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[Lost Love In Times]
[Episode 13]
The Yuan family's sword draws blood once it's out of its scabbard.
It should be the blood of our enemies.
Not our siblings.
Bear that in mind.
Ling!
You didn't get the account books, right?
How would you know that?
We failed to take one person into account.
After all, Yin family's master isn't Noble Consort Yin but Yuan Zhan.
Zhan sent his men to take Yin Su's wife away.
Now that we can't get the account books
all the plans we made will be in vain.
Those account books are not only the evidence to prove our innocence
but also a way to get rid of those villains in imperial court.
Now that Zhan has them in his hands
he must have known about Yin family's corruption.
We're not up against Noble Consort this time.
It's Yuan Zhan.
Could it be...
You wish to explain this matter to Yuan Zhan?
But in the end, it will be Yuan Zhan that Yin family wishes to support.
His attitude is a deciding factor in this case.
He spread the news seemingly to hint at Yin Su
but in fact it's for me.
He should be waiting for me now in his manor.
Ling, you mean...
You're going to talk to Zhan personally to figure out where he stands?
In the imperial court, still waters run deep.
Yin family's influence can affect half of the entire court.
If there's no one manipulating this matter
do you think that Yin Su would dare to kill Yuan Xi?
Noble Consort is so ruthless...
I'm afraid even Yuan Xi would never have guessed
that she can be so cruel.
I'll visit Yuan Zhan.
Stay here to protect Qing Chen for me.
Che didn't retrieve what we should have.
Yin Su's wife is now at the mercy of another.
Yin Su might not testify for us in court tomorrow.
If so...
I'm bound to lose my life.
By then, you'd have to die with me.
It does sound quite nice to be able to die with Great Wei's God of War.
However, if the God of War would have another killed alongside him...
is he still a god of war?
Even a real god of war isn't truly invincible.
The Prince Ling I know wouldn't give up so easily on what he set out to do.
There's still time.
Who could tell how it will end until the actual very end?
You went to great pains for this case.
You truly cherish your life greatly.
Of course.
Therefore, I hope that Prince Ling would do your best to protect yourself.
Don't drag me down with you.
When did you find out?
When were we released from the bond of life and death?
Was it when I passed out that night?
When I woke up, I was totally cured of the poison.
Did you transfer all the poison into your body?
What are you going to do?
Are you going to put yourself at risk
now that you've confirmed our bond is broken?
Why would you still do so much to help me without the bond?
Don't forget what you promised me.
You have to stay alive in order to help The Mages.
Why are you so bold?
You keep lying to me again and again in my face?
Your Highness should believe that I'd make use of anyone
in order to save The Mages.
That includes you.
At whatever the cost?
Now, Your Highness is our only hope.
If I have to sacrifice my life for yours
in order to restore The Mages to glory
then why not?
You'll stake everything on one man?
Aren't you afraid that one mistake could cost you everything?
Since we're in this together, if I lose, you lose.
I believe that Your Highness would not disappoint me.
Prince Xi's death and the poisoned needle in his neck
happened to be Yin family's unique poison.
This is one bargaining chip that Your Highness could use.
It isn't just the truth of my fifth brother's death that I seek.
I want him to have died for a good cause.
It isn't just The Mages that I wish to save.
And everyone in the world.
Everyone in the world?
I don't understand what you mean by that?
As a prince, our people should be our priority.
People maketh the foundation of a nation.
Why would you have to remind me of such a principle?
After the flooding last year, did you witness the corpses
sprawled across the lands because of starvation?
The imperial court had allocated such a huge fund to relieve the disaster.
However, when the funds reached the hands of the local authorities
there were but a few grains of rice in the rice congee
that was handed out to the victims.
More people had died from man-made misfortunes
than the natural disaster itself.
If that was so, why didn't you report it to Father then?
Zhan, shouldn't you know the reasons more clearly than I do?
The officials covered up for one another.
Powerful families have a great influence on the politics.
For the past year, I've used every possible method
to finally find out traces of their criminal activities.
