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♪Having survived the winter
I'm expecting the flower season♪

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♪Smiling in a spring breeze
I'm immersed in it♪

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♪Whose breath warmed my cold heart♪

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♪And stirred up ripples♪

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♪A figure may be reflected in my eyes♪

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♪Bring back numerous memories♪

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♪Through my life
I've endured hardships for love♪

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♪With you My mind is still and peaceful♪

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♪Don't blame fate and providence♪

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♪And the merciless fortune♪

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♪Wandering in the world of mortals
like it's a game♪

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♪Risking my heart♪

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♪Isn't to be regretted♪

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♪I'll exchange it
for the love of my life delightedly♪

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=A Dream of Splendor=

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=Episode 1=

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(Adapted from historical stories)
(The Eastern Capital, the Northern Song Dynasty)

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(Capital Security Office)

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(Capital Security Office)

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Venus appears in the day.

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(Qiantang County)
The Empress prospers.

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(Qiantang County)

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She'll be the second Empress Wu?
[*The only female monarch in Chinese history]

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(Venus appears in the day. The Empress prospers.
She'll be the second Empress Wu.)

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Stop.

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(Officer Kong Wu of the Intelligence Agency
of the Capital Security Office)

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It's such a rebellious rumor.

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Who asked you to make it up?

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I'll confess!

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I'll confess!

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I'll confess everything!

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Put him down.

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I'll confess.

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The man behind us is

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Wei Ying, Magistrate of Renhe County.

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He said the Empress
lost her virginity a long time ago

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and has deceived His Majesty
for a dozen years.

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The painting is proof.

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What painting?

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What painting?

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Where is it?

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Where is the painting?

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Gu...

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Gu Qianfan.

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Living Devil.

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He's the Living Devil!

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(Commander Gu Qianfan
of the Intelligence Agency)

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(of the Capital Security Office)
Now that you recognized me,

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(of the Capital Security Office)
tell me everything.

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It's-It's in Qiantang County.

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(Impartial and Perspicacious)

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(Impartial and Perspicacious)

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Qianfan, Qianfan.

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Commissioner.

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You're worthy of your reputation
as the Living Devil.

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You even flattened the suspect.

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You flatter me. Thank you.

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Don't be too modest.

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His accomplice

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(Commissioner Lei Jing)
confessed many clues.

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(of the Capital Security Office)
confessed many clues.

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You must be capable enough

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to get to the bottom

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of this case, right?

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I'm just getting ready

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for a trip to Jiangnan Region.
[*South of the Yangtze River]

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Qianfan, come.

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I trust you more than anyone.

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The Empress is a motherly model
of the nation.

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Having assisted His Majesty for years,

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she's incomparably virtuous.

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(Officer Yu Zhongquan)
But upright officials

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(of the Capital Security Office)
But upright officials

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always find her exasperating.

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Shall I

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bring back the painting

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or shall I destroy it there?

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Bring it back, of course.

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But you must keep it secret.

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It's the privacy
of Her Majesty, after all.

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The fewer who know
about this, the better.

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As for all the officials involved,

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keep their mouths shut, too.

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Aye.

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Anyway, go forth and check it out.

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Remember, we only take orders
from His Majesty

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to investigate all kinds of misconduct.

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We're neither affiliated to the Censorate
nor restrained by the Imperial Guards.

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If anyone does not cooperate,

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show him what you can do
as the Living Devil.

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If you solve the case successfully,

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I promise you'll have a great future.

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I'll get packed and set off immediately.

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All right.

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(Qiantang County)

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(Zhao Pan'er,
landlady of Zhao's Teahouse)

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(Peach trees have blossomed.)

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(Ouyang,)

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(why haven't you come back yet?)

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(Sun Sanniang, wife
of the next-door merchant)

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Pan'er!

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Sanniang.

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I made some Luming cakes this morning.

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I used osmanthus honey,

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as a blessing for success
in the Imperial Examination.

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Taste some and see if they're good.

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I don't need to taste any.

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All cakes you sell in my teahouse

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can be sold out within half a day.

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Customers say they like the tea I make.

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But actually, most of them

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visit my teahouse for your cakes.

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Come on.

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You're even more honey-lipped
than the osmanthus honey.

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If I weren't your neighbor
for nearly nine years,

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I would believe you.

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(Delicate Fragrance)

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God of Fame and Wealth,

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please bless Ouyang.

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Hope he won't fail
the Imperial Examination again.

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He used to fail

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because he had bad luck.

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But since you saved his life,

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you've taken good care of him

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like a maid for three years.

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He's no longer unlucky.

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You'll see.

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I'm not only

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a good judge of pigs,

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but also persons.

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This time, Ouyang

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(Zhao's Teahouse)
will certainly succeed.

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(Zhao's Teahouse)
Not a maid, but a soulmate.

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Sounds similar.

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(Tea is Served)
Shall we compete today?

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Let's see which will be sold first,

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your tea or my cakes?

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Bring it on.

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Good morning, Ms. Zhao.

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A pot of Xieyuan Tea, please.

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- All right.
- No problem.

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I won.

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You did.

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Who dares to be luckier
than Mrs. Ouyang,

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the bride-to-be of a Presented Scholar?

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How many times have I told you that?

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Do not tell anyone else
about my relationship with Ouyang.

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Scholars care about reputations most.

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In Qiantang County, a lot of people know

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what I used to be.

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Don't worry too much.

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After he takes you
to the Eastern Capital,

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and marries you,

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you'll always stay at home.

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Who can recognize you, then?

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That's exactly my plan.

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So, I bought some farmlands
in my homeland.

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When I'm in the Eastern Capital,

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I'll be Ms. Zhao from Dengzhou.

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Oh, you've got a plan already.

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Then why were you worried

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that Mr. Ouyang might fail?

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What would you like, sirs?

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A pot of Xieyuan Tea, please.

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Xieyuan Tea.

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Some Bean Cakes, please.

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All right. Some Bean Cakes.

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Someone ordered your cakes. Bean Cakes.

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Got it.

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Sirs, come in, please.

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Thank you.

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Come on.

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Enjoy it, please.

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Someone ordered your Bean Cakes.

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Pan'er,

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I heard girls in the Eastern Capital

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can be very straightforward.

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When you're there, you'll feel at home.

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Ouyang told me

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that there isn't a curfew
in the Eastern Capital.

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The city is illuminated
throughout the night.

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My husband went there once.

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He told me

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that girls in the Eastern Capital are

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beautifully groomed just like fairies.

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There are hundreds of colors

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for lipsticks and face powder in stores.

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The girls' clothes are

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even stitched with gold threads.

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You don't need to imagine.

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You'll be there soon.

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What cakes would you like?

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Do you have Peach Blossom Cakes?

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Yes.

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Good tea is served here.

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The new Perilla Drink

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also tastes great.

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Look.

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This is the new Perilla Drink
Ms. Zhao just invented.

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Enjoy the drink, please.

