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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 32=

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Hurry up.

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I'm lighting it.

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Lately,

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Mr. Zhao and Madam,

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one stays in the side room,

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the other in the study.

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They don't even look at each other.

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If this goes on,

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even the closest couple

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will drift apart.

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Right.

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We should find a way

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to get them talking

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over the New Year's Eve dinner.

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In my hometown,

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there is a tradition.

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Whoever gets the dumpling with the coin

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will have everyone

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say a few words of blessing to them.

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If Madam gets that dumpling...

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Good idea.

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You're full of good ideas.

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Sen.

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Get a coin.

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Alright.

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This is our first New Year
in the capital.

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Even though we're in mourning,

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and the filling is vegetarian,

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let's still make it special

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and lively.

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The Fifth Madam will be happy
watching from above.

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Yes.

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But Sanniang,

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how do we tell

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that dumpling

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from the rest?

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I will pinch eighteen pleats

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on this one dumpling.

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Eighteen pleats is good.

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The more pleats,

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the more blessings.

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Lately, Madam

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has been upset.

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If she gets this dumpling,

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her luck will turn next year,

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and all will be well.

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The dumplings are here.

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Today's dumplings are special.

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I've hidden a little fortune inside.

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Whoever finds it

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will have everyone

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say a few words of blessing.

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Let's see who's the lucky one.
All right?

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Yes, that's great.

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You have this bowl.

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This bowl was prepared
by Mr. Zhao himself.

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They're all at the bottom.

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It's definitely in this bowl.

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Let's eat.

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Eat up.

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Come on, eat.

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Try some.

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So good.

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Mine is great.

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Eat the dumplings first.

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Eat up.

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Here.

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Did you get it?

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Not yet.

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Me neither.

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Not me.

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I don't really have much of an appetite.

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I'll just go through the motions.

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You've lost weight lately.

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Have a few more.

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The next one

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is bound to have it.

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Yes, Madam Zhao.

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Exactly.

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That's right.

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Have some more.

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Have some more.

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It'll come.

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Come on.

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Eat a few.

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Let's eat too.

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Eat up.

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Come on, eat.

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The filling is so good today.

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Delicious.

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Good.

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Whose bowl is it in?

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Eat up.

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I can't eat anymore.

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Come on, have some more.

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That works too.

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If Mr. Zhao gets it, it's the same.

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Right.

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We'll all,

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including Madam,

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especially you,

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say a few words of blessing

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to Mr. Zhao.

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Right.

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Yes.

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Mr. Zhao.

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Eat up.

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We'll eat too.

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Let's see who gets the lucky one.

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Mr. Zhao.

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Mr. Zhao.

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Mr. Zhao.

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Do you regret it?

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Regret marrying me?

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I regret pushing you to join the army.

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Back then,

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all I saw was wealth and status.

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I was desperate to climb higher.

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Then I came to my senses.

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I let it go.

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But you picked it up again

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and couldn't let it go.

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If I could go back seven years,

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I would want us to share
life and death together.

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Maybe

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that would be better
than being strangers now.

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You want me to climb higher,

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but you're afraid that once I become
a powerful minister,

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I'll come to no good end.

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Quanhui,

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nothing is ever perfect in this world.

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I don't ask you to trust me or help me.

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I only ask that you not grow cold
or leave me.

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I've already lost too much
along this road.

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I don't want to lose you.

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It is cold at the top.

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Now I finally understand.

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This power

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has turned Zhao Ling

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into General Zhao,

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and Fu Tingyun

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into Madam Zhao.

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Mr. Zhao,

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what can I do

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to make you

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feel more alive?

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If being with me

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makes you feel stifled

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and in pain,

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then perhaps

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we should end our marriage.

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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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If you don't want to see me,

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tonight

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I'll stay at the yamen.

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You...

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♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪

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Don't let your mind wander.

