1 00:00:01,950 --> 00:00:10,030 Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki 2 00:00:54,810 --> 00:01:00,050 The Story of Ming Lan 3 00:01:00,050 --> 00:01:03,000 Episode 16 4 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:46,620 Second Brother Gu is here. 5 00:01:46,620 --> 00:01:48,930 The one next to him is Chief Wei. 6 00:01:48,930 --> 00:01:51,800 Miss Yun from Qiyun House is here too. 7 00:01:52,610 --> 00:01:56,760 Second Uncle Gu? You're getting the generations all mixed up. 8 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,600 Second Brother Gu! 9 00:02:00,150 --> 00:02:02,230 Look at my foolish older brother. 10 00:02:02,230 --> 00:02:04,530 He can't even behave with dignity. 11 00:02:04,530 --> 00:02:09,230 Seeing how Qiu House is getting abandoned by His Majesty, he starts to curry favor with Gu House right away. 12 00:02:09,230 --> 00:02:12,410 That little scheme of his. Who can't tell? 13 00:02:12,410 --> 00:02:14,400 Shameful. 14 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:31,690 Your second brother, Changbai, is so busy at Imperial Hanlin Academy.(T/N 8th century, founded by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, duties are secretarial to the Court, interpreting the classics, and the Exams) 15 00:02:32,470 --> 00:02:37,020 But he's got the leisure to go see the chief of a brothel? 16 00:02:37,020 --> 00:02:39,560 Don't bother about him, Mother. 17 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,140 Mother. I want to play chuiwan. 18 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,840 Go then. 19 00:02:55,270 --> 00:02:57,250 Big Madam. 20 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,810 Yanran is over there. 21 00:03:00,810 --> 00:03:04,850 Go then. It's not easy to come out to have fun. 22 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,550 Madam Wang. 23 00:03:13,550 --> 00:03:15,760 I waited for you for a long time. 24 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,260 I arranged a seat for you. Come with me. 25 00:03:30,630 --> 00:03:32,430 Yanran! 26 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:34,990 Minglan. 27 00:03:39,990 --> 00:03:41,230 You are here too. 28 00:03:41,230 --> 00:03:44,870 Your "hundred birds looking at wind" embroidery, I'm almost done getting it mounted for you. 29 00:03:44,870 --> 00:03:48,750 But your thread wasn't great this time, it almost blotched. (T/N dyes might run as something is pressed and mounted) 30 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:50,430 Blotched? 31 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:54,430 What should I do? Then it can't be gifted out, and my step-mother will have words for me for sure again! 32 00:03:54,430 --> 00:03:58,720 I added fish gelatin to it and preserved the color, 33 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:04,810 but now... the prop method won't work, and the wood board is heavy. 34 00:04:04,810 --> 00:04:09,110 I want to try the pad method. I'm pretty sure it will work. 35 00:04:09,110 --> 00:04:12,660 Tomorrow, I'll be sure to deliver two bottles of Cuiren wine! 36 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,180 Why isn't Brother Yuanruo here yet? 37 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:27,700 Didn't he say he would be here? 38 00:04:28,420 --> 00:04:31,460 Miss, look. Rong House's Miss Feiyan is here too, 39 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:34,070 so that Young Lord must be here. 40 00:04:34,670 --> 00:04:38,090 Princess Jiacheng and Rong Feiyan are already here. (T/N Niece of the Emperor) 41 00:04:38,090 --> 00:04:40,570 Brother Yuanruo will naturally be here too. 42 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,410 I think the thread from Li House is best but it's expensive, 43 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:48,760 so I thought the shop under the bridge would do. I didn't realize... 44 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,140 You are not allowed to hit it. That ball is mine! 45 00:05:00,790 --> 00:05:03,180 Your Second Brother and Third Sister are here too. 46 00:05:03,180 --> 00:05:06,670 They're here. Princess Jiacheng from Prince Yong's house is here too. 47 00:05:06,670 --> 00:05:09,210 My Third Sister would come for sure. 48 00:05:10,020 --> 00:05:14,330 Miss Rong. I'm very happy that you are here. 49 00:05:14,330 --> 00:05:15,370 Madam Wu. 50 00:05:15,370 --> 00:05:18,250 Quick, come in and take a seat. 51 00:06:02,190 --> 00:06:03,740 This way, please. 52 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,790 Young Lord, make a poem. 53 00:06:07,790 --> 00:06:10,500 Yes, Young Lord, make a poem. 54 00:06:11,660 --> 00:06:13,220 - Make a poem. - Yes, a poem! 55 00:06:13,220 --> 00:06:17,040 Brother Qi. "The bee's waist faces the butterfly's wing. 56 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,110 The hangover faces residual sobriety." (T/N "cheng") 57 00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:23,530 That last word rhymes with your name of Heng. So let's use that as final rhyme on eight-syllable stanzas. 58 00:06:23,530 --> 00:06:27,300 You make a good poem, and I'll let you take this stew. 59 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,980 Alright. For this fish stew, 60 00:06:33,980 --> 00:06:36,230 I must make a poem then. 61 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,560 The willow leaves are like bright blades, 62 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,920 The lead is half-gone. ("cheng") 63 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:07,050 At the pavilion for a gathering today. 