02x07 - Episode 7

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General Commander there is no other exit in this area.

Commander Sun already led the soldiers from the Patrol Guards and circled to the other side.

If the criminal escape to that area, he surely will notice it.

- Let us move.
- Yes.

General Commander.

The criminal escaped to your direction. You did not notice him?

There was no traces at all.

This seems to be the back wall of the manor of the Marquis of Nanyang.

Young Prince! Young Prince!

- Young Prince.
- Brother Xun.

I already told my servants about it. Catching the criminal is very important.

We have already searched my manor except for the inner courtyard.

Thank you, Young Prince.

I fear that the area he most likely infiltrated is the inner courtyard.

This...I am afraid that I have to inform my mother about it first.

Okay.

Please.

Mother.

Yuanqi.

Mother.

Grand Madam.

General Commander Xun, you need anything?

Grand Madam Laiyang.

Can I check this cabinet?

Let me do it.

Grand Consort Laiyang, forgive me for being imprudent.

Then...this...

What is inside are my personal belongings.

Are we done?

We have disturbed Grand Madam Laiyang.

You have worked hard, Brother Xun.

Let us go.

Mother.

Mother, what is wrong?

Nothing.

I want to stay alone for a while. Leave first.

I will take my leave.

- Leave now.
- Yes.

Older brother, do not be this mad.

Yuanshi is just a 10-year old child.

Her Lady Highness Empress is too strict with him.

Listen and remember two things.

First, His Highness Crown Prince has already moved into the Eastern Palace. His name cannot be casually called.

Second, the strictness of how Her Lady Highness Empress is raising the Crown Prince can only be corrected by His Majesty and the three tutors of the Crown Prince.

What status do you have that you are allowed to directly criticize it?

Older brother, I only said a few words. Must I really have to think a lot before saying them?

No wonder the Old Master said that

people in the Jinling imperial court have such a tiring life.

Get up here.

You were using black sorcery to curse His Majesty.

Grand Madam,

your crime seems to be worse than mine.

Who are you?

What are you planning to do?

I just passed by to hide and is not planning to do anything.

I did not intend to talk back to you.

I just felt that you being this careful makes it look unnatural.

Pingjing, before Duan Tongzhou escaped from the prison, did you not already deduce that

he has another master?

Who is older brother suspecting?

No one.

This is not a matter that one can just casually infer.

But no matter what,

there is that one enemy that is hiding in the dark.

Have you ever thought

that our House of Changlin has always been protecting our borders but how come we must face such numerous enmity here in the imperial court?

The more His Majesty loves us, the more our House of Changlin cannot disappoint him.

No matter how upright your heart is,

you cannot ask others to understand and trust you immediately.

I ordered you to be careful and practice proper etiquette not to make your acts unnatural or hypocritical

but it is not to let other people misunderstand that

we at the House of Changlin is boasting of having numerous achievements, hence, show less respect towards His Majesty and the Crown Prince.

You are very intelligent. Cannot you even grasp that idea?

The Imperial Jin Army and the Patrol Guards.

How come they are outside the manor of Laiyang?

Could it be...

Go.

But you must listen to the instructions of Feizhan.

Let's go.

Second Young Master.

Second Young Master.

Second Young Master.

Brother Xun. Yuanqi.

- Was it Dong Tongzhou?
- Yes.

I was able to exchange a few stances with him but I was not able to surround him.

How come he escaped to here?

How was it?

General Commander, we have already searched everywhere. We did not find anything.

Brother Xun, we were able to find traces of him once so we surely can a second time.

As long as Duan Tongzhou is still here in the capital, he surely cannot escape.

The people who were trying to catch you have already left.

You better hurry and leave now.

No matter if Grand Madam believes it or not,

it is not my first time to know this secret of yours.

But honestly, can just hiding in this room and secretly piercing a doll

relieve the long years of grudges in your heart?

Duan Tongzhou left this?

The Dark Fire of the Netherworld really lives up to its name.

Brother Xun, what is wrong?

It is just that I did not notice earlier when fighting with him

that this Duan Tongzhou is this strong.

Heir, you are back.

Heir.

You went to greet father already.

Miss Lin said that you must take your last medicine before going to sleep.

