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=The Road to Splendor=

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(Adapted from China Literature author
Zhizhi's novel of the same name)

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=Episode 11=

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The garrison

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runs on a strict hierarchy.

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Our husbands all have

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different ranks.

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So where military families live

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depends on rank too.

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Families of Banner Commanders

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and anyone below them

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live right here,

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in Desheng Ward.

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But someday,

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if your man

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gets promoted to company commander,

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you can move into a three-courtyard
brick house on South Street.

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And if

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he makes battalion commander,

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you can move
near the Commander's Office,

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into one of those grand carved mansions
to the east.

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Even their thresholds

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stand nine cun higher
than ordinary homes.

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But for now,

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your place

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is right over there.

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Ma!

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Quit singing!

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You're killing my ears!

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So,

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do we buy our own daily supplies,

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or does the garrison provide them?

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That

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depends on rank too.

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Around here,

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money

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can't buy you everything.

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Sometimes,

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even getting water

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means waiting for your assigned time.

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And that's not even counting

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my husband's rank.

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My younger brother

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is an officer too.

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He's a deputy battalion commander.

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So we get special treatment
in just about everything.

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Go.

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That's why I say, Miss Xie,

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if a woman

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wants a good life,

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she still needs a man to rely on.

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The place is a little run-down,

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but with some work,

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we can make it feel like home.

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Well then,

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I'll let you get settled.

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I won't keep you.

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Come catch me!

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I'll reach senior fifth rank
as soon as I can,

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and take everyone back to the capital.

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Of course I believe in you.

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Concubine Lu was the one

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who took your velvet flower
in the first place.

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You were kind enough

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to save her from embarrassment,

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and look what happened.

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Now you've offended Madam Mo.

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Who would've thought

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a general's wife could be so petty,

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putting someone on the spot like that?

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Whatever's going on
between his wife and concubine

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is Mo's family business.

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Those two already had bad blood.

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They just dragged you into it.

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It's not like we went looking
for trouble.

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From now on,

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keep your distance from them.

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Don't worry, Mr. Zhao.

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People show their true colors with time.

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As for you,

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focus on your duties

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and get yourself established.

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I'll decide for myself

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how to deal with the officers' wives.

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I trust you.

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But promise me

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you won't take unnecessary risks.

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I'll be at the barracks from now on.

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If anything happens,

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have Sen send word to me.

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Go on.

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We can handle

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the rest of this.

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All right.

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Ganlin may be a frontier town,

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but it's not exactly the front line.

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In the army,

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if you want to move up,

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you either rack up enough enemy kills

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or pull off something extraordinary.

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But you just got here.

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You're not going

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to see combat anytime soon.

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Then how are we supposed
to earn any merit?

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Camp rules say

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they put up a red-ribbon target
every month.

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Anyone who hits it is marked
as outstanding

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and gets first shot

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at any chance to earn merit.

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Then why isn't everyone going for it?

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The other camps took theirs down
ages ago.

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But here,

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Commander Lu missed his,

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(Lu Dahu, Deputy Battalion Commander)
so no one dares take it from him.

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Commander Lu?

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What's so special about him?

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Nobody dares outdo him?

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General Mo didn't tell you?

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He's his brother-in-law

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and a deputy battalion commander.

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This bow's a piece of junk.

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There is a Concubine Lu.

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General Mo.

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General Mo!

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Yi!

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Zhao.

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General Mo.

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Here.

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Take it.

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I can't accept this.

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Why not?

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This bow

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was meant for the man

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who distinguished himself
in the Yongning investigation.

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You've more than earned it.

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It'd be wrong

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for me to keep it for myself.

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Trust me.

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Take it.

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Zhao,

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listen to me.

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Don't rush things.

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Compared with Shaqiong Town,

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we've got too many men chasing
too few opportunities.

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But you've got

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the Sixteenth Master's recommendation.

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Once you've earned some merit,

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Commander Wang

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will surely consider you for promotion.

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Thank you for the advice, General Mo.

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All right.

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Go on. Try the bow.

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Look at that.

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That's a nice bow.

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Unbelievable.

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Let me try it.

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I even let my sister
become his mistress,

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and he gives that bow to someone else?

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Mr. Zhao,

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with a bow like this,

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you could hit anything
at a hundred paces.

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Go back.

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Go.

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(Virtuous, Serene and Proper)

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You are dismissed.

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How is it still this hot
this time of year?

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It is strange.

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Well, if it isn't Madam Mo.

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Here to pick up your eldest daughter?

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That's right.

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I hear

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there's a new young lady in town.

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How are you getting along?

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She's too good for the likes of me.

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Can't say I'm surprised.

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Just look at Miss Xie.

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Everything she eats and uses,

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everything she wears...

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it's all so refined.

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She's not one of us.

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She probably sees us
as country bumpkins.

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Why would she bother getting close
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All she has to do is play a few tricks,

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get what she wants and walk away.

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If she keeps playing clever like this

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and actually gets established in Ganlin,

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the rest of us

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will end up dancing to her tune.

