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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 21=

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(Be Discreet)

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When we met last time,

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the moon was as round as a mirror, too.

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When we meet right here and now,

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the moon is even brighter.

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Here. Have more beef tendon
Ms. Zhang made.

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I remember

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this is what you loved most
when you were little.

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Here. Taste some.

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Come on.

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How does it taste?

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Great, huh?

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If you like this dish,

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come often.

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I've brought back the chef

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who used to work for us.

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Your favorite Fried Shrimps

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and Ruyi Cakes...

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He still remembers how to make them.

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I was badly wounded
a couple of years ago.

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On rainy days,

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the wound burns.

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The physician asked me
to eat less seafood.

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Let him cook some other dishes, then.

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Such as Roast Pork Ribs,

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or Roast Duck.

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Don't bother, Minister Duke Xiao.

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I don't know why you invited me today.

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But I still want to congratulate you

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on returning to the Eastern Capital,
being the Prime Minister again,

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and regaining trust from His Majesty.

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But such a high position or great wealth

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has nothing to do with me,
a deputy commissioner

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of the Capital Security Office.

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How can you say so?

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As the saying goes,
father and son cooperate perfectly.

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I'm back in charge
of the Grand Secretariat.

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I'll certainly arrange
a better career for you.

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I will work hard

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for my own career.

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You have other sons.

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They'll cooperate perfectly with you.

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Are you still angry with Wei?

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He is just too young and childish.

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I've heavily punished him already.

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You're his eldest brother.

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Don't let him get to you.

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On my certificate, Gu is my family name.

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Your other sons share your family name.

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Do you want me to deceive His Majesty?

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Qianfan, here.

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(Qiantang County)

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(Don't just eat! Say something!)

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Be patient.

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After I finish eating,

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(Gao Lu)
I'll tell you all about it.

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(Gao Fu)

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Don't worry.

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I'm indeed Sun Sanniang's son.

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What happened
between Pan'er and Ouyang Xu...

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I know all about it.

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Are you from the Gao Family?

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How do you know that?

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My mother told me

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that Ouyang Xu would marry a lady

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of the Gao Family
in the Eastern Capital,

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so he abandoned Pan'er.

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You have the accent
of the Eastern Capital.

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And this character is on your robe.

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(Gao)
I can certainly tell your identities.

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Umm...

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Was Ouyang Xu really
engaged to Ms. Zhao?

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He was.

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Why do many neighbors say

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that Ouyang Xu only rented
Zhao Pan'er's house?

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Are you lying to me?

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I'm not lying.

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It's because

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Pan'er has been doing business.

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Think about it.

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If Ouyang Xu became an official

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and others knew

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that his wife was a businesswoman,

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he would have a bad reputation, right?

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So, they were in a secret relationship.

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If Ouyang Xu really succeeded,

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he would take Pan'er
to the Eastern Capital and marry her.

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In this way, no one else would know

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that Pan'er used to be a businesswoman.

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Minister Duke Xiao,

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I appreciate your care and kindness.

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As for the rest of the stuff,
I don't want it.

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A toast to you.

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Wish you good luck,
longevity, and a smooth road to success.

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What if it's a rough patch of road?

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Have you thought about it?

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I've got a lot of political opponents.

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Ke Zheng and Qi Mu hate me, too.

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They all want to kill me.

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And your useless younger brothers...

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They're only powerless officials.

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When I'm in a fatal disaster,

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who

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can help me?

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But you're truly trusted
by His Majesty and Her Majesty.

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His Majesty is seriously ill.

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The Crown Prince
hasn't been appointed yet.

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If Her Majesty doesn't
stay steady in power...

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During a regime change,

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Grand Secretaries
and Prime Ministers usually die.

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Qianfan,

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I need your help.

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The Capital Security Office
has unexpected power.

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Now that you don't want to help me,

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why did you go to Suzhou
and ask me to save your life?

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Who got Zheng Qingtian's vast wealth?

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I got to survive.

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You got a sudden windfall.

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I don't owe you anything.

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Very well.

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Very well!

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I brought you up.

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But now you're calculating?

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My mother brought me up, exactly.

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Actually, I came today

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because I had something to tell you.

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I'm getting married soon.

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I will

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marry Zhao Pan'er

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who came here with me
from Qiantang County.

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Her?

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Didn't you tell me

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that you weren't
in a relationship with her?

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You can't marry her.

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She used to be
a singing performer, I remember.

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She isn't good enough for me!

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She is.

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I'm the son of a treacherous official
and she used to be a singing performer.

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A perfect couple.

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Qianfan!

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I haven't lost my mind.

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I don't mean to annoy you
with my marriage, either.

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Maybe in your heart,

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she's only a humble businesswoman.

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But in my heart,

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she's a treasure like no other.

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In the dark life I've been living
for a dozen years,

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she's been the only hope

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and light for me.

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So, I beg you to let go of us.

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Do not use your tricks of all kinds

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to break us up.

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Otherwise,

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I swear to my mother in heaven

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that I will make you regret it.

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Fine.

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Fine, fine.

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Do anything you want.

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You can do anything you want, all right?

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(Be Discreet)

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I will not help you.

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I won't hurt you, either.

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If upright officials want to kill you,

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I won't let you die.

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The Hat Demon case happened lately...

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I'm afraid it's against you.

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There's a rumor

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that the state will be in chaos
and there will be a demon.

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Right at this moment,

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you're back as the Prime Minister.

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People can't help suspecting you.

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His Majesty always
believes in superstition.

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So...

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Are you caring about me?

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I just want you

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to give blessings to Zhao Pan'er and me.

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I hope that one day

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Pan'er and I can take our children

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to visit his grandfather.

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Farewell.

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My 50th birthday banquet
will be held within a few days.

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Could you come?

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For a moment.

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Just a moment.

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(Be Discreet)

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Shuniang,

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we will have a grandson.

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I hope this time

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he'll be more like me.

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More like me.

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Wrong.

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Wrong.

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Pure, Serene Music,
not Butterflies over Flowers.

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You look so languid
in the early morning.

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And you have dark circles.

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What?

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Did you miss your lover last night

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so that you didn't sleep very well?

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No.

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I was practicing a new song last night

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and I didn't sleep very well.

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Liar.

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You're a pipa master.

