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[A Forbidden Marriage]

[Episode 1]

[Tianyu Palace]

The auspicious hour has arrived!

Let the music play and the ceremony begin!

[Former Chiefs of the Shengyue Sect]

[Yuan Yingxing, Chief of the Shengyue Sect]

[Yao Fu, Yunmen Sect]

Today, Yuan Yingxing and Yao Fu are getting married.

May they live happily ever after!

Kneel!

Bow!

Bow again!

Hold on!

Saintess?

Wasn't she supposed to be grounded?

Why is she here?

Wasn't the Water Hall Master supposed to be watching her?

Chief,

the Water Hall Master went out early this morning.

He seems to have found a new lover.

The Fire Hall Master went after him.

He can't do anything right.

[Wang Yue, Saintess of the Shengyue Sect]

Today,

why didn't anyone inform me

that the Chief is getting married?

Without me, the Saintess,

how can the ceremony be completed?

Yue,

why are you here?

The Chief of the Shengyue Sect

wants to marry a woman from Yunmen as his wife.

How ridiculous.

Do you know

that Yunmen, Biluo,

Cangtong, and Qingcheng—

these four major sects—

have already set an ambush at the foot of the mountain,

accusing you of abducting Yao Fu!

They even claim to destroy our Shengyue Sect!

The Shengyue Sect is outrageous!

Yeah!

[Lu Xuanxuan, Young Master of Biluo Valley]

The Chief of the Shengyue Sect, Yuan Yingxing,

disregards all of us in the martial world,

daring to forcibly marry Yao Fu!

Yes, that's right!

The Shengyue Sect has been arrogant for a long time.

That witch Wang Yue is even more shameless,

constantly pestering Mr. Yang.

Today, we must wipe them out

so as not to disgrace our righteous sects!

-That's right. -You're right!

Let's not waste any more time!

Let's do it now!

Right!

Let's go!

Let's go!

Isn't this Yang Qing from Yunmen?

Yes, it is Elder Yang Qing.

[Yang Qing, Elder of the Yunmen Sect]

Mr. Yang,

what do you mean by this?

By order of our Sect Leader,

I'm here to take my junior, Yao Fu, back.

You all

have gathered here for the safety of our fellow disciple.

I thank you all.

However,

isn't this too much?

Tianyu Palace is atop the mountain,

easy to defend but hard to attack, with traps and mechanisms guarding it.

If you go there rashly,

not only will you suffer heavy losses,

but you won't be able to save her either.

Why don't you let me negotiate with them first?

Negotiate?

More like here to make peace with them!

-Yeah. -Right!

Negotiation means to seek peace!

This is the internal affair of our sect.

As for how to solve it,

it's up to us.

Mr. Yang,

I'm afraid your Junior Yao Fu might not want a negotiation.

She has ordered someone to open

the gate on the side of Mount Yin,

waiting for us to attack so she can help us from inside

and annihilate the Shengyue Sect once and for all.

Come on, follow me!

-Let's go! -Let's go!

Yuan Yingxing,

if you still care about Shengyue Sect at all,

hand her over to me.

Yue.

What are you doing?

I haven't agreed to

the marriage yet!

I, the Chief, am getting married.

What business is it of yours to interfere?

As we all know,

our sect and the Yunmen Sect

have always been sworn enemies.

As the saintess

who has been officially recognized and enshrined on the altar,

am I not qualified to interfere?

Yue!

Are you trying to rebel?

Yuan Yingxing, wake up!

How could a woman of Yunmen

be willing to marry into our sect?

They're now ambushing under the mountain

and will attack us soon!

Yao Fu has been lying to you.

She wants to destroy our sect!

-What should we do? -What should we do?

Have you forgotten

how we got here step by step?

Yingxing.

Yao.

You don't trust me?

So it's just as I thought—

I can never compare to her.

Fine.

Today,

let her kill me.

I must marry Yao Fu today.

Yue,

stop pushing me.