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Just look at Concubine Lu.

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Before,

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nobody could stand her.

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Now that she's got someone on her side,

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she's suddenly

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walking around with her head held high.

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Miss Xie,

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the fields granted
by the Sixteenth Master were taken.

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Taken it over?

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We have the deed.

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The authorities only just granted us
that land.

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How can someone just take it?

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Is there no law around here?

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They don't care about deeds here.

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It's all women and children.

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They insist it was wasteland

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and they've been farming it for years.

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I couldn't win the argument.

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I'll go.

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Sanniang.

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Then where did these bamboo slips
come from?

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There are old battlefield graves
from the previous dynasty on the land.

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They said

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we could keep whatever they dug up.

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It's all worthless junk.

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They're doing this just to spite us.

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From graves?

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That's bad luck.

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Exactly.

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(Mo Residence)

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We're all brothers in arms.

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And now you've seized

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Banner Commander Zhao's fields.

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How can I face anyone

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in the military now?

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His fields?

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I reclaimed the wasteland!

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That land sat abandoned for
over ten years.

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The weeds were taller than a man.

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I took people out there myself

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and cleared it little by little.

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We've got three children

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to provide for.

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Meanwhile, you get to stay out all day

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and leave everything to me.

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You've never lifted a finger
in the fields,

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and you're still keeping another woman!

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Here we go again.

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Amazing.

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What respectable man these days

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doesn't have a few concubines
and mistresses?

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What's the big deal?

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So that Lu woman isn't enough for you?

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You want another one?

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Why don't you just

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go after that Xie woman?

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You...

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She's even prettier than that Lu,

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and that figure of hers

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puts Lu's to shame!

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Go on, then! Go get her!

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Shameless!

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Have you got no shame at all?

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Mo, you rotten scumbag!

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Just you dare go near her!

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I...

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I'll break her legs!

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Sorry about that, Miss Xie.

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(Mo Residence)

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Maybe we shouldn't go in.

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How was it with Madam Mo today?

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Didn't go very well.

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Madam Mo

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is a complete shrew.

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The other military families

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are afraid the land they're reassigned

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won't be as fertile as ours,

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so they refuse to give it up.

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As for Madam Mo,

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she's still holding a grudge

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over what happened when we first met

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and is giving me a hard time.

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I never meant to get dragged
into the Mo family's domestic feud,

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nor do I want to make enemies

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of the military families farming
that land.

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But now,

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I'm caught in the middle.

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If it's really that much trouble,

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then maybe this land

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isn't worth fighting over.

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You can't reason with people

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who refuse to listen.

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If we can't even hold on
to a piece of land,

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how are we supposed

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to make a life here?

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And then,

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what will people think of you?

286
00:13:09,799 --> 00:13:11,000
Even in the army,

287
00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,000
people may start looking down on you.

288
00:13:15,039 --> 00:13:16,120
So this land...

289
00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:18,279
we're not giving it up.

290
00:13:19,519 --> 00:13:20,080
All right.

291
00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:22,600
If you want to fight for it,

292
00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:24,240
then we'll fight for it.

293
00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,919
These dates are good today.

294
00:13:26,919 --> 00:13:27,480
Yeah.

295
00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,039
Big and plump.

296
00:13:28,039 --> 00:13:28,879
Come catch me!

297
00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:29,919
Biao.

298
00:13:30,399 --> 00:13:31,240
Did you hear?

299
00:13:31,799 --> 00:13:32,759
The authorities

300
00:13:32,759 --> 00:13:33,919
need land for a cemetery.

301
00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,159
And they've chosen

302
00:13:35,159 --> 00:13:37,120
the plot that belongs to Miss Xie.

303
00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,200
Seriously?

304
00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:38,840
It's true.

305
00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:39,679
A cemetery?

306
00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:40,159
Yeah.

307
00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:43,600
Isn't that the land we're farming?

308
00:13:45,279 --> 00:13:46,679
They did dig up

309
00:13:46,799 --> 00:13:48,639
human bones there years ago.

310
00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,600
Makes sense they'd turn it
into a cemetery.

311
00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,399
We need to tell Madam Mo right away.

312
00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:53,240
Yeah.

313
00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:53,759
Well...

314
00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,360
(Madam Mo, nee Zhou)

315
00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,120
(Signed and sealed by Sun Zhen)

316
00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:01,600
Madam Mo,

317
00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,559
once the new deed is issued
in a couple of days,

318
00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:06,440
someone will deliver it
to your residence.

319
00:14:06,759 --> 00:14:07,919
Thank you for the trouble.

320
00:14:08,159 --> 00:14:09,000
Of course.

321
00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:10,679
My turn.

322
00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,080
(Contracting Party: Lin Sisheng)
It should be filed in Xie's name.

323
00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:14,679
Well, that's strange.

324
00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:15,840
Usually,

325
00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,320
you all fight

326
00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,879
over this land.

327
00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:19,960
Why are you

328
00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,200
giving it up so easily today?

329
00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:22,799
Surely you jest, My Lord.

