1 00:00:00,690 --> 00:00:10,000 Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki 2 00:00:54,590 --> 00:01:00,230 The Story of Ming Lan 3 00:01:00,230 --> 00:01:02,890 Episode 8 4 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,430 It hurts. Hurts. 5 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:25,200 Eldest Brother is so tenacious. 6 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,180 A few days ago, he wanted to bribe my maidservants to his side. 7 00:01:28,180 --> 00:01:30,840 He wanted to find out where I set up my mistress. 8 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,270 I dismissed them. 9 00:01:32,270 --> 00:01:35,040 And come today, he's got you following me. 10 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:36,860 It seems Eldest Brother's measures 11 00:01:36,860 --> 00:01:39,590 are getting more and more skilled. 12 00:01:39,590 --> 00:01:42,550 Second Young Master! Second Young Master. I won't dare ever again! 13 00:01:42,550 --> 00:01:44,210 You won't ever dare? 14 00:01:44,210 --> 00:01:48,200 Then for what happened today, do you concede to a beating or punishment? 15 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,290 I'll... take punishment. 16 00:01:50,290 --> 00:01:53,050 Punishment? Fine. 17 00:01:53,050 --> 00:01:56,260 Then you leave the Marquis Manor and find your own survival path. 18 00:01:56,260 --> 00:01:58,960 Never to speak to a Gu household member again! 19 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:03,220 Well, that . . . 20 00:02:03,220 --> 00:02:04,910 What's wrong? 21 00:02:04,910 --> 00:02:08,450 You can't part from the good food from the Marquis Manor? 22 00:02:08,450 --> 00:02:11,220 Second Master, I'll go with a beating. 23 00:02:11,220 --> 00:02:13,460 Beating, you say? 24 00:02:13,460 --> 00:02:16,930 Then take three punches from Shitou. Shitou! 25 00:02:16,930 --> 00:02:18,370 Alright! 26 00:02:27,330 --> 00:02:29,100 Look carefully. 27 00:02:31,630 --> 00:02:33,660 Second Master. I'll go with the punishment. 28 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:36,400 Here, I'll leave the Marquis Manor today, right away! 29 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,430 No, I'll leave Bianjing City today and never return ever! 30 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:57,820 We've knocked one away and another might come soon. 31 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:02,530 We can only deal with one soldier and one flooding at a time. 32 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:05,190 Knocking one away is one less. 33 00:03:05,190 --> 00:03:07,670 Once I've made my name, 34 00:03:07,670 --> 00:03:10,120 Manniang can see the light of the world. 35 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,220 Careful of your own health. 36 00:03:17,220 --> 00:03:19,570 Eldest, don't be so anxious. 37 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,760 Someone came to report to me 38 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,730 that the servant came back and started to pack up right away. 39 00:03:26,730 --> 00:03:29,960 He's asked to transfer to our Gu generational fields. 40 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:35,630 I can see that Second Brother already discovered we've put a tail on him, and we've startled the snake. 41 00:03:35,630 --> 00:03:37,300 If in the future, 42 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:42,280 if we want to find that woman he's keeping, it'll just get harder. 43 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:48,660 And my health is like this. 44 00:03:48,660 --> 00:03:52,000 I don't know if i can subsist until the end of the year. 45 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,080 How can I not fret? 46 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,920 Second Son is usually most gentle. 47 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,560 He'll at most just skip class, 48 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,680 and drink some wine and run up the account, or small matters like gambling at the stable. 49 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:08,220 Since he's known that woman, he's completely bewitched by her... 50 00:04:09,070 --> 00:04:12,540 and raising two children too! 51 00:04:12,540 --> 00:04:16,320 If we don't find this woman and dismiss her soon, 52 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,330 I don't know how she will ruin Second Son later on. 53 00:04:21,550 --> 00:04:23,500 Where's Tingwei? 54 00:04:24,020 --> 00:04:27,970 He has wide connections and knows many loafing masters. 55 00:04:27,970 --> 00:04:31,610 Maybe we can find out about Ye'er from them? 56 00:04:31,610 --> 00:04:33,650 Don't mention him anymore. 57 00:04:33,650 --> 00:04:38,000 That real son of mine is the biggest oaf who is completely immature! 58 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,680 A few days ago when he saw that Second Son was beaten harshly. 59 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,900 he started to cry along so many bouts. 60 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:47,820 I thought he would follow Second Son to lift up the brush or ink or something. 61 00:04:48,390 --> 00:04:52,960 But now he has no measure and went out to some poetry society. 62 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,960 My health can't bear it. 63 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,160 If later on Second Brother is not doing his duty again, 64 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,770 Tingwei will be the Marquis of Ningyuan. 65 00:05:04,770 --> 00:05:08,190 He can't cultivate his temper and go to school now? 66 00:05:08,190 --> 00:05:10,460 Stop the nonsense. 67 00:05:10,460 --> 00:05:12,710 You're just frail. 68 00:05:12,710 --> 00:05:15,000 That's not a major illness. 69 00:05:16,030 --> 00:05:19,730 You're not allowed to speak so ominously. Got it? 70 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:28,830 [ Duke Qi Manor ] 71 00:05:45,010 --> 00:05:46,450 Stop there. 72 00:05:54,970 --> 00:05:56,670 You again! 73 00:05:56,670 --> 00:05:58,360 It wasn't me. 74 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,910 Last time, I already told you. 75 00:06:00,910 --> 00:06:05,510 When you come work in our house, no one is allowed to doll up. 76 00:06:05,510 --> 00:06:09,380 Today, not only are you dressed like this, 77 00:06:09,380 --> 00:06:12,720 you've loosened your hair down too. 78 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,230 Putting up the seductress look. 79 00:06:15,230 --> 00:06:18,510 I imagine your brain was eaten by a dog, 80 00:06:18,510 --> 00:06:20,330 and you didn't remember my words? 81 00:06:20,330 --> 00:06:22,650 No, not so. 82 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:24,160 Duchess. Big Madam! 83 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,730 Your Highness, forgive me this once. I will never dare again! 84 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,220 Last time I saw you like this, 85 00:06:37,220 --> 00:06:39,510 I already spared you once. 86 00:06:39,510 --> 00:06:42,670 This time, you repeat the offense knowingly. 