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♫ A bright moon will always have a missing part ♫
♫ The road will always meander ♫
♫ I would rather meet you. ♫
♫ Not afraid of toiling for hours ♫
♫ It’s possible to encounter storms at midnight. ♫
♫ The flame still burns on ♫
♫ Because underneath the soil are flower buds. ♫
♫ Fate is absurd. My laugh is still clear ♫
♫ I could have a thousand sore points. My bitterness can lessen ♫
♫ I'm willing to continue smiling ♫
♫ to turn all troubles into a fog that passes me by. ♫
♫ They’re all steps to happiness ♫
♫ The situations can be many. My heart will grow weary. ♫
♫ Deep love will turn into apathy ♫
♫ I don’t understand the knotted strings in my heart. ♫
♫ I can at least face it with a smile ♫
A mythical creature in the legends
is very ugly and scary in your eyes?
Commander, you haven't seen it. It really was very ugly.
If that's so, I've heard about this mythical turtle since young. I'm very curious.
You said the Spirit Turtle saved you,
then it must be very fond of you.
How about you calling it again,
so I can see what this spirit turtle looks like.
What? You can't do it? You lied to me.
How would I dare lie to you?
I can only try my best.
Fine, I don't have anything to do today.
There's no time like the present. How about now?
- Yes. - Now?
Mr. Spirit Turtle, I'm begging you. My life depends on you.
Spirits of Heaven and Earth,
Spirit Turtle, I'm begging you. Hurry and come out.
Spirit Turtle, I brought a lot of delicious food for you.
Spirit Turtle. Spirit Turtle? Hurry and come out.
What should I do?
Spirit Turtle! Spirit Turtle!
Can you hear me?
Spirit Turtle, didn't you appear that day?
Please come out for a little bit today. Spirit Turtle.
The commander is looking. Give me some respect here!
Commander.
Madame Shu. How come you are all here?
I heard that someone was able to call the Spirit Turtle.
I was curious. Hence, I came here with my older brother to take a look.
I heard about this too, so I specially came here to take a look.
Since you are all here, stay here and watch.
Have you come out yet? There are delicious food here.
I have plenty of fishes, Spirit Turtle.
You-
Spirit Turtle, come out now.
If you appear, I will feed you with lots of nice food every day.
Please, please. Spirit Turtle, please come out.
Who cares about what kind of turtle it is? Any turtle will do.
Save me! Save me, Older Brother!
Older Brother Spirit Turtle, Older Sister Spirit Turtle, I'm begging you!
This Tian Qi has been calling for a long time
and the Spirit Turtle still hasn't appeared.
Could he has deceived you?
Who would be so bold to deceive our Commander?
I'm begging you! Please!
Saving a person's life is better than building a seven-tiered pagoda. My life totally depends on you!
Come out now.
Why is this...
Commander, look. It's the Spirit Turtle.
There's really one.
Look!
Commander! Commander!
Commander, the Spirit Turtle.
How is this a Spirit Turtle? Isn't it just an ordinary turtle?
It's so small too.
Doctor Tian, you are fooling the Commander.
This is a major crime.
I...
An ancestor recorded in his notebook that
this is from the State of Dala. Its name is the Blessing Turtle.
It's worshipped as a spirit creature for eternity.
It's said that when you see it, you will have ten years of blessing.
If you touch it, you will have a hundred years of courage and good health.
And the way to confirm its identity is this word "King" on its shell.
There's really a "King" word on it.
This...this...is the Spirit Turtle.
Wait no...regarding its size,
this should be a descendant of the Spirit Turtle.
T-that's right, it's the grandson of the turtle (slang for son of a bitch).
Son of a bitch?
Tian Qi, seems like the Spirit Turtle is indeed fond of you.
Since this is the case, you will feed the Spirit Turtle and its descendants from now on.
Yes, I will obey your order.
Muzhu, where are you going?
You told me to persuade Sun Dali to kill Tian Qi.
But in the end, Tian Qi didn't die, and you killed Sun Dali.
What's wrong? Does Mistress now want me dead, too?
I did so many things for her and this is how she treats me?!
It's exactly because you did many things and know too much.
Take action.
Tian Qi! Tian Qi!
Bad news. Something bad happened!
What's wrong, Master?
Someone was killed.
