Episode 27
Why aren't they back yet?
Are they alright?
Don't worry, Xiao Tan.
Prince Lian Cheng and Mr. Liu Shang are so strong.
I'm sure they'll return safely.
They are back.
Let's go.
Sir.
Are you alright?
Did they hurt you?
I'm so glad your face is unscathed.
Otherwise, the world will lose one handsome guy.
Are you concerned about me?
Of course.
You're my superior.
I'm counting on you for a successful career,
so that I can reach the pinnacle of my life.
Sir!
His Majesty has passed away.
He ordered to pass the throne to Mo Yi Huai on his deathbed.
Father was healthy.
How come he passed away so suddenly?
Mr. Lian Cheng.
Is this father's fate?
Father is supposed to step down.
How come he passed away?
Is it...
Is it because of me?
Yu Hao, tell Jing Xuan to come.
We're heading to the palace.
Yes.
Cheng Cheng.
Don't blame yourself.
You've done enough for everyone.
Mo Yi Huai!
Father had been healthy!
How could he possibly pass away so suddenly?
It must be your conspiracy!
Are you trying to usurp the throne?
If you have any question,
why don't you come to the side hall with me?
I'll answer your questions.
Alright?
Jing Xuan, shut up.
Don't spout nonsense.
Please forgive him, Crown Prince Yi Huai.
Of course.
The empress dowager has arrived!
Greetings, grandmother.
Rise, all of you.
-Yes. -Yes.
Yi Huai.
You've so many soldiers outside of this hall.
Are you trying to seize me?
What makes you say so, grandmother?
Father just passed away.
I'm just trying to step up the security in the palace.
The emperor has passed away and as his mother,
I don't want to let outsiders...
ruin his last moment of peace.
Withdraw the soldiers at once.
Yes.
Cheng Er. Xuan Er.
I'd like to have a word with the crown prince.
Both of you may leave.
Yes.
Yi Huai.
When the emperor passed away,
only you and Jing Kang were with him.
Tell me.
What caused his sudden demise?
It's my fault.
Father worked so hard for the country that...
he exhausted himself.
I should have...
advised father to get some rest.
Your Highness!
I...
I still want to serve His Majesty!
I can't believe His Majesty left, Your Highness!
Eunuch Xue.
I'm really glad that His Majesty...
has a loyal servant like you.
Yi Huai.
The emperor's death is fishy.
You'd better give me...
and the entire nation an explanation!
Long live Your Majesty!
Rise, my loyal subjects.
Thank you, Your Majesty!
Convey my order.
Prince Mo Lian Cheng is guilty of treason...
for deceiving the late emperor.
He shall be executed immediately!
His advisor, Liu Shang,
assisted him in
He shall be sentenced to death as well!
Your Majesty.
I've searched the residence of Prince Lian Cheng.
Mo Lian Cheng and Liu Shang were nowhere to be found in the mansion.
The same goes for Qu Tan Er.
Search the entire capital.
Arrest the three of them at all cost.
Tan Er.
Let's go.
Are you alright? Can you stand up?
Jing Xin.
-I'm fine. -Come.
Officers, how can we help you?
They are the wanted ones.
Seize them!
Don't worry. I'll protect you.
-Take them away! -Move!
Walk faster!
Why didn't you let me go?
If we fight them,
more soldiers will come.
We need to get away first.
I'll think of something to rescue them later.
He's right.
Jing Xuan is a prince after all.
They won't hurt him.
We need to get away first...
and meet up with Yu Hao.
We'll come up with a plan to rescue them afterwards.
Let's go.
-Your Majesty? -What is it?
The Imperial Army captured Prince Jing Xuan...
and Qu Tan Er's personal attendant, Jing Xin.
They've been sent to the underground prison.
We're waiting for your orders.
Jing Xin, don't be afraid.
I'm here.
I'll protect you.
Prince Jing Xuan.
I'm not worried about myself.
I'm praying for...
Xiao Tan and Prince Lian Cheng.