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Commander, do you
find this teahouse noisy?

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(Jia)
I heard that you love drinking tea.

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(Jia)
It's the best teahouse in Qiantang County.

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Here are good tea and delicious cakes.

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The landlady is gorgeous, too.

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Quite outstanding.

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What is she doing?

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The Tea Art, I guess.

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It is.

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How vivid!

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That's right.

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Kind of great.

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Peach Blossom Cakes.

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Thank you.

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Here's your tea.

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Ma'am, two cups of Fengsui Tea.

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Be right there.

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Here's your tea.

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Plum Preserves.

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They taste better with Ginger Salt.

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Thank you, ma'am.

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The gorgeous landlady?

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A rural woman like her

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can't be as beautiful

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as young ladies in the capital city.

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When you're done with this case,

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I'll put you back in the Eastern Capital

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so that you'll have better taste.

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Really?

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Thank you, thank you.

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Let's get down to business.

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Didn't that suspect confess

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that Transport Assistant Yang Zhiyuan

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of Liangzhe Region
[*Including 14 states and two military regions]

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had The Night Revels?
[*Name of the painting]

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Why haven't you got the painting yet?

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Sorry, Commander.

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But you asked me

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to keep it as secret as possible

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because it's the imperial privacy.

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As far as I've investigated,

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Yang Zhiyuan inadvertently
collected this painting,

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without knowing the secret in it.

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He is a high official

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and quite stubborn.

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If I broke into his house
and asked for the painting,

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he would probably make a scene.

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So, I had planned to sneak in
and steal the painting.

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Unfortunately, he keeps it so secretly.

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I failed to find it at all.

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Stop!

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(Zhao's Teahouse)

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Stop running!

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- Stop!
- After them!

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- Put your blades down!
- Don't get any closer.

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Put your blades down!

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- Don't move.
- Stay back, all of you!

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- Don't move.
- Don't move. Freeze.

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Put your blades down!

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- Freeze!
- Freeze!

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Freeze, all of you!

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Behave!

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Stay back!

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Put your blades down.

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If you get any closer,

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I'll kill them all.

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Stop!

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Put your blades down.

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One, two...

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Get up.

271
00:12:53,201 --> 00:12:54,201
Put your daggers down.

272
00:12:56,841 --> 00:12:57,641
Get out of the teahouse!

273
00:12:57,761 --> 00:12:59,561
Don't hurt people
and you can name anything you want.

274
00:12:59,801 --> 00:13:00,841
We want five swift horses.

275
00:13:02,281 --> 00:13:04,921
Don't kill me. I've got a lot of money.

276
00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:05,841
Where is it?

277
00:13:06,881 --> 00:13:07,561
Over there.

278
00:13:07,841 --> 00:13:08,521
Go.

279
00:13:12,481 --> 00:13:13,801
Sanniang, the copper basin.

280
00:13:53,641 --> 00:13:54,321
Pan'er!

281
00:14:47,401 --> 00:14:48,761
No, no, no, sir.

282
00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:49,961
Come on, it hurts!

283
00:15:01,521 --> 00:15:02,201
Thank you.

284
00:15:08,041 --> 00:15:09,081
What did you scream for?

285
00:15:10,241 --> 00:15:11,161
- Come over!
- Your breastbones are good.

286
00:15:11,161 --> 00:15:12,201
Your thigh bones aren't broken, either.

287
00:15:12,641 --> 00:15:13,801
Though your shanks just fractured,

288
00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:14,841
you're not going to die.

289
00:15:15,241 --> 00:15:16,681
You untaxed salt dealers,

290
00:15:16,681 --> 00:15:18,001
you were just unlucky
to run into Sanniang.

291
00:15:18,401 --> 00:15:19,601
She used to be a butcher.

292
00:15:19,601 --> 00:15:21,001
She could have castrated you.

293
00:15:28,401 --> 00:15:29,921
You seem to do martial arts.

294
00:15:30,441 --> 00:15:31,201
Where are you from?

295
00:15:31,481 --> 00:15:32,161
Tell me your name.

296
00:15:32,481 --> 00:15:33,321
Don't be rude.

297
00:15:41,161 --> 00:15:42,121
Sir, please stay.

298
00:15:43,561 --> 00:15:45,001
Thank you for saving my life.

299
00:15:45,201 --> 00:15:46,361
I can offer nothing in return,

300
00:15:46,521 --> 00:15:48,441
but a cup of tea.

301
00:15:48,841 --> 00:15:50,881
This is Lingyin Buddha Tea
of Qiantang County.

302
00:15:51,121 --> 00:15:52,361
The annual yield is only ten liang.
[*Equals 500 grams]

303
00:15:52,481 --> 00:15:53,881
Please have a taste.

304
00:15:54,681 --> 00:15:55,761
You can't do martial arts.

305
00:15:55,921 --> 00:15:57,081
But you still helped them.

306
00:15:57,601 --> 00:15:58,841
If you were hurt or dead,

307
00:15:59,561 --> 00:16:00,441
wouldn't you regret it?

308
00:16:03,081 --> 00:16:03,761
I wouldn't.

309
00:16:04,161 --> 00:16:05,561
Once I make a decision,

310
00:16:06,001 --> 00:16:07,081
however it ends up,

311
00:16:08,241 --> 00:16:09,161
I will not regret it.

312
00:16:10,961 --> 00:16:11,841
Capital Security Office?

313
00:16:15,401 --> 00:16:17,961
You don't look like someone
from the Capital Security Office.

314
00:16:18,721 --> 00:16:19,521
You have to come with me.

315
00:16:27,601 --> 00:16:29,021
(Capital Security Office)
Open your eyes and look carefully.

316
00:16:29,021 --> 00:16:32,181
(Capital Security Office)

317
00:16:32,921 --> 00:16:34,441
Sorry I didn't recognize you.

318
00:16:34,841 --> 00:16:35,721
Please forgive me.

319
00:16:36,361 --> 00:16:37,041
You may rise.

320
00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:38,921
Get back to your own case.

321
00:16:44,161 --> 00:16:45,161
I didn't mean to spill it.

322
00:16:46,361 --> 00:16:47,281
I beg your pardon.

323
00:16:47,601 --> 00:16:49,801
Never mind. Get me another cup of tea.

324
00:16:51,321 --> 00:16:52,201
It's precious.

325
00:16:54,041 --> 00:16:55,801
This is all I have.

326
00:16:57,201 --> 00:16:58,361
Then, make some more.

327
00:17:00,121 --> 00:17:01,201
I'm not finding an excuse,

328
00:17:01,681 --> 00:17:03,481
but when the intruders were here,

329
00:17:03,481 --> 00:17:04,631
they knocked over the stove.

330
00:17:05,151 --> 00:17:06,351
This was the only water available.

331
00:17:06,521 --> 00:17:07,921
The spring water is gone, too.

332
00:17:08,921 --> 00:17:10,151
If you're really thirsty,

333
00:17:11,151 --> 00:17:12,281
another teahouse is right over there.