Yuan Yingxing!

We grew up together.

You would actually go

against me for this woman

and forsake the whole Shengyue Sect?

Chief!

Chief!

Bad news! The four major sects are attacking!

How dare they!

Left and Right Guardians, hear my orders!

-Yes, Chief! -Yes, Chief!

Protect my wife and Saintess.

If anything happens to them,

you'll answer for it!

-Yes, Chief! -Yes, Chief!

The rest,

go down the mountain with me!

-Yes, Chief! -Yes, Chief!

Wait for me.

-Let's go! -Let's go!

I knew

you were up to no good from the beginning.

So what?

It's a shame.

Yuan Yingxing only listens to me.

You're so worried about him.

Don't tell me you really have feelings for him.

I have feelings for him?

You'd better surrender now.

Your sect will definitely perish today.

I don't know whether our sect will perish,

but you will die for sure!

You can't kill me.

Forget about your hatred.

You can't beat me.

Where am I?

How did I get here?

Why am I dressed like this?

Am I getting married?

You're awake!

That's great!

Come with me now!

Hurry up!

Beautiful cloths!

Stop, stop, stop!

Bride, why did you take off your veil?

This is ominous.

Put it back on, hurry.

"Bride"?

Your ancestors must be blessing you from above.

You're lucky

to be chosen by Master Chen.

Today is your wedding day.

Don't make any trouble

to upset him.

"My wedding day"?

"Master Chen"?

Master Chen is the King of Hell?

Don't speak such nonsense.

Master Chen is in perfect health.

Didn't you meet him before?

True, he's quite a bit older,

but he's filthy rich.

Once you become his concubine,

you'll never have to suffer again.

So...

I'm still alive?

Don't say such unlucky things

on your wedding day.

Miss Yang, you're perfectly fine.

Master Chen is counting on you

to give him a big, healthy son.

So...

I'm not dead,

and I'm going to marry an old man?

Is this Yuan Yingxing's idea

or Yao Fu's scheme?

Miss Yang,

you're not making sense.

Your uncle

arranged this marriage himself.

If he hadn't owed Master Chen money,

he'd never have offered you as payment.

Miss Yang?

My uncle?

You're Yang Wangyue, Miss Yang.

What?

You don't even remember your own uncle?

Yang Wangyue?

Yeah.

You're an orphan.

Yang Laoqi brought you up.

I don't care if you're pretending to be sick or have amnesia—

you can't escape this marriage.

Your uncle has already taken the money.

You understand?

Yang Qing?

Yang Qing!

Yang Qing!

What Yang Qing?

-Yang Qing! -Get in, get in!

-Lift the bride! Lift! -Yang Qing!

Mr. Yang,

what are you looking at?

I seem to hear

someone calling me.

Really?

Mr. Yang, maybe you misheard?

Maybe.

They actually think of me as someone else.

And this woman has the same name as me.

I was clearly killed by Yao Fu.

How could I now be mistaken for the concubine, Yang Wangyue?

Never mind. I have to get out of here first.

M-My martial arts are gone?

Now, the martial world has finally returned to peace.

[Jiang Yan, Yunmen Sect]

Aside from the dead Saintess of the Shengyue Sect

and the missing Water and Fire Hall Masters,

the rest of the Shengyue Sect—

the Chief, Hall Masters, and Guardians—

have all been captured.

The Shengyue Sect is as good as destroyed.

Mr. Yang,

that Saintess of the Shengyue Sect who admired you so much

died just like that.

Mr. Yang,

did you secretly meet her?

Otherwise,

why would she fall head over heels for you, of all men,

and pursue you relentlessly?

What did she look like?

[Shang Huai, Yunmen Sect]

Rumor has it,

she was hideous—

so frightening

she'd make children cry.

She always wore a veil when out in public.

No one in the martial world had seen her true face.

It's said she was killed by Ms. Yao.

That's odd too.

Ms. Yao made a great contribution,

yet disappeared without a trace.

