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[Glory]

[Episode 29]

Young Master.

Young Master,

the doctor said

you must rest in bed.

Be careful not to tear your wound open again.

Where are you trying to go?

I'm fine.

Mr. Yan.

Do you have something urgent

that you must go out for?

Shixin, you may leave.

Xiu Qiong, you may go too.

Mr. Yan,

what do you have to say to me?

Don't take Lady Rong's words

to heart.

Our engagement doesn't count anyway.

You don't want to marry me?

I don't.

The Yan family sent you here

to form a marriage alliance with our family.

Grandmother kept you here for so long

not only to assess your character,

but more importantly,

to strengthen the alliance with your family.

If you don't favor me,

then which young lady

from our family do you prefer?

I'll speak to Grandmother for you.

No.

I don't.

You deny everything,

so what exactly do you want?

My feelings for you

are clear to Lady Rong.

Everyone in your family

can see it clearly.

Could it be that only you

don't know?

You know.

You've always known.

What are you trying to say?

Why ask when you already know the answer?

You agreed to marry me,

was it because I risked my life to save you,

or...

because of Lady Rong's orders?

Don't say anything.

I don't want to know.

Mr. Yan, you're perceptive

and understand everything.

Some things need not be spoken aloud.

Since you are reluctant,

I'll speak to Grandmother on your behalf.

I'm sure she won't force you against your will.

Rong Shanbao, how can you be so cruel?

Can't you just humor me a little?

If you would just tell me

that you accept me

not because of

the alliance between our families,

nor because of

Lady Rong's pressure,

but because I've touched your heart

and you're willing to give me a chance,

that would make me happy.

Lady Rong was actually wrong.

I'm not that magnanimous,

nor am I that tolerant.

From the first moment I saw you,

I fell for you,

wanting to be the master of the Rong family.

But I know who you truly care for.

I've known from the beginning.

You're so cold and aloof

to everyone else,

only treating him differently.

But he's calculating and ambitious.

His sincerity

is always mixed with ulterior motives.

He has designs on you,

but I don't.

I don't ask for your love,

nor your pity.

I only wish for your happiness.

But he ultimately failed you.

He doesn't deserve you.

He's not worthy of you.

Yes.

Lu Jianglai kept things from me.

What about you, Mr. Yan?

Have you ever deceived me about anything?

No.

Not a single thing.

I understand now.

You don't want to break off our engagement—

you're asking me for a promise.

Yes.

I want you to say

that after we're married,

you won't see him again.

Even if you do see him,

you won't acknowledge him.

After we're married?

Say it.

Lie down first.

I'll call the doctor.

I want you to say

that you promise me.

It's not like...

I have a choice.

A marriage arranged by Grandmother—

if I dare to refuse,

she'll just cast me out of the family again.

Shixin.

Lady Shanbao.

Send for Dr. Sun.

I understand.

It's just there are some things

I still need to clarify with him.

Alright.

Stay with me a little longer.

Lady Yunxi.

Yunxi,

I heard

you want to keep him at Rong Mansion.

Yes, Grandmother.

Nonsense!

I can tolerate Li only because

she carries Rong blood.

What is he anyway?

He'll just tarnish our family's reputation.

Yunxi,

you're

disappointing me more and more.

Lady Rong.

Grandmother,

what I feared most since childhood

was hearing you say the word "disappoint."

Because of it,

I practiced tea arts relentlessly

through freezing winters and scorching summers,

never daring to slack off for a moment.

Because of it,

I let two people who truly cared for me

live in hiding, concealing their identities,

just so I could become

a worthy whetstone in your eyes.

In your eyes,

only the power of the Rong family matters,

and you've tried to mold us all into that.

I've obediently followed your words for over a decade,

and only now dare I ask,

is this right?

Well!

For the sake of a man,

you dare talk back to your own grandmother!

Have all the filial piety and rules you've learned

been thrown to the winds?

Li is only three years old,

yet she can tell right from wrong,

and knows family matters most.

An Cha, despite being physically weak,

managed to escort Li back

from the Provincial Governor's Office

on his own.

Grandmother, I used to listen to you

to fight for power.

But in the end,

I found myself with nothing

by my side.

You've used me

for so many years,

yet you never truly cared about

what I like or what I'm good at.

