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[The Female Assassins in the Palace]
[Episode 40]
Your Highnesses, I brought you some food.
Have some.
- Wei Tang, it's okay. - Look.
Mother and I don't want to eat anything.
When we think about how our whole family
will be beheaded tomorrow afternoon...
We really don't have an appetite.
I understand. I understand.
Actually...
Actually, I want...
If I could solve the hairpin killer case
I could use this achievement
to ask His Majesty to pardon your crime.
But...
the hairpin killers are matchless in their cunning.
The case hasn't been solved yet
and the imperial edict was already...
It's all my fault.
It's my fault for not being good enough.
It's not your fault at all.
How could you be at fault for this?
It's my fault.
It's my fault for causing all this.
I just didn't think
that our whole family would end up like this
after being loyal to His Majesty all our lives.
- Your Highness. - Wei Tang, don't feel bad.
We still have to face our fate.
My mother and I are prepared.
When we go to the afterlife tomorrow
we'll be able to see Father and E-Erduo.
In this way, our family will be reunited.
Your Highness, don't say that.
If I could, I really wish I could take the punishment in your place.
Then... then you wouldn't have to suffer like this.
Wei Tang, you don't care whether I live or die
but you care about Caidie?
Wei Tang, I'm happy that you came to see me.
If you want to do something for me
then I hope that when you solve the case
you will go to my tomb, burn some incense, and tell me.
Then I will be content with my death in the afterlife.
Don't say that! I...
I really don't want you to die.
Really!
Wei Tang, you must remember.
After tomorrow, I won't be able to come to you to practice martial arts.
In the future, you can't slack off.
You must practice diligently.
You must take care of yourself.
Promise me you'll live well.
Your Highness, it's almost noon.
You must go to the execution grounds to oversee the execution.
Zi Hui, you're always so understanding
but do you know how tormented my heart feels right now?
Caidie is my goddaughter.
To give the command to have her executed...
How can I bear to do that?
I understand.
But the imperial edict has already been announced.
If you don't go to oversee the execution
you would be disobeying imperial orders.
Do you want to disobey His Majesty for Caidie?
Arch Lord.
Housekeeper Zhang.
Has Bang Chui come back?
Not yet. It's already 11
and I still don't see her.
It'll be noon in an hour.
I'm afraid Bang Chui won't be able to make it.
There's only an hour left?
No, I must go save Caidie.
Arch Lord, no!
Your wound was split open.
You must not go.
Saving Caidie is more urgent.
Hurry. Help me up.
Okay, come on.
General Chang.
Wei Tang.
Caidie.
Go back. Don't come to see me off.
Arch Lord, let's go back.
Your body can't handle it.
Caidie is going to the execution grounds.
I must go.
But Arch Lord, I'm afraid you can't make it there.
I must go save her. I must go save her.
It is noon! Bring out the criminals!
Duoluo Huiwu Da Er, Luo Shi, Caidie
do you know your crime?
Father...
Your Highness, I know my crime.
Can you please let my mother and brother go?
The imperial edict has been announced.
The execution is imminent.
If I let others go, would the law still need to exist?
I know.
Caidie, do you have any other requests?
Can I request
that our whole family be buried together in the same place?
I will...
fulfill your request.
Don't worry.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Caidie, don't blame me.
It's absurd that you did this.
I know I was wrong.
I've always just thought about having fun.
I didn't think I would make such a grave mistake
that my whole family would be implicated.
Making my mother and brother go to the afterlife prematurely with me.
Caidie, I don't blame you.
Our whole family lived together and will die together.
Our lives were worth it.
Mother, don't cry.
Mother, I'm sorry.
Don't say that.
Mother, if I get the chance in my next lifetime
I'll be very filial to you.
Okay.
Arch Lord, you're spitting blood.
Can you keep going?
Yes.
Let's go.
Hurry. There's no time left.
It'll be too late.
Arch Lord!
Arch Lord! Arch Lord!
Your injury is so serious. You won't be able to get there!
I'm begging you not to go, okay?
No, I must go see Caidie.
Even if I have to crawl, I'll crawl there.