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What kind of song

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did you need to practice
the whole night?

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Someone gave me an ancient score.

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It's a birthday banquet, after all.

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I want to practice it perfectly.

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You make sense.

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His Majesty and Her Majesty

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asked to hold this birthday banquet

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for Minister Duke Xiao
who just returned.

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We're ordered to perform.

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We have to do a good job.

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By the way, who was so nice to you

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(Pure, Serene Music)
that he gave you this score?

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Shen Ruzhuo?

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Don't be shy.

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Shen Ruzhuo

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visits the Music Division
every other day

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and he loves to collect scores.

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If it wasn't him,

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who could it be?

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It wasn't him.

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Someone else gave me that.

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Yinzhang,

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let me remind you.

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Men in the Eastern Capital

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can be all complicated.

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Don't fall in love with a man

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just for his honeyed words

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or small gifts.

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Otherwise, you'll suffer.

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He isn't that kind of man.

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He...

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Fine. Do as you wish.

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Young girls like you

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won't be amenable to good advice

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until you're taken in.

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Luckily, you have Pan'er around.

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You won't lose a lot.

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Let's continue.

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♪Plum trees blossom before dawn♪

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♪Fragrance wafts everywhere♪

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♪Around railings♪

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♪Flowers are red and white♪

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Hello.

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She's so timid.

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Funny. So funny.

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I freaked Song Yinzhang out.

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I didn't know she could be so timid.

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Did you see that?

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By the way,

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you didn't remind her
to guard against Shen Ruzhuo, did you?

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I didn't. Satisfied?

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That's more like it.

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When you want to revenge on Zhao Pan'er,

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why don't you just go to her?

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Why must you make use of Song Yinzhang?

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She's just a young girl.

277
00:16:16,460 --> 00:16:18,340
As a newcomer,
she doesn't know anything.

278
00:16:19,180 --> 00:16:21,140
I don't want her to be deceived.

279
00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:24,100
What? Feeling sorry for her?

280
00:16:25,060 --> 00:16:26,980
She respects me

281
00:16:26,980 --> 00:16:28,900
and plays pipa for me attentively.

282
00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:30,860
I should be nice to her.

283
00:16:32,540 --> 00:16:34,900
When you were out there,

284
00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:36,060
you heard it, right?

285
00:16:36,380 --> 00:16:38,660
When she played pipa,

286
00:16:38,860 --> 00:16:39,780
I sang beautifully, right?

287
00:16:40,700 --> 00:16:42,060
Quite otherworldly.

288
00:16:42,420 --> 00:16:43,540
Then tell me.

289
00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:45,900
Which sounds better,

290
00:16:45,900 --> 00:16:48,340
her music or my voice?

291
00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:51,300
If you insist,

292
00:16:52,260 --> 00:16:53,980
she plays pipa better.

293
00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:56,540
After all, I listen to your songs
every day.

294
00:16:56,540 --> 00:16:58,060
You nearly sing my ears off.

295
00:16:58,780 --> 00:17:00,900
I think you should sing something else.

296
00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:02,220
What do you think?

297
00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:03,940
Bad idea.

298
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,220
What? Trying to explain?

299
00:17:09,220 --> 00:17:10,020
Too late!

300
00:17:26,580 --> 00:17:27,610
I hate this kind of life.

301
00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:29,620
She even tried to kill me.

302
00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,320
(Gao's Mansion)

303
00:17:36,340 --> 00:17:37,740
(Gao's Mansion)
She wanted to see me?

304
00:17:38,340 --> 00:17:40,700
The man coming with her seems classy.

305
00:17:41,140 --> 00:17:42,340
He looks like an official.

306
00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,160
(It's been months since we parted.
I miss the happy days we had.)

307
00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:48,080
(We promised to grow old together.
I will not betray you, my girl.)

308
00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:48,960
(After I succeed, I'll return to you.
By Ouyang Xu in the Eastern Capital)

309
00:17:48,980 --> 00:17:49,700
Miss.

310
00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,760
(To Pan'er)

311
00:17:53,780 --> 00:17:55,540
Miss, what's wrong?

312
00:17:56,980 --> 00:17:58,460
(It's his handwriting.)

313
00:17:58,460 --> 00:17:59,480
(Hope you'll get more of this.
by Ouyang Xu)

314
00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,380
Miss.

315
00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:09,340
Take them to the backyard.

316
00:18:11,780 --> 00:18:12,340
Aye.

317
00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:13,140
Chuntao.

318
00:18:15,740 --> 00:18:16,740
Don't let my father know it.

319
00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:17,900
I won't.

320
00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,360
(By Ouyang Xu in the Eastern Capital)

321
00:18:24,900 --> 00:18:25,660
Liar.

322
00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:27,460
Ouyang Xu isn't that kind of man.

323
00:18:28,380 --> 00:18:29,380
So,

324
00:18:29,780 --> 00:18:31,940
you didn't send the men

325
00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:33,420
to Du Changfeng?

326
00:18:35,140 --> 00:18:36,460
Who is Du Changfeng?

327
00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:38,060
He's Ouyang Xu's friend,

328
00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:41,260
a Presented Scholar of the same year.

329
00:18:42,780 --> 00:18:43,620
Miss Gao,

330
00:18:43,940 --> 00:18:44,700
what I just said

331
00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:46,180
might be too cruel.

332
00:18:46,180 --> 00:18:47,580
But it's completely true.

333
00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:50,860
Your father must have investigated it.

334
00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:53,660
Such evidence works better than my oath.

335
00:18:57,860 --> 00:18:59,260
So, my father knew

336
00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,460
what happened between you and Ouyang Xu

337
00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:04,780
and that's why he forced me
to break off the engagement?

338
00:19:04,780 --> 00:19:07,450
(Be Dedicated)

339
00:19:07,460 --> 00:19:08,220
Exactly.

340
00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:11,420
In this world, no one cares about you
but your parents.

341
00:19:12,460 --> 00:19:15,140
They only love you and never hurt you.

342
00:19:16,060 --> 00:19:17,380
But I don't believe this!

343
00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:19,060
Why did he deceive me?

344
00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,260
He's the Third Graduate.

345
00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:24,020
He told me

346
00:19:24,180 --> 00:19:25,180
that before he met me,

347
00:19:25,180 --> 00:19:27,180
he hadn't loved any other woman.

