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[I Will Never Let You Go]
[Episode 29]
[Dongping Commandery Prince Manor]
Young Master, we've arrived.
Welcome, Commandery Prince.
No need to be so formal. Hurry and arise.
Thank you, Commandery Prince.
Commandery Prince, you're finally here.
I've waited a long time here in Dongping Commandery for your arrival.
If you were still not here, I'd have to wait for you at Gobi personally.
If I knew it was like that, then I would've delayed it for a couple more days.
Wouldn't it be so beautiful to watch the sunset
with you at the Gobi desert?
Commandery Commander,
Commandery Prince must be tired from the long journey.
Why don't we let him take a short rest now?
When he is rested, he can then meet with Sir and the rest of the village gentlemen. Is that okay?
What Miss Liu said is correct. I'll take my leave then.
To be able to get a commandery commander to be so obedient,
looks like Mingyue Villa is controlling more than just Nanchang Commandery.
Even Dongping Commandery
is included in it.
Zhangqing, do you like your official residence?
If I'd know that you'd decorate this place so nicely,
then I wouldn't have delayed even a single day.
The silver given by the Imperial Court is insufficient.
Because of the care given to her by Prince of Xin when he was alive, my mother
ordered this house to be built.
Though it can't compare with the extravagance of the capital houses,
Mother instructed that it should be decorated with care and in detail.
It is considered quite elegant, too.
I will accompany you to take a look inside.
Look if there's anything lacking. We can then ask the butler to handle it.
Butler Zhou was chosen by Mother personally.
He is able and efficient.
Since you have just arrived, it is more convenient if you have someone who's familiar with Dongping with you.
Xiao Liu.
Please get the things ready and move them into the house. I'm going in for a cup of tea.
Yes.
Qingwu,
are you willing to join me?
It is my honor.
Go back and report to Madam.
It appears that Commandery Prince likes First Miss very much.
Yes.
How is it? Is my acting real enough?
After today, I reckon the news about Qingwu and Commandery Prince will be all over Dongping.
Thank you for your cooperation, Commandery Prince.
It's unfortunate that Liu Mingyue doesn't trust you.
She has installed other people in the manor. Butler Zhou doesn't look that simple at all.
Of course, it's not easy to regain the trust of Liu Mingyue again.
As to Butler Zhou, what do you—
I won't keep any of the people
installed by my side.
What happened to your hand?
Nothing, Zhangqing.
Teacher wants to inquire about your news, so she took the opportunity to install people to surveillance you.
I had thought that you'd adapt to the circumstances
and pretend to be an out-of-luck Commandery Prince who is banished to Xichu Province.
Seeking pleasure openly. Live everyday as if it were your last.
So that Teacher will no longer guard against you.
Then you can secretly inquire about Master's news.
I also thought of that.
I'd even wanted this Commandery Prince of Dongping to be melancholic and lingering in his bed everyday.
But when I saw this Dongping Commandery Prince Manor,
I changed my mind.
That fact that Liu Mingyue sent people to monitor me
shows that she is beginning to suspect there are other motives for His Majesty to bestow the title of Commandery Prince of Dongping to me.
Say, how could this be such a coincidence?
There are so many administrative divisions. Why must he insist on making me the Commandery Prince of Dongping?
Since this is so,
I will turn her suspicion into reality.
I will cause her to be anxious, and then I will lure her
to divulge the secret to her master sooner.
This move of luring the snake out of the hole is not bad.
Go back and tell Liu Mingyue that I'm inquiring about a young woman.
A young woman who might have been locked up by her for more than ten years.
What do you mean?
There's no need for you to know the meaning.
Just do as I've instructed.
I want to meet this Butler Zhou.
I won't ask if you don't want to tell me.
Then I'll go back first.
The Jiangxin porcelain of Mingyue Villa really has a fully justified reputation.
No wonder even His Majesty is full of praises for it.
Commandery Prince has overpraised it.
Does Butler Zhou know any martial arts skills?
I know a few moves, enough for self protection.
Han Ye.
Go and test Butler Zhou's level of skills for me.
Yes.
Stop!
Han Ye, you have met your match.
Butler Zhou is highly skilled in martial arts, and knows when to advance and retreat, too.
To be asked by Liu Mingyue to be a butler here in my manor
must really be wasting your talents.
I wouldn't dare. Madam and Prince of Xin are old friends.
Madam is sentimental. She's afraid you'll have no one to take care of you while far away from the capital city.
She's not at peace.
Is that so?
We'd just seen how highly skilled you are in martial arts.
I had the sudden urge to practice my own martial arts skills, too.
I want to interact with and learn from you.