Yao Fu has always been mysterious.

Don't worry about her.

The Sect Leader asked

us to find out Ms. Yao's whereabouts as well.

Where could she possibly be?

Focus on the investigation.

Mr. Yang, what exactly happened this time?

The Sect Leader even called you out from your seclusion.

For the past few months,

children have been going missing in Yangliu Town.

Just this past month, three more went missing.

It's highly unusual.

The Sect Leader wants us to help the townsfolk

find the missing children

and uncover the truth

behind their disappearance.

Who could be so cruel?

Mr. Yang, rest assured.

We will give it our all

to complete the mission.

Okay.

This is your first time officially stepping into the martial world

to carry out a mission.

Be cautious in all things.

Never trust anyone too easily.

Got it, Mr. Yang.

Where should we start?

By the way, Mr. Yang,

you're from Yangliu Town, right?

You must be very familiar with this place.

Not really.

When I was eight,

my parents passed away. After that,

I wandered outside for a few months

before the Sect Leader took me into the sect.

I haven't returned here until now.

Mr. Yang,

you're an orphan?

Young Hero Yang.

Ever since the Sect Leader of Yunmen took you away,

you've never come back.

But we've never forgotten you.

We've kept

your parents' mansion all these years.

It's just that no one has managed it for years.

It's...

it's a little messy.

Thank you, District Leader.

That old house has been abandoned for years.

Selling it is fine.

No need to have it repaired.

We're here this time

to investigate the missing children in town.

Do you have any leads?

I heard they went missing by the Flowering Tree.

Have any

suspicious people been coming and going

from town recently?

It's all over the town

that those naughty children were being rude under the divine tree

and angered the Flower Goddess.

Then, the goddess sent the mountain spirits to snatch them.

Everyone's terrified.

Many families dare not let their children

go out alone.

I don't know when this will end.

Let's go and take a look.

Yes.

[Chen's Mansion]

Yang Wangyue, oh, Yang Wangyue.

I don't know if you're alive or dead.

But consider these

as gifts from me

for using your identity.

That old rascal even thought he could have a girl by force?

Today I'll act as an agent of justice.

Fire! Fire! There's a fire!

Hurry up! Let's go!

-Get out! -Run!

Fire!

Help! Put out the fire!

Where is the fire?

Fire! Chen's mansion's backyard is on fire!

Hurry.

Put out the fire!

Run!

Run!

Hurry!

Fire! There is a fire!

Come out! Come out!

Fire!

Fire! There is a fire!

Jiang Yan, take Ling Xiao and Xie Feng to put out the fire.

Shang Huai, evacuate the guests immediately.

Yang Qing is still as handsome as ever.

This is not the time for that.

I should hurry up and leave.

Look what happened.

It's alright. Calm down.

Be careful.

How's everything?

Are you okay?

We've rescued all the guests,

and the fire has been put out.

Fortunately, the fire was discovered early.

Master Chen suffered minor burns,

and the others were just shocked.

However, the mansion will need repairs.

It may take some time.

We just need to do our part.

We'll leave after we help them get settled.

Yes, Mr. Yang.

Yang Wangyue!

Yang Wangyue?

Wang Yue...

You are Yang Wangyue?

You...

Master Chen tried to take me by force.

I just refused,

so you were going to burn me alive?

You bitch! That's slander!

You set the fire yourself!

I'm just a weak girl.

Why are you doing this to me?

Just because you're rich, you can do whatever you want?

Look at her,

she seems so delicate.

How could she possibly set a fire?

That's impossible.

She couldn't have done it.

Mrs. Chen,

forcing a woman into being a concubine.

That's not something you can justify so easily, right?

-Look at her, so fragile... -Everyone,

my husband is already badly burned.

Please don't listen to her nonsense.

Guards, tie her up!

Wait!

You're twisting it around and blaming me!

All I did was refuse to be Master Chen's concubine,

and now you're trying to pin a murder charge on me?