Let me tell you, I just heard that a maid fell into the water and drowned to death.
What does a maid's death have to do with me?
Do you know who she is?
- Who? - She's Sun Dali's lover.
Sun Dali's lover? Then do you know where she was working?
I know this. She used to serve Madam Shu.
Her position was not lower than Zhijin who's with Madam Shu now.
Because she made some mistakes, that's why she was transferred to the Embroidery workshop.
The clothes which are we wearing, could be tailored by her.
What's in your bag?
It's poison.
There's nothing in it.
Embroidery workshop?
Sun Dali and the maid of Madam Shu?
Could it be...
Go and check the identity of that maid. Remember, keep it discreet.
I understand.
I told you to worship the Flower God. Did you do it?
I didn't. I think...
What's with your thinking? Enough already. Worship it now!
- Do I really have to? - Worship it now. Cut the crap.
Okay.
Dear Flower God, please protect this flower so that it will never wither.
It will always be bright in color and live a long life.
How is it? Can you feel the power of the Flower God?
This Tian Qi will really try anything in a crisis.
Master, what's the name of that maid?
Muzhu!
Sister Muzhu!
This Miss Tian is really so clever. Her reaction is very quick.
My Sister Muzhu!
Xiao Ba is here to see you!
- Miss. - Huh?
Muzhu's bed is over there.
This one.
Sister Muzhu! I'm here to see you!
Sister Muzhu...
Miss, you are Muzhu's...
I'm Muzhu's...we are from the same village.
We were like sisters since we were young.
I came with her to work here together.
When her family heard about the sad news, they wanted me to come here
to check if she left any personal belongings.
They want to erect a tomb to her so they can offer sacrifices in the future.
Muzhu.
Muzhu was the best embroiderer in our room.
These are the embroideries she made and her clothes.
Since you are her sister from the same village,
I will leave these to you to handle it.
Thank you, Older Sister.
Thank you, Older Sister. Thank you.
Sister Muzhu, I miss you very much.
Sister Muzhu.
- Who is she? - I don't know.
Commander Ji.
The maids in the manor
will try every trick to get Commander's attention.
How dare you offend the Commander? How should you be punished?!
I know I am wrong.
I...I...
Lift up your head.
I know I'm wrong. I just admire you.
Hence, I came up with this trick. I'm sorry.
Commander, I'm too ashamed to face you.
Forget it.
In the future, if you use this tactic to attract attention again,
I won't spare you.
Thank you, Commander.
Wait.
That maid looks suspicious. Capture her.
- Yes. - Yes.
Commander, she merely used a tactic to attract your attention.
Why do you think there's a problem with her?
She seems very familiar to me.
The fragrance of the perfume sachet that she's wearing is very complex.
I keep feeling that I've smelled it before.
Where did she go?
Let's check over there.
Where did she go?
I will go over there.
Which young lady's belongings are these?
These are not from other young ladies.
These belong to Muzhu.
Isn't Muzhu the girl who died?
I suspect it was her who placed the poison in my belt.
She was the murderer.
Why did you bring her clothes here?
Are you going to put a curse on her so that she won't be reborn again?
When she placed the Deadly Cure in the oil paper,
the oil paper was waterproof. Moreover, it was just a thin slice.
I'm now wondering, other than placing it in my belt and the princess' wine,
where else could she have placed it?
Inside the lining of clothes?
But in these clothes,
there isn't the scent of Deadly Cure.
Was she really the murderer?
Maybe it wasn't her?
Or perhaps, she used up all the Deadly Cure?
Why did Mu Zhu sew so many scented sachets?
There are many spices in them too.
These spices are affecting my sense of smell.
I can't tell what the spices are anymore.
I got it.
If she wants to mask the smell,
she must use a stronger scent to cover it.
Where is it?
Master,
Yes, it's Deadly Cure.
[Contentment Room]
Doctor Tian found some evidence in the female corpse at the moat.
That female corpse is the maid, Muzhu.
She used to work in the Embroidery workshop and was intimate with Sun Dali.
When Doctor Tian found out about this, he began to suspect Muzhu.
He went to her room and eventually found the evidence.
He found it?
Yes.
Doctor Tian speculated that Muzhu hid the Deadly Cure with her clothes.
Moreover, she used spices to mask its smell.