330
00:14:23,159 --> 00:14:25,519
If the authorities need that land
for a cemetery,

331
00:14:25,639 --> 00:14:26,879
then as military families,

332
00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,399
of course we'll cooperate.

333
00:14:28,799 --> 00:14:29,759
A cemetery?

334
00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,519
Where did you hear that?

335
00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:33,559
My Lord,

336
00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,679
we heard just a few days ago

337
00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:37,960
that Miss Xie's land was being taken
for a cemetery.

338
00:14:38,679 --> 00:14:39,720
That's not true.

339
00:14:39,799 --> 00:14:41,480
Now that the deeds have been corrected,

340
00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:42,679
the matter is settled.

341
00:14:42,679 --> 00:14:43,679
From now on,

342
00:14:43,879 --> 00:14:45,320
you tend your own fields,

343
00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:46,480
and Miss Xie tends hers.

344
00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,799
Let's have no more pointless disputes.

345
00:14:48,799 --> 00:14:50,399
She tricked us.

346
00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:51,960
Now we're the ones who lose out.

347
00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,080
Exactly.

348
00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:57,560
(One Month Later)

349
00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:12,360
Miss Xie.

350
00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:13,679
Mr. Zhao's back!

351
00:15:30,679 --> 00:15:31,320
Mr. Zhao.

352
00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:32,840
It's been so long
since you've been home.

353
00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,120
I just came back for some clothes.

354
00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:48,080
Here.

355
00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:23,080
It's a long trip.

356
00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:24,759
You don't have to come
all this way every time.

357
00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:26,639
Sen

358
00:16:27,039 --> 00:16:28,360
is at an age when he needs
some guidance.

359
00:16:29,399 --> 00:16:30,200
I just

360
00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:31,960
came back to check on him.

361
00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:33,240
I'm off.

362
00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:34,879
Be careful on the way back.

363
00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:48,679
What...

364
00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:50,600
What happened?

365
00:16:51,159 --> 00:16:52,840
The horse stepped on a caltrop.

366
00:16:52,919 --> 00:16:53,679
Its hoof is injured.

367
00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:01,559
It won't be fit to ride tonight.

368
00:17:02,679 --> 00:17:03,320
Sanniang,

369
00:17:04,039 --> 00:17:04,880
have Zheng San

370
00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:06,079
take the horse and tend to it.

371
00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:06,720
Okay.

372
00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:07,279
Go.

373
00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:11,160
What about you, Mr. Zhao?

374
00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:14,160
I'm not on leave today.

375
00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:15,640
I have to get back to camp.

376
00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:17,440
But don't worry.

377
00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:18,240
These past few days,

378
00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:19,680
I've learned the terrain.

379
00:17:20,279 --> 00:17:21,119
Traveling at night

380
00:17:21,759 --> 00:17:22,519
won't be a problem.

381
00:17:23,759 --> 00:17:25,279
At this hour?

382
00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:26,960
Out in the wilderness?

383
00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:28,799
What if you run into

384
00:17:28,799 --> 00:17:30,240
wild beasts out there?

385
00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:31,400
It's too dangerous.

386
00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,440
Life on the frontier is different.

387
00:17:35,799 --> 00:17:36,960
Some rules

388
00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:38,519
don't have to be followed to the letter.

389
00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:40,960
Your horse is injured,

390
00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:43,240
and you don't have another mount.

391
00:17:43,519 --> 00:17:44,480
We can't have you

392
00:17:44,559 --> 00:17:46,720
walking all night
just to get back to camp.

393
00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,079
Tomorrow morning,

394
00:17:50,079 --> 00:17:51,160
I'll have Zheng San

395
00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,880
find you a fast horse,
and you can ride back then.

396
00:17:55,519 --> 00:17:57,839
Stay in the east room tonight, Mr. Zhao.

397
00:17:58,799 --> 00:18:00,680
That room was meant for you anyway.

398
00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,920
Bring the horse inside,

399
00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,200
and no one will know
you stayed the night.

400
00:18:23,559 --> 00:18:25,039
If you stay out here

401
00:18:25,039 --> 00:18:26,359
any longer,

402
00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,759
everyone will find out.

403
00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,319
It's your house

404
00:18:46,319 --> 00:18:47,359
and your room.

405
00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,160
Why do you have to hide the fact
you're staying here?

406
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,079
Miss Xie and I aren't married yet.

407
00:18:51,519 --> 00:18:52,759
Living under the same roof

408
00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:53,759
wouldn't be proper.

409
00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:57,640
Her reputation is at stake.

410
00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:58,640
So don't let

411
00:18:59,039 --> 00:18:59,920
anyone know about this.

412
00:19:00,759 --> 00:19:01,359
Put that away.

413
00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,760
♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪

414
00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:48,480
♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪

415
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:54,440
♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪

416
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,320
♪Carved into the rings of time♪

417
00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:58,960
Get some rest.

418
00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,600
♪But I can't♪

419
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,000
You too.

