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Timing and Subtitles by the 🎭 Masked Hero 😎 Team @viki.com

♫ Heroine, spare my life ♫

♫ Spare my life ♫

♫ Let me go, I'm begging you, pretty please ♫

♫ Heroine, spare my life ♫

♫ Spare my life ♫

♫ This fatal attraction of yours is vanquishing me ♫

♫ Friends say to forget her ♫

♫ I cannot forget her ♫

♫ But my body gets weaker by the day ♫

♫ She-devil is not him ♫

♫ Stop talking nonsense; it's not her ♫

♫ Didn't you say you will play with me? Yet you pour salt on my wound ♫

♫ People always meet their match ♫

♫ I'm scared when I run into you ♫

♫ One may exaggerate ♫

♫ Whatever I do, I am wrong ♫

♫ You have conquered me ♫

♫ I will serve you with my body and heart ♫

♫ If you play rock, I'll play paper ♫

♫ Okay, I admit defeat ♫

♫ Heroine, spare my life ♫

♫ Spare my life ♫

♫ Let me go, I'm begging you, pretty please ♫

♫ Heroine, spare my life ♫

♫ Spare my life ♫

♫ This fatal attraction of yours is vanquishing me ♫

♫ It's slaying me, me, me, me, me, me ♫

♫ I see pink bubbles everywhere ♫

♫ Hey, Heroine, hold me ♫

♫ I see pink bubbles everywhere ♫

♫ Hey, Heroine, hold me, oh ♫

[Love Like White Jade]

[Episode 3]

Tonight, you're sleeping with them.

Am I sleeping with them?

Not just them.

There might also be snakes or rats in there.

"Rats"?

Sister, I made a mistake.

I'm Young Master of Jiang Family. You can't make me sleep here.

I didn't ask you to sleep. Here.

[Equestrian Skills: Horseback Archery]

If you can't read, can you at least understand illustrations?

Get acquainted with your horse.

Junior Young Master, are you all right?

Lady Qi, I'm fine.

Lady Shui just taught me how to relieve muscle tension.

I already relaxed my muscles.

However, my heart is beating quite fast now.

Do you need me to examine it?

No, that's all right.

Should I go get the doctor?

Lady Qi, I'm not feeling uncomfortable.

I feel incredibly relaxed and pleasant.

Lady Shui's method surely works wonders.

By the way, Lady Shui asked me to give you this.

I'm leaving if there's nothing else.

[Qi Dong Qiang owes 260 silver taels.]

[Settle the account at Jiang Mansion's entry.]

What did you see?

Do you mean this?

Lady Qi, are you upset about something?

There's a saying, "Parents are all disasters."

Every family has its own troubles.

I've lost my parents since I was born.

The Jiang Family raised me.

Although Old Madam Jiang and Young Master Jiang treat me very well,

I still envy children who have both parents.

Even if I can just see them once,

and even if they will bring me disasters,

I would still feel happy.

At least you have nice fantasies about them,

instead of awful memories.

I must find a way to sneak out now.

That Shui Wu Xia is haunting me.

What should I do?

You scared me!

Here's an apple.

Young Master, Lady Shui is terrifying.

That's because your moves aren't good.

Quick, find how to get me out.

I wouldn't dare defy Lady Shui.

Unless...

Unless what?

I want to make sleep powder so I need pearl powder.

If you can pay me my salary in advance...

Don't haggle with me.

Wait a minute.

Are you making sleep powder for someone?

Have you a crush on someone?

Is it Lady Qi?

How can you tell?

Nonsense.

You almost treat her like the young master.

Over the past few days, Lady Qi and I already relate at the spiritual level.

Lady Qi read my mind perfectly.

Stop right there.

Shui Wu Xia has all my money.

I don't have any money.

What should I do then?

It was hard to get pseudo (fake) ginseng flowers.

It will be a waste if I don't make it soon.

What's a pseudo ginseng flower?

The essence of my sleep powder, it dissolves in water.

When it touches skin, it can induce deep sleep in five minutes.

That way, you can make sure the skin gets enough rest.

Where is that thing?

I'm still one month's salary short.

You took good care of them.

They are good friends to mankind.

I can't treat them unfairly.

I'm a sensible man.

I will yield to your rules for now.

It won't be for long anyway.

That's perfect. Let's compete on the race course.

Let's go.

Never burn incense when all is well but beg Buddha's mercy in a crisis.

