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[Perfect Couple]

Episode Forty-Three

This is all my fault.

I've dragged everyone into this.

This is all my fault.

I couldn't take care of
my mothers and Qi Ling.

Don't worry, as long as we're
alive, there is still hope.

You will be all right.

Yuan Bao is right.

Our family is here together...

Yuan Bao, go and get some medicine.

Yes.

Mother.

Mother...

- Did you manage to steal the medicine?
- I got it.

This is great.

Did anyone try to stop you on the way?

They were all discussing about
the next step to take.

No one was bothered about
keeping an eye on me.

Thank goodness that the gods
are watching over us.

Thank goodness.

Ah Fu isn't destined to die young.

Luckily, Ah Fu wasn't stabbed too deeply.

I didn't expect that jerk, Liu We Zhao,
to be such an ungrateful bastard.

I curse him.

I curse him that no one takes
care of him when he is ill

and no one cares when he is dead.

The gods will punish him.
He'll suffer the consequences one day.

That rascal Liu Wen Zhao.

He will definitely suffer.

Buddha, please watch over
Young Master and keep him safe

so that he could return to the manor
to rid us of these monsters.

Auntie Wang in charge of the
kitchen came to me for poison.

She wants to poison the meals.

She wants to poison the jerk
Liu Wen Zhao to death.

Why didn't you give it to her?

I don't have it with me.

It's such a pity that my herbs
have all gone to waste.

Liu Wen Zhao has destroyed all of them.

Auntie Wang even told me to
give her any random drugs.

Even if it's that porridge we
served on Madam Jin's birthday.

Please spare us, Housekeeper Liu!

Please spare us, Housekeeper Liu!

Please spare us, Housekeeper Liu...

- Please spare us, Housekeeper Liu...
- Shush!

Look at me.

Look at me!

What did you just address me as?

Please spare us, Master Liu!

Bandage my wounds right away.

Get lost.

Get lost!

Here, feed this medicine to Mother.

- That animal, Liu Wen Zhao
- Mother.

is just a weakling
putting on a bold front.

He locked us up in the manor

and tortured us for so many days.

Now that we have escaped

he'd definitely try to seek
audience in the imperial palace

with Empress Dowager to rat us all out.

He will expose the secrets of Qi Ling
marrying in Xiao Xuan's stead

as well as Yuan Bao's legitimacy.

We mustn't sit around doing nothing.

We have to try to seek audience
in the imperial palace.

But Liu Wen Zhao is telling the truth.

What could we do about that?

So what if that is the truth?

For the past twenty years, I've managed
Bureau of Weaponry for Empress Dowager.

I've been loyal and faithful.

I've never made a single mistake.

I believe that Empress Dowager will
at least take that into account.

But this sort of crime that has
deceived the emperor

won't be overlooked completely.

I could only try my luck at this.

I hope that Empress Dowager could
see through Liu Wen Zhao's ambition.

The Crown Prince is about
to take the throne.

As long as Empress Dowager still
has the need for Jin family

there's still hope for us.

Mother, although the will of the
emperor can't be anticipated

as long as Crown Prince inherits
the throne successfully

we can still take a chance.

No matter what, the Empress Dowager
is still my aunt.

She's spent so many years in the palace.

I'm the only family that she has
left to handle matters for her.

Could she not trust me?

We'll see what she
decides to do in the end.

We won't know the outcome
of our visit to the palace.

Her Highness might let
Jin manor off the hook

but she might also kill us all.

Since I started this

I will seek audience in
the palace on my own.

All of you must stay in hiding.

At least then, the bloodline
of Jin family can continue.

No, I'm the culprit behind
the fake marriage.

I should take full responsibility
for everything that has happened.

You must not be the scapegoat.

- No, Qi Ling...
- Mother.

Don't say such words anymore.

We'd never abandon you.

I understand.

I understand what Madam Jin means.

My Lady, I hand her over to you.

Mother!

Mother!

- Mother!
- Mother!

Mother...

- Mother, are you all right?
- Are you all right, Mother?

