1 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,280 Xiang! 2 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:01,839 Xiang! 3 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:02,960 Let me go! 4 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,600 - You little wretches. - Let me go! 5 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:06,080 Still trying to run? 6 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,160 How dare you run! 7 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:10,600 I'll kill Xiang! 8 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,239 Ting Hui. 9 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,000 Xiang! 10 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,120 I'll kill you! 11 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,440 (Royal Betrothal) 12 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:10,440 (This is a work of fiction) 13 00:03:10,441 --> 00:03:12,376 (Adapted from Qidian's "Long Live Your Majesty" by Xing Yan Yan) 14 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,280 (Episode 1) 15 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:39,680 (Qingzhou) 16 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,080 (Shazhou) 17 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,480 Young Master, Shazhou's border is just ahead. 18 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:47,976 According to the shadow guard's secret report, 19 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,440 this military stronghold is hiding an illegal armament trade. 20 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,240 The mastermind is Governor Ding Chong, 21 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,040 the Left Chancellor's prized pupil. 22 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,320 Ascertain the extent of the Chancellor's involvement... 23 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,520 in this matter before the fasting period ends... 24 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,496 and return to the capital with the evidence. 25 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:01,520 Yes, Young Master. 26 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,600 It's Huo An. 27 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:13,960 It seems like the Left Chancellor... 28 00:04:13,961 --> 00:04:15,536 wants to stop me from investigating further. 29 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Young Master. 30 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:17,760 I'll deal with them. 31 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:19,080 Proceed according to plan. 32 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,080 Let's split up. 33 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:23,960 Huo An. 34 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,879 You'll have to get past me first. 35 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:27,880 Go! 36 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,560 (Shazhou) 37 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,760 Hot buns! 38 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,720 (Shazhou Women's School) 39 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,959 Women's Imperial Provincial Examination predicted questions! 40 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,079 (Literary Elegance) 41 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,520 Exclusive in all of Shazhou! 42 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:49,960 Get it first! 43 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,319 Meng Ting Hui, How much are you selling... 44 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:53,720 your predicted questions this time? 45 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,120 Bidding starts at thirty taels. 46 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,400 - Thirty taels? - Thirty taels? 47 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,559 The predicted questions for the last monthly exam... 48 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:00,600 were only ten taels. 49 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,360 This is the Provincial Examination. 50 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,696 Women were banned from taking the exam for nine years. 51 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:06,656 Now, His Majesty has reinstituted the Special Imperial Examination. 52 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,600 Pass, and you become the Emperor's pupil. 53 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,120 Your career will soar from then on. 54 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,519 Even a thousand taels wouldn't be expensive. 55 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,200 For last month's school examination, 56 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,016 you correctly predicted three essay topics. 57 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,080 I'll take this one. 58 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,160 Thirty-five taels. 59 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,616 Last time, thanks to her questions, I ranked among the best. 60 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:21,640 I'll bid forty taels. 61 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:22,760 Forty-five taels. 62 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:23,920 Fifty taels. 63 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,000 - Sold. - Let's see who dares to buy it. 64 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,160 Jiang Mei Er. 65 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,240 You... 66 00:05:45,241 --> 00:05:46,601 Don't be rash. Have you forgotten? 67 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,840 Last month, Wen Xiaomei only talked back to her once, 68 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,439 and she was expelled from the school immediately. 69 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,120 My uncle is Shazhou's governor. 70 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,600 He's the one who funds this school. 71 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:56,480 If you offend me, 72 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,680 none of you can establish yourselves here. 73 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,856 What business is it of yours that I sell exam questions? 74 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:02,880 Meng Ting Hui. 75 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,720 If you didn't sell predicted questions every month, 76 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,800 how could I be in last place every time? 77 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,600 You could buy them too. 78 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:11,280 My uncle made a rule. 79 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:12,800 You must pay 100 taels... 80 00:06:12,801 --> 00:06:14,761 to register for the Special Imperial Examination. 81 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,640 You're just a poor orphan. 82 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,279 You can't marry into a prestigious family, 83 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:19,800 nor can you run a wealthy business. 84 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,240 Now, you think you can change your through it? 85 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,200 As if you're worthy. 86 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:27,720 You rely on your family, 87 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:29,720 I rely on my ability. 88 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:31,840 Whether I'm worthy or not, 89 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,000 we'll see in the Imperial Examination. 90 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:39,880 Gosh. 91 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 If this handwritten resume... 92 00:06:41,001 --> 00:06:42,720 is accidentally blown away by the wind, 93 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,760 can you still take the Imperial Exam? 94 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:47,280 What... 95 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,456 What right do you have to take my handwritten resume? 96 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,560 Because my uncle is Shazhou's Governor. 97 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,680 You never stop mentioning your uncle. 98 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:55,080 Even if you're not sick of saying it, 99 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:56,240 we're sick of hearing it! 100 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:58,800 Let's see who dares to laugh! 