64 00:07:07,050 --> 00:07:09,960 Then departing after today until next time. ("sheng") 65 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,500 Excellent. 66 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,030 Brother Yuanruo's poem is excellent. 67 00:07:22,260 --> 00:07:25,250 Spring breeze as sharp as a knife. 68 00:07:25,250 --> 00:07:27,470 As sharp as a willow leaf. 69 00:07:27,470 --> 00:07:29,320 Tender grass both yellow and green. 70 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,610 Akin to a young maiden's mirror on dressing table. 71 00:07:31,610 --> 00:07:34,020 Her eyebrows bent like the willow leaf. 72 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:38,880 But upon meeting today, never meeting again. 73 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,190 That's a pun in each line. 74 00:07:43,850 --> 00:07:46,150 You praise me, Fourth Miss. 75 00:07:46,150 --> 00:07:51,020 Brother Yuanruo, your poem is beautiful but it feels sad. 76 00:07:51,020 --> 00:07:56,810 How about changing it to, "brush bestowed upon a lilac town"? 77 00:07:56,810 --> 00:07:58,850 Great, love the lilac town. 78 00:07:58,850 --> 00:08:00,970 Young Lord, when did you ever meet 79 00:08:00,970 --> 00:08:03,770 such a clever miss? 80 00:08:03,770 --> 00:08:07,550 This is Jiying Alley's, Minister Sheng's Fourth Daughter. 81 00:08:10,220 --> 00:08:13,210 You met them in the past. 82 00:08:15,410 --> 00:08:19,290 I remember now. It was when I visited the Sheng family with my mother. 83 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:22,560 The Miss who was startled by the screen. 84 00:08:23,410 --> 00:08:25,630 Greetings, Sixth Young Master Liang. 85 00:08:25,630 --> 00:08:29,420 That day, my younger sister was reckless and we offended you. 86 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:32,390 No matter. 87 00:08:32,390 --> 00:08:36,140 But the 'cheng' in half undone and 'cheng' in lilac town are repeats. 88 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:37,730 This poem is ruined by it. 89 00:08:37,730 --> 00:08:39,230 Yes, it's repeated. 90 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:42,620 Go, go. You've not finished reading half a book, so what do you know? 91 00:08:42,620 --> 00:08:46,710 This Miss Sheng's grandfather placed third in the Hanlin Exam. They are the original scholars. 92 00:08:47,930 --> 00:08:51,940 Fourth Miss Sheng, this outdoor fair my mother put together has everything. 93 00:08:51,940 --> 00:08:54,260 There's jiju, chuiwan, fishing and hunting. 94 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:57,230 I wonder what you like. 95 00:09:00,550 --> 00:09:03,720 How is Imperial Tutor lately? 96 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:05,320 Grandfather is doing well. 97 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,400 It's just that he and Grandmother are worried about my marriage. 98 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:13,280 After I have a prospect, I think they will retire to their hometown. 99 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,380 Minglan, at that time, in Bianjing, 100 00:09:16,380 --> 00:09:18,690 you'll be the only left for me. 101 00:09:19,730 --> 00:09:21,760 What are you afraid of? 102 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,820 If you can be your own boss, that's better than anything. 103 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:28,880 Later on, 104 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:34,160 if Imperial Tutor Yu really goes to Xuzhou, then come to me. 105 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,930 I won! I won! 106 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,510 Being motherless is like being fatherless too. 107 00:09:45,510 --> 00:09:49,090 I really don't know how I will manage to live. 108 00:09:52,070 --> 00:09:56,640 You and I both don't have our mothers anymore, but we still have grandparents who protect us. 109 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,030 What's there to be scared of? We don't lack at all. 110 00:10:00,030 --> 00:10:03,880 No matter what anyone says, you're the legitimate-line eldest daughter of Imperial Tutor Yu. 111 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,920 You're much better off than so many. 112 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,730 Hurry now. Straighten your back. 113 00:10:10,350 --> 00:10:13,190 Third Miss of Yu House wins the match. 114 00:10:13,190 --> 00:10:17,930 The prize is awarded, a white jade bracelet! 115 00:10:34,370 --> 00:10:35,460 - Little Sister. - Second Brother! 116 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:38,000 - Congratulations. - Thank you. 117 00:10:42,620 --> 00:10:45,280 - Rest up. - A new match. 118 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:51,260 This match's prize is a gold pin with silk twists. 119 00:10:56,030 --> 00:10:57,760 Look, how pretty is that gold silk! 120 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,940 I want that gold pin, Second Brother. You help me! 121 00:11:16,660 --> 00:11:18,240 Miss. 122 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,280 Miss? 123 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,000 What's wrong? 124 00:11:33,230 --> 00:11:35,600 It's my late mother's item. 125 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,330 What? 126 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,010 That's my mother's dowry for me. 127 00:11:42,010 --> 00:11:44,300 My name is engraved on it. 128 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:48,260 I lost it a few years ago and haven't been able to find it. 129 00:11:48,260 --> 00:11:50,140 How could this be? 130 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 When I went on tour with Father a few years ago, 131 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,400 things would go missing from my room often. 