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[The Female Assassins in the Palace]
[Episode 13]
[Arch Lord Duoluo Manor]
Your Lordship.
Where's Dana?
Why don't I see her around?
Young Mistress Dana went out early this morning.
She went out for a stroll.
A stroll?
That lass...
She must be tired of me meeting all those officials every day.
- Your Lordship, please have breakfast. - All right.
Feather dusters! Have a look!
We made these ourselves.
Look at my lanterns, Miss.
Look how pretty they are.
Please buy one?
[Bao (treasure)]
Did you write all of these?
[Letter Writer]
It's pretty well-written.
Imperial Guard Tie...
Just wait and see.
Sir...
Sir, Young Mistress Caidie sent a letter to you.
- You may be dismissed. - Yes, sir.
[Meet me behind City God's temple at five o'clock this evening. Caidie.]
There is finally some progress.
Your Highness!
Your Highness! Where are you going?
I'm going to Arch Prince Chong's manor.
Arch Prince Chong's manor?
What are you doing there?
I'm going to chat with Princess Duan Min to kill time.
Bang Chui wants to tag along as well!
Your Highness, please don't leave me behind again.
Please let me go with you.
Sure.
- We'll go there together. - Yes!
Let's go.
Your Highness, did you catch a cold?
Let me see.
I already told you, Your Highness.
You must have Bang Chui by your side to take care of you.
Why don't I summon the imperial physician?
No...
I just find it a bit chilly.
Why don't you fetch me a cape?
- Just a cape? - That's right.
Wait here for me.
- I'll go and fetch it now. - Sure.
- I'll wait here for you. - I'll be right back!
Why isn't he here yet?
Are you Princess Caidie?
I am. What's the matter?
Here.
Thank you.
[See you at the well half a mile to the east. Wei Tang.]
Half a mile to the east...
This is strange.
What is Wei Tang up to?
What is this place?
Hang in there! I'm coming to rescue you!
Mister!
This is for you!
[See you at the well half a mile to the east. Caidie.]
Who pushed me?
Wei Tang!
Stop it, Wei Tang!
Is anyone up there?
Anyone?
How do I get out of here?
Is anyone up there?
Help me!
Is anyone there?
Anyone?
Is anyone there?
Help me!
Your Highness! It's you?
Wei Tang?
Did you push me in?
Get me out of here first.
Don't panic. I'll rescue you right away!
I can't reach it!
Wei Tang! Are you all right?
Why are you so silly...
Why aren't you watching where you're going?
What's wrong with you?
Why are you so dumb?
You came down here with the rope! Look!
Now the well is sealed! How are we going to get out of here?
I...
Is anyone up there?
Can anyone save us?
- Can anyone save us? - Princess Caidie...
Save us!
- Help! - Stop yelling, Your Highness.
Don't stop me from asking for help.
Otherwise, who is going to save us?
- Yell with me. Is anyone there? - Your Highness.
The well is sealed. No one will hear us even if we shout.
I'll try to climb up to the top of the well
to push aside the seal.
You're right.
Can you manage it?
I'll give it a try.
Wait a minute!
Don't grab that.
I've already tried it. It will just fall off and you'll come tumbling down.
All right, I have another method.
What? My mistress isn't here?
Exactly.
What is it? Did Caidie say that she was coming over?
She did.
This is bad!
Why has my mistress gone missing again?
Bang Chui, don't panic.
Give it some thought.
Did Caidie really say that she was coming over here to see me?
Yes!
Why didn't you come along with her?
When we were leaving the manor
Her Highness sneezed.
She said that it was windy and asked me to get her a cape.
But when I returned with the cape
she was already gone!
What should I do now?
Did Caidie mention why she was coming over here?
She didn't.
She only said that she was coming to chat with you.
Who knew that... she'd go missing?
That's weird...
Where could Caidie go?
Your Highness, I guess that she might have gone to see the second concubine?
Why?
A few days ago, didn't Her Ladyship invite Princess Caidie over?
Perhaps, she invited her again today?
Why have you fallen down again?
Are you all right?
- Here, get up quickly. - I'm okay.
You're hurt!
I'm fine. It's just a scratch.
- I'll try again. - Don't.
