Good Bye My Princess (Dong Gong / 东宫)

Your Highness, Prime Minister Gao wants to see you.

Your Highness, why don't you want to speak with Prime Minister Gao.

My uncle was most likely here to question me about what happened to the duke.

Wasn't it done by the Crown Prince?

The Zhao Family leaning towards the Crown Prince's side

doesn't feel right now that I think about it.

From Zhao Sese's eyes, I can see that she has real feelings for Prince Yi.

How could a woman's heart change so quickly?

If uncle didn't come, I wouldn't be sure.

But once he came, I suddenly understood.

Chengyin must have something to do with this.

Should I tell Minister Gao that you went over to the Great Empress Dowager's place?

I can hide this time, but I can't hide forever.

No matter what, Chengyin didn't do anything on the surface.

He is still siding with the Gao Family.

But he now acts according to his own plans.

I'll see what uncle has to say about this.

Prince Yi has really made me see him differently.

What do you mean by that , uncle?

If my spies didn't see Prince Yi and Miss Zhao

sending Zhao Jingyu out of the capital,

I would still be in the dark.

It turned out to be a performance by Prince Yi and the Zhao family.

You and I watched him grow up, he has always been innocent and naive.

He wouldn't do such things behind our backs.

Is Prince Yi just as innocent as Your Highness says?

If he were innocent, would he be able to perform such great merits in Dan Chi?

Would he be able to strategize plans during court?

He's become someone else in just a few months.

It's really shocked me. A mother knows her son the best.

Don't you think he might have an expert behind him?

The only expert behind Chengyin would be you, my uncle.

All the steps he has taken til today were done from your support.

In my opinion, he was bewitched by Miss Zhao this time.

That's why he fell into Zhao family's trap.

If it really is like that, then the Zhao Family has exceptional capabilities.

On the other hand,

Elder Cousin not being able to take the title Duke of Zhenbei may not be something bad.

He already is maintaining the Anhu Manor of the Western Border. His powers are comparable to any Duke out there.

If he takes Dan Chi under his hands,

His Majesty will end up being suspicious.

I don't mind whether he receives the title of Duke of Zhenbei or not,

but Prince Yi doing things behind your back really caught me off guard.

I am worried on your behalf.

Do not worry, uncle.

I will watch over Chengyin.

You are eating, drinking and living in my place with no cost. And you still have the nerve to drink that much wine?

Don't worry, I won't forget to pay you for the wine.

One more jug.

You already owe me so much wine money,

and yet still speak with that attitude? And you're drinking so much, do you still even want your life?

I won't sell you anymore wine, no matter what.

Just in case you drink to death at my place and I end up having to take care of your funeral.

You can't be the last person I see before I die.

You don't know what kind of stuff used to do.

Do you think you can fool me?

Xiaofeng and I both have a homeland that we cannot return to.

So we treat each other like family from the same homeland.

Since you treat Xiaofeng well,

and you mean a lot to her,

then I will treat you like my good friend and take care of you on her behalf.

Just treat me as a regular customer.

I am born to disappoint the people around me.

And the closer I am to them, the more disappointed they will be.

Mingyue, you're here!

Here.

Come here and help me persuade this rock. He has been eating and drinking for free at my place, putting on so much debt.

Now he's drinking his life away.

Sit down.

Did anyone come to find you these days?

No, who would come and ask for me?

Nothing, I thought it was those rude customers coming to bother you.

Brother Gu Jian, how did you survive back then?

I met someone

who taught me martial arts and brought me to Xi State to be raised under Princess Mingyuan.

But when she died, I came back.

How about you? Why did you come to Mingyu Brothel?

Mother and I were captured, and we were waiting for Father to save us.

But even when we were about to be buried alive, he still didn't come.

I barely made it out of the pile of dirt.

I was saved by a group of merchants, and learned how to sing and dance.

Then I came back to the capital and came to Mingyu Brothel as a musician.

I just hate myself for not being able to kill my enemy.

Mingyue, since you are alive,

you have to take care of yourself. The Gods will take care of the bad people.

They have created so many sins,

and will reap what they've sewn.

I can only walk you til here.

I will go inside first.

Godfather.

Are you here to see Mingyue？

Mingyue has grown up,

she looks similar to her mother now.