Arch Lord, slow down.
I'll help you.
Come on, get up.
Hurry.
Let's go.
The time has come.
Your Highness, the time has come. You...
I...
Arch Princess Consort knew that you wouldn't have the heart to do it
so she asked that I remind you
that if you don't do this, you will be defying imperial orders.
I know.
It's just that...
Caidie is so lively and adorable.
I want to take you in as my goddaughter.
Caidie, will you accept me as your godfather?
It is Caidie's fortune that you think so favorably of her.
No...
I can't do it.
Get out of the way!
Your Highness, if that's the case
why don't I do it in your place?
Get out of the way!
- General, can you go faster? - Hyah!
Get out of the way!
- It's dangerous! - Hyah!
Your Highness, if you keep stalling, it'll be past noon.
You can't disobey the orders.
No!
Carry out the execution!
- Get out of the way! - Get out of the way!
Arch Lord!
Arch Lord Batu, how dare you disregard the law
and create chaos?
How dare you disrespect His Highness?
Your Highness, please spare Caidie.
Caidie shouldn't die for this crime.
Princess Caidie deceived His Majesty
and looked down on the law.
His Highness is acting on imperial orders.
If we let her go, how will His Highness justify himself before His Majesty?
Your Highness, Caidie really doesn't deserve to die for this.
Please spare her!
Arch Lord Batu, we must not disobey imperial orders.
Don't make things difficult for His Highness.
Take Arch Lord Batu away!
Batu, leave!
My matters are none of your business. Leave!
Caidie, I can't leave.
I will take care of you.
I will save you.
Leave!
Arch Lord Batu, what do you take the law for?
Your Highness, if you really must take Caidie's life
please take my life too!
What are you doing? Take him away!
- Yes! - Are you crazy?
Go away! Go away!
Arch Lord, let's go.
Your Highness! Your Highness! Your Highness!
Your Highness!
Executioners, prepare to carry out the execution!
Wait! Put down the swords! Put down the swords!
What's going on?
Put down the swords!
Arch Prince Chong! Arch Prince Chong!
Put down the swords! Put down the swords!
Arch Prince Chong, put down the swords!
Grand Imperial Noble Consort is coming.
What?
Yin Qiang, you're too muddle-headed.
I don't understand. Please explain.
Do you know what a real married couple is?
A real married couple
isn't two people who are bound together because of a marriage contract.
It's also not two strangers who live under one roof
and don't even talk to each other all day.
Do you know how Caidie and Batu lived?
And how they got along?
For this love, Caidie took sole responsibility for this crime.
And Batu, seriously injured
wrote me a letter with his blood, begging for my help.
And then, disregarding his own life, rushed to the execution grounds.
They're both willing to die for each other.
Yin Qiang, what about you?
Which one of your wives have you done something like this for?
I...
So do you have a fake marriage
or do they have a fake marriage?
I've already asked His Majesty
to let me take over this matter.
Do you have any objections?
I have no objections.
Good.
I think these two children
disobeyed imperial orders in a moment of confusion.
But they don't deserve death for their crime.
They should just be punished lightly.
We will carry out your orders.
You may rise.
You may all rise.
- Thank you, Your Highness! - Thank you, Your Highness!
Batu.
Caidie.
- Arch Lord! - Batu!
Arch Lord, wake up!
- Arch Lord, wake up! - Batu!
Arch Lord! Arch Lord!
Batu! Batu!
Thank you, Your Highness, for saving our lives.
Long live Your Highness.
All right, you've all been tormented the whole day.
Please rise.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Caidie.
Here.
Child, it wasn't easy to save your life.
Don't act recklessly anymore.
I know I was wrong.
If Your Highness hadn't come in time
it would've been fine for me to die
but it would've been bad to implicate my whole family.
It's good that you know you were wrong.
But the one who saved you this time
wasn't me but someone else.
Forgive me for being bold, but who is the person you are talking about?
Give Caidie the letter written in blood.
Batu wrote this letter to me with his blood.
Batu?
I've spent half my life with His Late Majesty.