The network of such political powers are so complicated and intertwined
that it's hard to take them down.
Therefore, I've kept on waiting and waiting.
I'm waiting for an opportunity.
It is until today...
I finally found the evidence.
Evidence?
Whether this evidence can truly be seen as the proof
it is all up to you.
Judging by your words, this evidence is related to me?
A righteous man does not resort to insinuations.
Zhan, you're a sensible man.
Didn't you kidnap Madam Yin for the account books?
You know that Madam Yin has the account books.
Did Yin Su tell you so?
The account books will determine the survival of Yin family.
I believe that you must have already taken all pros and cons into account.
I wonder which matters more to you, the people of Great Wei or Yin family?
For generations, Yin family has been respected by the imperial court.
It also has marital ties with the imperial family.
Should Yin family prosper, so shall the imperial family.
Should Yin family wither, so shall the imperial family.
Ling, you should understand this reasoning.
You shouldn't be worried about this matter at the moment.
Tomorrow is the last day of your investigation.
Can you prove your innocence in the imperial court tomorrow?
Do you know how I lost my military seal that day?
That day, Yuan Ting took it from me when I visited.
The theft of a military seal is to be convicted of capital punishment.
Should Father learn of this matter
how do you think he'd handle it?
Ling, you mean to have me use the account books in exchange for Yuan Ting's life?
Yuan Ting is Xi's only child.
I would never use his life in exchange for anything.
Father will never know the truth about the theft of my military seal.
Zhan, don't you wish to know the truth behind Xi's death?
Yin Su is the only person who knows of the truth.
However, Yin Su is now in your hands.
He's the only person who can prove your innocence.
I can hand him over to you.
What?
Let's not forget that if my innocence is proven
the crimes of others are then verified.
Ling, you'd rather give up a witness who could prove you innocent
in exchange for those account books?
You have the account books.
I have nothing to worry about.
The one and only condition for handing Yin Su over is...
Spare Madam Yin's life.
Isn't this too much of a risk to take to protect a person you don't know?
Yuan Xi was killed to cover up for their collusion with our enemies.
Have you not figure that out yet?
If all powerful noble families only put their families before
the interests of the nation and our people...
The nation shall fall.
In no time.
You kicked up a fuss about going to the lantern fair.
It wasn't just an excuse.
Your father did make you such a promise, didn't he?
The lights here might not be as beautiful as the ones at the fair
but each light has the well wishes of a dream come true.
Come here.
Your fourth uncle has prepared these lights specially for you.
Write down your wishes on them.
Have your Uncle Ling hang them up for you.
Uncle Ling, what are your wishes?
My wishes?
It's to help you fulfill your wishes.
If my wish is to have my father's murderer pay the price with his life?
Ting, do you know that there are sacrifices to make
in order to fulfill our wishes?
So what?
I will avenge my father!
You are indeed the descendant of our Yuan family.
I believe that you will surely fulfill your wish one day.
Uncle Ling, aren't you scared at all?
What have I got to be scared of?
Ting...
Your Uncle Ling has nothing to do with your father's death.
I already guessed as much.
If Uncle Ling had killed Father
he wouldn't have treated us so kindly!
Mother, you wouldn't tell me the truth.
In the future, I'll use my own ways to investigate it.
As for the injustice Uncle Ling has suffered...
I wish to clear his name as well.
Ting...
You'll surely grow up to be different than your father.
Tomorrow is the final day.
I've never seen anyone like you.
You don't care much about your own life at all.
I've fought on the battlefields for years.
I already give very little thought to my own life.
Have you never thought that you wouldn't bear to die?
Isn't there anything that you can't bear to leave behind
or anyone you can't bear to part with?
Then you wouldn't put yourself at such a great risk so easily?
Someone I can't bear to part with?
You're drunk.
Sober up.
Sober up!
Who exactly are you?
How did this happen?
I'm doomed.
I never should have drunk the wine.
What if he finds out about me?
Father, I miss you so much!
How could you mistake me for your father?
I love Father's homemade wine the most.
Three days are up.
Have you found any evidence to prove your innocence?