Mother!

I'm all right...

I'm all right.

Fortunately, we managed to escape.

I haven't...

I haven't been a burden.

It seems that I can't
hold on much longer.

- Mother...
- Mother...

Hui Lan! Hui Lan, I've failed you.

I ruined your life.

No, My Lady...

Please don't say that.

After I left the manor

I adopted Qi Ling.

I watched Qi Ling grow up day by day.

I thought to myself

I thought to myself that
my Yuan Bao is by your side

and he must be growing up healthily.

I know that you're a forgiving person.

When I was in the manor

you'd never made things difficult for me.

I knew that you'd treat Yuan Bao kindly.

Later on... I met Yuan Bao.

You brought him up so well.

He's so outstanding.

You gave him the best of everything.

I'm grateful to you, My Lady.

I'm truly grateful to you.

I...

I've failed you.

My Lady, you haven't failed me.

I thank you.

Thank you...

Mother, that's enough.

Qi Ling...

Mother.

Mother...

You must... keep your husband
company from now on...

Be filial to your mother-in-law...

Yuan Bao's mother is your mother.

Madam Jin is Yuan Bao's real mother.

Mother, I will.

Hui Lan, I, Liu Ru Yue, swear to you

that as long as I shall live

I'll protect these two children for you.

I swear!

Mother, stop talking...

Mother...

Yuan Bao, I can't be with you anymore.

I really... can't be with you anymore...

That won't happen.

Mother!

Mother!

- Mother!
- Hui Lan!

Hui Lan!

Mother!

- Mother!
- Mother!

Mother!

Mother...

I'm sorry.

I should have reunited with you sooner.

I'm sorry...

- Your Highness.
- Forgo formalities.

You may all leave the room.

What do you have to report
in the middle of the night?

I hope that whatever news you have
was worth getting me up at midnight.

It's definitely worth it.

Say it.

Jin Yuan Bao is the son of
General Jin's concubine.

He's not Madam Jin's son

So Madam Jin has lied about
his legitimacy.

As for the young mistress
of Jin manor, Jiang Xiao Xuan

was impersonated by a peasant
girl from the wilderness.

Her real name is Yu Qi Ling.

The real Jiang Xiao Xuan escaped from
the marriage and is still out there.

Although Madam Jin and Jin Yuan Bao
knew about Yu Qi Ling's true identity

they covered up for her when they
were summoned to Empress Dowager.

They had committed lese-majesty.

Is this all true?

Do you have any evidence?

How would I dare to report this to you

without any solid evidence
for such an accusation?

Great. No wonder for the past six months

there has been commotions about
filing for divorce, taking concubines

running away from home
and begging for a cure.

It has been very hectic.

It seems that I should be grateful to Jin
Yuan Bao for being a hopeless romantic.

And also Madam Jin.

The stupid woman who brought up
someone's son as her own.

With these two counts
of crime in my hands

I wouldn't have to worry that

they won't hand over
the Bureau of Weaponry.

You rushed to inform me of such
a huge secret late at night.

You must be after something.

Go on, tell me what you want.

Honestly, Your Highness

I will seek audience with
Empress Dowager tomorrow morning.

I'll disclose the lese-majesty that
Madam Jin and her son committed.

But Empress Dowager and Madam Jin
are very close as aunt and niece.

If she should sympathize with them

and decides to silence me

I hope that Your Highness could help me.

That's true.

Empress Dowager's reaction
is indeed unpredictable.

You want me to help you...

But what do I get to gain from that?

If I'm killed

all the moles that I've planted
in the Bureau of Weaponry

would never be known to others.

Master Liu.

I haven't seen you for
a couple of days and

you seem to be doing things
impeccably flawless now.

I'm not very talented.

This is just a step that I took
for fear of losing my life.

Fine.

I agree to it.

When we were at E-Mei Mountain

she even killed the
only hen that laid eggs

to make chicken broth for me.

[Deceased Mother, Jin Hui Lan, nee Wang]

I even suspected that
the broth was poisoned.