334
00:17:13,321 --> 00:17:14,681
When the water is gone,
go get some more.

335
00:17:15,721 --> 00:17:17,321
When the stove is off, light it.

336
00:17:18,681 --> 00:17:20,721
I insist on having some tea here.

337
00:17:22,351 --> 00:17:24,241
If the tea you make doesn't taste good,

338
00:17:24,921 --> 00:17:26,151
why not stop your business?

339
00:17:26,601 --> 00:17:28,321
I'll have your teahouse torn now.

340
00:17:28,721 --> 00:17:29,601
What do you think?

341
00:17:33,801 --> 00:17:34,721
Oh my goodness.

342
00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:36,721
He's from the Capital Security Office.

343
00:17:37,001 --> 00:17:38,241
Why did you mess with him?

344
00:17:44,321 --> 00:17:46,001
I just don't want them
to enjoy the tea I make.

345
00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:49,841
It was the officers
of the Capital Security Office

346
00:17:50,161 --> 00:17:51,121
who broke into my home
in the middle of the night.

347
00:17:51,881 --> 00:17:52,881
It's been 14 years.

348
00:17:53,721 --> 00:17:55,201
When I saw the Lion-head Token,

349
00:17:56,001 --> 00:17:56,601
I just...

350
00:18:00,681 --> 00:18:01,801
What are you adding to the tea?

351
00:18:01,881 --> 00:18:02,641
Don't do anything stupid.

352
00:18:02,801 --> 00:18:03,641
This is just sugar.

353
00:18:04,401 --> 00:18:05,041
Don't worry.

354
00:18:05,481 --> 00:18:08,001
I've got ways to torture them.

355
00:18:20,281 --> 00:18:21,601
I told the chief alone

356
00:18:21,921 --> 00:18:23,361
about our identities.

357
00:18:23,521 --> 00:18:24,601
But rest assured, Commander.

358
00:18:24,761 --> 00:18:26,121
I warned him

359
00:18:26,121 --> 00:18:27,161
not to tell anyone else.

360
00:18:31,121 --> 00:18:32,201
Dragon and Phoenix Ball Tea.

361
00:18:38,121 --> 00:18:39,441
Pear and Peach Preserves.

362
00:18:41,361 --> 00:18:42,481
Carved Preserves.

363
00:18:43,801 --> 00:18:44,921
Mung Bean Cakes.

364
00:18:51,801 --> 00:18:53,041
Snakes and wasps are poisonous,

365
00:18:53,801 --> 00:18:55,081
but women can be worse.

366
00:18:56,521 --> 00:18:58,321
Evil woman, how dare you
poison us in public?

367
00:19:00,961 --> 00:19:02,321
Sir, what are you talking about?

368
00:19:02,681 --> 00:19:04,161
I swear with my life

369
00:19:04,321 --> 00:19:05,361
that the tea isn't poisonous.

370
00:19:06,881 --> 00:19:07,481
If you don't believe me,

371
00:19:07,681 --> 00:19:08,641
this is a silver hairpin.

372
00:19:08,641 --> 00:19:09,481
Test the tea with it.

373
00:19:11,001 --> 00:19:12,081
Dragon and Phoenix Ball Tea.

374
00:19:12,921 --> 00:19:14,081
Pear and Peach Preserves.

375
00:19:14,601 --> 00:19:15,801
Carved Preserves.

376
00:19:16,601 --> 00:19:17,601
The preserves

377
00:19:17,601 --> 00:19:19,761
seem to be ordinary sweets.

378
00:19:20,681 --> 00:19:23,281
The smartest dish is this one.

379
00:19:24,041 --> 00:19:25,401
Mung Bean Cakes.

380
00:19:26,601 --> 00:19:28,081
People usually have such cakes with tea

381
00:19:28,441 --> 00:19:30,001
unless they're brainless.

382
00:19:30,881 --> 00:19:32,761
Dragon and Phoenix Ball Tea is named

383
00:19:32,761 --> 00:19:34,481
for the Dragon-brain Leaves in it.
[*Dragon-brain Leaves: Dipterocarpus]

384
00:19:35,761 --> 00:19:38,601
Dragon-brain Leaves taste bitter
while the mung is cold-natured.

385
00:19:39,161 --> 00:19:40,721
Once I drink and eat together,

386
00:19:41,121 --> 00:19:42,681
I will be all right at the moment.

387
00:19:42,921 --> 00:19:44,361
But in four or five hours,

388
00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:46,201
I'm afraid I'll be very sick
with diarrhea and vomiting.

389
00:19:51,441 --> 00:19:53,241
I don't get your point.

390
00:19:55,321 --> 00:19:56,401
I can't predict things.

391
00:19:57,481 --> 00:19:58,361
How did I know

392
00:19:58,601 --> 00:19:59,721
you would order Bean Cakes?

393
00:20:00,401 --> 00:20:01,961
When you fought the intruders,

394
00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:03,681
the move you used to avoid their blades

395
00:20:04,321 --> 00:20:05,401
came from Luyao Dance.

396
00:20:06,041 --> 00:20:07,201
As far as I know,

397
00:20:07,321 --> 00:20:08,801
most of these dancers

398
00:20:09,001 --> 00:20:10,161
can't be decent.

399
00:20:11,241 --> 00:20:12,561
Also, when you

400
00:20:13,281 --> 00:20:15,321
brought drinks to your customers,

401
00:20:15,961 --> 00:20:17,641
you deliberately coquetted.

402
00:20:19,081 --> 00:20:19,881
No offense,

403
00:20:21,481 --> 00:20:23,441
but which brothel did you work in?

404
00:20:25,561 --> 00:20:26,321
I'm a common woman.

405
00:20:28,281 --> 00:20:29,041
Don't talk nonsense.

406
00:20:31,321 --> 00:20:32,481
Sounds like she was a pariah.

407
00:20:33,441 --> 00:20:37,161
Very well. Tell me
about your experiences.

408
00:20:47,121 --> 00:20:48,681
Now that you hate
the Capital Security Office,

409
00:20:48,881 --> 00:20:50,521
you must know our jobs.

410
00:20:52,601 --> 00:20:53,921
If you're honest,

411
00:20:54,201 --> 00:20:55,601
I'll let you go for now.

412
00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:58,161
But if you lie or hide anything,

413
00:20:58,281 --> 00:20:59,001
I assure you,

414
00:20:59,401 --> 00:21:00,121
in less than three days,

415
00:21:00,681 --> 00:21:02,881
everyone in Qiantang County
will be familiar

416
00:21:02,881 --> 00:21:05,881
with whatever you have done.

417
00:21:20,001 --> 00:21:20,761
I'm Zhao Pan'er,

418
00:21:21,401 --> 00:21:22,281
24 years old.

419
00:21:22,601 --> 00:21:23,481
I'm from Dengzhou.

420
00:21:24,721 --> 00:21:27,161
At the age of nine, I was an official slave
because of my father's guilt.