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♪I turn away♪

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♪Afraid goodbye
will fill my eyes with tears♪

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♪Etched deep within my heart♪

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♪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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♪I turn away♪

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♪Afraid no one
will ever come home to me again♪

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♪If we can build our future together♪

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♪No storm can chill my heart♪

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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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If Lord Liu

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of the Ministry of Personnel

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had not intercepted that petition today,

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I would still be in the dark.

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You had the nerve
to go behind the family's back

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and secretly

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secure a post in Ganlin on your own!

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Now, I am

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under a lot of criticism.

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Even this
lowly seventh-rank clerk position

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came through the help of my peers

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with great effort.

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Only because no one noticed

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could it be done.

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Father,

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I can no longer

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achieve anything in the capital.

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Let me go to Ganlin.

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At least...

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At least I can see the desert's view.

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Nonsense!

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What are you talking about?

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Master.

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You're my son.

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A top scholar personally appointed
by His Majesty.

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You want to go to the border

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and serve as a lowly clerk.

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Where does that leave my dignity?

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Master.

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Do you want the entire court

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to laugh at the Yu family?

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That's enough, Master.

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I know you're upset.

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But for now,

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with so many household matters,

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you just need to wait a little longer.

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He will surely lead you
to a life of prosperity and honor.

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I have been unfilial.

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But about Ganlin...

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No buts!

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Quickly.

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Help Young Master back to his room.

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Hurry.

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Young Master,

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let's go back and rest.

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Let's go back and rest.

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Useless wretch.

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Rest assured, Master.

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Leave this to me.

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I will set things right.

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I never thought

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you would seek a post on your own.

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And even more so,

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that you would want to go so far away.

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If you truly get posted to Ganlin,

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take me with you.

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Is that okay?

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Maybe a change of place

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would make us happier than we are
in the capital.

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Perhaps,

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in time,

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we could mend the rift between us.

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We could live like ordinary couples

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and lead an ordinary life.

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Would that be good?

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Ganlin is a place of endless sand
and dust.

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Even a sip of clean water is hard
to come by.

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You have lived in comfort
for so many years.

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Can you bear it?

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Back then, you sought wealth
and status through me.

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Now, you seek freedom through me.

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Young Madam,

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once you have dreamed
of such splendor and wealth,

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do not wake up from it.

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And do not think of leaving the capital
this way.

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In your eyes,

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is that who I truly am?

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You went to great lengths

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to marry into a family like ours.

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Now you have Ji as well.

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Even if I die in Ganlin tomorrow,

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your food, clothing, and daily comforts

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will not decrease one bit.

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For the rest of your life,

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wherever I am,

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your wealth and glory
will not be affected.

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How can anyone be so heartless
to the one sleeping beside them?

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After over a decade of hard study,

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you finally passed the imperial exam
with top honors,

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and entered the Hanlin Academy.

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You are only going through
a rough patch,

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and have encountered some difficulties.

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And now you want to throw away
your bright future

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and go suffer in that desolate place.

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Why?

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Mother, please say no more.

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My mind is made up.

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All right.

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I know

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why you insist on going to Ganlin.

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You may leave.

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But after you go,

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are you not afraid
that I will move against Fu Tingyun?

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She is now an imperially titled lady

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of the second rank.

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"Imperial titled"?

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A bowl of wonton can be poisoned.

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She can be attacked on the street.

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Even if she never leaves her house,

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I can bribe a servant to drug her.

287
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,400
I have a thousand ways to end her,

288
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,440
and ten thousand ways to escape blame.

289
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,440
If you dare to leave,

290
00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:49,759
for the rest of my life,

291
00:18:50,559 --> 00:18:52,319
I will fight her to the death.

292
00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,799
A son knows his mother best.

293
00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,160
You know well

294
00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,559
what I am capable of.

295
00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,440
Mother, are you willing to cast aside

296
00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,359
even the last bond between us?

297
00:19:20,039 --> 00:19:21,640
The bond is still there.

