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[ I Will Never Let You Go ]
[ Episode 24 ]
Here.
Zuiyitai deserves to be called the best restaurant in Suzhou.
The fish literally melts in my mouth. Even though I just had them a couple of days ago,
I still think it's very tasty.
You have good taste. This fish is nicely done indeed.
But my favorite is still this sticky rice with lotus root.
It's sweet and crispy. It's fragrant with osmanthus.
There aren't any delicate dishes like this in the north.
It seems that Young Lord Dongfang is also someone who appreciates good food.
But you're from the north.
Why did you think of coming to Suzhou Prefecture to practice medicine?
I had no choice.
It was the order of my old man that I travel around.
When I got to Suzhou, I wasn't able to endure the itch of treating patients.
And then I got abducted
by this skillful Miss Xiao Xia behind you.
I, again, apologize on behalf of them.
If I let you apologize to me again, that would make me look so petty.
I talked too much. From now on, no one should mention it.
Okay!
Miss Zhu, try this boiled chicken.
Even though it's not as good as the "Beggar's Chicken" I cook, but it's flavorful.
You know how to cook the "Beggar's Chicken," too?
Of course! Sometimes, when I'm annoyed at my old man,
I would go hunting by myself in the mountains and cook for myself.
If I have a chance, I'll make one for you.
All right!
But the one you make is definitely not as tasty as the one I make.
You know how to cook wild animals, too?
I don't dare to talk about the other dishes,
but I've made that dish since I was young.
If it's not a one hundred times, it's at least eighty times.
Rumors say that you are the only granddaughter of the House of Zhu.
Old Lord Zhu dared to let you to go through the trouble of learning how to cook?
He's really interesting.
Not at all. It's me who is naughty.
Sometimes, I make him upset.
He'll lock me up in my room and not let me eat.
When that happens, I would sneak out and find some wild animals to cook.
It sounds like we are similar.
We should find time to compete
and see whose "Beggar's Chicken" tastes better.
I'm in!
So straightforward! Cheers!
Here, try this one.
Young Master.
- Miss Zhu, excuse me for a bit. - Okay.
Young Master,
I've spread the news that the granddaughter of the House of Zhu is in Zuiyitai.
The different Zhu aunties are making their moves.
They will be at Zuiyitai soon.
Stop them.
No one must bother us today.
- Young Master, didn't you give orders— - I've changed my mind right now.
This girl is exactly my type.
Listen.
If anyone dares to barge into Zuiyitai and pick on Miss Zhu,
you will take full responsibilities.
This Young Lord Dongfang insisted on taking me out to eat.
What for?
He just talks about random things, which doesn't seem like he is trying to fish something out of me.
My Lady, he said before that he liked how you look.
He probably likes you.
You think he likes how I loo,
or my identity as the granddaughter of the House of Zhu?
My Lady, you can ask him.
It would be so great if Chen Yu said he liked me.
[Prince of Xin Manor]
Royal Father!
- Royal Father! - Yu'er.
This is the Medical Sage Yi I found in Jingzhou.
He is good at what he does, and he can turn the dead back to life. You will be fine.
Thank you, Yu'er.
Your Highness, please let me check the pulse of the Prince.
Please raise your arm, Your Highness.
Your Highness, your pulse is so strange.
It's like there is an energy inside of you
that has forcefully increased your ability to function,
but is also taking a big tow on your vital channels.
This really looks like the "Golden Needle Life-Extending Method"
I have read in ancient medical books.
Please raise your hand.
"Golden Needle Life-Extending Method"?
Don't tell me it was Liu Mingyue.
Doctor, is there anything you can do?
This "Golden Needle Life-Extending Method"
has already exhausted the Prince's vital channels.
If you want to save him,
you will need to cut open the Prince's flesh,
fish the golden needles out and then stitch him up.
And then use the thousand-year ginseng and snow lotus to extend his life.
But this method is extremely painful and risky.
The Prince's life might be in danger
for not being able to endure the pain
during the treatment.
Moreover, even if we succeed,
I can only save the Prince's life.
In order for the Prince to function normally,
I temporarily can't think of a solution.
My father can only lie in bed once you fish out the needles?
That's right.
The Prince's heart and pulses are already very weak. If he recovers,
he might be able to feed himself. If he's unlucky,
he will forever be bedridden.
Once the golden needles are out, how long can my father live?
I can ensure him two more years of life.
Okay, get the golden needles out for my father.
Yu'er.
Father, I'm here.
Everyone else, leave us.
Father, I'm here.
Yu'er, don't get the needles out.
First of all, it will be too painful to get the needles out.
Secondly, I feel that
I will not want to live with no dignity like that.