Your mother is a remarkable woman.

Her love was as clear as spring water

that never ceases to flow.

I'm nothing like her.

Let's go.

Let's go to the imperial palace.

We'll seek audience with Empress Dowager.

We still have a lot more to do.

Isn't that Jin family's young master?

What's happened to him?

He used to be in luxurious clothes
and ride white horses.

Madam Jin, Young Mistress,
and Jin Yuan Bao.

What are they doing?

How would I know?

Your Highness, Liu Wen Zhao asks to
seek audience with you.

Liu Wen Zhao asks to seek
audience with me?

Did he say what it is for?

He said that it is an extremely
important matter.

He has to seek audience with you.

What important matter could
he possibly have to report?

Could it be that Jin manor...

Lu Song, give orders to let him in.

Yes.

- Go away.
- You're not allowed in!

How dare a beggar come here?

Are you tired of living?

Jin Yuan Bao, son of the deceased
General of the Empire, Jin Da Tong

is here with my mother and wife to
seek audience with Empress Dowager.

You?

Jin Yuan Bao? Madam Jin?
Daughter of the Prime Minister?

Are you insane?

Can you prove it?

The three of us ran into mishaps
along the way here.

I only have the detective's
seal to prove my identity.

You wish to see Empress Dowager
with the proof of a detective's seal?

I'm the Capital's best detective,
Jin Yuan Bao.

Empress Dowager Liu is my grandaunt.

Deceased General of the Empire
General Jin is my father.

My mother, Madam Jin is the
niece of Empress Dowager Liu.

We're ordered by the Imperial Court
to manage Bureau of Weaponry.

We're here to seek justice with
the help of Empress Dowager.

Please let us in, Sirs.

I'm the widow of General Jin Da Tong
Imperial Mandate Lady, Madam Jin.

I am here to seek audience
with Empress Dowager.

Please inform her of our request.

Look at how poorly dressed you are.

Now that you're standing here, you said
that you're Imperial Mandate Lady

and you're the young master.

How could we believe in you?

Sir, if you have any doubts

the three of us won't insist
that you let us in.

We'll just keep on waiting here.

But as far as I know

Empress Dowager Liu always
heads out to the temple to pray

on the first and the fifteenth
day of the month.

Her maid in waiting, Miss Lu Song
prepares her imperial gown

on the third day of every month.

Today is the twenty-eighth.

We can keep on waiting.

But this matter concerns
the Bureau of Weaponry

could you both bear the
consequences of this delay?

You know Miss Lu Song?

Of course I do.

Auntie Lu Song is the best in needlework.

Since I was little, she has made me
all of my socks and shoes.

Why don't you ask her to come out here?

She will know right away
if we are who we say we are.

But pardon me for being frank

your rank isn't high enough to
ask Auntie Lu Song out here.

How about this? Fat Zhang was offered
to Empress Dowager by my mother.

He brings snacks to Her Highness.

Why don't you ask him out here?
He can prove our identities as well.

All right, wait out here.

I'll go and notify him.

Please do.

Grand nephew, Liu Wen Zhao,
greets Empress Dowager!

I wish you great health and longevity!

- You may rise.
- Thank you, Your Highness.

You're here very early in the morning.
What is the matter?

Forgive my boldness in
disturbing your tranquility.

I really have an important matter
to report to you.

Your Highness, the guards at
the front gate reported that

some people who claimed that
they are Madam Jin and her family

are here to seek audience with you
in regards to an urgent matter.

The mannerisms are right,
he also knows my name.

It's just that they are shabbily
dressed and came without servants.

He only has a seal with him.

That seems suspicious.

Show me the seal.

This is made with the agarwood
that I gave to Yuan Bao.

It's as I had expected.

Something serious must have
happened in Jin manor.

Show them in.

Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness, I am here
to report to you...

Is it about Jin family?

Yes, Your Highness.

You can talk about it later
when they get here.

What has gone wrong?

Your Highness, the three of them
had committed lese-majesty.