298
00:19:22,279 --> 00:19:23,839
But now that my own child

299
00:19:23,839 --> 00:19:25,200
is about to abandon me,

300
00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,000
I can no longer hold on to it.

301
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,799
What a perfectly matched couple
you two are.

302
00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,319
One uses me.

303
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,440
The other threatens me.

304
00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:14,640
If Young Master insists on leaving

305
00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:15,799
and takes you with him,

306
00:20:15,799 --> 00:20:17,640
how will we ever get away?

307
00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:19,200
Don't worry.

308
00:20:20,279 --> 00:20:21,640
We won't be going there.

309
00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:32,680
Young Master, you're here.

310
00:20:32,759 --> 00:20:33,960
Light day at the office?

311
00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:55,640
This hairpin is a bit old.

312
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,440
If you want one,

313
00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,400
I'll have Cairong get you a new one.

314
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,200
I want this one.

315
00:21:12,039 --> 00:21:12,960
Madam.

316
00:21:13,799 --> 00:21:15,039
Why would Concubine Wu

317
00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:17,480
suddenly ask to see you?

318
00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,880
After what happened
with Madam Wu's records,

319
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,640
I still owe her a favor.

320
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:26,880
I'm afraid

321
00:21:28,319 --> 00:21:29,319
I have to go.

322
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,280
(Three days later, at the Wei Hour,
the teahouse in the south of the city.)

323
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:42,480
(Mingxiang Teahouse)

324
00:22:19,559 --> 00:22:20,240
Madam.

325
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:21,240
Ninth Young Lady.

326
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:33,440
I know

327
00:22:34,039 --> 00:22:35,200
you are not happy now.

328
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:37,359
If you need to,

329
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:38,880
you can come with me.

330
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:41,480
I will take you back to Ganlin.

331
00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:46,680
In Huaying,

332
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,400
you framed me for adultery.

333
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,319
In Ganlin,

334
00:22:51,799 --> 00:22:53,759
you accused Mr. Zhao and me of eloping.

335
00:22:55,839 --> 00:22:56,960
And now,

336
00:22:57,079 --> 00:22:58,240
you are doing

337
00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,960
what you once condemned most.

338
00:23:02,759 --> 00:23:03,440
Lord Yu,

339
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,359
why can't you leave me alone?

340
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,200
I only want to help set you free.

341
00:23:09,839 --> 00:23:10,720
I meant no offense.

342
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:11,680
Lord Yu, show some restraint.

343
00:23:12,799 --> 00:23:14,079
I am already married.

344
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:15,880
And you are a man of official standing.

345
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,119
For someone of your status
to behave so shamelessly

346
00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:19,119
and cling to me like this,

347
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,480
how are you any different
from a common ruffian?

348
00:23:23,039 --> 00:23:24,759
It was precisely because I cared
too much about status back then

349
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:27,440
that I hesitated to fight for you.

350
00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:30,200
And that is why I lost you.

351
00:23:31,839 --> 00:23:32,559
But now,

352
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:35,319
I have let go of all those vain titles.

353
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,279
Status, rank,

354
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:39,599
fame and fortune,

355
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,119
compared to you,

356
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:43,079
they mean nothing.

357
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:46,200
If you are willing,

358
00:23:48,079 --> 00:23:49,319
I will give up everything.

359
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,680
All these pleas you keep making to me,

360
00:23:53,839 --> 00:23:55,359
they are really for yourself.

361
00:23:56,759 --> 00:23:57,720
Your pain,

362
00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:58,559
your struggles.

363
00:23:58,720 --> 00:23:59,839
Your feelings for me are an obsession,

364
00:23:59,839 --> 00:24:00,720
not love.

365
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,680
You are trapped in your own cage.

366
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,039
What does that have to do with me?

367
00:24:04,759 --> 00:24:06,319
If you want to escape,

368
00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:07,720
do not use me as your excuse.