Royal Father...
Remember,
you must do what I say on this.
Understood?
Yu'er, Ah Fu is not back yet.
I don't know if I can see him again.
So I need to tell you something.
I didn't arrange you to marry anyone,
because I was afraid that
your marriage would bind you to the capital.
Royal Father, I have someone I like.
It's Buqi, right?
She is not your daughter.
She was born in the fourth month.
Father, I hid
something from you.
Buqi is actually alive.
What?
I've opened up her grave, and there was no body.
I assume that she already knew that she was not your daughter,
and was afraid that you would be upset, so she faked her death and ran away.
Really?
Royal Father...
Then... do you know where she is right now?
I have been looking for her,
but I haven't found her yet.
That's great. She isn't dead. Great.
Royal Father, I know what you are going to say.
Don't say anything. Just rest.
I will go ask Medical Sage Yi and see if there is anything else he can do.
Yu'er! Yu'er!
You don't know what I'm going to say.
You only know that I've been looking for Biluotian,
but you don't know that I've already gotten hold of the holy item connected to it.
Also, I've long known that Hua Buqi was not my daughter.
But why did I keep her in the manor?
Because... Because she is the Saintess of Biluotian.
What Biluotian Saintess? What are you talking about?
Yu'er, do you know the rumors
about the Biluotian prediction?
Our dynasty will end with the Fifth Emperor.
The one who has Buluotian runs the world.
This is only part of the prediction.
The whole thing should be, "This dynasty will end on the Fifth Emperor.
The one who obtains the treasure of Biluotian will run the world,
then activate the holy item and sacrifice the Saintess.
The treasure will then forever disappear from this world.
From then on, the world will have its peace."
What does all of these have to do with Hua Buqi?
When...
the Biluotian Saintess
knew about this prediction, she was so frightened.
She then ran away from Buluotian.
But the entrance of Biluotian was protected by an enchantment
which no one can break. Even people of Biluotian
will need a map to find the entrance,
break the enchantment, and enter Biluotian.
So, a man form Biluotian brought a map with him and searched for the Saintess.
But, suddenly, there was a mysterious person
who killed him and took away the map.
He barged into Biluotian and wanted to kill everyone in there.
But...
Go after him!
I never knew that teacher was from Biluotian.
Did Teacher tell you all of this, Father?
Ah Fu grew up in Biluotian.
He used his knowledge on the topography of Biluotian
to escape Biluotian
with his sister and ditched the pursuit of that mysterious person.
Then, how did Teacher run into you?
How come I never heard him mention that he had a sister?
Ah Fu and his sister had never lived in the secular world before that.
His sister exposed her identity
as being from Biluotian
soon after.
At that time,
everyone knew that the one who had Biluotian's treasure would run the world.
So, people started chasing after them.
Soon enough, his sister was caught by the Emperor,
and Ah Fu
was saved by me when he was badly injured.
So that's why
the Emperor was afraid of you and made you stay in the capital?
The Emperor doesn't know Ah Fu's identity.
The reason he's guarding against me
is that he knew from when he was very young
that I have thoughts of overthrowing him.
So His Majesty has long known that you plan to rebel.
As soon as he confers you a fiefdom, you will build an army to fight against him.
Only the most capable one deserves the throne.
Look at our current empire under his ruling.
It's way more chaotic than when my Father was running it.
Why can't I replace him?
Ah Fu has half of the Biluotian map,
but we have to have the other half
in order to enter Biluotian.
But in order to obtain the treasure,
the Saintess has to
hold the holy object for the treasure to be opened.
So after that,
Ah Fu and I have been looking for the Goddess
and the other half of the map.
Royal Father, you said that
Hua Buqi is the Saintess. So, was Xue Fei a Saintess, too?
The Saintess' bloodline is just one continuous blood line.
Xue Fei was the Saintess,
so Hua Buqi must be one, too.
So you are saying...
you and Xue Fei were not truly in love.
You were just using her.
My Royal Mother instead developed depression and died because of it.
Xue Fei and I were indeed in love.
But that romantic love
was nothing compared to my ambition of being the Emperor.
It was Xue Fei's fate
to be my tool to takeover the world.
When I heard that Xue Fei was pregnant,
I wanted to marry her.
Who knew that
she overheard the conversation between Ah Fu and I, so she ran away.
When Ah Fu and I found her,
she had already given birth to Hua Buqi.
However, she had already lost too much blood and qi,
and died soon after.
You killed Hua Buqi's mother?
I told you
that it was her fate.
Even if she didn't die then,
in order to takeover the world,
I would sacrifice her for the cause.
Royal Father,
is the throne really that important?
