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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 36=

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You got the nerve to negotiate with me?

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Do you think

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you can threaten me

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with half of a bellyband
made with handkerchiefs

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that can be seen everywhere?

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I have nothing to lose anyway.

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If you help me this time,

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I'll be done with you.

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But if you want

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to stand by like your father,

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I promise

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even if you get married one day,

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you'll still have no peace.

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The Emperor
doesn't kill speech officials.

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I will be exiled in the worst situation.

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I won't die.

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If one day

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I tell your husband about your secret,

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what would he think?

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What do you want?

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I want Consort Gao to help me
meet the Emperor

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so that I can explain and beg for mercy.

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I don't believe
you'll keep your promise.

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I can write a letter of commitment.

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As long as I can meet the Emperor,

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I will no longer bother you
and the Gao family.

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If I break my oath,
I'll pay with my life.

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Well?

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A promise is a promise.

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Your second wish came true
in the blink of an eye.

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Within three days,

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the handkerchiefs you asked for

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will be seen in every corner
of the Eastern Capital.

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But why do you need
so many handkerchiefs?

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I want to help someone.

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She helped me before.

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How much did you spend?

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I'll give it to you in a couple of days.

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Do I look like I can't afford it?

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I'm a guild head.

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What's the big deal

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of using a few bolts of identical silk?

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Okay.

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I'll make a handsome sum
of money in a few days

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as a thank-you gift.

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I don't want a thank-you gift.

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I want you to comfort me.

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You didn't see

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that Sanniang threw a bowl of flour

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at my head.

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Everyone in the restaurant was there,

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but no one cared about me.

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They were all talking about

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how difficult it was for her
to meet her son.

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Are you listening to me?

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Can you stop reading the Court Bulletin?

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Did Yuan Tuntian give it to you?

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I'm looking up something. It's nothing.

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What are you looking up?
Don't lie to me.

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Is it about Gu Qianfan?

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It's none of your business.

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None of my business?

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So it is about him?

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I regret it.

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I shouldn't have

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let you meet him on that night.

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None of my business, huh?

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Get out. Get out.

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Don't push me out.

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It's Gu Qianfan again.

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Zhao Pan'er.

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Don't give me that look.

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Everyone has a temper.

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You turned your back on me
after using me.

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You're faithless

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and heartless!

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I don't have time for you.

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Do you think other restaurants

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will do nothing

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after seeing our restaurant

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doing so well?

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Oh, that's what you are thinking.

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You got me worried.

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I thought

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that you became softhearted

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after meeting Gu Qianfan that night.

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Forget what I said.

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Take your time. I'll leave you to it.

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Pan'er is trying to make big money.

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Be quiet.

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Eat slowly. Don't choke yourself.

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That's how

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I was cheated out of all my money.

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But I wanted to see you so much

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that I walked for more than two months

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to get to the Eastern Capital.

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Silly boy.

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Stay here with me.

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I'll never let you suffer anymore.

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Mother.

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I was wrong before.

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I will study hard from now on

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and strive to make progress.

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I won't go against you anymore.

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Okay, mother?

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Okay, I see.

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You can't kick me out

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because I'm gonna be stuck here.

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Changfeng, you're going to suffer.

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Try harder.

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Don't say that.

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I knew she has a son.

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She told me.

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Didn't he say he wants to make progress?

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I happen to be a teacher.

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A teacher for a day, a father for life.

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I'm truly impressed.

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I'm flattered.

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I'll leave.

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(Court Bulletin)

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Father's disobedience happened

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in the first year of Jingde.

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How come there's no record of it?

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(Court Bulletin)

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(Military Inspector Zhao Qian disobeyed
and opened the gate of Dongguang County.)

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(Chief Military Inspector Zhao Qian)

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(disobeyed the imperial order,)

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(opened the gate of Dongguang County
without permission,)

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(and slew the northern pillagers.)

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(Xiao Qinyan, the Left Adviser,)

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(impeached him for disrupting
the peace-making between two states.)

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Then why was he hiding from me

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in the carriage that day?

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Chief told me

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it wasn't that he didn't
want to see you.

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He was afraid to see you.

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After all, Pan'er,

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he wasn't that scared

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even when he beheaded others.

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Therefore,

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something serious
must have happened to him.

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He was worried
that you wouldn't forgive him.

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That's why he chose to escape this time.

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After all, in order to see you,

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he even disobeyed the imperial order

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and almost lost his life.

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Pan'er, Zifang came here.

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Sanniang is very thrilled.

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But there are guests
to entertain at night.

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She can't leave.

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I want Zhaodi to take Zifang
back to the yard.

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What do you think?

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Okay.

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Wang's Restaurant and Pan's restaurant
are also selling Orange Crab

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at a 30% lower price.

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Let them be.

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What's wrong?

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Is something bothering you?

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I know something

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and I'm a mess.

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I don't know what to do.

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Go for a walk then.

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Don't think about it alone.

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Will it work?

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Yes.

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I was exactly like you

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when I just escaped

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from Finance Minister Lin's place.

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I didn't know where to go.

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I dared not go back to you

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or the Music Division.

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I stayed in the temple
and kept thinking.

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My head was going to explode,

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but I still couldn't figure it out.

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Then dawn came and the rain stopped.

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I just left the temple

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and walked around.

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But the more I walked,
the soberer I got.

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Then I reached the dock

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and met you.

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But what would have happened

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if you hadn't met us

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and chosen that path?

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I would have come up
with another solution.

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In a word, there is always a way out.

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You'll see a different scenery
in a new place.

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It's better than staying put anyway.

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Could it be worse

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that being chained to a tree
by Zhou She like a dog?

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You're right.

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I should go somewhere else
to think about it.

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But where can I go?

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The birth and death of all things

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are determined by fate.

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There is a predestined cause

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for everything in the world.