369
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:10,000
No.

370
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:11,839
No.

371
00:24:14,279 --> 00:24:15,359
You have misunderstood me.

372
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,759
This time, I am truly determined.

373
00:24:20,279 --> 00:24:20,960
Ninth Young Lady.

374
00:24:21,799 --> 00:24:22,480
What are you doing?

375
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:23,240
Let go!

376
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:24,119
Let go!

377
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:24,720
Let go!

378
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:25,480
Let go!

379
00:24:26,599 --> 00:24:27,359
Sanniang.

380
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,160
I will never leave you alone
in the capital.

381
00:24:50,759 --> 00:24:51,960
You cannot win against them.

382
00:25:01,759 --> 00:25:02,599
Young Madam.

383
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,680
If it were not for Young Master's
reputation and future,

384
00:25:05,759 --> 00:25:06,440
this small matter

385
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,440
would never have come before you

386
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:09,480
to trouble you.

387
00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:12,039
Yesterday, I overheard

388
00:25:12,319 --> 00:25:13,799
that Young Master
has taken a new concubine.

389
00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:16,000
He has bought a fine house
to settle her in.

390
00:25:16,279 --> 00:25:17,279
If you do not believe me,

391
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:18,680
just follow Chengxin.

392
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:19,720
You will see for yourself.

393
00:25:22,799 --> 00:25:24,119
Now that I can accept you,

394
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,319
then I can accept another concubine.

395
00:25:29,599 --> 00:25:31,079
Why tell me all this?

396
00:25:31,759 --> 00:25:33,119
Are you trying to use me

397
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,759
to win back Young Master's heart?

398
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,440
I only want what is best for his career.

399
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:39,880
I've known it.

400
00:25:40,599 --> 00:25:41,640
You may go.

401
00:25:46,039 --> 00:25:47,000
My Lady.

402
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,039
If you ask Young Madam
to step in and save her,

403
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:51,559
and this blows up,

404
00:25:51,559 --> 00:25:53,160
it will not go well for you.

405
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,440
I must save her.

406
00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:57,440
But I must also stop him

407
00:25:57,559 --> 00:25:58,599
from leaving for Ganlin on his own.

408
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:00,440
Otherwise, I am afraid

409
00:26:01,039 --> 00:26:02,799
I will be sent away by Madam Yu.

410
00:26:04,759 --> 00:26:05,880
I have found out.

411
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,119
She is

412
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,440
in a small courtyard
on Zhenjiang Hutong.

413
00:26:09,799 --> 00:26:11,680
But if you go there
to confront her directly,

414
00:26:12,039 --> 00:26:13,680
you will only make things worse
with Young Master.

415
00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:15,400
Do not act on impulse

416
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:16,960
and anger him further.

417
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,119
Who said I was going to catch him
in the act?

418
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,440
I will bring her into the household

419
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,079
and make her a concubine as well.

420
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,119
The more chaos in this house,

421
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:32,559
the happier I will be.

422
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:37,240
Open the door.

423
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,119
Open the door.

424
00:26:43,599 --> 00:26:44,400
This is the house

425
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,920
where Young Master
has settled his concubine.

426
00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:48,559
Open up!

427
00:26:51,799 --> 00:26:53,400
I am an imperially titled lady
of the second rank.

428
00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:55,440
The wife of General Zhao Huchen.

429
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,200
You are neither bailiffs

430
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,440
nor do you have any official warrant.

431
00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,480
How dare you detain me!

432
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,200
I don't care what title you hold.

433
00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:02,720
We only answer to Lord Yu.

434
00:27:05,079 --> 00:27:05,880
Open the door.

435
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,079
The concubine

436
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:09,400
is her.

437
00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:43,880
Yake.

438
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,359
You must be feeling quite pleased now.

439
00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:48,839
All these years,

440
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,640
his heart has always been with you.

441
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:54,680
You refused to marry him at first.