Father, one person knows of the truth behind Yuan Xi's death.
He is now waiting outside the hall to be summoned.
Send him in.
Zhan really did choose to send Yin Su to the palace
to testify for Ling's innocence.
It's Yin Su!
Your Majesty, isn't Yin Su already dead?
Sinner, Yin Su, greets Your Majesty.
What is this about?
Yin Su, relate honestly to His Majesty what had happened then.
How did you kill Prince Xi?
Your Majesty is wise.
I didn't kill Prince Xi.
I... I saw it with my own eyes...
I saw that Prince Ling killed Prince Xi.
Nonsense!
Yuan Che!
Father...
Keep going.
Your Majesty, it was because I witnessed Prince Ling's murder of Prince Xi
that I had to fake my death in order to escape unscathed.
Little did I expect to be found out by Prince Ling.
He forced me into coming here to give a false testimony!
He wanted me to frame another.
What do you have to say?
Father, do you believe his words?
The crime of lese-majeste...
The criminal's entire clan is to be executed.
Qing Chen, where is my mother?
Why hasn't she come with us?
Your mother will be waiting for you in the hut.
Once this is all over, you can leave with her.
Really?
Your Ladyship.
This is the last day of the investigation.
It's said that Prince Ling has found evidence to prove his innocence
but the witness made a false countercharge.
His Majesty must have already known of the truth.
He just wanted to see how Ling would handle this matter.
Your Ladyship, aren't you worried at all?
If Ling is innocent, he could surely save himself.
What have I got to worry about?
Who knew...
Ling, you'd actually have me designated as the executioner.
If what Yin Su said is true
then it is the most fitting to have you execute me for killing Xi.
If what Yin Su said is true...
Don't you wish to defend yourself?
Shouldn't you know of the truth more clearly than anyone else?
Ling, do you know just how badly I wish to avenge Xi?
I trust you to make the right choice.
That day, did you hide in a dark corner and kill my fifth brother?
Your... Your Highness...
Through and through, all you said were just lies.
Do you think that by doing so, someone would protect you?
Once this case is closed
you'll be the very first to die!
Who instigated you to kill my fifth brother?
- Speak! - Zhan!
What on earth are you talking about?
Father.
I am well aware of the entire case.
It is because I know of the truth that I wish to uphold justice for Xi!
Nor could I allow Ling to suffer such injustice!
Ling...
Since it is Yin family who wishes to set you up
I will be the one to clear your name.
Li Lin!
What is that?
That is the evidence of Yin family's years of corruption!
Those account books...
They were all recorded by Yin Su.
Is what he just said true?
Prince Xi... was killed by you?
Please spare me, Your Majesty!
Who instigated you?
Who dares to have my son killed?
Your Majesty, please spare me!
Speak!
It was Noble Consort Yin!
Say that again?
Noble Consort Yin.
She instigated me to assassinate Prince Xi.
And then to frame Prince Ling for it!
Your Majesty, please spare me! Please spare me!
Your Majesty!
Xi is my own flesh and blood!
How could I possibly harm him?
I'm afraid this man was already bribed by Prince Ling.
Your Majesty! You mustn't believe this one-sided statement!
One-sided statement?
What about those account books?
Do you really think that I don't have a clue
what you've done in the harem all these years?
Your Majesty, this man's testimony is not to be taken seriously.
Therefore, how can the evidence he submitted be any reliable?
Take down Yin Su!
- Drag him out to be beheaded! - Yes!
- Spare me, Your Majesty! - Mother...
Spare me, Your Majesty! Spare me!
Your Majesty!
Have you not committed enough wrongdoing?
You had Yuan Xi killed...
You even stooped to using Ting to frame Ling.
You've even tried to make Yin Su lie to His Majesty.
Do you really think that your actions have gone unnoticed?
Quit now, please!
Noble Consort knows that you just wish to stay alive.
If you accuse Prince Ling firmly of murder tomorrow in court
and deny your involvement in Prince Xi's death
you and your wife will then have a chance to be spared.
I want you to set my wife free first.