348
00:19:27,180 --> 00:19:28,500
He said that.

349
00:19:30,660 --> 00:19:32,100
On high, we'd be two birds
flying wing to wing.

350
00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:34,220
On earth, two trees with branches
twined from spring to spring.

351
00:19:35,180 --> 00:19:36,700
The monarch could not save her
and hid his face in fear.

352
00:19:37,460 --> 00:19:39,140
Turning his head, he saw her blood
mixed with his tear.

353
00:19:40,180 --> 00:19:41,900
Even Emperor Xuanzong can't be trusted.
[*The author of the above poem]

354
00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:43,820
Not to mention a mere scholar.

355
00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:55,100
You should listen to your father.

356
00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:57,860
Break off the engagement
with a man like him

357
00:19:58,460 --> 00:19:59,900
will only do you good, instead of harm.

358
00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:01,900
You're a good girl.

359
00:20:02,420 --> 00:20:03,300
You deserve a better man.

360
00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:14,540
Father.

361
00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:17,660
It's all right.

362
00:20:19,140 --> 00:20:20,660
You always have me.

363
00:20:22,070 --> 00:20:23,060
Inspector Gao,

364
00:20:23,980 --> 00:20:25,020
please don't blame us

365
00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:27,380
for visiting your daughter
without permission.

366
00:20:29,340 --> 00:20:31,900
Don't say that, Deputy Commissioner Gu.

367
00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,580
I should say thank you to you.

368
00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:42,220
When you get married,

369
00:20:42,940 --> 00:20:45,940
I'll attend your wedding.

370
00:20:48,220 --> 00:20:49,300
It'll be our honor.

371
00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:50,900
We'll take our leave, then.

372
00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:54,840
(Be Dedicated)

373
00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:26,660
What a surprise!

374
00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:27,980
According to Du Changfeng,

375
00:21:27,980 --> 00:21:29,860
Gao Hui is a murderous woman.

376
00:21:30,060 --> 00:21:31,340
But she turns out to be

377
00:21:31,340 --> 00:21:32,980
such an ignorant young lady.

378
00:21:34,020 --> 00:21:35,540
We can't judge someone by appearance.

379
00:21:35,620 --> 00:21:36,780
You just met her twice.

380
00:21:36,780 --> 00:21:38,420
How do you know

381
00:21:38,420 --> 00:21:39,980
she isn't a merciless woman?

382
00:21:41,860 --> 00:21:42,660
By intuition.

383
00:21:43,060 --> 00:21:43,940
And I have you,

384
00:21:43,940 --> 00:21:45,260
the clear-sighted Living Devil

385
00:21:45,260 --> 00:21:46,820
who has solved countless cases.

386
00:21:47,980 --> 00:21:49,620
If she were really a scheming lady,

387
00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:51,220
you would have stopped me

388
00:21:51,220 --> 00:21:52,180
from persuading her.

389
00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:54,540
Are you being too clever

390
00:21:54,540 --> 00:21:56,020
or are you just being too bold?

391
00:21:56,660 --> 00:21:58,340
Whatever. I don't care.

392
00:21:59,540 --> 00:22:00,820
You're clever enough.

393
00:22:01,580 --> 00:22:02,940
When Gao Hu came in,

394
00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:04,460
you hid behind me.

395
00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:06,140
What an old man!

396
00:22:06,940 --> 00:22:08,460
When he held her daughter in his arms,

397
00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,180
he was staring at you.

398
00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:12,660
Luckily, he promised

399
00:22:12,900 --> 00:22:13,940
to attend our wedding.

400
00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:16,580
Looks like he won't try to hurt you
for the moment.

401
00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:18,940
I'll be relieved, then.

402
00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:22,140
He did dirty things.

403
00:22:22,820 --> 00:22:24,620
But he's indeed a good father.

404
00:22:30,220 --> 00:22:30,980
What?

405
00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:32,340
Nothing.

406
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:40,160
(Gao's Mansion)

407
00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:41,500
When I have a day off,

408
00:22:42,540 --> 00:22:43,780
I'll take you to the cemetery

409
00:22:44,140 --> 00:22:45,020
and visit my mother.

410
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,080
(Gao's Mansion)

411
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:04,040
(Half-hidden)

412
00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:15,180
Slow down.

413
00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:16,460
No one will grab your food.

414
00:23:17,460 --> 00:23:19,660
By the way, how is
the Hat Demon case going?

415
00:23:21,780 --> 00:23:22,580
Nothing new.

416
00:23:22,740 --> 00:23:24,100
But don't worry.

417
00:23:24,140 --> 00:23:24,860
Chief Gu said

418
00:23:24,860 --> 00:23:25,780
the Hat Demon was a human

419
00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:26,860
and he wasn't a real demon at all.

420
00:23:27,260 --> 00:23:27,940
I'm glad to hear that.

421
00:23:34,660 --> 00:23:35,140
You...

422
00:23:35,140 --> 00:23:36,860
How do you have the nerve
to come in front of me?

423
00:23:41,780 --> 00:23:42,740
What are you talking about?

424
00:23:43,260 --> 00:23:44,540
I don't understand.

425
00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:45,820
You!

426
00:23:46,380 --> 00:23:47,620
Why do you deny what happened that day?

427
00:23:47,820 --> 00:23:49,100
Which day do you mean?

428
00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,300
What happened that day?

429
00:23:50,340 --> 00:23:51,220
Tell me about it.

430
00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:52,500
Why are you holding the cover?

431
00:23:55,140 --> 00:23:56,140
What are you doing?

432
00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:57,660
Are you pretending I'm not here?

433
00:24:00,020 --> 00:24:00,740
Come over.

434
00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:02,140
Come!

435
00:24:06,660 --> 00:24:07,780
I know you got an issue with him.

436
00:24:08,380 --> 00:24:09,300
Pan'er told me about it.

437
00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:11,340
Somehow or other,

438
00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,220
you shouldn't have fought
in the teahouse.

439
00:24:13,780 --> 00:24:14,300
If...

440
00:24:14,300 --> 00:24:15,380
If you break anything,

441
00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:16,140
who will pay for that?

442
00:24:18,460 --> 00:24:19,580
Without Chen Lian,

443
00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:21,460
we wouldn't have opened this teahouse.

