1 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:37,386 [Episode 6] 2 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:40,879 My grandfather would also let his disciples 3 00:01:40,879 --> 00:01:43,360 learn about current political affairs. 4 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,840 Really? 5 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,519 And how exactly did they teach? 6 00:01:46,519 --> 00:01:48,000 When Grandfather and the masters 7 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,672 were annotating the "Gazetteer of Rivers and Canals," 8 00:01:50,672 --> 00:01:52,357 they often mentioned that in the fifth year of Xide, 9 00:01:52,357 --> 00:01:54,640 Your Majesty reformed the transport network system. 10 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:55,879 I heard that after the reform, 11 00:01:55,879 --> 00:01:57,737 30,000 fewer trackers were conscripted, 12 00:01:57,737 --> 00:01:59,680 and taxes were reduced by 40 percent. 13 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:00,920 The masters all said 14 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,720 Your Majesty is a capable ruler. 15 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,280 They admire you greatly. 16 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,080 Can such things be heard even up in the mountains? 17 00:02:07,646 --> 00:02:10,039 Your Majesty's merits are even praised 18 00:02:10,039 --> 00:02:11,640 by the mountain guards. 19 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:14,680 In the third year of Xide, you held exams to talented commoners, 20 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,960 giving them a chance to serve in the court. 21 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,397 In the fifth year, you opened canals to control floods. 22 00:02:19,397 --> 00:02:22,479 In early autumn, you allowed taxes to be paid in silver. 23 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:24,840 Master Gu even wrote "On Lightening the Tax Burden" in your praise. 24 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,724 Now that the world is at peace, 25 00:02:27,724 --> 00:02:28,920 my grandfather said 26 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:30,793 it is all thanks to Your Majesty. 27 00:02:36,039 --> 00:02:37,579 Princess Ding. 28 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,280 Yes. 29 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,360 Your grandfather is honest and steady, 30 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:43,800 a man of few words. 31 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,480 Only in matters of state does his brilliance truly show. 32 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,479 Yet you are quite eloquent. 33 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:51,020 Quite unlike him. 34 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,719 Allow me to explain, Your Majesty. 35 00:02:56,719 --> 00:02:58,960 My grandfather is a pillar of the state. 36 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,440 I am but an insignificant woman. 37 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,565 All I seek is an ordinary life, 38 00:03:03,565 --> 00:03:05,675 living in peace and stability. 39 00:03:05,675 --> 00:03:07,280 Praising your virtues today 40 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:08,560 is not out of flattery. 41 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,960 It is because of your benevolent rule 42 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,400 that commoners live in peace, 43 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,639 that the farming continue, 44 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,740 and that we enjoy this era of prosperity. 45 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,840 I sincerely admire you, Your Majesty, 46 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,093 for you bringing peace to the realm. 47 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,766 Thank you, Your Majesty. 48 00:03:45,639 --> 00:03:48,539 The grapes in Your Majesty's palace are truly delicious. 49 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:54,280 Your Majesty. 50 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,560 I heard 51 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,000 that Prince Li has composed a new piece. 52 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,099 Why don't we invite Prince Li to play a piece for us? 53 00:04:02,759 --> 00:04:04,386 Very well. 54 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:08,680 My new composition is not yet finished. 55 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:09,759 I fear... 56 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:11,400 it'd offend Your Majesty's refined ears. 57 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,520 Please forgive me, Your Majesty. 58 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,399 I am willing to play 59 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:18,079 an old piece 60 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:19,579 for Your Majesty's enjoyment. 61 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,006 Which piece? 62 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,253 "Green Plum Melody." 63 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,753 [Young Mo Jing Li] 64 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:10,806 [Li Mountain Academy] [Master Yu] 65 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,879 "Green Plum Melody." 66 00:05:17,879 --> 00:05:19,399 The tremolo in the fourth section 67 00:05:19,399 --> 00:05:22,459 should sound like pearls falling on a jade plate. 68 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,040 What kind of sound was that? 69 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,980 Like a toad jumping into a pond. 70 00:05:42,959 --> 00:05:44,700 Your Highness. 71 00:05:49,439 --> 00:05:51,020 Does it hurt? 72 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,000 Such a passion and spirit. 73 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,939 Prince Li seems to have poured your heart into the music. 74 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,080 My skills are simply lacking. 75 00:06:15,195 --> 00:06:16,680 My skills are lacking. 76 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,860 My apologies, Your Majesty. 77 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,860 Rhyming requires a harmony of spirit. 78 00:06:23,860 --> 00:06:25,800 But if one uses the Bianzhi scale 79 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,680 to force a melody, 80 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,939 it will only result in a tragic song. 81 00:06:35,959 --> 00:06:38,279 I have heard enough music for today. 82 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,139 You may all be dismissed. 83 00:06:45,519 --> 00:06:47,459 We take our leave. 84 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,639 I wonder if that pastry shop in the West Market 85 00:06:51,639 --> 00:06:52,759 is closed yet. 86 00:06:52,759 --> 00:06:54,879 If it's still open on the way home, 87 00:06:54,879 --> 00:06:56,800 I'll have Qing Yu buy some. 88 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,240 So after all that walking, 89 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:59,600 that's what's on your mind? 90 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,639 What else would I be thinking about? 91 00:07:01,639 --> 00:07:03,879 Your Highness, does your hand still hurt? 92 00:07:03,879 --> 00:07:05,319 I'll apply medicine for you when we return. 