87 00:06:42,670 --> 00:06:45,920 That's adding another offense. Yes. 88 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,740 Go find someone 89 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:51,400 and sell this shameless wench. 90 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,660 No, don't! May Your Highness please forgive me! 91 00:06:54,660 --> 00:06:56,850 Forgive me. I won't go. 92 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:59,330 - It's useless if you cry. - I won't go! Your Highness Princess Pingning, forgive me! 93 00:06:59,330 --> 00:07:01,700 Look at how you're crying. 94 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:03,950 The Young Lord in the study over there, 95 00:07:03,950 --> 00:07:06,360 has he come out to take a look at you? 96 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,580 No, Your Highness! 97 00:07:08,580 --> 00:07:12,080 Your Highness! Princess, Your Highness... 98 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,200 Don't think I don't know what your schemes are. 99 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,250 Dressing yourself as a seductress. 100 00:07:17,250 --> 00:07:20,960 Wishing for the day that the Young Lord can see you! 101 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:26,320 Take you in, and you soar to the sky with one step and become the mistress of the ducal house? 102 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,390 Dream on! You all listen carefully. 103 00:07:30,390 --> 00:07:32,330 Send my instructions. 104 00:07:32,330 --> 00:07:36,280 Especially these newly-arrived runners, 105 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,670 be clever. 106 00:07:38,670 --> 00:07:40,870 I grew up in the palace. 107 00:07:40,870 --> 00:07:43,300 I've seen all sorts of tricks. 108 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:46,160 Don't play any tricks on me. 109 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,550 If I find out 110 00:07:48,550 --> 00:07:51,750 someone has tried to lure and ruin my son, 111 00:07:51,750 --> 00:07:53,560 I will have you arrive vertically, 112 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,130 but leave here horizontally. (T/N leaving dead in a casket, carried out) 113 00:07:55,130 --> 00:07:58,410 Yes, we shall mark your teaching. 114 00:08:24,590 --> 00:08:26,010 Mother. 115 00:08:27,090 --> 00:08:31,380 What are you looking at all night that you don't even turn a page? 116 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:34,540 Is there something golden? 117 00:08:35,630 --> 00:08:37,720 I saw a sentence on this page 118 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,970 and it reminded me of a query set out by the Academy Master. 119 00:08:39,970 --> 00:08:42,080 I was agonizing and puzzling over it. 120 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:43,750 A query? 121 00:08:43,750 --> 00:08:45,310 What query? 122 00:08:45,310 --> 00:08:50,750 Let me hear it. Let this mother help you think it through. 123 00:08:50,750 --> 00:08:52,330 No need. 124 00:08:54,940 --> 00:08:57,260 Don't disregard your mother. 125 00:08:57,260 --> 00:09:00,390 I have had a tutor since I was young too. 126 00:09:00,390 --> 00:09:04,170 My education is not lower than that of you and your father. 127 00:09:04,170 --> 00:09:08,770 Which words and what query? Tell me. 128 00:09:09,940 --> 00:09:11,810 Since we're on the topic of studying, 129 00:09:11,810 --> 00:09:15,290 at Sheng House, I've been studying for quite some time now. 130 00:09:15,290 --> 00:09:16,880 I've bothered them quite a bit. 131 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,170 Mother, how about this? 132 00:09:19,170 --> 00:09:22,860 Tomorrow, you come with me to pay visit to the Sheng Old Madam? 133 00:09:22,860 --> 00:09:26,080 Bring some light gifts as token of our thought. What do you think? 134 00:09:26,850 --> 00:09:29,180 When you started to go to to the Sheng house to study, 135 00:09:29,180 --> 00:09:31,170 your father already went there. 136 00:09:31,170 --> 00:09:33,480 And we've sent many gifts there alerady. 137 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,850 By custom, we are a ducal house. 138 00:09:37,850 --> 00:09:41,200 Sheng House is a fifth-rank (ministerial) house. 139 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,940 If we defy convention and acquaint with our inferiors, 140 00:09:43,940 --> 00:09:47,450 it would seem quite flippant if we frequented the visits. 141 00:09:47,450 --> 00:09:51,980 Others would find that we are seeking something intentionally. 142 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:54,910 What could we seek there? 143 00:09:54,910 --> 00:09:58,750 There's the saying that you can't fault someone for being too cordial. 144 00:09:58,750 --> 00:10:04,320 You're a child who never cared for social visits before? 145 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,550 But today, how is it you are interested? 146 00:10:07,550 --> 00:10:11,650 Unless... there's a story to it? 147 00:10:12,410 --> 00:10:14,860 Mother, what do you mean? 148 00:10:14,860 --> 00:10:16,760 Your son's grown. 149 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,810 As for social connections, I should have more understanding. 150 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,480 It's nice for my son to have this thought. 151 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,720 The rest, your father and I will see to. 152 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:33,120 Once you place at the top and make a name, it's not too late to meet people then. 153 00:10:34,690 --> 00:10:38,700 Mother. Just make the trip, please? 154 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:42,670 I'm not feeling well lately and my face is so haggard. 155 00:10:42,670 --> 00:10:46,830 How can I meet anyone with this face? 156 00:10:46,830 --> 00:10:51,100 Mother, you're already the most beautiful woman on earth. 157 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:55,860 If you are unsightly, then no woman is sightly. 158 00:11:01,890 --> 00:11:04,340 You, child. 159 00:11:04,340 --> 00:11:07,370 Why do you insist that I go to the Sheng house? 160 00:11:07,370 --> 00:11:09,870 What do you plot? 161 00:11:12,710 --> 00:11:15,130 What can I plot? 162 00:11:15,130 --> 00:11:19,200 I just wanted Mother to be more involved in my learning. 163 00:11:19,710 --> 00:11:21,950 I care for you most tenderly. 164 00:11:21,950 --> 00:11:25,720 Look. This is all made especially for you. 165 00:11:26,700 --> 00:11:29,230 During this exam period, 166 00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:31,140 you should just focus on studying. 167 00:11:31,140 --> 00:11:34,300 The rest, don't overthink it. 168 00:11:39,710 --> 00:11:41,350 Yes. 169 00:11:52,530 --> 00:11:56,080 Princess, did you find something suspicious? 170 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,290 He was holding a book, 171 00:12:00,290 --> 00:12:02,830 but his eyes were looking elsewhere. 