

00:56:54But who came out instead?

00:56:56Zhao Fu,

00:56:57personal attendant

00:56:57to the Crown Prince.

00:56:58What does that tell you?

00:57:00Isn't that the Eastern Palace

00:57:01digging its own pit

00:57:02and falling into it itself?

00:57:04Exactly.

00:57:05Better yet,

00:57:06Zhao Fu carried

00:57:07a fake Third Prince,

00:57:08jade pendant

00:57:09and secret letters.

00:57:11The Eastern Palace

00:57:12wants to kill two birds.

00:57:13With one stone.

00:57:15Sure,

00:57:16keep it down.

00:57:17The Eastern Palace

00:57:19has been cracking down

00:57:19on gossip lately.

00:57:20The more they crack down,

00:57:22the more it proves

00:57:23they have something to hide.

00:57:26Your Highness.

00:57:28I really don't know.

00:57:30Why was Zhao Fu there?

00:57:31I just heard a noise

00:57:33in the backyard,

00:57:33so I brought people

00:57:35to check it out.

00:57:36It must be

00:57:37Mu Zhao Zhao

00:57:37who set a trap

00:57:38in advance to harm me.

00:57:40He set a trap?

00:57:41Then who prepared

00:57:41the jade pendant?

00:57:42Who wrote the letters?

00:57:44Your Highness.

00:57:45I did it for you.

00:57:46Mu Zhao Zhao

00:57:47is so close

00:57:48to the Third Prince.

00:57:49If we don't suppress him now,

00:57:50once the Third Prince

00:57:51gets the Duke of,

00:57:52Jingua's support,

00:57:53what will you do,

00:57:54Your Highness?

00:57:55I,

00:57:55and you did wrong.

00:57:56If Your Highness punishes me,

00:57:57I accept it.

00:57:58But we can't let

00:57:59Mu Zhao Zhao get away.

00:58:01If he dares embarrass

00:58:02Your Highness publicly today,

00:58:03he'll help the Third Prince

00:58:04seize the throne tomorrow.

00:58:05Your Highness.

00:58:06The Third Prince is here.

00:58:09Your Highness.

00:58:10Third Brother,

00:58:11you came today

00:58:12just to laugh at me?

00:58:13I'm here to ask

00:58:14why the Crown Prince's

00:58:16consort forged

00:58:16my jade pendant and letters.

00:58:18Third Prince.

00:58:20There must be

00:58:20a misunderstanding.

00:58:21If this reaches

00:58:22His Majesty's ears,

00:58:23it won't look good

00:58:24for either the Eastern Palace

00:58:25or the Third Prince's residence.

00:58:29Your Highness.

00:58:30Lady Mu has arrived.

00:58:31What is she doing here again?

00:58:37Everyone's here.

00:58:38Saves me the trouble.

00:58:40Who gave you permission

00:58:40to enter the Eastern Palace?

00:58:46We found this

00:58:47on Zhao Fu earlier.

00:58:49The hairpin is Chowin's.

00:58:50The banknotes

00:58:51are from Lin Family's shop.

00:58:52It's all clear

00:58:53in the letter.

00:58:54How to lure me

00:58:55to the back courtyard.

00:58:56How to arrange

00:58:56fake guards

00:58:57of the Third Prince.

00:58:58How to make

00:58:58the noble ladies walk

00:58:59in on me.

00:59:00It wasn't me.

00:59:01It's a frame-up.

00:59:02Is this a frame-up?

00:59:03We'll know

00:59:04once we ask Chowin.

00:59:06Bring Chowin here.

00:59:08Your Highness,

00:59:09Crown Prince.

00:59:10Spare my life.

00:59:12Chowin,

00:59:12if you dare

00:59:13talk nonsense.

00:59:14As side consort,

00:59:15I won't spare you.

00:59:16Crown Prince.

00:59:17Spare my life.

00:59:17I was only

00:59:18following orders.

00:59:21Crown Prince.

00:59:22How about now?