Now,

it's time to let go and allow me to make my own choice.

You...

Get up.

Rong Yunxi!

Think carefully.

If you dare keep him here,

you'll never get a share

of the Rong family's tea plantations and shops.

♪ The sky so vast ♪

♪ Clouds over the wilds drift far away ♪

♪ The plains stretch wide and free ♪

♪ Playing with snow, stroking grass, touched by frost's glee ♪

♪ Hatred stretches far and wide ♪

I've made my choice.

♪ One song severs the road to the ends of the earth, nowhere to hide ♪

♪ Could it be concealed in the moonlight? ♪

This looks good.

Do we hang one here too?

Yes.

Hang one here as well.

Okay.

Take this over there.

Hurry up.

Help me lift this.

Alright.

[Rong's Ancestral Temple]

That's about right.

No problem.

Be careful.

Alright, I'm hanging it now.

Good.

What are you sneaking around for?

Come in.

My Lord.

What? I gave you ten strokes

for withholding information,

and now your master feels sorry for you?

What message did you actually bring?

Why hesitate to speak?

My Lord, I went to the Rong Mansion

and didn't see Lady Shanbao.

She was at the tea plantation.

But the Rong Mansion is decorating for celebration.

They're...

preparing for a wedding.

♪ Who tears a strand of light from the dark night? ♪

What did you say?

My Lord,

the Rong and Yan families are to be united by marriage.

♪ It jolts my already silent heart awake ♪

♪ The moon hangs bright, as breezes dance among stars ♪

♪ Hear the sighs for the beauty's fleeting years ♪

♪ Lost in the mortal world, it fades into twilight ♪

♪ Grass sprouts, orioles sing, longevity slips away ♪

My lord.

My lord!

♪ Love comes in scattered pairs, yet thoughts linger on ♪

♪ Drifting with the passing years ♪

♪ Flowers bloom and wither, the sun climbs and falls ♪

♪ True feelings are like drifting mist ♪

♪ People only know loneliness ♪

♪ Who cares about karma's twist? ♪

♪ Tides ebb and flow, the moon swells and shrinks ♪

♪ I see through, yet hold my tongue ♪

♪ Too fragile to be put into words ♪

♪ Flowers bloom and wither, the sun climbs and falls ♪

♪ True feelings are like drifting mist ♪

♪ People only know loneliness ♪

♪ Who cares about karma's twist? ♪

♪ Tides ebb and flow, the moon swells and shrinks ♪

♪ I see through, yet hold my tongue ♪

♪ Too fragile to be put into words ♪

Lady Shanbao,

♪ Too fragile to be put into words ♪

the tea trees in this area are quite weak.

I've already instructed the workers

to take special care of them.

But last night's strong wind

knocked them over again.

Tomorrow, go down the mountain

and bring back some soil.

Why bring soil from down the mountain?

The elevation here is too high,

and the soil is mostly sandy.

This summer's constant heavy rains

have loosened the tea tree roots.

Replacing it with better soil from below

will help the tea trees secure their roots.

Lady Shanbao.

May I have a word with you?

Yi,

take Lady Yunyin ahead

and check if there are any oversights in the frost protection.

Yes.

Rong Shanbao, you've deceived me again.

Deceived you?

How have I deceived you?

You said that once the case was settled,

you would give me an answer.

I've waited for you all this time,

and this is your answer?

So you already know.

Answer me!

Lord Lu, I thought you were

a clever man

who'd know how to pursue benefits and avoid harm

when making choices.

-I don't need to… -You lied to me.

You never intended

to reconcile with me.

You're going to marry someone else.

Women of the Rong family do not marry out.

Whether you marry out or take a husband in,

you'll keep him

by your side

to completely replace me.

Isn't that right?

I'm marrying him

only for

the alliance between the Rong and Yan families,

for the new tea route in the Shu region,

and for Grandmother's orders.

You have feelings for him?

Let go.

I won't!

It's true

that I previously

entered the Rong family to investigate the case,

but I know I was wrong.

From now on, I will never

deceive you again.

Never again.

You clearly love me,

so why marry Yan Bailou?

I've told you already.

I don't believe it.

You, Rong Shanbao,

would never be easily manipulated

nor would you change your mind without reason.