442
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:57,880
Then Madam Yu tried to take you
as a concubine.

443
00:27:58,480 --> 00:27:59,839
Now, after all these twists and turns,

444
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:01,680
you end up as his mistress.

445
00:28:01,799 --> 00:28:02,799
You're overthinking this.

446
00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:06,400
Ever since the engagement
with the Yu family ended,

447
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:07,319
our ties were severed.

448
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,400
Whoever Yu Jingxiu holds in his heart

449
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:10,440
has nothing to do with me.

450
00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:11,759
I don't care either.

451
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:13,279
What happened today

452
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,200
was as much a surprise to me
as it was to you.

453
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,039
Have you truly never been drawn to him?

454
00:28:24,559 --> 00:28:26,599
To you, Yu Jingxiu is a prize
worth fighting for.

455
00:28:26,599 --> 00:28:27,759
Then hold on to him

456
00:28:28,559 --> 00:28:30,440
and keep him from disturbing my life.

457
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:33,880
In this life,

458
00:28:35,279 --> 00:28:36,960
if all you do is stare
at other people's paths,

459
00:28:38,119 --> 00:28:40,440
you will never be able
to walk your own well.

460
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,880
All I see and think about

461
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,240
is my own life.

462
00:29:01,079 --> 00:29:02,279
Ever since I was young,

463
00:29:05,599 --> 00:29:06,960
you never even spared a glance

464
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,000
at the things I fought so hard for.

465
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,839
The jewels and finery, the same.

466
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,680
The engagement with the Yu family,
the same.

467
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:19,400
Yu Jingxiu,

468
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:21,880
the same.

469
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,000
What I treasured like precious gems,

470
00:29:28,119 --> 00:29:29,559
you threw away like worthless scraps.

471
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:38,240
Tingyun.

472
00:29:41,119 --> 00:29:42,599
Do you know why your mother

473
00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:46,039
died?

474
00:29:50,279 --> 00:29:51,200
Didn't Mother...

475
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,119
pass away from an illness?

476
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,000
Grand Secretary Yu wanted
to scheme against Zhao Ling.

477
00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:09,039
He started with your father.

478
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,400
The plan was to force Zhao Ling
into three months of mourning.

479
00:30:15,319 --> 00:30:17,400
Madam Yu instigated your father.

480
00:30:17,839 --> 00:30:19,240
He wanted to cling to power,

481
00:30:21,839 --> 00:30:22,960
so he poisoned

482
00:30:25,359 --> 00:30:26,799
the Fifth Madam to death.

483
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:34,640
Before,

484
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,000
you were trapped in Biyun Nunnery
because of me,

485
00:30:40,079 --> 00:30:41,839
with only a bowl of poison.

486
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,039
Today, I tell you the truth

487
00:30:50,039 --> 00:30:51,720
as my repayment to you.

488
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:54,960
Make sure

489
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,359
you know who your true enemy is.

490
00:31:11,799 --> 00:31:12,759
Don't worry.

491
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,119
Yu Jingxiu will not take you away.

492
00:31:17,599 --> 00:31:19,240
I no longer care about being

493
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:21,759
the Young Madam of the Yu family.

494
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:24,599
But for now,

495
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,559
that title still has its use.

496
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:35,960
Young Madam.

497
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:36,400
Calm down.

498
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:37,559
You must not.

499
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:39,799
You must not, Young Madam!

500
00:31:40,759 --> 00:31:41,440
Young Madam.

501
00:31:41,559 --> 00:31:42,359
I know

502
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,000
you only listen to him,

503
00:31:46,079 --> 00:31:47,200
not to me.

504
00:31:48,319 --> 00:31:50,440
But if you do not let her go today,

505
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:51,960
I will kill myself right here!

506
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,680
Do you think you can escape the blame

507
00:31:54,759 --> 00:31:55,960
for driving the Young Madam
to her death?

508
00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:08,000
We will not move.