132 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,700 I asked, and couldn't find out anything. I didn't manage it investigate it either. 133 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,800 I don't have more than one or two accessories left from Mother. 134 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:09,600 Minglan. That pin. I must get it today. 135 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,700 Didn't you just get a bracelet? 136 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:14,000 A bracelet is a bracelet, and a pin is a pin. 137 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,200 I just want this gold pin. 138 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:19,900 - Not going to help me? - I... 139 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:23,200 Fine. Don't want to help me? When I go back, I will tell Grandfather. 140 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,800 I will tell him that you are not going to the Poetry Society tonight. 141 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,400 That you're secretly going to sleep over at Wide Cloud Terrace. 142 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:33,000 Please don't. I will agree, okay? 143 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,600 That's what you said. 144 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,300 Thank you, Second Brother. 145 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:39,200 But the teams are a man and woman. 146 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,000 Your Second Brother and Third Sister will definitely be on the same team. 147 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,700 - Who will you play with? - I... 148 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:48,500 Where's your Third Brother? 149 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Third Brother! 150 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,900 Wait for me. 151 00:12:57,100 --> 00:12:58,600 Third Brother. 152 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:02,400 Third Brother. Hello, Second Uncle. 153 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,200 I need your help regarding something. 154 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,000 What is it? I... 155 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,700 See you later. 156 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,000 What are you doing? I was talking to Second Brother Gu. 157 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,400 Do a favor for Yanran. 158 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:18,600 What favor? 159 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Team up with her to play polo. 160 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,800 I haven't played for a long time. I can't do it. 161 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,300 Go now. You can do it. 162 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:28,200 Who's that lady? Why is she crying so miserably? 163 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,200 The eldest daughter of the Yu family. 164 00:13:34,420 --> 00:13:36,360 Eldest daughter of the Yu family? 165 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,000 Did you recognize the wrong person? 166 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,300 I am acquainted with the second son of Yu House. 167 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:47,000 I only heard of him having a younger sister who is the third daughter. 168 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Darling Second, you may not know. 169 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,200 The eldest daughter was born to the first main wife of the Fan family. 170 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,400 But later on Madam Fan passed away, and Lord Yu remarried. 171 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:03,100 Second Young Master Yu and Third Miss Yu were born to the new Madam. 172 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,800 The step-wife has control of Yu House. 173 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:13,000 This Miss naturally became superfluous, and she was raised by the grandfather, Imperial Tutor Yu. 174 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:18,600 Eldest Miss Yu has the most amiable and refined disposition. 175 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,800 No matter who seeks knowledge from her, she is willing to help no matter what. 176 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,800 Even people like us who set up a meeting to invite her, 177 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,300 she's never declined us. 178 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:34,400 Even when you invite her, she doesn't decline? 179 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,400 Sister Yu, since studying for the exam, I haven't played jiju. 180 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,000 I can't guarantee that we will win. 181 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,900 Whether we can do it or not, thank you, Third Brother. 182 00:14:54,130 --> 00:14:58,400 Big Sister, Third Sister is fond of that pin. 183 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,400 Why do you fight with your own sister? 184 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,400 I am not trying to snatch it from my younger sister. 