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My Wedding Gown Became Her Bridal Dress
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00:00On the eve of the Royal Consort's election, an intruder broke in through the window and abducted me.
00:05Hours later, the intruder cast me down from the carriage, dissembled and exposed upon Piccadilly Street.
00:10Crowds gathered round, pointing and murmuring, my reputation is ruined and forever lost.
00:15Wretched girl! You have defiled our family's honour! Take your own life!
00:20No! Father, please, no!
00:26Felix Ashburton begs for the hand of Lady Isolid.
00:28I shall honour her for all the rest of my days.
00:31I was married to Felix.
00:33My half-sister, Cecile, took my place in the Royal Consort's election.
00:38She gained the most coveted position within the court of the Prince of Wales, Chief Lady's Maid.
00:43You ruined her reputation and yet married her.
00:46The Hamiltons have become the laughingstock of London's high society.
00:50She bears seven parts of resemblance to Cecile. That is enough.
00:53Furthermore, the family's crippling debts require her status and watching.
00:58I died in childbirth. My child did not survive.
01:03I had been reborn.
01:05Back to the night before the Royal Selection.
01:10None of you will escape me this time.
01:13Good evening, sister.
01:15Cecile, what brings you here so late at night?
01:17I made this myself. It is a farewell gift for you.
01:20After all, tomorrow is the Royal Consort's selection.
01:23Chloroform. How familiar this scent is.
01:30I am not afraid.
01:32I am just doing my utmost to stop myself from wringing her neck right now.
01:36Won't you drink it, Isolid? Is something wrong?
01:39I was just thinking, it feels odd to drink alone.
01:42Have a drink with me, Cecile.
01:45Tomorrow's your big day, sister.
01:46This wine, it was made just for you.
01:48Indulge me this once.
01:49Since it is a farewell toast, we ought to drink together.
01:51The wine has turned cold.
01:53Let me pour us two fresh cups.
01:55No need.
01:55Let me do the pouring for you.
02:00Every detail of this night is etched deep into my bone.
02:07The Clocroform is real, and I will use it.
02:11Just not on myself.
02:18Enjoy your new life, dear sister.
02:26The time has come.
02:42Hurry.
02:43Go faster.
02:44Take her away.
02:54This is the personal ignea of the Hamilton air,
02:57a one-of-a-kind piece across the whole country.
03:00In my past life, Felix lied that he dropped it during a visit,
03:03and my foolish father believed every word.
03:08Help her now!
03:11Miss, what has happened?
03:13A man took Ceci away.
03:15He climbed in through the east window and carried my sister off.
03:18I saw him escape over the wall with my own eyes.
03:21Scandals within noble families are always buried in secret,
03:24never to be spread.
03:24If I send for the authorities, the Earl will surely have my skin.
03:29If my sister suffers harm because of even one second of your delay,
03:33you will answer directly to the Earl.
03:35What's more, tonight is the royal curfew decreed by Her Majesty the Queen.
03:38If you dare to cover up a violent crime against a noble lady during curfew,
03:41you will face not only the gallows of Scotland Yard,
03:43but also the wrath of the royal family.
03:45Tell me, which do you prefer?
03:47I'll get the horses at once.
03:48I'll go straight to Scotland Yard.
03:54Lila, come here.
03:56Miss, what are your orders?
03:58Go to the Bull Tavern.
03:59Find the correspondent from the Times.
04:01Give him this.
04:01And tell him,
04:02the personal insignia of the Hamilton heir
04:04was found at the crime scene in the Thorn Manor tonight.
04:07Miss, this will stir up public opinion across all of London.
04:10That is exactly what I want.
04:11Do not say another word.
04:12Let that scandal-chasing hound sniff out the truth
04:14and draw his own conclusions.
04:15Understood, miss.
04:16I leave now.
04:19By early morning tomorrow, this scandal will spread everywhere.
04:24Such reckless behaviour.
04:25What has happened?
04:26Cecily has been abducted.
04:27A man broke in through the east roof window last night and took her away.
04:30The servants have already sent word to Scotland Yard.