You won't win if you weren't diligent for years

and rely on only last-minute efforts.

Boundaries are created by the heart; success comes with dedicated effort.

How do you know Young Master Jiang won't win?

Let's go.

The two young masters will shoot an arrow simultaneously.

A bull's eye will receive 10 points.

Subtract one point for each ring out.

Compare your accuracy and improve skills in competition.

Master Shui, the bull's eye is so small. I surely can't make it.

Just think of it as a pea.

But I'm not as fast as my younger brother.

Imagine a snake is in your arrow holder. You can do it.

Fine.

Junior Young Master, watch your distance, angle, and speed.

The match begins now.

Bull's eye!

Ten points for Junior Young Master.

Wu Xia, it's good enough if Young Master Jiang can land on the target.

It's not your fault if he loses.

De Long, don't blame yourself if I win.

Fifth ring! Young Master scores 5 points.

Seventh ring!

- Bull's eye! - Bull's eye!

Not bad.

Forty points for Junior Young Master.

Thirty-two points for Young Master Jiang.

Junior Young Master leads by 8 points.

We'll win for sure.

Not exactly.

Concentrate. Good luck.

Seventh ring!

Jiang Tian Ling, 40 points.

Jiang Bai Yu, 39 points.

Bai Yu, you almost defeated him.

It dissolves in water.

When it touches skin,

it can induce deep sleep in five minutes.

Brother Shui, don't blame me for being wicked and merciless.

What are you laughing about?

Why are you here?

I specially picked rose petals from Grandma's yard for you.

What are you up to now?

Brother Shui, how can you think of me like that?

I just ran a bath for you

to help you relieve fatigue as you're exhausted from mentoring me every day.

Get out.

- Brother Shui. - Get out.

Brother Shui, I prepared these things especially for you.

This is saponin from the West.

If you use this to wash your hair, it'll help nourish it.

There's more. That bath towel is made by Jiang Nan Silk Craft.

It's as smooth and soft as silk,

and it's very good for the skin.

Don't try to bribe me with these things.

I'm telling you, it's just because you did a good job today...

Brother Shui?

Brother Shui?

Brother Shui?

The drug worked so fast.

You two.

- Young Master. - Well, Lady Shui was taking a bath a long time.

Quickly check nothing happened to her.

Yes.

You're here.

[Jiang Mansion]

Before we make a move,

ask someone to send me a carton of pearl powder as a signal.

Send it to Jiang Mansion and say I bought it.

Come in here!

Lady Shui, you're finally awake.

When was this case delivered?

An hour ago, you were still asleep.

- "An hour ago"? - Yes.

All right, I see. You may leave now.

- Who is it? - It's me, selling the Golden Phoenix Pin.

I brought the Golden Phoenix Pin. Where's the buyer?

Where's the pin?

Tell me, where did you get this pin?

I...

Shen Qing Li?

You again?

Take a look.

Sister Wu Xia, I'm Liu.

Sister Ba Xi said to wait here for you.

Thank you.

Put this on.

[Opium Den]

Please come in.

Master Li.

This is my friend. She would like to ask you something.

She doesn't look like one of our own.

You decide if I'm one of you.

[Xu's Antique Shop]

[Opium Den]

Sister Wu Xia, I'll return to the gambling hall.

- Sure, thank you. - Okay.

That man seems listless and sick lately

as if he came down with a widespread contagious disease.

He got a Golden Phoenix Pin.

I think he sold it to treat his illness.

Watch out!

Watch out!

Retreat!

Are you all right?

Let's go.

Swordsman Shen got hurt. Get some water for us.

Sure, sure.

Shui--

How do you know my surname is Shui?

I mean... I want some water.

I'll get it for you.

What a coincidence. My surname is Shui.

You'll put yourselves in danger by risking to save me.

You saved me, too.

I just want to show my gratitude.

Let me check your wound.

Sister, maybe we should go to Jiang Mansion and bring a doctor here.

No.

We don't have time.

Thank you, Ladies. I will figure it out.

Three heads are better than one.

Besides, my sister is very smart.

Maybe she has another idea.

I can take care of it myself. Goodbye.

With the depth of your wound,

your heartbeat will accelerate after ten steps out the door.

In another ten steps, you'll have cardiac arrest from excess bleeding.

A moment later, you'll go into shock and die.

Swordsman Shen, if you trust us, we can help you.