If you fall down again, you'll get hurt.
I have to staunch the bleeding first.
Although I never use it
it still comes in handy to carry it with me.
I'll bandage it up for you.
Your Highness, this may seem like a silly solution
but there really is no other way.
That might not be true.
Someone might actually walk by?
Perhaps that person would be curious
and remove the lid? We'd be saved then.
Princess Caidie, this is a dry well.
It's also far away from the town. No one will come for water here.
It won't work out like that.
Could you allow me some hope?
It's done.
Thank you.
Did you see anyone suspicious when you were up there?
I was pushed down by someone.
I thought it was you!
I hurried over here after I received your letter.
- Then I heard you cry for help... - Hold it.
My letter?
I was the one who received your letter.
You said that you had information on the hairpin killer.
Then you got someone to hand me the letter.
First you told me to go there and then here.
In the end, I wound up in this place
and then I fell in here.
That happened to me as well.
Was there a child?
Yes. Didn't you ask that child to hand me the letter?
You...
We were both tricked!
This...
This is a trap!
Tell me.
Who could be so bored
as to trick us both?
And what's more
that person trapped us in here.
I find it very weird as well.
Why would someone do this?
Who could it be?
Why haven't I seen Caidie around today?
Why do you all have such long faces?
What happened?
What is it? Speak up!
Her Highness... Her Highness...
- What about Her Highness? - Her Highness is missing!
What?
The princess is missing?
This is all my fault!
I lost sight of Her Highness!
I deserve to be punished!
Caidie is a grown up! How could she go missing?
Where could Caidie go on her own?
I'll think of ways to find her.
Caidie is getting married soon.
Why would something go wrong now?
Quickly! You should all go and search for her!
Yes.
- Mi Er, join them! - Yes.
Search for her in different directions. You must find Caidie!
- Set out now! - Yes, Sir!
Where has she gone?
I haven't seen her.
Thank you, Your Ladyship.
- Keep looking. - Yes.
- Take a look over there. - Yes.
Let's go.
- No, I haven't. - I don't know.
- No? - Let's keep searching.
Let's go.
Quickly!
Faster!
- Have you found her? - No.
Keep looking.
Everyone in the manor is out looking for her.
I hope that it will be all right.
Caidie has always been playful
but she is usually accompanied by me and Guo Xin.
Where could she go and what could do on her own?
Could it be that she's worried about the marriage
and stirred up trouble in the city?
- Your Highness. - What's going on?
Have you found Princess Caidie?
I'm useless. I failed to locate Princess Caidie.
- Keep searching. - Yes!
Greetings to Your Highness.
is there any news of Caidie?
No, Your Highness.
All right, you may be dismissed.
Yes.
They're back.
So? Do you have any news of Princess Caidie?
Your Highness, we've been asking around the entire manor
but no one has seen her.
What should we do?
Her Highness has disappeared.
This is all my fault!
I shouldn't have let her wait for me on her own.
Her Ladyship has already sent out all the servants and maids to look for her.
But so far, there is no sign of Her Highness.
Your Highness, do you think that we should report this to Arch Prince?
No, we mustn't alarm His Highness.
Will you tell Auntie to have her servants keep looking?
Please thank her for me as well.
Yes, Your Highness.
Bang Chui, I have been thinking. Caidie is soon to marry Batu.
Could she have gone to the arch lord's manor to meet her fiance?
Yes, the arch lord's manor...
Exactly, Have a look in the arch lord's manor for me.
If you still can't find her there
report back to me and we'll decide what to do.
Yes.
- Housekeeper Zhao. - Your Lordship.
Dinner is ready.
Is Dana home yet?
You're looking for me?
This smells so good!
Housekeeper Zhao, can we have dinner now? I'm starving!
I'll bring the rice over now.
Dana!
Why did you raise your voice?
You scared me to death.
You've been out since early this morning and you just got home.
What have you been doing?
Have you gone back to Karchin?
So what if I've been out all day?
I'm not like you. You're always at home.
Will the hairpin killers come to the arch lord's manor?
Hairpin killers?
What is it? Have you been out looking for the hairpin killers?
What else?
You're so busy preparing for the wedding that you forgot
that Boerji was murdered.