101 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,240 Meng Ting Hui. 102 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,200 We're classmates, after all. 103 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,880 If you kneel down and beg me sincerely, 104 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,200 I might just... 105 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,920 show some mercy... 106 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:11,919 and return this handwritten resume to you. 107 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:12,920 Kneel down now. 108 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:14,760 The offer won't stand later. 109 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:19,216 If you want to kneel so badly, 110 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,240 then kneel on my behalf! 111 00:07:20,241 --> 00:07:21,281 How dare you get physical! 112 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:28,160 Jiang Mei Er. 113 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,160 Give me back my handwritten resume! 114 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,040 Shazhou is just a tiny place. 115 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,496 I'll be waiting for the day you're all punished by the law. 116 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,800 I'll tear apart your power-tripping faces! 117 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,880 But what can you do to me? 118 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:45,919 People are born... 119 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:46,960 into different classes. 120 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,320 My uncle is all-powerful in Shazhou. 121 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,040 What can you possibly do to me? 122 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:54,880 I'll fight you with my life. 123 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,680 Meng Ting Hui, you lunatic! 124 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:00,240 If you don't want your face ruined, 125 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,000 give me back my handwritten resume. 126 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,199 Give it back! 127 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,600 Xia! Xia, give it back to her, hurry! 128 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:12,879 Meng Ting Hui, you lunatic! 129 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:14,320 Meng Ting Hui is killing people! 130 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:54,040 (Handwritten Resume by Meng Ting Hui) 131 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,120 You little brats. 132 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,599 I raise you, feed you, 133 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:50,880 and even teach you skills. 134 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,160 And you still want to run away? 135 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,280 You force us to steal and scam people. 136 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,000 That's not teaching. 137 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:58,920 You treat us like livestock. 138 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,400 That's not raising us too. 139 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:13,080 Without me, 140 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,960 you two would've starved to death long ago. 141 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,000 I'm not afraid to die. 142 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:20,320 But I want to see you die. 143 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,560 If I ever get a knife in my hand, 144 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,840 I'll hack you to pieces. 145 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:26,519 Is this how you repay your benefactor? 146 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:27,520 You're not worthy. 147 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,799 You kidnap women, traffic children, 148 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,039 and kill people at will. 149 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,520 You're a wicked criminal guilty of the most atrocious crimes. 150 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:38,840 You say I'm guilty? 151 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,160 Where's the evidence? What are the charges? 152 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,120 Who is going to convict me? 153 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,200 You? 154 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:47,320 A little beggar? 155 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:49,160 Who'll believe your baseless words? 156 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,640 The officials all recognize me as a good citizen. 157 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,120 But if you, 158 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,360 a little scammer, 159 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,120 want to kill someone, 160 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,720 that makes you... 161 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,200 a murderer. 162 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Meng Meng! 163 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Meng Meng! 164 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,600 I heard Jiang Mei Er went to pick on you again. 165 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,320 Does she think we're easy targets? 166 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,639 I failed the school examination anyway, 167 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:19,816 so I'm not afraid of being expelled. 168 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:20,840 I... 169 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,960 I'll go bash her with my abacus to get revenge for you! 170 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:25,720 Come back. 171 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:28,160 You can't do that. 172 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:29,720 This abacus... 173 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,640 is a memento from your mother. 174 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,240 Using it to hit her just isn't worth it. 175 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,256 Jiang Mei Er did this, didn't she? 176 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,080 Your hand is meant to take the examination. 177 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:41,960 I'm going to go tear her apart! 178 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:43,440 Come back. 179 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,880 How could she ever get the better of me? 180 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,080 I snatched her dagger away... 181 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:53,880 and nearly slit her throat. 182 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,280 You should have seen it. 183 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:56,296 Jiang Mei Er was so scared, 184 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,400 she nearly lost her wits... 185 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,080 and fled in a panic. 186 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,080 Sit down. 187 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,839 Didn't we have an agreement? 188 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:24,919 You focus on your studies, 189 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:26,400 and don't go head-to-head with her. 190 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,880 It's different this time. 191 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:29,936 She used my handwritten resume to threaten me. 192 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:30,960 I'll... 193 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,800 It's right here. I got it back. 194 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:40,600 Ever since I met you, 195 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,080 you've been... 196 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,400 doing chores by day to earn tuition... 197 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,400 and staying up all night to study. 198 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,119 I know you're looking forward... 199 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,040 to taking the Imperial Examination one day. 200 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:55,320 But in my opinion, 201 00:12:55,321 --> 00:12:57,040 nothing is worth risking your life for. 202 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,520 I'm just an ordinary orphan. 203 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,800 Even the King of Hell thinks I'm too tough. 