172 00:12:02,830 --> 00:12:06,070 Reflecting on the literature and questions? I doubt it. 173 00:12:06,070 --> 00:12:11,390 It seems more likely there's someone in his heart. 174 00:12:11,390 --> 00:12:14,970 Princess, should we deal with this inside. 175 00:12:14,970 --> 00:12:18,800 There's many people here in the hallways. 176 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,260 That's exactly what I want. 177 00:12:22,260 --> 00:12:24,290 Have them all watch this. 178 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:39,820 My respects, Princess. For what have you requested my presence? 179 00:12:50,330 --> 00:12:55,530 When Young Master was studying at the Sheng family's study, 180 00:12:55,530 --> 00:13:00,000 did he talk to the daughters of the Sheng family? 181 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,400 Of course he did, 182 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,590 but he didn't say much either. 183 00:13:04,590 --> 00:13:06,610 Master Scholar Zhuang keeps a tight schedule. 184 00:13:06,610 --> 00:13:09,290 They are busy and don't have much time to talk. 185 00:13:09,290 --> 00:13:11,710 Think carefully again before you talk. 186 00:13:11,710 --> 00:13:15,650 In the event that I ever find out 187 00:13:15,650 --> 00:13:17,760 that you are not telling the truth. 188 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:19,950 You know the consequences. 189 00:13:19,950 --> 00:13:22,140 Everything I say is true, nothing has been falsified. 190 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:24,020 Big Madam, you may inquire as you see fit. 191 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:27,750 Today, the three daughters of the Sheng family didn't even show up. 192 00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:30,590 I heard that it's because they sought a momo to teach them etiquette. 193 00:13:30,590 --> 00:13:32,980 Likely they won't even be able to meet anyone in the future. 194 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:40,110 So to say, this Sheng family... is cultured and steeped in propriety? 195 00:13:40,110 --> 00:13:42,310 Yes. That's right. 196 00:13:42,310 --> 00:13:45,220 The Young Master treats you well. 197 00:13:45,220 --> 00:13:47,200 If you want to be good to him, 198 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,660 you should tell me the truth. 199 00:13:49,660 --> 00:13:53,780 If you go along with him, you will be harming him. 200 00:13:53,780 --> 00:13:58,030 I understand. I have always looked out for his interest. 201 00:13:58,030 --> 00:14:01,400 You don't need to be that scared. Leave now. 202 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,680 Yes. 203 00:14:12,660 --> 00:14:16,960 Utter nonsense. He's up to something. 204 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,370 He's not telling the truth? 205 00:14:21,870 --> 00:14:24,310 The Sheng family has three daughters. 206 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,920 I know what's on their mind. 207 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,250 We can replace the person who's accompanying Young Master. 208 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:37,930 Don't do it. He's used to him. Since he was little until now, he has been with him and is very loyal. 209 00:14:37,930 --> 00:14:41,250 To add further, the examination is due shortly. 210 00:14:41,250 --> 00:14:45,010 If nothing terrible happens, it's better not to take any actions 211 00:14:45,010 --> 00:14:47,340 and not create any scenes. 212 00:14:47,340 --> 00:14:49,780 I'm afraid it will affect his future prospects. 213 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:12,000 Nanny. 214 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,130 You are finally here. 215 00:15:13,130 --> 00:15:15,560 I don't have to worry now that you are here. 216 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:17,650 I found this house for you. 217 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:19,430 Tianshui Alley. (T/N "Sweet Spring Alley" or "Sweet Water Alley") 218 00:15:19,430 --> 00:15:22,580 The name is nice and the geomancy here is good too. 219 00:15:22,580 --> 00:15:26,570 This house is very stylish but I can't use it. 220 00:15:26,570 --> 00:15:28,350 Why not? 221 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:32,800 From now on 222 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,730 you are the owner. 223 00:15:34,730 --> 00:15:36,830 They will listen to your instructions. 224 00:15:36,830 --> 00:15:40,170 You must take good care of Nanny. You must not be disrespectful. 225 00:15:40,170 --> 00:15:41,720 Yes. 226 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,100 Come Nanny, you have been wearied by your travels. 227 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:48,520 Sit for a bit and rest. 228 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,920 What do you mean rest, 229 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,160 I'm not fit to be a Mistress of a house. 230 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:00,010 I set out on a long journey to share your worries and burdens. 231 00:16:02,610 --> 00:16:05,030 Nanny, you have been serving my mother. 232 00:16:06,380 --> 00:16:09,700 You have toiled for many years in the Bai family. 233 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:12,010 You should enjoy a free and easy life now. 234 00:16:12,010 --> 00:16:16,610 Even more so, I'm an adult now and I have people to serve me. 235 00:16:16,610 --> 00:16:18,560 I don't need to trouble you anymore. 236 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:22,120 Young Master, don't underestimate this old woman. 237 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,440 I'm still sturdy and strong. 238 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,680 It's not a problem to work for twenty years more. 239 00:16:28,530 --> 00:16:33,640 To add further, you need someone who's considerate and caring. 240 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,870 Alright. Nanny, say no more. I have decided. 241 00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:50,070 Nanny. Frankly... 242 00:16:50,770 --> 00:16:54,950 there's a reason why I don't want you to live in the manor of the Marquis. 243 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,140 It's for your illegitimate child and kept woman, right? 244 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,770 Never mind. As long as she's pure and kind, 245 00:17:03,770 --> 00:17:07,900 and is genuine and sincere to you, it's good enough. 246 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:09,110 Of course. 247 00:17:09,110 --> 00:17:12,640 Manniang is naturally pure, kind, warm and caring. 248 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,680 It's just that... 249 00:17:15,180 --> 00:17:17,130 she doesn't have a good family background. 250 00:17:17,130 --> 00:17:19,860 When she was destitute, she was a minstrel for a short while. 251 00:17:19,860 --> 00:17:21,770 She won't be able to enter the manor of the Marquis. 