93 00:07:05,319 --> 00:07:06,933 Your Highness. 94 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:14,879 Stop. 95 00:07:14,879 --> 00:07:16,079 Ye Li, 96 00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:17,879 you must be very proud of yourself, aren't you? 97 00:07:17,879 --> 00:07:19,240 No longer stuck on that mountain, 98 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,639 you've become the Princess Ding. 99 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:22,879 Even the Empress Dowager favors you now. 100 00:07:22,879 --> 00:07:25,240 She spoke with you for so long. 101 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,399 Her Majesty is benevolent. 102 00:07:27,399 --> 00:07:28,879 Her Majesty is indeed benevolent, 103 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:32,279 but don't you forget the sins you've committed. 104 00:07:32,279 --> 00:07:35,480 By rights, I should address you as Sister. 105 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:36,480 It's proper etiquette. 106 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,400 It's the family rules. 107 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,079 But you don't deserve it at all. 108 00:07:40,079 --> 00:07:42,240 Li Mountain Academy was unruly back then. 109 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,560 They defied the Empress Dowager. 110 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,320 The entire Ye family almost faced disaster. 111 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,000 If Grandfather hadn't acted decisively, 112 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,639 cutting ties with Li Mountain 113 00:07:49,639 --> 00:07:52,279 and kneeling through a snowy night to plead at Anshang Gate, 114 00:07:52,279 --> 00:07:54,560 the Ye family wouldn't have been saved. 115 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,639 It was the family's collective effort, 116 00:07:57,639 --> 00:07:59,240 along with women like my mother, 117 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:00,879 who managed the household affairs, 118 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:03,040 that led to the present prosperity of the Ye family. 119 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,960 That is how you got to where you are. 120 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,639 In a prestigious family, 121 00:08:06,639 --> 00:08:08,079 we share the glory 122 00:08:08,079 --> 00:08:09,699 and we share the ruin. 123 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,540 But are you even slightly grateful? 124 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,640 My mother protected your dowry. 125 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,484 My uncles worked hard to manage your businesses. 126 00:08:18,484 --> 00:08:20,079 Yet now you're wearing a royal robe, 127 00:08:20,079 --> 00:08:21,373 putting on airs as a princess, 128 00:08:21,373 --> 00:08:23,560 seizing property, 129 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,360 and spouting nonsense to the Empress Dowager. 130 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:27,639 Do you intend to ruin 131 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:29,800 the Ye family's reputation like your mother did? 132 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,079 Do you deserve the name Ye? 133 00:08:31,079 --> 00:08:32,860 Do you deserve to be my sister? 134 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,480 Whose property did I seize? 135 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,560 The Ye family's, of course. 136 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,360 By your logic, 137 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,799 the grand dowry you took to Prince Li's Mansion 138 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:44,950 now belongs to the prince's household. 139 00:08:44,950 --> 00:08:46,600 Can the foreign dancers in the mansion 140 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,000 spend it as they please? 141 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,759 You... How dare you insult my mother! 142 00:08:49,759 --> 00:08:52,200 And there is one more important thing. 143 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,200 W-What? 144 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,520 You shouldn't be calling me sister anyway. 145 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,960 Prince Ding and Prince Li are close kin. 146 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,500 You should be calling me Aunt. 147 00:09:05,759 --> 00:09:07,700 - You... - Princess Li. 148 00:09:08,759 --> 00:09:10,580 Prince Li is about to leave the palace. 149 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,573 Where is His Highness? 150 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,039 Ye Li. 151 00:09:18,039 --> 00:09:19,826 Don't get too ahead of yourself. 152 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,159 Have you seen enough 153 00:09:26,159 --> 00:09:28,400 of this spectacle, Your Highness? 154 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,013 How can you tell I'm just spectating? 155 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,639 I am your princess, after all. 156 00:09:34,639 --> 00:09:36,600 Yet when someone bullied me, 157 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,299 you didn't even defend me once. 158 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,480 It's not that I didn't want to. 159 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,639 But you have so many ties to those present. 160 00:09:44,639 --> 00:09:46,639 These tangled threads 161 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:48,639 are quite complex and ever-changing. 162 00:09:48,639 --> 00:09:50,440 I wanted to help, 163 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,139 but my hands were tied. 164 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,320 Do you really want to help? 165 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:56,620 Of course. 166 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,240 You really are quite suspicious. 167 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:02,639 Since that's the case, 168 00:10:02,639 --> 00:10:04,779 I'll make the accusations a reality. 169 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,200 Prince Li is injured. 170 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,080 Aren't you going to see him? 171 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,480 What does that have to do with me? 172 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,279 Why should I see him? 173 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,120 Let's go. 174 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,360 Princess Ding, please wait. 175 00:10:23,159 --> 00:10:25,080 You left something behind at Anqing Palace. 176 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,500 Would you mind returning for it? 177 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,439 The headmaster and masters were writing books. 178 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:49,120 And what about the disciples? 179 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,360 What did they do every day? 180 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,140 Read and write. 181 00:10:53,140 --> 00:10:54,600 Farm and hunt. 182 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:55,920 When they had some leisure time, 183 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:57,320 they simmered liquor with green plums 184 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:58,639 and brewed tea with spring water. 