I've seen many Arch Lords and princesses who were madly in love.
But someone like Batu, who was so sincere and single-minded in his love...
There aren't many.
Even I couldn't help but tear up when I read this.
Even ants desire to live.
Even fowls pity their partners.
At first, we loathed each other
and purposefully planned to have a fake marriage.
But over time, we fell in love.
We can't abandon each other in life or death.
Arch Lord!
Arch Lord, you're so seriously injured.
- Why don't you... - Don't mind me.
Don't mind me.
For me, Caidie took sole responsibility for the crime of our fake marriage.
She risked her life to protect mine.
She couldn't have imagined that if anything happened to her
I wouldn't be able to live either.
Please, Your Highness, since Caidie was always so sincere to you
please forgive her.
If she doesn't have to die
I am willing to trade my own life.
I just hope that it can be exchanged for Caidie's life.
I can't believe Batu was so considerate.
Did we really blame him wrongly?
Your Highness, did you know that Arch Lord's wound was split wide open
but he endured the pain, and insisted on finishing the letter.
He bled a lot.
Your Highness, when Arch Lord wakes up
you should talk to him.
He really values you more than his own life.
Rotten Batu, did he want to kill himself to save me?
Do I really deserve that?
Silly child.
Whether or not you're worth it isn't something you decide
but something Batu decides.
Just from looking at your face, I can tell you really care about Batu.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
You must remember that.
You must treasure Batu.
I know.
Thank you for your lesson.
All right, when everything is over
don't forget to come to Chengde Villa
more often to visit me, okay?
I will. I definitely will.
When Batu gets better, I'll come with Batu.
Okay, then I'll hold you to that.
All right, all right.
Your Highness!
Your Highnesses, Arch Lord is awake.
Hurry and go see him.
Thank you, Your Highness!
Batu! Batu! Are you all right?
You scared me.
You're finally awake.
Imperial Physician, how is he?
When will his injury get better?
His injury is not life-threatening.
Because he bled a lot
he needs to rest a lot over the next few days.
I'm prescribing him something to enrich his blood.
If he is well nourished and takes the medicine
he will be completely recovered soon.
No problem. We have everything here.
I would go anywhere to get the right herbs.
All right, all right.
Rather than go through all that trouble
why don't you just spend some more time with me?
If you talk to me, I won't feel sick at all.
Your Highness, Arch Lord, I will take my leave now.
You may go.
Why are you so foolish?
Can't you love yourself?
Can't you love your body?
What's the use of loving my own body?
It's fine as long as you love it.
I'm talking about your life!
You're so stupid!
Didn't you see that your whole body was covered in blood?
Where you trying to scare someone?
Let's agree to this.
No matter what happens in the future
you must not do something so stupid.
It's my fault.
I swear that I'll take care of my body from now on.
I won't let you cry about this again, okay?
You've made a promise.
You must not break it.
If I break the promise, I'll become fat.
What would I do if you leave me?
You're despicable.
Oh, I didn't get the chance to ask you.
How did you get your injury? It's so serious.
I got this injury accidentally when I was practicing martial arts.
You can lie to anyone but me.
This injury is so serious. How could you have done it to yourself?
Madame, what do you plan to do next?
Next we'll take care of the Ties. The father and the son.
Tell Yu Er to take action.
Yes.
The Ties. Father and son.
So you found the locket?
There's only one more of those lockets in existence.
I was shocked to find it with Wei Tang.
Think about it. Wei Tang is about the same age as my brother.
So I think Wei Tang might be my missing brother, Kemuer.
But I don't think that's likely.
I grew up with Wei Tang.
Wei Tang has a great relationship with his father.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like he's an adopted son.
I haven't thought clearly about everything yet.
I want to look into it.
I must ask Wei Tang personally.
Yes, you must ask about this.
But I don't think now is the time for you to ask.
What if you two get into another fight?
Why don't I go? I'll go ask him.
I reject this suggestion.
Why?
You're afraid that I'll leak the information?
That's not what I'm afraid of.
I... I really don't want you to be linked to Wei Tang in any way.
So I want to go ask about this myself.
