Episode 29
I suddenly recalled something.
You once used a spell...
called the Life and Death Contract...
to connect our spirits.
It felt as if we merged.
I wonder if we can use the same method...
to make me the vessel of his spirit.
This spell that can connect two spirits...
is derived from the Life and Death Contract.
If you're right about it,
the Life and Death Contract can only be used...
between the two of you.
Perhaps, this will...
restore your primordial spirit.
Do you think it'll work?
Let me think.
If it fails,
on top of failing to save you,
I'm afraid even your spirit...
will be lost.
The Life and Death Contract is meant to be used between...
two individuals in perfect physical and spiritual conditions.
But now,
one of you is only left with his spirit.
Although you are physically and spiritually complete,
your spirit is very weak.
If you ignore that fact and sign the Life and Death Contract,
the consequence...
will be unpredictable.
I'd like to give it a shot.
Please assist me.
You're right.
It's better to go all out...
than do nothing and wait for doom.
I will try my best.
Go out and keep watch.
Don't let anyone come in.
Yes.
Give me the Seal of Heaven and Earth.
I'll activate the Life and Death Contract now.
Is that you?
Wait.
What are you doing here? Go back.
I came to save you.
No.
It's dangerous here. Leave at once.
How do we know if don't try?
Will you regret this?
I might...
take over your body.
You always say that you are me.
Now, I've accepted you.
Please accept me.
Sir, you're awake.
Mr. Liu, we made it!
We can't be sure yet.
You are...
The eighth prince,
Mo Lian Cheng.
I'm both the past Mo Lian Cheng...
and the present Mo Lian Cheng.
You're right.
Maybe...
Qu Tan Er's disappearance really had something to do with me.
Maybe I'm also responsible...
for Qu Pan Er's death.
If I hadn't come here,
maybe all of this wouldn't have happened.
Xiao Tan.
When Ms. Tan Er committed suicide,
you weren't in Eastern Yue yet.
So, it's not your fault at all.
Qu Pan Er sacrificed her life in order to save Mo Yi Huai.
So,
why are you...
blaming yourself for everything?
Judging from what Mo Yi Huai just said,
he genuinely loves Ms. Qu.
As such,
Ms. Qu's love for him was worth it.
What are you all doing?
Tan Er is exceptionally beautiful.
Her hair is like a cascading waterfall.
This plain hairstyle puts her beauty to waste.
I've made myself clear.
This hairstyle doesn't suit Tan Er.
Set the hairstyle she used to like for her.
Are you sick?
What does my hairstyle...
have to do with you?
Mo Yi Huai, are you deaf or insane?
I told you I'm not Qu Tan Er!
You're not allowed to say that you're not Tan Er.
I'm not Tan Er!
Even if you force me to act like her,
I'll just be a fake!
If you truly love her,
you don't need me as her substitute!
Jing Xin.
Groom Tan Er.
Come!
Drag Jing Xin out and execute her!
Wait!
Jing Xin.
Change my hairdo.
Xiao Tan.
Keep this in mind.
Whoever you think you are,
from today onwards,
you can only be my Tan Er.
Kill me.
You're not happy?
Are you hungry?
Come. Have some snack.
This is your favourite.
I don't like sweet food!
You love it!
Come! Eat it!
Go away!
You had the nerve to hit me.
I...
I hit you on behalf of Ms. Tan Er!
Please.
Wake up.
Stop lying to yourself!
If Ms. Tan Er is alive,
she wouldn't want to see you behaving like this.
I beg of you.
Please be the gentle and honest Prince Yi Huai we know.
Please be the hero Ms. Tan Er sacrificed her life for.
Alright?
I don't want to hear that.
You all are lying to me.
You all betrayed me!
Come!
Take Jing Xin to the underground prison!
Jing Xin!
-You must take care. -Jing Xin!
Jing Xin!
You still look so beautiful when you cry.
I've announced to the nation that...
I'm going to make you my empress.
I can finally be with you forever.
Get in!
Jing Xin!
Are you hurt?
I'm fine.
Why did they take you out?
Did they give you a hard time?
No.
Mo Yi Huai is crazy.
He has really gone crazy.
He wants Xiao Tan to act like Ms. Tan Er.
He demands her to be exactly the same.
It's like she's her substitute.
Looks like Mo Yi Huai has really gone crazy.
Although he's beyond salvation,
it's all because...
he can't forget Ms. Tan Er.
Don't worry.
Now, it's more important to...
think of something to get away from Mo Yi Huai.
Get lost!
I'll never be Mo Yi Huai's empress!