185 00:10:58,639 --> 00:11:00,399 Every early spring during tea picking, 186 00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:03,600 Grandfather wrote a "Roasting Song". 187 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,879 "The roasting cage turns thrice to jade hue. 188 00:11:05,879 --> 00:11:08,259 Envy not the palace, but the pine smoke." 189 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,799 The way you put it, 190 00:11:13,799 --> 00:11:16,220 "Envy not the palace, but the pine smoke." 191 00:11:16,919 --> 00:11:18,120 Really? 192 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:19,519 Do they truly intend 193 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:22,580 to stay in Li Mountain like hermits forever? 194 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,880 There are scholars of Zhongnan Mountain 195 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,320 who live in seclusion and never enter society. 196 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,200 I suppose for the masters, 197 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,600 it is the same. 198 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,799 If one can live freely on the mountain, 199 00:11:33,799 --> 00:11:35,899 it is a kind of fortune. 200 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,440 I have practiced Master Liu's Qingshan Calligraphy 201 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:48,980 for 20 years, yet I still lack its essence. 202 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:53,480 Do you know 203 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,519 which line in his "Ode to Self-Cultivation" 204 00:11:55,519 --> 00:11:57,580 is the most important? 205 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,799 "The way of sincerity can reach the heights of creation." 206 00:12:02,799 --> 00:12:05,080 You are a smart child. 207 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,059 You should know what I mean. 208 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:11,480 Yes. 209 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,280 I understand. 210 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,799 My grandfather once taught me 211 00:12:15,799 --> 00:12:18,680 to be sincere and faithful to the end. 212 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:20,399 In all my words and actions, 213 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:22,399 I would not dare to deviate from that. 214 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:23,799 So, there is something 215 00:12:23,799 --> 00:12:26,399 not instructed by the masters or Grandfather, 216 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:28,799 but that I truly want to say to Your Majesty. 217 00:12:28,799 --> 00:12:32,159 I am very satisfied with this marriage. 218 00:12:32,159 --> 00:12:33,759 Thank you for the decree, 219 00:12:33,759 --> 00:12:35,399 which allowed me to leave the mountain. 220 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:37,700 I like life down here very much. 221 00:12:38,519 --> 00:12:40,399 Then what about your mother? 222 00:12:40,399 --> 00:12:42,899 Is she satisfied with this marriage? 223 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:48,779 Your Majesty, 224 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,523 my mother... 225 00:12:51,523 --> 00:12:53,222 has already passed away. 226 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,633 What did you say? 227 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,500 Yes. 228 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,360 She fell gravely ill on the way to Li Mountain. 229 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,600 Before we even reached the foot of the mountain, 230 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,253 she passed away. 231 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:22,840 Then what about your mother? 232 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,446 Is she satisfied with this marriage? 233 00:13:25,446 --> 00:13:26,826 Your Majesty, 234 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,710 my mother... 235 00:13:29,710 --> 00:13:31,411 has already passed away. 236 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:42,000 She fell gravely ill on the way to Li Mountain. 237 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,779 She passed away before we even reached the foot of the mountain. 238 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,419 Your Highness, are you resting? 239 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:20,220 Your Highness. 240 00:14:21,073 --> 00:14:22,600 Your hand is injured. 241 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,746 Let me apply some medicine for you. 242 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,720 No matter how much you love music, 243 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,539 you shouldn't neglect your health like this. 244 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,720 Especially when it comes to composing. 245 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,760 It's not something that can be done all at once. 246 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,620 Your Highness, do not be impatient. 247 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,139 Do you think 248 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,700 I am troubled by the composition? 249 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:58,094 If not that, then what? 250 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,120 Your Highness, think about it. 251 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,799 If your hand is injured, you won't be able to play the zither. 252 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:06,899 If you can't play it, you can't compose new music. 253 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:14,799 Did your father 254 00:15:14,799 --> 00:15:17,539 only have you and your sister? 255 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,159 Just the two of us daughters, 256 00:15:20,159 --> 00:15:21,600 but I also have a younger brother. 257 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:22,879 He is my biological brother 258 00:15:22,879 --> 00:15:24,159 and he's exceptionally smart. 259 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:27,640 By the age of five, he'd read the "Analects" and "Mencius." 260 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,879 Even our family tutors praised him as a rare child prodigy. 261 00:15:31,879 --> 00:15:33,279 Then did you and your sister 262 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:34,879 grow up together? 263 00:15:34,879 --> 00:15:37,880 I grew up with my brother. 264 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,493 Ye Li lived with us before she was 13. 265 00:15:41,493 --> 00:15:43,720 Though we were close in age, 266 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,480 she often visited Li Mountain with her mother. 267 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,620 So we weren't very close. 268 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:50,560 Then do you remember 269 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,460 anything from your childhood with your sister? 270 00:15:54,559 --> 00:15:56,799 It was a long time ago. 271 00:15:56,799 --> 00:15:58,639 Just some ordinary things. 272 00:15:58,639 --> 00:16:00,620 There's not much I remember. 273 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,279 Oh, wait. 274 00:16:04,279 --> 00:16:05,919 I do remember one thing. 