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Amitabha, benefactress.

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I'm here to ask for your advice.

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If I meet someone,

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how to know if it's well-fated

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or ill-fated?

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You will have no fear
when you don't care.

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Don't be hindered by worry.

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Whether it's well-fated or ill-fated

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depends on what you think

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instead of fate itself.

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Thank you for your enlightenment.

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Sorry to bother you today.

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How should I thank you?

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It's easy.

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Just give away
more vegetarian pastries next time.

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Since you closed Half-hidden,

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I haven't tasted

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mushroom pastries for a long time.

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There is indeed a predestined cause

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for everything in the world.

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Thank you very much.

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Amitabha.

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- Bravo!
- Bravo!

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Long time no see, Ms. Zhao.

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Do you like the food?

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Very much.

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Ms. Zhao is back.

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Ms. Zhao.

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Ms. Zhao.

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I thought you would go somewhere else.

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Why would we go anywhere else?

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Other restaurants also have Orange Crab

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and Styrax Curcuma Wine now

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that are even cheaper.

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How would we go somewhere else

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after tasting the food in Half-hidden?

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We want the authentic flavor.

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That's right.

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We'll follow Ms. Zhao

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wherever she goes.

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We trust Ms. Zhao, right?

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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I have good news for you.

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It's done. All done.

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I followed your instruction

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and explained to the Emperor,

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Minister Xiao
and Censor Qi respectively.

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They were pleased with me

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as you expected.

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Not just them,

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the Empress also feel indebted to you.

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It's great.

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Your idea

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satisfied all parties.

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I can rest assured.

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No matter what happens in the court,

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I'll be as stable as a mountain.

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You will be in charge
of the Capital Security Office

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as a trusted man of Minister Xiao.

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I'll work my way up
in the Palace Domestic Service

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and win the trust of the Emperor.

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If we join hands,

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we can achieve something great.

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Don't worry.

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I've got everything planned.

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Zhao Pan'er won't be implicated

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00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:06,460
in this case in any way.

281
00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:10,780
But judging from Qi Mu's look,

282
00:15:11,260 --> 00:15:13,460
Ouyang Xu will be in trouble soon.

283
00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:24,540
We can't imitate it?

284
00:15:25,580 --> 00:15:27,620
As long as we put in
some time to study it,

285
00:15:27,620 --> 00:15:28,460
we can make a rough copy of it.

286
00:15:31,020 --> 00:15:33,180
Not everyone has a sharp palate.

287
00:15:33,460 --> 00:15:35,180
As long as our prices are lower,

288
00:15:35,460 --> 00:15:38,180
there are plenty of people
who loves taking petty advantages.

289
00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:39,420
Sir, that's brilliant.

290
00:15:43,220 --> 00:15:44,220
We just need

291
00:15:44,220 --> 00:15:46,460
to soak some styrax and curcuma

292
00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:48,100
in wine for two days.

293
00:15:50,020 --> 00:15:52,380
I bought dozens of catties
of styrax and curcuma.

294
00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:54,020
Sir, smart move.

295
00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:55,300
Mr. Cao, hello.

296
00:15:57,100 --> 00:15:59,060
Drink and eat to your heart's content.

297
00:15:59,260 --> 00:16:00,780
We are not like Yong'an Restaurant.

298
00:16:00,940 --> 00:16:01,700
You can drink Styrax Curcuma Wine here

299
00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:03,180
as much as you want.

300
00:16:03,820 --> 00:16:04,460
Good. Good.

301
00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:05,100
Is it salty?

302
00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:05,780
Thanks, Mr. Wang.

303
00:16:05,780 --> 00:16:07,100
- It's good.
- Thanks, Mr. Wang.

304
00:16:07,740 --> 00:16:09,620
Tomorrow we will offer Orange Crab

305
00:16:09,660 --> 00:16:10,500
like Pan's Restaurant.

306
00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:11,740
Please come.

307
00:16:11,740 --> 00:16:12,300
Okay.

308
00:16:14,180 --> 00:16:14,820
Wang Feng!

309
00:16:14,820 --> 00:16:15,620
Enjoy your drinks.

310
00:16:17,260 --> 00:16:18,380
Don't you know the rules?

311
00:16:18,940 --> 00:16:20,020
Why did you steal

312
00:16:20,020 --> 00:16:21,260
our recipe for Styrax Curcuma Wine?

313
00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:25,220
What's the problem?

314
00:16:25,620 --> 00:16:27,580
Is Styrax Curcuma Wine
your secret recipe?

315
00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:30,340
It is recorded in ancient books.

316
00:16:30,540 --> 00:16:31,460
If you can use it,

317
00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:33,140
why can't we?

318
00:16:33,220 --> 00:16:34,340
Cut out the clever talk!

319
00:16:35,020 --> 00:16:35,940
I'm telling you,

320
00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:38,340
the restaurant guild
has copied the recipe

321
00:16:38,340 --> 00:16:40,700
and sent it to all kinds of restaurants
in the capital.

322
00:16:41,340 --> 00:16:42,980
I promise your amazing wine

323
00:16:43,220 --> 00:16:45,940
will be seen everywhere in the capital
within three days.

324
00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:50,100
Keep fanning yourself. Why did you stop?

325
00:16:51,580 --> 00:16:52,260
I will!

326
00:16:52,260 --> 00:16:53,300
I'm gonna fan your face first!

327
00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:53,940
Beat him!

328
00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:54,980
I'll beat you to death!

329
00:16:55,980 --> 00:16:56,700
Beat him!

330
00:17:19,620 --> 00:17:20,580
Gently.

331
00:17:22,410 --> 00:17:23,740
I don't understand

332
00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:25,130
why you had to fight with them.

333
00:17:25,340 --> 00:17:26,340
You can bear with it,

334
00:17:27,220 --> 00:17:28,340
but I can't.

