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I like him because
he was very kind to me
and spoiled me.
Even when the sky fell, he could carry it for me
and make me feel safe.
But Bro. Zhu was thinking of restoring the Ming Dynasty
and he has been very demanding for me and himself.
just like my father
Which make feel him particularly bored
I know
I can see it.
But
From my childhood up till now, my father and masters have always told me that
I
am the fiancee of Bro. Zhu
and the future Princess of the Ming Dynasty.
This title
appears to be
the greatest responsibility of my life
in fact, I hate this feeling
I dare not say
I dare not oppose
until
until I met Junior Long.
Although he is the emperor
sometimes I see him
I will feel terribly afraid
but most of the time
I feel very happy with him.
He is the emperor
but sometimes he is pitiful
I want to protect him
want to take care of him
want to be good to him
I know
my idea is wrong
but I simply can not control it.
Actually, I am the same.
I know I shouldn't like my Big brother
and treat him well
but I still can't control myself.
Sister Xue
What do you say I should do?
The word of affection
is the most puzzling.
I am equally distressed
and I don't know what to do.
I just received a letter delivered by a flying pigeon from Niujiao Village
which said that
Liu Dezhao's step wife Qiu Min
and Qiu Gui, Qiu Min's brother
escaped from the cell
somehow.
And Qiu Gui took out the hidden treasures of gold and silver
and painted the portraits of Meng Xianghe and Shu Wanxin.
He spoke to the whole world
that whoever found them
would be rewarded with hefty money.
The Prince has already told me that
all these plans are arranged under the request of Songgotu.
All sects of the martial-arts realm
are eager to get reward.
They will surely seek
Meng Xianghe and Shu Wanxin one after another.
If they find them
Qingcheng will be in danger.
Not only will Qingcheng be in danger
I am afraid
the prince and Yihuan
will also be exposed.
The only way for today
is to send someone to kill Qiu Gui first
so as to prevent future trouble.
I will go.
Qiu Gui and his men
are a piece of cake to me.
Sister, your martial arts are really of high level
and invincible in the world
but Sister
you are not familiar with the situation in Shanxi
and you do not know Qiu Gui
so
let me go.
Good.
Then we all depend on you to kill him.
It has now been verified
that there are 259 officials who
under the banner of arresting the rebellious party
committed corrupt activities and trample people like mud and ashes
falsely claim the so-called meritorious service
and then defraud the court of their reward.
It is so serious.
It's more than serious.
It's appalling.
Take Left-wing vanguard battalion commander
Longdeduo for example.
Two years ago
he was a small commissioned vanguard battalion guard.
From five-grade
he was promoted precisely through a series of so-called military merits
he was continuously promoted five levels in succession
and transformed into
a second-grade military official.
I know Longdeduo.
Half a year ago
he destroyed five strongholds
of the Anti-Qing Alliance in the capital
arrested more than 50 bandits
and I personally rewarded him with a yellow coat.
But you don't not know
that nearly half of the more than fifty bandits
were killed unjustly.
What do you say?
These people
the people who were wrongly killed
were some of the victims
of drought, floods
and some of the ordinary people who were forced
into the capital by local officials to make a complaint.
Since these people were wronged
and the court sent people to supervise the decapitation of criminals
why
don't they call for wrongs?
In order to fulfill the so-called military merit
Longdeduo poured dumb drugs to the prisoners
before they went to the execution ground
so that they could not complain.
Damn it.
Your majesty
other officials are as tricky as Long
in cheating military merit.
Is there anybody worse than Longdeduo?
Yes, there is.
Capital guard counsellor Abiqi.
Abiqi
The plaque of 'the Pillar of the Country' hanging on his house is still
the inscription I gave him personally.
Abiqi used
the same tricks as Longdeduo.
He accumulated military merits all the way.
He stepped up
from a small city gate official
and now is promoted to three-level official.
How many people did he wrongly kill?