185 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,400 Just that this pin is my late mother's item. 186 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,600 I don't know how it became a prize today. 187 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,200 I want to keep it as a memento. 188 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,400 Second Brother, please speak favorably for me to Third Sister. 189 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,100 If you win, will you still let me have the pin? 190 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,800 I say, how can there be such an older sister like you? 191 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,400 I like this item and you want to fight with me over it? 192 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,000 Your jiju is very poor. 193 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,700 Wouldn't you embarrass the Yu family? 194 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,200 Forget it. You lack accessories, is that it? 195 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,250 You can have the jade bracelet then. 196 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,800 I don't want your prize! 197 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,400 It's just that the pin is my late mother's. 198 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:44,980 Younger Sister, may you -- 199 00:15:44,980 --> 00:15:47,200 Second Brother, let's go. 200 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:48,700 Sister! 201 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,300 The ball is in! 202 00:17:01,990 --> 00:17:03,890 Pull. 203 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,100 Greetings, Young Lord. 204 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:37,400 You like to watch jiju too? 205 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:14,900 Scholar Zhuang's academy has ended. 206 00:18:15,810 --> 00:18:20,520 I went to your house several times, but I didn't see you. 207 00:18:21,790 --> 00:18:24,990 Scholar Zhuang has already retired to his hometown. 208 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,100 It's getting hot lately and the knee guards you gifted me, 209 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:55,300 I have already put them away. 210 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,370 Young Lord. You . . . 211 00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:03,000 What knee guards? I don't understand. 212 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,500 Sixth Sister, don't be afraid. I really put them away. 213 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:08,840 I won't let another person see them. 214 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,400 May you speak with prudence, Young Lord. I've not gifted you any knee guards. 215 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,000 - You did. - I didn't. 216 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,600 You did. 217 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:24,700 ♫ One morning, a flower opened and approached a willow tree, beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord ♫ 218 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:27,400 I pushed the Count of Yongchang Manor 219 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,600 to hold this outdoor fair. 220 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:35,000 And the invitation, I sent it first to Count of Zhongqin Manor. 221 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:40,400 I guessed that once your Eldest Sister knew of it, she'd surely tell her maiden family about it. 222 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,400 If you didn't come this time, it's fine. 223 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,460 There will be second fair. 224 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:54,000 A third. A fourth. If you never come out, 225 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,600 then on the Double Seventh Festival, you would come out. (T/N Seventh day of seventh lunar month, "Qixi") 226 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,800 If you still don't come out for the Double Seventh Festival, 227 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,620 then on the Lantern Festival, you'd have to come out at least. 228 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,800 I didn't believe that I wouldn't be able to wait for you. 229 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,400 Young Lord. 230 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,100 You... are you drunk? 231 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:17,600 ♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫ 232 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,600 ♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫ 233 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:32,100 ♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫ 234 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,700 I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you very much. 235 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:48,200 Don't say anymore! 236 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,700 I... 237 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,400 Third Sister, this gold pin is my late mother's item. 238 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,400 It's showed up here, but if you are willing to concede it to me, 239 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,200 - all the accessories in my jewelry box-- - So generous? 