335
00:17:28,650 --> 00:17:30,340
They are not stealing our recipe.

336
00:17:30,540 --> 00:17:32,410
They are stealing our money, real money.

337
00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:34,220
You always say

338
00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:35,300
you don't care about money.

339
00:17:36,260 --> 00:17:37,500
Can words be the same as actions?

340
00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:39,860
I've been saying I'll quit gambling
for almost ten years,

341
00:17:39,860 --> 00:17:40,890
but I still haven't.

342
00:17:41,940 --> 00:17:42,740
It hurts.

343
00:17:43,620 --> 00:17:44,580
I'm hurt this badly.

344
00:17:44,580 --> 00:17:45,410
Don't you have a conscience?

345
00:17:45,410 --> 00:17:46,580
Nobody cares about me.

346
00:17:47,420 --> 00:17:48,140
He Si.

347
00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:50,540
Do you think

348
00:17:50,540 --> 00:17:51,620
Young Master Chi deserves this?

349
00:17:51,740 --> 00:17:52,460
He does.

350
00:17:52,580 --> 00:17:53,180
You...

351
00:17:53,180 --> 00:17:55,340
Traitor! I'll beat you to death!

352
00:17:55,620 --> 00:17:57,260
Well, Young Master.
There is something you don't know.

353
00:17:57,260 --> 00:17:58,740
Ms. Zhao asked me

354
00:17:58,740 --> 00:17:59,940
to buy all the styrax and curcuma
on the market

355
00:17:59,940 --> 00:18:02,380
seven days ago.

356
00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:04,100
The more styrax and curcuma
other restaurants buy,

357
00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:06,220
the more money your pharmacy
is going to make, right?

358
00:18:09,540 --> 00:18:11,660
We also bought out
the whole year's supply

359
00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:14,180
of Jiangnan crabs
for making Orange Crabs.

360
00:18:15,140 --> 00:18:16,340
Places like Wang's Restaurant

361
00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:18,140
don't know the secret of the ingredient.

362
00:18:18,460 --> 00:18:20,380
They're using river crabs.

363
00:18:20,460 --> 00:18:21,140
River crabs?

364
00:18:22,020 --> 00:18:23,540
In two days at most,

365
00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:25,900
the river crab meat will
grow old and taste bitter,

366
00:18:26,060 --> 00:18:27,420
and the dish will be ruined.

367
00:18:28,980 --> 00:18:30,700
To run a business well in a long term,

368
00:18:30,820 --> 00:18:33,260
apart from good dishes
and abundant ideas,

369
00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:34,740
keeping a firm hold on the source
of supply is also required.

370
00:18:35,020 --> 00:18:37,420
I've learned a few lessons

371
00:18:37,420 --> 00:18:38,820
from the incident in the Tea Lane

372
00:18:38,820 --> 00:18:40,420
and the ice event.

373
00:18:40,740 --> 00:18:43,100
If we don't make big profits
out of this,

374
00:18:43,460 --> 00:18:46,300
how to cover the loss
from the cheap food in Wanshui Pavilion?

375
00:18:47,740 --> 00:18:49,700
The more guests in Wanshui Pavilion,

376
00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:52,500
the more famous Yong'an Restaurant
will become in the Eastern Capital.

377
00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:53,780
It will also make Qianshan Pavilion

378
00:18:53,780 --> 00:18:55,980
a must-visit for scholar-officials.

379
00:18:57,460 --> 00:18:58,980
What's more, Styrax Curcuma Wine
is not our only specialty

380
00:18:58,980 --> 00:19:01,100
in Yong'an Restaurant.

381
00:19:01,180 --> 00:19:01,980
Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow,

382
00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:04,820
we will launch Clove Amber Wine.

383
00:19:05,260 --> 00:19:07,220
- Clove Amber...
- Yes.

384
00:19:07,420 --> 00:19:09,380
Our teahouse used to have
so many kinds of drinks.

385
00:19:09,540 --> 00:19:10,740
We can launch them one by one,

386
00:19:10,780 --> 00:19:12,580
and they'll have to copy one by one.

387
00:19:12,980 --> 00:19:13,660
Hold on. Hold on.

388
00:19:13,660 --> 00:19:15,020
You lost me.

389
00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:18,660
Did you also buy out cloves and amber?

390
00:19:19,060 --> 00:19:20,060
You have a lot of money

391
00:19:20,060 --> 00:19:22,100
and you told me I can withdraw
as much money as I want.

392
00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:23,940
How much money can you make?

393
00:19:24,620 --> 00:19:25,340
Not much.

394
00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:27,540
Before you become
head of the restaurant guild,

395
00:19:27,820 --> 00:19:30,540
I'll make you the deputy
of aromatic drug guild first.

396
00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:40,820
Pan'er, please marry me.

397
00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:43,140
Let's do business
in the Eastern Capital City together.

398
00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:44,780
We will be able
to conquer the business world.

399
00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:45,700
Okay?

400
00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:48,180
He is overjoyed.

401
00:19:48,540 --> 00:19:49,460
Okay?

402
00:19:50,060 --> 00:19:50,980
Okay?

403
00:19:51,380 --> 00:19:53,060
Your master broke his head.

404
00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:54,180
Take him to a doctor.

405
00:19:54,740 --> 00:19:55,340
Let's go.

406
00:20:02,420 --> 00:20:03,980
My face must be disfigured.

407
00:20:04,020 --> 00:20:05,460
She doesn't like me anymore.

408
00:20:05,820 --> 00:20:07,700
I'm so humiliated.

409
00:20:10,260 --> 00:20:11,380
Everything is almost ready

410
00:20:11,380 --> 00:20:12,740
for the next Flower and Moon Banquet.