Please allow me to report
the details to you.

Your Highness, you have always doted
on Madam Jin and Jin Yuan Bao.

Sadly, Madam Jin was audacious

and deceived Empress Dowager
on two accounts.

Firstly, Jin Yuan Bao isn't
Madam Jin's biological son.

This so-called young mistress of
Jin manor, Jiang Xiao Xuan

daughter of the Prime Minister

isn't the real Jiang Xiao Xuan.

The young master of Jin manor,
Jin Yuan Bao

is actually the son of General Jin
and his concubine, Wang Hui Lan.

Because Madam Jin couldn't have children

she robbed the mother of her child
and drove her away.

She then lied to say that
Jin Yuan Bao is her legitimate child.

This is obviously lese-majesty.

Moreover, this young mistress
of Jin manor

is just a peasant woman
who took on a false identity.

She is actually called Yu Qi Ling.

She is the adopted daughter of
Jin Yuan Bao's biological mother.

The real Jiang Xiao Xuan escaped
the marriage and is still out there.

Madam Jin and Jin Yuan Bao are
aware of Yu Qi Ling's true identity.

But they have kept it a secret.

Therefore, Madam Jin, Jin Yuan Bao,
and Yu Qi Ling have all kept the secret

so as to hold the power of
the Imperial Court in their hands

as well as its important assets.

Liu Ru Yue.

Has Liu Wen Zhao told the truth?

All that he said is the truth.

What audacity!

Your Highness, I'm willing to bear
the consequences for my mother.

Jin Yuan Bao, it turns out that
you're not my grand-nephew.

Your Highness, whether
I am your blood or not

I'll always respect you as my elder

and be grateful for your lovingness.

At the same time, I'm grateful that
you bestowed marriage to me.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have met Qi Ling.

Everything that they have
done was for my sake.

Allow me to take the
punishments for them!

Your Highness, my actions in taking
the stead of Jiang Xiao Xuan

in marriage had nothing to do with
Madam Jin and Jin Yuan Bao.

They were kept in the dark.

I've incriminated them.

I beg Your Highness to investigate
and uphold justice!

I'm willing to bear all the consequences.

But please uphold justice for me,
Your Highness!

What a joke!

You dared to deceive me

and still expect me
to uphold justice for you?

Why don't you tell me what
justice you expect me to uphold?

I beg Your Highness to uphold
justice for the world.

Please execute Liu Wen Zhao for murder!

Liu Wen Zhao has long been ambitious.

He has coveted Jin family's
Bureau of Weaponry for years.

For that reason, he killed the maid Xi Er

and Midwife Liu who delivered
the birth of Jin Yuan Bao.

He flogged Madam Jin and my mother
in the manor in front of everyone.

He also killed Jin manor's
pageboy, Ah Fu.

He killed my mother as well.

I did commit lese-majesty
in the first place.

No matter how Your Highness intends to
punish me, I'm willing to accept it.

But I hope that Your Highness could
uphold justice for these innocent victims.

Your Highness, in regards to the
legitimacy of Yuan Bao's birth

and Qi Ling's impersonation,
I wouldn't dare deny these crimes.

Neither would I dare to
escape unscathed.

But before you make a final decision

I beseech you to allow me to
report the events that occurred.

Your Highness, don't you want to know
why the three of us are so shabby?

Speak up.

Liu Wen Zhao is overwhelmingly ambitious.

For years, he's wanted
to take over Jin manor

and Bureau of Weaponry.

For that reason, he was willing to
stay under the roof of Jin manor

and pretended to work modestly.

I was absurd in thinking that our
kinship as aunt and nephew is deep.

He lost his parents at a young age and
I was deceived by his feign obedience.

I never knew that I have brought up
a wolf in disguise in my household.

Shut up!

How dare you tell someone to shut up
in the imperial grounds of my quarters?

I was too furious to notice my manners.

I hope that you could understand.

Liu Wen Zhao must be instigated by
someone, or working with him.

He's arranged to have Yuan Bao
assassinated several times.