240 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,000 Just a gold pin. Actually I don't need it. 241 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,600 But since you want it, 242 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,800 I must have it then. 243 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,800 Ming'er. 244 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,000 That pin. I don't think I can get it back. 245 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,200 Let's leave. 246 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,800 This won't do. 247 00:22:07,020 --> 00:22:09,210 I will go in your place. 248 00:22:11,970 --> 00:22:13,880 Xiaotao. 249 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,500 You don't even know how to ride a horse. How? 250 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,600 She... she... 251 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:57,300 Yes, Young Master. Sixth Miss tricked you again. 252 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,200 She tricked me. 253 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,000 And again. 254 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:44,900 It went in. 255 00:23:47,450 --> 00:23:49,550 Why did you have to feed it to her? 256 00:23:49,550 --> 00:23:52,890 I wasn't sending it to her. I was trying to hit her! 257 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,650 It's interesting. Very interesting. 258 00:23:57,650 --> 00:24:01,600 That little miss. She lives like a sun. 259 00:24:02,660 --> 00:24:04,610 You don't know, 260 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,820 her life is very hard. 261 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,520 That Sixth Miss of Sheng House reminds me of myself in my youth. 262 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,240 Where's Sixth Son? Get him here to see this skill. 263 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,180 Sixth Young Master's talking over there. 264 00:24:30,610 --> 00:24:32,460 Who is that woman? 265 00:24:32,460 --> 00:24:36,020 It's Jinying Alley, Minister Sheng's Fourth Daughter. 266 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,550 I want him to come and look at Sixth Miss Sheng. 267 00:24:40,550 --> 00:24:43,090 But he's got his eyes on the Fourth Miss Sheng first. 268 00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:51,110 What's there to see about that brow-bending, poetry-reciting coquetry act! 269 00:25:35,050 --> 00:25:36,200 Is he okay? 270 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,030 Big Madam. 271 00:25:38,030 --> 00:25:41,370 Second Brother, did you sprain yourself? 272 00:25:41,370 --> 00:25:44,180 - Do it gently. - Second Brother. 273 00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:47,390 Third Sister, my leg can't make it. 274 00:25:47,390 --> 00:25:50,700 Why doesn't someone replace me? 275 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,070 Who should replace you then? 276 00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:57,180 Big Madam, look at my leg. 277 00:25:57,180 --> 00:26:00,030 Why don't I let my good friend, 278 00:26:00,030 --> 00:26:03,060 Second Master of the Gu family, help my younger sister? 279 00:26:03,060 --> 00:26:07,960 Second Master Gu? If he plays, why would anyone bother to play then? 280 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,580 Just shove the hairpin into Third Miss Yu's hand instead then. 281 00:26:12,540 --> 00:26:14,330 This won't do. 282 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,240 I say, this... 283 00:26:20,890 --> 00:26:24,960 Shitou, get a stool for Second Young Master to sit. 284 00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:36,110 - Thank you. - Slower. 285 00:26:41,610 --> 00:26:44,860 Let's do this. For the sake of fairness, 286 00:26:44,860 --> 00:26:46,880 I will use my left hand to play. 287 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,600 Third Younger Sister, thank him now. 288 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:55,950 Second Brother Gu. I know within the capital, 289 00:26:55,950 --> 00:26:59,270 everyone knows you're the best at jiju. 290 00:26:59,270 --> 00:27:04,420 If you use your left hand to play, will you be able to help us win? 291 00:27:06,190 --> 00:27:08,990 I always win when I play. It's not interesting at all. 292 00:27:08,990 --> 00:27:13,200 I should play with my left hand to show fairness. 293 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,370 If Third Miss Yu objects, I won't go then. 294 00:27:17,370 --> 00:27:22,250 Don't! Third Sister, that girl from the Sheng family plays very well. 295 00:27:22,250 --> 00:27:24,760 If Second Brother Gu can't win, 296 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,930 I think no one else can beat her. 297 00:27:26,930 --> 00:27:31,970 It's in God's hand who wins but if you're not willing, forget it! 298 00:27:46,450 --> 00:27:48,410 Why is it so noisy over there? 299 00:27:51,340 --> 00:27:54,890 Second Brother Gu, you are using your left hand to hit the ball? 300 00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:59,790 You're not trying to give us some points since you're buddies with my Second Brother, right? 301 00:28:12,910 --> 00:28:14,470 This... 302 00:28:20,270 --> 00:28:23,890 Sixth Sister, do you still want to play? 303 00:28:24,780 --> 00:28:26,540 Play. 304 00:28:26,540 --> 00:28:29,980 Are you dumb? We can't win. 305 00:28:29,980 --> 00:28:31,690 I'm not playing. 306 00:28:31,690 --> 00:28:33,710 You haven't even played. How do you know that you can't win? 307 00:28:33,710 --> 00:28:36,420 Look at how he hit the ball just now. 308 00:28:36,420 --> 00:28:40,620 If you want to be embarrassed, you do that alone. I need to save some pride for Sheng House. 