204 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:05,480 This won't do. 205 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,440 Jiang Mei Er is very vengeful. 206 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,120 You can't stay in this dormitory anymore. 207 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,040 Pack your things and stay at my house. 208 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:25,760 Fu Zhi. 209 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:30,680 Forget it. 210 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:33,800 Every time I go to your house, 211 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,279 your stepmother looks at me... 212 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:36,320 as if I'm a thief. 213 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,480 Why don't we move to Bofeng House? 214 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:43,160 Did your father and stepmother... 215 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,561 actually agree to let you manage Bofeng House's business? 216 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:49,199 Don't they say that with a stepmother... 217 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,600 comes a stepfather? 218 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:52,480 My stepmother... 219 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:54,736 kept harping on me about failing the school examination. 220 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,816 She handed over the almost bankrupt Bofeng House to me. 221 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,559 She even said that if I can't earn... 222 00:13:58,560 --> 00:13:59,720 300 taels within a month, 223 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,520 I'll have to go back and get married. 224 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,279 But are women born... 225 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,960 to be confined to the inner chambers? 226 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,840 I may not be good at studying, 227 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,400 but I'm great with an abacus. 228 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,560 I know business well too. 229 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,280 They just look down on all that. 230 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:14,600 Fu Zhi. 231 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,560 Let's make our mark in the capital. 232 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,520 You'll open a restaurant, and I'll take the Imperial Examination. 233 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:23,120 In the imperial capital, 234 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,440 we'll surely make a name for ourselves. 235 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,240 I'd love nothing more than that. 236 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,559 But right now, they're forcing me to get married. 237 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,120 I'm worried sick about it. 238 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,640 I'll help you figure something out. 239 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:37,800 Really? 240 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,319 But you also need to save up for the registration fee. 241 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,280 Let's make money together and get through this. 242 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:43,880 We'll get through this! 243 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,440 Situ Xue! 244 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:55,680 Situ Xue is here! 245 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:06,360 Who is Situ Xue? 246 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:07,879 She's the top dancer in Great Ning's capital. 247 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:08,959 Everything she eats or uses... 248 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,199 becomes highly sought after by people. 249 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:11,319 Yes, when she danced at the Flower Festival, 250 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:12,760 even His Majesty praised her. 251 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,400 Situ Xue! 252 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:16,640 Situ Xue! 253 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:18,160 Situ Xue! 254 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:20,320 Situ Xue! 255 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:23,880 I got it! 256 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:24,960 I got it! 257 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,400 Situ Xue! 258 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,040 There's enough for everyone. Here! 259 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:34,039 Today, at Bofeng House, 260 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,656 not only are there song and dance performances, 261 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,559 Ms. Situ's handmade Spring Flower and Autumn Moon pastries... 262 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:39,840 are also 20 percent off! 263 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,239 Go to Bofeng House... 264 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,000 to see Situ Xue! 265 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,120 Situ Xue! 266 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:48,840 Distinguished customers, 267 00:15:48,841 --> 00:15:50,880 Bofeng House reopens today. 268 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,359 We've invited Situ Xue, the capital's top dancer, 269 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,560 to perform in person. 270 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:56,360 - Great! - Nice! 271 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,040 All customers who enter... 272 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,159 can enjoy Ms. Situ's performance up close. 273 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,440 For three days only! 274 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,240 - Nice! - Great! 275 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,840 Please welcome Ms. Situ! 276 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,040 Black Tiger Hall's Old Madam has passed away! 277 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:47,560 Pay your respects voluntarily! 278 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:48,920 Mourn voluntarily! 279 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:52,800 Put it on! 280 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:58,960 Black Tiger Hall's Old Madam has passed away! 281 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:00,479 Pay your respects voluntarily! 282 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:01,720 Mourn voluntarily! 283 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,240 (Memorial tablet of the late Old Madam Wang, mother of Mr. Feng) 284 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:17,760 - Move! Hurry! - How dare you run! 285 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,720 (Auspicious, Wedding Procession) 286 00:17:58,480 --> 00:17:59,480 Let's talk this over. 287 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:00,800 Get off! 288 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:03,120 Come out! 289 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:05,080 Dear. 290 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:06,520 Go away. 291 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:07,520 Dear. 292 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,400 I'm here to pick up my bride today. 293 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:11,999 How can she wear mourning clothes? 294 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,119 (Old Madam Wang, Mother of Mr. Feng) 295 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:15,960 You freaking talk too much! 296 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,240 Dear! 297 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:22,320 Dear! 298 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:24,440 Dear! 299 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,280 Dear! 300 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,040 Dear! 301 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,040 Dear! 302 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:34,920 Dear. 303 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:36,960 Dear. 304 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:39,599 Dear. 305 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,080 Dear. 306 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:00,720 (Bofeng House) 307 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,240 Bofeng House is finally going to boom again! 308 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:08,999 It was worth the fortune I spent... 