Your Highness, Arch Lord.
You've been talking all day.
Aren't you hungry?
Have something to eat.
It's dark already?
How did time go by so quickly?
Time flies when I'm with you.
But spending a whole day like this is not bad at all.
What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly so corny?
You better get used to it.
We have to live together for the rest of our lives.
Caidie, after this life or death situation
I think that in the past
we were always creating chaos
and fighting when we shouldn't have.
Now, I just want to be with you.
I don't want to have any regrets.
Can I still hit you and bully you?
Of course.
Your Highness, now you'll never have to eat steamed buns again.
Steamed buns?
What does that mean? You like eating steamed buns?
No! Steamed buns are so tasteless.
How could I like eating them? Don't listen to Bang Chui's nonsense.
Bang Chui, you can leave now.
Okay. Enjoy your meal with Arch Lord.
Go!
Eat more. Eat more.
[Lure Tie Cheng Gang out and kill him.]
Do you understand Madame's assignment.
I understand.
This is an antidote that Madame told me to give you.
Antidote?
That's right.
The person you are poisoning this time is Tie Cheng Gang.
Remember, Tie Cheng Gang is very meticulous and shrewd.
Even more so than you and me.
Is that bastard Tie Cheng Gang really that difficult to deal with?
That's right. So your task is extremely dangerous.
You must be careful.
Madame's antidote can counteract hundreds of poisons.
Keep it on you.
If, while you're talking to Tie Cheng Gang
you get poisoned
you have to remember that you can use this antidote to save your life.
I understand. Thank Madame for me.
I won't disappoint her.
Okay. I'll tell her.
Someone's coming. I'll leave now.
I hope you accomplish your mission without any problems.
Chief Tie, you're here.
Greetings, Chief Tie.
Yi Su, it's so late. Where did you go?
My lady said she wanted to eat roast pork buns from Fortune Restaurant.
Even though it's late, I wanted to go check
to try our luck.
From the looks of it, you didn't get to buy any.
You're right.
The roast pork buns are so popular.
When I got there
someone had already bought the last one.
I had to return empty-handed.
It's all right. She loves trying new food.
In a little bit, make some unique food for her.
It's windy out here.
Let's go inside.
Thank you for pointing that out. You first.
Okay.
That's right.
And you said it was here.
See? Doesn't it ache the most here?
Yes, that's right.
Qian Er, you understand me best.
After a massage from you
I feel much better.
Why don't you stay here tonight?
I'll give you a good massage.
Okay. It's a good thing I came here today.
If you like it, you should come visit every day.
I wish I could come visit every day.
It's just that as an officer
I don't always have the freedom to do that.
Whatever you say.
Qian Er, are you injured?
No, why would you ask that?
What's with all the medication?
Oh, that?
A few days ago, when I was at the hot springs
I saw a seriously wounded man on the way back.
Su Er and I brought him back here.
I had Su Er give him medication.
You went to the hot springs at night?
It's so dangerous.
What's there to be afraid of? Su Er was with me.
Why did you save a stranger?
Why didn't you just tell the authorities since he was injured?
Why would you bring a stranger here?
Qian Er, did you betray me?
What are you talking about?
I couldn't just leave him there after seeing that he was injured.
Besides, he was an arch lord.
So he wasn't just a random stranger.
An arch lord? Who?
Don't ask.
You're always so suspicious.
What if people start spreading rumors? How could I face that?
But don't worry.
I don't like anyone else.
Really?
Really.
Really?
Really! Really! Really!
What's wrong? Are you angry?
You...
You know that I hate it most when people lie to me.
I'm not lying to you.
Don't worry.
You're the only one I like.
Chief Tie, you're not going to stay here longer?
Breakfast is almost ready.
I'll wake Lady Yu so that she can eat with you.
It's okay.
- Just let her sleep longer. - Okay.
I have something to do. I'll be leaving.
Okay.
Oh yeah, Yi Su.
I heard that Qian Er saved an arch lord a few days ago.
Do you know anything about it?
This old man is indeed very suspicious.
My lady is so loyal to him.