Nonsense.
I've never forgotten about Boerji's murder.
No matter what happens I'll find the hairpin killers
to uphold justice for Boerji.
That's all just words.
If you really are determined to do so
why didn't you ask Arch Prince to withdraw his orders?
You can say that you won't get married until the hairpin killers are arrested.
How unreasonable! Can His Highness withdraw his orders so easily?
Do you think that this is a joke?
Honestly, you just want to marry Caidie
so that you can enjoy a lifetime of wealth and comfort!
Nonsense! Am I that sort of man? What are you talking about?
You know that better than I do!
Batu, I'm so disappointed in you!
Dana! Dana!
Your Lordship.
- What is it? - Your Lordship.
Princess Caidie's personal maid, Bang Chui, seeks an audience.
- No? - No.
She's not in Arch Prince's manor and she's also not here...
Where could she have gone?
You're a coward!
I thought that you had guts the size of a mouse's
but... Have you played with crickets? They're the size of a cricket's!
I do have very little guts.
You're brave? I dare you to take off and go somewhere far away.
We won't get into any more trouble.
Go on!
Find someone else. I'd like to see who else would marry you.
Listen up! There are a lot of men who are fond of me.
- Look! Do you see how long the line is? - What name is it you said?
Give me a name.
It's...
Why should I tell you that?
You should know that I'm here to tell you
to ask His Highness to break off the engagement or...
Or what? Can you really find someone and leave with him?
Try it.
I can't be bothered to talk to you!
Don't forget that I'm capable of doing anything!
Could Caidie really be holding a grudge against me
and have really left with some random man?
Your Lordship since Her Highness isn't here
I'll take my leave now.
Hold it.
I'm worried about her. Why don't I go with you to the manor?
Yes.
Bang Chui, why didn't you come to me sooner?
I... I've been looking around for Her Highness.
Princess Duan Min sent out many men
but we still couldn't find her.
Caidie has gone missing?
Yes, Young Mistress.
When did that happen?
This morning. It's said that she was heading to Arch Prince's manor
but she disappeared after leaving her manor.
How weird...
Caidie is getting married soon.
Did she disappear in order to break off the engagement?
What about now?
Do you have any news?
I heard that Arch Lord Batu
and Vice Prince Huiwu are looking everywhere for her.
But there's still no news of her.
- Father. - Greetings to Your Highness.
Fine.
Father, what happened?
Why do you look so pale?
Peng Da Hai of the intelligence unit just reported to me.
He said that Tie Wei Tang is missing.
What?
Help...
My throat is already hoarse...
- Help... - Your Highness...
Are you all right?
If you're tired, get some sleep.
I'm not sleepy!
I'm not sleepy...
It's fine.
I'll be on watch.
Do get some sleep.
No.
If I fall asleep you'll get sleepy as well.
Sleepiness can be contagious.
If we both fall asleep
we might miss hearing people who come to save us.
I won't fall asleep...
I won't. Go ahead and get some sleep.
No.
Wei Tang, why don't we keep chatting to stay awake?
Let me think of a topic.
Answer me.
If we manage to escape from here
what will you do first?
If I were you I want to have a lot to eat
to calm my nerves.
I'd love to be home for braised pork belly.
Then I'll get Nanny to make me a pot of chicken soup.
Add in a few dried dates...
And that lotus seed sweet soup...
- Princess Caidie! - Caidie!
- Princess Caidie! - Your Highness.
We've already searched this area.
We can't just keep searching.
- We should expand the search. - Wei Tang!
- Caidie!
Answer us if you hear us!
- Caidie! - Caidie!
- Greetings to Vice Prince and Arch Lord. - Don't stand on ceremony.
Vice Prince Gong, this is...
Vice Prince Huiwu, Imperial Guard Tie has gone missing.
We're looking everywhere for him.
I heard that Princess Caidie isn't home yet either?
Imperial Guard Tie is also missing?
I didn't expect that these two matters would happen at the same time.
Could Princess Caidie and Wei Tang have run into some trouble?
The hairpin killers have been committing crimes often lately.
Could something have gone wrong?
Please don't worry, Your Highness.
My son is capable of tackling the hairpin killers.