Yu'er,
enjoying everyone's admiration,
having the most power one can have,
never being afraid
of the Emperor trying to kill me,
aren't those important?!
Yu'er, I know that you like Hua Buqi.
Just like how I liked Xue Fei back then.
But think about it.
Imagine being like me,
dying without having any accomplishments.
Would you want to be like that?!
Royal Father.
Great, Hua Buqi is not dead.
This is great. I already have the holy object
and half of the map.
Yu'er, I hid it in the hidden room of my study.
The switch of the hidden room is on the desk.
Go get it. Ah Fu has found
where the other half of the map is.
Once he has found the map,
go find Hua Buqi together.
With the Saintess, the holy object
and the complete map,
the Biluotian treasure will be ours.
The world will be yours, Yu'er. Do you understand?!
No!
I will not use Buqi as a tool to takeover the world.
She ended up as a beggar for the first half of her life, all thanks to you.
I will never let her suffer any harm.
Yu'er!
You have to have sacrifice in order to takeover the world.
That's your desire.
I...
I just want to live a peaceful life.
Yu'er!
Royal Father,
rest well. I have my own ideas.
Servants!
Take care of my Father.
Yu'er!
Call back everyone who is still investigating Hua Buqi, except for Han Ye.
- What is going on, Young Master? - Tell Han Ye that even if my Father asks,
just say he knows nothing. Understood?
Understood.
The dynasty will end on the Fifth Emperor.
The one who obtains the treasure of Biluotian will run the world,
then activate the holy item and sacrifice the Saintess.
The treasure will then forever disappear from this world.
From then on, the world will have its peace.
The Saintess' bloodline is just one continuous bloodline. As long as it is a daughter born by the Bilutotian Saintess,
she surely will be the Goddess. Xue Fei was the Saintess, so Hua Buqi must be one, too.
Buqi, I will not let you be the tool of others.
I must protect you.
Since I can't destroy you,
I will make you sink in the bottom of the ocean, so no one will find you.
Master Liu, you led is on the wrong route. Did you not?
How could I? I could lie to anyone but the Prince.
My life is controlled by the Prince.
But according to the information we found,
we should've gone that way.
There are so much information about Biluotian.
Don't be fooled by those useless pieces of information.
My route is the correct one.
Master Liu, the Prince has given orders
that if Master Liu is not loyal to him,
we may execute you on the spot.
Then I will just be honest.
I am going to Lingqiu for some business. Give me three days.
After that, I will take everyone to Biluotian.
No. The Prince said that this must be done as soon as possible.
We have to send messages to the Prince every day.
Three days will be too long.
One day. Just one day will do.
Not even a half day. Master Liu, it's getting late.
Let's not waste time and keep going.
I will need to be alive to spend the money I make.
I will take you to Buluotian then.
- Over there. - Let's go.
Master, did something happen to Master Liu?
According to our plan, she should be here by now.
You two, come with me through the small path to check.
The others, stay put.
If Liu Mingyue gets here, do as planned.
Yes.
- Follow them. - Yes.
Liu Mingyue has seen me before. I can't let her discover that I'm following that man.
I will go hide in the woods for a bit.
If she finds anything strange, improvise.
Yes.
What an interesting day.
This road was not built by the government. Not many people have passed by this road before.
Why did we run into two groups of people? If you don't mind me asking, who are you?
What do you do?
How does it have anything to do with you?
Are you with the government?
Master Liu, continuing with our path is the priority.
Why is there a need to have idle talks with others?
Unless they are your people.
You are something.
Why do you always doubt me?
I'm only a businesswoman, so I pass by here often.
I'm used to making friends on my way,
so I asked him.
Us three brothers are just going to trade tea leaves in Lingqiu.
- I wouldn't dare make any connections. - Lingqiu...
Liuqiu's tea leaves are managed by Old Li.
I haven't seen him for a long time.
Is he still in charge?
You must be mistaken. I've never heard of Old Li in Lingqiu.
Really?
Master Liu.
I must have remembered it wrongly. Forget it. We need to keep going.
Mister, we'll be on our way.
Take care.
Get on the horse!
Let's go!
[Jiufu Inn]
Quickly go back to your room and don't come out.
What would you like, Officers?
- Nothing. - Waiter, get some good food and wine.
Okay.
Leader, we've investigated those people.
One of them works under Chief Steward Fu. Chief Steward Fu has instructed us
to be careful. There must be a trap in this journey.
Master.
Why has the plan changed today?
I don't know why, but the Seventh Prince's people were very sure that I led them the wrong way,
so I couldn't do anything. I can only suddenly change my route.
They are also extremely cautious. They are only eating the food they brought.
They get their water on the way.
