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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 19=
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(Commander,)
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(Li Mao has taken poison.)
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Commander.
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Commander.
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Commander.
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Commander.
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Who else did he see?
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The secrets of the capital
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aren't yours to uncover.
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Didn't you want to know
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who's really behind me?
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Now that
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I'm dying,
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you're done for, too.
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Investigating beyond your authority,
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driving an official to his death...
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Just wait.
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You'll be
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joining me soon enough.
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Do you really think
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a confession
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would've helped me more than your death?
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(Xie Residence)
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(Virtue Blesses the Hometown)
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Miss Xie.
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Congratulations, Miss Xie.
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I came
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especially to congratulate you.
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I'm almost embarrassed to say it.
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That house next door
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I showed you before
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turned out to belong
to a corrupt official.
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The authorities seized it today.
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Good thing fortune was on your side.
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Just look at the house
you bought instead.
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It's far more
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impressive than the one next door.
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Miss, look.
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Assistant Commander Zhao
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is leading men to raid the house
next door.
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When it comes to choosing a house,
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you need a good eye.
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And you've certainly got one, Miss Xie.
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Good thing
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you didn't choose the place next door.
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If you had,
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we'd be in real trouble now.
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Right, Miss Xie?
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They won't let us watch?
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This must be serious.
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What on earth did they do?
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Miss Xie,
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let's go back.
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We still have guests waiting inside.
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Miss Xie,
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it's getting chilly.
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Let's go inside.
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The storm brewing in the capital
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is finally coming.
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I'm innocent!
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Move!
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Commander Zhao!
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Please, spare us!
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Move!
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(Xu Residence)
I'm innocent!
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Master!
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Kneel!
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Kneel!
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Master!
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Commander Zhao!
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I'm innocent!
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I didn't do it!
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Commander Zhao!
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Commander Zhao!
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Commander Zhao!
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Please spare us, Commander Zhao!
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Commander Zhao!
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Please spare me!
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Master!
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Please spare me, Commander Zhao!
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Commander Zhao!
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♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪
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♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪
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♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪
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♪Carved into the rings of time♪
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♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪
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♪I turn away, afraid goodbye
will fill my eyes with tears♪
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♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪
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♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪
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♪Still makes us want to believe♪
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♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪
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♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪
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♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪
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♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪
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♪Carved into the rings of time♪
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(My fate is uncertain now.)
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(If I give in and see her,)
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(I'll only put her in harm's way.)
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♪For one fleeting moment, I found you
in the crowd♪
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Commander Zhao!
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Master!
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♪If we can build our future together,
no storm can chill my heart♪
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Go that way.
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Take the long way around.
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♪Still makes us want to believe♪
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♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪
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Move.
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Move.
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Move.
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(Yu Residence)
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Madam,
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I've confirmed it.
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The one who bought the house
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was indeed Ninth Young Lady Fu.
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Her?
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She's put down roots in the northwest
these past few years,
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and she's gotten much more capable.
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She knows exactly where to strike
to do the most damage.
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With her helping Zhao Ling,
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no wonder he gets things done
so quickly.
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I think
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it's better to mend old grudges
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than deepen them.
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Why not use Young Master Ji's
first-birthday banquet
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as an occasion to send an invitation
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and ask the Ninth Young Lady
to come talk?
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The Ninth Young Lady...
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Here.
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Young Madam.
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I heard Miss Xie moved
into her new home today
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and held quite
a housewarming celebration.
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Where did she settle?
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Shijia Hutong.
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The very house you had your eye on.
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She has no one to rely on,
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and only just arrived in the capital,
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yet she can already afford a house
beside the Imperial Academy.
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She can afford it,
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but I can't?
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But now,
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you're the Young Madam of the Yu family.
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In birth,
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education,
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and marriage,
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how could she possibly compare to you?
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She's nothing more than
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a woman who ran away with a man
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only to be abandoned by him.
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That mouth of yours...
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Young Madam.
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A visiting card came from the wife
of an Anzhou merchant.
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They say she's from Madam Yu's hometown.
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She sent me to let you know.
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She'd like you to receive them.
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I am Sun of the Wu family,
and this is my niece.
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Greetings, Young Madam Yu.
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I've long heard that you excel
at both poetry and painting.
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(Madam Wu, Salt Merchant from Anzhou)
After arriving in the capital,
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I realized that all the young ladies
in the city
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couldn't stop praising
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the literary gatherings you host.
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Madam Yu
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certainly gained
a wonderful daughter-in-law.
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You flatter me, Madam Wu.
