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[The Princess Weiyoung]
[Episode 14]
Young Mistress, Master has left strict orders that
no one is allowed to leave Junlan Quarters without permission.
So this is the reason Chiyun Rou wanted us to go to Qingfeng Abbey.
What do they want to do with Young Mistress?
I'll just go kill them!
Jun Tao, if you do that, you'd fall right into her trap.
Come over here.
Bai Zhi.
Someone accuses me of pretending to be Li Wei Young.
Do you believe that?
Young Mistress, is this the time to ask me such a question?
I don't believe that.
Why should I care about what others say?
It is you that I serve.
Thank you, Bai Zhi.
However, since Li Min Feng died
I knew that Chiyun Rou would come at us again.
It comes as a surprise to me that she held it in for so long.
Are we to sit here and do nothing?
We will play it by ear.
Chun Ming.
Bring that woman and Second Young Mistress
to the main hall to see each other.
Yes.
Don't stir up more trouble again.
Master.
Prince of Nan-An and Prince of Gaoyang arrive.
Perfect timing.
Even if this Li Wei Young is an imposter
His Majesty is now in favor of her.
Your father will surely pass this imposter off as his real daughter.
However, now that both princes are informed of this matter
your father is left with only one option.
Li Wei Young will have to die.
Exactly.
I must make her pay for the death of your brother.
Sir, I've never met her.
You really don't recognize her?
I wouldn't dare deceive you.
Wei Young, do you recognize her?
Father, I rarely left the residence.
I don't know anyone in the neighborhood.
Bring forth Wei Young's caregiver Mrs. Liu.
Greetings to the sires.
Mrs. Liu, lift your head up.
You have to answer every question truthfully.
Otherwise, neither you nor your family will get to stay alive.
I wouldn't dare lie at all.
Do you know each other?
Sir.
This is Mrs. Liu who lives near my home.
This is Mrs. Gao.
It seems that you know each other.
- We do. - We do!
Take a look at this young lady now.
Do you recognize her?
This is Second Young Mistress.
Nonsense!
She isn't Second Young Mistress!
Master, I've met Second Young Mistress.
She doesn't look like this.
You dare to lie to Master?
Your tongue will be ripped out!
Have mercy on me, Master!
How dare you!
You had better come clean!
I will tell you the truth.
She is...
She really isn't Second Young Mistress.
You can't lie about such a matter.
I wouldn't dare! I wouldn't dare...
Auntie, why would you say so?
Stop right there! Prime Minister has banned random people from entering!
Now that both princes are in there
you won't help Wei Young at all by doing this.
The other woman claimed that she doesn't know Li Wei Young.
Could this Li Wei Young be an imposter?
How is that possible? It can't be.
Don't you find her quite strange?
If she really is an imposter
she will surely be sentenced to death for deceiving the emperor.
I'll teach you a lesson if you won't shut up!
Why are you yelling at me?
Li Wei Young isn't even your sister.
Why would you care if she dies?
You...
I got it!
You must have had some sort of an unspeakable relationship with her.
- What are you doing? - Listen up!
It won't just be spilling sunflower seeds on you next time!
Li Min De, stop right there!
What exactly is the truth?
Come clean with it and I can spare your life.
If you dare to lie, I won't let you off easily!
I wouldn't dare!
Jun, don't get agitated.
Prime Minister is here. He will handle this matter impartially.
You said that she isn't Second Young Mistress.
Who exactly is she?
I don't exactly know who this young lady is.
When the Li family servants came, Second Young Mistress was already dead.
When this young lady came by my place
she was all alone with no one to care for her.
She volunteered to step in as Second Young Mistress.
I was really scared then that Master would blame me
so I went along with her suggestion and agreed to it.
Auntie, why would you say that?
I spent so many years in your house.
Why would you say that about me?
Why exactly are you doing this?
Father, I really am Wei Young.
I'm not lying.
Auntie, there's no grudge between us.
Why would you frame me?
Prime Minister, this is a serious accusation.
It must be handled cautiously.
Mrs. Liu, do you know the consequences of lying to His Highness?
I do, I do!
I wouldn't dare lie to Your Highness.
Second Young Mistress's body was buried on the mountain
at the back of my house.
Master, you can investigate if you don't trust me.
Master, if that is true, we might as well examine the corpse.
Your Highnesses, what are your opinions?