I will obey your every order.
Fine.
Bear in mind what Her Highness had instructed and make no mistake.
Who knew that I'd have brought up such a good son?
Ting, don't be frightened.
Tell your grandfather about your Uncle Ling's military seal.
Ting, don't be frightened.
Your Uncle Ling and Uncle Zhan are here with you.
They will uphold justice for your father.
Grandfather, it was my fault.
That day...
Grandmother... I'm scared.
Ting, you will inherit the throne some day.
You shouldn't be afraid of such trivial matters.
Here. open up your mouth.
See, it's nothing.
As long as you obey me
everything will go as you wish.
You just have to bite into your Uncle Ling's hand
and you'll be poisoned.
Your Uncle Ling will also be poisoned.
You can even frame him for it.
Your Uncle Ling carries a small military seal on him at all times.
Keep this in mind. You must use this chance to steal it from him.
Murderer!
Give me back my father!
I used that opportunity to steal the military seal.
It was used to frame Uncle Ling.
Ting is still young!
He's easily influenced and convinced into saying such nonsense!
Would Your Majesty convict me of my son's murder
based on a child's words?
Father, I've been searching through Yuan Xi's manor these days
and finally found a confidential decree
from Noble Consort Yin in his secret chamber.
There's also evidence of Xi's collusion with our enemies.
Father, please investigate into it.
They should be killed...
Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cub.
Father!
Mother only committed such sins in a moment's folly.
Father, please show her some mercy for the sake of
the many years she has served you!
An emperor's son... You would even dare to kill my son?
Your sins can't be pardoned even if you were killed a hundred times over.
Grandfather, please don't sentence Grandmother to death.
I have already lost my father.
Guards.
This vicious woman is now stripped of her title as Noble Consort.
She is to be thrown into the Cold Palace now
and without my permission, she is never allowed out of it!
Father! Mother is--
Zhan!
Father, Ting stole the military seal.
By right, he should be punished according to the military law.
Please punish him. Banish him and his mother out of the capital.
Escort Ting and his mother to Yuan Xi's fiefdom.
Without my decree, they are never to set foot in the capital.
Father is wise.
Thank you, Grandfather.
Set out right away.
Ling, I'll assign you and Che to investigate into Yin family's corruption.
I will not condone anyone for their crimes.
Yes, Father.
Father is wise!
How did it go?
Your Highness wouldn't have guessed that Noble Consort Yin was the mastermind.
Who could have know that such drastic changes occurred overnight?
Political powers and trends vary from time to time.
Noble Consort Yin is Prince Zhan's biological mother.
One wrong move and now, they have lost everything.
I'm afraid that Yin family along with Prince Zhan would be affected.
Who knew that apart from military tactics
he is also capable of such maneuvering skills?
He could still escape unscathed under such circumstances.
He is indeed quite something.
Your Highness seems to show more concern about Prince Ling?
You mustn't forget that
the Crown Prince will be the one tying the marital bond with you.
Send a visiting card to the Crown Prince's manor.
I'd like to ask Crown Prince out.
But that day, Crown Prince's attitude--
I have my reason for seeing the Crown Prince.
Go ahead.
You have already cleared your name.
What else is it that you still ask of me?
I beseech Father to bury Yuan Xi in our imperial mausoleum.
He colluded with our enemies and betrayed our nation.
Numerous warriors of the Black Armor Army died because of him.
He also nearly had you killed.
How could someone like him be buried in our imperial mausoleum?
Indeed.
Each and every sin of Yuan Xi's that Father had listed
is enough to have him sentenced to death with justified reasons.
He committed grave sins.
However, he had paid the price for them.
The wrongdoings he committed before his death are all now in the past.
It doesn't really matter where a person is buried after his death.
However, it makes a huge difference to those who have survived him.
It's already a great misfortune for Yuan Xi's son
Yuan Ting to have encountered such a mishap.
When he grows up, how will he be able to look back at his father?
How will he face the criticisms of the many others?
He has done no wrong.
Yet he will have to spend his lifetime under the shadows of his father's sins.