Listen up,

I may be poor, but I have dignity!

Just because you're rich

doesn't mean you can bully people like us!

If your conscience is clear,

then go ahead!

Mrs. Chen,

please let this go.

She's so young,

and you're forcing her to be your husband's concubine.

It's really not right.

I just lost my parents when I was young,

and there was no one to protect me.

How can you do this to me?

You little wench,

quite the actress, aren't you?

Mrs. Chen,

you hit me! Are you going to kill me?

In plain sight, and there are

so many people watching!

Don't think you can do whatever you want

-because you're rich! -You're driving me crazy!

Help! Help!

Move!

Get out of my way!

Calm down, Mrs. Chen!

You bitch!

Let me through!

It's Yang Qing!

He actually saw me like this.

Miss?

My head hurts. I'm so dizzy.

Mrs. Chen wants to kill me!

Please help me!

Miss.

Miss?

Miss?

[Tianlin Garden]

I only meant to fake fainting.

How did I actually fall asleep?

Where am I?

Miss Yang, you're finally awake.

How are you feeling?

Do you have any discomfort?

No, no. I'm much better now.

That's good.

I'm Jiang Yan, a disciple of the Yunmen Sect.

Thank you for saving me, Mr. Jiang.

No need to thank me.

If you must thank someone, thank Mr. Yang.

Without his permission,

we wouldn't have brought you back.

Why are you disciples

of the Yunmen Sect here?

You may not know, Miss Yang,

but Mr. Yang is from this very town.

You...

you mean Yang Qing?

Miss Yang, you know him?

I've heard of him.

So why are you here?

Who is it?

It's me.

Yang Qing probably doesn't recognize me.

I wore a veil every time we met.

Miss Yang, it's Mr. Yang.

Don't be nervous.

He's a kind man.

Mr. Yang.

Mr. Yang, thank you for saving me.

Please accept my bow.

No need to be so formal, Miss Yang.

I heard you're from this town?

Yes.

I lost my parents when I was young

and only had an uncle.

Might I ask your age?

I used to live here when I was young,

but I don't recall hearing of you.

I...

I don't remember many things.

I was seriously ill not long ago.

I'm also troubled.

Mr. Yang,

well, she just woke up. Maybe don't ask too many questions yet.

Miss, please rest.

Later, I'll have Jiang Yan escort you home.

I have something important to do,

so I'll bid you farewell here.

Farewell?

No, no!

I...

I'm not going home.

My uncle must have taken the money from selling me and run away.

I'm the only one in my family now.

Tell me,

what should I do

if I get caught by Master Chen?

Mr. Yang,

Miss Yang has a point.

What do you think we should do?

I'm on an important mission.

I have to return to the Yunmen Sect to report.

Miss Yang,

you're a young lady,

and it's inappropriate for you to follow us.

What's so inappropriate about it?

Miss, please get ready.

Jiang Yan will escort you back.

Mr. Yang,

please let me stay for a few more days.

I really have nowhere else to go.

I promise I won't cause you any trouble.

But I have to carry out my mission.

If danger arises,

I don't want to

get you involved.

Then let Mr. Jiang

carry out the mission.

After all I just did to take care of you,

now that he shows up,

you're going to kick me away.

I don't care.

I heard your Yunmen Sect is the leader of the martial world.

How could you

not care about a weak woman?

If you don't care,

it's no different from sending me

back to Master and Mrs. Chen.

Tell me, just because I was born

poor and unfortunate,

I deserve to stay unfortunate?

Jiang Yan will protect you.

Come with me.

I have something to instruct you on.

Yes, Mr. Yang.

He's still as handsome as ever.

How's the investigation

on the missing children coming along?

Mr. Yang,

the juniors were out investigating in the streets this morning.

They seemed to have found some suspicious people

in taverns near Yanyu Tower.

I've asked Junior Ning to lead some people to investigate.

We'll go there later

and see what's going on.