04:32You sent for Scotland Yard without consulting me the head of this house at all?
04:35A life is at stake.
04:36There was no time to waste.
04:37There is always time to think.
04:39Do you have any idea what this means for-
04:41What it means for the family reputation?
04:42I know exactly what you are going to say.
04:45Listen.
04:46The Royal Consort Selection is held today.
04:49Both the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria will attend in person.
04:52If word gets out that the heir of the Hamilton family committed such a heinous crime of drugging
04:55and assault and the Thorn family covered up evidence to protect him,
04:58we will become more than just a laughingstock across London.
05:00We will be utterly destroyed.
05:02Your title of Earl, your valued seat in the Cabinet,
05:04everything will be revoked by the Queen.
05:07But think differently.
05:09If our family takes the initiative and brings the criminal to justice,
05:13then the Thorn family will be seen as loyal subjects
05:16who uphold Her Majesty's laws even under strict curfew.
05:19It will be a perfect tale to go down in history.
05:23My lord, men from Scotland Short have arrived.
05:26Inspector Arthur Rowe is leading the team.
05:29Show the inspector in.
05:32The Hamiltons.
05:34Three years ago, they framed my father and let him die in Newgate prison.
05:37I have waited for this opening for three long years.
05:39Inspector, the Thorn household reported the second young lady has been abducted.
05:42The situation is complicated.
05:43Just the usual tricks of the nobles.
05:45Let's go take a look.
05:46No hysterics, no tears.
05:48This Miss Thorn is far too calm.
05:51Mrs. Leadthorn, I am Inspector Arthur Rowe from Scotland Yard.
05:54Inspector Rowe, thank you for coming late at night.
05:56I will show you the scene.
05:57The cordial has an odd odour.
05:59These are signs of a struggle and dragging.
06:01Scuff marks left by hard objects.
06:02The culprit escaped through this window.
06:04You are extraordinarily calm.
06:05Hardly the demeanour of a delicate noble lady who has just faced mortal danger.
06:08Panic changes nothing.
06:09Rather than weeping, I would sooner see the criminal hang.
06:12Inspector, the culprit seems to have dropped something.
06:15Do you recognise this, Miss Thorn?
06:17I saw an identical one at Villick Pembroke's Ball last month.
06:20On whom?
06:21On Felix Ashworth, the heir of the Hamilton family.
06:23Though, I might be mistaken.
06:26She is not mistaken.
06:28We both know it.
06:29This is a perfect trap.
06:31Handed right to me.
06:34Seal off Hamilton Manor.
06:36Not so much as a sparrow takes wing from these grounds.
06:39Send forth the coroner post-haste.
06:45Inspector, the overnight report from the Public Allytic Laboratory.
06:48Rush through urgently.
06:51Residue in the wine glass contains high concentration chloroform
06:54enough to keep an adult woman unconscious for over six hours.
06:56Such dosage may trigger respiratory.
06:58This wine was brought to me by my sister Cecily herself.
07:02She lied and said she brewed it with her own hands.
07:04Too flawless.
07:06Every tear, every prearranged accusation.
07:08She is making use of me.
07:09Yet, I am exactly in need of this knife.
07:11Your two accomplices have fully confessed.
07:13All promises from Cecily were nothing but a scam.
07:15Will you keep hiding and condemn yourself to felony charges?
07:18I only followed orders.
07:19Miss Cecily forced me to pass word to Felix.
07:22I watched her pour the drug into the sweet wine with my own eyes.
07:25I truly knew nothing else.
07:27Miss Thurns.
07:29We hold physical evidence, two witness statements,
07:32plus Ella's signed confession, alongside the family crest.
07:34First, the case is iron lat beyond dispute.
07:39That is excellent news, Inspector.
07:42One matter to confirm.
07:43You stated Cecily's left the room temporarily,
07:45and you returned in time to spot the abductor escaping through the window.
07:48That is correct.
07:52She lied.
07:53She personally handed her sister over to that brute.
07:57This woman is as cold and calculating as a ruthless politician,
08:00and I admire it.
08:02Launch a city wild manhunt!