421
00:21:28,201 --> 00:21:30,161
I served as a music performer
in Hangzhou Music Bureau.

422
00:21:33,081 --> 00:21:34,721
When I was 16,
the Governor announced an amnesty

423
00:21:35,081 --> 00:21:35,961
and I was no longer a music performer.

424
00:21:36,601 --> 00:21:37,241
Enough.

425
00:21:42,321 --> 00:21:43,881
I know you're not
an ignorant rural woman.

426
00:21:47,081 --> 00:21:48,761
But an unbending tree is easily broken.

427
00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,441
I hope you can understand that.

428
00:21:56,081 --> 00:21:57,241
Learn your lesson.

429
00:21:57,921 --> 00:21:58,521
We should go.

430
00:22:02,261 --> 00:22:06,701
(Tea is Served)

431
00:22:10,521 --> 00:22:12,961
Don't take that personally.

432
00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:14,241
Pretend he was talking nonsense.

433
00:22:15,961 --> 00:22:16,681
I'm fine with that.

434
00:22:18,721 --> 00:22:19,641
I was a pariah, so what?

435
00:22:21,721 --> 00:22:22,601
It was my fate,

436
00:22:23,441 --> 00:22:24,241
but it wasn't my fault.

437
00:22:25,481 --> 00:22:26,881
At the pariah status, I was chaste

438
00:22:27,321 --> 00:22:28,281
and I didn't sell my body.

439
00:22:28,921 --> 00:22:30,841
When I'm a civilian,
I sell tea for a living,

440
00:22:31,121 --> 00:22:32,241
instead of abandoning myself to vice.

441
00:22:33,681 --> 00:22:34,801
I don't feel shameful at all.

442
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,241
What a filthy woman!

443
00:22:50,641 --> 00:22:51,841
She's way too offensive!

444
00:22:53,001 --> 00:22:53,601
Commander,

445
00:22:56,681 --> 00:22:58,241
should I...

446
00:22:59,001 --> 00:22:59,721
Gorgeous.

447
00:23:00,761 --> 00:23:01,441
Rural woman.

448
00:23:02,321 --> 00:23:03,201
Evil woman.

449
00:23:03,881 --> 00:23:04,601
Filthy woman.

450
00:23:05,121 --> 00:23:06,761
You indeed have a broad vocabulary.

451
00:23:07,601 --> 00:23:10,041
This is where you stop.

452
00:23:11,801 --> 00:23:13,801
Do not make trouble for her.

453
00:23:15,521 --> 00:23:17,001
You just heard her, right?

454
00:23:17,881 --> 00:23:20,321
She was made a pariah
because of her father's guilt.

455
00:23:22,081 --> 00:23:23,601
Under such circumstances,

456
00:23:24,081 --> 00:23:27,521
she's very likely to be
the daughter of a guilty official.

457
00:23:29,761 --> 00:23:31,841
She changed her attitude abruptly.

458
00:23:32,761 --> 00:23:34,921
I guess her family were captured

459
00:23:35,721 --> 00:23:36,961
by guards
of the Capital Security Office.

460
00:23:38,401 --> 00:23:40,001
No wonder she doesn't behave

461
00:23:41,041 --> 00:23:42,721
like an ordinary woman.

462
00:23:43,401 --> 00:23:44,721
So, she was from an official family.

463
00:25:42,901 --> 00:25:44,701
(Fu Zifang, Sanniang's son)

464
00:25:55,881 --> 00:25:57,521
Nice kick, Ms. Zhao!

465
00:25:58,921 --> 00:26:00,841
Fu Zifang, how dare you
skip classes again!

466
00:26:03,041 --> 00:26:04,641
Come on. Come and hit me.

467
00:26:04,801 --> 00:26:06,241
You can't get me.

468
00:26:06,961 --> 00:26:07,841
How dare you still run!

469
00:26:08,561 --> 00:26:09,241
Don't you dare!

470
00:26:10,521 --> 00:26:11,161
Stop.

471
00:26:13,401 --> 00:26:13,801
How dare you run!

472
00:26:14,081 --> 00:26:15,481
You play truant every day!

473
00:26:23,441 --> 00:26:24,281
Pan'er!

474
00:26:25,561 --> 00:26:26,081
Yinzhang.

475
00:26:26,081 --> 00:26:27,801
I heard your teahouse was broken into

476
00:26:27,801 --> 00:26:28,841
and then I rushed over.

477
00:26:29,081 --> 00:26:29,841
Are you all right?

478
00:26:33,621 --> 00:26:34,381
(Zhao's Teahouse)

479
00:26:34,401 --> 00:26:35,301
(Zhao's Teahouse)
Yinzhang.

480
00:26:35,321 --> 00:26:36,081
(Zhao's Teahouse)
Yinping.

481
00:26:39,121 --> 00:26:40,001
Who is this?

482
00:26:40,001 --> 00:26:41,961
(Zhou She, Song Yinzhang, Yinping)

483
00:26:41,961 --> 00:26:42,641
This is Zhou She.

484
00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:43,881
In case I got too worried,

485
00:26:43,881 --> 00:26:44,921
he dropped me off.

486
00:26:45,921 --> 00:26:46,681
Zhou She?

487
00:26:48,681 --> 00:26:50,601
I'm Zhou She.
Nice to meet you, Ms. Zhao.

488
00:26:51,281 --> 00:26:52,121
Every day,

489
00:26:52,121 --> 00:26:53,921
Yinzhang talks about you
at least ten times.

490
00:26:55,041 --> 00:26:55,921
Ms. Zhao,

491
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:58,481
you're indeed bright and special.

492
00:27:01,001 --> 00:27:01,721
Step in, please.

493
00:27:02,801 --> 00:27:03,441
Let me help you.

494
00:27:04,221 --> 00:27:06,501
(Zhao's Teahouse)
(Tea is Served)

495
00:27:07,161 --> 00:27:08,721
Who's that man?

496
00:27:08,921 --> 00:27:10,641
Yinzhang met him 15 days ago.

497
00:27:22,801 --> 00:27:25,081
A lot of tea sets were broken.

498
00:27:26,001 --> 00:27:26,961
What a pity!

499
00:27:31,201 --> 00:27:31,681
Pan'er.

500
00:27:32,001 --> 00:27:34,001
I know famous porcelain merchants
in Qiantang County.

501
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:35,561
If you need...

502
00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:36,441
Don't bother.

503
00:27:36,481 --> 00:27:37,601
I'm just doing small business.

504
00:27:37,721 --> 00:27:39,561
Certainly nothing that would
require your thumb.

505
00:27:39,881 --> 00:27:40,641
Come here, please.

506
00:27:45,161 --> 00:27:46,001
Zhou She, be seated.

507
00:27:54,441 --> 00:27:56,121
Today, we're here

508
00:27:56,641 --> 00:27:58,921
because we have something to tell you.