This secret potion from Lang Ya Pavilion is Lang Ya Miracle Herb.

It's very potent to get to your five internal organs and relieve your pain.

I will give you the potion gradually. It won't hurt you.

Wake up.

What are you doing here?

Nothing.

Is the Golden Phoenix Pin yours?

It's Shen Qing Li

sabotaging my operations again and again.

Does he want to find Xiao Kai Zhen as well?

Please don't be upset, Master Ma.

I already sent someone to investigate Shen Qing Li.

I reckon Shen Qing Li is severely injured

and might not even survive.

I don't think he'll bother you again, Master Ma.

Our target escaped. What's the use of snatching the pin?

By the embellishment on the pin,

it seems someone repaired it recently.

There are few craftsmen

with that kind of skill in Chong'an City.

You know what to do, right?

Yes.

Would Swordsman Shen die?

He is awake!

The potion is working.

Why did he faint again?

He fainted again.

Ladies.

Sit down quickly.

Do you feel better?

Much better, thank you.

For saving my life, I will surely repay your kindness.

Save that conversation for another time.

From now on, I will brew the decoction in the mansion and send it here.

You're sorely injured.

You'll take the decoction tomorrow night.

Swordsman Shen, you're the best fighter in Chong'an.

I've never heard of you losing to anyone.

Who was skilled enough to hurt you tonight?

Maybe... maybe they were bandits from the auction.

Because I made them lose Golden Phoenix Pin,

they came to seek revenge.

Do you know where the Golden Phoenix Pin is?

Chong'an is such a big city. It's a needle in a haystack.

I fear we can't find it anymore.

[Lantern Boudoir]

Master.

What happened?

A hidden weapon.

Did they do this to you?

I ran into Shui Wu Xia while confronting them.

She saved me with a Lang Ya miracle herb and temporarily relieved the pain.

Luckily, Shui Wu Xia was there.

She used the Golden Time to save your life.

Where's the seller?

I let the seller go.

He said he stole the pin.

I'm still investigating whose pin he stole.

Well, I must trouble you to visit all herbal medicine shops in Chong'an.

Don't worry. I'll notify you the old way of any news.

Here. This is pain relief powder.

This is the banknote of 6,000 silver taels.

Give it to the refugees.

Jiang Bai Yu. Jiang Bai Yu, you're enjoying yourself.

Wait, can we talk later? It's not a good time to talk.

How is it not a good time?

I'm taking a bath.

What kind of hobby is that?

Why are you bathing at night?

Why aren't you lighting a candle?

That's my hobby. Get out of here now.

Wait, are you all right?

I smell blood. Where did it come from?

You smell blood?

There's no blood. What blood? Why don't I smell anything?

I'm telling you. I'm naked now.

Lang Ya maids aren't responsible to serve their masters in the bath, right?

Get out of here. Get out.

It's right around here.

Don't, don't. Stop! Stop!

If I tell you, you can't tell anyone else.

Go ahead.

I took this.

What... what is it?

It's a Lantern Boudoir drug.

Explain yourself.

This is Pride and Dignity pill from Lantern Boudoir.

I took too much recently so I had a nosebleed.

You...

I'm confiscating this potent drug.

Hurry and finish your bath. Recite the political discourse later.

Don't miss a word of it.

Do you feel better?

She's actually quite adorable when she's not yelling.

Jiang Bai Yu!

Yun Cheng, I'm thirsty.

Yun Cheng.

Fang Yun Cheng!

What are you doing, Young Master?

I was calling you a while. What are you doing?

You spilled the pearl powder that's so hard to get.

I must give it to Lady Qi tomorrow.

Where did you get pearl powder?

It's Lady Shui's. But she has such nice skin;

she doesn't need it at all.

By the way, I have a sleep powder that

can give your skin a healthy glow without rouge.

Please devise a name for it.

A healthy glow without applying rouge,

men surely love to be intimate with girls who use it.

Why not call it facial mask?

"Facial mask"?

"Facial mask"?

- That's a good name. - Isn't it?

- Facial mask is good, right? - Yes.

How about this, Yun Cheng?

I'll take anything Master Shui doesn't want and give them to you.

- Sure, sure. - Does that sound good?

- Sure, sure. - Can you do me a favor?

Sure.

Write this on your clothes.

Master Shui gives me a test tomorrow, but I can't recite it.

Stand behind her, and I'll secretly look at it.

How can I fit so many words on one garment?