We could give it a try.
All right. Anyone there?
Retrieve the corpse.
We will soon know the outcome.
Lock Wei Young in her room.
No one is to allowed to go near her.
[Hejian Quarters]
How did Mother know that Li Wei Young is an imposter?
I've had my doubts.
It was the disaster relief plan that truly made me suspect her.
It's hard for women in the countryside to even be literate.
Not to mention study politics.
I sent Hong Luo to her village with her portrait
to check with Mrs. Liu's neighbors.
In the end, no one recognized her.
We could then confirm that this Li Wei Young is an imposter.
I sent for Mrs. Liu and she denied the allegation at first
but after she saw her daughter's personal possession
she then told the truth.
But...
Will Father believe a peasant woman?
The corpse can't speak for itself.
Don't worry. I have my plans.
Once Prince of Gaoyang realizes that this Li Wei Young is an imposter
he will surely give up on her.
Mother, get some rest.
I'll head back as well.
All right.
Prince of Gaoyang.
Seventh Concubine, you can only see her for a while.
- Wei Young! - Mother?
What are you doing here?
Didn't Father say that no one is allowed to see me?
Bai Zhi bribed the watchman so that I could visit you.
I sneaked out some food from the kitchen.
Mother...
You knew about what happened today?
I actually...
Say no more.
I don't care what others said.
I only believe my own eyes.
I know that Madam Li is always picking on you.
It's all my fault that you had to suffer so much.
Mother, don't worry about it.
I'll stay by your side always.
Eat it up or it will go cold.
Time's up. Come out now.
Were you burned?
Show it to me quickly.
Mother, I'm all right.
You should head back soon or you will get in trouble.
It's windy out there. Don't catch a cold.
I'm leaving.
Are you behind this matter?
Why would Your Highness say so?
Do you suspect me of framing Wei Young?
Is it not you?
We grew up together.
Am I that sort of a person to you?
It's that fake Li Wei Young who deceived everyone.
She took Li Wei Young's identity to gain access to the Li family.
Who knows what she is after?
You don't blame her, but you're here to reprimand me?
Your Highness.
Aren't you too biased?
We have yet to know the truth.
How could you know the outcome?
What if that is the truth?
Would Your Highness still believe her?
Even if it is true
I believe that Wei Young has her reasons for doing so.
I know that she would never hurt anyone.
However, if you really are behind this, I won't just stand on the sidelines.
Your Highness.
I remember you once said that you would surely marry me.
All these years whenever I recalled those words
I'd feel very blessed.
I am sorry.
I really didn't expect those words I uttered as a child
would have such a huge impact on a young lady.
Your Highness often played the zither and chatted with me.
We were so happy together.
Has Your Highness forgotten all about that?
The truth is, I just admire how well you play the zither.
Have you misunderstood me?
Misunderstood?
All these years of memories...
Your Highness calls that a misunderstanding?
Have I really misunderstood you?
Or should I say that you have a change of mind?
After falling for Li Wei Young
everything between us is but a misunderstanding?
What has this got to do with Li Wei Young?
It's because of her that Your Highness is unfaithful to me.
We are childhood sweethearts.
Everyone regards us as the perfect match.
But Your Highness has wiped out all memories that we shared because of her.
She's just a bastard child of a footbath maid!
Who does she think she is? She's unworthy of you!
Mind your words.
I apologize for my recklessness as a child.
I also hope that you can give up on this obsession
to pursue your happiness.
My happiness is to be with Your Highness.
I've made up my mind.
I won't fall for anyone else but you.
Isn't that Miss Li Chang Le?
The most beautiful woman in Ping City.
She does live up to her reputation.
Jun does have luck with women.
Uncle, stop teasing me.
If this Li Wei Young is an imposter, she deceived the emperor.
Her life is unlikely to be spared.
Only Father could save her now.
Jun, what do you plan to do?
I believe in Wei Young.
Even if she is an imposter, I have a way to deal with it.
Your Highness, do you think that Prince of Gaoyang would plead
to His Majesty for Li Wei Young?
That's for the best.
He disregards deception of the emperor for the sake of a woman.
How could such a person rule the nation?
Prince of Nan-An.
Yes.
Your Highness has much to attend to
and yet you're held up here for such a trivial matter.
I feel bad about it.
There's a reason for everything.