509
00:28:01,441 --> 00:28:02,241
According to Yinzhang,

510
00:28:02,401 --> 00:28:04,121
you're like her real sister.

511
00:28:04,961 --> 00:28:07,241
I had a crush on her

512
00:28:07,401 --> 00:28:08,321
and I love her deeply.

513
00:28:09,121 --> 00:28:11,201
So, I came to propose marriage.

514
00:28:13,081 --> 00:28:14,921
My family has been doing business
in Huaiyang for generations,

515
00:28:14,921 --> 00:28:16,201
trading fur products.

516
00:28:16,441 --> 00:28:18,401
I have a dozen stores,
nearly a hundred servants,

517
00:28:18,401 --> 00:28:19,241
and several houses.

518
00:28:19,721 --> 00:28:21,321
If you kindly allow us to get married,

519
00:28:21,841 --> 00:28:24,041
I will treat her as my lifetime treasure

520
00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:25,961
and love her forever.

521
00:28:31,201 --> 00:28:32,881
No. You can't marry him.

522
00:28:35,481 --> 00:28:37,321
Yinzhang, you're still young

523
00:28:37,641 --> 00:28:39,241
and you only focus on pipa playing.
[*Pipa: a plucked string instrument]

524
00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:42,281
I told you how to judge people.

525
00:28:42,481 --> 00:28:43,361
But I guess

526
00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:44,881
you've never kept it in mind.

527
00:28:45,361 --> 00:28:46,441
According to Yinping,

528
00:28:47,441 --> 00:28:48,881
you've known Mr. Zhou

529
00:28:48,881 --> 00:28:50,561
for even less than 15 days.

530
00:28:51,401 --> 00:28:52,361
Think about it.

531
00:28:52,481 --> 00:28:54,401
He's a traveling merchant

532
00:28:54,801 --> 00:28:56,521
and he has seen
all kinds of beautiful girls.

533
00:28:56,881 --> 00:28:58,561
Why did he have a crush on you
at first sight?

534
00:29:00,361 --> 00:29:02,921
It's just our fate.

535
00:29:03,441 --> 00:29:05,921
Yinzhang and I fell in love
because of a song.

536
00:29:07,081 --> 00:29:07,801
Exactly.

537
00:29:08,361 --> 00:29:10,281
That day, I was upset,

538
00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:13,041
so I played the Song of Wang Zhaojun.
[*Wang Zhaojun: Famous beautiful girl in history]

539
00:29:13,401 --> 00:29:15,081
He heard the song from afar on the lake

540
00:29:15,761 --> 00:29:16,921
and then he played the flute with me.

541
00:29:17,481 --> 00:29:19,241
Then we got to know each other.

542
00:29:20,481 --> 00:29:21,161
Pan'er,

543
00:29:21,961 --> 00:29:23,321
Zhou She is my soulmate.

544
00:29:24,601 --> 00:29:27,041
What follows "She left the palace
for the desert desolate"?

545
00:29:34,001 --> 00:29:36,841
He doesn't even know Du Fu's poem.
[*Du Fu: A famous poet of the Tang Dynasty]

546
00:29:37,361 --> 00:29:38,961
What makes him your soulmate?

547
00:29:39,881 --> 00:29:42,161
Such easy tricks for the demimonde

548
00:29:42,441 --> 00:29:44,281
can only fool girls like you.

549
00:29:44,761 --> 00:29:46,961
Pan'er, Zhou She isn't that kind of man.

550
00:29:50,321 --> 00:29:52,001
Look how he's holding the teacup.

551
00:29:52,401 --> 00:29:53,441
With his middle finger and thumb.

552
00:29:55,201 --> 00:29:57,001
It's how a gambler holds the dice.

553
00:30:02,161 --> 00:30:03,801
He also has the smell
of Freshening Incense.

554
00:30:04,401 --> 00:30:05,321
This kind of incense

555
00:30:06,281 --> 00:30:08,481
can only be afforded
in the costliest brothels.

556
00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:11,881
He's good at playing the flute?

557
00:30:12,361 --> 00:30:14,881
What kind of rich merchant

558
00:30:14,921 --> 00:30:16,401
has time to play the flute?

559
00:30:18,241 --> 00:30:19,601
He's nothing,

560
00:30:20,041 --> 00:30:22,121
but a debauchee among brothels.

561
00:30:23,041 --> 00:30:24,481
Ms. Zhao, let me explain.

562
00:30:24,481 --> 00:30:25,441
- Don't bother to explain.
- I...

563
00:30:25,601 --> 00:30:27,041
Stop making up more stories.

564
00:30:27,401 --> 00:30:28,121
Anyway,

565
00:30:28,641 --> 00:30:30,681
I don't allow you to get married.

566
00:30:33,161 --> 00:30:33,801
But Pan'er...

567
00:30:40,841 --> 00:30:41,561
In this case,

568
00:30:42,761 --> 00:30:43,641
I'll take my leave.

569
00:30:43,961 --> 00:30:44,841
Do yourself a favor and leave.

570
00:30:54,461 --> 00:30:58,141
(Tea is Served)

571
00:30:58,161 --> 00:31:00,121
Zhou She, don't leave!

572
00:31:05,641 --> 00:31:07,041
Yinzhang, say no more.

573
00:31:07,361 --> 00:31:08,641
I was being nice to her

574
00:31:08,641 --> 00:31:09,921
just because she's your sister.

575
00:31:10,841 --> 00:31:12,081
But what did she do to me?

576
00:31:12,681 --> 00:31:14,081
I do business everywhere

577
00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:15,201
and I need to be respected.

578
00:31:16,361 --> 00:31:17,761
She just cared too much about me.

579
00:31:18,681 --> 00:31:19,641
In this world,

580
00:31:20,561 --> 00:31:21,881
only you and she

581
00:31:22,161 --> 00:31:23,401
care about me.

582
00:31:24,561 --> 00:31:26,281
I know she's concerned about you.

583
00:31:26,721 --> 00:31:28,001
But if I have to wait for this long,

584
00:31:28,681 --> 00:31:29,881
I can't bear it.

585
00:31:31,481 --> 00:31:32,761
I'll go persuade her.

586
00:31:32,861 --> 00:31:35,661
(Zhao's Teahouse)

587
00:31:39,241 --> 00:31:40,801
If you still regard me as your sister,

588
00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:42,921
do not hang out with him anymore.

589
00:31:58,481 --> 00:31:59,201
Pan'er,

590
00:32:00,441 --> 00:32:01,761
I'm not as lucky as you.

591
00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:03,281
You met Ouyang

592
00:32:03,481 --> 00:32:05,481
and you two love each other.

593
00:32:06,241 --> 00:32:07,841
Now that I can't marry a scholar,

594
00:32:08,161 --> 00:32:09,681
marrying a rich merchant

595
00:32:10,041 --> 00:32:11,281
for the rest of my life

596
00:32:12,481 --> 00:32:14,481
would be the best choice for me.