Please let them flee safely.
God, please protect them.
They can make it.
I'm sure they can escape.
Who's escaping?
Mo Yi Huai! What did I do?
Why are you imprisoning us?
I'm the emperor.
I can imprison anyone at all.
Jing Xin.
Where's Tan Er?
Don't be afraid. Tell me.
I'll bring her back.
I'll announce to the entire nation that...
Tan Er is my empress.
I...
I don't know where she is.
So, you want to do it the hard way?
I'll ask you one more time.
Where is Tan Er?
Speak!
-Come. -Yes.
Do whatever it takes...
to get an answer from her.
No problem, Your Majesty.
I'll use all the methods I know...
to make her come clean!
Don't hurt her! Jing Xin!
Don't hurt her!
Mo Yi Huai! I'm warning you! Don't hurt her!
Mo Yi Huai! I'm talking to you!
Why don't you torture me instead?
-Jing Xin! -Come clean!
Jing Xin! Stop whipping her!
-Take this! -Jing Xin!
Stop!
Jing Kang.
Spread the news.
If they don't surrender themselves,
the empress dowager, Mo Jing Xuan and Jing Xin...
will all have to die.
Yes.
Speak!
Let's check that side.
Search thoroughly.
Let's go to that side.
Sir.
More and more soldiers are coming.
At this rate,
they'll find us sooner or later.
I'll be the decoy.
No.
The two of us are Mo Yi Huai's main targets.
If you appear before them,
it's no different from surrendering.
But, there's no other way.
We can't just wait for them to capture us.
Sir, let me go instead.
There won't a problem.
Alright. You must be careful.
Don't worry, sir.
Wait.
Do you still remember...
the place Jing Xuan and I went to...
each time we did something naughty?
I remember.
Lure the soldiers away...
and find out what happened to Jing Xuan.
After that, meet up with us at that place.
Alright. Take care, sir.
I wonder if Jing Xin is alright.
Don't worry.
We'll rescue Jing Xin.
But, now is not the time.
He's right.
We need to be fully prepared...
in order to strike back.
Let's head to the meeting point first...
and wait for Yu Hao.
Jing Xin.
Wake up.
You need to eat.
Thank you, Prince Jing Xuan. But, I don't need it.
Jing Xin.
Just take the food.
You're suffering...
and I can't do anything for you.
I feel so...
Prince Jing Xuan.
Please don't say that.
I'm glad that...
I'm here with you.
Otherwise,
you'll be all alone.
It'll be so torturous.
Jing Xin.
I can't believe you've been worrying about me.
To tell the truth,
I fell in love with you the first time I saw you.
When you smile,
you look like the most innocent and adorable person in this world.
Now,
we're trapped here.
Mo Yi Huai might kill us anytime.
If I don't tell you my feelings now,
it might never get to tell you.
Jing Xin.
I just want to know...
if you...
love me.
Sir, how can you say that?
I'm just a maid in Prince Lian Cheng's household.
I...
I don't deserve your love.
Jing Xin.
My feeling is genuine.
Do you think social status matters to me?
It might not matter to you,
but it matters to me.
You're a prince.
You deserve...
a beautiful and perfect lady from a prestigious family.
I'm just a maid.
I can never be good enough for you.
Even if I...
I don't deserve you.
Jing Xin.
What did you say?
What were you trying to say?
Jing Xin.
You love me too, right?
Right?
Jing Xin.
What is that mark on your hand?
This is the mark of the Life and Death Contract...
I signed with Tan Er in order to save her...
back in another dimension.
I'm glad that the Tan Er now...
hasn't signed the Life and Death Contract.
I can leave in assurance now.
Does the contract make any difference?
If you're gone,
Tan Er will...
That's why...
you must look after Tan Er...
and make sure she doesn't do anything silly.
But,
the Life and Death Contract is so incredible.
It actually allows people to share their lifespan.
If lifespan can be shared,
I believe other things can also be shared.