I wouldn't dare to compete with you.
Brazenly putting people by my side to make every decision for me,
even when my Royal Father was alive, he never did that to me.
Go back and tell Liu Mingyue
that if she still dares to arrange snitches around me,
I'll kill one when I see one.
Get out!
Hei Feng,
hasn't Master sent you to be with Young Master all the time?
How is it that you have time to visit me now?
Do you need anything?
Young Master asked me to come and inquire with Madam any information about Lotus Robe Knight.
Lotus Robe Knight?
Why is Young Master suddenly interested in Lotus Robe Knight?
Has he provoked Young Master?
Young Master's fiancée likes Lotus Robe Knight.
He knows that Lotus Robe Knight has fought with Mingyue Villa in the past.
So he sent me over to make inquiries.
Young Master sent you here from a distance of a thousand miles away
just to ask a question like that?
Hei Feng, go and tell Young Master that
Qingwu fought with Lotus Robe Knight before.
She shot an arrow into his shoulder.
Lotus Robe Knight is not that highly skilled in martial arts.
He appears frequently around the capital city.
He proclaims himself to be a knight who punishes evil deeds and praises virtue.
If Young Master wants to find him,
he can go and carry out some evil deeds around the capital city.
Perhaps the Lotus Robe Knight will come forward out of his own accord.
That is to say, there should be a scar on the shoulder of Lotus Robe Knight?
All the news I have here about Lotus Robe Knight is just this.
Please inform me if Young Master really caught Lotus Robe Knight.
I still need to get even with him on several matters.
Okay.
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Fiancée?
Back then, Master and Xue Fei were engaged.
After Xue Fei died,
Master was heartbroken.
The marriage contract was then given to Young Master.
It's been so many years.
I've never heard anything about Master having plans for Young Master's marital affairs.
Young Master's fiancée?
Who else can it be besides Hua Buqi?
Isn't Hua Buqi dead?
After Master heard about Hua Buqi's death, he had no reaction.
I should've known that there was something off about this situation.
Master already knew that Hua Buqi did not die.
He just suspected that I would harm Hua Buqi,
so he kept it from me.
Maybe Master has his own plans.
Madam doesn't need to be offended.
What plans?
Isn't it because he can't forget Xue Fei?
I worked hard and did so many things for him.
He hasn't ever really looked at me even once.
Send people to Jiangnan to investigate.
See if Hua Buqi is at Zhu Manor.
If she really is,
then have them kill her.
Madam,
you just received Master's punishment.
It's best if you don't provoke Master.
This is something a lot of people shouldn't know about.
Why don't I do it personally?
Hei Yan,
you can't go.
If Master finds out, he'll kill you.
I don't have many people by my side that I can trust right now.
Qingwu has been gone for so long,
and now she's suddenly back.
Most likely, she's no longer on my side anymore.
Qingyan has also disappeared for a long time.
The person who I sent to watch Mo Manor hasn't updated us for a long time. I'm afraid there isn't much chance for her to be alive by now.
The only person I have by my side is you.
To be able to hear Madam say those words,
I'm already satisfied.
I know that I don't deserve Madam.
I can only help Madam complete more tasks.
I am willing and ready to die for Madam.
I will help you get rid of Hua Buqi, the source of your worries.
I won't let you worry about this anymore.
I'm worried that Master and Young Master—
Madam, don't worry.
I will destroy my facial features.
I will definitely not let Young Master or Master
know my true identity.
No,
you cannot do this.
If I can keep this from Master and kill Hua Buqi,
I will return here,
and protect Madam for the rest of my life.
Take care, Madam.
Hei Yan!
Jiufeng,
I only have you in my heart.
Why do you have to like Xue Fei?
Why do you only have her in sight?
You'd rather want someone who has been tainted than take a look at me.
What's so good about her?
How is she better than me?
I earned so much money for you,
while she only knows how to make you heartbroken.
Teacher,
Commandery Prince of Dongping killed Butler Zhou.
All of the people that we sent have escaped back here.
Killed him?
If he's dead, then he's dead.
He just wants to tell me
that he's not someone who's easy to control.
He also doesn't like being controlled.
But...
this Commander Prince of Dongping is quite nice to you.
Qingwu,
according to what Butler Zhou reported,
Commandery Prince of Dongping
seems to actually like you.
But he's a commandery prince,
I'm just a small merchant girl.
Can I still trust you?
Teacher, why do you say such a thing?
Master understands my intentions.
All that I've done
has been for MIngyue Villa's benefit.
Then you tell me,
what did you and Commandery Prince of Dongping talk about inside the room?
He just asked me
a few things about Dongping.