597
00:32:16,561 --> 00:32:17,881
You were set free a long time ago

598
00:32:18,481 --> 00:32:19,881
and you don't know

599
00:32:21,561 --> 00:32:23,441
how hard life could be
for pariahs like us.

600
00:32:27,561 --> 00:32:28,881
I used to be a fool.

601
00:32:29,641 --> 00:32:30,561
Over the years,

602
00:32:31,361 --> 00:32:34,081
I cared for nothing,
but pipa and music scores.

603
00:32:35,241 --> 00:32:35,841
I thought of myself as a musician

604
00:32:35,841 --> 00:32:38,161
that even noblemen respected

605
00:32:38,521 --> 00:32:39,401
and I always looked down

606
00:32:39,401 --> 00:32:41,521
on those singing performers
who pleased others by their beauties.

607
00:32:43,641 --> 00:32:44,841
It was not until you told me

608
00:32:45,641 --> 00:32:47,481
that a musician was a music performer

609
00:32:49,561 --> 00:32:50,681
did I wake from my dream.

610
00:32:52,881 --> 00:32:55,521
The pariah statue is handed down
through generations.

611
00:32:56,761 --> 00:32:58,361
A pariah can't marry a common civilian

612
00:32:59,681 --> 00:33:00,521
or redeem herself.

613
00:33:03,081 --> 00:33:06,041
Pan'er, I don't want to accompany guests

614
00:33:06,561 --> 00:33:08,841
in drinking at official banquets.

615
00:33:09,441 --> 00:33:10,961
I don't want to be caged forever.

616
00:33:11,761 --> 00:33:13,001
Didn't I tell you?

617
00:33:13,281 --> 00:33:15,481
When Ouyang passes the Imperial Exam
and becomes an official,

618
00:33:15,881 --> 00:33:17,681
he'll come back
and plead with Prefect Xu

619
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:19,001
for setting you free.

620
00:33:20,881 --> 00:33:22,481
What if he fails?

621
00:33:23,321 --> 00:33:24,841
What if Prefect Xu doesn't help?

622
00:33:25,681 --> 00:33:27,201
I'm not your biological sister, anyway.

623
00:33:27,841 --> 00:33:29,961
And I'm the best pipa player
in Hangzhou.

624
00:33:30,161 --> 00:33:32,001
Will Prefect Xu easily get me
out of the pariah status?

625
00:33:33,761 --> 00:33:35,281
I don't want to wait
for even a single day.

626
00:33:36,041 --> 00:33:37,401
Now, Zhou She wants to marry me.

627
00:33:37,681 --> 00:33:38,601
And he's rich.

628
00:33:41,641 --> 00:33:42,761
He's rich?

629
00:33:43,161 --> 00:33:44,441
But are you short of money?

630
00:33:45,041 --> 00:33:46,081
You know that.

631
00:33:46,281 --> 00:33:47,481
No registered musician

632
00:33:47,721 --> 00:33:49,801
can be redeemed with money
before she's 35.

633
00:33:50,601 --> 00:33:52,921
If you only have a wedding,

634
00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:54,361
you can't be a common civilian.

635
00:33:54,961 --> 00:33:56,721
Actually, you aren't even a concubine.

636
00:33:59,561 --> 00:34:01,161
I'll be his wife, of course.

637
00:34:02,161 --> 00:34:03,041
Zhou She promised,

638
00:34:03,521 --> 00:34:04,561
as long as I marry him,

639
00:34:04,881 --> 00:34:07,961
he will beg his uncle,
Controller-general of Yingtian Prefecture.

640
00:34:08,521 --> 00:34:09,681
With his uncle's help,

641
00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:11,241
I can soon become a civilian.

642
00:34:12,561 --> 00:34:13,841
If Prefect Xu doesn't free you,

643
00:34:14,841 --> 00:34:16,281
how can Zhou She's uncle do that?

644
00:34:16,761 --> 00:34:17,841
How can a Controller-general
of Yingtian Prefecture

645
00:34:17,841 --> 00:34:19,441
interfere with Hangzhou Music Bureau?

646
00:34:20,271 --> 00:34:21,271
Think it over.

647
00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:23,271
If Zhou She were really that perfect,

648
00:34:23,361 --> 00:34:24,671
why did he suddenly
come to Qiantang County?

649
00:34:25,041 --> 00:34:26,601
And why would he marry no one but you?

650
00:34:27,881 --> 00:34:30,041
I know life is hard
for registered musicians.

651
00:34:30,441 --> 00:34:32,801
But you get paid by the Music Bureau,

652
00:34:33,041 --> 00:34:34,671
accept rewards from noblemen,

653
00:34:34,881 --> 00:34:36,601
and enjoy a rich and carefree life.

654
00:34:36,601 --> 00:34:37,881
You even have a maid.

655
00:34:38,081 --> 00:34:39,081
Compared to what we suffered,

656
00:34:40,671 --> 00:34:41,881
your life is already wonderful.

657
00:34:51,441 --> 00:34:55,271
Instead of being a trapped parrot
in the gold cage,

658
00:34:56,041 --> 00:34:58,561
I prefer to be a free wild bird
in the field.

659
00:35:06,161 --> 00:35:07,361
But how do you know

660
00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:10,121
that he isn't up to something else?

661
00:35:13,481 --> 00:35:14,961
He just loves me and cares about me.

662
00:35:15,241 --> 00:35:16,441
What else can he be up to?

663
00:35:16,961 --> 00:35:18,321
He's already rich.

664
00:35:18,361 --> 00:35:19,961
Why would he be greedy for my money?

665
00:35:20,881 --> 00:35:22,961
You always expect
to marry a Presented Scholar.

666
00:35:23,241 --> 00:35:24,961
Why can't I marry a rich merchant?

667
00:35:26,041 --> 00:35:27,521
Fine. I'll stop arguing with you.

668
00:35:28,121 --> 00:35:29,041
Leave and marry him

669
00:35:29,401 --> 00:35:30,201
as you wish.

670
00:35:30,961 --> 00:35:32,401
But the stores and assets

671
00:35:32,401 --> 00:35:33,241
I'm taking care of on your behalf...

672
00:35:33,681 --> 00:35:34,841
Never dream to take away any of them.

673
00:35:36,561 --> 00:35:37,601
They belong to me.

674
00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:39,001
Why can you hang onto them?

675
00:35:40,161 --> 00:35:41,561
Because before your sister died,

676
00:35:41,841 --> 00:35:43,761
she asked me to look after you.

677
00:35:44,761 --> 00:35:46,361
You say that he'll be nice to you,

678
00:35:47,161 --> 00:35:47,761
fine.

679
00:35:48,201 --> 00:35:49,441
Let him prove it.

680
00:35:49,921 --> 00:35:52,241
Ask him to marry you officially
in Qiantang County.

681
00:35:52,561 --> 00:35:53,481
If he does that,

682
00:35:53,841 --> 00:35:54,801
I'll give you

683
00:35:54,801 --> 00:35:56,081
every penny of yours.