If we can modify the Life and Death Contract,
perhaps,
we can connect the minds of two different people.
But,
would anyone want someone else to know his or her thoughts?
Don't you want to let me know...
your thoughts?
I'm interested to know...
what you went through with Tan Er in the future...
and what I missed out.
I'll try it tomorrow.
After all, this will...
benefit you, me...
and even Tan Er.
Sir!
Sir.
What's the situation in the palace?
The empress dowager is under house arrest.
Prince Jing Xuan and Jing Xin are confined in the underground prison.
The palace is heavily guarded.
Since he chose to imprison them,
I believe Mo Yi Huai won't kill them so soon.
Since you came from the future,
you should know...
what happened to...
me, Mo Yi Huai and Jing Xuan...
after this incident.
I don't belong to this dimension.
My arrival...
caused some dimensional disorders.
So, many things...
became different from what I went through.
Take Tan Er for example.
She was supposed to marry you.
Qu Jiang Lin wasn't exiled.
And father...
did not pass away.
So, I don't know...
what will happen from now.
I can only do my best and leave the rest to fate.
Don't worry. No matter what,
I won't let Mo Yi Huai have his way.
Prince Jing Xuan.
The empress dowager sent me to rescue you.
I've sent the other guards away.
Please leave with me.
Is my grandmother alright?
Her Highness is fine.
Sir, let's not talk here.
Let's leave this place first.
In this case,
release her as well.
Sir, the palace is heavily guarded.
She'll be a burden.
But...
Please hesitate no more.
We need to leave quickly before they come back.
Sir.
At least one of us can get out now.
Once you get out,
you can help Xiao Tan and the rest.
Right?
Go.
Go!
Sir, let's go.
Go!
-Let's go before it's too late. -Jing Xin.
-Go! -I'll be back to save you!
Jing Xin!
Stop right there!
-Brother. -I've never seen this guy before.
He's a visitor.
A visitor?
Why is there a visitor at this hour?
I think he looks like Prince Jing Xuan.
-You got the wrong person. -Come here!
Run, Prince Jing Xuan!
Get up.
Greetings, Prince Jing Kang.
You acted well.
Thank you for the compliment.
Reward him.
Thank you, sir.
You asked me to come immediately.
Is there an urgent matter?
I'll be frank.
My senses are deteriorating very quickly.
I'm afraid...
I'm going to disappear from this world soon.
Prior to this, you saw...
what happened between me and Tan Er.
That was for you to know...
the relationship between me and Tan Er,
so that...
you can take good care of Tan Er...
when I'm gone.
I'll be counting on you...
to take care of Tan Er.
We're the same person.
Don't worry about it.
I'll love Tan Er as much as you do.
There's one more thing.
When you reclaim the throne in the future,
you must remember...
not to kill Mo Yi Huai.
He's a sad person.
I will do as you advised.
Let's return.
If we're out here for too long,
Tan Er might imagine things again.
-Go. -Go.
Next.
Go.
Wait.
Go.
Next.
Go.
Next.
Go.
-Next. -Wait.
You. Raise your head.
This is my friend.
Do you still need to check?
General Wei, since he's your friend,
of course he's excused.
Go.
Next.
Go.
That happened.
So, I came back immediately to report to Your Majesty.
I can't believe Wei Zong Heng interfered.
Your Majesty.
Looks like we need to hunt them down quickly.
Otherwise, things might get even more complicated.
Don't worry.
With his interference,
it's only going to get simpler.
Yun Ying.
Send send a few men to follow Mo Jing Xuan.
No need to capture them immediately.
Yes.
Why?
If we capture them immediately,
we might fail to capture all of them.
If the two Mo Lian Cheng manage to escape,
it'll be even more difficult to capture them again.
Since Wei Zong Heng has entered the game,
Mo Lian Cheng will surely borrow his strength...
to strike back.
By playing along,
I can lure all of them into the palace...
and trap them.
To defeat Mo Yi Huai,
we'll need the support of the garrisons.