309 00:28:40,620 --> 00:28:43,890 You didn't even try. That's what's embarrassing! 310 00:28:47,270 --> 00:28:51,010 Why do you fret, Young Master? If Sixth Miss wins, that's good, of course. 311 00:28:51,010 --> 00:28:54,570 But if she loses, we'll buy a pin that's exactly the same 312 00:28:54,570 --> 00:28:58,170 and she'll be grateful. This is called, "victory is hard, so be glad of defeat still." 313 00:28:58,170 --> 00:29:00,410 Stop the nonsense. 314 00:29:00,410 --> 00:29:04,750 Sixth Miss, you are alone. Still want to play? 315 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,390 Sixth Sister, stop playing. We won't be able to win. 316 00:29:14,390 --> 00:29:17,520 That's a hairpin from your mother. I want to get it back for you. 317 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,400 Even if I'm alone, I want to play too. 318 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,030 I will play. 319 00:29:25,670 --> 00:29:27,290 How can she play alone? 320 00:29:27,290 --> 00:29:29,800 She'll surely lose then. 321 00:29:31,260 --> 00:29:33,220 Mother. 322 00:29:33,220 --> 00:29:35,720 I will play with her. 323 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:40,030 Let me play with her instead. 324 00:29:40,030 --> 00:29:43,400 Buwei, get my sleeve band and shoulder strap. 325 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,670 You... you can't play. 326 00:29:50,670 --> 00:29:52,090 Why can't I play? 327 00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:54,390 You... you are an outsider male. How can you play? 328 00:29:54,390 --> 00:29:56,740 Second Uncle Gu is also an outsider. 329 00:29:56,740 --> 00:29:59,390 Third Miss Yu and I are different. 330 00:29:59,390 --> 00:30:02,860 She's a doted legitimate daughter and she has people backing her up. 331 00:30:03,860 --> 00:30:06,690 I will back you up. To me, 332 00:30:06,690 --> 00:30:08,560 - you are much higher than she is. - Stop saying that! 333 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,690 Do you want the gold pin or not? 334 00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:15,270 Sixth Sister, let's not play anymore. I don't want the pin. 335 00:30:16,410 --> 00:30:18,910 - I want it. - If you want it, get on the horse. 336 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:31,860 What a dirty game. 337 00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:38,920 Who cares if you think it's dirty. Brother Yuanruo also went. 338 00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:45,450 Look at someone divine like Brother Yuanruo. 339 00:30:45,450 --> 00:30:48,120 How could he go to the jiju field? 340 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,590 You sure move quickly. 341 00:30:50,590 --> 00:30:53,850 You found yourself a Sixth Young Master Liang. 342 00:30:53,850 --> 00:30:56,330 So now you scoff at Brother Yuanruo. 343 00:30:57,910 --> 00:31:00,550 I'm better than you. You have been here a long time 344 00:31:00,550 --> 00:31:03,280 and you couldn't even say anything to him. 345 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,630 What's the use even if you talked to him? 346 00:31:14,130 --> 00:31:15,550 Here. 347 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,080 Young Lord is playing. 348 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,410 Why so noisy? 349 00:31:27,410 --> 00:31:30,470 It's Duke Qi Manor's Young Lord playing. 350 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:44,890 Look at him. 351 00:31:57,310 --> 00:32:00,310 Who is the person playing with Young Lord Qi? 352 00:32:00,310 --> 00:32:06,030 Princess Jiacheng, that's Jinying Alley's Minister Sheng's daughter, Sheng Minglan. 353 00:32:35,410 --> 00:32:37,290 This young lady from the Sheng family... 354 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:39,020 "Clean and slippery, flying like a shooting star. 355 00:32:39,020 --> 00:32:42,810 Moon-shaped mallets vie and whack without end." It perfectly describes her. (T/N Yu Xuanji, Tang Dynasty female poet) 356 00:32:44,570 --> 00:32:47,800 This Sixth Daughter usually doesn't talk much, 357 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,020 but she got Brother Yuanruo to show up for her? 358 00:33:20,350 --> 00:33:23,390 It's great. 359 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,000 Didn't you say that Minglan never talked much with the Young Lord? 360 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,400 That's right. 361 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,000 Why is he helping her with the jiju game then? 362 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,200 He just can't stand watching that Third Miss Yu. 363 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,600 That witch, because her mother is pampered, 364 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,400 she pushed the eldest legitimate daughter out with no place to stand. 365 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,400 She was born to a mother who's the step-wife after marriage. 366 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,800 What justification does she have to trample on the first wife's legitimate eldest daughter? 367 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,600 She needs a good lesson. 368 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,400 Miss, your rosewood hare brush. 369 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,700 Sixth Miss has one too. 370 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,200 How could she have one too? 371 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,200 Weren't there only two? One was given to Rulan and one to me. 372 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,600 Sixth Miss put it in an inconspicuous place in the drawer. 