275 00:16:05,919 --> 00:16:09,280 One year, we stayed in Hangzhou for a few months. 276 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,600 Hangzhou was so hot then. 277 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,320 We decided to charter a boat together 278 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:14,960 to pick lotus roots on the lake. 279 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,480 There were huge red carps in the water. 280 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,759 About this big. 281 00:16:19,759 --> 00:16:21,919 Ye Li and I both rushed to see it. 282 00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:23,480 But the boat was rocking so violently 283 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:24,559 that I accidentally 284 00:16:24,559 --> 00:16:26,000 bumped into her. 285 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,400 And she actually... fell right into the lake. 286 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,559 She looked so pathetic, 287 00:16:31,559 --> 00:16:34,080 floating on the water like a duck. 288 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,440 She wouldn't let it go, 289 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,840 insisting that I apologize to her. 290 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,000 But why should I have apologized? 291 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,679 In the end, guess what? 292 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:42,960 That fool actually swam to the opposite shore 293 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,659 and got out on her own. 294 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,166 After she got back, she caught a cold 295 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,661 and sneezed for days. 296 00:16:59,639 --> 00:17:01,200 Oh, right. There was another time. 297 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,399 It was a rainy day just like today. 298 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:04,640 She suddenly grabbed me 299 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:05,839 and ran outside. 300 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:08,079 We kept running in the rain. 301 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:10,079 At that moment, for some reason, 302 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:11,359 she suddenly burst out laughing. 303 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,200 Laughing so happily. 304 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,880 But I got seriously ill after I got back. 305 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,813 She's a real lunatic. 306 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:23,019 It's raining so hard today. 307 00:17:44,319 --> 00:17:45,619 Your Highness. 308 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:49,519 Where did you get that shovel? 309 00:17:49,519 --> 00:17:51,240 From the storeroom. 310 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:52,400 Is there a saw? 311 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:53,599 There should be. 312 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:55,000 You want a saw, Your Highness? 313 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,480 Leave one in the courtyard. 314 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:57,480 Yes. 315 00:18:54,559 --> 00:18:55,759 Your Highness. 316 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:57,619 Princess Ding went to the backyard. 317 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,430 Your Highness. 318 00:19:17,430 --> 00:19:19,559 Where is Her Highness going so late at night? 319 00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:21,619 She's even carrying tools. 320 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,466 Have the secret guards follow her. 321 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:32,200 Everything's ready. 322 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,220 Let's move. 323 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,106 Looks like everyone's asleep. 324 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,839 My Lady, 325 00:19:54,839 --> 00:19:56,980 is this really okay? 326 00:19:57,759 --> 00:19:59,160 Before I left the mountain, 327 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,240 Senior Brother He entrusted this to me. 328 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,000 Keep watch here. 329 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,740 Your Highness. 330 00:20:26,396 --> 00:20:27,680 It's so late. 331 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,059 Why did Her Highness come to this shabby yard? 332 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,200 Your Highness, 333 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,420 Her Highness is trying to... 334 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,606 steal a tree? 335 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,000 Who's there? 336 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,500 Grandfather, wake up! 337 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,799 - Who is it? - Oh no, Your Highness, this... 338 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:47,673 Quick, get up and check it out! 339 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:53,759 Your Highness? 340 00:21:53,759 --> 00:21:55,059 Get in. 341 00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:57,240 Who's there? 342 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,160 - A tree thief! - Grandfather, hurry! Stop right there! 343 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:00,726 Grandfather, let's go! 344 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,020 Ye Li. 345 00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:30,920 Speak up. 346 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,380 What were you trying to do? 347 00:22:34,839 --> 00:22:36,559 Can we talk inside? 348 00:22:36,559 --> 00:22:38,200 So you know it's embarrassing now. 349 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,920 A dignified princess, instead of sleeping at home at night, 350 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,059 sneaked into someone's yard to steal a tree. 351 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:44,799 I didn't steal a tree. 352 00:22:44,799 --> 00:22:46,839 You still dare to argue? 353 00:22:46,839 --> 00:22:48,420 Then what were you doing? 354 00:22:50,039 --> 00:22:52,680 I just cut down a tree. 355 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,559 There are so many trees in the manor. 356 00:22:54,559 --> 00:22:56,339 Why didn't you cut those down? 357 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,513 Why cut that tree? 358 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:11,819 Explain. 359 00:23:19,475 --> 00:23:21,200 Because I have a senior brother, 360 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,440 surnamed He. 361 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,160 He's an expert in the I Ching. 362 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:25,880 He failed the official selections 363 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,400 twice in a row. 364 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,000 So he cast a divination for himself 365 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,960 and concluded the ginkgo tree in front of his house 366 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:34,680 was blocking his career luck. 367 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,119 That's why he failed. 