But there was one question that was strange.
He asked me, if these past ten years,
did our Mingyue Villa lock up a woman?
Lock up?
Yes.
Rumors says that only the Saintess can open the treasure.
Does Chen Yu
think that the Saintress is in Mingyue Villa?
Master, what is Chen Yu thinking about?
Why would he ask us if we locked up a woman?
How did you reply?
I naturally said that we didn't.
Commandery Prince of Dongping fiercely killed my people like that.
He probably won't just obediently stay in his manor.
Within a few days,
he'll trouble me again.
I don't want to deal with him.
In this villa,
only you can get close him.
I want you to firmly make him fall in love with you.
I want you to wait when he is most vulnerable,
and use this to make him yours.
As long as you're pregnant with his child,
based on his personality, he will not desert you.
By that time,
he will become my son-in-law.
I can then recuperate fully.
What?
Have you fallen for him?
No.
Teacher, don't joke with me.
Okay. You can leave now.
Go accompany your commandery prince.
And allow me to be at ease earlier.
I understand.
Servant!
Master.
Prepare a horse.
Yes.
Master left for a long journey?
Young Master, our people sent news
saying that Liu Mingyue just left for a long journey.
She went west.
That fast?
Has Liu Qingwu sent any news?
Not yet.
Young Master,
we've just arrived at Dongping.
Liu Mingyue went on such a long journey in a high-profile manner.
It seems like she's doing this for us to see. Are we following or not?
Don't be bothered whether it's real or not.
As long as it's Liu Mingyue, then follow her.
Have Han Ye bring some people to go with me.
Yes.
You two stay here and guard.
Yes.
Han Ye, get two people to guard the opening.
All other people, follow me!
Yes!
Commandery Prince!
We meet each other again.
Madam Liu has good strategies.
Looks like...
today,
I have fallen into your trap.
Don't worry.
I don't want to kill you right now.
I just had you breathe in some Bone Devouring Fragrance,
which made your body go weak.
If you inhale it for a few more days,
your martial skills will be wasted.
At that time,
you'd be like a tiger with no teeth.
You can't induce any trouble.
Why don't you just kill me?
You asked Qingwu
if there is a woman being kept in Mingyue Villa.
Wasn't that to lure me to report to my master?
Now, I will fulfill your wish and bring you there.
The Prince Manor seems to have taken something that belongs to my master.
I believe that this item is surely with you.
I will have you spit it out.
Zhangqing!
What are you doing here?
This cave is the one where Liu Mingyue used to train us.
There is a secret tunnel here.
Aren't you afraid that she will kill you if you save me?
Stop talking. Just come with me.
Teacher?
Qingwu,
I knew something was wrong with you when you came back all of sudden.
I can't believe that you colluded with him to betray me.
It seems that you have a death wish.
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Go!
Miss Liu.
Come.
Are you okay?
Am I going to die?
Why say such words at this time? Stop overthinking.
Miss Liu, I need to treat your wound right now.
I probably need to undress you. We can't bother with proper manners now.
Please forgive me.
In the past, it was I who shot you.
I never thought that now I would be the injured one
and you are taking care of me.
Stop talking. Save your energy and focus on recovering.
Zhangqing, do you think I'm pretty?
Zhangqing.
Miss Liu is beautiful even when she is pale like paper.
Since you think I'm beautiful, then why did you turn your head away?
Don't you want to look at me?
If you say another word, I will stop treating you.
You would be a ghost instead of a beauty once you bleed to death.
Is there any other exits in this cave?
The entrance is the only exit.
Liu Mingyue didn't follow us,
means that my people also entered the cave.
It's just that if they want to find us,
it would take them a while.
So you didn't inhale the Bone Devouring Fragrance.
How did you know about this trap?
I just thought that stalking her went too easy.
So just in case, I had to be careful.
Would you blame me?
If I didn't follow you, you would've successfully met the master.
Why would I blame you? I must thank you.
I didn't know that you would come to save me.
Miss Liu, don't you want Mingyue Villa anymore?
I don't know what happened to me.
I wanted Mingyue Villa so bad
that I was willing to suffer a lot for it.
But when I saw Liu Mingyue
about to hurt you earlier,
all I was thinking was you, Zhangqing.
What great virtue or ability do I have?
I'm afraid that I am not worthy for you to sacrifice yourself like that.
That would depend on you.
I saved you with my life.
I don't know how would you like to repay me.
In order to catch me, Liu Mingyue bet her everything.
Now that she can't catch me, she probably can't go back to Mingyue Villa.
I will clear Liu Mingyue's power in Mingyue Villa,
so you can have it.