Tell me,

you must have your reasons,

don't you?

Don't you understand what I'm saying?

I told you to let go!

♪ Get caught in a heavy, wild snowfall ♪

♪ Watch magpies fluttering past my eyes ♪

♪ It's tormenting itself all alone ♪

♪ Unable to find any peers for a get-together ♪

You want reasons?

Fine, I'll tell you.

♪ Wait for a perfectly full moon ♪

Men in the Rong family

are all gentle and obedient.

I've never seen anyone like you,

♪ Yet every slice of it seems incomplete ♪

so defiant and calculating.

What the Rong women fear most

are ambitious men.

♪ Is it because my prayers are too presumptuous? ♪

The heir especially cannot

be easily influenced by men.

♪ Or do I lack a bit of the sacrificial blood? ♪

That queen who lost her state

is a lesson from the past.

A marriage between us

would not only be disapproved by Grandmother

♪ The biting cold wind makes me stumble as I run ♪

but also be unacceptable to the Rong ancestors.

You're about to marry someone else

and you still expect me to obey you?

♪ Laughing innocently, I find my spirit broken ♪

Rong Shanbao, I'm telling you.

If you truly dare to break your word

♪ Just like this, I'm drunk in a spring night ♪

and marry that Yan Bailou,

I'll make you taste

♪ Just like this, I'm lost in enduring hardships ♪

what real defiance is.

♪ Intertwined with you ♪

What you care about most

is your tea plantation, isn't it?

♪ No longer fret over who loves more ♪

I have plenty of ways

to destroy your tea plantation

and prevent your tea caravan from leaving Linji!

Since you know well I'm not

♪ Gradually rid myself of the snakes and scorpions in my heart ♪

the obedient type,

you should understand:

I, Lu Jianglai,

will never give away my lover

♪ Drink a cup filled with bold passion ♪

I won with my life to anyone else!

Whoever dares to take you from me

♪ Sing a line about lovebirds and butterflies ♪

becomes my enemy!

Let him try!

♪ Put an end to all karmic ties and sins ♪

You dare interfere with my affairs?

You abandoned me first!

I used to laugh at Rong Yunshu

for being with a troublesome scholar,

but it turns out the most troublesome one is right here.

You want closure?

Fine, I'll give you that.

♪ The biting cold wind makes me stumble as I run ♪

♪ Laughing innocently, I find my spirit broken ♪

♪ Just like this, I'm drunk in a spring night ♪

♪ Just like this, I'm lost in enduring hardships ♪

♪ Intertwined with you ♪

♪ No longer fret over who loves more ♪

♪ Gradually rid myself of the snakes and scorpions in my heart ♪

♪ Drink a cup filled with bold passion ♪

♪ Sing a line about lovebirds and butterflies ♪

♪ Put an end to all karmic ties and sins ♪

♪ The biting cold wind makes me stumble as I run ♪

♪ Laughing innocently, I find my spirit broken ♪

♪ Just like this, I'm drunk in a spring night ♪

♪ Just like this, I'm lost in enduring hardships ♪

♪ Intertwined with you ♪

♪ No longer fret over who loves more ♪

♪ Gradually rid myself of the snakes and scorpions in my heart ♪

♪ Drink a cup filled with bold passion ♪

♪ Sing a line about lovebirds and butterflies ♪

♪ Put an end to all karmic ties and sins ♪

Bao.

Bao?

Bao. Rong Shanbao!

Open the door now!

Lady Shanbao

has already left before dawn.

Where did she go?

Today is Lady Shanbao's

wedding day.

To prevent you

from doing something inappropriate,

please bear with this

and stay here until sunrise tomorrow.

How dare she!

Guard him properly

and release him at cockcrow tomorrow.

Yes.

Open the door!

Open up!

What a heartless woman.

What are you doing?

Shanbao told me to keep an eye on you

and make sure you work hard.

Please come in.

[Rong Mansion]

Please come in.

This way, please.

Lady Shanbao,

Old Madam and all the young ladies

are waiting in the ancestral hall for the ceremony.

The guests have already been seated.

After the ritual is completed,

you'll toast the guests at their tables.

Let's go.

[Wei Yao Kill Me]

Mr. Lang.

Wake up.

Wake up now.

