♫ The ones standing on the top of the thistles and thorns to look up ♫
♫ will see through vicissitudes of life ♫
♫ In this city where both good and evil are hiding from each other, ♫
♫ I will survive with you ♫
♫ That ray of light guides me to overcome sorrow by its brightness ♫
♫ Meeting you at that time means you're my destiny ♫
♫ Desires wear down the edges and corners of my heart and ♫
♫ laugh at forever-losing leniency ♫
♫ I insist on being the grain which cannot be burned down by the wildfire ♫
♫ to feed the love ♫
♫ Standing in the center of the surges, winds are my thoughts ♫
♫ Rain is the hunting ground urging the horse to fight back ♫
♫ Lift up my head to look at the non returnable times at a distance ♫
♫ The torch in front of my eyes is surging ♫
♫ The sky is getting darker and darker ♫
♫ The path is getting longer and longer ♫
♫ I know hearts cannot waver ♫
♫ Whoever dares to be a king during the chaos of the world ♫
♫ will surely stop evil with all his might ♫
♫ Then there is hope ♫
[Princess Agents]
~ Episode 12 ~
What do you guys want?
- There are laws in Chang'an city. - Laws?
Runaway slaves should be put to death and you're talking about laws with me.
Will you obey? If you don't obey,
you won't have your pretty little face then!
Let go of me!
Lowly slave girl, you asked for it!
I'll kill you!
Get lost!
Hurry. Hurry
- Let's go. - Sixth Older Sister.
Xiaoba, how is it?
Xiaoba, are you all right?
My face. My face!
My face is ruined!
I'm finished! My face is ruined!
Mirror. Give me the mirror.
- Xiaoba! Xiaoba! Calm down, Xiaba. - Where is the mirror? Mirror!
Xiaoba, calm down.
But my face is ruined.
A woman's future is her face.
My future is doomed!
Mr. Yue, Mr. Yue has ointment.
Mr. Yue's ointment is very effective!
Let's go back and find him.
- Let's go ask Mr. Yue for the ointment, okay? - Xiaoba!
Xiaoba! We finally managed to escape.
But my face is already ruined!
My face is already ruined.
If a woman doesn't have a pretty face, will she have a future?
The army of the Wei feudal family is hunting runaway slaves.
and the Slave-Release Documents I have are fake.
If we get caught, we will all die!
Sixth Older Sister, you won't abandon me. Right?
Xiaoba, calm down!
- Sixth Older Sister! Sixth Older Sister! - Xiaoba!
Let's first go back to the Yuwen Manor.
- But Sixth Older Sister— - Enough.
The army is hunting down runaway slaves.
If we get caught, we will certainly die!
Let's go first to the Qingshan House.
No matter what happens, I'm there for you!
At least, I can save both of your lives.
Okay.
Mister will surely help you. Right, Sixth Older Sister?
It's all right, Xiaoba.
It's all right.
Hurry up!
Hurry up, you all! Hurry up, you all!
Be efficient!
Move swiftly!
At daybreak, everything has to come out of that water!
We're done! We're done! Our last hope is gone!
What should we do?
Don't panic yet, girls.
Let's go back to Qingshan House first.
Then we'll think of something!
You must remember, just say everything is my fault.
Let's go! Go!
Let's go.
That's weird! The door wasn't locked!
Older Sister Xing'er.
Ah Luo, it's quite late. Why aren't you in bed?
How could I fall asleep?
Where did you go? I waited for you all evening.
My horse got scared. I just came back!
Where is Mister?
Why is the door still unlocked this late?
You are so lucky!
Mister has been reading all night!
Surprisingly, he didn't even lock the door, and didn't go to sleep.
I dare say he was waiting for you.
Sorry for troubling you.
That's right. When Mister came back, he wasn't very happy.
If you have something to tell him, it's better to wait until tomorrow. Okay?
Okay!
Thank you very much.
- Hurry back to bed! - Okay, I'm leaving.
Sixth Older Sister, that Mr. Yue is enigmatic and impossible to predict.
If he found out about us trying to escape, he will surely kill you.
How about you hide from him first?
You also said Yuwen Yue is enigmatic and impossible to predict.
Will I be able to hide from him just because I want to?
Then, what will you do?
Don't worry about me. Go back to our room first.
Use the remaining ointment to treat the wound first.
I'm going to go see Mister.