252 00:17:21,770 --> 00:17:23,580 What? 253 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,490 Young Master, you are so muddle-headed! 254 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,260 You... 255 00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:35,090 Nanny, at the time, 256 00:17:35,090 --> 00:17:39,060 when I saw her being bullied in the street, I couldn't not help her. 257 00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:43,750 But I didn't expect she'd follow me all the way to Bailudong. 258 00:17:43,750 --> 00:17:45,380 Her elder brother died too. 259 00:17:45,380 --> 00:17:48,070 Subsequently... then 260 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,720 there were children. 261 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,230 I know you are very angry 262 00:17:55,230 --> 00:17:58,180 but the mistake has already been committed. 263 00:17:58,180 --> 00:18:00,450 These two kids are innocent. 264 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:06,100 Nanny, based on not having a mother when I was young, 265 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:08,020 just help me. 266 00:18:09,790 --> 00:18:13,200 Fine. You are the master and I'm the servant. 267 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,740 You want to keep a concubine and you even have children. 268 00:18:17,210 --> 00:18:21,320 How can this old woman not do anything? 269 00:18:22,890 --> 00:18:25,130 Nanny, you dote on me the most. 270 00:18:25,890 --> 00:18:29,760 By the way, does your father know about this? 271 00:18:31,420 --> 00:18:32,950 He knows. 272 00:18:33,710 --> 00:18:37,960 Not only does he know, he beat up Young Master because of this! 273 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:41,330 Did he beat you severely? Let me take a look. 274 00:18:41,330 --> 00:18:43,260 It's not severe, Nanny. 275 00:18:43,260 --> 00:18:46,920 I applied medicine this morning. It's not visible anymore. 276 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,270 What do you mean? It's bleeding. 277 00:18:49,270 --> 00:18:51,010 The swelling is this huge. 278 00:18:52,230 --> 00:18:56,060 No, I want to see how bad the beating is. 279 00:18:56,060 --> 00:19:00,510 Luckily I brought medicine for sprains and bruises and migraines. 280 00:19:00,510 --> 00:19:01,770 I'm going to get it. 281 00:19:01,770 --> 00:19:04,700 = Momo, no! You... wait here. 282 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:35,320 I waited for many days. You are finally here. 283 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,390 Greetings, Momo Kong. 284 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,810 These are our two mediocre daughters. 285 00:19:43,810 --> 00:19:46,700 Pampered since young and inexperienced. 286 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:51,670 If they are not prepared for what's out there, on account of their age, Momo, please slowly guide them. 287 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:56,300 You can scold or beat them. As their mother, I will not feel the pain. 288 00:19:56,300 --> 00:19:58,400 Big Madam, you are overly-modest. 289 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,620 The two young Misses are girls from a respectable and educated family, 290 00:20:01,620 --> 00:20:04,770 their bearing and poise are naturally exceptional. 291 00:20:04,770 --> 00:20:08,400 I have only served in the palace for a few years. 292 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,970 Experienced a bit more than others, 293 00:20:10,970 --> 00:20:13,920 and know something things about tea-brewing and incense appreciation. 294 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:19,300 If the Misses are willing to learn, I shall teach all without reservation. 295 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:21,590 Quickly say your thanks to Momo! 296 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,400 Thank you, Momo. 297 00:20:28,090 --> 00:20:29,750 Everyone, please be seated. 298 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:42,490 This..! 299 00:20:45,620 --> 00:20:50,130 Madam has something going on. Mistress Lin, you should go back first. 300 00:20:50,130 --> 00:20:52,350 I have something important to report to Big Madam. I will leave when I'm done... 301 00:20:52,350 --> 00:20:57,810 No need. Madam said that this Momo is here to teach proprieties to the two Misses. 302 00:20:57,810 --> 00:21:01,190 The Fourth Miss is always so proper and courteous, gentle and virtuous. 303 00:21:01,190 --> 00:21:05,570 Since she has never stepped out of line before, she doesn't need further etiquette lessons. 304 00:21:05,570 --> 00:21:08,410 It's not appropriate to say this. They are all daughters of the Sheng family. 305 00:21:08,410 --> 00:21:10,830 - This is favoring one and slighting the other. - Exactly! 306 00:21:10,830 --> 00:21:14,070 I'm an uneducated person. I don't understand what this means. 307 00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:17,880 I'm only here to relay the main Mistress' message. If you still refuse to leave... 308 00:21:19,170 --> 00:21:21,170 - Someone. - You... 309 00:21:23,130 --> 00:21:25,780 You... ! All of you... ! 310 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:33,050 Let's see if your family name is "Sheng" or "Lin" in this house! 311 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:38,310 Filthy witch. Calls herself the "main Mistress" but how is she anything like a Mistress of the house! 312 00:21:38,310 --> 00:21:41,340 So afraid that my Mo'er will steal her daughter's prestige! 313 00:21:41,340 --> 00:21:44,320 Mistress, don't be angry. We will have other solutions. 314 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,920 My poor Mo'er, to be born to me. 315 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:51,800 If I was the Mistress of the house I wouldn't have to worry for her future like this. This won't do! 316 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,660 I will get her into Momo Kong's class no matter what! 317 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:56,570 We will definitely find a way. 318 00:21:57,820 --> 00:22:00,100 What evil sins... 319 00:22:01,250 --> 00:22:04,140 Although it's wrong to support a mistress who's a singer, 320 00:22:04,140 --> 00:22:06,780 he can't be so ruthless as to do this either. 321 00:22:07,850 --> 00:22:10,290 New wounds against old scars... 322 00:22:10,290 --> 00:22:14,830 No matter what, you are also his flesh and blood. 323 00:22:14,830 --> 00:22:17,470 If something were to happen, 324 00:22:17,470 --> 00:22:20,040 what is he to do? 325 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:24,190 I'm fine, Nanny. These wounds will be okay after a few days. 326 00:22:24,980 --> 00:22:29,090 Since you were young until now, you have been beaten many times. 327 00:22:29,090 --> 00:22:31,400 You are always beaten into this state. 328 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:37,710 Not... not every time... 329 00:22:37,710 --> 00:22:40,140 Seriously. 