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Our family business is modest.
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Besides salt,
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we also trade in medicinal herbs.
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By good fortune,
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we recently acquired these two
rare purple lingzhi mushrooms.
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They're for Madam Yu's health.
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I hope you'll accept them.
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That's very kind of you, Madam Wu.
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Mother told me to see
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that you were well received.
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And this is for you, Young Madam.
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What is it?
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Anzhou's waters
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produce some especially fine dried fish.
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Before I came,
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I had ten catties prepared
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for you to enjoy.
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Young Madam,
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this dried fish from Anzhou
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sells
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for dozens of taels per catty here
in the capital.
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You'll finish it
in just a couple of meals.
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No need to put it in storage.
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You certainly know how
to choose an unusual gift, Madam Wu.
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I hear
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other residences
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are a bit larger.
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But you've come a long way
to the capital.
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Why not stay here with us?
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Thank you, Young Madam.
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Mozhan.
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Have the maids prepare
everything properly.
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See that our guests are
well looked after.
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Yes.
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Are you wearing the orchid fragrance?
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Take off your veil.
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Lift your head. Let me see you.
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Young Madam told you to remove it.
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Do it now.
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(Miss Wu)
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Please wait here a moment.
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I'll have the carriage brought around
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to take you both to our residence
in the west of the city.
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Thank you.
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You were far too careless.
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Young Master loves orchids,
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and she just happens
to wear orchid fragrance.
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Clearly she was trying to seduce him.
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Good thing nothing escapes your eye,
Young Madam.
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Otherwise,
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she might actually have gotten away
with it.
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When I first married Young Master,
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I was about her age too.
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Sixteen or seventeen,
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young and pretty.
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What man wouldn't like that?
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Where did Madam Wu come from again?
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Anzhou.
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Anzhou...
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I've heard the salt merchants there
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buy young girls
from entertainment houses
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and train them specifically
to please men.
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They call them "trained courtesans."
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Tell me,
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why would she parade a girl like that
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right in front of Mother?
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And she dares call herself a young lady?
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What kind of "young lady" is she?
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Now even common merchants
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dare scheme against me.
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All because my birth family
has little influence
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and no powerful connections.
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Fine.
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For Ji's birthday banquet,
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I'm going to make it a grand affair.
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I want everyone to see
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if I'm the real Young Madam Yu.
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(Virtue Blesses the Hometown)
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Miss Xie.
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Someone from the Yu family brought this.
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They said it's
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an invitation to Young Master Ji's
first-birthday banquet.
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You just snatched that house out
from under Young Madam Yu,
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on top of all your old grudges.
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This is obviously a trap.
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(Invitation)
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The only way to find out how treacherous
the capital's social circles are
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and what the Yu family
is planning with this banquet
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is to go see for myself.
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(Invitation from the Yu Residence)
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Young Madam Yu is famously possessive.
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Even Mozhan, who was merely
somewhat pretty,
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was married off early.
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And you...
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you went and hit her right
where she's most sensitive.
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Madam,
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her waist has grown by half a cun.
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No dinner
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for the next two weeks.
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Yes.
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Madam,
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the Yu family sent an invitation
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(Invitation)
to Young Master Ji's birthday banquet.
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The Yu family's banquet
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will be full of powerful guests.
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You know exactly
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what's at stake.
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If you make another mistake,
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don't blame me for being harsh with you.
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I understand.
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Prepare two fine outfits for Miss Wu.
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Yes.
280
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:27,519
Tomorrow,
281
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I'll find you a good household
to marry into.
282
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Let's go.
283
00:19:41,519 --> 00:19:42,880
Madam spends every day
284
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:44,400
sending gifts to rich
and powerful families,
285
00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,759
yet she won't even let you eat properly
286
00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,160
or give you decent clothes.
287
00:19:50,319 --> 00:19:52,519
You've come here only to suffer.
288
00:19:55,599 --> 00:19:57,839
But she's right about one thing.
289
00:19:59,839 --> 00:20:01,839
If I can marry a good man,
290
00:20:03,319 --> 00:20:04,680
I can finally escape her.
291
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(Yu Residence)
Congratulations!
292
00:20:06,759 --> 00:20:07,559
Thank you, Madam.
293
00:20:07,559 --> 00:20:08,160
Please, come inside.
294
00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,039
Careful with that.
295
00:20:09,599 --> 00:20:10,000
Of course.
296
00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,480
Here. Put this away.
297
00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:12,039
This way, Madam.
298
00:20:13,039 --> 00:20:13,680
Please.