411
00:20:13,140 --> 00:20:14,420
Apart from Suniang,

412
00:20:14,820 --> 00:20:15,740
I also invited some dancing performers
from the Music Division

413
00:20:15,740 --> 00:20:17,620
to play in the Ode to the Goddess
of the Luo River.

414
00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:20,620
They all want to perform here

415
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:22,220
after the Emperor
came to Yong'an Restaurant, right?

416
00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:24,180
It's not just that.

417
00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:26,100
They used to perform
at other restaurants

418
00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:27,700
based on the status.

419
00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,380
Although it looks glorious,

420
00:20:29,420 --> 00:20:31,180
what they actually do
is still entertaining guests.

421
00:20:31,420 --> 00:20:32,700
Even during breaks,

422
00:20:32,740 --> 00:20:34,820
they can only squeeze
in the booth at the back.

423
00:20:35,260 --> 00:20:37,380
We not only pay them more money,

424
00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:39,020
but also take good care of them.

425
00:20:39,860 --> 00:20:40,820
Many scholars

426
00:20:41,020 --> 00:20:42,900
are also trying to please them
for the poem review

427
00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:43,740
every two weeks.

428
00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:45,660
You planned it well.

429
00:20:46,460 --> 00:20:47,580
I've been there,

430
00:20:48,020 --> 00:20:50,380
so I know what they really want.

431
00:20:52,740 --> 00:20:53,780
Let's do it step by step.

432
00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:56,020
One day,

433
00:20:56,780 --> 00:20:58,020
these two words "lowly status"

434
00:20:58,540 --> 00:20:59,980
will no longer haunt us anymore.

435
00:21:02,340 --> 00:21:03,060
Sister.

436
00:21:03,500 --> 00:21:05,060
Do you really not consider
Young Master Chi?

437
00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,300
He is rich after all.

438
00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:09,580
He is also willing
to be subservient to you.

439
00:21:12,780 --> 00:21:14,180
I just realized

440
00:21:15,260 --> 00:21:16,660
that when you like someone,

441
00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:20,340
you won't think too much
about what you can get,

442
00:21:21,540 --> 00:21:22,700
but what you can do

443
00:21:22,940 --> 00:21:24,340
for him.

444
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,420
What do you want to do for him?

445
00:21:29,420 --> 00:21:31,020
Force him out of his world

446
00:21:32,980 --> 00:21:34,140
and into mine.

447
00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:47,100
How is the prisoner
I asked you to interrogate?

448
00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:48,820
Didn't I tell you about it?

449
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:50,420
When did you tell me about it?

450
00:21:51,820 --> 00:21:53,300
I got drunk that day and forgot.

451
00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:55,780
I knew you couldn't do anything well.

452
00:21:56,340 --> 00:21:58,940
He went from the post to the restaurant

453
00:21:58,980 --> 00:22:01,380
and took off down the West Gate.

454
00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:26,460
When did the flowers bloom?

455
00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:29,540
They weren't there this morning.

456
00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:31,180
Go to drink.

457
00:22:31,460 --> 00:22:32,220
I have something to do.

458
00:22:32,660 --> 00:22:33,380
Don't follow me.

459
00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:34,900
Wait, Chief,

460
00:22:35,180 --> 00:22:36,260
- Where are you going?
- Chief!

461
00:22:36,460 --> 00:22:37,900
Why don't you come with us?

462
00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:22,580
Pan'er.

463
00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:24,340
Do you want to see me?

464
00:23:38,820 --> 00:23:39,660
Gu Qianfan.

465
00:23:43,420 --> 00:23:45,500
The last time, you asked me
to give you a chance.

466
00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:49,620
I'll give you.

467
00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:52,340
Pan'er.

468
00:24:00,220 --> 00:24:02,380
It's just the sky, the earth,

469
00:24:03,540 --> 00:24:04,340
you and me here.

470
00:24:06,420 --> 00:24:07,300
That's why I dare

471
00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:10,740
to risk all my self-esteem and pride

472
00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:15,300
to ask you one last time,

473
00:24:19,820 --> 00:24:21,300
are you still willing to marry me?

474
00:24:24,780 --> 00:24:25,500
Yes.

475
00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:28,060
No matter when you ask me,

476
00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:29,220
I will always say yes.

477
00:24:30,380 --> 00:24:31,020
But,

478
00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:34,980
I know you won't forgive me.

479
00:24:39,340 --> 00:24:40,100
Why?

480
00:24:42,420 --> 00:24:43,100
Why?

481
00:24:44,420 --> 00:24:45,900
Because your father is Xiao Qinyan?

482
00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:48,580
Because your father

483
00:24:50,220 --> 00:24:51,740
once was the imperial official
who impeached my father,

484
00:24:53,580 --> 00:24:54,620
who

485
00:24:55,860 --> 00:24:56,860
got my parents killed,

486
00:24:58,860 --> 00:25:01,060
and made me become a pariah?

487
00:25:03,620 --> 00:25:04,860
You knew it.

488
00:25:06,460 --> 00:25:07,700
This is an unbridgeable

489
00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:10,820
blood feud between us.

490
00:25:14,420 --> 00:25:15,300
I don't deserve you.

491
00:25:22,460 --> 00:25:24,100
I don't deserve to be with you.

492
00:25:27,620 --> 00:25:29,460
It's only unbridgeable for you.

493
00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:32,100
Yes.

494
00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:38,100
Even if Xiao Qinyan impeached my father,

495
00:25:39,020 --> 00:25:40,620
even if he's a treacherous official now,

496
00:25:41,620 --> 00:25:42,540
he only did what he had to

497
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:44,260
as a speech official.

498
00:25:46,740 --> 00:25:48,020
I became a pariah

499
00:25:49,260 --> 00:25:50,060
not because of your father,

500
00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:51,980
not because of the Emperor.

501
00:25:52,740 --> 00:25:54,460
My father made his own choice.