It's useless to make assumptions.
What matters now is to find them soon.
Yes.
Let's go in different directions.
- Yes! - Let's go!
- After you, Your Highness. - Let's go.
- Caidie! - Caidie!
Come with me!
- Caidie! - Caidie!
Could it be that Caidie eloped with Imperial Guard Tie?
Is that possible?
How could Imperial Guard Tie allow her to fool around?
Caidie...
Caidie?
Caidie, do you know how much I love you?
However, I'm just a second-class guard.
How could I be good enough for you?
Don't worry.
Even if destiny played a trick on us I'll still watch over you forever.
I'll protect you in secret.
As long as I can see that you're happy
I'm willing to sacrifice my life.
I said that I'll protect you
but I can't even get out of a mere well.
If this goes on Caidie will surely become ill.
[Duoluo Huiwu Manor] Princess Caidie...
Where are you?
Vice Prince Huiwu and Arch Lord Batu
searched all night but they didn't find her.
Where could Her Highness possibly have gone?
Princess Caidie...
This is all my fault!
I didn't watch her carefully enough!
I deserve to die!
Bang Chui!
It's useless even if you hit yourself to death!
Her Highness won't appear out of thin air.
If we can't find Her Highness I won't go on living!
Bang Chui, don't cry.
If you keep crying, you'll make me panic.
Will you stop crying?
I can't help it.
I'm worried about Her Highness.
All right, Bang Chui.
Crying won't help with anything.
Why don't you think about the places Her Highness might go?
That's more practical, all right?
Nanny Su, you're right.
I'll go and look for her right away!
It hurts!
Where does it hurt?
It hurts...
You'll end up getting yourself killed before we find Her Highness.
- Does it hurt? - It hurts a lot.
Bang Chui, look! What is that?
It's a letter.
Slow down, Bang Chui.
What does it say?
"I have information on the hairpin killers."
"Meet me behind the City god's temple at five o'clock this evening."
"Wei Tang."
The servants in my manor found this letter in her room.
Chief Tie, have you heard Wei Tang mention this matter?
"I have information on the hairpin killers."
"Meet me behind the City god's temple at five o'clock this evening."
Could Caidie and Wei Tang have gone off to investigate the hairpin killers?
Your Highnesses, I'm not aware of this matter at all.
Moreover, the handwriting isn't Wei Tang's.
Wei Tang didn't write this letter?
Who could have written it then?
Your Highness, I've never seen this handwriting before.
It seems that this was a deliberate trap.
What was the motive?
Who could it be?
Your Highness, please allow me to go with you to the temple.
All right.
We'll all go there together.
Yes!
- Your Highness. - Your Lordship.
Your Highness.
What did you find?
We've searched the entire City god's temple thoroughly.
Yet there is no trace of Her Highness or Tie Wei Tang.
The staff in the temple said that they didn't see them.
I think that even if they had been here
they would have left ages ago.
That might not be true.
Why don't we expand our search
and look around this area carefully?
We don't know where to start
so that's all we can do now.
Vice Prince Gong, please wait here.
The rest of us will split up.
We must search carefully within a ten mile radius!
Yes!
- I'll await good news from you. - All right!
- Let's go! - After you.
I'm sorry.
I fell asleep.
And I've been leaning on your...
It's all right.
We're both stuck in a well so don't worry about such matters.
Wei Tang... You mustn't tell anyone about this.
Otherwise, my reputation...
Don't worry, Your Highness.
I won't tell a soul about this!
Good, you're so understanding.
No... Where is your robe?
Why did you take it off to drape on me?
Put it on right away!
- Put it on now. - I'm sorry.
No...
You took it off for fear that I'd be cold.
It's very cold in this well.
You'll catch a cold.
I have a lot of fat on me so don't worry.
How could you have any fat on you?
You're so good at joking.
Put your robe on quickly.
- Yes! - If we get rescued later
and you look disheveled they will think that I...
- Put it on quickly. - I'm putting it on now.
Caidie is with Imperial Guard Tie?
Yes, the vice princes are already looking for them in the temple.
Quickly. Let's take a look.
Yes.
Help!
Help...
Help!
People rarely pass by this area.
Don't waste energy yelling.