I still haven't found any opportunity to poison them.
I also found something else. After we met in the small path earlier,
a tea trader showed up.
What's wrong with them?
I tested them and used the wrong name for Lingqiu's Old Qiu.
Their response was fine,
but I found it suspicious.
That small road rarely has any passerby.
Don't tell me that the Seventh Prince has found you
and sent people to follow?
Who is inside the carriage?
I got it.
Just deal with these people first.
Leave. Leave.
We've been following them for so long. When are we going to make a move?
What's the hurry?
They have more people. If we barge in right now, it would be a suicide mission.
Also, I've paid you enough money.
Even if I ask you to follow them for another month,
you would have to do it.
Okay. Okay. Your money, your orders.
Worst comes to worst, we'll just kill people.
A bunch of boorish fellows. If it wasn't for hiding my identity,
why would I use you instead of using my own people?
How about just directly killing them all?
I've already found two people among them
who can be left alive and controlled with poison.
No.
There are good fighters among them.
We don't have the confidence to kill them all.
If one of them escapes and reports back to the Seventh Prince,
everything we did will be destroyed.
For our safety, we will have to poison all of them.
But they are too careful. I can't find the opportunity to poison them.
There is a small road on the way wherein they can't find water for three days.
I will build a food stand on the way, and you will lure them to drink water there.
If the businessmen you met were the Seventh Prince's people,
after the guards have been poisoned, they will not standby.
Understood.
Customers, have a seat.
Owner, bring out some good food and wine.
Okay.
Miss, I can bring out the food, but we have to settle the payment first.
Our restaurant is in the middle of nowhere.
I spent a lot of effort to transport all my ingredients here from the town.
One bottle of wine should cost 10 taels.
The food will be here soon. Please wait for a while.
You don't have to worry about them. They have their own food.
Okay.
Everyone, I will get started.
Just have the food you brought. We have another day on the road.
Leader,
how about we also eat something with her?
We indeed can stop eating, but we have to drink water.
Or else, we could die from dehydration before we get there.
Also, they've been eating for so long. If there was any poison,
it would've worked a while ago.
What's wrong, everyone?
You go order your food over at that table.
Leave the food and drinks on this table to us.
Don't you always eat the food you brought yourselves?
Why take an interest on my food all of a sudden?
Shut up! Quickly!
Since you asked,
then I must obey.
Owner, serve me another table of food.
Okay.
Come on, everyone.
- Eat! - Come. Let's eat.
- Wait. - How did you poison us?
Every sip of wine I drink, I will have a bite of the food.
There are two different kinds of poison on both of them,
but they cancel out when eaten together.
You will need to take in an antidote every three days.
This poison is a hundred times more painful than the other kind.
You will be in so much agony that you will want to die.
We will not betray the Prince.
Just forget about it. Within three days, if the Prince doesn't get our message,
he will bring people to destroy Mingyue Villa!
The guards trained by the Seventh Prince are just so so.
If I were the one training them,
I would make them have no desire,
so nothing can go wrong.
Unlike you two. You have families.
They are currently guests in my manor as we speak. I don't know
if you two are interested to see them.
Please, please, don't hurt them!
I will do whatever you say.
I don't need you to do anything. I just need you to cooperate with me
and help me complete a lie in front of the Seventh Prince.
Once it's done, I will let your families go.
Master.
Those businessmen did not show themselves. I might be overthinking it.
Go back to the capital as soon as you can to report to the Seventh Prince and finish this case. Remember,
don't make any more mistakes.
Yes.
Go back and report to the Prince. We will keep watching. Go.
Yes.
It's right here.
This is the entrance of Biluotian.
I exactly ran away from there back then.
I remember it now.
Chief Steward Fu, what do we do? Do we follow them?
Follow them!
The map and the holy object initially were so close.
But now, there is completely no news about them.
Could it be that I really am not fated to find the treasure?
[Jiufu Inn]
We finally have our opportunity.
The Prince's guards were all killed by Liu Mingyue.
Liu Mingyue's room is now only guarded by Hei Yan.
Let's do it tonight.
Okay, no problem. Be at ease when it's us doing a task.
Hei Yan!
Master! Master, what happened to you?
- Go look around. - Yes.
Let's go.
Let's quickly go.
Mu Tou! Mu Tou!
Chief Steward Fu, you go first. I will stop him.
Use my sword.
Quickly go. I'll stop him.
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♫ Brush by your shoulder and face ♫
♫ An infatuation, a sincere love ♫
♫ Little warmth remains in between my fingers ♫
♫ If we're destined to forget in this lifetime ♫
♫ That red jian where we left behind our love ♫
♫ I'd rather sever my fate with you in this life ♫
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