502
00:25:56,940 --> 00:25:59,540
He knew it was a crime
to open the gate and release them.

503
00:26:00,220 --> 00:26:01,180
He still did it anyway,

504
00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:03,380
because he couldn't stand by
and let the northern people

505
00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:05,220
kill the people of Song.

506
00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:12,460
When my father's old subordinates
came to redeem me,

507
00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:14,180
they told me, in his last breath,

508
00:26:16,460 --> 00:26:17,900
my father said he was sorry
for my mother and me

509
00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:22,780
but he didn't regret it.

510
00:26:26,820 --> 00:26:27,620
Gu Qianfan.

511
00:26:28,340 --> 00:26:29,220
Do you remember

512
00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:30,260
I said the same thing to you?

513
00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:33,260
I will never regret being with you.

514
00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:45,180
But I'm still Xiao Qinyan's son.

515
00:26:50,420 --> 00:26:51,380
So what?

516
00:26:53,540 --> 00:26:56,020
Your last name is Gu, not Xiao.

517
00:27:00,260 --> 00:27:01,260
Did you ever hurt my father?

518
00:27:03,380 --> 00:27:04,700
Do you know my mother?

519
00:27:07,420 --> 00:27:08,580
Twenty years ago,

520
00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:11,220
we didn't know each other.

521
00:27:13,540 --> 00:27:15,340
What blood feud do we have?

522
00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:18,740
Stop it. You know what,

523
00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:22,540
I want to hold you in my arms right now,

524
00:27:23,060 --> 00:27:24,260
but I can't do it.

525
00:27:26,380 --> 00:27:27,900
This is too heavy.

526
00:27:29,740 --> 00:27:31,180
Even if you can let it go now,

527
00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:34,180
a few years later,

528
00:27:34,940 --> 00:27:36,020
a few decades later,

529
00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:38,580
this is gonna be

530
00:27:39,220 --> 00:27:40,060
a wound between us

531
00:27:40,580 --> 00:27:42,220
that bleeds every time we touch it.

532
00:27:42,740 --> 00:27:44,740
I can't act on impulse

533
00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,220
and ruin your life

534
00:27:48,060 --> 00:27:49,220
because of my selfish desires.

535
00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:53,300
Ruin my life?

536
00:27:56,460 --> 00:27:57,780
Do you think

537
00:27:58,060 --> 00:27:59,140
I'm saying this

538
00:27:59,540 --> 00:28:00,660
on impulse?

539
00:28:00,940 --> 00:28:02,700
I'm telling you I'm not.

540
00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:05,980
I've seen

541
00:28:06,420 --> 00:28:07,900
the vicissitudes of life
at the Music Bureau.

542
00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:09,620
And all those tragedies.

543
00:28:10,660 --> 00:28:11,860
Finally, I realized

544
00:28:14,420 --> 00:28:16,660
we should embrace what comes
regardless of where it leads us.

545
00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:20,900
You've wasted
the first half of your life

546
00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:23,260
because of your ill relationship
with your father.

547
00:28:25,580 --> 00:28:26,460
Do you still want

548
00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:30,260
to sacrifice the rest of your life?

549
00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:34,140
Qianfan.

550
00:28:36,420 --> 00:28:37,620
You've been nice to me.

551
00:28:39,820 --> 00:28:41,220
But has it ever occurred to you

552
00:28:42,140 --> 00:28:43,460
how hurt I was

553
00:28:47,380 --> 00:28:48,700
when I couldn't find you?

554
00:28:56,620 --> 00:28:57,900
I never thought about killing myself

555
00:28:57,900 --> 00:28:59,220
even when Ouyang Xu did that to me.

556
00:29:01,260 --> 00:29:02,220
But that day,

557
00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:04,900
when the wind

558
00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:07,180
wiped this place out,

559
00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:10,020
and I couldn't find you,

560
00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:16,900
I did want to jump off the bridge
of the Bian River.

561
00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:22,020
Pan'er.

562
00:29:42,260 --> 00:29:43,420
You gave this to me.

563
00:29:47,540 --> 00:29:48,340
Watch this.

564
00:30:00,820 --> 00:30:02,260
I don't want to waste any more time.

565
00:30:03,580 --> 00:30:05,300
I'll let go of all my self-esteem
and pride

566
00:30:06,340 --> 00:30:07,500
and ask you one last time.

567
00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:12,620
Are you willing to let go of the past

568
00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:15,380
and be with me again?

569
00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,580
♪Having survived the winter♪

570
00:30:19,660 --> 00:30:20,820
I'll count to three.

571
00:30:21,540 --> 00:30:22,350
♪Smiling in a spring breeze♪

572
00:30:22,380 --> 00:30:23,060
One.

573
00:30:23,260 --> 00:30:25,420
♪I'm immersed in it♪

574
00:30:25,940 --> 00:30:26,580
Two.

575
00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:33,460
♪Whose breath warmed my cold heart♪

576
00:30:33,940 --> 00:30:38,940
♪And stirred up ripples♪

577
00:30:40,460 --> 00:30:42,540
♪A figure♪

578
00:30:43,060 --> 00:30:43,860
Yes.

579
00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:48,180
I'm willing to spend the rest of my life

580
00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:51,700
loving you and protecting you.

581
00:30:54,140 --> 00:30:55,780
I'm willing to use the rest of my life

582
00:30:57,660 --> 00:30:59,540
to atone for my sins.

583
00:31:00,060 --> 00:31:02,620
♪My mind is still and peaceful♪

584
00:31:03,660 --> 00:31:04,420
I do.