I am going to get you the medicine.

Do not rush.

Everything in life is fated.

We both are still young.

Father is not even rushing us so why must you be this anxious?

But...

I am already married to you for 7 years.

It is just 7 years and you are already sick of it?

I even plan to make you stay married with me for a lifetime.

Xiao Xue,

we grew up together.

I am not only your husband but also your Brother Pingzhang.

For me, it is already blissfulness to be able to marry you.

As for others, if they do come, it is only adding flowers to an already perfect brocade. If there is none,

there is also no need to mind them too much.

I indeed want to add flowers to an already perfect brocade.

I want to bore you a child.

Second Young Master.

Butler Zhou, do you need anything?

A worker from Ji Feng Hall came to relay a message that their Lady is asking to see you.

Right now?

It seems so.

Okay, I understand.

This way, Second Young Master. Please be careful of your steps.

Sister Yun, why is your Lady looking for me?

I also do not know it very well. Why don't you just personally ask Lady about it?

- My lady.
- Miss Lin.

Sister Yun, just leave first.

- Close the doors when you leave.
- Yes.

Lin Xi, this is the first time that you took the initiative to ask me to come here.

Could it be that because I was too busy taking care of other things and did not visit,

you have missed me?

Just say it if you did miss me. It is fine.

I do tend to make other people miss me.

Hey, Lin Xi! Lin Xi!

Let me tell you...

Although people from Langya Court is not really that particular about things,

we do have rules in our house.

Is it appropriate for us to chat like this

in the middle of the night?

How come this box looks so familiar?

That is owned by your sister-in-law.

You called me this late at night just to look at my sister-in-law's box?

Carefully look at it.

What are these stuff hidden in between the layers?

I suspect that this is Eastern Sea Pearl Gum.

What is that?

Feizhan?

You were not making any sound.

You really scared me.

Were you not very busy lately? How come you had the time to come here?

The reason that I was very busy lately was because of trying to catch that criminal as instructed by His Majesty.

Today, I received reports from the Patrol Guards and discovered the tracks of Duna Tongzhou.

He and I exchanged a few moves.

You fought with him?

Then, were you able to catch him?

What you mean is the reason that my sister-in-law had no child despite being married for so many years

was because of this thing?

The drug effect of the Eastern Sea Pearl Gum is that of extreme cold. Even if you just leave it untouched, it can still emit and disseminate its effects.

If Heir's Consort frequently use this powder box,

it is very possible that it can lead to the consequence that we are seeing now.

This drug is very hard to find.

I also just saw it once several years ago.

Whether this gum [glue] is really the Eastern Sea Pearl Gum,

I still cannot be sure.

This is why I did not tell your sister-in-law about it first and instead, asked you to come here.

I understand.

Having a child has always been a wish of sister-in-law. If your assessment is wrong,

and I rush to tell her and brother about this,

it will just add up to their worries.

For Second Young Master to thought about that is also showing much considerations.

How then can you verify it?

Since it is already in my hand, I can just make tests to confirm the poison.

How long do you need?

The pharmacy is not that busy lately. Just 2 or 3 days is enough.

Being able to escape from you,

looks like this person is indeed extraordinary.

Duan Tongzhou's martial arts skills indeed is quite vile.

When he fought with me, he left a palm mark.

When you look at it, it does not look like it came from a flesh.

It is like it was left by an iron palm that was heated until it is red.

A martial arts skills like that, even in the vast martial arts world,

it is impossible for another person to be able to do it.

The more it is impossible here in the capital.

Can Uncle tell me...

what exactly is this?

Lin Xin, if this thing really is... can my sister-in-law become better?

Heir's Consort is a person trained in martial arts. Her health foundation is very good.

We probably can think of another way.

But who would do such a thing?

What are his intentions?

I am a doctor. Since little, what I study are medicinal books.

What I think of is how to save people and the world.

As to why there would be such a thing in this world,

I am not too sure.

It's getting late. I'm going to go back.

Thank you.

I am a scholarly official.

Regarding martial arts, I do not know a thing.

Before you even told me, I didn't even know there was a hand print here.

How am I suppose to know what this...

Dark Fire of the Netherworld.