08:04Arrest Felix Ashworth on site.
08:06Detain Ceci Thorne immediately once located.
08:09Extra, extra!
08:11Hamilton Air arrested!
08:12Shocking scandal on the eve of royal selection!
08:16Good heavens!
08:17Felix got himself mixed up in this the night before the royal selection.
08:20The Hamiltons are finished for good.
08:22The Marquise may not live to see tomorrow's sunrise.
08:24That's the illegitimate daughter of Earl Thorne,
08:26the kidnapped lady from last night's scandal.
08:28She's dragged the whole nobility's reputation through the mad.
08:31Cecily Thorne, you're arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to abduction.
08:33Let go of me!
08:35I am the Earl's daughter!
08:36Father, save me!
08:37Felix, save me!
08:39Isolene!
08:40You ruined me!
08:41You witch!
08:42I'll never forgive you!
08:43When I was abandoning on this very street in my past life,
08:46no one came to save me.
08:47All you endure now is the fruit you planted yourself.
08:51Pick up the pace.
08:52We must not be late for the royal selection.
08:56My dear Miss Thorne,
08:58we've all heard of your dreadful family incident last night.
09:01Your half-sister was abandoned like trash on Piccadilly Street.
09:04Will your father resign from the cabinet voluntarily,
09:07or will Her Majesty dismiss him?
09:09Lady Evelyn,
09:10royal selection prioritizes personal impegrity.
09:13Last night's crime falls under Scotland Yard's jurisdiction.
09:15They already have solid evidence and suspects in custody.
09:17As for my family's standing,
09:19Her Majesty will make her own wise judgment.
09:21After all, she always has impeccable discernment.
09:24Shall we head inside?
09:28Miss Isolette Thorne!
09:29We've heard endless rumors about you since early morning.
09:32I expect so, Your Highness.
09:33Most of them seem to work entirely in your favor.
09:35I would never presume to say so myself.
09:37You are most intriguing.
10:02Dancing is concluded.
10:04All candidates, tidy your appearance
10:05and line up for Her Majesty's inspection
10:07in the audience chamber.
10:15Hollow bows, greedy eyes, hidden plots.
10:19Nothing but shallow, pretentious fools.
10:28This is a trial of composure.
10:31Screaming or weeping right now would cost me everything.
10:36No harm done.
10:38Be more careful on your way back.
10:40Miss Isolette Thorne.
10:43Keep her.
10:44Appoint her as Senior Lady-in-waiting immediately.
10:46I thank Your Majesty for your grace.
10:59It was you!
11:00You planned everything, you devil!
11:07Miss Thorne, you will be given your turn to speak.
11:09Maintain your dignity.
11:10It was Felix.
11:11He tricked me and manipulated all of this.
11:13He made me lace the wine with the drug.
11:15You lie!
11:15You envied your sister and came on to me of your own free will.
11:18Your confession proves you leaked the manor's security details.
11:21You lowborn bastard!
11:23You dare frame my air with such despicable tricks?
11:26You pack of lying vipers!
11:27You promised me advancement!
11:28Now you want to throw me under the carriage!
11:32Silence!
11:33The petitioner, Miss Isolette Thorne, may now address the court.
11:37Cecily Thorne obtained restricted chloroform to incapitate me
11:40and passed over the household's defensive intelligence to Felix
11:42in exchange for court favor.
11:44All evidence and witness statements filed before this court
11:47confirm every detail.
11:48I have but one question for Mr. Ashworth.
11:52If your affection for Miss Cecily was genuine,
11:56why did you abandon her like trash on the streets of Piccadilly?
12:06Read out the verdict.
12:09By Her Majesty's Royal Decree, judgment is passed on the Hamilton scandal case as follows.
12:13Felix Ashburn is disinherited from all Hamilton succession rights,
12:16confined permanently to the family's country estate,
12:18and banned from London and all royal jurisdictions in perpetuity.
12:23Cecily Thorne shall forfeit her family name and all noble privileges
12:26placed under royal restraining order to live alongside Felix in lifelong rural confinement.