That's it?
Other than this, I can't give you anything.
Zhangqing,
in Dongping, I don't have anywhere else to go
except for Mingyue Villa.
Before my wound heals, may I stay in the Commandery Prince Manor?
I'm afraid that other places would be unsafe.
Okay. You can stay at my place for now.
They can't kill you there.
Commandery Prince! Commandery Prince!
Commandery Prince!
Slower. Miss Liu is injured.
Your Highness, am I getting the needles out from this lady?
Thank you, Doctor Yi.
How did you know?
I saw that you were afraid to use your strength when you were drinking tea,
so I had a doubt.
I guessed that Liu Mingyue was controlling you with Golden Needles.
She used to control my father that way, so I asked Medical Sage Yi to come.
Miss Liu, when I asked you that day,
why didn't you tell me that you had golden needles in your right hand?
I was afraid that if I told you, I would lose your trust.
You are overthinking it, Miss Liu.
Please, Medical Sage Yi.
Please raise your hand, Miss Liu.
I thought only Liu Mingyue could treat the golden needles.
If I'm left with no choice,
I could only cut off this arm to save myself.
Now, I never thought that someone else could do it.
How could a girl cut off an arm?
Don't worry, I will get them out for you.
I promise you it won't leave any scars.
I need to get the golden needles from your right arm now.
You will need to bare the pain.
Commander Han,
the Young Master was carrying Miss Liu the whole way here. Why is he so good to her?
They probably saw each other's true self when in danger.
Also, I think this Miss Liu and Young Master are very compatible.
I mean...
Chief Steward Liu, people from Mingyue Villa ask to see Miss Liu.
Invite them in.
Yes.
What has been going on in the villa? Has Liu Mingyue came back yet?
The Master didn't come back. The villa is the same as usual.
Mingyue Villa is what Liu Mingyue spent half of her life on.
It's impossible for her to give up easily.
She was punished by Master because of Biluotian.
This time, she wasn't able to catch Zhangqing.
She must be afraid to tell Master.
She is afraid of Zhangqing's revenge,
so she probably won't be back any time soon.
Ping'er, go fake an order from Liu Mingyue
and say that she ordered me to take over Mingyue Villa.
This would be too risky for you. You don't even have anyone you can trust in the villa.
Would Liu Mingyue's people believe you?
What if Liu Mingyue comes back? Also, your master,
you can't fool him.
I can't let go of this opportunity. I will not let Liu Mingyue come back.
I need to take over all the businesses as fast as I can.
As long as I have money, everyone will be loyal to me.
If Master can't find Liu Mingyue, he will have to trust my ability of managing Mingyue Villa.
Also, with you, the Dongping Commandery Prince on my side,
what do I have to be afraid of?
I can see that you've been hesitant to say something the whole way here. If you have something to say, just say it.
Master, you and Miss Liu...
She was willing to dispose of one arm to rescue me. Shouldn't I be a little nicer to her?
Yes, you can. Of course, you can.
Oh right, Master,
now that Liu Mingyue has left, what should our next step be?
Mingyue Villa can earn millions of taels of silver a year.
Whomever is supporting Liu Mingyue will not give up so easily.
We'll just wait here.
Taking advantage of the time while we're waiting, how about we make some money, too?
Make money?
We rely on the taxes obtained from this commandery to get by.
Dongping is a poor commandery.
And there are bandits frequently appearing in the Gobi Desert.
So Dongping's High Mountain Great Leaf Tea are almost never exported.
It's mostly Dongping's people drinking it.
Don't underestimate local tea leaves that are cheap.
If we sell it to the south, it wouldn't be the same price.
If we are doing this business,
those bandits won't dare to mess with us either,
so it can help people to make more money
and improve their lives. Why won't we do such a happy deed?
If we are selling it to the south, we need to work with someone from there.
Do you remember the money and medicines sent by Zhu Manor?
Are you going to work with the House of Zhu?
Go inform the commandery commander and ask him to cooperate.
Tell him that I need to buy lots of High Mountain Great Leaf Tea
and then give them to the manager of the Zhu Manor shop here in Dongping.
And then send an emergency letter to Zhu Manor from the relay station at Shicheng,
saying that Dongping's High Mountain Great Leaf Tea will arrive in the south before spring.
So, Young Master has already talked about this with House of Zhu. I'm on it now.
Buqi,
I am doing good in Dongping.
You should stop worrying
once you've received the letter.
[Zhu Manor]
- Chief Steward Shou. - Xiao Xia.
You are busy?
Where is Lady?
She is trying to figure out how to deal with Dongfang Shi's Dong Ji.