444
00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:23,700
He helped us and he's an official.

445
00:24:24,340 --> 00:24:25,980
Show some respect to him, you know?

446
00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:30,580
All right.

447
00:24:31,580 --> 00:24:32,380
Get to your business.

448
00:24:35,180 --> 00:24:35,900
What a girl!

449
00:24:36,860 --> 00:24:38,300
Sanniang, you're the nicest to me.

450
00:24:41,060 --> 00:24:42,460
If you really think so,

451
00:24:42,460 --> 00:24:43,420
do me a favor.

452
00:24:45,740 --> 00:24:48,260
Here. Take the pastries to the academy.

453
00:24:49,460 --> 00:24:50,300
Who shall I give them to?

454
00:24:51,460 --> 00:24:52,220
Du Changfeng.

455
00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:54,460
Him?

456
00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:56,020
So many pastries for him alone?

457
00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:57,220
How much do you owe him?

458
00:24:57,220 --> 00:24:58,320
Shh.

459
00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:01,660
I'm giving him so many pastries

460
00:25:01,780 --> 00:25:03,100
just because I don't want to owe him.

461
00:25:04,340 --> 00:25:05,420
I ask you to deliver them

462
00:25:05,420 --> 00:25:07,980
because I don't like to see him

463
00:25:07,980 --> 00:25:09,140
behave hypocritically.

464
00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:10,420
This is why I ask you for help.

465
00:25:12,980 --> 00:25:13,540
All right, then.

466
00:25:13,580 --> 00:25:14,940
I'll deliver them right away.

467
00:25:16,300 --> 00:25:17,260
Don't take a bite.

468
00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:19,300
I'll give all the pastries to him.

469
00:25:37,980 --> 00:25:38,660
Stop.

470
00:25:38,740 --> 00:25:40,380
You just went out. Take a rest.

471
00:25:40,420 --> 00:25:41,100
Leave this to me.

472
00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:46,900
What? Are you angry?

473
00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:49,660
Because I defended him instead of you?

474
00:25:52,980 --> 00:25:54,940
You're one of us.

475
00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:56,420
But he's a guest.

476
00:25:56,420 --> 00:25:57,260
You're different.

477
00:25:58,580 --> 00:26:00,260
When you waited up customers

478
00:26:00,860 --> 00:26:02,460
and quarreled with them,

479
00:26:02,660 --> 00:26:04,700
I always defended you.

480
00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:05,340
Right?

481
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:08,660
Chen Lian...

482
00:26:09,060 --> 00:26:10,820
He's a little bit naughty

483
00:26:10,940 --> 00:26:11,980
and numb.

484
00:26:12,260 --> 00:26:14,460
Sometimes, he talks harshly.

485
00:26:14,980 --> 00:26:17,940
But he's a good man.

486
00:26:18,940 --> 00:26:21,500
He's far better than my ex-husband.

487
00:26:22,860 --> 00:26:23,620
Come on.

488
00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:24,900
Take a seat and listen to me.

489
00:26:27,940 --> 00:26:29,100
The house we're living in

490
00:26:29,460 --> 00:26:30,780
was borrowed from him.

491
00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:33,340
He also

492
00:26:33,420 --> 00:26:35,420
arranged the new furniture and quits

493
00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:37,020
in your room

494
00:26:37,020 --> 00:26:39,420
without telling you.

495
00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:43,100
He even did this

496
00:26:43,180 --> 00:26:45,180
after you splashed the water
all over him.

497
00:26:46,580 --> 00:26:48,100
Now that he helped you,

498
00:26:48,220 --> 00:26:49,060
could you stop being mean to him

499
00:26:49,340 --> 00:26:52,060
every time you see him?

500
00:26:54,260 --> 00:26:54,940
What's more,

501
00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:57,100
he's Gu Qianfan's subordinate.

502
00:26:57,940 --> 00:26:59,340
If you always fight him,

503
00:27:00,060 --> 00:27:01,380
how can Pan'er get along
with Gu Qianfan?

504
00:27:01,740 --> 00:27:02,420
Right?

505
00:27:05,060 --> 00:27:05,740
Fine.

506
00:27:06,780 --> 00:27:07,860
Every time I see him,

507
00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:09,140
I'll pretend I see a jinx.

508
00:27:09,780 --> 00:27:11,380
I'll respect him and stay away.

509
00:27:11,580 --> 00:27:12,380
All right?

510
00:27:14,980 --> 00:27:15,580
Come on, girl.

511
00:27:15,580 --> 00:27:17,140
Why are you so unworldly?

512
00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:19,620
Sanniang, you're not unworldly.

513
00:27:20,380 --> 00:27:21,660
But your son
still doesn't recognize you.

514
00:27:26,460 --> 00:27:27,620
Sorry, Sanniang.

515
00:27:27,620 --> 00:27:28,660
I shouldn't have said that.

516
00:27:28,660 --> 00:27:29,660
I didn't mean that.

517
00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:33,580
Never mind.

518
00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:36,580
Who told you about my problem?

519
00:27:37,580 --> 00:27:38,460
Yinzhang.

520
00:27:40,580 --> 00:27:41,340
Fine.

521
00:27:42,340 --> 00:27:44,220
Let me tell you something.

522
00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:46,460
In the past,

523
00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:48,100
I was unworldly, too.

524
00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:51,900
I didn't get to know how to behave

525
00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:53,340
until I suffered a lot
and got heartbroken.

526
00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:54,820
Zhaodi,

527
00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:57,900
you're capable and clever enough.

528
00:27:58,060 --> 00:27:59,620
But you're quite young.

529
00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:01,820
I don't want you
to make the same mistakes

530
00:28:01,820 --> 00:28:03,460
as we made before.

531
00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:08,820
Sometimes, when you bear something,

532
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:11,300
and treat people and things differently,

533
00:28:12,260 --> 00:28:13,820
it'll be better for you
and everyone else.

534
00:28:13,820 --> 00:28:14,660
Do you get it?

535
00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:18,340
Thank you, Sanniang.

536
00:28:19,940 --> 00:28:22,900
No one has taught me this before.

537
00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:28,460
Don't bother to pay me today.

538
00:28:29,460 --> 00:28:31,700
Take it as my gratitude

539
00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:32,820
for your instruction.