585
00:31:04,420 --> 00:31:07,980
♪Don't blame fate and providence♪

586
00:31:08,060 --> 00:31:10,460
♪And the merciless fortune♪

587
00:31:10,540 --> 00:31:15,780
♪Wandering in the world of mortals
like it's a game♪

588
00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:20,220
♪Risking my heart♪

589
00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:22,660
♪Isn't to be regretted♪

590
00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:28,020
♪I'll exchange it
for the love of my life delightedly♪

591
00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:41,820
♪Don't blame fate and providence♪

592
00:31:41,860 --> 00:31:44,340
♪And the merciless fortune♪

593
00:31:44,420 --> 00:31:50,060
♪Wandering in the world of mortals
like it's a game♪

594
00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:54,140
♪Risking my heart♪

595
00:31:54,180 --> 00:31:56,500
♪Isn't to be regretted♪

596
00:31:56,540 --> 00:32:01,500
♪I'll exchange it
for the love of my life delightedly♪

597
00:32:13,540 --> 00:32:14,900
Pan'er and Gu

598
00:32:15,260 --> 00:32:16,180
get back together.

599
00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:17,580
Really?

600
00:32:20,580 --> 00:32:21,580
Does it have anything to do with you?

601
00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:21,420
Greetings to Your Majesty.

602
00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:21,980
How dare you?

603
00:33:21,980 --> 00:33:23,460
I'm guilty of failing to stop him.

604
00:33:28,180 --> 00:33:29,580
Go ahead and say it.

605
00:33:30,380 --> 00:33:33,100
Your Majesty, I deserve death.

606
00:33:33,420 --> 00:33:34,260
I framed the Empress.

607
00:33:34,420 --> 00:33:36,580
But I was misled by malicious people

608
00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:37,700
into believing slanders.

609
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:38,980
If you don't believe me,

610
00:33:39,060 --> 00:33:40,860
you can ask...

611
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:43,340
I'm so disappointed!

612
00:33:45,460 --> 00:33:46,300
One word for you.

613
00:33:46,820 --> 00:33:47,700
Stupid!

614
00:34:01,020 --> 00:34:02,340
Your Majesty, watch the steps.
Be careful.

615
00:34:05,340 --> 00:34:06,540
I'm getting old.

616
00:34:07,860 --> 00:34:10,140
I've been fighting
with these courtiers for decades.

617
00:34:10,420 --> 00:34:12,500
But now I've fallen for their tricks!

618
00:34:14,380 --> 00:34:16,700
Ouyang Xu is a novice.

619
00:34:16,780 --> 00:34:18,700
Clearly, he was used by Qi Mu

620
00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:19,460
without realizing it.

621
00:34:21,180 --> 00:34:22,780
If it weren't for this fool

622
00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:24,580
to slip out in front of me,

623
00:34:24,580 --> 00:34:25,420
I wouldn't have known

624
00:34:25,780 --> 00:34:26,690
he and Qi Mu

625
00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:28,540
already met each other
in the Western Capital!

626
00:34:29,290 --> 00:34:30,250
I guess Qi Mu

627
00:34:30,420 --> 00:34:31,730
faked the Night Revels

628
00:34:31,730 --> 00:34:32,820
in advance

629
00:34:33,100 --> 00:34:34,290
and asked someone

630
00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:37,060
to give it to Ouyang Xu on purpose.

631
00:34:38,380 --> 00:34:39,380
Your Majesty, please cool down.

632
00:34:39,820 --> 00:34:40,660
How?

633
00:34:40,940 --> 00:34:42,140
How can I calm down?

634
00:34:45,340 --> 00:34:46,290
These Scholar Ministers

635
00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:49,290
obviously wanted to use Ouyang Xu's life

636
00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:51,060
to frame my Empress!

637
00:34:58,340 --> 00:34:59,210
Tell the Empress

638
00:34:59,860 --> 00:35:02,380
that I will have dinner with her

639
00:35:02,730 --> 00:35:04,020
and Prince Sheng.

640
00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:05,100
Yes.

641
00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:08,380
As for Ouyang Xu,

642
00:35:10,620 --> 00:35:11,180
well,

643
00:35:11,690 --> 00:35:14,020
I don't think he should stay
in the capital anymore.

644
00:35:15,340 --> 00:35:16,300
Let the Ministry of Personnel

645
00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:17,740
send him to a small county

646
00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:18,500
and make him a registrar...

647
00:35:23,820 --> 00:35:24,540
Never mind.

648
00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:28,900
He just told me

649
00:35:30,020 --> 00:35:33,100
he couldn't bear
to waste Gao Hui's youth

650
00:35:33,660 --> 00:35:35,540
and wanted to break off
his engagement with her.

651
00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:39,060
He is a good man.

652
00:35:41,660 --> 00:35:44,180
Make him a Controller-general
in a small state

653
00:35:45,740 --> 00:35:48,940
by convention
as he is the Third Graduate.

654
00:35:51,020 --> 00:35:53,300
I need to make Consort Xian look decent.

655
00:35:54,180 --> 00:35:56,860
Or people will criticize the Gao family.

656
00:35:58,020 --> 00:35:59,060
Your Majesty, you're wise.

657
00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:13,740
(Gu's Mansion)

658
00:36:16,820 --> 00:36:17,740
You know I've been living

659
00:36:17,740 --> 00:36:19,540
in the Capital Security Office
over the last months.

660
00:36:20,020 --> 00:36:21,020
I haven't been back.

661
00:36:21,660 --> 00:36:22,940
The house has been not cleaned.

662
00:36:22,940 --> 00:36:23,660
So...

663
00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:54,620
Is there no one else in your family?

664
00:36:57,620 --> 00:36:58,420
No.

665
00:36:58,820 --> 00:36:59,740
They are all gone,

666
00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:01,540
but I have you now.

667
00:37:12,620 --> 00:37:13,300
What's the matter?

668
00:37:16,420 --> 00:37:19,060
Xiao Qinyan tried
to break us up earlier.

669
00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:21,980
I didn't know about your father
at that time.