309 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,400 on the camels and floats. 310 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:15,560 This is great. 311 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:18,160 (Yongwei, Wanshun Shoe Shop) 312 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:21,760 (Zhang's Sheep Offal Soup) 313 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,640 (Bofeng House) 314 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,920 It's my mother's funeral today. 315 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:33,720 Yet... 316 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,440 someone dares to hold a grand opening! 317 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:38,520 Guards! 318 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:43,920 Black Tiger Hall is here! 319 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,080 Run! 320 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,399 Black Tiger Hall is holding a funeral today. 321 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,080 Hurry, close up and see the customers out! 322 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,999 Black Tiger Hall's Old Madam passed away today. 323 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,200 You're dressed so gaudily. 324 00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,799 You're deliberately provoking Black Tiger Hall! 325 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:00,880 Please calm down, everyone. 326 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,216 We'll change into plain clothes right away... 327 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,856 and wear mourning clothes for Old Madam... 328 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:05,960 to express our condolences. 329 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,136 You've violate the taboo in the day of Old Madam's passing. 330 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,559 I'll make sure your celebration turns into a funeral today! 331 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:13,960 I'm the proprietor of Bofeng House. 332 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,399 She is my guest of honor today. 333 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,696 If you have a problem, come at me. 334 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:17,880 I'll grant your wish! 335 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:26,800 A hero rescuing a damsel in distress. 336 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,976 Do you know who's the backer of Black Tiger Hall? 337 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,400 It's Ding Chong, Governor Ding, 338 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:31,840 the law of Shazhou. 339 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,320 Black Tiger Hall has many men. 340 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:35,720 We can't afford to offend them. 341 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,120 Don't worry. 342 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,640 You don't need to fear them. 343 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,040 You talk big, Young Master. 344 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:46,760 It's fine if you're not afraid, 345 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,360 but don't drag Bofeng House into this. 346 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,040 How insolent! How dare you... 347 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,600 (Sha) 348 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:11,960 Shazhou armament. 349 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:13,759 How do you have a military dagger? 350 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,040 If you like it, you can have it. 351 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,616 This man is arrogantly provoking Black Tiger Hall. 352 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,200 He has nothing to do with Bofeng House. 353 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:27,360 Fu Zhi. 354 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,079 Meng Meng, Bofeng House just opened, 355 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,279 and we've already offended Black Tiger Hall. 356 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:37,776 How will we do business in the future? 357 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,879 Don't worry. Isn't someone... 358 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,360 charging into the tiger's den for us? 359 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:42,720 He doesn't look like a local. 360 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,360 Maybe he can handle it. 361 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:45,760 Fu Zhi, 362 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,056 go back to the Yan Residence through the back door. 363 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,080 Lay low for a while. 364 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,319 No way. You're doing this to help me. 365 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,639 How can I leave you behind? 366 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,320 They don't even know what I look like. 367 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,559 If your father hears about today's events... 368 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,400 from someone else, he'll blame you again. 369 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,199 Go home and explain it to him first, 370 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,160 so your stepmother can't use this to make a fuss. 371 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:04,456 Then hide well on the second floor. 372 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:05,599 I'll come find you tomorrow. 373 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:06,800 - All right. - All right. 374 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,920 (Zhang's Sheep Offal Soup) 375 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,400 Young Master, 376 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:48,999 we are closed for the day. 377 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,200 Please find another place. 378 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,256 You're trespassing in a lady's chamber. 379 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:56,280 If you don't leave, 380 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,560 I'll call for help. 381 00:22:58,440 --> 00:22:59,440 Let's go. 382 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,280 Where did you get this dagger? 383 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,040 I found it on the road. 384 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,200 It's specially made by the Shazhou Armory. 385 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,440 You certainly have a knack for finding things. 386 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,760 I'm just a commoner. 387 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,720 How would I recognize military items? 388 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,800 Yet why are you so familiar with them? 389 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:23,440 Are you a deserter? 390 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,640 Are those people outside looking to arrest you? 391 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,520 You only managed to escape just now by using me as a shield. 392 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,160 Are you repaying my kindness with ingratitude so soon? 393 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,120 Please leave at once. 394 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:34,640 Stop pestering me. 395 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,800 You impersonated Situ Xue to deceive the public... 396 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,280 and illegally possess armament, showing ill intent. 397 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,920 By law, you should be exiled. 398 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,640 What makes you say I'm a fake? 399 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,920 Because I have met... 400 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:56,920 the real Situ Xue once. 401 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,200 Somebody! 402 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:19,760 Stop. 403 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:22,240 Did you sleep well? 404 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,496 Give back my handwritten resume. 405 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:26,840 Where did the armament come from? 406 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,600 It's Jiang Mei Er's. 407 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:30,840 Go on. 408 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,400 Her uncle is Ding Chong, Shazhou's Governor. 