You worry too much.
By the way, you're Li Wei Young's cousin.
After spending all this time together
would you say that Li Wei Young is who she claims to be?
Before the truth is revealed, I wouldn't dare make any comment.
However, after spending this period of time together
I find Wei Young well educated
despite being brought up in the countryside.
It's no easy feat either that she impressed His Majesty
and many of the princes in such a short period of time.
I'm very glad to have a cousin like her.
She grew up in the countryside, but she's still well educated and smart.
Your second cousin is surely one of a kind.
I believe that the truth of Wei Young's identity will be found out.
Coroner.
What is the post-mortem result?
Sir, this body is indeed that of a 16-year-old young lady.
Even so, it isn't enough to prove that this is Second Young Mistress
or that Lady Wei Young is an imposter.
Father, if they are out to frame me
they could easily get their hands on a young woman's corpse.
Master!
This is Wei Young.
What?
I recognize this bangle.
When Wei Young was born, I put it on her myself.
Master, you should recognize it as well.
This is indeed our family's bangle.
Could she really be Wei Young?
Why didn't you tell the truth?
Who exactly are you?
Why did you want to join the Li family?
Father, why would you rather believe some stranger
than your own daughter?
Shut up.
Before the truth is out, you're not to call me father.
Master.
It seems that she won't tell the truth unless she suffers a bit.
- Anyone there? Take her away. - Yes!
Beat her until she confesses.
Stop it!
Prime Minister, there are still questionable factors in this case.
Your Highness, the truth already lies before your eyes.
We have to seek out her true identity
and her reason for joining the Li family.
Father, this is some unknown corpse.
Someone is trying to frame me.
Father, please investigate it!
Take her away.
Father!
Hold it! Look at her feet.
Let go of her. Let her finish talking.
Father, may I be so bold as to ask
if there was anything different about my body when I was born?
When Wei Young was born, I did observe her closely.
There was nothing unusual.
Look at that corpse's feet.
She has six toes.
Father is wise. You'd notice that.
Prime Minister, take a close look.
This stub here is obviously a sixth toe.
This is getting interesting.
We've never had anyone with six toes in the Li family.
This corpse can't be Wei Young.
But why would she have the Li family's bangle on her?
Father, I've never seen this bangle before.
May I be so bold as to ask Father if you really saw me with that bangle?
Mother has always been in charge of safekeeping and distributing the bangles.
I'd like to ask Mother a question.
Why would your bangle show up on a corpse that's used to frame me?
Master.
Are you suspecting me?
Prime Minister.
The culprit must have known your family well.
They must be a close acquaintance of Minister Li.
I hope that you can look into it and uphold justice for Her Ladyship.
You must be behind all this!
If you tell the truth, I will spare your life.
If not, I'll have you beaten to death!
Have mercy on me, Master!
Young Mistress.
- How is it? - It's ready.
I've swapped the corpse with the one behind Mrs. Liu's house.
Good.
Let's see how they can prove this six-toe corpse to be Li Wei Young.
What if they notice the swap?
That's impossible.
I buried Wei Young myself.
They couldn't possibly find it.
The corpse they found is a fake one in the first place anyway.
Master, I will tell the truth!
This corpse truly isn't Second Young Mistress.
However, someone must be meddling with this matter.
Who is it?
Speak up!
You had better explain clearly just who exactly is behind all this
so as to clear my name.
The culprit is...
It's her!
Look at how witty she is.
I really couldn't outspeak her.
I had no other choice but to get a random corpse.
Master, I have a witness.
That witness is staying at the same inn as I am.
Master, if you don't believe me, you can summon her over to confront her!
Who are you?
Lift your head up.
Father.
I'm Wei Young!
I finally get to meet Father.
Father!
Father...
Wei Young...
Is it Wei Young?
How could Wei Young still be alive?
No, that's impossible.
I buried Wei Young after she died.
She can't still be alive.
What exactly is going on?
Master, this is the real Second Young Mistress.
This is the real Second Young Mistress.
We can all recognize her.
Mrs. Liu, is she telling the truth?
The one standing here is an imposter.
This one is real.
If so, why did you still bring a fake corpse here to hoodwink us?
I just wanted to put an end to this matter quickly.
Please believe me that the one standing here is an imposter.
The one kneeling here is the real young mistress.
You're lying!
Why would you distort the truth?