I after investigation, found that
only one hundred of the
more than 300 people killed by Abiqi
have committed crimes of great treason and inhumanity
and the rest
have been killed unjustly.
Even funnier is that
with the same name, one person
was repeatedly killed five times
the identity being an old woman
a child
and a middle-aged man.
No wonder
no wonder a weak woman like me
was caught by them
as rebels and bandits.
They must have listened to my accent as a non-local person
and have no relatives
so they wanted to arrest me to make up the number.
Songgotu
Yes, your majesty.
All the officers found guilty
were seized and sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial.
Yes, your majesty.
Your majesty, you are so wise.
Wise?
Are you mocking me?
Which wise king
has so many corrupt officials and cruel officials around him?
No, this is not the case.
It is not long you came into power
all those bad things were done by you.
It's nothing to do with you.
As the Son of Heaven
can we attribute the fault to the minister?
It seems that I must
choose good and capable ministers as soon as possible
to rectify the official rule of the court.
Junior Long
I trust you.
Bro. Zhu
You're thin
and your chin is pointed.
You
are finally concerned about me.
In fact, Sister Xue first discovered it.
Bro. Zhu
I am always used to your care for me
but seldom take the initiative to care about you.
Little girl
why don't you tell me these?
I know you must be very upset now.
Actually, I don't feel well either.
But I don't know why.
I don't know what I should do.
Sister Huan
please don's say any more.
I understand your mind.
I don't blame you.
I just hate my own incompetence.
Bro. Zhu, you must not say so.
The more you say that, the more guilty I am.
Sister Huan
We grew up together in childhood
and we were all too familiar with each other.
It's both good
and bad
for our feelings.
Kangxi is an
uncertain
temptation to you
so you are full of fantasies about him.
Yi Huan
do you want to make a bet with me?
What bet?
We bet Kangxi can do what he says.
I bet he can not.
Kangxi is an emperor
and he hates corrupt officials and cruel officials the most.
He must be able to do what he says.
Ok.
Let's bet on that.
What is the stake?
One hundred silver or one thousand silver.
I'm not gambling with the money.
I'm gambling with your heart.
If you lose
I believe your illusion of Kangxi
will be shattered.
You will not be confused by him any more.
At that time
you will be my future Princess with me
to restore the Ming Dynasty.
What if you lose?
If I lose
even I will be satisfied with Kangxi.
At that time
whatever you do
I will recognize it.
Good.
I beg your pardon?
The emperor resolutely rectified the administration of officials.
He had sent Longdeduo Abiqi
and other 259 officials, of high level or low
to prison for questioning.
No, you can't.
You must never do it.
Songgotu
I am here.
I have all the criminal evidence of
these two hundred and fifty-nine officials on my hand.
I immediately appoint you as a person to supervise the decapitation of criminals.
After ten days, they will be all asked to be chopped off.
Your majesty.
They will be all asked to be chopped off.
Why?
Would you like to say that again?
No, no, no.
Your majesty
I understand.
I...
I have caught cold occasionally these days.
I keep coughing.
A chill came creeping over me
and then sweating all the time
and keep coughing.
I have been insisting on running errands.
But today
I really feel a little unsustainable.
I want to ask the emperor to be merciful.
Can I delay
a few days for me to do my job?
Or...
you may appoint another person to supervise the decapitation of criminals?
Songgotu
You're really sick at the right time.
I really can't stand it any longer.
Ok.
You go back to your home to recover from illness.
I thank you for your grace.
I quit.
You cunning old fellow.
Your majesty
In fact, master Suo is a very skilful person in handling cases
and he obeys rules and regulations.
He is a rare capable minister.
But he did not expect that the emperor
would punish these corrupt officials so severely.
If I appoint him to supervise the decapitation of criminals,
that's the equivalent
of offending most of the court.
He wanted to make a contribution in front of me
but he didn't want to offend others.
Yes.
For the moment
the choice of the officer to supervise the decapitation of criminals is uncertain.