409 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,760 I took it by accident... 410 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,080 during our dispute at school. 411 00:24:37,081 --> 00:24:39,000 Black Tiger Hall runs rampant in Shazhou. 412 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,239 Ding Chong seems quite comfortable in his position... 413 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:42,520 as Shazhou's governor. 414 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,640 Black Tiger Hall's members are his henchmen. 415 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,120 They've seized land for him for years, 416 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:50,279 forced women into prostitution, and murdered merchants. 417 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:51,840 Their crimes are too many to count. 418 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,720 Shazhou is adjacent to Northern Jian. 419 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,760 It's a military stronghold, 420 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,496 but it's far away from the Emperor. 421 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,616 With a garrison stationed there, 422 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,160 no one cares about Shazhou's affairs. 423 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:01,560 In Shazhou today, 424 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,600 Ding Chong is the Emperor. 425 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:06,960 Is there a black market in Shazhou? 426 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:09,760 Jiuyou City sells forbidden goods from all over. 427 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,200 As long as you can pay, 428 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,720 there's nothing they won't sell. 429 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:13,920 Where is it? 430 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,120 Go three miles south from Bofeng House. 431 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,080 You'll see a forest of poplars. 432 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,640 Then follow the riverbed east. You'll... 433 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:23,960 Young Master. 434 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,600 Shazhou's terrain is very complex. 435 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:28,040 Let go of me first. 436 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,080 I'll draw a detailed map for you. 437 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:34,160 In that case, 438 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,160 I'll trouble you to lead the way yourself. 439 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,480 To lead the way, you must let go of me first. 440 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,400 After all, I'm just a weak woman. 441 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,440 Stop playing tricks. 442 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,759 Until the armament you possessed is investigated clearly, 443 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,000 you're not going anywhere. 444 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,080 We're going to Jiuyou City now. 445 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:53,840 It's too late today. 446 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,199 Jiuyou City opens at 5pm and closes at 11pm. 447 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,720 We can only wait until tomorrow night. 448 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,279 You are selfish, 449 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,280 full of lies, 450 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,440 and silver-tongued when caught. 451 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,640 You play the innocent victim with such ease. 452 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:07,999 You're so cunning, deceitful, 453 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000 and two-faced. 454 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,000 How do I know you're not tricking me? 455 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,240 I certainly left a deep impression on you. 456 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,680 I can take you to the gate of Jiuyou City, 457 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,360 but please let me leave after that. 458 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,040 Fu Zhi's restaurant just opened, 459 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,520 and I need to study for the exam. 460 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,239 We're just two young women, 461 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,200 trying to find a way to survive in this world. 462 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,840 Who would dare go to that eerie and terrifying Jiuyou City, 463 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,040 let alone get involved with armament and Ding Chong? 464 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,360 That sounds believable. 465 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,160 You were so desperate for this handwritten resume just now. 466 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,440 Do you intend to become an official? 467 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,560 How is that any of your business? 468 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:48,680 This is the only path... 469 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,520 this world has given me. 470 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,239 (Grave of sister, Xiang) 471 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,520 Xiang. 472 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,080 I'm all alone from now on. 473 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,200 What should I do? 474 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:04,200 Xiang... 475 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,399 would surely want you... 476 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,840 to live on strongly. 477 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,200 I want to avenge Xiang. 478 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,360 I want those villains to suffer... 479 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,720 a hundred, a thousand times more than she did! 480 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:18,880 Hatred... 481 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,520 only blinds people's eyes, 482 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,640 making them lose their way. 483 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:25,560 If you want justice, 484 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,120 there are many ways to get it. 485 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,040 Becoming strong... 486 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,000 is the best revenge. 487 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,679 How can I become... 488 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:39,920 as strong as you? 489 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,240 Go and study, take the Imperial Examination, 490 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,720 and become an official. 491 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:45,600 When you have power in your hands, 492 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,320 everything will be different. 493 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,536 The Women's Imperial Examination was suspended for three batches. 494 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,640 This year is the first Special Imperial Examination. 495 00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,439 But the Imperial Court wants everyone... 496 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:00,960 to pay a 100-tael registration fee. 497 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,079 How many women in Shazhou... 498 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,680 are deterred because of this sum? 499 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,080 I still haven't saved enough. 500 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,680 Only by becoming an official can I have power. 501 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,440 This handwritten resume is my life. 502 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:14,480 How absurd. 503 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,999 When has the Imperial Court ever charged a registration fee? 504 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,520 In Shazhou, Ding Chong's rules are the Imperial Court's rules. 