540
00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:35,540
I'll get back to business.

541
00:29:07,860 --> 00:29:08,620
A thank-you gift?

542
00:29:11,060 --> 00:29:11,980
From Sun Sanniang?

543
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,820
Will I suffer from diarrhea
after eating them?

544
00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:18,260
How ungrateful you are!

545
00:29:18,540 --> 00:29:20,100
Believe it or not, I'll punish you.

546
00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:22,740
An official like you wants to punish me?

547
00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:24,660
I'm a Presented Scholar of this year.

548
00:29:24,860 --> 00:29:26,020
Since when can a military officer

549
00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:27,340
punish a civil official?

550
00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:32,980
Don't listen to him.

551
00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:34,540
He isn't a civil official.

552
00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:36,140
Yeah. Punish him if necessary.

553
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:39,980
Give them back to me!

554
00:29:39,980 --> 00:29:40,700
Never mind.

555
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:44,740
Come on. What's wrong with them?

556
00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:47,100
They always bully me

557
00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:48,380
because I can't recognize them
with poor eyesight.

558
00:29:49,460 --> 00:29:50,620
You can't let them do this.

559
00:29:50,820 --> 00:29:52,500
You're their teacher, after all.

560
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:54,100
You have to restrain them.

561
00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:55,660
Who can? You?

562
00:29:55,860 --> 00:29:57,060
I can't, anyway.

563
00:29:58,060 --> 00:29:59,540
Tell Sun Sanniang

564
00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:01,100
that I've received her gift

565
00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:02,260
and I'm grateful for that.

566
00:30:03,140 --> 00:30:04,020
Now that the Gao Family

567
00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:05,500
no longer asks them for trouble,

568
00:30:05,580 --> 00:30:07,700
we should live our own lives

569
00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:09,340
and stop embarrassing each other.

570
00:30:09,980 --> 00:30:10,940
Thank you. Thank you.

571
00:30:13,380 --> 00:30:15,300
I'm all right. I'm all right.

572
00:30:24,340 --> 00:30:25,540
I have something to ask you.

573
00:30:25,540 --> 00:30:26,940
Answer me honestly. Got it?

574
00:30:27,540 --> 00:30:28,620
Yes. Yes.

575
00:30:55,580 --> 00:30:56,220
Yinzhang,

576
00:30:57,580 --> 00:30:58,460
do you think it's beautiful?

577
00:31:00,260 --> 00:31:00,900
Yes.

578
00:31:01,580 --> 00:31:02,860
But I have to go home.

579
00:31:03,260 --> 00:31:05,180
Or Pan'er will find out.

580
00:31:05,700 --> 00:31:07,540
They're only your good friends,

581
00:31:07,540 --> 00:31:08,820
not your parents.

582
00:31:09,180 --> 00:31:10,860
Why must you obey them?

583
00:31:11,780 --> 00:31:13,180
I find this hairpin

584
00:31:13,460 --> 00:31:14,540
too plain.

585
00:31:17,460 --> 00:31:18,100
Come on.

586
00:31:20,860 --> 00:31:21,620
Check other hairpins in there.

587
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:26,540
I have to go home.

588
00:31:27,140 --> 00:31:28,100
Come in, please.

589
00:31:33,140 --> 00:31:34,540
You threw a stone at my window.

590
00:31:34,860 --> 00:31:36,860
I thought you had
something important to tell me.

591
00:31:37,540 --> 00:31:39,660
But you only took me here.

592
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,820
Your hairpin is old-styled.

593
00:31:42,980 --> 00:31:44,420
I just want to buy a new one for you.

594
00:31:48,980 --> 00:31:50,220
When I finally have a day off,

595
00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:51,820
I rushed to see you
early in the morning.

596
00:31:52,260 --> 00:31:55,020
Because you work so hard
on pipa every day,

597
00:31:56,180 --> 00:31:58,020
I took you here to have a look.

598
00:31:58,860 --> 00:31:59,860
But look at you.

599
00:32:00,380 --> 00:32:02,500
You remain poker-faced.

600
00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:06,060
Forget it.

601
00:32:08,020 --> 00:32:09,100
Don't say that.

602
00:32:10,380 --> 00:32:11,340
I'm not going back home.

603
00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:18,820
Are you sure?

604
00:32:22,380 --> 00:32:23,420
That's more like it.

605
00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:25,140
This one looks good.

606
00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:26,820
Shopkeeper.

607
00:32:29,260 --> 00:32:29,940
Sir.

608
00:32:29,980 --> 00:32:30,700
Pack it up.

609
00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:33,700
All right. Ten strings, please.

610
00:32:34,580 --> 00:32:35,260
Sir,

611
00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:37,060
it's way too expensive. I don't want it.

612
00:32:42,540 --> 00:32:43,300
Yinzhang,

613
00:32:43,980 --> 00:32:46,340
it's just a hairpin worth ten strings.

614
00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:48,860
You're the lady I adore.

615
00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:51,660
You even deserve hairpins

616
00:32:52,340 --> 00:32:53,260
worth hundreds or thousands of strings.

617
00:33:00,980 --> 00:33:02,780
Let's go to Caiming Restaurant
and try the new fish dish.

618
00:33:03,540 --> 00:33:04,260
Recently,

619
00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:06,020
the Hat Demon panics people.

620
00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:07,700
If we don't go now,

621
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:09,740
it will be closed soon.

622
00:33:10,620 --> 00:33:11,220
But...

623
00:33:11,220 --> 00:33:13,300
Don't always think about playing pipa.

624
00:33:14,140 --> 00:33:15,220
You're so skilled.

625
00:33:15,380 --> 00:33:17,340
No matter what you play in the banquet,

626
00:33:17,420 --> 00:33:18,740
you'll astound everyone.

627
00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:20,180
I mustn't be perfunctory.

628
00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:22,900
I cooperate with Zhang Haohao this time.

629
00:33:23,540 --> 00:33:25,020
When we practiced last time,

630
00:33:25,260 --> 00:33:27,260
she sang better than I played pipa.

631
00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:29,460
I also want to perform
in front of His Majesty

632
00:33:30,180 --> 00:33:33,020
just like she does.

633
00:33:34,260 --> 00:33:36,860
Zhang Haohao is no match for you.