373 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,000 Mei'er saw it after her second time in the room. 374 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,800 As soon as she saw it, she was chased out by Sister Danju. 375 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,800 Why didn't you tell me earlier? 376 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,800 I thought you already had one. 377 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,600 Is that the same? 378 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:33,100 That means Brother Yuanruo gave her a total of three, 379 00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:35,600 while he gave me none! 380 00:34:37,300 --> 00:34:40,400 Silly girl. I'm asking you about the Young Lord. 381 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,800 I'm talking about him too. 382 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:47,000 As long as he doesn't talk to Molan and she's angry, I will be happy. 383 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,900 Mother, look. Molan is so furious that she threw her fan away! 384 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:57,800 Miss, Young Master Liang is looking this way. 385 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,400 Wicked girl. She's sneaking behind my back! 386 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:21,200 Mother. 387 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,000 Keep your eye on the ball. Stop looking around wildly. 388 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,500 Yes. 389 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,700 She's pretending to smile at me now. 390 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,300 Look! 391 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,600 Only half an incense stick of time left. Let them fight it. 392 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,600 That hairpin is just average, so why so competitive? 393 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,600 Expert Second Master, you don't need to be so desperate. 394 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,300 I don't have a choice. 395 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,200 Third Miss, we're playing a civilized game. What do you mean by this? (T/N by the rules, non-aggressive) 396 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,600 I can play however I like. Why do you care? 397 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,600 You mean, we're playing a martial game? (T/N Tang Dynasty used this sport to train cavalrymen for war) 398 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,300 Yes, a martial match! 399 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,000 Young Lord, what are you doing? 400 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000 He can do whatever he likes. Why do you care? 401 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,200 You! 402 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,400 If I had known earlier, I would have played! 403 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,500 The incense stick is extinguished. Yellow team, seven points. (T/N time's up) 404 00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:55,900 Yellow team wins! 405 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,200 Minglan. 406 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,700 Minglan. 407 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,000 This pin. Though it's Miss Yu's item, 408 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,800 in my heart, I only regard it as doing it for you. 409 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,000 I played for you too. 410 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,200 Minglan. 411 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,600 Sixth Miss, this match wasn't won easily. 412 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:31,900 Come. 413 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,600 Darling Second, you just lost like that? 414 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,400 You can't keep your champion title then. 415 00:38:46,460 --> 00:38:48,600 How does that matter? 416 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:50,600 Why should I preserve it? 417 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,900 The gold-silk pin. 418 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:57,400 Thank you, Madam Wu. 419 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,400 You won this. 420 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,100 Who does she thinks she is? 421 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:09,700 Third Sister. Third Sister? Third Sister, it doesn't matter. 422 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:18,200 Hey! Have a seat now, Third Sister. Don't be mad. It's just a pin! 423 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,600 We've got a jade bracelet. 424 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:26,900 Third Sister! 425 00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:37,200 - So amusing. - Princess, do you want to play jiju? 426 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,400 The ball is not interesting. 427 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,700 The person is interesting. 