00:59:25Mu Yanue gets

00:59:25one month's confinement.

00:59:27Half a year's pay

00:59:27forfeited.

00:59:28Zhao Fu gets

00:59:2950 cane strokes.

00:59:29Is banished

00:59:30from the Eastern Palace.

00:59:31Chowin is sold off.

00:59:32Your Highness.

00:59:41Mu Zhao Zhao.

00:59:43I will definitely

00:59:45My lady.

00:59:46Time for your medicine.

00:59:48This is a pulse-inducing drug.

00:59:49It'll make your pulse

00:59:50seem like

00:59:51you're pregnant

00:59:52for a short while.

00:59:53My lady,

00:59:53this medicine is bad for you.

00:59:55Don't take it

00:59:55for too long.

00:59:59If it can bring

01:00:00His Highness back,

01:00:01what's a little harm?

01:00:05I heard the physician

01:00:06said you're pregnant.

01:00:07Your Highness,

01:00:08I know I was wrong before,

01:00:10but this baby is innocent.

01:00:12If it's really

01:00:12a royal grandson,

01:00:13my father and mother

01:00:15will care more about me.

01:00:16Let's put the past

01:00:17aside for now.

01:00:18Just rest

01:00:19and take care of your pregnancy.

01:00:20Your Highness,

01:00:21Her Majesty the Queen

01:00:22heard the consort

01:00:23is pregnant

01:00:23and ordered her

01:00:24to the palace tomorrow

01:00:25for a checkup.

01:00:28Her Majesty the Queen?

01:00:30The Queen Mother

01:00:30values royal grandsons.

01:00:32Of course,

01:00:33she'd check it herself.

01:00:35My lady,

01:00:36the Eastern Palace

01:00:37says Consort Mu

01:00:38is pregnant.

01:00:42She's only been

01:00:43in the Eastern Palace

01:00:44for a few days.

01:00:45Everyone's saying

01:00:46the crown prince

01:00:47is overjoyed.

01:00:48He also sent lots of gifts

01:00:49to the side courtyard.

01:00:51I remember that packet of powder

01:00:52in Eastern Palace's back garden.

01:00:53I thought it was just incense.

01:00:55Later,

01:00:56Shinjasu had

01:00:56Shinga check it

01:00:57and said

01:00:57it had something

01:00:58to alter the pulse.

01:00:59So that was her trap

01:01:00all along.

01:01:01System,

01:01:02is Mu Yanue really pregnant?

01:01:03Fake pregnancy.

01:01:04Expose Mu Yanue's

01:01:05fake pregnancy

01:01:05to earn high.

01:01:06Face slapping points.

01:01:07Someone's delivering

01:01:08face slapping points again.

01:01:09Chunying,

01:01:10where's Baima going?

01:01:12Maybe.

01:01:17Face slapping points.

01:01:19This kid's changed

01:01:20so much

01:01:21since waking up.

01:01:22She's always

01:01:23muttering to herself.

01:01:30What would you like

01:01:31to buy, sir?

01:01:32A pulse-inducing drug.

01:01:34You must be joking, sir.

01:01:35Our humble shop

01:01:36doesn't sell that.

01:01:37I'm not buying.

01:01:38I'm asking if anyone

01:01:39has bought it recently.

01:01:40My young master

01:01:41is giving you a chance

01:01:42by asking.

01:01:43The authorities come asking.

01:01:44It's hard to say if

01:01:45this shop can stay open.

01:01:47Well done.

01:01:48Learning to borrow

01:01:48someone else's authority.

01:01:49Hey, isn't it all

01:01:50thanks to your teaching,

01:01:51my lady?

01:01:52A maid from the

01:01:52Eastern Palace

01:01:53did come a few days ago.

01:01:55She bought some medicine

01:01:56to regulate the pulse.

01:01:57I did warn her

01:01:58not to overuse the medicine,

01:01:59but the silver he gave

01:02:00was just...

01:02:03What's her name?