12:30Neither may leave the estate without dual approval from the Crown and Scotland Yard.
12:33I will not be trapped with this useless man!
12:35Let me go! I'd rather die!
12:39Are you satisfied?
12:41You ruined your sister and dragged our centuries-old family honor into filth!
12:45My lord, empty reputation cannot prop up a decaying household.
12:48If you truly valued your dignity,
12:49you would never have allowed a greedy illegitimate daughter to poison me under your own roof.
12:53You are a cold-blooded monster!
12:56Thank you for the compliment.
12:57In Dog Eat Dog London, monsters outlive the dead.
12:59The false affection of my blood family was torn to pieces in my past life.
13:02I need no weak and selfish father.
13:04From today onward, I walk only by my own strength.
13:08The Hamilton household hid far more than a fallen insignia.
13:11These ledgers were smuggled out by a distant clan member to bypass noble privilege protection.
13:16For ten years, they've systematically embezzled funds,
13:19withheld servants' wages and erected tenants without compensation, rotten to the core.
13:23There is far more.
13:25Look at these private correspondents between the Marquis and colonial trading firms.
13:28In the eyes of the Queen's Legal Council,
13:30these financial arrangements amount to treasonous incipitation.
13:33Exactly.
13:34What will you do with them?
13:35This is the ultimate weapon to ruin their house entirely.
13:38I leave them to you.
13:40Using the Queen's preliminary temporary inspection warrant,
13:42submit all evidence directly to the Royal and Parliamentary Inspection Committee
13:45in Scotland Yard's official name.
13:47It is time to strip their ancestral privileges from the Empire's register.
13:50It will be my pleasure.
14:13Miss, this letter is posted from Thorn Manor.
14:15It is written by the Earl.
14:17They squandered and overdraft the manor's funds,
14:20and now that they're strapped for cash,
14:22they suddenly remember they have a daughter like me?
14:25Lila, all future deliveries coming from Thorn Manor shall be burnt directly.
14:29No need to bring them to me ever again.
14:31As you wish, miss.
14:33Two years have passed, and the ashes of the past have settled.
14:37It's time to step into a more splendid yet deadly battlefield ahead.
14:41The French Engvort, core guest of tonight's state dinner,
14:44has been relegated to seat seat for impoverished barrazans and minor peripheral lords.
14:48This is a ducted spare copy swapped in secret.
14:51A clumsy, vicious ploy.
14:53She aims to ruin me with noble underhanded trick.
14:58Lila, instruct servants to set nameplates strictly per this list.
15:02No single alteration permitted.
15:05As you command, miss.
15:29A la France à votre excellence.
15:32Permettez-moi d'expliquer cette place spécialement réservée pour vous.
15:36Spécial ?
15:37Est-ce une humiliation délibérée de me reléger au fond de la salle,
15:40la marque du mécrit britannique ?
15:44Nous apprendons que la flotte française a conclu une victoire diplomatique décrissive
15:48sur le canal de Sous-Hexière.
15:49Les places aux deux tables suivent les conventions banales de la...
15:52Depuis ce poste, vous embrassez d'un seul gars tout le banquet
15:55et derrière vous s'étendent les étoiles et les routes marignales du monde.
15:57Ce cige symbolise la France.
15:59Team honneur inconcourgeable des nouvelles routes européennes.
16:02Nous ne jugeons pas les honneurs par la hauteur des chaises.
16:04L'Empire britannique vous honneur d'une place unique de timonaires.
16:09Magnifique raisonnement, Mademoiselle Fearne.
16:11Votre esprit et votre grâce surpassent toutes les roses de Paris
16:13Ã nos futurs accords commerciaux.
16:15Santé !
16:20A masterful interpretation of the helmsman's seat.
16:23Even the shrewiest diplomats would applaud your wit.
16:25Your Highness flatters me.
16:27It was merely a desperate improvisation to save myself from ruin.
16:30You were never merely surviving, Isolette.
16:32You relish outmaneuvering them,
16:34turning those conceited norbles into ut-you fools.
16:40Duke Cavendry will submit an official impeachment
16:42and will against you to Her Majesty first thing tomorrow morning.