634
00:33:37,820 --> 00:33:39,500
However skilled the performers are,

635
00:33:39,940 --> 00:33:41,780
they just strive for a living.

636
00:33:42,860 --> 00:33:44,100
She's together with Young Master Chi

637
00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:45,700
who is merely a businessman.

638
00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:48,060
But my family...

639
00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,420
With my connections
with the Music Administrator,

640
00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:55,260
it's easy for me to help you

641
00:33:55,460 --> 00:33:56,660
drop the performer status,

642
00:33:57,180 --> 00:33:58,460
let alone offer you a chance
to perform for His Majesty.

643
00:34:07,820 --> 00:34:09,060
Let's go, then.

644
00:34:09,140 --> 00:34:10,460
All right. Come with me.

645
00:34:13,660 --> 00:34:14,940
Oh, they're really in a relationship.

646
00:34:16,380 --> 00:34:18,580
When Sanniang told me about it,
I could hardly believe that.

647
00:34:20,460 --> 00:34:22,620
When I was kidnapped by Yu Zhongquan,

648
00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:25,300
I didn't know this Mr. Shen yet.

649
00:34:25,660 --> 00:34:28,260
But for the sake of Yinzhang,

650
00:34:28,460 --> 00:34:29,260
he still went to rescue me.

651
00:34:29,610 --> 00:34:30,940
So, he's an upright gentleman.

652
00:34:31,980 --> 00:34:33,860
I don't like to hear you
speak highly of another man.

653
00:34:34,340 --> 00:34:35,780
You also think he's nice, don't you?

654
00:34:37,170 --> 00:34:38,980
If he and Yinzhang can be a couple,

655
00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:40,900
that'd be great.

656
00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:42,900
Maybe

657
00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:44,610
Song Yinzhang likes him

658
00:34:44,980 --> 00:34:46,610
just because he saved you.

659
00:34:47,260 --> 00:34:48,540
Don't talk nonsense.

660
00:34:48,780 --> 00:34:50,170
You saved Yinzhang, too.

661
00:34:50,340 --> 00:34:51,650
Why doesn't she like you?

662
00:34:53,940 --> 00:34:55,380
By the way,

663
00:34:55,650 --> 00:34:57,380
Yinzhang admires you a lot.

664
00:34:58,580 --> 00:35:00,900
She keeps talking about you.

665
00:35:01,130 --> 00:35:02,980
Since you gave her the score,

666
00:35:03,580 --> 00:35:05,300
she has nearly consecrated you.

667
00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:07,420
I don't deserve that kind of girl.

668
00:35:08,090 --> 00:35:10,020
I prefer a grumpier lady.

669
00:35:11,170 --> 00:35:12,460
Stop teasing me, or I won't talk to you.

670
00:35:17,260 --> 00:35:19,380
Knowing we're going to see your mother,

671
00:35:19,820 --> 00:35:21,860
Sanniang taught me to make
some pastries of Suzhou flavor.

672
00:35:22,260 --> 00:35:23,660
Look. Pretty?

673
00:35:28,060 --> 00:35:28,820
You're pretty.

674
00:35:31,380 --> 00:35:32,180
I know that.

675
00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:44,620
Mother, I've brought Pan'er to you.

676
00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:46,720
(Tomb of Ms. Gu, the daughter
of Vice Director of the Ministry of Rites)

677
00:35:46,740 --> 00:35:47,620
She's nice to me.

678
00:35:48,260 --> 00:35:49,300
She's clever and capable.

679
00:35:49,980 --> 00:35:50,780
Rest assured.

680
00:35:51,820 --> 00:35:53,220
I won't be lonely anymore.

681
00:35:55,580 --> 00:35:56,540
Don't worry, ma'am.

682
00:35:56,820 --> 00:35:58,220
I'll take good care of Qianfan.

683
00:35:58,580 --> 00:35:59,420
However hard life can be,

684
00:36:00,180 --> 00:36:01,340
I will be perfectly happy.

685
00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:04,300
As my wife,

686
00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:05,780
you mustn't live a hard life.

687
00:36:06,380 --> 00:36:07,940
I just want you to live a happy life.

688
00:36:08,460 --> 00:36:09,860
A happy and carefree life.

689
00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:12,580
Mother,

690
00:36:14,060 --> 00:36:14,940
Pan'er and I

691
00:36:15,180 --> 00:36:16,980
have suffered too much already.

692
00:36:17,740 --> 00:36:18,780
In the future,

693
00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:20,500
I don't expect wealth or glory.

694
00:36:21,060 --> 00:36:22,820
All we want is to support each other

695
00:36:23,180 --> 00:36:25,100
and live an interesting life together.

696
00:36:25,860 --> 00:36:26,980
Be ambitious, will you?

697
00:36:27,820 --> 00:36:29,020
When you're promoted to the Fifth Rank,

698
00:36:29,260 --> 00:36:30,860
you can make your mother mandated.

699
00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:32,260
It'll be the glory.

700
00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:33,700
Fine, then.

701
00:36:34,260 --> 00:36:36,300
I'll leave the job
of making a lot of money

702
00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:37,540
to you, Ms. Zhao.

703
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:47,380
I've got some confusion.

704
00:36:47,540 --> 00:36:49,420
Du Changfeng is at least
a Presented Scholar.

705
00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:52,500
Why does he only teach in the academy?

706
00:36:55,340 --> 00:36:56,220
Tell me about it.

707
00:36:56,660 --> 00:36:57,940
What is the Official Selection?

708
00:36:58,340 --> 00:36:59,820
Why can't a man be a real official

709
00:36:59,900 --> 00:37:01,460
until he passes the Selection?

710
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:04,420
Well, it's a long story.

711
00:37:04,740 --> 00:37:06,380
Sanniang, I'm a little bit thirsty.

712
00:37:06,380 --> 00:37:07,100
May I have some tea?

713
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:09,860
Sure.

714
00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:14,420
Wait.

715
00:37:14,860 --> 00:37:16,220
Can it be poisonous?

716
00:37:16,220 --> 00:37:17,500
Just rest assured.

717
00:37:18,180 --> 00:37:19,820
Zhaodi has changed.

718
00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:20,460
From this day on,

719
00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:21,940
she will be friendly to you.

720
00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:23,460
Right, Zhaodi?