01:02:04I only heard

01:02:05others call him

01:02:06Chowin.

01:02:07He burned the prescription.

01:02:08There's more here.

01:02:12Why are you

01:02:13investigating

01:02:13the Eastern Palace again?

01:02:14What a coincidence.

01:02:15We found the same shop.

01:02:17This was taken

01:02:17from medicine dregs

01:02:18dumped at

01:02:19Eastern Palace's

01:02:19side courtyard.

01:02:20It contains a pulse-inducing drug

01:02:22that briefly creates

01:02:22a false pregnancy pulse.

01:02:24So Consort Mu's

01:02:25pregnancy is fake.

01:02:26She's pretty ruthless

01:02:27to herself, too.

01:02:28What do you plan to do?

01:02:30Exposing him directly

01:02:31isn't fun.

01:02:31He wants to use this child

01:02:33to turn things around, right?

01:02:34Then let him put on

01:02:35a big...

01:02:38My lady,

01:02:39I heard you're pregnant.

01:02:40I've brought you a gift

01:02:41for your pregnancy.

01:02:43Sister, you're so thoughtful.

01:02:44But I'm not feeling well.

01:02:46I must hurry to the palace

01:02:47to greet the Empress.

01:02:48I'm afraid I can't stay long.

01:02:51It's fine.

01:02:53Since you're pregnant,

01:02:54as your older sister,

01:02:55I have to give you

01:02:56a little something.

01:02:58What pregnancy medicine

01:02:59is this, sister?

01:03:00Mu Zhao Zhao,

01:03:01what are you up to now?

01:03:02Crown Prince,

01:03:03don't be so tense.

01:03:04I heard my sister's pregnant.

01:03:06I came specially

01:03:07with a pregnancy gift.

01:03:08Yue wouldn't dare

01:03:09use anything from you.

01:03:10If you don't dare use it,

01:03:12that's fine.

01:03:13Since we're going

01:03:14to the palace today,

01:03:15why not bring it

01:03:16to show the Empress?

01:03:17I can't go to the palace.

01:03:19I just took the

01:03:19pulse-inducing drug yesterday.

01:03:21If the Empress finds out

01:03:22about the pregnancy medicine,

01:03:23the Imperial Physician

01:03:24will surely investigate.

01:03:25I appreciate your kindness,

01:03:27sister,

01:03:27but I'm carrying

01:03:28the Crown Prince's child.

01:03:29Any medicine I take

01:03:30must be checked by

01:03:31the Imperial Physician.

01:03:33I wouldn't dare

01:03:34take anything from outside.

01:03:35That makes sense.

01:03:37Then let the Imperial Physician

01:03:38examine it.

01:03:39Yue where,

01:03:39what's wrong?

01:03:40It's nothing.

01:03:41I'm just a bit tired.

01:03:43Pregnant women

01:03:43do tire easily,

01:03:44especially when

01:03:45they're feeling guilty.

01:03:47Fine, Mu Zhao Zhao.

01:03:48If you won't take it,

01:03:50so be it.

01:03:50I've done what's proper.

01:03:53Concubine, be careful.

01:03:56The Empress tolerates

01:03:57no deceit.

01:04:00Are you really pregnant?

01:04:02Your Highness,

01:04:03are you doubting me?

01:04:03I didn't mean that.

01:04:06I, Yanue,

01:04:06know I did wrong before

01:04:07and disappointed

01:04:08your Highness,

01:04:09but the child in my womb

01:04:10is innocent.

01:04:11Don't overthink it.

01:04:12After we enter the palace,

01:04:13have a proper examination.

01:04:15Yes.

01:04:15Get up.

01:04:16I heard you're pregnant.

01:04:17The Crown Prince

01:04:18is very pleased.

01:04:19Yanue is humbled.

01:04:20I'll take good care of myself

01:04:21and live up to

01:04:22Your Majesty's expectations.

01:04:24Summon the Imperial Physician.

01:04:25I took the medicine

01:04:25again this morning.