After all, no one wants to stand
at the opposite side of most of the courts at once.
The minister was carefree
but he was a Han minister
and was nominally only an imperial doctor.
The emperor asked me to help master Suo to handle the case secretly.
That's all right.
If the emperor entrusts me with an important post
I'm afraid
it's not very good.
I understand.
You're not afraid.
You're willing to work for me.
But...
I can't push you to the fire to bake.
I thank your majesty for your sympathy.
But...
At present, the officer who supervises the decapitation of criminals
I'm afraid nobody dares to be competent.
Ok.
Then I will supervise the decapitation of criminals
to restrain the unhealthy tendency in the Dynasty.
Junior Long
You're awesome.
I support you.
Bro. Zhu
How is it?
I said it all.
Kangxi was a good emperor
a good emperor who worked hard to govern.
It's too early
to conclude now.
If Kangxi really has the courage
to chop off the heads of 259 corrupt officials
and cruel officials
I would give up.
Ok.
Let's wait another ten days.
Good.
Royal Grandmother
how well have you been lately?
My old lady
is fine.
But
How do I hear
that the emperor
has never slept
these days?
Although the emperor was young
he could not be too tired.
He should combine work with leisure.
Royal Grandmother
I...
have recently been busy rectifying officials
it is true that I haven't slept well for several days
but now everything has been done.
So then your grandson
can have a good sleep.
Your majesty
This is the ginseng tea I prepared for you personally.
It's for your health.
Let's try it.
Royal grandmother
This cup of ginseng tea tastes good
but the tea is slightly thicker.
The herbal medicines tastes a little heavy.
The turbidity of the tea
proves that
the medicine is very strong.
This ginseng tea
can refresh
and nourish your health.
The emperor deal with a host of problems every day.
It's also very helpful for you to mend your body.
Thank you for your concern.
You taste this again.
What about the taste?
Royal grandmother
This cup of ginseng tea
the color of the tea is clear.
But...
the taste of the medicine is not so strong
the effect of refreshing is not so good.
Yes
When water is clean, there is no fish.
Culture fish in muddy water
royal grandmother
you seem to have something to say.
Yes.
I have something to say to you.
I heard that the emperor was angry
and wanted to chop off 259 officials
regardless of ranks.
Yes.
Royal grandmother
These people
are greedy, taking bribes
and trample people like mud and ashes.
Their crime deserve more than death.
I also know
what they have done.
The emperor wants to chop off their heads
this matter cannot be overemphasized.
For some people, you can implicate the nine generations of his family
to warn others against following a bad example.
Royal grandmother
In fact
I will chop off
so many corrupt officials' heads at one time
and I am a little
uneasy.
Thank you for your support.
In this way, I can do it freely.
Naturally, I have to plan carefully for the emperor
and support me with all my strength.
But...
I grow old.
When I say ten sentences
you may not be able to listen to one sentence patiently.
I get the implied message
You are complaining about my self-assertion.
Royal grandmother
We are closely bonded.
If you have anything to say
just say it straight.
Do you know
what the mother's family of Longdeduo
the Left-wing Vanguard Commander is?
I know it.
His grandmother
and you are cousins.
Dose grandma want to plead for Longdeduo for mercy
and spare him his life?
I pleaded for him
not for kinship.
Your majesty
You need to know
why the guards
who were bribed by Ao Bai
did not take unusual actions
and why the bodyguards who were trained in private
dose not rise in rebellion.
Does it have
anything to do with Longdeduo?
Longdeduo is actually
a chess piece I planted
beside Ao Bai.
He slaughtered those who fought against the court wantonly
in order to gain the trust of Ao't trust.
Some of these people
are supposed to be killed
others are wrongly killed.
But that's what we have to do.
When you arrest Ao Bai
Longdeduo used the excuse of checking the rebels
and imposing a curfew in the capital
which prevented the Ao Bai rebels from moving
so that you could arrest Ao Bai
in the royal palace.