But you—
No need to worry about me. Take care of Xiaoba.
Hurry and go back.
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♫ You're a star falling into a dream so vivid in this life ♫
♫ Heart-breaking and ruthless ones all come across each other ♫
♫ It's easy to speak coldly but hard for the heart to forget ♫
♫ I'm irresolute at all time ♫
♫ Once I've loved, I cannot let it go this lifetime ♫
♫ Having avoided the enemies is as a drop in the ocean ♫
♫ Putting in feelings is better than nothing ♫
♫ Waiting for you enter into my trust ♫
♫ But the mountains and oceans have been overturned numerous times ♫
♫ Moon and stars are facing one another far away ♫
♫ With lots of complications ♫
♫ There can be a lot of suffering for right and wrong, ♫
♫ But love has no fear ♫
♫ I've risked my life and gone against my heart only if you know why ♫
♫ Where will I go this time? ♫
Hey!
It's late. Why were you standing there?
I... I couldn't sleep.
Mister, were you also unable to fall asleep?
Follow me.
Hurry up. Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Are you done thinking about the lie that you're going to tell me?
I wouldn't dare to lie.
You have improved.
It's Mister who teaches well.
I'm flattered.
I didn't teach you to pay lip service and speak tongue in cheek.
I didn't.
What are you saying, Mister?
Okay.
Then tell me. After the Lantern Festival, what happened?
Take your time to explain. Give me the facts.
I was lost in the crowd and could not find you.
Then, I met some people who wanted to kill me.
Luckily, Heir Apparent Yan Xun came to my help.
After that I bumped into Wei Shuyou killing some refugees,
and I was late coming back.
From the start to the end, say it again.
I was lost in the crowd and could not find you.
Then, I met some people who wanted to kill me.
Luckily, Heir Apparent Yan Xun came to my help.
After that I bumped into Wei Shuyou killing some refugees,
and I was late coming back.
Hurry up, all of you!
Hurry up, hurry up!
Mister, how many times do you want to hear me repeat it?
I don't like hearing these words in general.
What I want to hear,
you can think about yourself.
Mister, the sun will be rising soon so you should go rest.
I'll... go back and think about it... carefully.
When I finish thinking about it, I'll tell you tomorrow.
Are you sleepy?
Okay.
Light the incense and refresh yourself!
Yes.
Why don't you put in some rat poisoning cream?
Mister, are you joking?
Rat poison cream is used outside to kill rats.
Why put it in the incense?
Didn't you use it at the Spring Tea Festival?
Why not use it again?
Okay.
Go get me some hot wine.
Mister, it's the Cold Food Holiday now.
According to tradition, one can only eat cold food and not hot food.
It's better to drink cold wine.
I asked for hot. Bring me hot!
Yes.
After two hours, the cock will crow.
The Cold Food Holiday will be over.
The Yuwen Manor will use the bestowed fire to cook hot food.
When the bestowed fires are sent to the Bliss Chamber,
I think Yuwen Huai will also dring some hot wine.
Mister, you can't.
Why won't you let me drink?
Xing'er, what are you nervous about?
Mister, drinking hot wine during the Cold Food Holiday is not good for your health.
I'm worried about your health.
Really?
Because of me?
Of course.
Your eyes, innocent and clear,
cannot contain a trace of concealment or lying.
I'm very curious.
Is your heart
as pure as you eyes?
I don't understand what you mean.
But compared to the people in the manor,
my heart is a lot purer than theirs.
Really?
Look. I am perfectly fine.
Did you think that your little trick can kill Yuwen Huai?
The Yuwen family is the source of all spies.
Knowing and identifying poisons is a basic primary skill.
Using such a clumsy move against us,
you have really wasted my teaching.
After the rat poison is ignited, the strength of the poison is increased
but not enough to kill;
unless that person also drinks hot wine, which will then activate the poison and kill them.
You used the practice during the Cold Food Holiday so that the poison would only be activated upon daylight.
During that time, your two younger sisters would have had a chance to escape from Chang'an.
Time is very important in your plan.
That's why, you will frequently look at the hourglass.
Mister, everything that you said is just a guess.
It is not necessarily true.
My two younger sisters are both still in the manor.
That is because of an unexpected situation.
Your two younger sisters had no choice but to return here.
But I can tell you,
that even without those men,
your sisters can't escape.