01:04:26If I get through today,

01:04:28I can frame this

01:04:28as a miscarriage.

01:04:30Mu Zhao Zhao

01:04:30can't afford the crime of

01:04:31harming the Prince's child.

01:04:33How should I respond

01:04:34to Your Majesty?

01:04:35Consort,

01:04:35the pulse is indeed slippery,

01:04:37but it's superficial

01:04:38and unstable,

01:04:39not like a normal

01:04:39pregnancy pulse.

01:04:40I humbly ask

01:04:41to check it again.

01:04:44His Excellency,

01:04:45the Imperial Preceptor,

01:04:46has arrived.

01:04:49Yesterday,

01:04:49I checked the

01:04:49Eastern Palace's medicine.

01:04:51Supplies and found

01:04:52someone bought

01:04:53pulse-inducing drugs.

01:04:54This drug can disrupt

01:04:55the pulse

01:04:55and temporarily

01:04:56create pregnancy signs.

01:05:02Your Majesty,

01:05:03this drug indeed

01:05:04has a pulse-inducing effect.

01:05:05Lady Mu,

01:05:06what do you have to say?

01:05:07Your Majesty,

01:05:08Yanue is innocent.

01:05:09Someone must have framed me.

01:05:11It's me.

01:05:11Consort,

01:05:12eat whatever you want,

01:05:14but you can't

01:05:15throw blame around.

01:05:17Lady Consort,

01:05:18the drug was definitely

01:05:19from your Eastern Palace.

01:05:20Then tell me,

01:05:21where exactly did I

01:05:22set this trap?

01:05:23In your own belly.

01:05:24Your Highness,

01:05:25I didn't do it.

01:05:26I was tricked too.

01:05:27The maid brought

01:05:28the medicine,

01:05:29saying it was a tonic.

01:05:30I had no idea

01:05:31it was a pulse-inducing drug.

01:05:32Again,

01:05:33the maid acted

01:05:34on her own.

01:05:36Your Majesty,

01:05:37this is the

01:05:38West Street

01:05:38Apothecary's testimony.

01:05:39The buyer had

01:05:40an Eastern Palace

01:05:41token,

01:05:42claiming orders

01:05:42from the consort.

01:05:43The shopkeeper

01:05:44took hush money,

01:05:45but never cleared

01:05:46the books.

01:05:47Lady Mu,

01:05:47you've barely been

01:05:48in the Eastern Palace.

01:05:49First you framed

01:05:50your legitimate

01:05:50elder sister,

01:05:51then faked pregnancy

01:05:52to trick the crown prince

01:05:53and me.

01:05:54Do you have even

01:05:55a shred of respect

01:05:55for the royal rules?

01:05:56Your Majesty,

01:05:57I know I'm wrong.

01:05:58I'm just so afraid

01:05:59His Highness

01:06:00will reject me.

01:06:01Your Highness,

01:06:01I just love you so much.

01:06:03Please,

01:06:03Your Highness,

01:06:04for old time's sake,

01:06:05spare me this once.

01:06:05Let go.

01:06:08I misjudged you.

01:06:09Lady Mu lacks virtue,

01:06:11unfit to serve

01:06:11the crown prince.

01:06:12From today,

01:06:13she's confined

01:06:13to East Palaces.

01:06:14Side courtyard,

01:06:15no leaving without orders.

01:06:16One year,

01:06:16salary forfeited.

01:06:17She must copy

01:06:18admonitions for women

01:06:18100 times.

01:06:19Your Majesty.

01:06:20One more word,

01:06:21and you'll be sent

01:06:22back to the Mu family.

01:06:24Thank you for your mercy,

01:06:25Your Majesty.

01:06:28You arrived

01:06:29quite timely today.

01:06:32I was just afraid

01:06:34Concubine would take

01:06:35the wrong medicine

01:06:36and hurt herself.

01:06:37So I came here

01:06:38to warn you.

01:06:39You have a grudge

01:06:40against the Mu family,

01:06:40but you handled this

01:06:42with proper restraint.