299
00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:18,960
This way, please.
300
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:19,799
Okay.
301
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:22,400
Sister.
302
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,559
I could hear the firecrackers
303
00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:26,880
from two streets away.
304
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,400
You've certainly made Ji's celebration
305
00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,240
both grand and auspicious.
306
00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:32,480
You flatter me.
307
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,480
It's been quite some time.
308
00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:37,359
How have you been lately, Old Madam?
309
00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,000
I've been very well.
310
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,119
(Old Madam Wei)
311
00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,000
My daughter-in-law often speaks of you.
312
00:20:42,079 --> 00:20:43,839
She says you handle everything
313
00:20:43,839 --> 00:20:45,400
with great care and elegance.
314
00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,640
Seeing this banquet today,
315
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,480
I can see she was absolutely right.
316
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:50,799
Thank you for your kind words,
Old Madam.
317
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:51,880
Please, this way.
318
00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,160
Please.
319
00:21:02,279 --> 00:21:03,279
(Yu Residence)
How grand.
320
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,039
It really is magnificent.
321
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,160
Why is she here?
322
00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:09,599
Young Madam,
323
00:21:09,839 --> 00:21:11,759
Ms. Shu personally went to Shijia Hutong
324
00:21:11,759 --> 00:21:12,960
to deliver the invitation.
325
00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:16,440
This is my son's first-birthday banquet.
326
00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:18,400
Why invite her?
327
00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:24,119
Are Madam Wu
328
00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:25,079
and Miss Wu
329
00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:25,920
from Anzhou
330
00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:27,839
coming too?
331
00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:28,920
Yes.
332
00:21:39,759 --> 00:21:40,920
Of all days, the palace banquet
333
00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,799
falls on the Young Master Ji's
first birthday.
334
00:21:42,799 --> 00:21:44,000
And we can't very well ask
to be excused.
335
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:49,759
This way, please.
336
00:22:05,559 --> 00:22:06,400
She's here.
337
00:22:14,559 --> 00:22:16,759
Who's in charge of the cooking today?
338
00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:18,440
From Cuixi House.
339
00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,119
Add a dish of sesame flatbread.
340
00:22:23,079 --> 00:22:23,599
Yes.
341
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:38,720
What's this?
342
00:22:38,839 --> 00:22:40,200
Young Master arranged it.
343
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:44,720
Ladies,
344
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,440
my husband once went
on an inspection tour in the northwest.
345
00:22:47,559 --> 00:22:48,559
When he returned to the capital,
346
00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:49,799
he brought back some local specialties
347
00:22:49,799 --> 00:22:50,720
for me to try.
348
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,640
I especially liked
this sesame flatbread.
349
00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:55,319
He's always been thoughtful,
350
00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:56,960
so he remembered.
351
00:22:58,079 --> 00:23:00,000
Young Lord Yu is so considerate.
352
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,119
How enviable.
353
00:23:02,279 --> 00:23:03,559
Then let's have a taste.
354
00:23:03,559 --> 00:23:04,240
Yes.
355
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,920
I hear Commander Zhao has been back
in the capital for some time
356
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,599
and hasn't even come to see you.
357
00:23:15,799 --> 00:23:17,000
Could it be that
358
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,240
now that he's risen in rank,
359
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,000
he's forgotten the woman
who stood by him through hardship?
360
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,200
We have
many distinguished ladies here today,
361
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,359
all from prominent households.
362
00:23:26,759 --> 00:23:28,200
Shall I make some introductions
363
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,599
and help you find a husband,
364
00:23:30,079 --> 00:23:31,480
so you don't waste your youth?
365
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:32,839
Watch
366
00:23:32,839 --> 00:23:34,279
your mouth! I...
367
00:23:39,599 --> 00:23:40,880
Have you noticed
368
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,240
that right now,
369
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,160
you sound remarkably like
370
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,759
someone we both know?
371
00:23:52,039 --> 00:23:53,799
If you were truly happy with your life,
372
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,319
why come flaunting it in front of me
373
00:23:56,319 --> 00:23:57,960
like some proud rooster?
374
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:03,799
I wouldn't call it flaunting.
375
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:05,960
I'm simply living an ordinary life.
376
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,480
I didn't realize that, in your eyes,
377
00:24:07,799 --> 00:24:09,119
even that counted as showing off.
378
00:24:12,079 --> 00:24:14,119
If you're genuinely happy,
379
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,160
after all our years as close friends,
380
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,319
of course I'd be happy for you.