670
00:37:22,660 --> 00:37:24,620
So he released news on purpose
to let me know it.

671
00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:26,860
That's when I started

672
00:37:26,860 --> 00:37:27,780
to be afraid to see you.

673
00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:30,820
To end my relationship with him,

674
00:37:31,660 --> 00:37:32,820
I gave him some of my blood.

675
00:37:36,060 --> 00:37:37,060
How could you be so silly?

676
00:37:38,540 --> 00:37:39,900
What if you hurt your hand so badly

677
00:37:40,460 --> 00:37:41,620
that you can't swing a sword anymore?

678
00:37:42,940 --> 00:37:43,660
It doesn't matter.

679
00:37:44,380 --> 00:37:46,460
I'll be a civil official
if I can't swing a sword.

680
00:37:47,740 --> 00:37:48,980
If I can't even hold a brush,

681
00:37:49,460 --> 00:37:50,500
I guess I will count on you.

682
00:37:50,740 --> 00:37:52,300
Okay, you can count on me.

683
00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:57,260
All of the furniture
needs to be repaired.

684
00:37:58,100 --> 00:37:59,500
The books need to be taken out to dry.

685
00:38:00,860 --> 00:38:01,980
I want a dresser.

686
00:38:03,540 --> 00:38:04,860
I'll have someone make you a shelf

687
00:38:05,220 --> 00:38:06,860
to place all kinds of your weapons.

688
00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:10,700
Some nails in the wall can do the job.

689
00:38:13,020 --> 00:38:14,340
Don't you want to see
some flowers and plants

690
00:38:14,380 --> 00:38:15,620
when you're back home?

691
00:38:16,380 --> 00:38:17,540
Don't you want to eat

692
00:38:17,580 --> 00:38:18,780
on an exquisite table

693
00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:21,580
and use azure porcelain bowls

694
00:38:22,020 --> 00:38:23,420
and ebony silver-inlaid chopsticks?

695
00:38:25,740 --> 00:38:27,660
Shouldn't there be a couple of
warm stoves next to our bed?

696
00:38:32,780 --> 00:38:34,020
If you put it this way,

697
00:38:35,260 --> 00:38:37,180
I also want a swing in the yard.

698
00:38:38,740 --> 00:38:40,220
I remember I really wanted

699
00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:41,500
to play on the swing when I was a kid.

700
00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:44,380
But my grandfather wouldn't let me.

701
00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:47,100
Chi Pan's family next door had one.

702
00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:48,420
He wouldn't let me play, either.

703
00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:51,380
We have such a big yard.

704
00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:54,700
I'll put ten swings here

705
00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:58,740
and play on different ones

706
00:38:58,740 --> 00:38:59,740
in the morning, in the afternoon
and at night.

707
00:38:59,900 --> 00:39:01,180
When I'm too old to play,

708
00:39:01,660 --> 00:39:02,780
our kids can play.

709
00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:08,460
Speaking of your dresser,

710
00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:11,220
I'm also going to buy a screen.

711
00:39:12,540 --> 00:39:13,740
I saw one with mother-of-pearl
in the palace.

712
00:39:14,260 --> 00:39:15,780
It's really beautiful.

713
00:39:16,340 --> 00:39:17,300
You're gonna love it.

714
00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:41,060
Well done.

715
00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:44,460
It's not in vain to ask the Princess'
Lady-in-waiting to give him a hand.

716
00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:46,380
Yes.

717
00:39:46,740 --> 00:39:48,620
Without your secret support,

718
00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:51,540
Ouyang Xu would never have a chance
to meet His Majesty.

719
00:39:52,180 --> 00:39:54,500
There is one thing I don't understand.

720
00:39:55,340 --> 00:39:56,540
Why would you...

721
00:39:58,420 --> 00:39:59,420
Return good for evil?

722
00:40:01,020 --> 00:40:01,860
I dare not.

723
00:40:02,860 --> 00:40:05,060
Ouyang Xu is just a pawn.

724
00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:08,340
I want the puppies and the old dogs

725
00:40:08,340 --> 00:40:09,620
to bite more fiercely

726
00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,060
so that His Majesty will trust

727
00:40:13,060 --> 00:40:14,140
those Scholar Ministers less.

728
00:40:16,420 --> 00:40:17,620
You did a good job today.

729
00:40:17,940 --> 00:40:18,820
Your nephew

730
00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:23,100
will be taken good care
by my brother in the army.

731
00:40:25,420 --> 00:40:26,260
Thank you, Your Majesty.

732
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:34,620
Do you

733
00:40:35,340 --> 00:40:36,420
mean it

734
00:40:37,220 --> 00:40:38,580
or fake it?

735
00:40:40,220 --> 00:40:41,740
You've been serving His Majesty
for years.

736
00:40:42,020 --> 00:40:44,740
Don't you hate me
for holding your nephew hostage?

737
00:40:47,740 --> 00:40:48,820
All I know

738
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:51,220
is the more tactical you are,

739
00:40:51,860 --> 00:40:53,780
the better you will
assist the new emperor

740
00:40:54,020 --> 00:40:55,420
in administering the country.

741
00:40:58,180 --> 00:40:59,100
I'm also aware

742
00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:05,020
you don't advise His Majesty
to make the crown prince

743
00:41:06,140 --> 00:41:07,780
because you worry that the crown prince

744
00:41:08,540 --> 00:41:10,860
won't be able to review the memorials
after he administers the country.

745
00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:16,900
His Majesty is a benevolent ruler,

746
00:41:17,140 --> 00:41:18,620
and a good husband.

747
00:41:19,940 --> 00:41:22,060
But he can't protect me forever.

748
00:41:22,740 --> 00:41:25,020
I'm just trying to protect myself.

749
00:41:25,980 --> 00:41:27,020
That's all.