01:06:43But from now on,

01:06:44stay out of palace affairs.

01:06:45I understand.

01:06:50Finally,

01:06:51almost halfway.

01:06:52State preceptor,

01:06:52the medicine drags today

01:06:53were delivered

01:06:54right on time.

01:06:55You flatter me.

01:06:56It's not as good

01:06:57as Lady Mu's.

01:07:00It was a miscarriage

01:07:01prevention gift.

01:07:02It's the thought

01:07:03that counts.

01:07:04Your gift

01:07:05was indeed heavy.

01:07:06Lady Mu,

01:07:07wait,

01:07:08His Majesty summons you

01:07:09to the Imperial study.

01:07:11His Majesty says

01:07:12Lady Mu must go at once.

01:07:15The state preceptor

01:07:16will accompany her.

01:07:17Imperial exam fraud

01:07:18and military fund embezzlement

01:07:20both lead right back

01:07:21to the Chancellor's mansion.

01:07:22Behind the dowry accounts

01:07:23hides an even bigger

01:07:29I greet

01:07:30Your Majesty.

01:07:33Mu Zhao Zhao.

01:07:35Did you know

01:07:36your father's protege

01:07:37is involved

01:07:38in Imperial exam fraud?

01:07:39Your Majesty,

01:07:40I know nothing of it.

01:07:42Humph.

01:07:43You answer quickly.

01:07:45Your Majesty,

01:07:46Miss Mu is an inner court lady.

01:07:48She may not know

01:07:49court affairs.

01:07:50Defending me again?

01:07:51Don't tell me

01:07:52you're charmed

01:07:53by my charm.

01:07:54Father,

01:07:54Mu Zhao Zhao

01:07:55is meddling

01:07:55in the Chancellor's affairs

01:07:56and secretly meeting

01:07:58Third Brother.

01:07:59She can't know

01:08:00nothing at all.

01:08:01Your Royal Highness

01:08:02the Crown Prince.

01:08:02Your own backyard's on fire.

01:08:04How do you still have time

01:08:06to sling mud at me?

01:08:07You insolent.

01:08:09Enough,

01:08:09Third Brother.

01:08:10You submitted this memorial.

01:08:11Explain yourself.

01:08:13Father,

01:08:14I found several candidates

01:08:15with suspicious rankings.

01:08:16Their essays don't match

01:08:17their writing style.

01:08:18Following the lead,

01:08:19I trace two back

01:08:20to Zhou Wenyuan,

01:08:21the Chancellor's protege.

01:08:23Zhou is the Chancellor's

01:08:24long-time confidant.

01:08:25So Song Mingza

01:08:26is making a move

01:08:26against the Crown Prince

01:08:27and Mu Qingyuan.

01:08:29Third Brother

01:08:29is diligent

01:08:30in his investigation.

01:08:31The Imperial exam

01:08:32is up to the Ministry of Rights

01:08:33and my father.

01:08:35What are you up to

01:08:36investigating this in secret?

01:08:38I just learned of it

01:08:39by chance.

01:08:40I dare not hide it.

01:08:42These two brothers

01:08:43are almost kissing.

01:08:44Miss Mu is so unfazed.

01:08:45Even when they act

01:08:46so improperly

01:08:47in front of the Emperor.

01:08:48Sure, don't make trouble.

01:08:49Keep watching.

01:08:50A coincidence?

01:08:51You're close with

01:08:52Mu Zhao Zhao.

01:08:53Who knows if you two

01:08:53conspire to frame me.

01:08:55Your Royal Highness

01:08:55the Crown Prince.

01:08:56That logic of yours

01:08:57is perfect for a

01:08:58storytelling show.

01:08:59Anyway,

01:08:59if I know someone,

01:09:00I get blamed

01:09:01for everything they do.

01:09:02Imperial Preceptor,

01:09:03what do you think?

01:09:04Exam fraud is no small matter.