428 00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:47,400 It was that Miss Sheng who went to battle in the match, 429 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,800 but the award is to Miss Yu? 430 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,200 So did you lose to the Miss Sheng, 431 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,400 or Miss Yu? 432 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,400 Look at how desperate Miss Sheng is. 433 00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:01,200 And Miss Yu cried many bouts for this pin. 434 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,800 Those two are of one mind. 435 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,200 I merely wanted to make them happy. 436 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:11,000 To add further, didn't you say 437 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,800 that Miss Yu is rarity? 438 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,400 Gentle and virtuous? 439 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:22,200 Yes. Such a noble lady of gentle and virtuous nature. 440 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,200 You can't find a second in the entire Bianjing City. 441 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:30,800 She's such a good lady. Shouldn't let her be sad. 442 00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:54,580 Grandmother taught you jiju. It was not to let you play with a man from outside. 443 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,020 Third Brother ran away before the battle and that's not what Grandmother taught us either. 444 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,200 The Yu family has always gotten along well with Grandmother. 445 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,800 My brother isn't as tyrannical as you, 446 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,400 to insist on knocking Yu Family's pride. 447 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,400 Eldest Miss Yu was raised by the Imperial Tutor since young. 448 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,800 That's how they are close acquaintances with our grandmother. 449 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,800 She agonized over her late mother's item, and I felt empathy. 450 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,000 I think we are kindred souls in that way. 451 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,600 It's really a coincidence then. 452 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,800 You pitied the Eldest Miss of the Yu family 453 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,200 and Brother Yanruo pitied you too. 454 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:45,000 The Young Lord of Qi House is man of upright disposition and loathes evil-doing. 455 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,600 He saw that Third Brother ditched me all alone, 456 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:52,000 so he extended help to me on Brother Changbai's account. 457 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,600 Fourth Sister, not only did you not help me talk to Third Brother, 458 00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,600 you went and talked in depth with Sixth Young Master Liang. 459 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,200 This is also not how a Fourth Sister should be either. 460 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:02,900 You! 461 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,600 You're certain they will rest and feed the horses at Yuqing Monastery? 462 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,100 I checked thoroughly. It's definitely so. 463 00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:17,600 Big Madam and Sixth Miss' maids were very tight-lipped. 464 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,000 I thought I wouldn't be able to find out for you. 465 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,600 But Miss Molan's maids, 466 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:25,100 before I could even ask, they told me first! 467 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:44,000 Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki 468 00:42:47,710 --> 00:42:56,070 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". 469 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:11,500 ♫ One morning, a flower opened and approached a willow tree, beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord ♫ 470 00:43:11,500 --> 00:43:20,200 ♫ 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 ♫ 471 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:30,000 ♫ In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin, from on high, your cold tears of distress flow ♫ 472 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:38,400 ♫ Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me, not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫ 473 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:44,400 ♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫ 474 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,400 ♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫ 475 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:58,300 ♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫ 476 00:43:58,300 --> 00:44:02,800 ♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫ 477 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:07,000 ♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫ 478 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:17,000 ♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫ 479 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:31,600 ♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