420
00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:14,080
♪Fill my eyes with tears♪

421
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:20,560
♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪

422
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,600
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

423
00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:30,160
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

424
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:35,480
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪

425
00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:42,119
Commander.

426
00:20:43,079 --> 00:20:44,240
At last night's roll call,

427
00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:45,880
excluding those with night passes,

428
00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:46,640
three men were absent.

429
00:20:47,559 --> 00:20:48,440
Banner Commander Li

430
00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:49,400
went home to help with the farm

431
00:20:49,599 --> 00:20:50,599
and returned before midnight.

432
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:51,880
Banner Commander Sun

433
00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:52,759
left because his mother
fell seriously ill

434
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:53,920
without requesting a pass.

435
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:55,839
I'll give you a demerit for now.

436
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:57,160
You can make up for it

437
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,400
with merit in the future.

438
00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,079
Thank you, sir.

439
00:20:59,079 --> 00:21:00,720
Hurry! Where have you been?

440
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,119
Lu Dahu pulled a dirty trick last night.

441
00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:02,720
He saw you were gone

442
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,200
and called a surprise roll call.

443
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,480
But don't worry.

444
00:21:05,839 --> 00:21:07,119
Just tell them

445
00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:08,759
you stayed at Miss Xie's place
last night.

446
00:21:08,759 --> 00:21:09,839
We're not at war.

447
00:21:09,839 --> 00:21:11,519
At worst, Commander Wang
will chew you out,

448
00:21:11,519 --> 00:21:12,559
and that'll be the end of it.

449
00:21:14,279 --> 00:21:15,039
No.

450
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,440
Miss Xie and I aren't married yet.

451
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,839
If I admit I spent the night there,

452
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,480
what happens to her reputation?

453
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,720
bout the third man?

454
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,480
Banner Commander Zhao

455
00:21:27,039 --> 00:21:29,119
didn't return until this morning.

456
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,039
Zhao Ling.

457
00:21:36,279 --> 00:21:38,160
Where were you last night?

458
00:21:43,839 --> 00:21:45,200
I got drunk at a tavern east of town

459
00:21:46,319 --> 00:21:47,039
and overslept.

460
00:21:50,079 --> 00:21:51,119
Banner Commander Zhao,

461
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,000
you were absent without leave,

462
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:54,960
abandoning your post.

463
00:21:55,799 --> 00:21:56,880
By military law,

464
00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,759
that's eighty strokes

465
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,039
and three months' pay docked.

466
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:02,960
Banner Commander Zhao,

467
00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:05,000
you only spent the night at home.

468
00:22:05,319 --> 00:22:07,200
Why not just say family matters
made you miss roll call?

469
00:22:07,319 --> 00:22:08,960
Once you and Miss Xie are married,

470
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:09,680
you'll be living together anyway.

471
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:10,680
I left camp without permission,

472
00:22:11,839 --> 00:22:12,799
got drunk and missed duty.

473
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:14,799
I'll take the punishment.

474
00:22:15,839 --> 00:22:16,640
Fine.

475
00:22:17,079 --> 00:22:17,799
Zhao Ling,

476
00:22:19,039 --> 00:22:21,519
you talk about keeping your head high

477
00:22:21,519 --> 00:22:23,119
and your feet on the ground.

478
00:22:23,599 --> 00:22:25,680
You have no regard for military law

479
00:22:25,759 --> 00:22:26,880
and you're utterly arrogant!

480
00:22:27,799 --> 00:22:28,799
Without severe punishment,

481
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,519
how can discipline be maintained?

482
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:32,640
Guards!

483
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:35,720
Eighty strokes.

484
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,400
Not one less.

485
00:22:38,599 --> 00:22:39,319
Commander!

486
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:40,960
I'll

487
00:22:41,319 --> 00:22:42,440
take twenty strokes

488
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:43,519
for Banner Commander Zhao.

489
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:44,799
I'll take twenty too.

490
00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:45,960
So will I.

491
00:22:46,559 --> 00:22:47,599
Very well.

492
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:48,720
If that's what you want,

493
00:22:49,079 --> 00:22:50,359
I'll grant it.

494
00:22:55,079 --> 00:22:55,920
Thank you.

495
00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:58,000
Strike!

496
00:22:58,720 --> 00:22:59,359
Yes, sir.

497
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,319
Picking dates all day

498
00:23:05,319 --> 00:23:06,839
nearly broke my back.

499
00:23:06,839 --> 00:23:07,279
Tell me about it.

500
00:23:13,319 --> 00:23:14,400
How are you, Mr. Zhao?

501
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:16,039
It's nothing.

502
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,519
I've had much worse.

503
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,039
Mr. Zhao.

504
00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:29,480
What...?

505
00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:33,920
Well,

506
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,599
as soon as Miss Xie heard what happened,

507
00:23:35,599 --> 00:23:36,920
she was worried sick.

508
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,000
She had all this medicine

509
00:23:38,079 --> 00:23:39,119
prepared for you.

510
00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:43,240
I'm fine.

511
00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:45,240
Sorry I worried you.

512
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,079
Is it bad?