Right now, are you willing to tell the truth?
What I said is the truth.
Mister, what else do you want to know?
What else do you think you should say to protect you and your sisters' lives?
Doesn't Mister already know everything?
I don't know everything.
For example, who you are.
I am just an ordinary slave girl.
All my family is dead except for my two younger sisters.
We were fortunate to receive Mister's care so we were able to live in peace here in your manor.
Ordinary person?
You are able to copy my handwriting,
and have a very deep and profound internal energy,
yet you're telling me that you are an ordinary person?
Since Mister already knows, I won't hide it anymore then.
I indeed wanted to kill Yuwen Huai
because I know that he is the actual killer of my older brother.
A life for a life.
Even if he dies, it is not injustice.
Your older brother died in my arms.
Exactly what you saw.
Did you ever think of getting revenge on me?
Now that things have come to this, if I say that I never have, I think Mister wouldn't believe me.
It's just that I found out afterwards that the killer is someone else.
For every grievance, someone is responsible. For every debt, there is a debtor.
I still do have an innate sense of what's right and wrong.
Even if I am going to take revenge, I must find the mastermind and I won't kill innocent people.
You don't kill the innocent ones?
Then housekeeper Song below the lake,
her death must have a reason. Right?
Madame Song wasn't killed by me.
She accidentally fell into the lake and drowned.
It has nothing to do with me.
Mister, Yuwen Huai caused the death of Old Master Zhuo.
Don't you want to seek revenge for Old Master Zhuo?
Your enemy is the same as mine.
Why won't you let me help you?
You help me?
Didn't you train me to become your assistant
and to help you?
Yuwen Huai and Mister have long been like fire and water.
Everything I've done is for the benefit of Mister.
Having such a smooth-talking tongue...
Mister, I didn't.
I will never be able to live under the same sky as the killer of my brother and sister.
How can I then just drag out an unworthy existence and let the killer be free from the law?
I'm a normal slave girl.
But, Mister, you know that I am bearing deep grudges and hatred;
yet, you still taught me martial arts and skills.
Aren't you encouraging me to get revenge?
The way you're putting it, everything must be my fault. Right?
It's not.
Mister took me in and taught me.
Mister is my savior.
Are you serious about it?
Everything I've said are all my inner thoughts.
After a while, when the sun comes out, the corpse in the lake will be found.
Even I can't protect you.
Mister, in all honesty,
ever since I've entered the manor, I haven't done anything bad towards Mister.
My loyalty to Mister can be proven by the heavens and earth, by the sun and moon.
Mister couldn't bare for Xing'er to leave either.
As long as Mister wants to, with your intelligence, you would surely be able to save me.
You're excused.
Yes, sir.
Wait.
How are you so sure that your older brother was killed by Yuwen Huai?
Because that day, I heard Jin Zhu personally admit that she killed Linxi.
Jin Zhu is a person of Yuwen Huai's.
Have you never suspected that it was I who set him up?
No.
Because I trust that Mister is a good person
who wouldn't do something like that.
Sixth Older Sister.
Sixth Older Sister, how are things? Are you all right?
There might not be a problem.
Miss Xing'er, long time no see.
Go with me, okay?
Zhi Siliu, this is the Qingshan House.
Mister is in his room right now.
If you want to take us away, you need to give your greetings to our master.
Lowly slave girl, stop putting on an act.
- You— - Sixth Older Sister.
Sixth Older Sister, I don't want to go.
Don't worry. There won't be any problem.
Let's go.
Take them away.
Walk.
Mister, Zhu Shun said that Xing'er killed Madame Song and threw her body into the lake.
Right now, he took her to interrogate her.
- Take care of it. - Yes.
Wait.
Throw it away.
Yes.
Come back.
Clean it, then send it back.
What?
Did you not understand?
I understood it, but don't understand it all.
I'll go now.
You go over there to look.
Yes.
Go to the deeper side! The deeper side! Did you search over there?
Over there, over there. Over there.
Just right behind there. Did you find anything there? Yes?
Look over there! Look over there!
Nobody looked over here. Go over there.
Search very carefully.
Over there, over there, over there!
You go over there.
Look for it. What are you doing?
- Mister. - Mister.
What's the matter?
We have drained the water, and now we are looking for the corpse.
Mister, I arranged for a kitchen maid to be a witness.