Royal grandmother
Why didn't you tell your grandson
about these things earlier?
Although you are young
you are
very opinionated about many things
and may not agree with some of my approaches
so I hide all these.
Ok.
Then Longdeduo atones for a crime by meritorious service.
I will deprive him of his title
and dismiss him from office, and make him a common person.
Thank you for giving consideration for my feelings.
Forgive me for leaning on my old age
and begging for more people in front of you.
Please say that.
You majesty, you know that
behind the court
the interest of all concerned parties are intertwined
when one part is affected
all related parities will be influenced.
You are still too young.
Your royal grandmother has experienced
the rise and fall of three generations.
I have to think about you more thoroughly.
What you mean is
all the people in the court
are closely interlinked
with the emperor
and the Qing Dynasty.
I hope the emperor will take more discretion
in dealing with them.
For those whose names are circled
the emperor may reduce their crimes with one degree.
Those whose names are marked
are better released immediately
and only those whose names are marked with forks
could be killed immediately.
Royal grandmother
this
I...
It's not that I want to interfere with the political affairs.
I'm just a female old lady.
I do not have much time to live on.
Why should I stir trouble with
my grandchildren?
You have to believe
that all I did
was for the emperor
for the hard-won Qing Dynasty.
Do not get grieved.
In this world, my grandmother
is naturally the most trusted person of me.
It is good that you understand this point.
My grandson
Grandmother knows that you are now rectifying officials
but you can't rush for success
haste is not enough.
No drastic medicine can
be administered to those who are seriously ill.
Bro. Zhu
We waited for days
without seeing the traitor.
You acted rashly and alerted the enemy last time.
You have never listened to my words.
Let's return to the royal palace.
I estimate that he will not come.
I do not want to return to the palace.
Where do you want to go?
I want to
eat candied haws on a stick.
You are
so gluttonous.
Let's go.
Slow down and don't faint.
Do you want it?
I will not give it to you.
Bro. Zhu
Is it beautiful?
It's a nice place today.
Yeah, can I recommend some bad places?
This bird is a good breed.
I bought it for a lot of money.
Sister Huan
is it true?
Let me tell you
I also know a small shop.
Do not look back.
The girls there
play the guqin very well
and sing
beautiful songs.
Is it?
Yes.
It is nice.
My heart is itchy
to tell you this.
So
next time we go to see the shop
next time I'll treat you.
Let's go to the shop and have a look.
Ok.
Bro. Zhu
Isn't that
Longdeduo?
Are my eyes dazzled?
You're right.
The first one is Longdeduo
and the one behind him
is Abiqi.
How is that possible?
Aren't they supposed to be in prison now?
Three days later, their heads will be chopped off.
It's clear that
something has changed.
Sister Huan
It looks like you lost the bet.
Impossible.
They must have bribed Songgotu
so Songgotu released them.
He's not a money-hungry man
and
even if they're freed from the prison
how can they possibly show up here
swaggeringly?
It is impossible.
Junior Long will not be inconsistent in his words.
Sister Huan
don't be silly.
Aristocratic sons such as
Longdeduo and Abiqi
are Aisin Gioro's hawk dogs.
Even if these hawk dogs occasionally wrongly
bite a few reindeer and hares
it's not a big deal
for Kangxi.
But
once he loses these loyal hawks
his throne
will be unstable.
It is impossible.
Junior Long will not speak without counting.
He won't lie to me.
Sister Huang.
Lady Attendant
The emperor ordered that he will not see anyone.
No
I have something important to ask the emperor.
Junior Long.
Lady Attendant
You should be in a lighter manner.
The Emperor is asleep.
Don't disturb the emperor.
Lady Attendant
Hush.
Junior Long
The emperor is not asleep at all.
He is drunk.
The emperor is drunk.
I should be cursed.
What the hell is going on?
I have no idea.