330 00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:44,350 It's too cruel. Too cruel! 331 00:22:45,390 --> 00:22:50,610 It's also my fault for being a disappointment. 332 00:22:50,610 --> 00:22:52,130 Wait. 333 00:22:55,350 --> 00:22:57,580 Where did you get this scar from? 334 00:22:57,580 --> 00:22:59,730 I don't remember you having this. 335 00:22:59,730 --> 00:23:03,260 This is not a wound you get from beatings. 336 00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:05,990 Young Master, stop hiding this from me. Tell me. 337 00:23:05,990 --> 00:23:08,280 How did you get this? 338 00:23:09,110 --> 00:23:11,080 Three years ago, 339 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,600 a brother from the Fifth Branch House took an interest in a maid. 340 00:23:15,750 --> 00:23:18,540 The maid refused his advances, so he forced himself upon her. 341 00:23:18,540 --> 00:23:22,220 The maid was fiercely virtuous, in the end she committed suicide. 342 00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:24,540 They put the blame on me. 343 00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:27,020 But the dead cannot bear witness. 344 00:23:27,020 --> 00:23:28,870 The house of a Marquis 345 00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:30,990 it's no better than a jail. 346 00:23:30,990 --> 00:23:33,990 It's hell, it's purgatory! 347 00:23:33,990 --> 00:23:36,720 They are purposefully going after your life, 348 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,940 to scheme against your wealth and assets. 349 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:44,730 Nanny, what do you mean by "going after my life" and "scheming for my wealth"? 350 00:23:44,730 --> 00:23:47,670 You sound like you're telling stories. 351 00:23:48,550 --> 00:23:52,580 Young Master, you are after all the child of a legal wife in the house of the Marquis. 352 00:23:52,580 --> 00:23:56,210 Moreover, that Mistress Qin, 353 00:23:56,210 --> 00:23:58,580 she treats you very well. 354 00:23:58,580 --> 00:24:00,960 Hence, there are some things, 355 00:24:01,790 --> 00:24:04,530 I wanted to keep to myself 356 00:24:04,530 --> 00:24:08,930 and take them to my coffin, and go see Miss again. (T/N Long-time servant of his late mother, knew her as Miss) 357 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,920 If you don't wish to hear it, Young Master. 358 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,210 I will just not say it. 359 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:30,960 I will hear it. 360 00:24:32,690 --> 00:24:34,980 You must find it strange 361 00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:38,770 how was it that your mother, who was the daughter of salt merchant, 362 00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:41,500 was able to marry into a Marquis house, 363 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:44,720 and become the main wife, the legitimate Madam. 364 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:50,010 For the legitimate wife, it matters that the two houses are matching in status. 365 00:24:50,010 --> 00:24:54,070 But for a second marriage, it's not so strict, right? 366 00:24:55,220 --> 00:25:00,350 The Gu House earned their nobility through merit. They earned their death-pardoning medallion. 367 00:25:00,350 --> 00:25:02,760 If it hadn't been due to a great calamity that was upon them, 368 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,230 they wouldn't have married with a merchant family. 369 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,910 What calamity? 370 00:25:11,730 --> 00:25:16,050 The Old Master, he built a business empire all on his own. 371 00:25:16,050 --> 00:25:18,920 He only had a sole child, your mother, the Eldest Miss. 372 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:25,710 He knew the Bai family residing in the southern village would banish and kill even orphans and widows. 373 00:25:25,710 --> 00:25:27,850 They could not be relied upon. 374 00:25:27,850 --> 00:25:32,130 So he wanted to seek a good marriage for the young Miss. 375 00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:35,990 It didn't matter if it was a humble family or wealthy one. 376 00:25:35,990 --> 00:25:39,580 What mattered was that they would be good to the Miss. 377 00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:43,380 He was willing to give a lavish dowry to accompany her in marriage. 378 00:25:43,380 --> 00:25:49,040 At that time, suddenly someone from the capital paid a visit. 379 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:55,150 The visitor said a merit-earned noble house in Dongjing was seeking a marriage. 380 00:25:55,150 --> 00:25:59,530 They had found out that our Miss was virtuous and gentle. 381 00:25:59,530 --> 00:26:02,300 The matchmaker made it sound like a match made in heaven. 382 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:04,690 But the Old Master had already found out 383 00:26:04,690 --> 00:26:06,790 the one that came to seek marriage, 384 00:26:06,790 --> 00:26:09,570 was asking it for the Fourth and Fifth sons of the Marquis. 385 00:26:09,570 --> 00:26:11,820 Go slowly now, Fourth Master. 386 00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:13,830 Come often. 387 00:26:13,830 --> 00:26:15,870 For you. 388 00:26:15,870 --> 00:26:16,890 Take it. 389 00:26:16,890 --> 00:26:21,090 One is hedonistic, and one is haughty and unreasonable. 390 00:26:21,090 --> 00:26:24,190 Only the eldest son, Gu Yankai. 391 00:26:24,190 --> 00:26:26,060 He was the only gentleman. 392 00:26:26,060 --> 00:26:28,880 But when asked, it was found out that the Eldest Master 393 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,070 had already married a Miss from the Qin family from Dongchang. 394 00:26:32,070 --> 00:26:35,190 So she would only be a concubine if she married him. 395 00:26:35,190 --> 00:26:38,080 The Miss was a sole daughter and she had lost her mother in childhood. 396 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:42,890 The Old Master treasured her, so he couldn't bear for her to suffer this indignity. 397 00:26:42,890 --> 00:26:45,630 So we thought the matter was finished. 398 00:26:45,630 --> 00:26:51,530 But half a year later, the Old Marquis and the Madam personally came to the house. 399 00:26:51,530 --> 00:26:56,630 They said that the legal wife of the eldest legitimate son of the Marquis Manor had died from illness. 400 00:26:56,630 --> 00:27:00,870 They were seeking a remarriage for him and wanted to marry the Miss of our house. 401 00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:04,150 Perfect match for that son. 402 00:27:04,150 --> 00:27:06,410 How can it be so coincidental? 403 00:27:06,410 --> 00:27:10,400 Yes. How can it be so coincidental? 404 00:27:11,090 --> 00:27:17,030 The Gu House said the Qin clanswoman had always been sickly. 405 00:27:17,030 --> 00:27:22,570 They had made the betrothal when they were both children, so the marriage went through only to keep a promise. 406 00:27:22,570 --> 00:27:26,610 So the misfortune was actually expected. 