Then, we will have a witness and evidence so that lowly slave girl can't get away with this.
- Beautifully done. - Yes, Mister.
Reporting to my Lord, there is a corpse here!
Where?
Bring it up here! Hurry!
Mister! There are two more corpses over here!
- What? - This?
- Bring it up. Bring it up. - Yes.
Hurry.
What do we do?
Are there still corpses?
Then let's dig them out together.
M-M-Mister! One of these three must be Madame Song!
Xing'er, come here and take a look.
This is a man.
There is a money bag on this corpse.
On top of it, it has the word "Xie."
I think that his last name is "Xie."
My Lord! There is a medicine box here!
It says "Xie" on it!
This person has knife wounds.
He must have been murdered.
That's weird, Mr. Huai.
Dr. Xie disappeared without a trace after treating my Mister that day.
Only today do I have an answer.
Murdered?
Dr. Xie treated Fourth Younger Brother only a few days ago.
He died here today.
If this news spreads, the reputation of Qingshan House will be tainted.
Right. So we have to investigate this clearly.
Have to investigate?
There is one body here and two over there.
We have to have an explanation to honor the decreased.
Xing'er, isn't that right?
That's right. That's right! Mister, you are too right!
We must investigate everything!
If one of these bodies is Madame Song,
Xing'er, you cannot escape being connected to it!
Your two little sisters will die with you, too!
About what to do next, you already know.
Naturally, I don't have a guilty conscience.
Mister! That is Madame Song!
That must be! Her figure looks the same too. It must be Madame Song!
She's wearing a iron bell outfit. How could she be Madame Song?
Mr. Huai, you aren't in that big of a rush to convict me, are you?
Stop forcing logic!
Men! Take her to the Servant Prison!
Mr. Huai, they both wear iron bell maidservant outfits.
Their iron bells are still there, too.
So, they must be iron bell maidservants.
There are two maidservants from Gardening that are like sisters.
One of them was chosen to go to the Bliss Chamber!
They cried all night together, and then disappeared the next day!
We thought that they both went to the Bliss Chamber!
It turns out they chose to die together!
What are you crying about?
What is there to cry about?
Two lowly slave girls, worth less than a pig, just died.
What is there to mourn?
Chief Butler Zhu, Dr. Xie's corpse is still here.
Doctor Xie came from a scholar clan.
He is not a servant slave.
Should we ask a forensics expert to examine
if he accidentally fell into the water, or if it was something else?
You lowly slave girl! You dare to suspect your master?
I would not dare! I am just making some deductions.
I've never suspected anyone.
The maidservant Yuwen Yue personally trained is quite tough.
Mister, then I will break her tough neck!
Let's go, Older Brother.
Yue Qi, if I break her neck,
what would Yuwen Yue think?
I do not know what Mister would think.
But my Mister is unique in that others will never guess what he is thinking.
Chief Butler Zhu, if you beat a dog, you must face its master.
If you kill her without evidence,
not only would my Mister not approve, even I wouldn't approve!
I have a witness.
Guards, bring me the cook.
Come here.
Look at this, then look at her.
Is it this girl who killed Madame Song?
Y-Yes! It was she who killed Madame Song!
Then what happened?
That day, I came out of the kitchen.
I heard screaming and ran out to take a look.
I saw her kill Madame Song and push her into the lake.
How could you speak nonsense?
But Chief Butler Zhu, Madame Song's corpse isn't here!
These... are two different things.
But the cook already said earlier,
she saw you kill Madame Song and push her into the lake!
Defending yourself is useless!
What did you see in person?
I... I saw you kill Madame Song and push her into the lake!
Did she push this person?
That's right. It's him. It's him.
Then what about these two? Did she push them in, too?
Yes, yes. Wait, no, no, no.
You dumb servant! Get out of here!
- Yes. - Get out of here! - Xing'er, let's go.
Stop it right there! You can't leave.
Mister.
Let's go.
Why did Madame Song's corpse disappear?
I don't understand.
Perhaps before the lake muck removal, it was taken away.
It was Mr. Yue.
Older Sister, Mr. Yue did so much for you.
I can only think that it's because he has feelings for you.
What are you laughing at?
If he didn't like you, why would he help you do so many things?
If he likes me, then what?
If he didn't like me, then what?
Xiaoba, don't forget.
Even though he helped us, he is still our enemy.