513
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,440
Don't cause any problems later.

514
00:23:59,000 --> 00:23:59,880
Does it hurt?

515
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,400
The salve at camp isn't very good,

516
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,480
and it's been freezing.

517
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,039
I think I got frostbite.

518
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:08,279
Oh...

519
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:09,160
Sanniang,

520
00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:09,920
quick.

521
00:24:10,039 --> 00:24:11,319
Take this wound salve

522
00:24:11,319 --> 00:24:12,279
and give some to the others.

523
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:12,920
Sure.

524
00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:19,599
Mr. Zhao, your injury...

525
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:21,960
Let me take a look.

526
00:24:23,799 --> 00:24:25,160
This might hurt a little.

527
00:24:32,039 --> 00:24:32,839
I'll be gentle.

528
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:40,359
I...

529
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:41,160
I'll...

530
00:24:43,279 --> 00:24:44,359
I'll be even gentler.

531
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,359
Didn't we all get twenty strokes?

532
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:48,400
Was the one

533
00:24:48,519 --> 00:24:49,720
who struck Mr. Zhao

534
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,039
particularly heavy-handed?

535
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,680
Still, that couldn't have been worse

536
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,640
than the beatings he used to get

537
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,440
for selling salt, could it?

538
00:24:58,680 --> 00:24:59,880
I...I'll be gentle!

539
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:00,720
Ow!

540
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:02,160
You little rascal.

541
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:03,119
You shouldn't be looking at this.

542
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:03,440
Go.

543
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:04,400
Get out.

544
00:25:05,319 --> 00:25:06,039
You're killing me.

545
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,400
No.

546
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:30,398
I...

547
00:25:30,398 --> 00:25:30,599
I...

548
00:25:30,599 --> 00:25:31,160
It's dirty now.

549
00:25:32,759 --> 00:25:33,920
I'll keep it.

550
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,799
I'll make you a new one.

551
00:25:37,799 --> 00:25:38,200
I...

552
00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:39,720
Can you check

553
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:40,599
if maybe

554
00:25:40,599 --> 00:25:41,759
my spine's broken?

555
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,559
Don't mind me. I'm just making a fuss.

556
00:26:05,759 --> 00:26:06,160
It

557
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:07,319
doesn't hurt at all.

558
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,160
My grandmother used to tell me

559
00:26:16,079 --> 00:26:17,680
the inner household was just
like the court.

560
00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:20,240
If you want people to respect you,

561
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:21,920
you have to establish
your authority first.

562
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,240
So I thought

563
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,000
when we came to Ganlin,

564
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:30,119
the first thing we needed
to show everyone

565
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,079
was that we weren't to be pushed around.

566
00:26:32,559 --> 00:26:33,799
But I was wrong.

567
00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:36,079
Instead of backing off,

568
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,480
they only got worse.

569
00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:42,240
And you got hurt because of it.

570
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,160
That's on me.

571
00:26:45,799 --> 00:26:46,920
Don't think like that.

572
00:26:49,599 --> 00:26:50,240
I had a hand

573
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,119
in the plan too.

574
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:54,599
You grew up in an official's household.

575
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:56,240
Of course you're not used to

576
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,880
dealing with country folk like them.

577
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,400
But when it comes to

578
00:27:01,039 --> 00:27:02,559
dealing with women like Madam Yan,

579
00:27:03,279 --> 00:27:04,799
no one does it better than you.

580
00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:08,759
Now that we're in Ganlin,

581
00:27:09,559 --> 00:27:10,279
and have to deal

582
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,079
with people like Madam Mo,

583
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,160
you've still got me.

584
00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:19,640
Then I'll be counting on you.

585
00:27:20,559 --> 00:27:21,519
There are two ways.

586
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:22,960
First,

587
00:27:23,519 --> 00:27:24,720
you use your connections.

588
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:26,519
Show them the Crown Prince's card.

589
00:27:27,839 --> 00:27:29,400
With the Sixteenth Master's name
behind you,

590
00:27:29,839 --> 00:27:32,319
the leaders' wives, the generals' wives,

591
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,319
even Madam Wang and Madam Mo,

592
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,640
won't dare push you around openly.

593
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:39,440
But if I do that,

594
00:27:40,039 --> 00:27:41,359
then I've already lost.

595
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,279
Then there's only the second way.

596
00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:47,799
You'll have to

597
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,599
get closer to them.

598
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:54,519
(Don't let them think)

599
00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:55,960
(you're above them.)

600
00:27:57,559 --> 00:27:58,880
(You have to come down to their level)

601
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:00,400
(and get your hands dirty.)

602
00:28:00,759 --> 00:28:01,880
(Let them see)

603
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:03,279
(that you're just like them...)

604
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,519
(someone who eats the same food)

605
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,240
(and feels the same joys and sorrows.)

606
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:08,759
Has the Zhao household

607
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,400
become a kitchen all of a sudden?

608
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,680
She's a pampered young lady.

609
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,519
To her, this is probably
just playing house.

610
00:28:18,039 --> 00:28:18,680
It's burnt!