Mr. Yang,

what about Miss Yang?

I don't think

it's right to send her back alone either.

What if Master Chen comes after her again?

Find time

to visit the Chen residence personally

and tell Master Chen not to make things difficult for Miss Yang.

He will always show respect

to our sect.

After things settle down,

send her back.

Okay, Mr. Yang.

Yang Qing, oh, Yang Qing,

since Heaven has let you stay by my side,

I won't let you go anymore.

Didn't you say I'm ruthless

and I don't deserve to be your friend?

Then,

I'll be Yang Wangyue

and be all gentle to you.

Let's see how you can refuse me this time.

[Tianlin Garden]

Miss Yang.

Mr. Yang.

Just call me Wangyue.

Miss Yang, you're not resting in your room.

Is something wrong?

Mr. Yang,

not only are you handsome,

but also so nice.

Do you have a lover?

A fiancée?

A wife?

If you have none of those...

So?

So...

You saved me

and took care of me.

I've been thinking and thinking

about how to repay you.

After thinking about it for a long time.

I think that I have to marry you to repay you.

I don't want to be Master Chen's concubine.

But if it's you,

even if it means being your lowliest maid,

I am willing.

It's Jiang Yan and Shang Huai

who are helping and taking care of you.

If you want to thank someone,

just thank them.

Without your orders,

what would those boys know to do?

Miss Yang,

I'm not a boy.

You're the one directing everything behind the scenes.

You're the one I should thank.

When did he direct anything?

He didn't care about us at all...

Mr. Yang,

you have so much on your plate,

yet you're still worried about me.

I feel terrible.

I haven't been worrying about you.

It's the juniors who pitied you

and helped you.

I'm not someone with much sympathy.

Jiang Yan, let's go.

Okay.

Mr. Yang,

are you that heartless?

Yeah.

You...

Even the way you reject people

is so gentle.

What am I supposed to do?

Miss Yang.

Mr. Yang,

why is Miss Yang following us?

Come on, Miss, please pray for a talisman.

The way she acts

reminds me of someone.

Here.

Who?

Miss Yang, we have something important to do,

and you don't know any martial arts.

Please go back to Tianlin Garden and rest.

Is your mission dangerous?

I'm sorry.

This is our sect's business.

It's not something I can share with you.

How can you be so cold?

Yeah.

I was born that way.

Even if you're cold, I still like you.

What's wrong with your eyes?

Do you need to see a doctor?

I'm fine, Mr. Yang.

Go back to Tianlin Garden now.

Miss Yang,

are you going to

follow us around all day?

Yes.

Who knows when Master Chen might

come after me again?

Staying close to you

makes it easier for you to protect me.

Yang Qing walks way too fast.

He disappeared in the blink of an eye.

To think that I, the carefree Saintess of the Shengyue Sect,

would one day have nowhere to go.

This must be the darkest day in the history of the Shengyue Sect.

Why is Yang Qing completely immune to any charm or persuasion?

Why is there a secret mark of the Shengyue Sect here?

[No entry for members of the Shengyue Sect or dogs]

[Yixiang Roast Chicken]

I want to see Fan Hao.

Fan Hao?

Who are you, young lady?

Miss,

why do you...

want to see me?

Didn't the signboard at the entrance of this shop

originally say,

"No entry for

righteous sects and dogs?"

[Fan Hao, Guardian of the Shengyue Sect]

Don't talk nonsense.

Our roast chicken restaurant

only serves the righteous customers.

We have nothing to do with the Shengyue Sect.

"Shengyue Sect"?

Then, Guardian Fan, do you remember

what will happen to traitors

of the Shengyue Sect?

You know who I am?

But I'm no traitor.

Besides,

there is no Shengyue Sect now.

After the siege by the four major sects,

the Shengyue Sect

has long since fallen apart.

What did you say?

You deaf or something?

I said that the Shengyue Sect is gone.

It's fallen apart.

It has been annihilated!

What about Yuan Yingxing?