407 00:27:26,610 --> 00:27:29,570 Since the Marquis and Madam came to visit personally, 408 00:27:29,570 --> 00:27:34,760 and they were wiling to welcome the Miss with full fanfare as the legitimate wife, 409 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,240 it was the most desirable match. 410 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,700 Since Father selected him, I'm sure it must be good. 411 00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:43,320 I will listen to Father's arrangement. 412 00:27:44,590 --> 00:27:45,970 Great. 413 00:27:45,970 --> 00:27:50,250 A year of mourning was completed and the Marquis house sent the betrothal gifts. 414 00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:52,680 The Old Master kept his promise. 415 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:58,670 The Miss brought with her three to five boats of dowry items and married afar to the Marquis house in Dongjing. 416 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,150 Miss, you are both good-looking and intelligent. 417 00:28:08,150 --> 00:28:11,870 You will live such a luxurious and happy life at the Marquis house. 418 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,960 But who knew that once she entered the house, bowed for the marriage ceremony, 419 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:23,080 and been listed in the genealogy, it was only then she discovered things were off. 420 00:29:03,060 --> 00:29:05,420 Gu Yankai, that oaf! 421 00:29:05,420 --> 00:29:10,550 Because he was born in a Marquis Manor, we thought he was gentle and upright. 422 00:29:11,460 --> 00:29:13,070 But that oaf! 423 00:29:13,070 --> 00:29:17,760 He... he dragged that out over three months. 424 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,290 Only after a great scolding by the elder Marquis and Madam 425 00:29:21,290 --> 00:29:24,130 did he finally consummate the marriage with my Miss. 426 00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:28,670 Making my Miss the laughing-stock of the entire manor. 427 00:29:29,430 --> 00:29:32,330 After the elder Marquis and Madam passed away, 428 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:38,170 he inherited the Marquis title and he only became more haughty. 429 00:29:38,170 --> 00:29:41,580 He languished in his treatment of my Miss. 430 00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:46,610 And the days at the Marquis Manor just became harder and harder by the day. 431 00:29:46,610 --> 00:29:50,040 Marquis, what did I do wrong exactly? 432 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,410 Why do you treat me this way? 433 00:29:56,510 --> 00:29:58,360 Not long after, 434 00:29:59,270 --> 00:30:02,060 you were born, Young Master. 435 00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:06,590 The Miss finally had a place to put down roots. 436 00:30:08,090 --> 00:30:11,390 But precisely because she had you, 437 00:30:11,390 --> 00:30:14,130 her relationship with him 438 00:30:14,130 --> 00:30:16,600 became worse. 439 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:25,120 I thought, just bear through the days. 440 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,520 Who doesn't survive their days like that? 441 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,740 But who knew. 442 00:30:31,730 --> 00:30:34,310 That day, it was so coincidental. 443 00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:40,880 We actually went to stroll in the garden. 444 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,490 Tingyu, you must remember. 445 00:30:45,490 --> 00:30:47,970 Your mother was forced to death by someone. 446 00:30:47,970 --> 00:30:51,560 You must never forgive your enemy. 447 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,780 Who killed her? 448 00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:58,620 That Bai clanswoman in the house now. 449 00:30:58,620 --> 00:31:02,260 I don't understand. Mother Bai is good to me. 450 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:05,440 Foolish child. That's all fake. 451 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:09,150 That Bai house knew our lord racked up a deficit with the government. 452 00:31:09,150 --> 00:31:12,470 So they wanted to make themselves lofty with money they had. 453 00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:15,450 They forced their daughter to marry into the Marquis Manor. 454 00:31:15,450 --> 00:31:18,890 Saying they can help your grandfather fill the money he needed. 455 00:31:18,890 --> 00:31:21,490 Forced your father to divorce your mother. 456 00:31:21,490 --> 00:31:24,730 Your father wouldn't but your mother, 457 00:31:24,730 --> 00:31:27,920 she was driven to death by them. 458 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,630 Leaving you and your father all alone and pitiful in the world. 459 00:31:31,630 --> 00:31:33,920 Nonsense. Preposterous! 460 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,350 Who are you? How dare you ridicule my mistress. 461 00:31:37,350 --> 00:31:38,580 You! 462 00:31:38,580 --> 00:31:40,710 Momo Chang! 463 00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:46,200 Madam, that bunch of wenches are making up gossip. 464 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,250 Miss, you needn't take it to heart. 465 00:31:48,250 --> 00:31:53,340 Later we will go ask the Marquis who that whore was! 466 00:31:53,340 --> 00:31:55,930 Father and Mother-in-law came to our house and asked personally. 467 00:31:55,930 --> 00:31:59,380 They said the Marquis' wife was already dead and they sought a remarriage for him. 468 00:31:59,380 --> 00:32:01,310 That's how they married me as second wife, right? 469 00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:03,940 Yes. That's what they said to the Old Master. 470 00:32:03,940 --> 00:32:06,550 I heard it clearly with the Old Master! 471 00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:11,980 But why does she say it like my father forced the Qin wife to die? 472 00:32:13,290 --> 00:32:15,690 Who's telling the truth? 473 00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:21,060 Big Madam! Big Madam! 474 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,030 What are you doing? 475 00:32:31,340 --> 00:32:35,240 Was it only for my dowry that you married me? 476 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:39,400 Miss, go and rest first. Watch out for your belly. 477 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:43,160 The five hundred thousand taels of dowry I brought filled your family's deficit. 478 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,020 The deficit wasn't what I thought, of your simply running out of silver. 479 00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:51,020 It was actually you merit nobles, borrowing from the Imperial court and never paying it back! 480 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:53,950 His Majesty asked you to repay the account, 481 00:32:53,950 --> 00:32:56,170 and he's already put two merit nobles in jail, right? 