Fortunately, we were blessed with
Empress Dowager's protection

and Yu Qi Ling's keen defense

Liu Wen Zhao had always failed.

But a cornered beast would do anything.

He couldn't contain his desire anymore
and sent his men into Jin manor.

He locked down the entire manor
and started a killing spree.

Everything that Yu Qi Ling has just said

was done by him.

And... And Qian Qian...

She was also killed by her own brother.

Your Highness, I have indeed
done some wrong.

But because I still have
some unrealistic illusions

I even tried to persuade Madam Jin to
come clean to you about all her lies.

Who knew that she would
think so highly of herself

and assumed high merits for her services?

She refused to listen to me and I had
no other choices but to resort to this.

Although I might have acted
slightly out of vengeance

I have been faithful and loyal.

- Please...
- Liu Ru Yue.

Do you admit to these two
severe charges of lese-majesty

that Liu Wen Zhao just stated?

That is entirely my fault.

Please punish me alone.

Spare the two children.

That's easy for you to say.

How could lese-majesty be overlooked
just because of your words?

Liu Wen Zhao has indeed done
wrong in certain ways

but the three of you collaborated
and covered for one another.

You have defied the Emperor.

Lese-majesty is a far more severe
crime than that of Liu Wen Zhao's.

Your Highness, the imperial family
is also a family.

The three of us might have
committed lese-majesty

but we have never done anything
against human ethics.

My mother lost her senses then
and snatched someone's child.

She covered up the truth.

But she has never killed anyone.

For the past twenty years, she has tried
her best to make up for her mistakes.

To Your Highness, to Jin family
and to me, she owes us nothing.

The most despicable person is
the villain, Liu Wen Zhao.

He is full of lies.

Your Highness, you must punish him.

You must uphold justice!

Your Highness, my loyalty to you and
Crown Prince is visible to everyone!

You are all to dismiss for now

apart from Ru Yue.

Yes.

Liu Ru Yue, little did I expect
you to be so bold.

Back then, I had no other choices.

The general died young, and his
extended families were watching me.

I said that you're bold, but I wasn't
referring to the stealing of the child

or the fake marriage.

I've always known that you're
courageous and daring.

Even on this day

the three of you still dared to
defend each other in front of me.

You've really acknowledged
that audacious Yu Qi Ling.

Do you intend to use this to move me

and do away with the
crime of lese-majesty?

Your Highness, I know that
I could not deceive you.

But I dared to be so bold

because I know that you have always been
righteous in punishments and rewards.

Beside these two crimes
that I have committed

I have been faithful and diligent
for the past twenty years

in managing the Bureau of Weaponry
for the imperial family.

After years in the palace,
Your Highness should understand

my pain of being childless and
scrutinized by the extended family.

How bold of you to say so.

I speak from the bottom of my heart.

Since I found out that Yu Qi Ling
married in the stead of the bride

I felt lost and panicked.

All I could think of was
how to protect my son.

But they are truly in love.

Yu Qi Ling risked her life several
times to save Yuan Bao.

How could I have the heart
to expose her identity?

I did keep Yuan Bao's birth a secret.

Yu Qi Ling did marry under
a false identity.

But the three of us are
loyal to you and Crown Prince.

Nothing we did was for our own interests.

Your Highness, may I be so bold
as to say another word?

Yuan Bao might not be my son

but he has inherited
the bloodline of the general.

He is exceptionally gifted

kindhearted and loyal.

You have also seen Yuan Bao today.

Even though he hasn't
inherited your bloodline

it doesn't mean that he isn't
fit to inherit Jin manor

or that Yu Qi Ling isn't fit to
be your grand-niece-in-law.

What about Liu Wen Zhao?

He is also your nephew.

He also inherits the bloodline
of Liu family.

The crimes that Qi Ling
accused him of are all true.

It hurts me to know that we have
such a cruel person in our family.

Liu Ru Yue snatched the child
of another's twenty years ago.

She polluted the family tree
of the Jin family.