611
00:28:18,839 --> 00:28:19,359
Miss Xie!

612
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:27,120
♪Once a bird in a cage,
longing for the boundless sky♪

613
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:28,319
It's going to rain!

614
00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:29,240
Miss Xie, it's going to rain.

615
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:29,799
Quick!

616
00:28:29,799 --> 00:28:30,759
Get the grain inside!

617
00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:31,200
Hurry!

618
00:28:31,319 --> 00:28:32,079
Grab the sacks!

619
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:33,200
Hurry.

620
00:28:33,559 --> 00:28:34,000
Hurry.

621
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:36,000
Miss Xie.

622
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:37,119
Hurry, bring it in!

623
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:37,599
Quick!

624
00:28:37,599 --> 00:28:38,680
Bring two more sacks.

625
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:41,759
It's not even your grain.

626
00:28:41,759 --> 00:28:42,440
Why are you in such a rush?

627
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,640
Just keep packing!

628
00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,480
I'm helping you, aren't I?

629
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:46,759
Get it in the sacks!

630
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,880
♪Once a bird among the clouds,
now fallen into the mortal world♪

631
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:51,480
Hurry.

632
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:52,359
Everyone, go help.

633
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:52,960
Got it!

634
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:53,839
Okay.

635
00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:56,000
Bring another sack over here.

636
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:58,039
Miss Xie.

637
00:28:58,039 --> 00:28:58,319
Hey...

638
00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,240
Miss Xie.

639
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:00,160
Miss Xie.

640
00:29:00,519 --> 00:29:01,119
Are you okay, Miss Xie?

641
00:29:01,119 --> 00:29:01,480
Quick.

642
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:02,640
Take this over there.

643
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:03,839
Take this one.

644
00:29:04,799 --> 00:29:05,240
Hurry.

645
00:29:05,319 --> 00:29:06,079
Everyone, move.

646
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,000
Pick up the pace.

647
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:08,400
Bag this up.

648
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,480
♪Every light safe and warm♪

649
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:13,559
You okay?

650
00:29:13,559 --> 00:29:14,119
I'm fine.

651
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,160
♪A life adrift♪

652
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,880
♪With wit and strategy,
I enter this game without regret♪

653
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:23,720
I'm done over here.

654
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,040
♪Let the past remain beyond recall♪

655
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,440
The soldiers are here!

656
00:29:31,519 --> 00:29:32,759
The soldiers are here!

657
00:29:32,759 --> 00:29:37,960
♪I seek no mercy lent by mortal world♪

658
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:43,360
♪Mortal world♪

659
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:50,360
♪Let this fleeting world carry me
through a life adrift♪

660
00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:53,640
Come on, hurry!

661
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:54,240
Help bring it in!

662
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:54,880
Got it!

663
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,920
♪Though each move is forced upon me♪

664
00:30:00,839 --> 00:30:02,480
This rain's ridiculous.

665
00:30:02,759 --> 00:30:03,799
It starts out of nowhere

666
00:30:03,799 --> 00:30:04,839
and stops just as fast.

667
00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:07,799
Hurry.

668
00:30:08,119 --> 00:30:08,759
Coming!

669
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:15,079
All right.

670
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:17,559
Give it to me.

671
00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:18,680
Careful not to spill any.

672
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:19,359
Here.

673
00:30:21,759 --> 00:30:22,519
I didn't expect

674
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:23,920
you to know how to do this.

675
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,559
I was once a refugee.

676
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,839
I've seen people displaced
from their homes

677
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,599
fight just to eat and stay clothed.

678
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:30,799
So I know

679
00:30:31,599 --> 00:30:32,759
how precious a full stomach

680
00:30:33,079 --> 00:30:34,480
and warm clothes

681
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:35,599
can be.

682
00:30:39,799 --> 00:30:41,279
I was too petty before.

683
00:30:41,359 --> 00:30:42,519
Because of me, your man

684
00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:43,480
ended up taking those strokes.

685
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:46,440
Here.

686
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:47,079
Let me help.

687
00:30:50,079 --> 00:30:51,160
Don't take this the wrong way,

688
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:52,720
but around here,

689
00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:54,160
there's a female instructor named Zuo.

690
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,599
Don't get on her bad side.

691
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:57,519
People around here

692
00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:58,920
think very highly of her.

693
00:30:59,519 --> 00:31:00,880
One bad word from her

694
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,240
carries more weight
than ten other people's.

695
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:05,880
Madam Mo,

696
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:07,480
we've got everything packed up.

697
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:08,880
We're all done here too.

698
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,160
Wonderful. That was quick.

699
00:31:11,759 --> 00:31:12,920
Miss Xie,

700
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:14,599
thank you.

701
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:22,920
(Admonitions for Women Hall)

702
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:23,759
My Lord,

703
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:25,720
a little higher.

704
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:27,640
One cun up.

705
00:31:28,839 --> 00:31:29,920
One cun up.

706
00:31:37,839 --> 00:31:40,240
So this is the bearing
of a junior fourth-rank official.