368 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:37,640 But Master Zhu said 369 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,359 it was clearly because he lacked talent. 370 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:40,599 He was always slacking off, 371 00:23:40,599 --> 00:23:42,760 yet he blamed it on a tree. 372 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,559 Master Zhu forbade him from thinking that way. 373 00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:45,759 But you see, 374 00:23:45,759 --> 00:23:47,759 the more my senior was forbidden, 375 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:49,880 the more often he dwelt on it. 376 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:51,839 Eventually, it became an obsession. 377 00:23:51,839 --> 00:23:53,480 He repeatedly urged me 378 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,119 that if I ever left the mountain, 379 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,440 I must remember to cut that tree for him. 380 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:58,920 Back then, when he tried to cut it, 381 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,559 he had barely swung the axe 382 00:24:00,559 --> 00:24:02,980 before his father beat him half to death. 383 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,119 Then you should be grateful 384 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:08,440 that you ran fast enough. 385 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,259 That's because I run every day. 386 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,259 So please don't be mad anymore. 387 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,553 Don't let it happen again. 388 00:24:35,799 --> 00:24:37,920 Why do you run every day? 389 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,519 Your habits 390 00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:41,700 are truly unlike anyone else's. 391 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,160 To stay healthy. 392 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:47,640 One needs to stay active. 393 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,880 I also hope I can run a bit faster. 394 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,539 Run faster? 395 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:55,779 Li, come back! 396 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,500 Li! 397 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:03,660 Li. 398 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:05,500 Go over there. 399 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,133 Li! 400 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,240 - Li! You can't leave! - Help. 401 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:14,480 - Never compromise with them! - Help! 402 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:15,680 - Li! - Let go of me! 403 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,840 Li, I don't want to hurt you. But you cannot leave the mountain. 404 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,240 Master Helai will have a way. Let's go! 405 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,866 - Let go! - Move! 406 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:24,960 Anyway, 407 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,899 I promise there won't be a next time. 408 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,440 Where did you go? 409 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:47,559 I told you to keep watch, 410 00:25:47,559 --> 00:25:49,359 but I ended up being cornered. 411 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:50,440 His Highness even caught up 412 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,560 and you were nowhere to be seen. 413 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,799 I was going to call out to you. 414 00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:57,680 It's just... when I saw His Highness coming, 415 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,893 I got scared and didn't make a sound. 416 00:26:02,319 --> 00:26:03,980 You're such a coward. 417 00:26:05,590 --> 00:26:07,426 I won't be next time. 418 00:26:28,759 --> 00:26:30,079 Strum, strum, strum. 419 00:26:30,079 --> 00:26:32,720 Playing that zither again so early. 420 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:33,759 It's just a piece of wood, 421 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:35,700 yet he treasures it every day. 422 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,279 Nanny, 423 00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:49,099 he hasn't looked me in the eye for days. 424 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,960 He doesn't care for me, his legal wife. 425 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,559 What should I do? 426 00:26:53,559 --> 00:26:56,160 I know a tamer from the Western Regions. 427 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,680 He can summon phoenixes with music. 428 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,280 It is a magnificent spectacle. 429 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:00,519 I will go find him 430 00:27:00,519 --> 00:27:02,759 and have him teach you the art. 431 00:27:02,759 --> 00:27:04,759 His Highness has a refined taste in music. 432 00:27:04,759 --> 00:27:06,559 Seeing your sincere efforts to learn, 433 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:08,299 he will be moved. 434 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,253 Alright. 435 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,039 Stop peeking out of the corner of your eye. 436 00:27:23,039 --> 00:27:25,339 If you want to look, do it openly. 437 00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:30,400 Your Highness. 438 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,319 When you stole that tree yesterday, 439 00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:34,259 did His Highness scold you afterward? 440 00:27:35,839 --> 00:27:37,220 How did you know? 441 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,299 I overheard it as I was leaving. 442 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,119 No. 443 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,240 I didn't steal a tree, and he didn't scold me. 444 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,886 You heard wrong. 445 00:27:49,475 --> 00:27:50,559 Your Highness. 446 00:27:50,559 --> 00:27:53,259 There is a message from the gate. An old man wishes to see you. 447 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,160 I am He Jin. 448 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,120 Greetings, Your Highness. 449 00:27:58,120 --> 00:27:59,673 Please, have a seat. 450 00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:05,200 I am the father of He Ming Hui. 451 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,640 My son is studying at Li Mountain Academy. 452 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,240 Technically, he is your senior brother. 453 00:28:12,519 --> 00:28:13,819 Uncle. 454 00:28:14,839 --> 00:28:16,440 I have come today 455 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,279 because I have something to ask. 456 00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:21,880 Last night, a tree at my home was cut down for no reason. 457 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,000 I wonder... 458 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,859 if it was done under Your Highness' instructions. 