He indeed found the Deadly Cure in a scented sachet.
Where's the scented sachet?
It's currently in Doctor Tian's hands.
But if we can get this scented sachet and continue with the investigation,
we can definitely find the murderer.
That's right. We must quickly get that scented sachet.
Fine. I will think of a solution for this.
I'm surprised that Tian Qi is rather capable.
It was that easy for him to find the evidence.
Frankly, it wasn't easy at all.
Did you know that in order to investigate this case,
he changed into women's clothing and dressed as a maid?
- Dressed as a maid? - Yes.
Could it be...
How dare you offend the Commander? How should you be punished?!
So, that was him.
No wonder I found that scent so familiar.
So, it was him.
Frankly, I find Doctor Tian rather interesting.
Whether it's the princess or you, he's very loyal.
Although he indirectly caused the death of the princess
but his crime doesn't merit the death penalty.
Let's talk about this later.
As for you, aren't you taking too long to play your step?
Do you want to admit defeat now?
Why should I admit defeat?
Older Brother, it's your move.
You are losing. That was a bad move.
What should I do now?
If I hand this over to Commander,
I need to tell him that I knew
the murderer placed the poison in my belt.
But if I don't tell him...
No, I can't tell Commander.
If I tell him the truth, I will be doomed!
But if I don't tell him and the flower withers, he will kill me.
What should I do?
Isn't that easy? Just tell him the truth.
Who are you?
Guess who I am. I have always been here.
You were here all along?
Yes. I have been observing you for the past few days.
You have been observing me? When did you start?
From the time when Commander told you to take care of me.
From the time when Commander told you ...
to take care of me?
That's right. I take in the energy from the sun and moon and after a thousand years of cultivation,
I became the God of Azalea.
Seeing how you have been taking good care of me, you can just call me the Flower God.
You want me to call you Flower God? Stop deceiving me.
Take off your mask now.
You...
What else do you know?
I know a lot. Frankly speaking,
I rarely appear in front of anyone.
If you didn't regard me as your ancestor and prayed to me,
I wouldn't have shown up.
Was Master telling me the truth?
You...you...are you really the Flower God?
Yes.
I actually planned to show up and lead you out of danger.
Who knew you would be so rude and disrespectful.
Looks like I should punish you by letting the Commander take your head before you will believe me.
Don't! Don't! I believe you. I will believe whatever you say.
If you can relieve me from this suffering, I will believe everything you say.
Fine. Hand over your evidence.
I will naturally find a way to save you.
Of course, you can choose not to trust me but let me tell you truthfully.
If you don't hand over the evidence, I won't be able to help you.
By then, you will only be waiting...
for your life to end.
Lord Flower God, Ancestor of Flowers,
please save me.
By the way, I'm giving you another advice.
Commander is kinder than you think. As long as you are fully loyal to him,
in addition to my protection of you,
perhaps, you can still preserve your life.
Did I meet a ghost or a deity?
Flower God, please protect me!
Please protect me!
Flower God, please protect me.
Please protect me, Flower God.
I have already investigated this scented sachet.
Muzhu used the remaining corners of cloth materials to make the scented sachet.
What's unique about this is that it was used as a gift.
Father gifted the cloth to Madame Shu.
I speculate Madam Shu is still unaware that
Muzhu secretly used this material to make the scented sachet and hid the poison in there.
Other than that, what else did you find out?
At the Embroidery workshop, Muzhu was responsible for distributing everyone's clothes.
It's possible that she tampered with Tian Qi's belt and placed the poison it it.
Furthermore, Muzhu requested to meet Madame Shu before her death, but she was stopped by someone.
After she died, Madam Shu sent someone to deliver a huge sum of money to her family.
On the surface, it seems like a master and servant relationship.
Madame Shu? It seems like her identity is not innocent.
Eight years ago, when Father married her into the family, she has always remained quiet.
Now, she killed the princess. It's obvious that she's targeting me.
But I never had any outside interaction with her.
Older Brother, have you already guessed who's behind Madame Shu?
Eight years ago...
Ah Zheng, do you remember what big event happened eight years ago?
Dongjia Mountain Villa?
Yes, it was Dongjia Mountain Villa.
Dongjia Mountain Villa became a despot and brought suffering to the villagers.