Please calm down, Your Highness.
This is His Majesty's order.
Try on the clothes and accessories at once.
The installation will be held 3 days later.
I don't want any problem.
Just kill me.
Kill you?
I want to torture you.
You'd better be a good girl.
Otherwise, the empress dowager,
Jing Xin and Jing Xuan...
might not live long enough to witness your installation.
Get out!
Brother Lian Cheng, I finally met you again.
Mr. Liu rescued us.
Which Brother Lian Cheng are you?
The present or the future?
Both the present and the future.
Jing Xuan.
Now,
there are two wills in my body.
The two of us have merged.
Girl.
Liu Qian Shui!
Liu Qian Shui.
How are Cheng Cheng and Prince Lian Cheng?
Are they alright?
What did you say?
How are Cheng Cheng and Prince Lian Cheng?
Are they alright?
Don't worry.
Mo Lian Cheng is lucky.
He won't die so easily.
I knew Cheng Cheng will be fine.
He won't leave his perfect girlfriend behind.
You're right.
Girl.
I've successfully rescued Prince Jing Xuan and Jing Xin.
Really?
Where are they now?
Don't worry.
Someone will escort them.
I'm relieved then.
It's alright now.
Girl.
I need you to help me with something.
What is it?
I used to be a royal agent.
I've the right skills and intelligence.
Good.
Find an opportunity to steal the Emperor's Token from Mo Yi Huai.
Stay here for now.
After your installation,
the tables will turn around.
Old monster.
I hope we unleash our potential.
Fighting.
What did you say again?
Fighting.
That's what we say when we cheer for someone.
Then you'll stay here and "fighting".
I'll go back and "fighting".
Take good care of yourself.
-Alright. -I'll go back and "fighting".
Grandfather is so unfair.
He only told Brother Lian Cheng about this secret passage.
Grandfather, can you hear my complain?
Stop bringing me food.
I'm not going to eat.
Grandmother!
Xuan Er?
Xuan Er, come here.
Xuan Er, what are you doing here?
Grandmother, Brother Lian Cheng sent someone to rescue me.
Brother Lian Cheng is alright.
You don't have to worry.
I'm relieved then.
You don't even have a maid here.
Mo Yi Huai is too mean.
Mo Yi Huai.
That treacherous child!
He killed his father and usurped the throne.
He harmed even his own family.
He's unforgivable!
Grandmother.
Did you just say that father...
was killed by Mo Yi Huai?
That treacherous child, Mo Yi Huai,
staged a coup.
He forced His Majesty to write a decree to pass the throne to him.
His Majesty...
had no choice but to drink poison to kill himself!
His Majesty wrote down Mo Yi Huai's offenses before he died.
Eunuch Xue risked his life to deliver the decree to me.
How could Mo Yi Huai do this?
With this decree,
we can surely expose Mo Yi Huai's conspiracy...
and let the entire nation know what he did!
Grandmother, we're short of time.
We need to leave quickly.
Xuan Er.
My royal villa is heavily guarded.
How do we escape?
I have a way.
-Intruder! Come with me! -Yes!
Don't worry, grandmother.
Brother Lian Cheng sent that person to divert their attention.
Now, we need to get out from a secret passage.
A secret passage?
Since Mo Yi Huai wants to turn me into Qu Tan Er,
I'll just act like Qu Tan Er...
and seduce him.
I'm the belle of my property agency.
Cheng Cheng.
Don't get mad at me.
How do I get close to him...
without arousing his suspicion?
Brother Yi Huai.
Are you tired?
Do you want to sit down and get some rest?
Quit acting.
Tan Er doesn't do this.
Don't attempt to trick me.
This crazy guy.
Looks like I'll have to deliberately provoke him...
to get an opportunity.
Your Highness.
I shall brief you on the process of the installation.
On the day of the installation,
a female official will lead Your Highness to the altar.
The Manager of Rites will read out the decree of installation for you.
Enough!
I won't go to this stupid installation!
Put on the crown for her immediately!
I won't put it on.
I'll never marry you!
Put it on!
Mo Yi Huai!
What have you become?
If the real Qu Tan Er is still alive,
she won't love you!
The one Tan Er loves is...
that honourable and honest man!
Not a cruel and heartless...
demon who would harm even his own family!
You don't deserve her at all!
You're not allowed to speak of Tan Er in front of me.
Mo Yi Huai.
You don't deserve Tan Er's love at all!
Just so-so.
Is this the stupid Emperor's Token?
But well,
Qu Xiao Tan is quite clever.