459 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:32,519 I am not here to hold anyone accountable. 460 00:28:32,519 --> 00:28:34,720 I just wanted to ask about the situation. 461 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:35,759 For the past eight years, 462 00:28:35,759 --> 00:28:37,640 there has been no word from my son. 463 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,599 After that tree was cut down, 464 00:28:39,599 --> 00:28:41,000 I couldn't help but wonder 465 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,960 whether he has returned. 466 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,839 But after making some inquiries, 467 00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:48,359 I learned Li Mountain is still sealed off. 468 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:50,240 Only you have come down the mountain. 469 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,759 So I thought, 470 00:28:52,759 --> 00:28:54,599 could it be that Ming Hui 471 00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:56,420 asked you to cut it down? 472 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:02,240 He did ask me to cut it down. 473 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,119 I was afraid you wouldn't agree, 474 00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:06,400 so I took it upon myself to do it. 475 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:07,720 Please forgive me, Uncle. 476 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,480 It's no matter, no matter at all. 477 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:10,980 Please sit. 478 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,000 So, how is he doing on the mountain? 479 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,880 Has he suffered much in his daily life? 480 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:20,400 Rest assured, Uncle. 481 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,160 The academy has cultivated its own fields. 482 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,799 We grow melons, vegetables, and chives. 483 00:29:23,799 --> 00:29:25,160 There are also wild fruits in the woods. 484 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,320 We never have to worry about food. 485 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,240 Oh, by the way, Senior Brother He even learned to make sesame pies. 486 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:31,960 He can eat three of them in one sitting. 487 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,240 That boy... 488 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,539 He loved sesame pies since he was a child. 489 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,599 Pardon my manners. 490 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,279 How is he getting along with the masters? 491 00:29:44,279 --> 00:29:46,160 So many years have passed. 492 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,480 His scholarship must have improved significantly by now. 493 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,000 He is clever and he's willing to put in the work. 494 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,079 He is often praised by the masters. 495 00:29:54,079 --> 00:29:56,619 That's good to hear. 496 00:29:57,279 --> 00:29:59,880 Ming Hui has always been smart 497 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,200 and eager to improve. 498 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,200 But he's just so stubborn. 499 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,799 Back then, I wanted him to marry early, 500 00:30:05,799 --> 00:30:07,480 but he refused no matter what. 501 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,680 So he packed his bags and went to Li Mountain. 502 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,000 He wouldn't even come home. 503 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,359 It's been eight years since he left. 504 00:30:16,359 --> 00:30:18,440 He's thirty-two now, 505 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,099 yet he's still unmarried and has no children. 506 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,059 It's enough to worry me to death. 507 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,360 Oh well. 508 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,240 To each his own. 509 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,700 As long as he knows he's doing the right thing. 510 00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:36,400 Many people 511 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,940 go their whole lives without knowing what's right. 512 00:30:42,119 --> 00:30:45,779 May I ask when Your Highness will return to Li Mountain? 513 00:30:46,519 --> 00:30:49,140 I'm afraid not in the near future. 514 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:51,259 I see... 515 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,400 I have a letter for my son here. 516 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,759 Would it be convenient for you to deliver it to Ming Hui? 517 00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:02,599 Of course. 518 00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:05,200 I exchange letters with the masters from time to time. 519 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:06,519 I'll help you deliver it to him. 520 00:31:06,519 --> 00:31:07,759 Truly? 521 00:31:07,759 --> 00:31:10,120 That is wonderful. 522 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,590 Then I shall trouble Your Highness with this matter. 523 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:15,286 Take care, Uncle. 524 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,040 [To Ming Hui] 525 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,720 [Prince Li's Mansion] 526 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:55,720 The princess has been waiting a long time. 527 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,126 Come in. 528 00:31:58,119 --> 00:31:59,559 Smooth out the feathers a bit more. 529 00:31:59,559 --> 00:32:02,079 - Is this okay? - No, a little smoother. 530 00:32:02,079 --> 00:32:03,400 - Nanny. - Hurry up. 531 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,519 So this is the "phoenix" you were talking about? 532 00:32:05,519 --> 00:32:07,680 It's clearly just a peacock. 533 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,799 Will His Highness really like this? 534 00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:11,480 You must be joking, Your Highness. 535 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,319 There are no real phoenixes in this world. 536 00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:16,400 This peacock is already exquisitely beautiful. 537 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,440 Look at its magnificent tail. 538 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,500 It complements your elegance perfectly. 539 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:26,279 Your Highness, 540 00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:27,400 this "Flying Peacock" 541 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:28,599 is highly intelligent. 542 00:32:28,599 --> 00:32:30,680 If you follow the melody I taught you 543 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:31,960 and play the xiao, 544 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,079 it will spread its wings and fly. 545 00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:36,539 The piece is called "Summoning the Sacred Bird." 546 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:08,799 Your Highness, look. 547 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:11,240 It's so beautiful. 