381
00:24:19,079 --> 00:24:20,839
But sometimes, when I think of the past,
382
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,119
I can't help feeling it's a shame.
383
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,759
You, Fan Yake,
384
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,039
once became famous throughout Huaying
385
00:24:29,039 --> 00:24:31,400
with a single painting
of narcissus flowers.
386
00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:40,680
But now, on your teacup...
387
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,119
are those still narcissus flowers?
388
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:48,839
Change them.
389
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,880
Madam Yu specifically ordered it.
390
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:52,240
You may go.
391
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:54,599
Young Madam,
392
00:24:55,039 --> 00:24:56,480
everyone in the capital knows
393
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,359
Young Master loves orchids most.
394
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,039
Madam Yu arranged this
395
00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:01,400
because she cares for you.
396
00:25:05,839 --> 00:25:07,400
Go fetch Madam Wu.
397
00:25:08,519 --> 00:25:10,119
The real show is about to begin.
398
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:11,519
Yes.
399
00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:17,680
This young lady comes
from my mother-in-law's hometown.
400
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,000
Her surname is Wu.
401
00:25:20,839 --> 00:25:23,279
That Huzhou silk dress is lovely.
402
00:25:23,279 --> 00:25:25,440
It reminds me of something
from years ago.
403
00:25:26,039 --> 00:25:26,759
Back then,
404
00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:28,240
when we were in Yongning,
405
00:25:28,759 --> 00:25:30,480
Miss Xie's fiance
406
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:31,640
didn't want anyone else
407
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,200
wearing the same fabric as her,
408
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:35,440
so he bought up
409
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,079
every bolt of Huzhou silk in the city.
410
00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:38,559
He spared no expense.
411
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,960
He cherished her above all else.
412
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,680
There's no comparison.
413
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,480
Miss Xie's fiance
414
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,319
is the renowned Commander Zhao.
415
00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:47,759
Their social standing
416
00:25:48,039 --> 00:25:49,400
is worlds apart.
417
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,000
Commander Zhao, the one
who drove Li Mao to his death?
418
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:53,160
I thought
419
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,759
he wasn't engaged.
420
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,400
I heard
421
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,160
that Miss Xie's so-called fiance
422
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,200
no longer acknowledges their engagement.
423
00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:02,240
Miss Xie may be highborn,
424
00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:04,160
but Miss Wu here
425
00:26:04,279 --> 00:26:06,759
was graciously given a chance
by Young Madam to display her talent
426
00:26:06,759 --> 00:26:08,519
by painting at today's banquet
427
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,319
and capturing the celebration.
428
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:13,759
But in this painting,
429
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,400
why don't I see Miss Xie?
430
00:26:23,079 --> 00:26:23,839
How dare you.
431
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:26,559
Madam,
432
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:28,200
the paper is limited in size.
433
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,079
To capture the elegance
434
00:26:30,079 --> 00:26:31,119
of all the distinguished ladies here,
435
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:32,240
I had no choice
436
00:26:34,599 --> 00:26:36,079
but to leave a few people out.
437
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,119
In that case,
438
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,000
use a larger sheet
439
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,079
and paint it again.
440
00:26:45,519 --> 00:26:46,759
Young Madam, please understand.
441
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,720
For today's painting
442
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:50,960
to be worthy of the ladies
gathered here,
443
00:26:51,319 --> 00:26:53,000
I specifically chose the rarest
444
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,079
Bailu Xuan paper.
445
00:26:55,079 --> 00:26:56,240
This paper is extremely valuable,
446
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,039
and this is already
the largest sheet available.
447
00:26:58,039 --> 00:26:58,920
Any other sheet
448
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,319
would only be smaller.
449
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,160
Unfortunately, Miss Wu's skill
is still lacking,
450
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:04,559
so today's painting
451
00:27:05,079 --> 00:27:06,680
will simply have to leave
a few people out.
452
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,039
Everyone here
453
00:27:10,039 --> 00:27:11,440
is an honored guest of the Yu family.
454
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:12,960
How could our neighboring ladies
455
00:27:13,079 --> 00:27:14,279
possibly be left out?
456
00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:16,480
Ladies holding imperial titles
457
00:27:16,839 --> 00:27:18,079
and the mistresses
of the great households
458
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,039
must, of course,
459
00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:20,160
all be included.
460
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:22,680
With Li Mao dead,
461
00:27:23,319 --> 00:27:25,000
Commander Zhao
will be in danger himself.
462
00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:27,599
In this picture,
463
00:27:29,079 --> 00:27:30,279
there is no place for you.