But, I don't have the Emperor's Token.
I'm afraid I can't command the armies.
Why do you have to complicate it?
I'll just sneak in at night...
and rescue them.
I think that's a good idea.
You can't do that.
The palace is heavily guarded.
Mo Yi Huai is prepared.
In fact, he might have already...
set up a trap to capture us.
He's right.
You're not familiar with the terrains in the palace either.
That's too dangerous.
Brother Lian Cheng!
Jing Xuan?
I thought you were with Jing Xin.
Maybe the warden thinks he's just a harmless prince.
So, he released him out of sympathy.
Right?
It won't be that simple.
Jing Xuan.
How did you escape?
General Wei saved me.
Greetings, Prince Lian Cheng.
This is...
He's also me.
I'll explain to you someday.
General Wei, you helped us righteously...
regardless of our past conflict.
Thank you.
I'm flattered.
Even though we had a misunderstanding in the past,
it was because someone sowed discord between us.
Now, we're facing a political upheaval.
Although I'm just a general,
I know what is right and what is wrong.
As such,
I'm willing to assist you.
What about Jing Xin?
Why isn't she with you?
I'm useless.
I didn't manage to bring her out.
Jing Xuan.
How did you escape from the prison?
Could this be...
a trap?
It can't be a trap.
A man sent by grandmother...
sacrificed his life to rescue me.
I saw Prince Jing Xuan attempting to leave the city.
So, I saved him from the guards...
and took him out.
If it hadn't been General Wei,
I wouldn't be able to get out.
So, it wasn't smooth-sailing at all.
Say something.
I'm so worried.
Brother Lian Cheng.
What are you thinking about?
He must be thinking.
You shouldn't bother him.
You'll disrupt him.
Sir.
Are you suspecting me?
No, General Wei.
I think...
everything went too well.
This might be...
Mo Yi Huai's trap.
Yes.
That's what I think as well.
But, there's one thing I don't understand.
If Mo Yi Huai is using Jing Xuan as his bait,
why haven't we run into his soldiers?
Mo Yi Huai thinks...
we might split up.
If that's the case,
even if he follows Jing Xuan,
there's no guarantee that he can capture all of us.
It's better to release Jing Xuan,
so that he can tell us what's going on in the palace.
Then, we'll be lured...
into his trap.
Indeed.
In fact, by now,
I believe Mo Yi Huai has started monitoring...
all the troops commanded by General Wei.
We must be wary.
If that's the case,
won't my soldiers...
Don't worry, General Wei.
I've thought of a solution.
Tomorrow, General Wei will lead his troops...
to launch a feint attack from the city gate...
to distract Mo Yi Huai's main force.
Then, we'll lead an elite troop...
to the palace.
Good idea.
The two of us will lead an elite troop to rescue grandmother...
and Jing Xin.
Then, we'll head straight to Mo Yi Huai.
Always go for the leader first.
Precisely.
While we attack,
we'll be counting on you to take care of Tan Er, Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu, you must protect Tan Er.
Don't worry. I'll protect her for you.
Tan Er, you must stay safe.
Alright.
Please be careful.
Let's go!
As you predicted,
Mo Yi Huai sent most of his troops...
to fight against General Wei.
The palace is so loosely guarded now.
Everything went well.
Looks like they fell for our trap.
Now, we need to split up.
One troop will rescue grandmother and Jing Xin.
The other troop will head straight to the royal study with me.
We must capture Mo Yi Huai before General Wei retreats.
Brother Lian Cheng, it won't be easy to capture Mo Yi Huai.
I think it's better if the two of you go together.
I know where Jing Xin and grandmother are confined.
I'll rescue them.
Jing Xuan.
There might be traps where Jing Xin and grandmother...
are confined.
You...
Brother Lian Cheng, don't worry.
Since their forces are so spread out,
I believe it won't be that dangerous.
I'll act according to the situation. Don't worry.
Then bring more men with you, just in case.
Alright.