548 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,200 If you can master it, 549 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,220 it will surely bring a smile to His Highness's face. 550 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,720 Quick, teach me the piece. 551 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:20,720 Yes. 552 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,039 Your Highness, please look. 553 00:33:26,039 --> 00:33:27,160 On this xiao, 554 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,079 there are seven holes in total. 555 00:33:29,079 --> 00:33:30,160 When you play it, 556 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,024 finger placement is crucial. 557 00:33:33,024 --> 00:33:34,120 Your Highness, 558 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,620 please press this hole with your thumb. 559 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,160 Correct. 560 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:40,279 Next, 561 00:33:40,279 --> 00:33:42,680 use your index and ring fingers 562 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,839 to cover the fourth and second holes simultaneously. 563 00:33:45,839 --> 00:33:46,880 Yes. 564 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,079 Just like that. 565 00:33:48,079 --> 00:33:50,200 Now, take a deep breath first 566 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,006 and try to blow. 567 00:33:57,759 --> 00:33:59,279 Why does it sound so awful? 568 00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:00,640 Are you making a fool of me? 569 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:01,920 I wouldn't dare. 570 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,400 Perhaps it's because your fingering and breath weren't coordinated. 571 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,599 Mastering music requires steady progress. 572 00:34:07,599 --> 00:34:09,080 Please don't be impatient. 573 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,464 When you play it, pay close attention to your breath control. 574 00:34:12,464 --> 00:34:13,679 I want to play it now 575 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:15,539 and make these peacocks fly. 576 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:47,560 Come here. 577 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,493 Li, how have you been? 578 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,760 Where have you been, Senior Brother? 579 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,200 You look so travel-worn. 580 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,473 Even more disheveled than a fugitive. 581 00:34:56,473 --> 00:34:57,960 Me? 582 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,599 I took a trip thirty miles outside the city. 583 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:02,000 I went to inspect a batch 584 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,330 of pottery figurines from Datong Prefecture. 585 00:35:04,330 --> 00:35:06,079 - And? - Not good. 586 00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:07,280 The quality was even worse 587 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,780 than the painted pottery from last time. 588 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,579 Sorry you made the trip for nothing. 589 00:35:13,159 --> 00:35:14,460 It wasn't for nothing. 590 00:35:15,039 --> 00:35:16,199 On my way back, 591 00:35:16,199 --> 00:35:17,320 right at the city gate, 592 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,440 I witnessed something quite strange. 593 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:20,560 What was it? 594 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,000 Didn't that Western merchant caravan 595 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,840 bring a pair of blue peacocks a while ago? 596 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,240 Their performance was very popular. 597 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:28,600 But today, 598 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,119 before the show was even half over, 599 00:35:30,119 --> 00:35:32,240 a Prince Li's carriage arrived. 600 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:35,237 They took both the merchants and the peacocks. 601 00:35:35,237 --> 00:35:37,000 Word is that Prince Li's household 602 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,320 specifically hired that famous tamer 603 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,719 to teach them animal taming. 604 00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,653 This... could it be Princess Li? 605 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,199 Ye Ying 606 00:35:49,199 --> 00:35:50,800 never has any persistence. 607 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,620 It would probably be easier 608 00:35:52,620 --> 00:35:54,740 for that tamer to learn how to fly instead. 609 00:35:56,599 --> 00:35:57,840 Today's accounts. 610 00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,239 I've watched the shop for you all day. 611 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:00,400 I'm going home now. 612 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:02,060 Thanks for your hard work. 613 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:06,599 No transaction. No... 614 00:36:06,599 --> 00:36:09,039 What's the point of recording this? 615 00:36:09,039 --> 00:36:10,519 Oh, right, Your Highness. 616 00:36:10,519 --> 00:36:13,239 I just remembered I haven't bought snacks. 617 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:14,840 Go ahead then. 618 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,239 The carriage is right over there. 619 00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,306 Please head back to the mansion first. 620 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,119 Mo Wu You, stop! 621 00:36:22,119 --> 00:36:23,400 Stop right there! 622 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,599 Mo Wu You, stop right there! 623 00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:28,360 - Stop! - Mo Wu You! 624 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:29,679 - Stop the carriage! - Don't run! 625 00:36:29,679 --> 00:36:31,219 - Stop! - Stop! 626 00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:45,199 Your Highness! 627 00:36:45,199 --> 00:36:46,619 Are you all right? 628 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,113 Just you wait! 629 00:36:51,639 --> 00:36:53,300 Mo Wu You, stop right there! 630 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,280 - Trying to run? - Run then! 631 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:57,459 How dare you! 632 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,353 Hit him! 633 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,320 Be careful. 634 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:14,440 Slow down! 635 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:15,880 Your Highness. Watch out! 636 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,119 Surround it! 637 00:37:17,119 --> 00:37:18,760 Alright. 638 00:37:20,159 --> 00:37:21,726 No fighting! 639 00:37:27,353 --> 00:37:28,440 Run! 640 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:29,780 Go away! 641 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:31,519 Wu You! 642 00:37:31,519 --> 00:37:33,420 Stop fighting, Wu You! 643 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:36,566 Go home, now! 644 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:50,880 If they don't fly, 645 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,420 I'll make you all fly! 646 00:37:53,519 --> 00:37:55,719 Your Highness. I'll go prepare dinner for you. 647 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,440 If someone's flying, I'll fly first. 