464
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:34,759
I hope you'll forgive us, Miss Xie.
465
00:27:34,839 --> 00:27:37,480
We can have Miss Wu
paint your portrait another day.
466
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,559
A painting depends on
467
00:27:39,559 --> 00:27:41,000
placement and emphasis.
468
00:27:41,519 --> 00:27:43,640
Adding or removing a figure
is hardly difficult.
469
00:27:44,599 --> 00:27:45,839
With your skill,
470
00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:46,799
surely you know that.
471
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:48,519
If you know it,
yet claim you can't do it,
472
00:27:48,519 --> 00:27:49,480
then I imagine
473
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:50,759
there's another reason.
474
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,319
The Yu family invited me here today,
475
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,519
which makes me your guest.
476
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:58,920
Yet now you coerce others
477
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:00,799
to humiliate a guest in public.
478
00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:02,640
Young Madam Yu,
479
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,559
is this how your family
treats its guests?
480
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,640
Poor painting skills are one thing,
481
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:14,759
but ranking people by status
482
00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:16,039
and comparing their husbands' offices?
483
00:28:16,519 --> 00:28:17,480
How improper.
484
00:28:17,759 --> 00:28:19,440
I was thoughtless.
485
00:28:19,519 --> 00:28:20,640
Please forgive me, Young Madam.
486
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,960
I'll redo the composition
487
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,119
and include
488
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,359
all the ladies present.
489
00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:29,880
Go on, then.
490
00:28:32,079 --> 00:28:32,839
Zhao Ling
491
00:28:32,839 --> 00:28:33,960
exceeded his authority
492
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:34,880
and overstepped the court's laws.
493
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,200
Under the law,
494
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,480
he should be dismissed and investigated.
495
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,079
Summon Zhao Ling.
496
00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:43,400
Summon Zhao Ling!
497
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:52,920
Your Majesty,
498
00:28:53,759 --> 00:28:55,200
I resorted to extraordinary measures
499
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,480
and used torture
to extract a confession.
500
00:28:57,039 --> 00:28:58,079
I know I overstepped my authority.
501
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,440
(Grand Secretary Tian,
Grand Academician of Wenhua Hall)
502
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:05,319
However,
503
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,119
the convicted official Li Mao
504
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:08,599
repented on his deathbed
505
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,039
and confessed to his crimes.
506
00:29:12,559 --> 00:29:15,079
(Memorial: Gandu Military Embezzlement)
He also wrote down his co-conspirators.
507
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,119
I await Your Majesty's judgment.
508
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:19,279
Li Mao confessed?
509
00:29:19,599 --> 00:29:21,160
If he did, why would he kill himself?
510
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,279
Exactly.
511
00:29:46,599 --> 00:29:48,240
There is something you don't know.
512
00:29:49,279 --> 00:29:50,240
Zhao Ling
513
00:29:52,279 --> 00:29:53,880
received a secret edict from me.
514
00:29:54,319 --> 00:29:55,839
That is why he came to the capital.
515
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,920
As for the charge that he investigated
beyond his authority,
516
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:00,880
you have
517
00:30:02,119 --> 00:30:03,039
wrongly accused him.
518
00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:10,319
I know you were eager to solve the case
519
00:30:10,599 --> 00:30:12,119
and acted before reporting
to the Ministry of Justice.
520
00:30:13,519 --> 00:30:15,400
But the court has laws and procedures.
521
00:30:15,599 --> 00:30:17,279
If I hadn't protected you today,
522
00:30:17,279 --> 00:30:18,720
what would you have done?
523
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:24,720
I deserve death.
524
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,480
Your Majesty protected me today,
525
00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:28,960
just as you did in Yongning
526
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,720
when you forgave me
for concealing my identity.
527
00:30:32,279 --> 00:30:32,880
I am
528
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:34,680
deeply grateful
for Your Majesty's mercy.
529
00:30:36,599 --> 00:30:38,079
You've changed greatly
530
00:30:38,079 --> 00:30:39,240
from the man you were a few years ago.
531
00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:43,160
I intend to thoroughly investigate
corruption in the salt administration.
532
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,759
If Li Mao's confession
533
00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:46,039
can serve as a warning,
534
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:47,480
perhaps those corrupt officials
535
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:48,759
will learn to rein themselves in.
536
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:50,240
However,
537
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:51,559
this assignment
538
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:52,880
will make you enemies.
539
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:53,920
If you fail,
540
00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:55,480
it could cost you your head.
541
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:56,640
Will you take it?