Don't tell me you are thinking

that Duan Tongzhou once came to my place?

Uncle, the night is dark now and there are no one around.

Can you be frank with me?

It looks like before you came here

you already thought of me as the criminal in your heart.

I only believe what I see.

If I am connected with Song Fu's case,

why then did he not rat me out?

Maybe you didn't do a crime with him.

Maybe this Duan Tongzhou's master here in the capital is not only him.

Maybe this owner of this Dark Fire of the Netherworld Palm went to Qizhou to contact Ji Chen

using the name of Song Fu,

But behind him, there is someone else.

You are suspecting me?

Uncle, I already said

I only believe my own eyes.

Even if Duan Tongzhou came to my place,

then is that also evidence for a crime?

It is not me to decide if this is an evidence for a crime or not.

Does uncle want me to inform His Majesty about this

and wait for his decision?

Feizhan, Feizhan.

Your parents died when you were little.

have I even treated you badly?

Your food and warmth since you were little

it was your aunt who worried and caried about you.

When you were 7 and wanted to learn martial arts,

it was me who personally went to the Meng Manor to find you a master.

Enough!

Uncle you know I don't want to hear those things.

Lord! Lord! Are you alright?

Nothing! Stay outside and don't come in!

Yes Sir.

Uncle.

Forgive me for being impudent. I just cannot understand

that since there is already a Lady Highness Empress in the inner palace,

since His Highness Crown Prince has already moved into the East Palace,

you are currently already above all ministers in the imperial court and the head of the cabinet,



counting all of these...

His Majesty has already favored our Xun family so much.

But Uncle why would you still do something like this?

The things you are talking about, I have never done them.

But the ideas you have, I don't deny.

Why!

Uncle, I don't understand.

You have been serving by the side of the emperor for so long.

Did you not see it?

For the past years, His Majesty has been closing his eyes.

He never thought of the Prince's future.

I am not saying these words to frighten you.

You also understand how much fame and power

the House of Chang Lin has now.

The debt of gratitude towards the past emperor is still there,

His Majesty and Prince of Chang Lin have such deep brotherly relationship,

hence, they are able to get along in such a manner.

But can the Crown Prince also do so in the future?

If we do not try to balance the power more and prepare for the future,

we cannot guarantee that foul wind and rain of blood will not happen in the future.

No.

I do not believe that Old Prince is a person like that.

Pingzhang is also definitely not.

Your thoughts are too laughable and naive, Feizhen.

Must the imperial throne of our Great Liang rely on the

character of the House of Chang Lin?

If they are upright, the dynasty will be peaceful and stable.

But if they ever have any wrong thought, we will then fall into a precarious situation.

If it is you, can you really be at ease?

Based on what uncle said,

just to put your heart at ease,

you can already be allowed to devise such a sinister scheme?

I do want to ask Uncle this. Are those people who died in the front lines

not my Great Liang's soldiers? Once the cavalries of the enemy were able to move southwards,

are the lands that they will trample not my Great Liang's?

Feizhan!

Feizhan...

I heard from the servants that something is wrong in the study.

They all got driven away.

What really is going on?

You two have always been harmonious. Why must you two fight?

Auntie...

Feizhan,

you are an important government officer.

You surely has your own decision.

Of course, I cannot force you to do anything.

I just hope that General Commander will not forget

that the more than a hundred members of the Xun clan

is related to you by blood.

Uncle, while I still have not caught Duan Tongzhou,

I will not say anything.

Hope that Uncle can stop what you are doing from now on.

Do not make a wrong step anymore.

I have disturbed you, Auntie.

Husband,

how come his manner of speaking is heavy?

What really has happened?

Feizhan is soft-hearted.

Everything is fine.

Everything will be fine.

Pingjing,

Miss Lin Xi called for you last night. Is there any problem?

Older brother.

General Commander, the Eunuch Wei of the inner court is here.

Older brother!

Older brother.

These past years...

Xiao Xue has cried how many times

just for a child?

How many bitter medicines have she taken?

Older brother, do not be mad first.

Lin Xi has not yet confirmed it so we did not tell sister-in-law about it first.

Pingjing,

please invite Miss Lin Xi to come to our house.