The evidence of her using that matter to
gain authority over the manor is solid.

Yu Qi Ling interfered with
the imperially bestowed marriage

and married in the stead
of Jiang Xiao Xuan.

There's concrete evidence to prove it.

Liu Wen Zhao did very well in
exposing these two matters.

The dignity of the imperial family
must not be violated.

Liu Ru Yue, Jin Yuan Bao,
Yu Qi Ling, you have all done wrong.

You should all know the consequences.

We're willing to accept the punishment
from Your Highness.

But I do not want to give out
punishments so recklessly.

I've been deceived by my own niece
for the past twenty years.

I need some time to think about
what I should do.

Auntie, I have let you down.

The three of you should head home
and await my summon.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

You deserve credit for exposing them.

Go back and await my verdict.

I'll abide by your orders.

[General's Manor]

Look! They are home!

They have all come home!

- Come on out!
- Come out here! They are all home!

They are home. They are all home.

My Lady!

- Xiao Xuan...
- My Lady...

Yuan Bao...

You're home.

I'm finally home.

I knew that you'd be home.

I'm home.

I'm home, dork.

Come on inside.

I'll see to your injuries.

Liu Wen Zhao and all his evil
servants have left.

My Lady, I've waited for
your arrival for so long.

That animal and his men have all left.

Let's head back into the manor
and get changed.

Open up the ancestral chamber!

- Yuan Bao, I owe you.
- Mother!

Please don't be like this!

Twenty years ago, your mother
made sacrifices because of me.

I've never done anything wrong
to anyone in my life.

This is the one exception, the one sin
that I could never atone for.

Mother...

Your mother died because of me.

My life means nothing.

But I promised your mother

to protect you for the rest of my life.

Yu Qi Ling, for as long as I shall live

I will always protect you.

I'll remember that there was once
a woman called Wang Hui Lan

who suffered hardships all her life

but she treated others with love.

Mother, from this day forth

you are my mother.

Mother... Qi Ling...

I swear to you that

even if I have to risk my life

I'll ensure the safety of our family.

Young Master, Madam Jin.

Young Mistress, help
yourselves to more food.

You must be starving.

Have more to eat and
take in more nutrition!

Haven't any of you suffered as well?

- Here, Xiao Xuan.
- Have more.

Xiao Cui, you should all sit down.
There are no masters and servants today.

Our family should get together
properly today, all right?

- Xiao Cui?
- My Lady, we're happy to be busy.

- Take a seat.
- That's right.

Sit down and eat with us.

- Don't be so busy.
- All right, Xiao Cui.

Yuan Bao, have more food.

Yuan Bao, look!

I've saved Ah Fu.

- Ah Fu?
- Young Master.

- This is great!
- Ah Fu...

This is wonderful.

Young Master, Madam Jin ordered me
to take good care of you.

How would I dare to die first?

Liu Wen Zhao can't even stab
a person properly.

He's so useless.

Shush! Children don't know
what not to say.

Ah Fu, thank you for saving my family.

My Lady, don't say that.

My dear Ah Fu.

Thank you.

You're helping me if you don't
run off without a word in the future.

I'll keep an eye on him for you!

Why hasn't anyone mention me?

Let me tell you that

I didn't use anyone's remedies.
I used my own medication to cure him!

I can vouch for that.

Physician Gu really didn't
end up killing me with his remedy.

Cheers!

Mother, don't drink too much.

I know where to draw the line.
Don't worry.

Xiao Xuan.

I'll hand my son over to you.

I'll just relax and enjoy
the happiness of leisure.

Sure, thank you, Mother!

I hope that this moment lasts forever.

Mother, don't worry.

God's mills grind slow but sure.

Evil people will definitely be caught.

Here, let's have another toast.

Here, cheers!

- Cheers!
- Cheers!

[Thousand Beauties Chamber]

Master Liu, would you like a few
ladies to keep you company?

No, I want all of them to dismiss.

I just want to be left alone in peace.

Yes.

You may all dismiss. Go on.

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