542
00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:00,400
I will give it everything I have
543
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:01,680
and not fail Your Majesty's trust.
544
00:31:02,279 --> 00:31:02,799
Good.
545
00:31:03,359 --> 00:31:04,240
Then remember this.
546
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:06,119
You returned to the capital
by imperial command
547
00:31:06,319 --> 00:31:07,599
with special authority to make arrests.
548
00:31:12,799 --> 00:31:13,839
Thank you, Your Majesty.
549
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:16,960
(Yu Residence)
550
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,000
The auspicious hour has arrived.
551
00:31:18,279 --> 00:31:19,799
Let the first-birthday
choosing ceremony begin.
552
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,400
In other families,
553
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:28,759
the child's mother usually holds him
for the ceremony.
554
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,160
So why, in the Yu family,
555
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,640
is Madam Yu presiding?
556
00:31:32,119 --> 00:31:33,759
You think Young Madam Yu
doesn't want to?
557
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:34,880
In this family,
558
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,400
Madam Yu is still the one in charge.
559
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,359
She could bear ten children
and it wouldn't matter.
560
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:39,319
There can only be
561
00:31:39,319 --> 00:31:40,480
one true matriarch of the house.
562
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,359
Today is my grandson Ji's
first birthday.
563
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,279
Thank you all for joining us
to celebrate.
564
00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:48,240
If anything has been lacking
in our hospitality,
565
00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:49,839
I hope you'll forgive us.
566
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,599
Just look at the boy.
567
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,519
That high nose, those big eyes...
568
00:31:54,519 --> 00:31:55,440
he looks
569
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,319
just like Madam Yu.
570
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:58,440
No wonder they say
571
00:31:58,440 --> 00:31:59,759
grandparents and grandchildren
share a special bond.
572
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,079
The young master
takes after his grandmother,
573
00:32:02,279 --> 00:32:02,920
so one day
574
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,400
he'll surely be especially devoted
to her.
575
00:32:05,119 --> 00:32:06,640
Indeed.
576
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:08,799
How adorable.
577
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:10,359
Now let's see
578
00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:12,200
what future little Ji chooses
for himself.
579
00:32:13,319 --> 00:32:14,920
First, the longevity lock.
580
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:15,759
Good health,
581
00:32:15,759 --> 00:32:16,559
long life,
582
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:17,720
and lasting blessings.
583
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,680
Second, the golden spoon.
584
00:32:25,079 --> 00:32:27,519
A lifetime of wealth and honor.
585
00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:32,880
Third, the calligraphy brush.
586
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,319
Intelligence and a love of learning,
587
00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:35,519
with a bright future ahead.
588
00:32:35,759 --> 00:32:38,000
Congratulations, Madam Yu.
589
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,440
Congratulations to the Yu family.
590
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,039
That boy is clearly destined
to carry on the family legacy.
591
00:32:42,039 --> 00:32:43,559
He'll surely make something of himself.
592
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:46,880
Reward them.
593
00:32:51,319 --> 00:32:52,880
(Jiuxiao Banquet Hall)
When I was still Crown Prince,
594
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,240
you enlisted with my letter
of introduction.
595
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,079
Over the past five years,
596
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:58,839
you've led your troops
to victory time and again
597
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,400
and handled
598
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,160
this case exceptionally well.
599
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:03,519
It seems
600
00:33:04,279 --> 00:33:05,799
I was right about you.
601
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:08,359
Zhao Ling,
602
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:09,880
you deserve a reward.
603
00:33:10,279 --> 00:33:12,960
Senior fourth-rank Assistant Commander
of the Capital Guard.
604
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:14,519
Do you like it?
605
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,079
Thank you, Your Majesty.
606
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:18,720
Rise.
607
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,640
He's been promoted to fourth-rank?
608
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,000
Yes. That was fast.
609
00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:23,359
Zhao,
610
00:33:24,119 --> 00:33:25,160
do you have a courtesy name?
611
00:33:26,079 --> 00:33:26,880
Your Majesty,
612
00:33:27,119 --> 00:33:28,279
my parents died when I was young,
613
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:29,279
so I was never given one.
614
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,519
I have little learning,
615
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,519
so I ask Your Majesty
to bestow one upon me.
616
00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:41,440
You certainly know how
to seize an opportunity.
617
00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:48,000
Huchen.
618
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,039
How do you like
619
00:33:54,839 --> 00:33:55,720
that courtesy name?
620
00:33:56,079 --> 00:33:56,920
Thank you, Your Majesty.