505 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:21,080 The exam is imminent. 506 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,256 I'm only trying to protect myself. What's wrong with that? 507 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,680 That's a well-reasoned argument. 508 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,240 It's quite convincing. 509 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:29,776 But it's always hard to tell truth from lies with your words. 510 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,879 Once we reach Jiuyou City, 511 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,440 this will naturally be returned to you. 512 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:43,920 I urge you to drink another cup of wine 513 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,079 West of Yang Pass 514 00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,720 There are no old friends 515 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,080 Governor Ding. 516 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:56,520 Your sister, Madam Jiang, 517 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,200 sent over the bank's profits... 518 00:28:58,520 --> 00:28:59,560 and its customer list. 519 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,880 Here are the accounts of Jiuyou City too. 520 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,360 This business could cost us our heads. 521 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:05,600 Tell Feng Lu... 522 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:07,640 to sell things more discreetly next time. 523 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:08,919 Don't let his lackeys... 524 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,360 parade them through the streets. 525 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:11,640 It's too conspicuous. 526 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:13,840 Hall Master Feng has you as his backer, 527 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:15,999 so he doesn't care about these things. 528 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,600 Today, Old Madam Feng passed away. 529 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,479 They even forced everyone in the city... 530 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:20,480 to wear mourning clothes. 531 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,320 Not only did they hack a groom to death, 532 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,200 they also injured many people. 533 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,200 That fool. 534 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:27,800 He's always causing trouble for me. 535 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,560 Hall Master Feng also knows he has troubled you. 536 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,080 So he added a tribute from Black Tiger Hall. 537 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,080 At least he's thoughtful. 538 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,200 Uncle! 539 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:44,800 Uncle! 540 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:46,680 Slow down. 541 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,919 Uncle, Yan Fu Zhi opened a restaurant. 542 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:50,520 Has she ever sent you any tribute money? 543 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:51,920 What money? 544 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:53,120 Governor. 545 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,760 The Yan family's daughter took over Bofeng House. 546 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,200 It reopened today. 547 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,719 She specially invited Situ Xue... 548 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,880 from the capital's Huiyin House to create some hype. 549 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,200 She's said to be the top dancer in the capital... 550 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,400 and a peerless beauty. 551 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,919 Tell me, who is prettier, Situ Xue or me? 552 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,600 Of course it's Situ Xue. 553 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,800 Of course you are radiantly beautiful and captivating. 554 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:18,840 Situ Xue is just an entertainer. 555 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:20,960 How can she compare to you? 556 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,280 Uncle. 557 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,079 Yan Fu Zhi clearly... 558 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:27,640 has no respect for you. 559 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,359 She didn't even send an invitation. 560 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,680 And she's even helping Meng Ting Hui bully me. 561 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:33,960 Uncle, look. 562 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,120 The wound on my neck was Meng Ting Hui's doing. 563 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,240 They almost killed me. 564 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:39,960 So, Uncle, 565 00:30:39,961 --> 00:30:41,240 you must teach them a lesson. 566 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:42,400 It was the same during the last school examination. 567 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:43,400 Because Meng Ting Hui... 568 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:44,679 sold the exam questions in advance, 569 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:45,960 I ended up being in last place. 570 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,856 You're even bringing up that school examination? 571 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,199 If I hadn't given the nod, 572 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,920 you wouldn't even have made last place. 573 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,336 I've already made arrangements for your Metropolitan Exam... 574 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,960 and your path in the capital. 575 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,600 But you have to at least act the part and study. 576 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,360 That's what's important. 577 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,560 Don't spend all day bickering with some orphan girl. 578 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,239 Got it, Uncle. 579 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,200 When the time comes, I'll arrange a respectable... 580 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,439 and undemanding position for you. 581 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,440 Will you do it? 582 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,000 Of course I will. 583 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,199 Thank you, Uncle. I knew it. 584 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,560 Uncle, you're the best. I knew you'd stand up for me. 585 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,720 Wait. 586 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,480 Isn't this jewelry from last month? 587 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,360 Look at you. 588 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:22,960 Here, take this. 589 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,160 Go buy more. 590 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,640 Thank you, Uncle. I'll get going. 591 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,080 Go study. Don't end up in last place again! 592 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:29,440 Got it. 593 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,200 That girl is so flighty. 594 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,216 Just like her father who didn't live long. 595 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,639 Just a pretty face... 596 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:36,640 with no brains. 597 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,000 By the way, 598 00:31:39,001 --> 00:31:42,040 has the Imperial Examination registration fees been collected? 599 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,200 (Xu Ting) 600 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:19,640 Left Chancellor. 601 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,040 It's already 11pm. 602 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,840 You are still reviewing memorials? 603 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:24,680 Yet this new Emperor... 604 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,640 left the palace in secret under the guise of seclusion. 