Of course, you can.

Young Master, that's too much.

Recite it.

Being frugal...

Being frugal is a good virtue.

Being wasteful...

wasteful...

Being wasteful is a sin.

What's wrong, Lady Shui?

Continue.

Thus,

this virtue... virtue helps one be an honest official.

What's the matter, Lady Shui?

Nothing. Continue.

An official...

an official will...

What should we do, Young Master?

His penmanship is better than yours.

You flatter him. That's all Yun Cheng is good at, right?

Dare you say so?

Brother Shui, it's not that I don't want to recite it.

I just don't agree with its ideals at all.

Nonsense.

What's wrong with a political discourse written by Grand Secretary of Imperial College?

Fine, promise to spare me if I refute the argument.

Fine. If you find one mistake in it, I'll spare you today.

This political discourse is about being frugal and ethical.

I think it just wants us to live frugally.

That's a sinister plot without regard for civilians' livelihood.

For example, edible bird's nest,

that rich folks in Chong'an like to eat.

The market price is as high as five gold per 50 grams.

The market price for a bird's nest in Hainan is one gold per 50 grams.

But do you know why?

Merchants are only interested in profit.

Our frugal life would punish those unscrupulous merchants.

Crooked merchants are detestable.

But that's not the point.

They may as well sell coarse cloth and grains for a living.

But how will bird's nest collectors

along the coast survive?

Not much arable land is along the coast.

Men can fish for a living. What about women?

They support their families by collecting bird's nests all their life.

They would climb steep cliffs day and night

despite weather conditions.

Everyone loves to eat bird's nests.

So market price can be set at one gold per 50 grams.

If no one eats bird's nests anymore,

would there be any difference between

bird's nest and slime?

Trade caravans only go there for the bird's nests.

If trade caravans stop going, what will donkey or horse rental shops do?

What will lodges or taverns do?

What about small traders in that region?

Our country's foundation lies in its people's livelihood.

The basis of their livelihoods lies in the economy.

The economy lies in the transportation and production of goods.

Something as insignificant as a bird's nest affects the survival of civilians.

Brother Shui, have you considered that?

Go ahead and eat.

To prevent seasonal contagion,

the chefs put leptochloa (reed grass) and cedar seeds in the dishes,

with ginger and asarum (wild ginger) in the porridge.

If you don't like the taste, I can add honey.

Don't bother. It's okay.

Master Shui, just tell me honestly.

- Did I do something wrong again recently? - No.

Then why are you so nice to me suddenly?

Well...

- Say, do we know each other well? - No, we don't.

No, no, no, we do.

You see, it was only a few days,

and you got me all figured out.

But I don't think we know each other well.

At first, I thought you were fond of fun and games.

But I didn't expect to hear such insight from you.

Every time we share a bowl of bird's nest,

a family along the coast would make a profit.

That's a very original, positive interpretation.

Are you complimenting me, Brother Shui?

Yes.

Honestly, I don't just go to pleasure places

like Lantern Boudoir to indulge in creature comforts.

- Mainly, I go to understand common folks' suffering. - All right, stop boasting.

I just have a strange feeling about you because

you could say something like:

"Our country's foundation lies in its people's livelihood."

"The basis of their livelihoods lies in the economy."

Also, you said, "Everyone is born useful."

"I'm not free to drink tonight."

That's why I want to ask you.

Which one is the real you?

Timing and Subtitles by the 🎭 Masked Hero 😎 Team @viki.com

♫ When I met you that day ♫

♫ You poured yourself into my heart like a sliver of moonlight ♫

♫ The falling petals so poignant and beautiful ♫

♫ Under the perfect, blue sky ♫

♫ I slept alone and listened ♫

♫ You filled my mind ♫

♫ When I met you that day ♫

♫ Like larks and wild geese, how shall I spend my free time? ♫

♫ My mind is clear as I stay awake till dawn ♫

♫ Your beauty and your glances ♫

♫ While trimming and lifting the candle wick ♫

♫ All I see is you in the flickering candlelight ♫

♫ If it is destiny, there must be magic to ♫

♫ Transport me and you ♫

♫ Across the galaxy and 30,000 years ♫

♫ I will love you all my life and never change ♫

♫ If it is destiny ♫

♫ There must be magic that can ♫

♫ Transport me and you ♫

♫ Across the galaxy and 30,000 years ♫

♫ If it's love, we will surely meet each other ♫