The emperor wrote a decree
early in the morning
handed it to Lord Songgotu
and then drove us out
saying that we wanted to be alone and quiet.
Leave all these to me.
You go and bring the Emperor a bowl of soup to dispel the effects of alcohol.
Ok, ok, ok.
If the emperor really hurts his body
I am guilty of a great crime.
Junior Long
Junior Long, wake up.
Brother
here you come.
Have drinks with me.
Stop drinking.
You never indulge in excessive drinking
What's wrong with you now?
Don't ask anything
have drinks with me.
Stop drinking.
Look at me
I ask you
Did you order Longdeduo Abiqi is much more.
to be released?
You are the emperor.
How can you be inconsistent in your words.
The words of the son of heaven
are valuable and precious
and every word carries weight.
Yes
I am the emperor
my words should be valuable
and every word should carry weight.
You disappoint me so much.
Brother
I am also disappointed with myself.
I think I take the reins of the political affairs
I could dictate the government.
I didn't expect that.
I could not understand
you are the emperor after all
you could do whatever you want to do.
What's more, you're going to kill corrupt officials
whose crime deserves more than death.
The deed dose not violate the laws of the Qing Dynasty
and also conform to the people's wishes.
Brother
It's not that easy to be emperor.
I'm in a bad mood now.
Can I embrace you?
Let me hug you.
Your words do not count.
I don't want to talk to you anymore.
Brother
Brother.
Get up.
You're a big liar.
I don't want to talk to you anymore.
Do you remember this fan?
Do you remember the words on it?
You once said
you won't turn deaf ears to words.
But now I know that
you are not only a dumb dragon
with no feet and no claws
but you are
a worm at all.
Falling in love with the wall of a secular world
I endure the torture you give.
Using half-life's sincerity to exchange for wounds lasting the whole life
I feel helpless toward the past.
If I really like wandering
who will accompany me to look at the sunset?
I swap my infatuated pains for naive thoughts.
Missing is more painful than poison.
I can't be with you.
Meeting is the most painful parting.
If I am not the true self.
Junior Long
Actually, that's the interest I want.
You must remember what you promised me
eliminating aristocratic privileges
eliminating the accumulated malpractices
rectifying the administration of officials.
Let the people all over the country live a good life.
Ok.
I promise you.
I'll pay back
the interest.
It's a deal.
Put your seal on.
Junior Long
I may have to
go one step ahead.
Don't talk nonsense.
We've sealed brotherly affection.
We have agreed to join in to take a risk.
We share life and death with each other.
So for me
you have to carry on.
Junior Long
I also want to accompany you back to the capital.
Don't worry.
I want to collect
the interest you owe me.
Don't worry.
If I do not die
I will have a good account.
You must hold on well.
What if you're not alive
and I repudiate a debt?
You will not.
Because you are a good emperor.
I said before that
you are the last person
in the world to love.
But now I take it back.
You are really nice.
Thank you.
Thank you, Brother.
Thank you.
So you have to hold on.
Meeting is the most painful parting.
If I am not the true self, you are not either.
You liar.
Sister Huan
Kangxi deceived me.
If yesterday could be redefined
I would still like to meet you again.
If yesterday could be redefined
I would still like to meet you again.
Bro. Zhu
I lose.
Don't be sad.
Sister Huan
As I said earlier
when Kangxi wore casual clothes in disguise to get in touch with the public
he probably only considered the people.
But when he returned to
the Forbidden City and the throne room
he thought more
about his throne.
Bro. Zhu
I ask you
if one day you become the emperor
will you be like Kangxi
giving the importance to the people
or your throne?
You can't lie to me, you tell me the truth.
If one day I become emperor
I can do all
that Kangxi
fails to do.
Are you telling the truth?
I'll never lie to you.
I am different from Kangxi.
He grew up in the palace
while I grew up among the folks.
My feelings for the people
are different from his feelings for them.
I know far more about the misery of the people
and the abuses of the court than he does.