482 00:32:56,170 --> 00:32:57,500 Who told you? 483 00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:59,620 Tell me if it's true! 484 00:33:05,910 --> 00:33:08,130 You don't want to tell me about deficit with the court. 485 00:33:08,130 --> 00:33:12,200 Then tell me, how did the Qin wife die? 486 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,970 Why are you asking that out of nowhere? 487 00:33:14,970 --> 00:33:19,030 Didn't I tell you already? She died from an illness. 488 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:21,890 Then did she die from an illness before you sought marriage at my home, 489 00:33:21,890 --> 00:33:24,350 or it was after this that she died? 490 00:33:35,550 --> 00:33:38,380 In order to fill this deficit you owed, 491 00:33:38,380 --> 00:33:42,350 your family needed three to five hundred thousand taels. 492 00:33:42,350 --> 00:33:44,820 The Qin wife was weak and sickly, 493 00:33:44,820 --> 00:33:48,110 so you divorced her to marry me. 494 00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:50,270 She died from a broken heart. 495 00:33:51,490 --> 00:33:55,260 Now you have got your silver 496 00:33:55,260 --> 00:34:00,580 and you've escaped the calamity, so you have started to look at me and my son as problems. 497 00:34:01,620 --> 00:34:04,880 Citing how great the former Qin wife was at every whim, 498 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:09,770 and laughing at my low status behind my back, even though you don't try to show care of me. 499 00:34:09,770 --> 00:34:13,860 I had thought you were from a military background, so you don't know how to dote on people. 500 00:34:13,860 --> 00:34:17,970 And I thought Qin wife was so gentle and I couldn't compare! 501 00:34:19,130 --> 00:34:26,310 But in reality, the entire family of yours regard me as the true perpetrator of your Qin wife's death! 502 00:34:26,310 --> 00:34:29,790 This is all your own wild guess. How does it even exist? 503 00:34:29,790 --> 00:34:32,180 I'm making a wild guess? 504 00:34:32,180 --> 00:34:34,090 All these years I've been married to you already, 505 00:34:34,090 --> 00:34:38,360 when you're with me, you're either sighing or piqued. 506 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,530 The two sons are both your real sons. 507 00:34:41,530 --> 00:34:44,390 But how many times did you hold Ye'er in total? 508 00:34:44,390 --> 00:34:47,670 Do you know how many teeth he has and how tall he is now? 509 00:34:47,670 --> 00:34:50,150 Your hand has long fingers and short fingers. 510 00:34:50,150 --> 00:34:52,560 Yu'er's mother is gone and he's sickly. 511 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,860 Is it wrong that I favor him? 512 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:58,130 He doesn't have his birth mother but he still has me as his step-mother! 513 00:34:58,130 --> 00:35:02,660 Was I ever an evil mother to him? 514 00:35:02,660 --> 00:35:07,890 Even if Yu'er comes before you, he couldn't tell you any fault in me. 515 00:35:07,890 --> 00:35:11,770 But you! In and out of the rooms. One here, and one there. 516 00:35:11,770 --> 00:35:14,950 Stuffing defaming words about me into Yu'er's ears. 517 00:35:14,950 --> 00:35:18,550 Today in the garden, a maidservant told Yu'er in public 518 00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:22,420 that he shouldn't forget he has the grudge with me of me killing his mother! 519 00:35:22,420 --> 00:35:26,780 And you keep inviting Qin family guests, and who knows what that bunch say about me behind my back! 520 00:35:26,780 --> 00:35:28,520 Shut up! 521 00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:33,880 The Qins are like family to us. Don't slander them. 522 00:35:34,590 --> 00:35:36,210 You go and ask 523 00:35:36,210 --> 00:35:39,820 our entire family, what have you all taught Yu'er all day? 524 00:35:39,820 --> 00:35:42,340 Then you will know if I am slandering. 525 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:45,070 You are really so ignorant. 526 00:35:45,070 --> 00:35:47,200 Stop making a scene! 527 00:35:48,070 --> 00:35:50,630 I'm making a scene? 528 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,320 Marquis. 529 00:35:55,070 --> 00:35:58,170 You've not seen a real scene then. 530 00:36:01,870 --> 00:36:04,340 Today you can write me a divorce paper. 531 00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:09,560 I will take Ye'er and we'll return to our old hometown of Yangzhou, clean and tidy. 532 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,150 - Enough! - You. 533 00:36:12,690 --> 00:36:15,570 You're eight months' pregnant now. You can't go anywhere! 534 00:36:15,570 --> 00:36:18,110 Madam, your anger is confusing you. 535 00:36:18,110 --> 00:36:19,870 These are all old matters. 536 00:36:19,870 --> 00:36:23,820 Let's rethink this. You're with child too. 537 00:36:23,820 --> 00:36:29,500 They belittle us as merchant households, so just give me a divorce paper so I can go. 538 00:36:29,500 --> 00:36:33,460 The dowry, I'll regard it as having been lost to your family. 539 00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:36,190 I won't even ask for one coin back. 540 00:36:37,930 --> 00:36:42,600 Clean and tidy. Free and clear, I'm going. 541 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,370 Stop making this scene! 542 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:48,900 The dowry was agreed upon by your father. 543 00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:51,590 You should just focus on delivering the child safely and talk more later. 544 00:36:51,590 --> 00:36:55,010 Stop being played by the wicked-minded. 545 00:36:55,010 --> 00:36:57,400 Let me go. Let go of me! 546 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:58,860 You can't go! 547 00:36:58,860 --> 00:37:01,900 Madam. Madam? 548 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:05,170 - What's wrong? - Get the physician. She's in labor! 549 00:37:05,170 --> 00:37:07,120 - Madam! - Attendants! 550 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:08,360 Madam! 551 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:13,120 - Get the physician. Find the midwife. Madam is in labor! - Madam! 552 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:17,830 I was fooled so wretchedly by you all. 553 00:37:17,830 --> 00:37:19,860 Madam... 554 00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:29,370 A year after your mother passed away, 555 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:34,670 the Marquis hurriedly married the younger sister of the Qin first wife. 556 00:37:34,670 --> 00:37:36,300 Don't say anymore. 557 00:37:37,130 --> 00:37:39,470 Could it be a misunderstanding? 558 00:37:41,410 --> 00:37:44,370 Could you have heard wrong... 559 00:37:44,370 --> 00:37:46,240 or remembered wrong? 560 00:37:47,830 --> 00:37:51,770 I told you everything I saw with my own eyes. 561 00:37:51,770 --> 00:37:54,300 Not one bit of it wrong. 562 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:57,250 These years, these matters, 563 00:37:57,250 --> 00:38:00,730 they rolled out again and again in my head. 564 00:38:00,730 --> 00:38:03,680 I have remembered them very clearly. 