Maiden Holmes (Shao Nu Da Ren / 少女大人)

Maiden Holmes

Episode 31

Sister Su,

How do you feel?

Don't get up in a hurry.

How do you feel?

The fireworks.

How did it go?

Don't worry. The fireworks weren't set off.

No one's hurt.

That's great.

But...

No.

No. Young Master is in trouble.

What happened to him?

Prince Yun accused him of conspiracy.

He is being investigated in the main hall now.

Where are you going?

Sister Su.

I want to help him.

You are too weak to go.

I have to.

I can't just stand by and watch him

being framed by Prince Yun.

Take it easy.

Be careful.

Officer Liu.

Don't be afraid.

You just have to tell the truth.

Yes.

According to the record of the Ministry of Rites,

the preparation of the banquet was led by Prince Qi.

The transportation and the production of the fireworks,

as well as the schedule of the fireworks

were all approved by Prince Qi.

Liu Xuan, get straight to the point.

Everyone knows that

the banquet was led by him.

We don't need you to emphasize it again.

Okay.

Just tell us the investigation result.

Yes.

Let's start with the poisonous powder then.

The poisonous powder in the Auspicious

is a strong poison called Udumbara.

A tiny amount is enough to cause death.

It can harm the lung once it's inhaled.

If the fireworks were to be set off,

the Zhaoyang Stage as well as

the whole palace would be affected.

All the guests

would be dead.

The consequences could be disastrous.

That's rebellion! It's conspiracy!

Her Highness is right.

Previously,

a confidant of Prince Qi, Jiang Xiwen

was suspected of killing a craftsman named Tian Yong.

This case

was also handled by the Mingjing Office.

Tian Yong was repairing a warehouse then.

And the goods in the warehouse

were these poisonous powder called Udumbara.

Officer Liu,

I knew about this case.

But no solid evidence could prove

that Jiang Xiwen killed Tian Yong.

Are you provoking us?

Jiang Xiwen committed suicide to escape punishment.

And the cause of his death has been unknown.

What was him actual motive then?

His actual motive

I'm afraid, was to silence somebody.

This...

How vicious.

Detective Su, you...

Commander Fu,

we need to see His Majesty now.

Irrelevant people are not allowed to enter.

Detective Su, please leave now.

It's regarding the fireworks case.

I really have something important to tell His Majesty.

Please let us go inside.

Breaking into the hall without permission

is offending His Majesty

and will be sentenced as assassin.

Detective Su, you'd better leave now.

But...

Commander Su, something bad has happened.

A group of people suddenly attack the city

from the West gate.

Detective Su, please leave now.

Sister Su, quickly go in now.

I'm going to the West gate with Commander Fu.

OK.

Let's go.

There's another thing quite suspicious.

The warehouse that stored the poisonous powder

belonged to Sha Du, a businessman from the Western region.

He was killed suddenly a few months ago.

After investigation,

we found that His Highness was at the crime scene.

Your Highness, was it true?

Yes, I was there.

Everyone has heard it, right?

How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

Everything involving the poisonous powder

was related to the men of Prince Qi.

We have all the evidences now.

Prince Qi,

you're the mastermind behind it.

Really?

How could he do that?

How could he do such things?

The mastermind of the Fireworks case is not Prince Qi.

I'm Su Ci from the Mingjing Office.

Your Majesty, Your Highness.

Su Ci,

how come it's you again?

Who allowed you to break into the main hall? Get out now!

Liu Xuan, let her speak.

Su Ci, stand up and speak.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Tell us what you've found..

In my investigation,

I found that a few craftsmen working on the fireworks

were poisoned by Udumbara too.

And they all got poisoned

when they were making the last firework.

Then, do you know who planned this?

It's him.

Liu Xuan.

What?

What happened exactly?

When I was investigating the Jiang Xiwen's case,

some people in the capital were transferring a batch of poison secretly.

And the poison was Udumbara.

All the people involved in this case were killed.

I suspected that someone wanted to use the poison to do something illegal.

Hence, I was investigating the case in a rush.

But, at that time,

Officer Liu used the incident of water pollution outside the city

to lure me away.

The villagers in Zhushui Village got poisoned from the drinking water.

Poisoned?

Do you think it has anything to do

with that poison?

Water in the village was indeed poisoned by someone.

But, It's not Udumbara.

It's the thunder duke vine that could cause severe symptoms seemingly

but it's not fatal.

Su Ci,

how can you prove that

Officer Liu has lured you away deliberately?

At eight o'clock on that day,

Officer Liu informed me that

someone poisoned the water outside the city.

But, the village chief reported to the government at ten o'clock.

So, Officer Liu,

how come you knew about the incident

an hour before?

Could it be the village chief remember the time wrongly?

Su Ci,

You cannot jump to the conclusion

based only on the words of the village chief.

Even if the village chief was right about the time,

it only proves that Office Liu

knew about the poison incident in Zhushui Village earlier.

What is the relation to the fireworks case?

Officer Liu,

can you show your right wrist?

What do you mean?

Your Highness,

those poisoned by Udumbara,

the lung nerve will be burnt in five days.

There'll be a red line at the right wrist.

I smelled sulphur

from Officer Liu a few days ago.

My Lord. Have you been feeling unwell lately?

When I just came in,

I smelled sulphur from you.

Are you on medication?

It's no big deal.

Perhaps, I've been too tired lately.

I've gotten some scabies. So I applied some medicine.

Perhaps, it's the smell of the medicine.

Take good care of yourself.

Don't worry.

I guess that smell of sulphur

could be from the fireworks powder

when he sneaked into the Production Bureau.

Eunuch Li.

Yes.

It's really him!

It's really him!

So it's really you.

Yes.

I was the culprit.

Why?

You have never thought