She managed to steal the Emperor's Token...
from Mo Yi Huai so quickly.
She's indeed the leader of Qu Clan.
It'll be great if I can swap the installation decree.
It's right before me.
I'm so lucky.
It's such an important thing...
and he didn't even bother to hide it.
"By decree of the emperor...
Whose messy handwriting is this?
"By decree of the emperor...
You look so pleased.
You must have found the Emperor's Token.
Take a guess.
You're right.
I found it.
How's Tan Er doing?
Guess again.
I'll tell you.
That girl found the Emperor's Token for me.
Don't worry.
With the Emperor's Token,
we stand a chance.
From now on,
we're no longer doomed.
Yu Hao.
Deliver the Emperor's Token...
and the letter I wrote personally...
to Marquis of Wuliang in Yecheng.
Send Yecheng's garrison to the capital immediately.
Yes.
You Ming.
Go with Mr. Liu...
to find General Wei.
Tell him to attack from the north gate tomorrow morning.
By then,
my two armies will...
surround the imperial city from the south and north.
The empress dowager, Jing Xuan and I...
will secretly infiltrate the royal entourage...
and sneak into the palace...
to expose Mo Yi Huai's conspiracy.
Wait.
Mo Yi Huai just ascended the throne.
He'll surely be extremely cautious.
How do you infiltrate the royal entourage?
The eunuch who leads the royal entourage...
is indebted to me.
He'll definitely aid me tomorrow.
You're right.
Let's go without further ado.
Yes.
Cheng Cheng.
I know you will come.
You will come and rescue me...
like a knight in shining armour.
You will pull me into your arms...
and ride away gracefully...
in the radiance of a hero.
Cheng Cheng.
You won't let me marry this demon.
You'll wipe out the enemy for me and save my rank.
You'll protect me with your life.
You'll even romantically send me roses every day.
Mo Yi Huai is nowhere like you.
I don't want the life of an empress.
I only want to pet my cat...
and touch your chest muscles.
Let's begin.
The prerogative of the empress is equal to that of the emperor!
Now, Her Highness shall pay her respects...
to heaven and earth as well as the ancestral temple...
as the mother of the nation!
The crown prince, Mo Yi Huai,
murdered his father,
usurped the throne...
and forged an imperial edict.
He is unforgivable...
Enough!
What's going on?
This... This decree...
Dear all.
Someone swapped the decree of installation.
This must be the deed of a treacherous man!
Who is the treacherous usurper here?
Dear all.
The one I'm holding is the real decree written by the late emperor!
This man...
is just a treacherous usurper!
The late emperor was cornered by this treacherous man...
and forced to take poison.
Before His Majesty's demise,
he secretly wrote down Mo Yi Huai's offenses!
Xuan Er.
Read it out for the ministers!
Yes!
Mo Yi Huai attacked the palace...
and usurped the throne.
My loyal subjects, do not be deceived by him...
and do not surrender to him.
It is too late to regret my mistake.
As such, I decided to pass my throne to the eighth prince, Mo Lian Cheng.
Please do your best to assist him.
I was deceived.
I can't believe I supported a usurper who killed his own father.
Dear all.
The will of the late emperor has been brought to light.
The eighth prince, Mo Lian Cheng,
is the real successor of the throne!
Yes, I usurped the throne!
So what?
For the woman I love,
I'll do anything at all to become the emperor!
Tan Er is mine.
From now on,
no one can steal her from me!
My loyal subjects!
I'll give you all one more chance!
If you pledge allegiance to me,
you will be spared from severe punishments...
and given a raise!
Your Majesty.
The imperial city has been surrounded by tens of thousands of soldiers.
You had the nerve to steal the Emperor's Token.
So what if you've surrounded the imperial city?
My men can easily wipe them out.
Convey my order!
Dispatch our troops to eliminate them!
Annihilate them!
Your Majesty.
They have the Emperor's Token.
Most of our soldiers have surrendered.
Wei Zong Heng has surrounded the palace...
and Prince Jing Kang has been captured.
This is impossible.
Brother Yi Huai.
Although you changed the military commanders...
to your trusted aides when you were in possession of the Emperor's Token,
you have no idea that...
the soldiers obey only the man holding the token.
Now, you have less than 1,000 men under your command.
On the other hand,
I've ordered the...
garrison of Yecheng to come to the capital immediately...
to join hands with General Wei's past subordinates...
and surround the imperial city from the south and north.
You stand no chance.
Brother Yi Huai.
You can't escape now.
I will be kind to you and Jing Kang.
I will spare your lives.
Dear all.
Now, please retire with me.