Take a look.

Jun Dai!

Mr. Lang.

Where is Lord Lu?

Where is he?

He went to the tea mountain last night.

Prepare the horse. I need to get to the tea mountain right away.

Yes.

Get some capable men

to go with Mr. Lang.

[Rong's Ancestral Temple]

Young Master.

Indeed, good news brings high spirits.

Being able to marry Shanbao smoothly

has made Mr. Yan, despite his unhealed body,

forget all his pain

completely.

Lady Shanbao suggested postponing,

but he insisted on proceeding as scheduled

despite his illness.

He must be so afraid she'll change her mind.

Lady Shanbao has arrived!

Grandmother.

Our Rong family is different from others.

We don't follow those elaborate rituals.

When a Rong woman chooses her match,

the couple only needs

to go to the paired pillars

and make vows of eternal devotion,

receiving the blessings

of the Rong ancestors.

From then on, they become a wedded pair.

Mr. Yan,

our Rong family worships heaven, earth, and nature,

believing all things have spirit.

These paired pillars

were originally two ancient trees

on a steep cliff.

They've endured thousands of years of weathering.

Legend says they can connect heaven, earth, and spirits,

and possess great spiritual power.

The ground beneath your feet

is especially blessed by

generations of Rong ancestors.

Anyone who makes vows here

must clear their mind and pray sincerely.

There must not be the slightest concealment.

Otherwise, the oath will backfire.

Heaven, earth, and ancestors will not tolerate it.

Mr. Yan,

have you thought it through?

Are you truly taking your vows here?

My heart is open and clear,

with nothing to hide.

What oath could I possibly fear to take?

Rest assured,

I will never be like others

who deceive and cheat you.

Then let's proceed with the ceremony.

First, kneel to the ancestors.

Grandmother, the incense broke.

Silence!

Broken incense.

This is inauspicious.

Indeed.

It's a bad omen.

In our Rong family, women hold the primary place.

Only you bow to her.

She doesn't bow to you.

Alright.

Mr. Yan hasn't fully recovered.

He shouldn't stand for long.

Dispense with the remaining rituals.

Once they make their vows before the pillars,

they shall be husband and wife.

Shanbao.

Shanbao.

Stop the ceremony!

Why are you here?

Lord Lu, what great official authority you have,

barging into our ancestral hall

with your men, disregarding all propriety.

It seems you

have no respect for me at all.

The situation is urgent,

so I had to act rashly.

I beg your forgiveness, Old Madam.

If I hadn't come today,

I'm afraid the Rong family

would likely take in

a heinous criminal suspect.

Lord Lu,

Young Master has never offended you.

How can you falsely accuse him of such crimes?

Shixin.

Lord Lu,

if this is about Shanbao,

it is indeed my fault.

Your resentment

is understandable.

But this is a sacred ancestral hall.

You cannot make false accusations here

and implicate others.

Mr. Yan.

No,

I misspoke.

You're not Yan Bailou.

Guards!

Bring in the real Yan Bailou.

This man looks terrifying.

Who is this person?

Look at his face.

It's horrifying

This is too disturbing.

He has no tongue!

Who is he?

He... he has no tongue?

Where did Lord Lu find

a mute man

with crippled limbs?

And claims he's the son of the Yan family?

How could he possibly be Yan Bailou?

[Wei Yao killed me]

Wei Yao killed me?

Who is Wei Yao?

And who is "me"?

Wei Yao

is the eldest son

left by Wei Kejian's

first wife.

Mrs. Wei passed away early,

and then Madam Yang married into the Wei family.

The handwriting on this paper is illegible.

I've organized the information.

Let me tell you directly.

Mr. Yan was traveling from Shu region to Linji

when he met

a lone scholar on the way.

The two hit it off and became close friends.

This scholar

claimed he was going to Linji to find relatives.

Mr. Yan kindly invited him to travel together.

They journeyed through mountains and rivers.

Passing near Guzhou,

the scholar, claiming to know a shortcut,

led everyone into a dense forest.

Seven or eight servants, completely unprepared,

were brutally murdered by bandits at night.

Thanks to a servant sacrificing his life to protect him,

Mr. Yan and that scholar

managed to escape.

But he never expected...

Stop!

Stop!