Godfather.

Why won't you go acknowledge Mingyue？

Chen Zheng is already dead.

But Mingyue's father is still alive.

If people know I am alive,

I am still a criminal of the imperial court.

At least Mingyue is safe right now.

I cannot drag her into this, and let her go through living life in fear again.

Godfather, if you saved your own daughter back then--

I never regretted anything.

There needs to be a few people who are willing to live for a bigger cause.

Jian'er, I know that

I have passed on such heavy ideals and responsibilities down to you since you were young.

But we cannot forget

that we are alive because we live on the Gu and Chen families' body and blood.

Godfather, I never forgot. I am grateful for you saving my life.

For the blood feud of my family, I will continue to follow your plans.

Prince Yi, these are the scrolls from the Ministry of Revenue and War that you wanted.

You may leave now.

Why are you here again?

I--

The Imperial Painter drew a map of the Xi State,

look to see if it is accurate.

The drawing looks quite detailed.

Let me see.

I can't even remember directions for a path that I've walked twice.

And he wants me to fix the map?

But if I can't say anything about this,

other people might think I, the 9th Princess of the Xi State,

am only that in name.

There's an issue here?

Look.

Even though Dan Chi's topography is mainly ice, there are actually a lot of variation.

In this mountain, there's actually a hot spring.

Let me tell you. In the summer,

the sky is filled with fireflies. It's really pretty.

So? What next?

Did we know each other before?

What?

I'm asking if we knew each other a long time ago.

Miss Ah Du

I made you a new outfit. You take off the outfit your wearing and change into this one.

You've been wearing this outfit for so long. It has a smell to it now.

Yes, I won! This is yours.

Your Highness, you throw it with her now.

Okay. Okay.

Mine mine mine.

Sorry everyone. This is all mine. Let's go again.

- Let's go again! - Princess, I don't have anymore.

- Your Highness is so lucky. You've already won our salary for half a month. - She's right!

That's not an issue. I'll tell Yong Niang to give you a little more money.

Your Highness, you can't let Yong Niang know we're doing this.

- Right! - Don't ever tell her. - If she knew, we're all doomed.

If she knew, we're all doomed.

Yong Niang!

Yong Niang, why did you come here?

Your Highness, how could you gamble with the servants? It reduces your status.

Let's go. Follow me back.

Let's go.

- This is my money. - This is mine.

Yong Niang, are all the government made coins in the Li Empire the same?

Yes.

Is there any chance that they are all government made

but the sizes and thickness are different?

It might be because the craftsman didn't do a good job while making the coins.

Why is Your Highness asking about this?

It's nothing. I'm just randomly asking.

No wonder the ninth princess has been coming so diligently.

So you are hiding in Hongwen Hall slacking off.

I made a huge discovery.

Come here.

Tell me.

Look, your Li Empire is so big and great but your craftsmanship is terrible.

Actually allowed two different quality of copper coin in circulation.

Isn't that strange?

Aren't they different?

Right?

What are you doing? Give it back to me!

Where did you get the coins? Did you steal them?

I won them!

Won?

Why do you care? Give it back!

- No. No. - Give it back to me!

What's so fun about coins?

- I'll give you something more fun later. - I dont' want anything better.

- I won't give it back. - I don't want anything else!

- Give it back to me! - No.

I don't want anything else!

- Give it back to me! - No.

No.

Li Chengyin!

I am currently living in the palace and inconvenient to enter and leave. Since you are on duty today, please help me notify Mr. Chai.

Ask him to investigate the copper coin matter without fail.

Go.

These two coins...one is thick and the other is thin.

The thick one is old copper.

It must be a government coin made in the past.

On the other hand, the thin one is new copper. It must be copied.

Besides making coins, Li Empire's copper is

mostly used to make Buddha statues.

Your majesty values Buddhism. Wanfo Temple was newly built by your majesty when he first came to the throne.

Every year, they obtain multiple Buddha statues.

This year, the person in supervising the production of Buddhist statues

just happens to be Prince Zhong's son Li Yan.

If it's really Li Yan embezzling from copper buddhist fund.

Then it clearly has a connection with the crown prince.

But the crown prince’s status is already very high, why does he need so much money?