Princess Silver (白发)

" Princess Silver "

Episode 9

I really want to know what's so good about this.

Is it good because you are protecting each other,

is it because you got rid of a dissident...

or is it because you can treat human lives as nothing?

That's not true, Your Highness.

If you are worried about the matters regarding Prince Chen...

Today is my birthday.

How about I use my luck today to ask the crown prince...

to beg for Prince Chen's pardon from His Majesty?

No need.

Anybody who did wrong has to be punished.

No matter it's him or anybody else.

You mentioned about luck.

Today, it's your birthday.

But I would like to take something from you.

What is it that you wish to take from me?

-Father! -Please think again, Your Highness.

-You can't do that, Your Highness. -Your Highness!

I want to take your head. How about that?

Wu You.

You threaten an officer's life in public.

Are you trying to revolt?

Let's see who's the one trying to revolt here.

Sir Yu, looks like you haven't taken a look...

at the content of the ten art of war books that I had given you.

How is it, General Fu? Do you understand now?

Do you think we can still settle this in peace?

I can't be sure of the authenticity...

of this name list.

It doesn't matter if you are not sure.

I believe that Sir Yu is very clear about it.

The ten scrolls on the floor...

contain the names of all those who are involved in this rank-selling case.

Sir Yu might be able to kill Li Zhi Yuan.

But you won't be able to kill those...

thousands of witnesses whose names were recorded by him, right?

Sir Yu.

Is Prince Li telling the truth?

Your Highness, this is slander.

Prince Li, you can't prove us guilty with your words alone.

What are you trying to do?

Father, we can't just let go of the foundation that...

our family has built for generations today.

His Highness dares to accuse us in public...

and point his sword at you. So, we do not need to be courteous to him.

Yu Wen Jie, you are just struggling for nothing.

I know that you are very courageous.

Even if you don't care about your own safety...

or the safety Prince Chen who is in jail,

you care about the safety of that master from the teahouse, right?

Please think carefully.

If you can let go of me today,

we can start anew.

And we will let go of your woman.

Sir Yu.

Nobody dares to threaten me.

And nobody can threaten me.

Prince Li, you really don't care for that woman's life?

Guards, bring that woman over.

You dare touch her?

Wen Jie.

Prince Li, you are the one who forces my hand.

This matter...

involves the many lives and honour of Yu Family for three generations.

I won't let you leave this place easily.

Guards! Close the door!

Don't you dare!

A decree from the emperor.

As decreed from His Majesty,

it's unforgivable that the father-son duo of Yu...

is involved in rank-selling and has duped His Majesty.

They will be stripped of their ranks, their properties confiscated...

and will be sent to Supreme Court for trial.

The manor of Yu will be taken back and Prince Li will be in charge of it.

-Signed, His Majesty. -So, you came prepared.

Scoundrel, it's time to admit to your crime.

Yu Shi Hai.

You are always smart as a rule, but this time a fool.

Do you think that...

you'll be able to threaten me?

You sell ranks for own profits and kill the innocent. Such grave crimes.

Today, I won't let go of anyone within the three generations of your family.

Guards! Arrest all of them!

Yes!

Your Highness, let me send you back to the palace.

I shall leave now.

Let's go.

-Your Highness. -Leng Yan.

Find someone to clean up this place...

and seal the door.

No one can enter this manor without my permission.

Yes, Your Highness.

You are really good, Wu You.

You managed to solve this case in seven days' time.

I would like to thank you of behalf...

of those who had died unjustly.

Go back to your manor and pack your clothes.

Stay at my place tonight.

What?

Stay at your place? Why?

Someone is coming in tomorrow.

I have some work for you.

Wu You.

I just came out from jail.

I still have wounds all over my body.

Let me rest for two more days.

You've been resting in jail for seven days with good food and good sleep.

You still want to rest?

So, the treatment that I got in jail...

I knew that you treat me best.

I'm in jail. Of course you'll send someone to take care of me, right?

Alright. I'll go and pack now and move over to your place.

Father.

There's always a way out. It's still not over for us, right?

-The crown prince... -Shut up.

Beware of eavesdroppers.

If you had known it would come to this,

you wouldn't have acted thus.

Who asked you to act on your own?

Now, we have totally offended Prince Li.

Zongzheng Wu You is evil. He is treacherous and ruthless.

Usually, he looks like he paid no attention to public affairs.

He must have done a lot of evil things behind our back.

And that low-life Li Zhi Yuan.

How dare he haunt us even in death.

Everything is in the past now.

I've decided to offer all of my properties...

for His Majesty to prepare for war against Wei...

in order to beg for our lives.

Father.

Our house is already confiscated.

If you donate all of that,

what are we going to do when we get out?

Our lives are already on the line now.

How can you still care about those money?

Now, we need to raise our guard against crown prince.

Crown prince? He's on our side.

-He won't leave us to die. -Idiot.

Now, for the crown prince,

we are a liability just like Li Zhi Yuan.

Then we are totally done for.

Not necessarily.

I have already prepared for this.

All these years,

I have a detailed record on all the money...

that was sent to the crown prince's palace.

And I have another copy just in case anything happens.

As long as the crown prince visits us,

I'll have a way to make him keep us alive.

What did the crown prince say?

His Highness said that no matter how they interrogate you,

admit to nothing.

Sit back and observe. When the time comes,

His Highness will send someone to save you.

How dare him, Yu Shi Hai.

I had trusted him.

How dare he betray me and did something so hurtful to the nation.

He deserves to die.

And you. First, you lost in the war against Wei.

Now, you sell ranks to earn money? What did you do?

Father, I'm innocent.

Although I'm quite close with Sir Yu,

I have never been to the Ministry of Personnel.

And I have never seen this name list before.

Your Majesty.

Prince Li has entrusted me with all the evidences...

that are related to this case.

The account book...

has shown that it's indeed the work of the Ministry of Personnel.

But when Sir Zhao was still alive,

the letter that he passed on to Prince Chen...

has accused His Highness directly.

Father. That letter is used by Prince Chen to slander me.

Please render me a fair judgement, father.

Your Highness.

Why are you so anxious to defend yourself?

When we get the statement from the father and son of Yu Family,

everything will be clear then.

Minister Sun, you are still ill.

And yet you have to deal with the aftermath of Yu Shi Hai.

If everybody in the court was like you,

I wouldn't have so much on my plate.

Your Majesty.

I'm no longer young.

I don't have any sons.

So, it's only right for me to serve the country until the very end.

If I had a son,

I would have gone back to my hometown...

to enjoy the rest of my life.

Your Majesty. Yu Shi Hai and his son have committed suicide in jail.

What?

I ordered the guards to keep a close eye on them.

How did they still manage to commit suicide?

Prince Fan Yang.

Investigate this case together with the Supreme Court.

Don't let any of their affiliates get away.

Yu Shi Hai and his son...

are proven guilty for selling ranks and titles.