Hurry! Over there!

Stop!

Just ahead!

Trying to run? Kill him!

Wei, don't mind me.

You go first.

You're too kind, Yan.

Hurry!

You go ahead instead.

Over here!

Stop!

Stop!

I'll make sure

that even on the road to the underworld,

he can't speak, can't write,

and can't plead his injustice.

The bandits thought he was dead

so they threw his body into a ravine.

But it wasn't his time to die.

Despite being crippled,

he survived.

Thanks to the help of kind people,

he begged his way to Linji.

With just a few scribbles

and no useful evidence,

you want to condemn me.

How arbitrary and absurd!

Lord Lu,

I've always respected your character

and treated you with sincerity.

Even if you're jealous

and deliberately obstructing our marriage,

you shouldn't use

such despicable means.

Once this spreads,

it will surely invite ridicule.

What good will that do for your reputation?

Grandmother,

I've been in the Rong Mansion

for quite some time now.

Who I am

and what my character is like—

can a stranger

so easily tarnish that?

I will immediately send someone

to ride swiftly back to Shu region

to find members from the Yan family to verify my identity.

But I cannot tolerate this humiliation.

Please grant me some trust

and drive out

all these disrupters of the wedding ceremony.

Don't let me lose face

and become a laughingstock.

No need for your pretense.

I've already sent people

to Guzhou where the Yan family met with misfortune.

The Yan family home will naturally be visited.

But the journey is long.

Old Madam, I request you

to grant me time for verification.

So,

apart from this man's testimony,

you have no other evidence.

Then do not interrupt

my granddaughter's wedding.

Bailou, rise.

I believe you.

Young Master, be careful.

Lady Shanbao,

do you really

believe these lies?

They're conspiring to frame

Young Master Yan.

He would even risk his life for you.

Such sincerity is beyond doubt.

Shixin,

how long have you served your master?

Young Master Yan comes from a renowned tea plantation family

and has studied tea-making for 20 years.

Yet his personal servant

doesn't know how to plant tea cuttings.

This doesn't make sense.

I told you not to meddle.

These cuttings need to be planted at a slant.

Although Mr. Yan claims that Shixin

was a servant he took in along the way,

I became suspicious

and had someone investigate secretly.

It turns out that the servants

you brought into our Rong family

are actually not

from your own household.

Shanbao,

you doubt me?

Since I spent years at the top of Mount Meng

where servants weren't allowed in the temple,

I handled everything personally.

I originally had servants from my family,

but they got dysentery due to the unfamiliar climate

and were sent back midway.

That's why I hired new servants.

Is this also considered evidence of a crime?

Is that so?

Greetings, Old Madam

and Lady Shanbao.

Weren't you sent to Yinzhou?

Why have you returned?

Please forgive me, Old Madam.

Before I left,

Ms. Yan called for me

and entrusted me with an important matter.

Tie it tightly.

Alright.

Secure the water bag.

Got it.

Make sure it's done properly.

Yes.

I never went to Yinzhou.

Instead, I went to the Yan family in the Shu region

to verify Mr. Yan's identity.

And I've brought someone back with me.

Old Madam, please take a close look.

This is Yan Xiang

who has been

the Yan family's steward for 30 years.

Young Master.

Young Master!

Young Master!

Young Master!

What happened to you?

Who did this to you?

You...

Young Master!

Liar.

So from the very beginning,

you were planning to capture me.

That's right.

I did take over

Yan Bailou's identity.

But since I came to the Rong Mansion,

have I wronged you in any way?

How could you treat me like this?

You're still acting.

You escaped from Linji and hid your identity,

patiently waiting for a chance to take revenge.

When you learned that

the Rong family was seeking a husband for Lady Shanbao,

you deliberately approached Yan Bailou mid-journey,

befriended him,

imitated his mannerisms,

intentionally led him to his death,

and then entered Linji under his name.

Along the way, you took in

a homeless boy,

renamed him Shixin (means stone heart).

"Though clothed in rags and eating plain food,

one may not die of hunger or cold;

with a heart of stone and bowels of wood,

one vows never forget loyalty and righteousness."

Yet what you've never forgotten

is clearly your hatred!

Yang Dingchen

died by your hands.

He's hidden it so well.

Indeed.