They caused the local people to be miserable.
Father was ordered to suppress them and was trapped in the mountain.
I remember this. You went there to his rescue.
Eventually, you saved Father and even killed some of the bandit leaders in the mountain villa.
That's when Madam Shu met Father and was brought here.
Hence, we have never suspected her.
What if, from the start, she was a member of Dongjia Mountain Villa?
It's very likely.
If everything that happened was due to revenge by Dongjia Mountain Villa's survivors
then, Madame Shu poisoning the princess and someone trying to assassinate you.
Everything makes sense now.
Ah Zheng, whether there are still remainders from Dongjia Mountain Villa in the Ji manor,
I will leave this to you to investigate.
I won't disappoint you in what you have entrusted me to do.
Older Brother, what do you plan
to do with Doctor Tian?
Dead or alive,
it's his own choice.
Why are they standing at the entrance without any reasons? Oh...!
Commander, what are you doing here?
I want to know why
my pot of azaleas is in your room?
Did I allow you to take it?
So pitiful. There's only one flower left.
Look at the withering stage it's in too.
Didn't I tell you that,
before this pot of flowers wither
and you still haven't solved the murder of the princess,
I will send you to see her!
Commander.
All the flowers have withered now.
Did you find out who the murderer is?
I...I...I didn't.
The flowers have already withered. Please spare my life.
Kill...
Don't kill.
Kill...
Don't kill.
Don't kill. Don't kill.
Kill...
Don't kill.
Kill...
Don't kill.
- Kill... - Commander...
Tian Qi, is it "kill"?
Commander, please spare my life.
I really didn't find out anything.
You didn't find out anything at all. How do you expect me to spare your life?
Unless, you give me a reason not to kill you.
I can't die. At least, I can't die now.
I haven't found the murderer who killed my family.
I must survive. I need to take revenge.
Commander, Commander, I...
It's not that I didn't find out anything.
I feared you wouldn't believe me if I tell you.
If you don't tell me, how will you know whether I believe you or not.
I actually did find out who the murderer is.
It's...Madam Shu.
Tian Qi, Madame Shu is my father's concubine.
She's also my senior.
It's a major crime if you accuse her as the murderer without any evidence.
I know.
Where's your evidence then?
Evidence?
That's right. I gave the scented sachet to the Flower God.
Who knows where the darn sachet is now. What should I do?
Commander, I...actually, I don't have any evidence.
But after that day, Madam Shu asked me
about the injury on the back of my head.
But I didn't tell anyone that
I was unconscious after being struck on the back of my head and falling into the water.
Only Sun Dali,
and the mastermind behind it knew about this.
Other than this, what else did you find out?
Commander, I'm begging you. Please give me a few more days.
I'm certain that I can find more evidence.
No need.
Ever since you fell into the water, you didn't have any proper rest.
I will allow you to rest.
Thank you for sparing my life, Commander.
[Painted Beams Pavilion]
Crime Record
Have all the investigated evidence been gathered?
Everything's here. We didn't miss a single one.
Based on your analysis, I checked and compared
the name list of Dongjia Mountain Villa.
I found someone who matches Madam Shu perfectly.
Who?
There were several leaders at Dongjia Mountain Villa.
Among the leaders, one of their daughter is called Liao Shuyi.
She and the son of the Chief Leader, Dong Zichun, are childhood sweethearts.
When you suppressed Dongjia Mountain Villa that year,
Liao Shuyi and Dong Zichun went missing.
Hence, I think,
Madam Shu is that Liao Shuyi who went missing during that year.
This also means that the missing Dong Zichun is still alive.
It's very likely.
We can interrogate her.
She suffered in silence in the Ji Manor for eight years just for this opportunity to take revenge.
Furthermore, she was never discovered by anyone.
To make her talk, it will be extremely
difficult. We can only just wait and observe
to see what she will do next.
Older Brother, what about Doctor Tian?
He told me some things he knew, but he's still hiding something.
But we can stop suspecting him of being involved in the princess' case.
Commander, Madam Shu left the manor.
But...
But what?
She came back again.
She came back again?
It looks like Dong Zichun has deserted Liao Shuyi.
I sent some people to secretly follow her,
so I could use her to lure the mastermind.
It seems like the person behind this is not that simple and ruined my plan.