605 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,120 It is truly unseemly. 606 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,600 It is common for young people... 607 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,400 to be captivated by scenery. 608 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,040 But I never expected... 609 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:38,759 he would bring such a farce... 610 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,400 as the Women's Special Imperial Examination to the Imperial Court. 611 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,119 The lesson of the previous dynasty abolishing it three times... 612 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,520 was clearly not enough. 613 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:47,639 When women meddle in politics, 614 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,640 misfortune will surely befall the nation. 615 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,599 How can the fate of this nation... 616 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,959 be embroidered amidst rouge and powder? 617 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:55,120 You are wise, Chancellor. 618 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:57,640 Those ladies in their chambers... 619 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,056 may not have even finished reading... 620 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:00,456 "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art". 621 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,200 How can they govern a nation? 622 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:03,680 But His Majesty... 623 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,120 is using seclusion as a pretext... 624 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:09,760 to visit Shazhou in secret. 625 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,240 Is it just youthful curiosity, 626 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,520 or does he have other motives? 627 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,120 (From the Minister of Justice, Wan Kai) 628 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,240 He is just a child, after all. 629 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:29,800 He is nothing to fear. 630 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,679 I have ordered Huo An to go to Shazhou... 631 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,920 to bring His Majesty back to the palace. 632 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,280 Otherwise, by the time he comes out of seclusion, 633 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,120 the dignity of Great Ning... 634 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,760 will become a laughingstock. 635 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,160 Meng Meng! 636 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,079 Meng Meng, wake up quickly! 637 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,240 Meng Meng, get dressed! 638 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:00,479 We're packed with customers downstairs! 639 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:02,279 They are all here for Situ Xue! 640 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:03,720 We're going to be rich! 641 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:04,760 Meng Meng, 642 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,520 you really are my lucky star! 643 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:09,800 You bold pervert! 644 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,439 How dare you break into Meng Meng's room! 645 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:13,440 Meng Meng. 646 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:14,960 Did he touch you? 647 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:16,680 Are you all right? 648 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:18,120 Fu Zhi. 649 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,720 You pervert. I'll kill you! 650 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,120 I'm going to chop you up! 651 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:28,440 As expected of Shazhou. 652 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,200 People here are indeed fierce. 653 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:34,960 How dare you call me fierce! 654 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,400 Prepare to die! 655 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:39,600 Fu Zhi. 656 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:40,880 He didn't molest me. 657 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:41,880 Then who is he? 658 00:34:41,881 --> 00:34:43,800 Why is he in your room so early in the morning? 659 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:45,640 Yesterday, in front of Bofeng House, 660 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,240 it was he who saved us. 661 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,096 I was afraid Black Tiger Hall would hunt him down, 662 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,440 so I let him take refuge here. 663 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,440 So he's our savior. 664 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:54,720 Forgive me, Young Master. 665 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,200 I was in a rush yesterday and didn't take a good look. 666 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,759 You truly have bright eyes and well-shaped eyebrows. 667 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,439 Handsome and dashing, 668 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:04,600 with extraordinary aura. 669 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:05,680 Fu Zhi. 670 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,120 He knows I'm not Situ Xue. 671 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,816 Even if you're our savior, we can't spare you. 672 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:14,776 Meng Meng only pretended to be Situ Xue for my sake. 673 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,079 I'm also the owner of Bofeng House. 674 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,199 Since you already know our secret, 675 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,040 you cannot be allowed to live. Prepare to die! 676 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,800 No wonder you two are friends. 677 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:25,960 You have the exact same temper. 678 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:30,880 Meng Meng. 679 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,120 Don't you just want to make money by pretending to be Situ Xue? 680 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:35,560 Let me teach you... 681 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,400 how to play the part more convincingly. 682 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:39,600 Situ Xue was born in March... 683 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:41,280 and only loves begonias. 684 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,200 With this begonia flower... 685 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,400 You are Situ Xue. 686 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:06,680 I didn't expect you and Situ Xue to be old acquaintances. 687 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,479 What a misunderstanding! 688 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:09,759 We're all on the same side here. 689 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,360 - Who's on the same side as her? - Who's on the same side as him? 690 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:15,280 However, 691 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,560 even close friends must settle accounts clearly. 692 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:19,720 Yesterday's lodging fee, 693 00:36:19,721 --> 00:36:20,759 today's emotional distress fee, 694 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:21,960 wall repair fee... 695 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,040 - Medical fees. - Both arms. 696 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:25,280 In total, 697 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,320 three times the room rate. Pay in cash now. 698 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,400 Young Master, you're not trying to dodge the bill, are you? 699 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,280 Clear texture, warm to the touch. 700 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:44,320 Fine jade. 701 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:45,719 How should I address you, Young Master? 702 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:46,720 He Du. 703 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:47,800 I'll leave... 