707
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,960
Every bit as lean and striking
as they say.

708
00:31:43,799 --> 00:31:45,319
No wonder

709
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,680
you know just what to say
to please a man.

710
00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:50,359
Compared with the women back home,

711
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:51,839
you're far more entertaining.

712
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,799
All these years as a widow...

713
00:31:56,759 --> 00:31:58,759
all those lonely nights

714
00:31:59,039 --> 00:32:00,920
have only made you

715
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,880
more captivating.

716
00:32:03,559 --> 00:32:04,519
You only

717
00:32:04,519 --> 00:32:07,000
get better with age.

718
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,240
All you care about is having your fun.

719
00:32:14,359 --> 00:32:15,799
You don't care what happens to me.

720
00:32:18,839 --> 00:32:20,079
My dear,

721
00:32:20,079 --> 00:32:22,039
who in all of Ganlin

722
00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:25,200
would dare threaten your life?

723
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:26,680
What if

724
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,839
I'm after someone else's?

725
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:35,200
I'll go change the water.

726
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:35,599
All right.

727
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:39,440
Mr. Zhao,

728
00:32:39,839 --> 00:32:41,079
you're still injured.

729
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:42,279
Why not wash up and change

730
00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:42,680
your dressing

731
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:43,599
before heading back to camp?

732
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,640
I'll have Sanniang
bring you some clean water.

733
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:48,240
No need.

734
00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:49,720
Clean water is precious out here.

735
00:32:49,839 --> 00:32:50,920
I'll just use the water
you already used.

736
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:55,039
(He's actually using)

737
00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,839
(my handkerchief and the water
I just used.)

738
00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:18,039
Look at you.

739
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:20,640
You've already won them over.

740
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,920
I have a good teacher.

741
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:27,359
But

742
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,480
after all this,

743
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,039
I've been thinking of something else.

744
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:34,440
Let's hear it.

745
00:33:39,119 --> 00:33:40,200
What if...

746
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:44,759
you and I

747
00:33:44,759 --> 00:33:45,559
got married here in Ganlin?

748
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,079
Once we're married,

749
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:52,240
you can

750
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:53,400
move back home

751
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,519
without having to hide it.

752
00:33:55,079 --> 00:33:56,480
The gossip

753
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:57,680
will die down too.

754
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,640
No one could use it against you anymore.

755
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:02,880
It would also help

756
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:03,839
your career in the army.

757
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,480
I may not be very good at it,

758
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:11,199
but

759
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,840
I can learn

760
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,880
to be like the other military wives

761
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:18,280
and make you

762
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,079
clothes for every season.

763
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,519
Whenever you come home on leave,

764
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,360
there'll always be

765
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:25,880
a hot meal waiting for you.

766
00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:29,840
I think

767
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:31,280
an arrangement like this

768
00:34:31,599 --> 00:34:32,880
would make things easier for both of us.

769
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,000
So it's just about convenience?

770
00:34:54,079 --> 00:34:55,119
Did you burn your hand?

771
00:35:03,039 --> 00:35:04,280
The water's cold.

772
00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:16,519
Why are you angry?

773
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,360
I'm not exactly angry.

774
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:24,760
I guess I just...

775
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,039
read too much into things.

776
00:35:30,199 --> 00:35:31,880
We've come this far together.

777
00:35:33,119 --> 00:35:34,679
I don't want there to be

778
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,000
anything between us.

779
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,280
If something's bothering you,
just say it.

780
00:35:38,599 --> 00:35:39,599
Don't hide it from me.

781
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,800
Some things just aren't that easy
to tell you.

782
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:52,800
You're very clever,

783
00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:55,320
but you don't have to

784
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:56,760
understand everything.

785
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,480
Your grandmother never taught you this?

786
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,320
But if you teach me,

787
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:06,719
maybe I would understand.

788
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,800
We agreed to walk this road together,

789
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:15,639
and you've stayed by my side

790
00:36:16,039 --> 00:36:17,119
through all this hardship.

791
00:36:18,679 --> 00:36:19,880
But somehow,

792
00:36:22,039 --> 00:36:23,159
I still feel so far from you.

793
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,320
That's exactly why I think

794
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,519
we should get married.

795
00:36:38,639 --> 00:36:39,800
I have roll call at camp.

796
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:41,599
I should get back.

797
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:49,559
Mr. Zhao,

798
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,239
didn't you say

799
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:52,280
you wanted to marry Miss Xie?

800
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:54,199
Now

801
00:36:54,199 --> 00:36:55,320
she's the one asking you,

802
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,199
so why are you upset?

803
00:36:59,599 --> 00:37:00,639
She talked about

804
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,320
the convenience
of being a military wife,

805
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,400
my career,

806
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:08,400
and our whole life together.

807
00:37:09,679 --> 00:37:10,679
But the one thing she never said

808
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,159
was that she loved me.

809
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:20,599
I want

810
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:23,960
a marriage built on love,

811
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,480
not one based on mutual gain.

812
00:37:29,079 --> 00:37:29,679
I'm off.