648 00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:58,619 You... 649 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:02,239 Nanny! I'll fly with you. Wait for me! 650 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,000 I'm flying too. 651 00:38:06,066 --> 00:38:08,780 Your Highness, I-I really don't know how to fly. 652 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:13,800 These kids... 653 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,199 They are so young, 654 00:38:15,199 --> 00:38:17,046 but they hit so hard. 655 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,599 Why were they hitting you? 656 00:38:20,599 --> 00:38:22,200 Did you tell them 657 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,379 you're the heir of Prince Ding? 658 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,173 It's none of your business. 659 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,099 Who are they? 660 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,260 Classmates, okay? 661 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,400 Keeping everything to yourself 662 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,573 doesn't mean you're tough. 663 00:38:44,573 --> 00:38:47,139 Nor does it mean you've solved anything. 664 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,199 Mo Wu You. 665 00:38:51,199 --> 00:38:53,480 You're still a child. 666 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:55,480 When you faced a crowd of people punching you, 667 00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:57,440 you did not flinch. 668 00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,599 That's courage. 669 00:38:59,599 --> 00:39:01,320 But being willing to tell your family 670 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,039 about all your troubles 671 00:39:03,039 --> 00:39:05,380 is also a form of courage. 672 00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,420 You know why they hit me? 673 00:39:12,599 --> 00:39:14,760 I can guess. 674 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,360 But those who want to cause trouble 675 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:18,239 will always find an excuse. 676 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,320 Because they themselves are the trouble. 677 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:21,800 As kids, they cause trouble and get beaten. 678 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,853 When they grow up, they end up in jail. 679 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,746 But don't let them hold you back 680 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,860 and don't let them stain you. 681 00:39:35,159 --> 00:39:37,059 Because it's not worth it at all. 682 00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:42,480 Nanny. 683 00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:46,059 Tell me, why can't I make the peacocks fly? 684 00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:49,119 Your Highness, 685 00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:51,760 nothing can be achieved overnight. 686 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,440 Let's not be impatient. 687 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,740 Let's eat first, shall we? 688 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,280 I'm not eating. 689 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,220 I must master this. 690 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,059 Your Highness. 691 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,119 A Ding. 692 00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:39,760 What are you so happy about? 693 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,840 Your Highness. You don't know yet, do you? 694 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,360 His Highness has been appointed to office. 695 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,900 He'll soon take office at Jingzhao Prefecture. 696 00:41:10,599 --> 00:41:11,900 Your Highness. 697 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:16,760 Where did you go? 698 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,539 Why are you back so late? 699 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:21,579 I went to check on the shops. 700 00:41:24,505 --> 00:41:26,759 There's a lot of mud on your shoes. 701 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,159 What is it? 702 00:41:30,159 --> 00:41:32,000 Is the road from the manor to Shende House 703 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,520 that hard to walk? 704 00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,840 I went to help Wu You fight. 705 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:44,840 On my way back, 706 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,920 I saw a group of kids bullying him. 707 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,539 I couldn't pull them apart, so I jumped in to help him. 708 00:41:53,039 --> 00:41:54,960 You shouldn't be suspicious of me. 709 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,159 You should have asked me 710 00:41:56,159 --> 00:41:57,480 who bullied him, 711 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,381 so you could stand up for him. 712 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,219 It's normal for kids to fight. 713 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,039 A group of kids fighting another group is normal. 714 00:42:08,039 --> 00:42:10,400 But Wu You was being beaten by a crowd. 715 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,139 That is not normal. 716 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,280 His father is gone. 717 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:17,719 As his uncle, 718 00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:19,880 it's your duty to protect him. 719 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,039 He is the heir. 720 00:42:21,039 --> 00:42:22,760 Yet he goes in and out of the manor 721 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,160 without even a page to accompany him. 722 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:27,280 No one even knows when he returns injured. 723 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,900 Is that right? 724 00:42:30,550 --> 00:42:32,160 I understand. 725 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,440 [On the Next Episode] 726 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:44,800 I really... 727 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,639 I really want to see him one last time. 728 00:42:47,639 --> 00:42:50,760 Even if it's only in a dream... 729 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,120 The greetings 730 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,800 from 27 wronged souls of the Wang family 731 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,179 have been received. 732 00:42:57,119 --> 00:42:58,160 At this rate, 733 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,199 you're going to get mouth ulcers easily. 734 00:43:00,199 --> 00:43:01,766 Let me treat your leg. 735 00:43:01,766 --> 00:43:02,800 That... 736 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:03,960 can wait until later. 737 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,733 Where did Houzi go?