721
00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:30,740
Tell me. What is the Official Selection?

722
00:37:31,660 --> 00:37:32,340
Well,

723
00:37:32,460 --> 00:37:34,340
this is a very simple thing.

724
00:37:34,660 --> 00:37:35,660
Being an official is

725
00:37:35,980 --> 00:37:37,340
just like growing radishes.

726
00:37:37,660 --> 00:37:39,460
A hole for a radish.

727
00:37:39,460 --> 00:37:41,820
The official is a radish
and the position is the hole.

728
00:37:42,140 --> 00:37:43,460
Without wars,

729
00:37:43,460 --> 00:37:44,620
no military exploit can be made.

730
00:37:44,980 --> 00:37:47,380
The Imperial Examination is held
every three years.

731
00:37:47,580 --> 00:37:49,340
There aren't enough holes for radishes.

732
00:37:49,580 --> 00:37:51,980
Radishes have to be grown in turn.

733
00:37:52,460 --> 00:37:53,780
Good-looking radishes

734
00:37:53,780 --> 00:37:55,820
have priority to pick holes first.

735
00:37:55,820 --> 00:37:56,900
Such officials have positions.

736
00:37:57,060 --> 00:37:58,420
But bad-looking radishes

737
00:37:58,420 --> 00:37:59,540
have to wait aside.

738
00:38:00,020 --> 00:38:01,300
When the Ministry of Personnel
selects radishes,

739
00:38:01,300 --> 00:38:02,860
it's known as the Official Selection.

740
00:38:04,380 --> 00:38:05,220
I get it.

741
00:38:05,460 --> 00:38:07,380
Du Changfeng is a bad-looking radish.

742
00:38:07,940 --> 00:38:10,220
Exactly. He's just a bad-looking radish.

743
00:38:11,260 --> 00:38:12,260
Actually,

744
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:13,940
a Present Scholar

745
00:38:13,940 --> 00:38:16,020
usually has a position
in his first year.

746
00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:17,500
But Du Changfeng is

747
00:38:17,540 --> 00:38:18,780
an Associate Graduate

748
00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:20,380
who ranked last.

749
00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:22,620
And when he presented himself
with His Majesty,

750
00:38:22,860 --> 00:38:23,980
he disgraced himself.

751
00:38:24,180 --> 00:38:25,140
So, he didn't get anything.

752
00:38:25,380 --> 00:38:26,540
How did he disgrace himself?

753
00:38:27,260 --> 00:38:28,700
Let me imitate him, Sanniang.

754
00:38:30,260 --> 00:38:32,020
First, he squinted at His Majesty.

755
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:34,100
And suddenly...

756
00:38:38,060 --> 00:38:38,740
He...

757
00:38:38,740 --> 00:38:39,460
He indeed...

758
00:38:39,740 --> 00:38:41,420
He indeed disgraced himself.

759
00:38:41,740 --> 00:38:42,460
Anyway,

760
00:38:42,580 --> 00:38:44,820
Du Changfeng made a fool of himself.

761
00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:46,820
So, he didn't become an official.

762
00:38:46,820 --> 00:38:48,260
Then, he had to return to the academy

763
00:38:48,260 --> 00:38:49,660
and serve as a teacher.

764
00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:51,220
Those boys who always bully him

765
00:38:51,220 --> 00:38:52,180
are from official families

766
00:38:52,180 --> 00:38:53,260
and they will not respect him at all.

767
00:38:54,460 --> 00:38:55,700
With your explanation,

768
00:38:55,780 --> 00:38:57,220
I think Du Changfeng

769
00:38:57,540 --> 00:38:59,060
can be very poor and unlucky.

770
00:38:59,660 --> 00:39:01,580
He's a Presented Scholar, after all.

771
00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:04,020
But he's bullied by so many boys.

772
00:39:05,540 --> 00:39:06,900
God is fair, you know?

773
00:39:07,580 --> 00:39:09,300
Du Changfeng must have been born

774
00:39:09,460 --> 00:39:11,340
with very poor eyesight,

775
00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:14,580
because God knew
he would collude with Ouyang Xu.

776
00:39:14,940 --> 00:39:16,860
He wasn't born with poor eyesight.

777
00:39:17,340 --> 00:39:18,740
Those boys told me

778
00:39:18,740 --> 00:39:20,260
that he used to have normal eyesight.

779
00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:22,460
But it has grown worse and worse,

780
00:39:22,740 --> 00:39:24,540
especially when it's dark.

781
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:26,660
When I delivered the pastries to him,

782
00:39:26,660 --> 00:39:27,580
I saw him

783
00:39:27,580 --> 00:39:29,220
bumping into a pillar.

784
00:39:30,140 --> 00:39:30,940
When it's dark?

785
00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:33,380
What's wrong, Sanniang?

786
00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:34,860
Nothing.

787
00:39:36,180 --> 00:39:37,540
Don't touch it. It's too hot.

788
00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:39,260
You told me

789
00:39:39,260 --> 00:39:40,860
you wanted sweetened bean cakes.

790
00:39:41,140 --> 00:39:42,140
I made some for you.

791
00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:44,340
They're already packed.

792
00:39:44,740 --> 00:39:45,820
Take them back

793
00:39:45,820 --> 00:39:48,220
and share them
with your mother and sister.

794
00:39:48,380 --> 00:39:49,780
I will. Thank you, Sanniang.

795
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,980
Well, thank you.

796
00:40:22,060 --> 00:40:23,740
You're an official while I'm a civilian.

797
00:40:24,140 --> 00:40:25,420
You don't need to thank me.

798
00:40:27,220 --> 00:40:27,860
Wait.

799
00:40:28,220 --> 00:40:28,940
That day...

800
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:30,460
I...

801
00:40:30,820 --> 00:40:33,420
I didn't mean to hurt you, anyway.

802
00:40:33,420 --> 00:40:34,620
Now that you didn't mean that,

803
00:40:35,260 --> 00:40:36,100
forget it.

804
00:40:36,580 --> 00:40:37,580
Pretend it never happened.

805
00:40:37,580 --> 00:40:39,540
All right. I'll forget it.

806
00:40:39,540 --> 00:40:40,380
I won't bring it up ever again.

807
00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:43,060
By the way, this is for you.