This is very unfair to him.
Besides, Yuan Xi did once fight alongside me in battles for years.
Although he had sinned, he had also contributed greatly once.
Therefore, I hereby beseech Father to bury Yuan Xi in our imperial mausoleum.
This will also be a consolation to those who survived him.
Since you're so considerate
how could I, as Xi's father, turn down your request?
You just need to bear this in mind.
Whatever might happen in the future
you must remember what you have said to me today.
Always stay true to your affections for your siblings.
I'll abide by Father's teaching.
I shall bestow amnesty on Yuan Xi and
have him buried in our imperial mausoleum.
Thank you, Father.
Ting, go and thank your Uncle Ling quickly.
I thank Uncle Ling for your act of graciousness
so that my father could be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
Here, Ting.
You don't have to thank me.
I'm your father's older brother.
This is what I should do.
Moreover, your father had fought valiantly in battles for years.
He had rendered a great many meritorious services.
He deserved to be buried there.
Whenever it might be
Prince Ling has never failed to meet our expectations.
Xi, your death has prevented Yin family from being convicted of treason.
However, Yin family has now declined.
Even Mother is now thrown into the Cold Palace.
Xi, would you blame me for it?
However, I don't regret doing so.
Yin family does need to be cleaned up and reformed.
Greetings to Your Highness.
Uncle.
Your Highness, although His Majesty has yet to make a decree
it's unlikely that I can stay on my position as the Right Minister.
- From now on-- - Yin family's case...
It's but committed by some of our family's disciples.
Uncle, submit a report tomorrow to ask for punishment.
Father would only deduct a few months of wages as a punishment.
Your Highness, what do you mean?
Whatever there is to investigate according to those account books
I'd let them look into it.
However, what shouldn't be made known will not be unraveled either.
Your Highness has made alterations to the books?
Would Yin family escape unscathed without handing in the account books?
Uncle, do you think that without any evidence
my brother, Ling would dare to lay a finger on a noble family?
If I hadn't sacrificed some of our benefits
how could I have protected Yin family?
I see...
In order to take, one must first give.
From now on, I'll be in charge of all matters in Yin family.
Should any of you dare to act out of turn under my nose
I will spare none.
For the sake of Your Highness, Yin family could do whatever it takes
to assist Your Highness in achieving the ultimate goal soon.
Uncle, please head back and informed everyone in Yin family
not to dream of ever coveting the wealth of the imperial court again.
Should Yin family wish to be restored to its former glory
only honesty and keeping your hands clean would be of use.
Now that it has come to such
it really baffles me what Prince Zhan is truly like.
Although Zhan doesn't meddle in any of the political affairs
he is the one who knows the most about it among the princes.
I don't understand.
Why would you leave it to Prince Zhan to make the final move?
If I were to make the move to eradicate Yin family
Zhan would surely go against me head on.
By then, it would cause great chaos.
If I leave it to Zhan to take the initiative
I could then root out Yin family without shedding any blood.
It seem that you have already planned your way out.
No wonder you showed no fear for your own life.
His Majesty assigned you and Prince Che
to investigate into Yin family's corruption.
How do you intend to go about it?
I'd hand in a report to Father immediately.
The basic solution to a flooding is to regulate rivers and waterways.
Only then can we prevent flooding from causing more disasters.
What about you?
You took such pains to root out some officials in the imperial court.
Why won't you use this chance to place in your confidants?
Powerful families and the nobility have long dominated the imperial court.
Although scholars of humble origins have great ambitions
they will never get a chance to move up the ranks.
We'll need to replace the old with the new.
My goal is to introduce and recruit more young officials.
Who knew that Prince Ling would have such determination?
In the past, I never thought that you had any problems with your eyes.
How could you mistake me as your father?
How do I resemble your father?
Get a doctor to look at your eyes quickly.
Such a huge unforeseen mishap has occurred in the palace.
I really don't wish to see such misfortune happen again.
I've sent Yuan Ji to bring Yuan Li back from Changhong Temple.
It's been ten-some days?
They have yet to return.