He Xingming has already confessed to the murder.

There's no need to fabricate more lies.

When he entered,

Yang Dingchen was already having an attack.

The servants said

Yang Dingchen hadn't suffered

from asthma for many years.

You must have tampered with

his incense burner when no one was watching.

He Xingming

was just your scapegoat.

Heaven's justice is clear. Karma never fails.

My Wei family suffered

ten years of false accusations.

Ten years!

Countless innocent clan members were convicted and exiled.

If I hadn't been studying in Yizhou at the time,

I would have been imprisoned long ago.

To pay for the Yang family's

crimes with Yang Dingchen's life alone

is already too lenient.

What about Madam Yang?

Your Wei family members were innocent,

but does that mean Madam Yang deserves to die?

She never committed a single evil act,

couldn't bear to harm anyone.

Even though she suffered

mistreatment from her mother-in-law and husband,

she was still willing to stand up

and testify for your Wei family.

All she asked for

was to live out her days in the temple.

Yet you still wouldn't let her be

and had to push her to her death.

She deserved to die.

She was the source of hatred

between the Wei and Yang families—

a cursed woman.

Because of her,

the entire Wei family

suffered countless hardships.

She didn't deserve to live in this world!

There were indeed

innocent people who suffered in your Wei family.

But your grandmother abused your stepmother,

and your father turned a blind eye.

He was

the real source of all family troubles and misfortunes.

Instead of blaming your grandmother for her severity

or resenting your father for his incompetence,

or hating the Yang family for their cruelty,

you shift all the blame

onto a powerless woman—

clearly taking advantage of her inability to fight back.

How despicable and ridiculous.

How dare you spout nonsense here

and claim injustice?

You don't deserve it!

Bao, calm down.

Don't hurt yourself.

He's not worth it.

Ask him.

Ask him.

Why did he enter the Rong family

under false pretenses?

Wei Yao,

you repeatedly tried to get close to me before

just to lower my guard.

You used me to suppress

Wen Can, He Xingming, and others.

After I gained Lady Shanbao's favor,

you revealed my true identity

in front of the Rong family

to win Old Madam's approval

and become the final winner.

You've been hiding in the Rong family for days.

Could it be that you

consider Lady Shanbao, who helped Madam Yang,

as your enemy too

and intend to take revenge on the Rong family?

Lu Jianglai,

you've figured out

my intentions so thoroughly.

But you're wrong about one thing:

my feelings for Lady Shanbao.

At this point,

are you still trying

to slander me?

You're already a puddle of mud.

There's no need to slander you.

Rong Shanbao,

what I told you before

about running for our lives

is true.

You

don't deserve it.

Yes.

I don't deserve it.

With my power alone,

reviving the fallen Wei family would be difficult.

But with

the position of the Rong family's master,

it would be as easy as turning my hand over.

It's all because this nuisance didn't die.

Otherwise, with the Yan family far away in Shu region

and communication difficult,

after a year or so,

when the Rong family's descendants

carried Wei blood,

could you still

kill me and the child?

I'm afraid you'll never

get that chance in this lifetime.

Take him away!

Go!

Grandmother.

Escort me back to my room.

[Alternative Ways to Drink Tea]

Rong Yunxi!

Think carefully.

If you dare keep him here,

you'll never get a share

of the Rong family's tea plantations and shops.

Without relying on the Rong family,

we need to think of other ways to make money.

I have an idea.

Let's make innovative cold-brew tea.

Nowadays in summer,

everyone loves cold-brew tea.

Actually, the history of cold-brew tea

can be traced back to the Song Dynasty.

During that era of flourishing tea culture,

a scholar named He Dexiu

poured ice cubes over tea leaves,

inventing iced tea.

The Song Dynasty also had

a tea-and-pastry

combination called Yulin Tea,

made by carving candied winter melon

into different hollow shapes

before adding it to tea—

both tasty and fun.

By the Ming Dynasty,

various fruit teas and dried fruit teas

became popular among the people,

like walnut and pine nut tea,

candied kumquat tea,

salted bamboo shoot, sesame and osmanthus tea,

osmanthus and green bean tea,

osmanthus and kumquat tea,

salted cherry tea, etc.

One could say there were hundreds of tea flavors

and hundreds of tastes.