Chief Yuan?

Naturally, he couldn't escape

and was captured.

What a pity.

He used to be so powerful.

Now the Saintess is dead.

The Chief's wife is missing.

I'm afraid the Shengyue Sect

is doomed.

Chief's wife?

Does that woman, Yao Fu, deserve to be called by this title?

Where are Lingyin and Mingyang?

Those two rascals?

They were really lucky.

They were not in the sect that day.

Wait, Miss,

who are you?

Why do you know the Shengyue Sect so well?

Guardian Fan,

you have indeed never seen

me like this.

But you should be able to recognize

my eyes, right?

Saintess?

I wouldn't dare… wouldn't dare…

Are you trying to have me captured?

Don't forget.

You are also part of the Shengyue Sect.

If they catch me,

you're not getting away.

Saintess.

How dare I summon people to arrest you?

I didn't know you were still alive.

That's great, really.

God is blessing us, God is blessing us.

Come on, Saintess.

Come on, please have a seat.

I really didn't expect this. Look.

I've prepared all these dishes for you,

but you didn't have any.

Come on, please have some.

Alright, alright.

Let's get down to business.

What exactly happened?

Speaking of this,

it's a long story.

On the day of the Chief's wedding,

the four major sects attacked us.

We couldn't hold the defenses,

and they found a weak spot and broke through.

There was a chance to turn things around.

But after the Chief heard what happened to you,

he was crushed and lost all will to fight.

With low morale,

we couldn't resist any longer.

Later,

everyone who was present

was captured and imprisoned by the four major sects

in Biluo Valley.

Yuan Yingxing was imprisoned.

Why didn't any of you try to save him?

S-Save him?

Saintess, you have no idea.

The four major sects have joined forces

and built a special dungeon

just for locking up our people.

It's guarded heavily,

making it hard for ordinary people to enter.

And even if we could break in,

I heard

that we need to use one of their Alliance Leader's Tokens, the Sun Blade,

to open it.

But the Sun Blade is in the Yunmen Sect's hands.

It's not something that an old man like me

can easily get.

Mr. Yang.

There you are.

We've found something.

Mr. Yang,

at the marketplace near the kapok tree,

someone heard children

crying in the chests.

It was

on the 1st and 15th of the lunar calendar this month.

Wooden chests?

Has anyone purchased wooden chests recently?

Big chests keep moving in and out of Master Chen's house.

It is said that they are for the decoration of the new room

for his 13th concubine.

His 13th concubine?

Mr. Yang, it seems to be Miss Yang Wangyue.

Mr. Yang,

should we bring Miss Yang back?

Maybe she has some clues.

Mr. Yang,

she has no sense of boundaries when she speaks,

but she's not a bad person.

Let's go.

Mr. Yang!

Where are you going?

Are you going to find me?

Miss Yang, why are you back?

I

couldn't hold back my admiration for you.

Every time I open or close my eyes,

I see your handsome face.

So

I bought the most famous roast chicken in town

to make it up to you.

If this is your way of apologizing,

can you answer a few questions?

If I answer your questions,

can I stay?

Mr. Yang,

you wouldn't

really abandon me to my fate, would you?

How could your fate

be my responsibility to manage?

Since you said you can't manage me,

then I decide to stay,

and you can't kick me out.

If you don't kick me out,

I'll answer

any questions you ask.

If you're that determined to stay,

do as you wish.

I knew you couldn't bear to send me away.

Go ahead. What do you want to ask?

Well... Miss Yang,

on your wedding day with Master Chen...

What wedding?

He forced me to be his concubine and kidnapped me.

Well, on that day,

did you notice

anything unusual about Master Chen?

Come closer.

I didn't notice.

I already told you everything.

It was so chaotic that day.

Who would pay attention to some wrinkled old man?

I answered your questions.

You can't kick me out now.

Miss Yang...

Forget it.

We're not likely to get anything serious from her.

Send her back tomorrow.