16:46Your Majesty, the Thorn household is tainted by scandal.
16:49This disgraced noble's daughter fooled foreign envoys
16:51with cunning sufferer at the state dinner,
16:53overstepping her official bounds.
16:55A scheming woman like her,
16:56staying beside Your Majesty,
16:57will bring ruin to the British Empire.
16:59After discussion with Cabinet Ministers,
17:02Princess of Denmark is the ideal bride for the Prince of Wales.
17:05To safeguard royal dignity,
17:06we beg Your Majesty to dismiss Isoleth from court at once.
17:11The Duke claims you are crafty and balicious, Miss Thorne.
17:15The Empire needs no useless blank paper,
17:17yet neither will it keep a dull blade that cuts its own master.
17:21Prove you deserve your place here.
17:26As you command, Your Majesty.
17:29My foes have risen from petty lobal girls
17:32to powerful Cabinet Dukes.
17:33This is an all-or-nothing power struggle.
17:35Layla, leave via the secret side exit.
17:38Contact Inspector Arthur Roo immediately.
17:39Use my Royal Inspection Warrant
17:41to access confidential official archives.
17:42The Duke has overseen Army and Navy funding appropriations
17:44for twelve years.
17:45I need every file recording abnormal fund flows under his name.
17:47Understood, Miss.
17:55Miss, Inspector Rowe retrieved all confidential records
17:58per your Royal Warrant.
17:59Everything you requested is inside.
18:01Tens of thousands of pounds in unexplained gaps.
18:04So they are the real parasites straining the Royal Treasury.
18:07Shall we submit these documents directly to Her Majesty?
18:10Simply handing evidence to the Queen
18:11would only make me a common informer.
18:13What Her Majesty values is not blind loyalty,
18:16but capable political tactics.
18:17To top a towering noble, never check its tranq.
18:20Poison its hidden roots instead.
18:22Simply handing evidence to the Queen
18:24would only make me a common informer.
18:25What Her Majesty values is not blind loyalty,
18:28but capable political tactics.
18:29To top a towering noble, never hack its tranq.
18:33Poison its hidden roots instead.
18:38Your tea party is elegant, Miss Thorne,
18:40yet cabinet affairs keep us occupied.
18:42We can only stay a short while.
18:44Naturally, my Lord Billet.
18:45The lumber procurement for HMS Royal Ark at Porchmas Dockcard
18:48surely demands all your attention.
18:50Royal Navy business is far beyond a lady-in-waiting's concern.
18:53I know nothing of shipbuilding, but I can count.
18:55All proof is laid right here.
18:57£15,000 worth of premium Indian teak
18:59through a private dock at Southampton,
19:00yet officially recorded as low-grade Scottish ply
19:02in value at merely £3,000.
19:04One wonders where the missing £12,000 vanished,
19:07perhaps carried on coastal winds
19:08into the Duke Cavendale's newly built West End townhouse.
19:11And you, Lord Earl,
19:13£30,000 allocated for winter uniforms
19:15for troops stationed in the Krymos
19:17bore the signature of your wife's nephew last fiscal year.
19:19I've heard countless soldiers perished
19:21from bitter cold at the front.
19:22Does the Parisian man and your nephew purchase
19:24stay warm enough through harsh winters?
19:26You, you slander me outright!
19:28Whether it is slander or truth
19:30is fully documented within Scotland Yard's classified archives
19:32with verified excerpts in my possession.
19:34Her Majesty tossed that impeachment writ to me,
19:37a clear sign she has entrusted me the authority
19:39to root out treasury in Mesela's.
19:41With complete evidence in hand,
19:42I may submit the case to Parliamentary Inspection Committee anytime.
19:46Duke Cavalish may deliver impash speeches before the throne,
19:49yet you three will bear all punishment
19:51when judicial judgment falls.
19:53The tea has gone cold, gentlemen.
19:55You may take your leave.
19:56I happen to have a poor memory.
19:58Should several names vanish
19:59from that impeachment menu by tomorrow morning,
20:01all these tedious financial figures
20:02may slip entirely from my mind.