704 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,336 this jade pendant with you as collateral first. 705 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:50,360 Once my friend arrives, 706 00:36:50,361 --> 00:36:51,721 the room fee will be paid in full. 707 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,239 Sure... With this jade pendant, 708 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,000 - you can stay here for a lifetime. - No. 709 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,320 I'm taking you away today. 710 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:01,640 If there's nothing else, please leave. 711 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:03,560 All right. 712 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000 Fu Zhi, we must send this man away. 713 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:09,919 For the sake of the jade pendant, 714 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,279 don't be so hard on him. 715 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,239 In Shazhou, this jade pendant could buy at least ten manors. 716 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:14,799 This man is of extraordinary status. Being so conspicuous, 717 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,216 he'll drag Bofeng House down eventually. 718 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:18,296 He must be sent away, and I must get my handwritten resume back. 719 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,320 Handwritten resume? 720 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,360 Come and take a look. Check it out, come and see! 721 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,199 Ms. Meng, these are newly-acquired ancient books. 722 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:28,520 I kept them specifically for you. 723 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,040 Thank you, sir. 724 00:37:33,041 --> 00:37:34,200 You're welcome. 725 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:35,960 Come back soon. 726 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,360 Black leather boots, lion-patterned belt, 727 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:44,560 gold-buckled saber. 728 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,880 These people must be generals from the capital. 729 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:51,360 Search for him! 730 00:37:51,361 --> 00:37:53,441 Find him even if you must turn the place inside out! 731 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:54,840 Search for him! 732 00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:12,840 Sir, look! 733 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,480 (Meet this man in Guxiang Street at 7am) 734 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:21,040 Let's go! 735 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,080 Young Master He. 736 00:38:34,081 --> 00:38:35,999 - We need to hurry. - Take a look! 737 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,760 Jiuyou City waits for no one once it opens. 738 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,520 Meng Ting Hui. 739 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,280 Where did you pick up... 740 00:38:45,281 --> 00:38:46,600 this noble young master? 741 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,560 You're really something. 742 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:50,399 An drifting orphan with no roots like you, 743 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,799 whom no one would even marry, 744 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,680 actually managed to climb up the social ladder. 745 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,279 Not everyone is like you, Madam Yan, 746 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,840 relying on marriage to change her fate. 747 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,360 You couldn't change it even if you tried. 748 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,520 I heard you offended Jiang Mei Er. 749 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,936 And you're still dreaming of taking the Imperial Examination? 750 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,239 All these years, you've been tricking Fu Zhi... 751 00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:09,280 into letting you live off the Yan family. 752 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,536 Otherwise, who knows where you'd be wandering now? 753 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:12,800 Madam Yan, watch your words. 754 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,056 I'm a working student at the Women's School. 755 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:16,880 I've never taken advantage of the Yan family. 756 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:18,240 As for you, Madam Yan, 757 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:19,799 with your fine silks... 758 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:20,960 and glittering jewels, 759 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:22,576 I'm afraid the Yan family's accounts... 760 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:24,080 wouldn't withstand a close audit. 761 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,640 You can always twist the truth with your words. 762 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:28,880 You've been a con artist since you were little, 763 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:30,280 always full of schemes. 764 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:31,719 No wonder that girl Fu Zhi... 765 00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,000 is so devoted to you. 766 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,560 Master Yan, you're here. 767 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:37,840 Dear. 768 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:39,960 Dear. 769 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:42,880 You call me a liar and a schemer, 770 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,880 but your knack for changing your tune is far more impressive. 771 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:51,240 Young Master, 772 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:52,559 I see you are a man of noble bearing. 773 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:53,800 Let me give you a warning. 774 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,080 Stay away from this wicked girl. 775 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,400 She's capable of murder for money. 776 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,240 When I was pregnant, 777 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,200 she pushed me down the stairs. 778 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,840 So cruel at a young age. 779 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:18,920 It's not too late to leave now. 780 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,000 Ms. Meng, you're becoming more and more interesting. 781 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,120 Aren't we going to Jiuyou City? 782 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:26,320 I've already given you a chance. 783 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:27,840 If you won't go, 784 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,240 then I'm sorry. 785 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,920 (Shazhou) 786 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,360 Meng Ting Hui really has her ways. 787 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,040 She actually got you all together. 788 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,960 Brothers, where are you from? 789 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:12,680 Watch out, don't hit your own people. 790 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:14,520 This kid has some skills. 791 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:15,720 Let's work together. 792 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,520 Take out his legs first. 793 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:46,319 - Spare our lives, sir! - Spare us, sir! 794 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:47,936 - We won't do it again. - We won't do it again. 795 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:49,920 - We won't do it again. - Spare us, sir! 796 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:51,040 Spare our lives, sir. 797 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:53,319 We won't do it again. Spare us, sir! 798 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,279 - Spare our lives, sir! - Spare us, sir! 799 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,760 (Sha) 800 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,200 (Shazhou Wang's Wine Store) 801 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:13,680 Where did these Shazhou armament come from?