01:09:06We have clues,

01:09:06so we must investigate.

01:09:07If the Chancellor

01:09:08is innocent,

01:09:09we will clear his name.

01:09:10Let Dolly Court

01:09:11investigate this secretly.

01:09:12Third,

01:09:13you assist from the side.

01:09:14The Crown Prince's

01:09:14Eastern Palace

01:09:15has had much going on lately.

01:09:16You will first reflect

01:09:17on your mistakes

01:09:18behind closed doors.

01:09:19Father,

01:09:20do you object?

01:09:22I dare not.

01:09:52What happened?

01:09:55I dare not.

01:09:58I dare not.

01:10:03I dare not.

01:10:05I dare not.

01:10:19He definitely doesn't know

01:10:20this is still here.

01:10:21If he knew,

01:10:22he wouldn't have let us

01:10:23bring back the ledgers.

01:10:25Xijiao Garden.

01:10:26What are you doing here again?

01:10:28I have something to ask you,

01:10:30Father.

01:10:31Do you know

01:10:32Zhou Winyuan well?

01:10:33I have many followers at court.

01:10:35How could I know them all?

01:10:37Oh?

01:10:37Then are you familiar with this?

01:10:41Silver from Fushion Cloth Shop,

01:10:43received by Zhou Winyuan.

01:10:44Should I help you refresh

01:10:45your memory, Father?

01:10:46Where did you get this?

01:10:48So you do know him, Father.

01:10:49Mu Zhou Zhou,

01:10:50some things aren't for you to touch.

01:10:52If you know what's good for you,

01:10:54hand it over to me.

01:10:55Otherwise, not just you.

01:10:56Even your mother

01:10:57will get dragged into this.

01:11:00Threatening me

01:11:00with my mother again?

01:11:01Find something new, Father.

01:11:03I'm tired of hearing it now.

01:11:06You think the Duke of Zhenggua

01:11:07has your back?

01:11:08You can get away with anything?

01:11:10Imperial exam fraud

01:11:11is a major case.

01:11:12You're a sheltered girl

01:11:13meddling in this.

01:11:14You won't even know

01:11:15how you died.

01:11:16Rest assured,

01:11:17Father,

01:11:18a fortune teller once said

01:11:19I'm very hard to kill.

01:11:26Guards.

01:11:28So,

01:11:29the Chancellor wants

01:11:30to silence her?

01:11:32Miss,

01:11:33are we being followed?

01:11:34M.M.,

01:11:35three groups.

01:11:36One from Moocheng Yuan,

01:11:37one from the Crown Prince,

01:11:38and one from

01:11:39the Chancellor's Manor.

01:11:40What three groups?

01:11:42Miss,

01:11:42there are fewer people

01:11:43over here.

01:11:44I know,

01:11:45they won't make a move

01:11:46in a crowded place.

01:11:51Stay hidden.

01:11:58Finally decided to come out?

01:11:59Boring.

01:12:00I was hiding there for ages.

01:12:05The Crown Prince's men,

01:12:06not just Moocheng Yuan

01:12:07and the Crown Prince.

01:12:08I'm afraid they're

01:12:09in the same boat now.

01:12:10Give me half the stub.

01:12:12What?

01:12:12You're going to investigate for me?

01:12:14I'm afraid before you-

01:12:15Does it hurt?

01:12:16Still saying it doesn't hurt?

01:12:18Look how bad your wound is.

01:12:19I'm fine, really.

01:12:20Look,

01:12:21I can still eat.

01:12:21You two,

01:12:22go talk first.

01:12:23I'll go rest downstairs.

01:12:24You're obviously afraid of pain,

01:12:25but you just won't admit it.

01:12:27Zhou Wenyu Han is dead.

01:12:28The ledgers are burned.

01:12:29The assassin is dead, too.

01:12:30Now we only have this half stub.

01:12:32It's not enough to convict.

01:12:34I know.

01:12:34So we need to make them think

01:12:36there's another half.

01:12:37Miss Moo,

01:12:37are you going to forge it?