Why must she come here?

Miss Lin was afraid to alarm your sister-in-law so she did her investigation covertly.

I fear that it might not be that complete.

You want to let her come here so she can search for evidence again?

Yes.

Good thing your sister-in-law went to Qinglian Temple today so she will not be disturbed.

- I will go now.
- Quickly go.

- Greetings, General Commander.
- Eunuch Wei.

This item has a scent on it that looked like locally made.

I kept feeling that it is very familiar but I do not remember where I have smelled it before.

Eunuch Wei manages the different scented ingredients in the palace. I heard that nothing can escape your nose.

Do you know what this is?

General Commander, this item has traces of the lamp oil that the inner palace has especially made for the offering stage for the gods [baishen].

Those made outside cannot be like this.

No wonder it is familiar.

May I ask where else was this lamp oil used other than in the inner palace?

Replying to General Commander, there is a total of 120 jin lamp oil that was made.

Other than Heir Consort of Chang Lin using a bit when she went to pray in Qinglian Temple at the West Mountain [Xishan],

the rest were all sent to...

High Priest Puyang's Qian Tian Court.

All will be used in the offering stage for the gods.

I know now. Thank you, Eunuch Wei. Please take care on your way back.

I will take my leave.

Qinglian Temple?

Qian Tian Court...

[Imperial Jin Guard Camp]

General Commander.

It is rare that you get to have 2 days of leave. Why are you going out again?

I fear that I might be back late.

If there is any situation with the Jin Guards that is not that important,

just handle it in my behalf.

Yes.

Heir, you can be at ease now, there is nothing wrong with the other places.

Then it means, it is only this power box.

Eastern Sea Pearl Gum is a very rare object.

Just that much amount is already enough for them to achieve their goal.

Not applying them to any other place is also understandable.

Thank you, Miss Lin.

Heir, you need not be this courteous.

Heir, please do not walk me out anymore.

I will let Pingjing walk you out in my behalf.

Yes.

Heir.

This item was given by Empress.

But the people who handled it in between

are quite numerous.

- You two guard here.
- Yes.

Head Monk, are these the changming lamp that Heir Consort of Chang Lin offered here in your temple?

Yes.

I also know that the oil lamps that were personally granted by His Majesty must be carefully used.

Just to ensure that it will keep on being lit, I have instructed my disciples to take shifts in watching them.

There was always someone here inside this hall.

Head Monk, I still have to trouble you to gather everyone here in this temple and ask

if anyone has seen this person.

Yes.

May I ask head monk

what wishes do people who usually come to your temple ask?

Towards the merciful Bodhisattva that traveled across Nanhai [Southern Seas],

kind men and devout women come here to mostly ask about abundant descendants

and a peaceful home and healthy family.

Thank you, head monk.

♫ The long, slow song rises like wind flowing through the corridors reaching the imposing, opulent and bright Imperial Hall ♫

♫ Memories of that certain year, when far-away borders blazed with fires of w*r, in vast fields of ice and snow ♫

♫ From this world, the many slanders pass through the vermilion gates, over the palace walls ♫

♫ Beneath iron armor, together with silken skirts and silver spears, hair grows hoary as though with early frost ♫

♫ Hoping for the day when we can sincerely join hands in a faraway place without a second thought ♫

♫ Fiery liquor consumed at the end of the world, at the limits of exhaustion, is a feast! ♫

♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the w*r in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein ♫

♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names ♫

♫ Good bows hoarded; likewise, so as not to injure, sigh against the way of heaven when stored indefinitely ♫

♫ Clouds of fear calm shameful waves, the night air stops their bickering by starlight ♫

♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the w*r in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein ♫

♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names ♫

♫ Good bows hoarded; likewise, so as not to injure, sigh against the way of heaven when stored indefinitely ♫

♫ Clouds of fear calm shameful waves, the night air stops their bickering by starlight ♫

♫ There is little intention to return the real men to the w*r in the north, though willing, they are not given free rein ♫

♫ Discussions about their heroism led them to be questioned, and suffer dismal complaints around them, unable to clear their names ♫

♫ Hoping for the whole world to remain at peace, quench the fires of w*r ♫