What should we do?
Listen. I can't just sit around doing nothing.
What if I starve to death in here?
I don't want to die in here.
No, I have to keep yelling.
Help!
Help...
Your Highness....
Your health comes first.
I'll do the yelling instead.
Help!
Is anyone there?
We're trapped down here!
Can you hear me?
- Take a break. I'll... - It's fine.
Anyone?
Caidie!
Imperial Guard Tie!
- Caidie! - Caidie!
Caidie!
- Caidie! - Caidie!
Where are you?
Is anyone there?
We're in the well!
Help us!
- Help! - Is anyone there?
We're in the well!
- Imperial Guard Tie! - We're in the well!
Caidie!
Someone is in the well.
Is anyone there?
- We're trapped in the well! - Help!
They really are in there!
Here, let's push this off.
- Caidie! - Caidie!
Caidie!
Batu! Da Er and E-Erduo! Thank goodness! Get us out of here.
Father!
Guo Xin, what are you doing here?
I heard that you have some clues.
I'm worried so I came to take a look.
We don't know where they have gone. We still haven't found them.
Your Highness! We found them!
We found them!
- You found them? - Yes!
Princess Caidie and Imperial Guard Tie were trapped in a dry well.
Arch Lord Batu already got them out of it.
- Take me there. - This way, please.
Young Mistress, this is ridiculous.
His Majesty just bestowed the marriages
and the weddings haven't happened yet.
Imperial Guard Tie already spent a night alone with Princess Caidie?
If this gets out
how will you cope with the rumors?
How will I cope?
Here's what I have in mind.
Since they let me down
I'll get Arch Prince to punish them.
Then His Highness will ask His Majesty to take back his orders.
That should give me the chance to marry Batu.
Let's go.
Wei Tang, what is it with you?
You stayed alone with Princess Caidie in that well for a night!
What is that about?
Well...
It's a long story.
Caidie, don't just stand there without saying a word.
What happened? Speak up!
Last night, we...
Enough!
Both of you are still single
and yet you spent the night alone in the same space!
What did you do in that well last night?
What... What else could we do besides yelling for help?
Why don't you get trapped in a well so you'll know what you can do in there?
Caidie, you're outrageous.
You dared to seduce my betrothed!
And you.
We're not even married
and you already did this with Caidie?
How can you treat me like this?
Guo Xin, trust me.
I never did anything to let you down.
We should all calm down.
I believe that Caidie and Imperial Guard Tie were trapped
in the well for a reason.
Why don't we hear him out?
Princess Caidie and I fell into that well because we were tricked.
Exactly.
I didn't know who gave me fake letters
signed by Wei Tang.
First we were to meet at City god's temple
and then the well on the east side.
Wei Tang got similar letters, and then we both got ambushed
so we ended up meeting in the well. This is really...
Is that a look of disbelief?
Give me some time and I can go back to my room.
I have the letter. It's evidence.
I'll show it to you!
It's true! I found that letter in Her Highness's room.
Chief Tie should have the letter.
Did you hear that?
Yes, that's true.
This letter was found in Her Highness's room.
As Her Highness said
my son didn't write this letter.
Your Highnesses, I can confirm that there must be a plot behind this.
Someone must have conspired to frame them.
Who could be sure of that?
They could have gotten someone to write this letter to confuse others.
Guo Xin, you don't believe in the truth
so you'll only believe in lies?
What now? You're angry that I figured out your lies?
That is such a clumsy denial.
I'll report to Arch Prince that you defied His Majesty's decree
and had an affair.
Guo Xin!
You mustn't act irrationally.
If His Majesty learns of this matter
it will be no laughing matter!
It will be either punishment or a death sentence!
Father! Wei Tang hasn't even married me yet
and he's already treating me like this.
How can I tolerate it?
Even if that is true
you still can't act impulsively!
If Father won't uphold justice for me
I'll handle this on my own.
Hupo, come with me to see Arch Prince.
Guo Xin!
Your Highness. Princess Caidie and I are truly innocent.
We had no choice but to spend the night together.
We were framed by villains. Please investigate this.
Your Highness, even if they were framed
it's still true that they spent a night together.
They were all alone in there. Who knows what unspeakable things they have done?