Do you need her for something? I will go tell her.
No! No! I'm here for you.
For me?
Lord Yuan, the son of the Capital City Garrison Commander is here for you again.
He is waiting for you in the main receiving hall.
About this, I will need to discuss with you.
The garrison commander of the capital is a second-ranked official.
He has real power.
If our Zhu Manor can make a connection like that,
it would be an invisible benefit for us.
Also, with my taste,
that Young Lord Yuan is a decent young man.
He is okay at fighting, too.
Hey, I'm not finished!
Don't injure Young Lord Yuan this time! Do you hear me?!
Xiao Xia, your trap can't kill people, right?
This idiot sent these many gifts?
Is he really scared of me so he left?
Xiao Xia!
Do you like my presents?
Come. Come. Come take a look.
Look, I brought many supplements today.
Look.
Young Lord Yuan, I am thankful to you that you saved me that day.
And I also thank you for staying up and taking care of me,
but I have the duty of protecting Miss. Sorry for not being able to keep your company, Young Lord Yuan.
Please stop coming to Zhu Manor this often, too.
Xiao Xia,
didn't I tell you to rest more?
Zhu Manor has so many people! Are you the only one who can fight?
Also, your injuries are not healed yet.
I'm almost fully recovered.
Stop pretending.
Are you too shy to tell your lady?
I can go talk to her. I will tell her to let you take a break for a couple of days, so you can be fully recovered.
No need to do that.
What do you mean no need? I will go tell her right now.
I was only concerned about you!
Xiao Xia, you look so beautiful when you are mad.
I've been curious about if you were really the one who saved me that day.
Of course, it was me.
Let me tell you. If I showed up a second late,
that bastard, Dongfang Shi, would have broken your arms and legs.
You would no longer be able to fight.
But with your fighting skills...
That's right. My fighting skill is just so-so.
But my archery skill is good. I learned my archery skill from the Lotus Robe Knight.
Such as continuous arrow and multiple arrows at once.
I know all of those.
Really?
Of course.
I just never had the chance to show off in front of you.
Xiao Xia, would you like to learn it? I can teach you.
If you know how, you can protect Your Lady better.
I do want to learn archery to protect Lady.
When do you have time to teach me
so I can ask Chief Steward Shou to arrange people to guard the courtyard?
Rather than waiting for the right time, why not do it today?
Let's find an empty space and I will teach you archery.
You are so smart, so you must be a quick learner.
Okay.
Xiao Xia, you are so smart. I must try my best to teach you.
Shooting three arrows at a time is easy.
I can also do ten arrows at a time.
There isn't anymore who is going to beat me on that. I'm not boasting. I mean it.
Don't be nervous. Your foot injury will heal soon.
Young Master.
I've found out who saved Miss Xiao Xia.
Who?
The Young Lord Yuan who pretended to be the Lotus Robe Knight last time.
So he does have connections with the Lotus Robe Knight.
Who has he been talking to these days?
He has been coming in and out of Zhu Manor. He is with Zhu Manor's people the most.
Also, there is another one, who is the eldest son of a censor. His name is Bai Jianfei.
That hypocrite imperial examination passer?
Okay. Catch both of them and bring them here.
With them here, I'm sure the Lotus Robe Knight will show up.
Don't these knights like to sacrifice themselves for others?
If he doesn't come to save that hypocrite and the loser boy,
what kind of knight would he be?
Who knew that her archery skill was also this good?
I can't expose myself my weakness in front of her.
Even though I can aim well,
I'm still lacking in speed and power.
Especially a continuous beaded type of archery. I can't find the trick for doing it.
Young Lord Yuan, could you show me please?
Okay.
The trick of shooting continuous arrows
is speed and power.
You can't practice with the bow yet.
We need to practice the speed for pulling out the arrows first.
Speed.
Speed. Understood?
I can reach that kind of speed. What now?
Then, it's...
When you pull the string, you can't pull it all the way.
Aren't arrows shot like that going to lose it's momentum and can't hurt people?
Even if they are continuous, it wouldn't be effective.
That's right. You are right.
That's why we need to find the balance
between speed and power.
Everyone's strength is different, so the balance is different for everyone.
Do you understand when I say that?
You need to understand it by yourself.
Young Lord Yuan,
I think it would be best if you show it to me.
All right.
Watch closely.
I'm fast at shooting arrows. My speed is really fast.
Stay further a bit. I'm afraid that I'll hurt you.
Stay further a bit. Stay further a bit.
Watch closely.
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♫ If we're to bid goodbye in this lifetime, ♫
♫ 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 ♫
♫ Willing to sever my fate with you in this life ♫