She... You are clearly...
Clearly what?
Who exactly are you?
How could you tell such a lie?
What is your motive?
Father, you can't believe what this person says!
Mother...
Wei Young.
This is Seventh Concubine.
Your birth mother.
Mother?
I finally get to meet you.
Mother...
I'm the real Wei Young!
I'm your real daughter!
Mother...
Could you really not recognize me?
Wei Young?
Mother...
Seventh Concubine, take a good look.
The Wei Young that Mrs. Liu brought here resembles you so much.
She looks just as delicate and beautiful as you were.
Yet this other person doesn't resemble you in appearance or personality at all.
Seventh Concubine.
Your own daughter stands before you and you can't recognize her?
Take a good look at her.
Prince of Gaoyang, have you taken a good look at her?
This woman is a swindler.
Would you still believe her?
Mother!
Mother...
I've always missed Mother.
I'm so happy to have finally met Mother today.
What else do you have to say?
The truth lies right before our eyes.
Speak up!
What is your motive for joining our family?
Stop pretending!
I am positive that you're not my daughter.
Seventh Concubine.
Wei Young was sent away right after she was born.
Don't make a judgment so quickly.
Mother!
Don't call me that!
You're not my daughter at all.
My daughter has a birthmark on her left hand.
She doesn't have a birthmark.
You're the imposter!
This is my daughter.
Although Wei Young wasn't raised by my side
and I can't identify her by her looks now that she's grown up
I can still identify her as my daughter with this birthmark.
You are the imposter!
Speak up now! Who are you? Why did you frame Wei Young?
Speak up.
Where on earth did you come from?
How dare you pretend to be Li Xiao Ran's daughter?
And you!
You made all this up, didn't you?
Atrocious villain. How dare you stir up trouble!
Anyone there?
Take them all away!
Yes!
I nearly made a grave mistake because of this imposter.
- I will have this investigated. - Hold on.
We don't yet know who is trying to frame me.
We'll investigate this later.
Take them away first.
Please spare me, Master!
- Prime Minister. - Your Highness.
This is actually my family's personal affair.
I wouldn't dare trouble Your Highness.
Prime Minister is a man of great judgment.
I've learned much.
I'm deeply ashamed.
I have matters to attend to.
I take my leave.
Jun.
Aren't you leaving?
I...
I'll take my leave now.
Take care, Your Highness.
Wei Young.
I was momentarily tricked by villains and you had to suffer for that.
Your father and I will surely get to the bottom of this
to uphold justice for you.
Who knew that I'd witness such a farce here?
Li Wei Young...
Greetings to Your Highness.
I know that Your Highness is leaving
so I came to see you off.
Now that Li Wei Young is proven to be your cousin
I wonder how Miss Chang Ru feels about that.
I'm surely pleased to have such an intelligent cousin.
What do you think of this matter?
A capable person could pass off as real even if she isn't.
An incompetent person couldn't be proven real even if she is.
What exactly is the truth?
It doesn't seem to matter that much anymore.
I never knew that Miss Chang Ru had such wit.
I've finally witnessed it today.
Thank you for the compliment.
We shall meet again.
Miss Chang Ru.
Take care, Your Highness.
Until next time, Your Highness.
Hong Luo is incompetent.
I have let Madam down.
Please forgive me.
I know that a corpse isn't enough to tackle Li Wei Young.
I just didn't expect your deceptive art of disguise to fail as well.
Let's not discuss this any further.
I rushed over here while Master is away attending to matters.
Put this mask on her.
I'll make it look as if she killed herself out of guilt.
Yes, Madam.
Jun Tao's incompetence has put Young Mistress in peril.
Even death can't redeem me of guilt. Please punish me.
Look at you overreacting again.
Am I not all right?
This was indeed a close shave.
Who knew that Chiyun Rou could actually find someone
identical to the real Li Wei Young?
Young Mistress.
How can there be two such similar persons in this world?
I suspect that she is highly skilled in the art of disguise.
Art of disguise?
Exactly.
My father once said that there's a peculiar art of disguise
that could pass off an imposter as the genuine person.
The most skilled ones could even mold human-like masks
according to the descriptions of a person.
Such a thing exists?
How unbelievable. We can never be too careful.
Fortunately for Prince of Gaoyang...
Jun Tao...