565 00:38:20,110 --> 00:38:22,290 Rest up, Nanny. 566 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,730 Looking at the beauty under the candlelight and looking at the flower under the moonlight. 567 00:38:55,730 --> 00:38:57,800 What a sight it is. 568 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,240 I'm old now. 569 00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:03,500 Not old. 570 00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:07,930 Even if a few more decades go by, to me you're still a beauty. 571 00:39:09,170 --> 00:39:15,220 Do you hold your words as truth? If you meet a younger and more beautiful one, you won't be enticed? 572 00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:19,500 Beauties are plenty. 573 00:39:22,860 --> 00:39:28,430 But a beauty with so much talent and understanding of me is a rarity. 574 00:39:28,430 --> 00:39:35,010 Shuang'er, to me here, you're always the first. 575 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:43,140 I remember that day. I was doing needlework with the Old Madam. 576 00:39:43,140 --> 00:39:49,710 You lifted up the curtain and came in, bringing with you a breeze of jasmine scent. 577 00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:53,000 I will never forget that image of you then. 578 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,530 This lifetime, following you, I have no complaint. 579 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,300 Shuang'er, I shall never let you regret. 580 00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:12,890 I shall never regret. 581 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:18,590 Feng'er and Mo'er are both so obedient, and I often think at night 582 00:40:18,590 --> 00:40:21,770 that this all is a good life you've given me. 583 00:40:24,190 --> 00:40:29,120 Just that lately Mo'er often cries 584 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,770 and I'm afraid she will ruin her health with the crying. 585 00:40:31,770 --> 00:40:34,130 What's wrong with her suddenly? 586 00:40:35,790 --> 00:40:41,230 It's all due to how she lost your face before the Countess a few days ago. (T/N reputation) 587 00:40:43,210 --> 00:40:47,330 That's not her fault, and I've already looked into it to clear her. 588 00:40:47,330 --> 00:40:51,030 It was Rulan and Minglan, those two girls who are troublesome. 589 00:40:51,030 --> 00:40:53,050 But the court momo from the palace is here. 590 00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:56,190 And she's teaching rules to Rulan and Minglan, but she won't let Mo'er attend. 591 00:40:56,190 --> 00:41:02,050 Those two are senseless and they need to be taught, but Molan is most sensible. 592 00:41:02,050 --> 00:41:06,120 She needn't go. She can just continue with the academy lessons. 593 00:41:08,570 --> 00:41:12,570 But Molan still did go to the front hall. 594 00:41:12,570 --> 00:41:16,170 Her temperament is like mine. Just too soft. 595 00:41:16,170 --> 00:41:20,500 She should actually listen to the palace maid's teaching. 596 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:23,340 But since you dote on me, 597 00:41:23,340 --> 00:41:27,210 Big Madam chased me out and scolded me. 598 00:41:27,210 --> 00:41:31,730 Saying I'm always seducing you. 599 00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:34,530 She scolded you again? 600 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,600 That's not urgent. 601 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,650 Just that my Mo'er is pitiful. 602 00:41:41,650 --> 00:41:48,170 Pity that she's born noble, but she just had to be born to me. 603 00:41:48,170 --> 00:41:52,150 And she doesn't even get to listen to lessons about lady rules. 604 00:41:52,150 --> 00:41:57,130 I just loathe that we met too late. 605 00:41:57,130 --> 00:42:00,610 You were already with a wife and I couldn't bear to leave you. 606 00:42:00,610 --> 00:42:04,120 So I could only become your concubine, 607 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,350 and I've implicated my own children. 608 00:42:07,350 --> 00:42:14,380 If my Mo'er were born to Big Madam's belly, how great would it be? 609 00:42:19,750 --> 00:42:21,330 Alright. 610 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,150 No crying. 611 00:42:26,690 --> 00:42:28,440 Look at you. 612 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,670 That's punishment. It's not some great honor. 613 00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:41,760 Don't be sad. 614 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,390 Alright. 615 00:42:43,390 --> 00:42:49,030 Darling Hong, I'm a lowly servant by origin. 616 00:42:49,030 --> 00:42:52,720 I fear I will ruin Mo'er's match. 617 00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:55,590 Mo'er is outstanding but that's still not enough. 618 00:42:55,590 --> 00:42:59,070 It's all up to Big Madam. 619 00:42:59,070 --> 00:43:01,810 Hong. Tell me. 620 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:07,730 Does Big Madam hate you because I'm pampered, 621 00:43:07,730 --> 00:43:10,030 and that's why she won't let Mo'er go listen to the lessons? 622 00:43:10,030 --> 00:43:12,560 She's not my boss yet! 623 00:43:15,310 --> 00:43:16,840 It's true. 624 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,630 In this house, you are the boss. 625 00:43:43,500 --> 00:43:53,460 Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki 626 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:05,900 T/N In the following song, "Don't You Know, Don't You Know?", Lines 5 to the end are the poem by Li Qingzhao, a famous female poet of the Song Dynasty, the poem is titled "Spring Ends". 627 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:17,130 ♫ One morning, a flower opened and approached a willow tree, beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord ♫ 628 00:44:17,130 --> 00:44:25,810 ♫ Even if drinking in water in the morning, red clouds have half a day of sunshine, the wind and rain do not affect them completely ♫ 629 00:44:25,810 --> 00:44:35,580 ♫ In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin, from on high, your cold tears of distress flow ♫ 630 00:44:35,580 --> 00:44:45,380 ♫ Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me, not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫ 631 00:44:45,380 --> 00:44:50,020 ♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫ 632 00:44:50,020 --> 00:44:54,020 ♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫ 633 00:44:54,020 --> 00:45:03,800 ♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫ 634 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:08,390 ♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫ 635 00:45:08,390 --> 00:45:12,500 ♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫ 636 00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:22,650 ♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫ 637 00:45:23,940 --> 00:45:37,740 ♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