621
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:01,480
So when do we get to celebrate
622
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,079
your marriage to Miss Xie?
623
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:06,240
She is
624
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:09,519
at a banquet at the Yu Residence
right now.
625
00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:14,039
Then go with Minister Yu
626
00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:15,800
and bring your sweetheart home.
627
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:18,239
Yes.
628
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,079
Come, sit. Please.
629
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,800
It's been so long
since we've all been together.
630
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:31,440
Sit here.
631
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,360
Forgive my poor hospitality.
632
00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:33,880
Please make yourselves at home.
633
00:34:34,039 --> 00:34:35,239
I'll sit right beside you.
634
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,280
We can finally catch up properly today.
635
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,239
Exactly.
636
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,440
Then let me offer a few toasts first.
637
00:34:39,559 --> 00:34:40,119
Here.
638
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:43,679
No need to be so formal with me.
639
00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:44,880
So graceful and elegant.
640
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,519
A true lady of good breeding.
641
00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:50,000
What were you thinking?
642
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,880
Miss Xie is an honored guest
I personally invited.
643
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,199
Why was she seated at the last table?
644
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:55,039
Mother,
645
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,440
Mozhan arranged the seating
according to precedent.
646
00:34:58,039 --> 00:34:59,559
I should have thought it
through more carefully.
647
00:34:59,559 --> 00:35:00,400
Ridiculous.
648
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:08,440
Miss Xie.
649
00:35:10,079 --> 00:35:10,559
Come.
650
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,199
Sit beside me.
651
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:15,880
We haven't seen each other in years.
652
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,760
We have so much to catch up on.
653
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:18,760
Come.
654
00:35:26,599 --> 00:35:27,239
Madam Yu,
655
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:29,280
I'm afraid such an honor is more
than I deserve.
656
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:30,679
Have a seat.
657
00:35:42,199 --> 00:35:44,079
Miss Xie, perhaps you haven't heard.
658
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,119
At the palace banquet just now,
659
00:35:46,119 --> 00:35:48,639
His Majesty bestowed the courtesy name
Huchen upon Commander Zhao
660
00:35:48,639 --> 00:35:49,639
and granted him special permission
661
00:35:49,639 --> 00:35:50,840
to remain in the capital as an official.
662
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,679
From a regional post to the capital,
663
00:35:52,679 --> 00:35:54,280
he's certainly risen fast.
664
00:35:54,639 --> 00:35:55,440
From now on,
665
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,119
you'll both be staying in the capital.
666
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,760
His Majesty even mentioned
your marriage just now.
667
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:01,880
Come sit closer
668
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,119
and tell me all about it.
669
00:36:03,519 --> 00:36:04,800
Thank you for telling me, Madam.
670
00:36:05,079 --> 00:36:06,280
I'm deeply grateful
for His Majesty's favor.
671
00:36:07,039 --> 00:36:09,039
Then congratulations
are certainly in order.
672
00:36:09,119 --> 00:36:11,480
Looks like you backed the right man.
673
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,320
Miss Xie and Commander Zhao
674
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:14,760
truly are devoted to each other.
675
00:36:15,519 --> 00:36:15,960
Here.
676
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:17,800
A toast to Miss Xie.
677
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,199
Congratulations!
678
00:36:19,199 --> 00:36:20,079
Congratulations!
679
00:36:41,159 --> 00:36:42,239
Who would've thought
680
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,239
things would turn around so suddenly?
681
00:36:44,519 --> 00:36:45,840
Miss Xie
682
00:36:46,199 --> 00:36:47,440
is clearly no ordinary woman.
683
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:00,719
Five years ago,
684
00:37:01,039 --> 00:37:01,960
you told me
685
00:37:02,639 --> 00:37:04,199
I could spend ten years,
686
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:06,760
even decades,
687
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,039
to reach your father's level.
688
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:13,639
So how far have I climbed now?
689
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,239
Am I high enough
690
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,159
to sit
691
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,760
at the same table as your father?
692
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,360
I'd rather know
693
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,360
whether she likes the man you've become.
694
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:32,760
Have the two of you
695
00:37:33,679 --> 00:37:35,039
set a wedding date yet?
696
00:37:38,679 --> 00:37:40,920
That's none of your concern.
697
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,280
I was occupied in the rear rooms
just now
698
00:38:03,199 --> 00:38:05,440
and didn't know my daughter-in-law
had offended you in the main hall.
699
00:38:06,519 --> 00:38:08,079
I failed to keep her in line.
700
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,159
Please forgive us, Miss Xie.