Please uphold justice for me.
Your Highness, all that I said is true.
If Your Highness refuses to believe in me
I'm willing to swear on my life.
Should I, Tie Wei Tang have had indecent interactions
with Princess Caidie last night
I'm willing to be struck by lightning and die without a burial!
Father, I can swear on my life as well!
Your Highness.
When I found Princess Caidie and Imperial Guard Tie
he was yelling for help.
If they weren't framed, why would he expose their whereabouts?
I can be certain that they are innocent.
Exactly. Your Highness, when we found them this morning
Caidie was hoarse from yelling for help.
If they had done shameful deeds
why would they end up looking so helpless?
That's illogical.
Vice Prince Huiwu, you mustn't cover for your daughter.
Vice Prince Gong, you've overstated.
I have no intention of doing that.
Arch Lord Batu, you mustn't be too kind.
We're the ones who were hurt.
You can't be lenient.
It's a fact that they met up in private.
Being trapped is just an excuse.
This is just to cover up their affair!
Please halt, Your Highness.
I'll report to Arch Prince right away.
- Go on. - Yes.
Your Highness, Vice Prince Duoluo Zhang seeks an audience.
Have him wait for a while...
All of you are here?
Hong Jun greets Your Highness.
Hong Jun, how could you enter without my permission?
Do you still have any respect for me?
Your Highness, I heard about what happened
to Princess Caidie and Tie Wei Tang.
I felt uneasy about it
so I hurried over right away.
Please don't hold it against me.
I was worried that this matter would disgrace the imperial family.
If the civilians hear about this
we'll become a laughing stock!
Hong Jun, are you concerned about them
or are you here to mock them?
I won't dare.
I'm just worried about everyone.
It's usually Chief Tie who frames others
but this time around, it's his son who was framed.
Isn't that karma?
Hong Jun, are you done talking?
Yes.
I was just speaking up for Arch Lord Batu.
Please be sure to unveil the truth, Your Lordship.
Arch Lord Batu, what is your opinion?
Do you believe what Caidie and Wei Tang have said?
I...
Your Highness, I believe that Caidie is innocent.
But if His Lordship insists on taking this matter into account
I won't have any objection either.
Arch Prince. Vice Prince Gong.
I've failed to discipline my son well.
I hope that Vice Prince Gong can be forgiving
and pardon my son just this once.
Commander-in-chief Tie, you...
Father, use this opportunity to ask for an withdrawal of the marriage.
Be patient.
Let's hear what Arch Lord Batu has to say.
If I ask to break off the engagement now
His Highness might punish Caidie and Imperial Guard Tie.
Batu, what is it?
You can be honest.
Your Highness, I don't know Imperial Guard Tie very well
but I believe him to be very righteous.
He wouldn't take advantage of others.
Thank you, Arch Lord Batu.
As for Princess Caidie...
she is my future wife.
I believe in her conduct.
So...
I won't take this matter to heart.
Thank you.
Since His Lordship doesn't mind
Guo Xin is fine with it as well.
Father!
That's enough, Guo Xin.
This matter ends here.
Good. Since we've come to an agreement
this case is closed.
Arch Lord Batu and Caidie's wedding is to be held as scheduled.
- Tie Cheng Gang. - Present.
You and Wei Tang must seek out whomever was behind this matter.
Do not allow anyone to deliberately kick up a fuss about this.
I'll obey your orders!
All right, you may be dismissed.
I'll take my leave.
Let's go.
I'll take my leave.
Your Highness, I'll take my leave.
I'll take my leave.
- Goodbye. - All right.
Father, why didn't you allow me to voice my opinion?
Didn't you see what it was like in there?
You should suggest to His Highness that he break off the engagement.
I'm the vice prince of Great Qing.
How can I be more petty-minded than Arch Lord Batu?
If I am, wouldn't I be laughed at by the arch prince?
Moreover, Arch Lord Batu isn't even worried about Caidie's purity.
- Why should we... - You only care about yourself.
What about my happiness?
You...
Guo Xin! Guo Xin.
Stop calling my name.
You might have gotten away with it this time
but just you wait and see.
I won't let you off.
Guo Xin! Guo Xin!
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