Sister Huan
If one day I cheat you
let me be struck by lightning and split into two halves.
I don't need you to swear these oaths.
I trust you, Bro. Zhu
At least you haven't deceived me
not like Kangxi.
Now I finally know why Master and Dad want
to restore the Ming Dynasty and help you to claim the throne.
Sister Huan
You've finally figured it out.
I've finally figured it out.
And through this private visit to Shanxi in disguise
I also understood a lot of things
that I had not figured it out before.
It's just a temporary pleasure to be like what we used to do
like killing a bully here
eradicating a corrupt
official there
and there's no way to
save the people from the misery.
Sister Huan
I will live up to your expectations for me.
I hope
you will not let down my feelings for you.
Blessings for you, your majesty.
Stand up.
Yes.
What about Yihuan?
Your majesty
Lady Attendant has been asleep.
You make exit then.
Yes.
Brother
I know that you are not resting yet.
I want to talk to you for a while.
Brother
Your majesty
you go back first.
Lady Attendant
She has a childlike temper.
The more you rush to explain to her
the more she won't listen.
You just put it down for a few days
and everything will be in a natural state.
I'm afraid it's unusual this time.
She's so angry with me.
Your Majesty, rest assured.
I and the imperial doctor Li will persuade her
that she will understand.
It was unexpected
that Kangxi would change his mind temporarily.
In this way
your plan to provoke civil strife in the Qing Dynasty
would be frustrated.
Although the plan failed
Sister Huan's timely awakening
was also an unexpected joy.
Congratulations to Big brother.
In this way, Junior Sister can
retake her affection towards Kangxi
and treat you wholeheartedly.
I'm afraid that
the feelings paid
are not
recoverable.
I hope she possesses affection for me.
Brother
how can there be no movements at all?
I have no idea.
But it should be soon.
Wu Yingqi has been out at this time
every night in recent days.
Wu Yingqi's eldest brother, Wu Yingxiong
is the prince consort of Princess Jianning.
Their Pingxi palace also
has many relatives and friends in the capital.
So...
Wu Yingqi should have a lot of social activities.
There must be social activities.
But perhaps
he harbors other plans.
Senior sister
I think Master San is right.
We should be on guard against Wu Yingqi.
Don't be deceived by his appearance.
Don't mention my father.
My father doesn't regard me
as his own daughter at all.
He only likes Yi Huan.
You mustn't say that about your father.
Master San
really loves you.
You remember the last time you
felt wronged and acted rashly to leave home
the Master San
waited for you all night at the door.
Furthermore
as for the wounds on your face
Master San has been looking
for precious medicines for you
to make the ice paste
for you.
Also, the Junior Sister
in fact
she felt sorry for you, too.
Well, stop talking. I don't want to listen.
Well, I won't say that.
Childe Yingqi.
Senior sister
Wu Yingqi comes out.
Let's follow him.
What on earth are they going to do when they arrive at the inn?
They should have come to meet some people.
Senior sister
You're guarding this place here.
Let me go in with them.
Keep up with them.
Brother, do not hurry.
Only Shi Qinghong is in the carriage.
Wu Yingqi should still be in the inn.
senior sister
You identify him mistakenly.
The man driving the carriage is not Shi Qinghong at all
but Wu Yingqi.
They had just changed their costumes in the inn.
No wonder Shi Qinghong is wearing bamboo hat all the time today.
I couldn't see his face clearly from above.
In fact, they are playing cover-up.
Wu Yingqi is so cautious
which Can only verify that
what he is doing
must be a shameful thing.
Maybe it really has something to do with the golden key.
Let's go.
Wu Yingqi
seems to be waiting for somebody.
It's so late.
He must not come here alone
to see the scenery.
He must be waiting for somebody.
Brother, take a look
there is a big boat in the middle of the lake.
Unexpectedly
Wu Yingqi acted so cautiously that
he set the place of the meeting on the boat
in the center of the lake.
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