Commander, your analysis is correct. Based on the reports from the subordinates,
Madam Shu...no, Liao Shuyi
was extremely nervous when she went out.
When she returned, she looked very depressed.
- Sheng Anhuai. - Here.
Send men to seal off Liao Shuyi's Xishou Court right away.
Yes.
Ah Zheng, immediately go investigate where she went
and who she communicated with.
I understand.
Crime Record
Slow down.
We are here. Wait for us.
Over there.
Look over here.
Young Master, Madam Shu has been confined at Ji Manor.
Perhaps, the case of poisoning the princess has been exposed.
Send a letter to my foster father to tell him that Shuyi has failed.
Tell him to come back first and we can plan the next step.
What about Madam Shu?
You want to ask why I didn't save her, right?
I wouldn't dare. It's just that I don't understand.
Madame Shu sent several secret messages to ask to see you. Moreover, she also left the Ji Manor.
Why didn't you...
Do you really think
it's that easy for her to leave the manor?
You are underestimating the Ji brothers.
Young Master, are you saying they are using Madam Shu to try to capture you?
Since this is the case, she will know what do to.
We don't need to worry.
Yes.
I promise you I will eliminate the entire Ji family.
A life for a life.
Doctor Ding, are you hungry? Have some snacks.
- Thank you. Thank you. - Look at how flustered he is.
Doctor, I haven't seen you in a while.
It has been a long time since you visited me.
Okay, go back to work.
Tian Qi.
Tian Qi. Tian Qi.
Don't you know that something major happened?
What happened?
Commander Ji has already found out that Madame Shu is the murderer of the princess.
He found out?
Also, he's furious and unforgiving this time.
He confined Madam Shu in her Xishou Court.
Plus, all the servants at her place were sent to prison.
Doctor Tian, Commander Ji wants to see you in his study.
- Let's go. - What are you doing?
I'm begging you, release us.
We are being falsely accused.
We are unaware of anything.
We really don't know anything.
- Be quiet. - We really don't know anything.
We are being falsely accused.
If Commander Ji really found out that Madam Shu killed the princess,
he must have also found the method and process used to kill her.
That is to say...
he already knows. He knows everything.
Tian Qi!
Do you have anything to say to me?
By the way, Commander Ji is kinder than you think.
As long as you are fully loyal to him,
with the addition of my protection,
perhaps, he will preserve your life.
Forget it. I'm going to die anyway.
I might as well believe in the Flower God.
Be loyal to Commander Ji and tell the truth about everything.
Commander Ji, please forgive me. I'm guilty.
What's your crime?
Commander Ji, I knew
the cause of the princess' death and didn't report it in time.
Are you looking for this?!
Yes. When I discovered they sew the poison in my belt,
I destroyed the belt.
Why didn't you report this to me?
Because...because...
Because of what? Tell me now!
Because I was afraid of death!
Since you are afraid of death, why did you only confess to me now?!
You can't be that naive to think that, by telling me now,
I will spare your life?!
Do you think everything will end with my death?!
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♫ While being idle at midnight, it is still beautiful ♫
♫ Not afraid of being discovered, it basks in lonely self-pity ♫
♫ Occasionally, there is a bright sunny day ♫
♫ A hundred flowers compete for glory, arousing distaste ♫
♫ Why not bloom for a moment and wither afterward? ♫
♫ This wildflower is gradually charming the eyes ♫
♫ The other peach blossoms are all envious ♫
♫ There’s always someone passing by this place ♫
♫ Counting petals, one piece after another ♫
♫ This fallen flower has kept its oath ♫
♫ The weeds are overgrown outside the city walls, no mercy at all ♫
♫ From the year of blossoming to the moment of falling, ♫
♫ the flower has not said much ♫
♫ This wildflower is gradually charming the eyes ♫
♫ The other peach blossoms are all envious ♫
♫ There’s always someone passing by this place ♫
♫ Counting petals, one piece after another ♫
♫ This fallen flower has kept its oath ♫
♫ The weeds are overgrown outside the city walls, no mercy at all ♫
♫ From the year of blossoming to the moment of falling, ♫
♫ the flower has not said much ♫
♫ From the year of blossoming ♫
♫ to the moment of falling, ♫
♫ the flower has not said much ♫