808
00:40:43,540 --> 00:40:44,420
Sweetened bean cakes.

809
00:40:44,420 --> 00:40:45,460
They taste the same as flaky muffins.

810
00:40:45,820 --> 00:40:46,740
Take them all.

811
00:40:48,380 --> 00:40:49,420
If you give all of them to me,

812
00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:51,580
what will your mother or sister have?

813
00:40:52,460 --> 00:40:53,140
I...

814
00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:55,820
Sanniang made the cakes.

815
00:40:56,340 --> 00:40:57,300
She'll certainly share some with me.

816
00:40:59,180 --> 00:41:00,180
You're right.

817
00:41:03,380 --> 00:41:04,820
Aren't you a waitress?

818
00:41:05,060 --> 00:41:06,700
Why do you even wash clothes for them?

819
00:41:07,260 --> 00:41:08,500
When I was a waitress,

820
00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:09,780
I could only live in the kitchen.

821
00:41:10,260 --> 00:41:11,700
Now I live in such a good room

822
00:41:11,700 --> 00:41:12,900
and wear such beautiful clothes.

823
00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:14,180
What's the problem
with washing their clothes?

824
00:41:14,780 --> 00:41:16,820
You also bought flaky muffins
for Deputy Commissioner Gu, didn't you?

825
00:41:17,580 --> 00:41:18,900
You're quite grateful.

826
00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:20,020
Then that day,

827
00:41:20,020 --> 00:41:21,460
why were you so rude
to your mother at the wharf?

828
00:41:27,380 --> 00:41:28,300
Let me say it one more time.

829
00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:29,900
All my family members died.

830
00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:31,180
I'm all alone!

831
00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:33,540
But...

832
00:41:33,620 --> 00:41:35,060
I... I just...

833
00:41:36,180 --> 00:41:37,580
If you dare to talk nonsense again,

834
00:41:37,780 --> 00:41:39,060
believe it or not, I'll still beat you.

835
00:41:39,060 --> 00:41:39,660
Believe it or not?

836
00:41:39,660 --> 00:41:40,300
Don't. Don't.

837
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:41,180
I won't bring it up ever again.

838
00:41:41,180 --> 00:41:41,900
I just won't.

839
00:41:42,060 --> 00:41:43,060
I'll take my leave.

840
00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:54,420
What a coward! How can he work
for the Capital Security Office?

841
00:42:09,140 --> 00:42:10,420
I worshiped your mother.

842
00:42:10,980 --> 00:42:12,620
When will you propose a marriage?

843
00:42:13,260 --> 00:42:14,340
Sanniang and Yinzhang

844
00:42:14,660 --> 00:42:16,260
want so much to be our go-between.

845
00:42:18,780 --> 00:42:19,660
Three Letters and Six Etiquettes.
[*Wedding process in ancient times]

846
00:42:20,380 --> 00:42:21,260
I must complete everything.

847
00:42:22,860 --> 00:42:24,780
I took you to see my mother.

848
00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:27,220
But I haven't visited your parents yet.

849
00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:30,220
I remember you told me

850
00:42:30,220 --> 00:42:31,700
that they were buried
in Qiantang County.

851
00:42:32,780 --> 00:42:34,900
I should at least
hold a sacrifice ritual

852
00:42:35,180 --> 00:42:36,580
on a good day.

853
00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:38,220
Then before their tablets,

854
00:42:38,460 --> 00:42:40,540
I can officially ask them
to marry you to me.

855
00:42:44,340 --> 00:42:45,220
Speaking of the go-between,

856
00:42:45,740 --> 00:42:46,660
I suddenly think of someone.

857
00:42:47,580 --> 00:42:50,060
Among upright officials,

858
00:42:50,540 --> 00:42:53,260
the Vice Censor-in-chief Qi Mu
can be the most famous.

859
00:42:53,740 --> 00:42:54,900
A long time ago, he promised me

860
00:42:55,100 --> 00:42:56,580
that he would be my go-between.

861
00:43:06,980 --> 00:43:07,700
What?

862
00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:12,780
I'm just too happy.

863
00:43:19,020 --> 00:43:19,780
Pan'er,

864
00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:21,500
you're very clever.

865
00:43:22,180 --> 00:43:23,620
You must have figured it out.

866
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:26,820
I took you to see my mother,

867
00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:28,020
but about my father...

868
00:43:28,780 --> 00:43:30,260
I've never said even a single word.

869
00:43:30,860 --> 00:43:31,980
There must be a reason for that.

870
00:43:33,180 --> 00:43:34,860
But you've never asked me about it.

871
00:43:42,140 --> 00:43:42,900
Actually,

872
00:43:44,180 --> 00:43:45,940
I've got some secrets.

873
00:43:46,740 --> 00:43:48,020
But they're so complicated

874
00:43:49,540 --> 00:43:51,060
that I can't tell you all the stuff now.

875
00:44:16,410 --> 00:44:22,070
♪A feeling of depression♪

876
00:44:22,420 --> 00:44:28,530
♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪

877
00:44:28,530 --> 00:44:33,850
♪How can we forget each other♪

878
00:44:33,850 --> 00:44:38,440
♪Wind blows and time flies♪

879
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:46,070
♪When the splendor fades away
only the smell lingers♪

880
00:44:46,420 --> 00:44:51,940
♪In the corner of memories
there are sad moments♪

881
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:57,800
♪Emotions go on and on♪

882
00:44:57,980 --> 00:45:03,250
♪Because time is short but love is hot♪

883
00:45:03,930 --> 00:45:07,060
♪Stars wink for you♪

884
00:45:07,060 --> 00:45:09,910
♪Romance is crazy about you♪

885
00:45:09,910 --> 00:45:12,790
♪Who even waits for you♪

886
00:45:12,990 --> 00:45:15,990
♪Until the end of her life♪

887
00:45:15,990 --> 00:45:18,800
♪When I look back one day♪

888
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:22,040
♪I'll let go of everything♪

889
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:28,550
♪I'll hold your hand
and never let you down♪

890
00:45:28,550 --> 00:45:33,990
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

891
00:45:33,990 --> 00:45:39,960
♪When our eyes get wet with tears
for each other♪

892
00:45:40,470 --> 00:45:45,970
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

893
00:45:45,970 --> 00:45:54,140
♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