Send our men out to bring them back.
Have Yuan Ji bring Yuan Li home swiftly.
Your Majesty.
These years, 12th Prince, Prince Li is sometimes conscious
and sometimes, muddleheaded.
He has just fully regained consciousness recently.
Should he be brought back to the capital at this time
I'm concerned that it might affect His Highness from recuperating.
As my son, if he can't even withstand a bit of traveling
how is it possible for him to inherit my throne?
How insensitive of me!
I'll announce the imperial decree right away to have Prince Ji
bring Prince Li back to the palace quickly.
Li!
Ji!
Where's your scented sachet?
What scented sachet are you talking about?
Is it this one?
Or this one?
Quit fooling around.
I could smell the scented sachet on you.
You're that good?
What's so special about that scented sachet?
It doesn't look any different to me.
You still don't admit that you took it?
I've seen you gazing at this scented sachet absent-mindedly.
I thought that there's something special about it
but now, it seems to be just an ordinary scented sachet.
Ji, don't be mad at me.
I've slipped in and out of consciousness all these years.
Now that I'm fully conscious, I know nothing of what is happening.
Ji, why don't you tell me more about matters in the palace?
Although I'm also a prince
I know very little about matters in the palace.
I can't help feeling a bit uneasy about it.
If you do well in briefing me
I'll return this scented sachet to you.
Is this why you've been lingering out here
to avoid returning to Heavenly Capital?
I might be a prince as well
but I've spent most of my life in Changhong Temple.
I can't help but be fearful of the palace.
Most of the time, I'd rather that you could just stay here.
If you stay here, you could stay away from the conflicts and deceit.
Ji...
You don't seem to like your identity?
It isn't that.
I simply have no choice.
We could never choose our parentage.
All right, enough said.
I've already told you quite a lot about the palace these days.
What would you like to ask about it today?
The imperial family and The Mages were once mutually dependent.
Why would Father suddenly order to have The Mages exterminated?
Mother.
You've done very well.
Very well...
Yin family has declined to this...
Yet you have escaped unscathed.
You have not let me down.
I know that Mother hates me.
However, has Mother considered that I had no other choice but to do so?
The entire Yin family has declined overnight.
You said that you had no other choice?
How am I to believe in that?
If a chess game goes into a deadlock
only by sacrificing a pawn can the game continue.
You're ruthless in sacrificing the pawn.
It was just as you had sacrificed Yuan Xi ruthlessly then.
I did convey the orders personally.
I did get Xi killed.
But I only did so for your sake!
But if I was the one who was assigned to lead the army to battle...
The one who would have been killed at your hands...
Would it then also be me?
Now that the outcome is finalized...
You will have to stay alive.
You have to stay alive for your fifth brother.
I'll be the one to pay the price for what was done to him.
As for you...
You now bear a greater responsibility.
It was you who had me thrown into the Cold Palace.
You had most of Yin family's influence on the imperial court dismissed.
It was you who ruined everything that we gained with Yuan Xi's death.
You have such tactics of maneuvering.
Would you have to worry about not making it up the ranks?
I'll visit tomorrow.
Don't ever visit me again.
If you still regard me as your mother
you must protect Yin family.
Prevent His Majesty from rooting them all out.
Yin family won't remain in decline.
The responsibilities of Yin family...
I shall be the one to bear them.
From this day forth...
I'll be waiting for you here in the Cold Palace.
Before Yin family resumes dominance over the imperial court
I won't see you.
Leave now!
What I have sacrificed today...
I'll be sure to retrieve them one by one by my own methods.
Yin family is defeated.
You managed to escaped unscathed with some luck.
However, Yin family's connections in the imperial court are complicated.
Do you have the confidence to escape unscathed again
the next time you're caught in the same predicament?
Your father has assigned you to investigate the corruption case.
It's only because you're not supported by any noble families.
I know that I'm putting myself at great risk for doing so.
However, I truly don't wish to see our people of Great Wei suffer again.
He had said the same words once.
Who is he?
An old friend.
Yet he had died at the hands of his own sibling.
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