813
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:31,159
Be careful.

814
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,800
(The Capital)

815
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,280
(Yu Residence)

816
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,920
This embroidery is exquisite.

817
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:41,960
Miss Mozhan,

818
00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:43,360
not long ago,

819
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:44,960
my daughter-in-law had a baby girl.

820
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:46,719
I'd like to ask you

821
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:47,800
to make me

822
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,079
a small double-sided embroidered screen
with orchids and osmanthus.

823
00:37:50,079 --> 00:37:51,039
Your embroidery

824
00:37:51,039 --> 00:37:52,960
comes from the Fu family tradition
in Huaying.

825
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,480
There is none finer.

826
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,079
I only wonder

827
00:37:56,199 --> 00:37:58,000
if you'd be willing to do me this favor.

828
00:37:58,119 --> 00:37:59,400
You're too kind, Ms. Shu.

829
00:37:59,679 --> 00:38:01,079
I'd be happy to help.

830
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,599
All social dealings of this household

831
00:38:02,599 --> 00:38:04,079
are handled through the common purse.

832
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:05,880
Proper procedures

833
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:06,880
must be followed.

834
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:08,559
Yet you, Ms. Shu,

835
00:38:09,039 --> 00:38:10,320
went around the steward

836
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,360
and privately assigned one of my maids.

837
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,199
That's hardly proper, is it?

838
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:15,760
Young Madam,

839
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:16,440
I...

840
00:38:16,519 --> 00:38:18,360
I only asked for my own sake.

841
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,559
Miss Mozhan's embroidery is so fine.

842
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,639
I thought I'd ask her for a small favor.

843
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:24,679
I didn't want to trouble the household,

844
00:38:25,199 --> 00:38:27,000
much less bother you, Young Madam.

845
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,079
You've served this family for decades.

846
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:30,559
Surely you know the rules better
than I do.

847
00:38:33,159 --> 00:38:35,719
Double-sided embroidery
demands absolute precision.

848
00:38:36,119 --> 00:38:37,199
Even after a hundred days' work,

849
00:38:37,199 --> 00:38:39,079
you may not produce a truly fine piece.

850
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,280
Mozhan serves in my quarters.

851
00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:43,159
She already has work to do for me.

852
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,599
If she gets distracted helping
with your little favor,

853
00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:47,719
delaying my own needlework is one thing.

854
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,039
But if her work turns out poorly

855
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,320
and embarrasses the Yu family,

856
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:53,800
can she

857
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,239
take responsibility for that?

858
00:38:56,119 --> 00:38:57,239
I understand.

859
00:39:01,199 --> 00:39:03,320
Madam, you needn't do this for my sake.

860
00:39:03,559 --> 00:39:06,119
I did put my own wishes first

861
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,079
and broke the household rules.

862
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,280
Who made those rules?

863
00:39:12,079 --> 00:39:13,760
If she dares humiliate you today,

864
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,000
then she clearly has no respect for me.

865
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,120
(Next Episode)

866
00:39:27,559 --> 00:39:29,320
(That new Banner Commander Zhao)

867
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,599
(can refine cliff salt.)

868
00:39:30,599 --> 00:39:31,679
(He'll steal our business
sooner or later.)

869
00:39:31,679 --> 00:39:32,360
Guys,

870
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:33,320
get him!

871
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:34,039
Let's go!

872
00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:34,920
Catch them!

873
00:39:39,639 --> 00:39:42,320
(Banner Commander Zhao has been held
by bandits for seven days.)

874
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:43,880
(By custom,)

875
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,960
(he is to be declared dead in the line
of duty.)

876
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,559
(The Admonitions for Women Hall
has prepared)

877
00:39:48,559 --> 00:39:50,039
(Admonitions for Women)
(a fine quarter for you.)

878
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,360
(Ms. Zuo)

879
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:53,559
(will guide you properly.)

880
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,199
(Do you know
what the Chastity Tonic is?)

881
00:39:56,679 --> 00:39:57,760
(Drink it,)

882
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,800
(and your skin will decay,)

883
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,119
(your hair will turn white,)

884
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,079
(and you'll never bear children.)

885
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,320
♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪

886
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:32,280
♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪

887
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:39,040
♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪

888
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,080
♪Carved into the rings of time♪

889
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:47,880
♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪

890
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:57,920
♪I turn away, afraid goodbye will fill
my eyes with tears♪

891
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:05,320
♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪

892
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,720
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

893
00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:14,440
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

894
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:20,400
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪

895
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:36,400
♪For one fleeting moment, I found you
in the crowd♪

896
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:44,320
♪Without a word, you lit up
half my life♪

897
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:50,720
♪In silence, a love too deep for words♪

898
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,720
♪Kept close within my heart♪

899
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:59,640
♪From now on, no one else
is worth waiting for♪

900
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:10,080
♪I turn away, afraid no one
will ever come home to me again♪

901
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:17,440
♪If we can build our future together,
no storm can chill my heart♪

902
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,840
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

903
00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:26,640
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

904
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:32,560
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