What I want the most, is to bring you out of here.
You cannot say that, Sixth Older Sister.
Mr. Yue is still a noble.
If you obtained his affection,
we could not only escape slave status,
but perhaps Older Sister could become a phoenix and enjoy riches and fortune!
Xiaoba! What kind of nonsense is this?
Have you forgotten how Eldest Sister and Fifth Older Brother died?
The Yuwen family is our enemy!
How could Sixth Older Sister like him?
That was before she found out about her real background—
What are you saying?
I'm saying... you... didn't grow up with us.
So, you're not so—
Forget it, Xiaoba! Stop hiding it from Sixth Older Sister!
Seventh Older Sister!
Sixth Older Sister, actually, you are not from our Jing family.
Your surname isn't Jing either.
We don't know what your surname is, either.
We just know that this wood pearl has to do with your background.
Okay, I know.
It has been sealed for too long.
The words are illegible.
Sixth Older Sister, actually, we didn't keep it a secret on purpose.
Father and Mother are dead.
Now, Eldest Sister and Fifth Older Brother are dead, too.
If you leave one day, too, we really will have no one to depend on.
Sixth Older Sister! We really didn't keep it a secret on purpose!
Don't abandon us!
You are my last family members in this world.
I will definitely do my best to protect you two.
Don't think of nonsense.
[Bliss Chamber]
Following along with the plan.
What a useless plan.
Your plan was already doomed to fail even before the lake muck removal.
Just attracting fire to burn oneself...
Failing in successive battles.
I did not.
What did you get out of the lake muck removal besides embarrassment?
Yue Qi and her were acting together.
Why couldn't you see that?
You do not have the talent for that!
The heavens have no eyes. My Household Three actually
put all our hopes for the future on a bastard born from a maidservant!?
This is the punishment the heavens gave me!
Let's enjoy wine and songs while we can. For life is short.
Forget it, forget it, forget it.
Everything is up to the heavens, not me.
You may leave.
Zhu Shun bought me a very beautiful child.
Send him here tonight.
I wonder if the new medicine they made is as powerful as they claim.
Old bastard.
Let's just see how things go!
Older Sister Xing'er, here!
What is this?
Mister told me to give this to you.
Thank you.
I will get back to work now.
Mister, please drink some tea.
If you have no other orders, I will leave first.
Come here.
I did you a great favor,
and you want to leave without saying thank you?
Thank you, Mister.
Only three words?
Yue Qi and the others worked in that lake all night.
Then I will go thank Yue Qi.
Why should you thank him?
Didn't you say that Yue Qi worked in the lake all night?
Of course, I have to thank him for such a great favor.
That's true.
It's also right.
You should really thank Yue Qi properly.
This ring sword is a rare weapon.
I originally intended to give it to you.
Since you said that, I should give it to Yue Qi.
Give it to Yue Qi for me.
Yes.
Mister, I tried it on just now.
This thing has size measurements.
Also, it is my size.
Yue Qi cannot wear it.
So, I must still thank you.
I will forever remember what you have done for me.
Thank you, Mister.
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"The Flame of the Heart" by G.E.M.
♫ The wild wind blows the moonlight into confusion ♫
♫ My life is like being expelled ♫
♫ The flame is hidden in my heart ♫
♫ Who will laugh at my rough interior ♫
♫ My wings are destroyed by fate ♫
♫ Memories are sealed ♫
♫ The wind and snowfall are unbridled ♫
♫ Even if I am trampled, I won't look up to you ♫
♫ What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger ♫
♫ This breathing is heat ♫
♫ This heartbeat is light ♫
♫ Bit by bit, it brews the power for all my life ♫
♫ The boiling in my eyes lights up the hope ♫
♫ No matter how many wounds I have ♫
♫ I'm willing to burn the flame in my heart to shine through everywhere ♫
♫ To melt the coldness of the secular world ♫
♫ If only the bright moon knows my thoughts ♫
♫ If there is a long path and eternal darkness, so what? ♫
♫ I want the boundless flame of the heart to be boiling again ♫
♫ To burn into a light ray of the horizon ♫
♫ I'm reborn after a fire bath ♫
♫ Fragrance fills heaven and earth ♫
♫ The red spider lily blooms again ♫
♫ To burn into a light ray of the horizon ♫
♫ The red spider lily blooms again ♫