01:12:38How can you call this forgery?

01:12:40It's psychological warfare.

01:12:42What are you laughing at?

01:12:43What do you want to do, then?

01:12:45Come here.

01:12:46Why you-

01:12:47What are you doing?

01:12:48What are you thinking?

01:12:49We'll spread the word that

01:12:50Zhou Wenyu Han's final letter

01:12:52is now in my hands.

01:12:54It has evidence of both

01:12:55Imperial exam fraud,

01:12:56military pay,

01:12:57embezzlement.

01:13:00Their strong reaction shows

01:13:01the Imperial exam

01:13:02is just the surface.

01:13:03Military pay is different.

01:13:04Mess with military pay.

01:13:05You mess with

01:13:06frontier soldiers' lives.

01:13:07How did you think of military pay?

01:13:09That's how it always goes

01:13:10in storybooks.

01:13:11I read lots of random books.

01:13:13Storybooks?

01:13:14That useless Zhou Wenyu Han.

01:13:15Even dead.

01:13:16He still left the trail.

01:13:18Your Highness,

01:13:19top priority

01:13:19is to get that letter back.

01:13:21If it really has

01:13:22the military payroll,

01:13:23His Majesty will be furious.

01:13:25You don't say.

01:13:26The state preceptor's

01:13:26watching Mu Zhao Zhao.

01:13:27It's hard to make a move.

01:13:29If your Highness can't move,

01:13:30I can help you move.

01:13:31Her Highness,

01:13:32Consort Mu,

01:13:33you're currently under confinement.

01:13:34If I don't prove myself now,

01:13:36Your Highness will really disown me.

01:13:40Here they come.

01:13:45Got them.

01:13:47The Crown Prince

01:13:48sure scares easily.

01:13:49And there's another fish.

01:13:51That figure looks like

01:13:52someone from

01:13:52Consort Mu's side.

01:13:53Mu Yenue's confinement

01:13:54is really something.

01:13:55It was all for nothing.

01:13:57Father.

01:13:58I didn't know about this.

01:13:59The Dolly Temple

01:14:00will continue to investigate thoroughly.

01:14:02The Eastern Palace

01:14:02shall hand over

01:14:03all relevant people.

01:14:05Luring enemy counterattack

01:14:06successful.

01:14:07Face slapping value

01:14:08for current 51.

01:14:10The fake news you spread

01:14:11might have come true.

01:14:12What do you mean?

01:14:13The frontier military pay

01:14:14is actually...

01:14:15Mu Zhao Zhao.

01:14:17You always manage

01:14:18to run into big trouble.

01:14:20I didn't want this either.

01:14:21Maybe I have a tough fate.

01:14:24Filth easily reveals

01:14:25itself around me.

01:14:26The military payroll matter

01:14:28is connected to your father.

01:14:30I can't prove my father

01:14:31embeddled the military payroll,

01:14:32but the money from Liu Zhuang

01:14:33is tied to Zhou Wenyuan.

01:14:34He's also involved

01:14:35in imperial exam fraud.

01:14:36Now someone's busy

01:14:37silencing witnesses.

01:14:38And destroying ledgers.

01:14:40They're clearly guilty.

01:14:41You seem to know

01:14:42quite a bit.

01:14:44Third Prince

01:14:44secretly investigate

01:14:46the military payroll matter.

01:14:47The imperial preceptor

01:14:48will assist you.

01:14:49Your son obeys the decree.

01:14:53Prime Minister,

01:14:54the Eastern Palace

01:14:55is pressing hard.

01:14:55They say those ledgers

01:14:57must be handled right away.

01:14:59What should we do now?

01:15:00The court of judicial review

01:15:01is watching.

01:15:02And the imperial preceptor too.

01:15:03Do you want me dead?

01:15:05But if the ledgers

01:15:06fall into the third prince's hands...

01:15:09Shut up.

01:15:10What is the principle?

01:15:10What is the thing?

01:15:12You

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