684
00:35:56,281 --> 00:35:58,321
And the dowry I have
long prepared for you.

685
00:35:58,521 --> 00:35:59,161
Otherwise,

686
00:35:59,161 --> 00:36:01,001
I would rather throw your money
in the West Lake.

687
00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:31,281
Did Yinzhang really say that?

688
00:36:32,641 --> 00:36:33,841
If I did not do something harsh,

689
00:36:33,841 --> 00:36:34,801
she would not wake up.

690
00:36:35,361 --> 00:36:36,041
All these years,

691
00:36:36,041 --> 00:36:37,881
you've been protecting her too much.

692
00:36:38,161 --> 00:36:39,241
She isn't silly.

693
00:36:39,241 --> 00:36:40,881
She's just simple-minded.

694
00:36:41,521 --> 00:36:42,481
But I have to protect her.

695
00:36:43,281 --> 00:36:44,481
I owe her sister, anyway.

696
00:36:46,241 --> 00:36:48,001
Where on earth does Zhou She live?

697
00:36:48,321 --> 00:36:49,601
To deal with such a man,

698
00:36:49,681 --> 00:36:51,001
we should just punch him.

699
00:36:51,241 --> 00:36:52,081
Come on,

700
00:36:52,641 --> 00:36:53,881
why didn't you tell me earlier?

701
00:36:54,321 --> 00:36:55,881
You were busy punishing your son.

702
00:36:59,601 --> 00:37:01,801
Mother, I'm your son.

703
00:37:02,081 --> 00:37:03,481
If you hurt me,

704
00:37:03,481 --> 00:37:04,801
who else can make you
an official's mother?

705
00:37:09,881 --> 00:37:10,721
How dare you come back!

706
00:37:11,161 --> 00:37:12,841
If I didn't come back, no one could
notify you of something.

707
00:37:13,681 --> 00:37:15,121
When I was on Ren'an Bridge,

708
00:37:15,121 --> 00:37:17,161
I saw Ms. Song and Mr. Zhou

709
00:37:17,161 --> 00:37:18,121
getting out of the town by boat.

710
00:37:18,561 --> 00:37:20,121
Her maid Yinping

711
00:37:20,121 --> 00:37:20,881
stayed with them.

712
00:37:21,361 --> 00:37:23,241
They were taking a lot of cases.

713
00:37:26,961 --> 00:37:28,001
Can they be eloping?

714
00:37:29,601 --> 00:37:30,281
What did you say?

715
00:37:46,841 --> 00:37:48,721
Commander, what do we do?

716
00:37:55,361 --> 00:37:56,881
Go to Yang Zhiyuan's house immediately,

717
00:37:57,481 --> 00:37:59,121
tell him who you are
and ask for the painting.

718
00:38:00,041 --> 00:38:01,241
If he still doesn't give it to you,

719
00:38:02,081 --> 00:38:03,921
I have to go and meet him personally.

720
00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:05,841
Aye.

721
00:38:14,481 --> 00:38:15,401
Did you fail to catch up?

722
00:38:17,921 --> 00:38:18,721
Take it easy.

723
00:38:19,121 --> 00:38:20,921
Zhou She is from Huaiyang, right?

724
00:38:20,921 --> 00:38:21,881
We know his identity.

725
00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:23,361
He can't run away.

726
00:38:23,561 --> 00:38:25,321
I asked in the fur store.

727
00:38:25,681 --> 00:38:27,561
Zhou She isn't a merchant
from Huaiyang at all.

728
00:38:28,001 --> 00:38:29,961
And among all controller-generals,

729
00:38:29,961 --> 00:38:30,921
no one has a wife named Ms. Zhou.

730
00:38:32,241 --> 00:38:33,601
So, he's a fraud?

731
00:38:34,201 --> 00:38:35,641
Luckily, Yinping is sensible.

732
00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:37,761
Now that she has left with Yinzhang,

733
00:38:37,921 --> 00:38:40,001
she will try to send us messages.

734
00:38:41,561 --> 00:38:42,241
Hope so.

735
00:38:42,961 --> 00:38:44,401
My teahouse is smashed.

736
00:38:45,321 --> 00:38:46,961
Sanniang, stop cleaning.

737
00:38:47,481 --> 00:38:49,081
Ouyang used to say

738
00:38:49,241 --> 00:38:50,681
that a scholar would have
a bad reputation

739
00:38:50,681 --> 00:38:51,521
if he married a businesswoman.

740
00:38:52,081 --> 00:38:53,241
I was worried

741
00:38:53,241 --> 00:38:54,521
about who would take care of my teahouse

742
00:38:54,521 --> 00:38:55,881
after I went to the capital city.

743
00:38:56,161 --> 00:38:57,001
Looks like

744
00:38:57,441 --> 00:38:58,281
this is just my fate.

745
00:38:59,041 --> 00:39:00,361
You don't need to close the teahouse.

746
00:39:00,561 --> 00:39:02,121
I can't make tea.

747
00:39:02,201 --> 00:39:03,681
But I can make cakes

748
00:39:03,681 --> 00:39:04,761
and drinks.

749
00:39:04,761 --> 00:39:05,721
I can also serve as the cashier.

750
00:39:06,081 --> 00:39:08,361
You should solve
Yinzhang's problem first.

751
00:39:09,201 --> 00:39:10,401
Yinzhang is a silly girl.

752
00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:11,401
She doesn't know

753
00:39:11,401 --> 00:39:12,961
that she will be flogged
for leaving without permission.

754
00:39:13,161 --> 00:39:14,961
If authorities of the Music Bureau know

755
00:39:14,961 --> 00:39:15,601
that she eloped, what would happen?

756
00:39:16,561 --> 00:39:17,321
Then what do we do?

757
00:39:17,761 --> 00:39:19,841
I want to request Mr. Yang Zhiyuan

758
00:39:20,321 --> 00:39:22,121
to plead for Yinzhang
with the authorities.

759
00:39:22,641 --> 00:39:24,601
Mr. Yang came occasionally for the tea

760
00:39:24,601 --> 00:39:25,761
and bought some paintings from you.

761
00:39:26,081 --> 00:39:27,441
Will he take on
such a big responsibility?

762
00:39:28,161 --> 00:39:29,161
I can't care for so much now.

763
00:39:29,161 --> 00:39:30,801
He kind of owes me, after all.

764
00:39:31,041 --> 00:39:32,081
Mr. Yang lives out of the town.

765
00:39:32,081 --> 00:39:32,881
And it's getting dark.

766
00:39:32,881 --> 00:39:33,681
Be very careful.

767
00:39:34,161 --> 00:39:34,801
I will.

768
00:39:37,961 --> 00:39:39,601
Ms. Zhao, be patient, please.

769
00:39:39,841 --> 00:39:41,841
Master is busy
with the river engineering work

770
00:39:42,081 --> 00:39:43,881
and he seldom comes out of his study
these two days.