20:06Cowardly turnstrikes!
20:07All of you useless fools!
20:10If legal means cannot drive her from court,
20:12erase her from this world entirely.
20:14Eliminate any backer shielding her as well.
20:16The audit investigation must never reach my household.
20:21Reborn from the brink of death,
20:22I've grown sensitive to the stench of mortal danger.
20:24This seemingly impenetrable royal hunt
20:26is shrouded in uncary oddities.
20:28These hands do not belong to stable attendants.
20:30They are fugitives who fight in underground rings
20:32and carry blades for blood money.
20:34The girth and stuller will snap the moment
20:35the stallion sprints into the thick woods.
20:37A suicidal ploy.
20:39Caunted by irrebutable corruption evidence,
20:40Duke Cavalish would kill the prince
20:41to reshape the whole power structure.
20:42Drop your silk handkerchief,
20:43then slip away to find Inspector Roa on perimeter guard.
20:45Tell him mad dogs lurk in the net.
20:47Seal all exits without waiting for higher approval.
20:50Oh dear, the wind is really strong.
20:52I'm going to fetch my cloak.
20:55Once this hunt ends,
20:56I shall present you something vital,
20:58tied to both my royal future and yours.
21:00Your Highness, your state is ready.
21:10Protect his royal highness!
21:12Seize him!
21:13Inspect the horse harness at once!
21:18Scotland Yard!
21:19All suspects under arrest!
21:28Miss Thorne, are you unharmed?
21:29I'm quite well, Inspector.
21:31Search their persons for evidence
21:32to present to Her Majesty.
21:38Exclusive stag decree of the Cavendish family.
21:49Miss Thorne, you bear grudges against my daughter Evelyn,
21:52yet you dare frame a hereditary perv
21:54for capital crimes over a random trinket!
21:56A random trinket?
21:58What if we had this?
22:00Your Majesty,
22:01these are full embezzlement accounts
22:02of the Cavendish family over five years,
22:04with his signed vouchers attached
22:05already submitted to Parliament Inspection Committee.
22:07Assassination Treasury
22:09will be tried in the House of Law's Peer Court.
22:11Confiscate implicated furs and illicit assets,
22:14strip his noble title,
22:15confine the chief cop to Royal Manor
22:17for lifelong detention!
22:21All of you, leave us.
22:30This ring is my private collection,
22:32fully filed and registered in Royal Jewelry Archives,
22:35kept in storage for far too long.
22:37To sustain the Empire's glory,
22:40we need no innocent lambs.
22:41We require a shrewd, resolute strategist
22:44who uncovers hypocrisy
22:46and brings assassins and corrupt nobles
22:48to justice amid peril.
22:52Isled,
22:53you have not only saved my life
22:54but also stolen my whole heart.
22:56Marry me
22:57and become the future mister of this Empire.
23:03As you wish, Your Highness.
23:05Very well.
23:07Starting tomorrow,
23:08the whole Empire shall prepare
23:09for this unprecedented royal wedding.
23:14Miss,
23:15all transfer procedures
23:16for half revenue of Thorn Manor
23:18based on the old contract
23:19have been finished.
23:20File it for archiving.
23:22Understood, miss.
23:26The game is over.
23:31Do you swear to remain faithful to one another
23:34in sickness and in health
23:36till death do you part?
23:37I do.
23:38I do.
23:44Her Majesty Queen Victoria arrives.
23:48You have done excellently.
23:50You've fulfilled the true purpose
23:52of the royal selection.
23:53The Empire needs steady hands
23:54to secure order
23:55and secure the royal line.
23:57By royal warrant,
23:59you are awarded
24:00the royal Victorian order
24:01with formal incitation
24:03to be held on a designated date.
24:05I am grateful
24:07for Your Majesty's grace.
24:10I shall take my leave.
24:12I rose from the mild
24:14and plotted every step.
24:16No longer anyone's pawn.
24:18All moves on this chessboard
24:20rest under my control.
24:21I'll see you in the next video.
24:21I'll see you in the next video.
24:22You
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