750
00:41:35,780 --> 00:41:36,500
Pan'er.

751
00:41:37,460 --> 00:41:38,140
You're back!

752
00:41:39,780 --> 00:41:41,620
Be honest with us.
Where were you last night?

753
00:41:43,260 --> 00:41:45,260
I went to his place.

754
00:41:45,260 --> 00:41:46,740
It was too late.
I didn't want to disturb you

755
00:41:46,820 --> 00:41:47,540
so I didn't come back.

756
00:41:48,020 --> 00:41:50,060
Commissioner Gu finally
took you to his place.

757
00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:51,700
Even Chen Lian doesn't know
where his house is.

758
00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:53,580
Why did you change your clothes?

759
00:41:54,220 --> 00:41:56,260
It was too late to come back.

760
00:41:57,180 --> 00:41:58,900
We chatted for a while.

761
00:41:59,020 --> 00:41:59,740
My clothes got dirty,

762
00:41:59,740 --> 00:42:01,340
so we went to the garment shop
and bought one.

763
00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:02,900
Are you making fun of me?

764
00:42:03,260 --> 00:42:04,660
Aren't you afraid I'll dock your pay?

765
00:42:04,940 --> 00:42:06,020
My salary is...

766
00:42:07,220 --> 00:42:07,980
Why are you standing here?

767
00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:10,420
Were you at Gu Qianfan's last night?

768
00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:13,180
Morning, Mr. Chi.

769
00:42:14,780 --> 00:42:15,460
Where is Sanniang?

770
00:42:15,460 --> 00:42:16,100
Why?

771
00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:17,980
Zifang is bothering her in the kitchen.

772
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:19,380
Is he here?

773
00:42:19,660 --> 00:42:20,860
He has been pestering Sanniang.

774
00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:22,220
Sanniang's son behaved well

775
00:42:22,220 --> 00:42:23,820
when he just came to the house.

776
00:42:23,820 --> 00:42:24,660
He used whatever we gave him.

777
00:42:24,660 --> 00:42:25,220
Why?

778
00:42:25,220 --> 00:42:25,980
Then he acted weird.

779
00:42:26,140 --> 00:42:27,460
Especially this morning.

780
00:42:27,620 --> 00:42:28,860
Sanniang asked him to go to school,

781
00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:30,140
but he wouldn't go.

782
00:42:30,980 --> 00:42:31,740
I'll teach him a lesson.

783
00:42:31,780 --> 00:42:32,500
Why?

784
00:42:36,940 --> 00:42:38,260
You can't do this to me.

785
00:42:39,620 --> 00:42:40,500
I'm in a much better mood

786
00:42:40,900 --> 00:42:42,220
now seeing you like this.

787
00:42:42,820 --> 00:42:44,340
Pipa Siren, aren't you too annoying?

788
00:42:44,340 --> 00:42:45,820
Do you want to me frighten you
into crying again?

789
00:42:46,060 --> 00:42:47,020
Go ahead.

790
00:42:48,060 --> 00:42:49,180
If I'm frightened,

791
00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:51,260
you can forget about
your Flower and Moon Banquet.

792
00:42:53,020 --> 00:42:53,860
You deserve it.

793
00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:56,180
You own so many shops,

794
00:42:56,780 --> 00:42:58,900
but you have to come here every day
asking for displeasure.

795
00:42:59,260 --> 00:43:00,660
You know Pan'er doesn't like you.

796
00:43:01,540 --> 00:43:02,780
Why? Why?

797
00:43:03,420 --> 00:43:04,660
I'm smart

798
00:43:05,140 --> 00:43:06,100
and charming.

799
00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:08,340
I have money and talent.

800
00:43:08,980 --> 00:43:10,180
How is Gu Qianfan better than me?

801
00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:12,220
I don't know you well,

802
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:13,740
but I do know one thing.

803
00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:15,780
Pan'er will never like
an awful man like you

804
00:43:15,780 --> 00:43:17,980
who made her do a soft dance.

805
00:43:18,620 --> 00:43:20,380
Well, I can dance for her as an apology.

806
00:43:20,740 --> 00:43:21,620
She did one.

807
00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:23,180
I'll do three dances.

808
00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:26,100
She is way out of your league.

809
00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:28,340
I'm way out of your league!

810
00:43:34,420 --> 00:43:35,100
Why are you laughing?

811
00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:36,020
Am I not right?

812
00:43:37,020 --> 00:43:37,820
You're right.

813
00:44:04,140 --> 00:44:09,800
♪A feeling of depression♪

814
00:44:10,150 --> 00:44:16,260
♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪

815
00:44:16,260 --> 00:44:21,580
♪How can we forget each other♪

816
00:44:21,580 --> 00:44:26,170
♪Wind blows and time flies♪

817
00:44:28,090 --> 00:44:33,800
♪When the splendor fades away
only the smell lingers♪

818
00:44:34,150 --> 00:44:39,670
♪In the corner of memories
there are sad moments♪

819
00:44:40,170 --> 00:44:45,530
♪Emotions go on and on♪

820
00:44:45,710 --> 00:44:50,980
♪Because time is short but love is hot♪

821
00:44:51,660 --> 00:44:54,790
♪Stars wink for you♪

822
00:44:54,790 --> 00:44:57,640
♪Romance is crazy about you♪

823
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,520
♪Who even waits for you♪

824
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:03,720
♪Until the end of her life♪

825
00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:06,530
♪When I look back one day♪

826
00:45:06,650 --> 00:45:09,770
♪I'll let go of everything♪

827
00:45:10,090 --> 00:45:16,280
♪I'll hold your hand
and never let you down♪

828
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:21,720
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

829
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:27,690
♪When our eyes get wet with tears
for each other♪

830
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:33,700
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

831
00:45:33,700 --> 00:45:41,870
♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