771
00:39:44,361 --> 00:39:46,081
How about waiting in the back room?

772
00:39:46,561 --> 00:39:47,721
I'll check it out in his study.

773
00:39:48,441 --> 00:39:50,281
But I'm in such a hurry
that I can't wait.

774
00:39:50,681 --> 00:39:52,321
Let me tell Master
about your visit, all right?

775
00:39:57,481 --> 00:39:59,041
These are cakes for Mrs. Yang.

776
00:39:59,241 --> 00:40:00,081
Please give them to her.

777
00:40:00,201 --> 00:40:01,161
Thank you, Ms. Zhao.

778
00:40:01,401 --> 00:40:02,361
Be seated, please.

779
00:40:29,841 --> 00:40:30,521
How daring!

780
00:40:33,361 --> 00:40:35,761
I'm Transport Assistant Yang Zhiyuan
of Liangzhe Region!

781
00:40:35,761 --> 00:40:37,481
Who dares to break into my house?

782
00:40:39,921 --> 00:40:40,921
(Commander Gu Qianfan of the Intelligence Agency)
I'm Gu Qianfan,

783
00:40:41,601 --> 00:40:42,201
Commander
of the Capital Security Office.

784
00:40:50,721 --> 00:40:51,361
You...

785
00:40:52,041 --> 00:40:54,001
Oh, I see. Since I don't sell
the painting to you,

786
00:40:54,041 --> 00:40:55,641
you broke into my house so late.

787
00:40:55,841 --> 00:40:56,481
How...

788
00:40:57,681 --> 00:40:59,481
How lawless you are!

789
00:40:59,601 --> 00:41:00,201
Stop!

790
00:41:00,201 --> 00:41:01,241
Search. Search carefully!

791
00:41:01,241 --> 00:41:02,041
You stop!

792
00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:05,241
What do you think you're doing?

793
00:41:05,561 --> 00:41:07,321
Don't break anything!

794
00:41:07,761 --> 00:41:09,561
Even if you're from
the Capital Security Office,

795
00:41:09,601 --> 00:41:11,601
you can't be such a bully!

796
00:41:11,601 --> 00:41:13,641
Give me The Night Revels
and I'm leaving immediately.

797
00:41:14,161 --> 00:41:16,441
Why must you have that painting?

798
00:41:20,461 --> 00:41:22,701
(Augury)

799
00:41:22,711 --> 00:41:24,431
(Transport Assistant Yang Zhiyuan)
Augury?

800
00:41:24,441 --> 00:41:26,041
I came to Jiangnan Region

801
00:41:26,681 --> 00:41:28,801
to arrest Magistrate Wei
of Renhe County.

802
00:41:28,921 --> 00:41:30,161
I don't mean to hurt you.

803
00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:33,801
But if you don't appreciate
my kindness...

804
00:41:36,121 --> 00:41:37,641
I'll just give you the painting.

805
00:41:44,481 --> 00:41:46,001
Commander, here it is.

806
00:41:48,201 --> 00:41:49,041
Gu Qianfan!

807
00:41:49,601 --> 00:41:53,161
Are you the grandson of Gu Shenyan,
the former Vice Director of the Ministry of Rites?

808
00:41:53,401 --> 00:41:55,441
I am. Why, ma'am?

809
00:41:55,561 --> 00:41:56,921
It is really you.

810
00:41:57,401 --> 00:41:58,201
Honey, Honey,

811
00:41:58,281 --> 00:42:00,801
he's Gu Qianfan. The Living Devil!

812
00:42:00,801 --> 00:42:03,121
He came here because of the augury.

813
00:42:03,121 --> 00:42:04,681
We mustn't mess with him.

814
00:42:04,721 --> 00:42:06,041
I'm not scared of him!

815
00:42:07,121 --> 00:42:08,081
Honey, Honey...

816
00:42:08,481 --> 00:42:09,641
Shuniang,

817
00:42:09,881 --> 00:42:11,841
(Mrs. Yang)
if you could feel in heaven,

818
00:42:11,961 --> 00:42:13,001
have a good look.

819
00:42:13,281 --> 00:42:15,041
Look how your ridiculous son is

820
00:42:15,241 --> 00:42:17,561
bullying your old friend!

821
00:42:17,681 --> 00:42:20,401
As a literary family
for five generations,

822
00:42:20,641 --> 00:42:21,881
the Gu Family has unyielding integrity.

823
00:42:21,961 --> 00:42:24,801
But you're an exception, scoundrel.

824
00:42:25,081 --> 00:42:27,361
You even work for eunuchs!

825
00:42:27,401 --> 00:42:28,521
Honey, Honey, stop.

826
00:42:28,761 --> 00:42:29,521
She's sick.

827
00:42:29,521 --> 00:42:32,241
- You frame officials and attack opponents!
- Get her back to her room, hurry!

828
00:42:32,441 --> 00:42:35,481
You're so wicked, just like your father!

829
00:42:36,721 --> 00:42:37,361
Hurry.

830
00:42:37,481 --> 00:42:38,481
My wife was a little bit crazy

831
00:42:38,481 --> 00:42:39,441
and she was just talking nonsense.

832
00:42:39,441 --> 00:42:41,361
Commander, please don't be angry.

833
00:42:46,961 --> 00:42:47,761
Mr. Yang,

834
00:42:49,641 --> 00:42:51,281
this is a fake painting.

835
00:44:37,411 --> 00:44:43,071
♪A feeling of depression♪

836
00:44:43,421 --> 00:44:49,531
♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪

837
00:44:49,531 --> 00:44:54,851
♪How can we forget each other♪

838
00:44:54,851 --> 00:44:59,441
♪Wind blows and time flies♪

839
00:45:01,361 --> 00:45:07,071
♪When the splendor fades away
only the smell lingers♪

840
00:45:07,421 --> 00:45:12,941
♪In the corner of memories
there are sad moments♪

841
00:45:13,441 --> 00:45:18,801
♪Emotions go on and on♪

842
00:45:18,981 --> 00:45:24,251
♪Because time is short but love is hot♪

843
00:45:24,931 --> 00:45:28,061
♪Stars wink for you♪

844
00:45:28,061 --> 00:45:30,911
♪Romance is crazy about you♪

845
00:45:30,911 --> 00:45:33,791
♪Who even waits for you♪

846
00:45:33,991 --> 00:45:36,991
♪Until the end of her life♪

847
00:45:36,991 --> 00:45:39,801
♪When I look back one day♪

848
00:45:39,921 --> 00:45:43,041
♪I'll let go of everything♪

849
00:45:43,361 --> 00:45:49,551
♪I'll hold your hand
and never let you down♪

850
00:45:49,551 --> 00:45:54,991
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

851
00:45:54,991 --> 00:46:00,961
♪When our eyes get wet with tears
for each other♪

852
00:46:01,471 --> 00:46:06,971
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

853
00:46:06,971 --> 00:46:15,141
♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