I know that you dislike me mentioning Prince of Gaoyang
but if it weren't for his help, I'd have been dead by now.
It isn't that I hold any prejudice against him.
I'm just concerned about you.
Wei vanquished Liang.
He's the Prime Imperial Grandson of Wei.
I hope that he can stay far away from you.
You're wrong.
Whatever he does will not influence me.
I will have this thoroughly investigated to seek out the culprit who framed you.
Thank you for your concern, Your Highness.
However, this is my family's personal affair.
My father will take care of it.
Your Highness need not worry about it.
Whatever happens, Prince of Gaoyang always sides with Li Wei Young.
His Highness really seems to have fallen for her.
If His Highness marries her...
Nonsense! She's just an illegitimate child.
How is she fit to be the imperial grandson's consort?
Crown Princess Consort will never allow it.
But she's now a lady of a district.
She isn't just some illegitimate child.
Mother.
Could she truly be the jinx of my life
who is out to destroy the relationship between me and Prince of Gaoyang?
Chang Le.
We don't know for sure who will be made Crown Prince.
You don't have to insist on marrying Prince of Gaoyang.
Mother, I've set my eyes on him.
I won't marry anyone else but him!
Master.
Mother...
Father...
Leave the room.
- But... - Out!
I will take my leave.
- Master... - I was just informed that
the fake Wei Young has killed herself out of guilt.
She deserved it.
What has that got to do with me?
Didn't you have her killed to silence her?
Master, you suspect me?
I feel so wronged.
You're still trying to deny it?
You framed Wei Young and assumed that I know nothing of it?
I just didn't want the family disgraced before the princes.
I don't want any outsiders to know that my wife
the matron of the Li family, could be so ruthless!
I wanted to trivialize the issue.
Little did I expect you to silence her.
I said that it isn't me.
Master, if you want me to admit it, I really don't know how I could.
Chiyun Rou!
You're still trying to deceive me?
We have been married for years and I've always respected you.
Even with all your wrongdoings
I've tolerated you and refrained from saying a word.
It doesn't mean that I'm afraid of you or the influence of the Chiyun family.
I just wish that our family can remain harmonious.
But you?
As the firstborn daughter of the Chiyun family
you fear nothing and do as you please!
Madam.
Min Feng is dead.
Our only son is dead.
Can you not come to your senses already?
Who is Min Feng's true murderer?
It's Li Wei Young!
You're actually reprimanding me today for the sake of a murderer?
It seems that you still haven't understood.
Although His Majesty is afraid of the Chiyun family
they are too powerful and an easy target to be attacked.
If this matter gets out of hand, think about it.
How many would make use of this opportunity?
Wei Young's life is the least of our concerns.
My position will also be at risk.
But the entire clan could be at stake.
By then, even the Chiyun family would also be implicated.
The scale of such an implication is beyond our control!
Do you understand?
Don't overdo it, Madam!
I don't even know what I have done wrong!
Master, everything that I've done was for your sake.
For my children.
- For the Li family-- - Shut up!
It will be hard to convince others
if I continue to let you run the household.
I will report to Mother to have you replaced by my second sister-in-law.
Master, you can't strip me of my authority to run the household.
How am I to hold my head up in the Li family anymore?
Stay quiet and behave for some time.
Master!
You can't do this to me!
Li Wei Young...
I won't ever admit defeat.
I'll never let you hinder Chang Le!
You are dismissed now.
Mother.
Who exactly are you?
My daughter Wei Young does have a birthmark
but it isn't on her arm.
It's a red mole behind her ear.
You don't have one.
Who exactly are you?
Where is my daughter Wei Young?
Since Mother discovered that I am not her
why didn't you expose me?
It's because I know that the other girl is also an imposter.
When she hugged me, I sneaked a quick peek.
She doesn't have a red mole either.
Mother.
This is...
You must have met her, right?
You must know where she is.
Wei Young...
Wei Young is already dead.
Dead?
How?
I knew that something must have gone wrong.
Otherwise, she would surely come to see me.
How did she die?
Tell me.
Tell me how she died.
And you... Why would you take Wei Young's identity?
What is your motive?
I happened to run into Wei Young.
I didn't even get to repay her for saving my life.
Before she died, you were the last thing on her mind.
She reminded me to take good care of you.
Mother.
It was Chiyun Rou who killed Wei Young.
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