It's fine if he doesn't accept her
but to actually suspect her...
He's so selfish.
As her personal maid
don't tell me you don't know about it.
Of course I know about it.
That...
Okay, I'll use this opportunity to set a trap for him.
My Lady, I'm sorry.
What exactly happened?
Tell me the truth.
Please don't make things difficult for me.
She won't let me talk about it.
I wouldn't dare to...
I told you to tell me, so just tell me.
I'll take full responsibility if Qian Er casts blame.
Don't worry.
If you don't know what's good for you
and you dare to lie to me
do you know how you'll end up?
I'll tell you, I'll tell you!
Lately, an arch lord has been coming to see Lady Yu.
Which arch lord?
I'm not sure.
What did that arch lord come here for?
That... I don't know either.
Do I have to punish you to get you to talk?
Please spare me.
I only know that every time that arch lord comes
they stay in the room
and won't let me go inside to disturb them.
And that soon after the arch lord goes into the room
sounds...
sounds of amusement can be heard.
Now that I think about it
it really makes one bashful.
Enough!
Chief, I'm telling the truth.
Please spare me.
Fine.
I trust you.
Get up.
Thank you, Chief Tie.
Tie Cheng Gang, it's almost time for you to die.
Please spare me.
I only know that every time that arch lord comes
they stay in the room
and won't let me go inside to disturb them.
And that soon after the arch lord goes into the room
sounds...
sounds of amusement can be heard.
Now that I think about it
it really makes one bashful.
Father.
Wei Tang, you're here.
What's wrong with you lately?
You're so absent-minded.
Nothing's wrong.
You're overthinking it.
How's the progress on the search?
We haven't found anything.
We've been looking for days
but haven't found anything.
Why don't we just give up here
and look somewhere else?
Okay.
How about this?
You gather everyone
and go somewhere else to search.
Father, what about you?
I have something else to do.
You go ahead, okay?
Okay.
[Order]
That rotten Batu.
He woke up and didn't wake me again.
What? You're already missing me when I'm not in bed beside you?
Who gave you permission to sit there and tease me?
I'm not teasing you.
You were sleeping so peacefully.
I couldn't bear to wake you.
Then why didn't you lie in bed with me longer?
Because of my recent injuries
if I wasn't eating, I was sleeping.
I really want to go out and move around.
If I keep lying down, I'll become a pig.
If I brought such a cute and fat little pig to the market
I'd definitely get a good price for it.
I've only heard of people selling their wives.
I've never heard of anyone selling their husband.
You're quite vicious.
Yes, only a hero among women, like me, could do something like that.
Aren't you blown away by me?
A hero among women?
Let me see how you're a hero among women.
Aren't you a hero?
Okay, stop! Batu, I surrender!
You surrender?
Let me ask you something.
Being with me these past few days... are you happy?
Why do I feel like you're trying to imply something?
No. I'm asking you seriously.
Then I'll answer you seriously.
Being with you these past few days have been the happiest days of my life.
You're really very corny.
Every time I hear you say something so corny
it really makes me want to...
kick you away!
Hey! Hey!
Where are you going?
Didn't you want to kick me away?
Then I'll go away.
Who said you could just leave?
Actually, I want to go investigate
if Wei Tang is really my brother who was washed away by the river current.
Then I must go with you.
I don't want you to go.
Why not?
Oh! You're worried that Wei Tang...
I understand.
That's right. I shouldn't go. It would be awkward.
I'll just be good and wait for you here.
You've become more understanding.
I know. Don't praise me.
Wait.
Here, I prepared this for you.
Didn't you say someone saved you?
This is the best ginseng from Korea.
Bring this to her to thank her.
You're really like a wife now.
Hey, hurry and go.
Don't come home too late.
All right. I'll go now.
Go.
Is everyone here?
Yes, everyone is here.
Listen carefully.
Everyone must be tired after searching the past few days.
Let's go take a rest
and wait for the next mission, okay?
Yes!
Weird. Isn't this Father's badge?
He's always so cautious.
How could he have dropped his badge here?
He's been acting so strange lately.
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