701
00:38:10,599 --> 00:38:11,760
I hope this
702
00:38:12,119 --> 00:38:14,159
won't damage the bond
we've shared all these years.
703
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,679
I took a liking to you back in Huaying,
704
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:18,800
and it seems fate has brought us
together again.
705
00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:20,800
Why don't we put
our age difference aside
706
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,000
and just be friends?
707
00:38:22,159 --> 00:38:24,039
You and Zhao Ling are new
to the capital.
708
00:38:24,519 --> 00:38:26,400
It would be good for us to look out
for one another.
709
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:33,559
Surely you jest, Madam.
710
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:35,960
Yake and I
711
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,280
grew up together.
712
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,920
If I were to treat her mother-in-law
as my peer,
713
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:41,920
where would that
714
00:38:42,039 --> 00:38:43,239
leave Yake?
715
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:47,960
It was my daughter-in-law
716
00:38:48,119 --> 00:38:49,760
who hurt you back then.
717
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:52,840
Was Yake the only one who hurt me?
718
00:38:58,639 --> 00:39:00,079
When Young Lord Yu
719
00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:01,480
came to Ganlin on his inspection,
720
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,239
the matter of those
four written confessions
721
00:39:03,679 --> 00:39:05,039
was settled once and for all.
722
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,320
Four?
723
00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:16,840
Allow me one word of advice today
724
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,960
to Commander Zhao.
725
00:39:19,039 --> 00:39:21,400
Be more careful from now on.
726
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:23,920
There's more to the capital
727
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:25,519
than meets the eye.
728
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,760
Don't let one impulsive move
729
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,199
cost you everything you've built.
730
00:39:31,079 --> 00:39:31,760
Please.
731
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:35,960
(May Virtue and Grace Endure)
732
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:36,519
Let's go.
733
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:39,519
Good thing we brought umbrellas.
734
00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:41,920
Look how hard it's raining.
735
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:45,760
Look. Who's that over there?
736
00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:47,880
Who?
737
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:13,760
♪Once a bird among the clouds,
now fallen into the mortal world♪
738
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:20,640
♪Inviting frost to my temples,
veiling the face of bygone days♪
739
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:26,720
♪With a feather in my beak, I brave
the storm away every false accusation♪
740
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:33,560
♪May all common folk share one roof,
every lantern rest in peace♪
741
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,960
♪Let this humble name carry me♪
742
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,000
It's Commander Zhao.
743
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:45,841
♪With wit and strategy,
I enter this game without regret♪
744
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,440
♪Let the past remain beyond recall♪
745
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,000
♪In exchange for boundless skies♪
746
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:54,640
(Next Episode)
747
00:40:55,519 --> 00:40:56,920
(The struggle for power at court)
748
00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:58,880
(is like rowing against the current.)
749
00:40:59,519 --> 00:41:00,719
(If you don't move forward,
you fall behind.)
750
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,000
(There's a staircase before me.)
751
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,519
(I have no choice but to keep climbing,)
752
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:07,360
(all the way to the top.)
753
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,440
Only by standing high enough
754
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:11,840
can I truly protect us
755
00:41:12,599 --> 00:41:14,719
from the storm of arrows aimed our way.
756
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,039
Since it's come to this,
757
00:41:17,159 --> 00:41:18,559
from now on, our two families
758
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,119
will fight until one of us falls.
759
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:22,639
I've set the stage for you.
760
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:24,960
From here on out, you'll have
761
00:41:25,639 --> 00:41:26,760
plenty of people willing
to do the dirty work.
762
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:43,800
♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪
763
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:51,760
♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪
764
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:58,520
♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪
765
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:01,560
♪Carved into the rings of time♪
766
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:07,360
♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪
767
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:17,400
♪I turn away, afraid goodbye will fill
my eyes with tears♪
768
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:24,800
♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪
769
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:29,200
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪
770
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:33,920
♪Still makes us want to believe♪
771
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:39,880
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪
772
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,880
♪For one fleeting moment, I found you
in the crowd♪
773
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,800
♪Without a word, you lit up
half my life♪
774
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:10,200
♪In silence, a love too deep for words♪
775
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,200
♪Kept close within my heart♪
776
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:19,120
♪From now on, no one else
is worth waiting for♪
777
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:29,560
♪I turn away, afraid no one
will ever come home to me again♪
778
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:36,920
♪If we can build our future together,
no storm can chill my heart♪
779
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:41,320
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪
780
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:46,120
♪Still makes us want to believe♪
781
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:52,040
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪
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