509
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:08,559
Young Madam,

510
00:32:08,799 --> 00:32:09,640
please put it down.

511
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:10,880
Please put it down.

512
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,599
When I woke up,

513
00:32:23,839 --> 00:32:25,680
Madam was already gone.

514
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,000
I rushed home,

515
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:28,640
sent Sen over here,

516
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,160
then came to find you

517
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:30,960
- to tell you.
- Chuan.

518
00:32:31,079 --> 00:32:31,599
Mr. Zhao.

519
00:32:31,599 --> 00:32:32,400
Go to the Yu Residence

520
00:32:32,839 --> 00:32:33,960
and gather all the brothers.

521
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:35,880
Anyone who can provide information
on Madam's whereabouts

522
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:36,559
will be rewarded.

523
00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:37,079
Mr. Zhao,

524
00:32:37,279 --> 00:32:38,079
I just found out.

525
00:32:38,319 --> 00:32:39,279
A few days ago, Yu Jingxiu

526
00:32:39,279 --> 00:32:40,839
rented a courtyard on Zhenjiang Hutong.

527
00:32:41,079 --> 00:32:42,319
He has been acting suspiciously lately.

528
00:32:42,759 --> 00:32:43,759
Should we go take a look?

529
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,040
♪The faint incense fades from boughs♪

530
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,760
♪Lone wild geese know not
late autumn's woes♪

531
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,560
♪If heaven's will, none can implore♪

532
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,880
♪Mortal world's all absurd lore♪

533
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:21,559
Tingyun!

534
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,120
♪Cold night asks not
of those who leave or stay♪

535
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,440
♪Trapped in the rain♪

536
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,720
♪Are first to be chilled by the wind♪

537
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,400
♪Fate writes its lines, yet asks no one♪

538
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:39,240
Mr. Zhao.

539
00:33:40,359 --> 00:33:41,079
Don't be afraid.

540
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,200
♪All is ash upon the altar,
bearing guilt's shame♪

541
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:51,400
♪Atone for my sin♪

542
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,000
♪Shattered into dust thin♪

543
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:09,280
♪When the wind blows, I feel no regret♪

544
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:15,960
♪Right and wrong, I face without fear♪

545
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,200
♪The long road stretches on,
but dawn will come at last♪

546
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,920
This is not the way home.

547
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:50,559
Where are you taking me?

548
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,079
Our marriage was decreed by His Majesty.

549
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,000
Only death can part us.

550
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:30,960
But today, there is a chance.

551
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:33,280
I can report

552
00:35:34,039 --> 00:35:34,800
that

553
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:38,599
you were taken by kidnappers.

554
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:40,880
I can use that to send you away

555
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,039
from this place that brings you no joy.

556
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:44,719
Jiangnan,

557
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:46,920
Yongning Prefecture,

558
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:49,639
Ganlin Town.

559
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,119
If you wish to leave,

560
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,280
you can depart tonight.

561
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,280
The house,

562
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:04,119
silver notes,

563
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:05,719
horses and carriage,

564
00:36:07,639 --> 00:36:09,559
everything is ready.

565
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:12,880
I only wish

566
00:36:17,159 --> 00:36:18,639
to give you one more choice.

567
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,159
Quanhui.

568
00:36:30,679 --> 00:36:32,440
I cannot bear to part with you.

569
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,079
But I do not want

570
00:36:36,199 --> 00:36:37,800
you to live in fear for me anymore.

571
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,239
When I married you,

572
00:36:41,119 --> 00:36:42,639
I wanted to give you happiness.

573
00:36:44,559 --> 00:36:45,639
On our wedding day,

574
00:36:46,559 --> 00:36:48,000
I made a promise to your mother.

575
00:36:48,079 --> 00:36:49,679
I know what happened to my mother.

576
00:36:51,079 --> 00:36:51,880
My mother

577
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,480
was killed by the Yu family,
through my father's hands.

578
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,280
You knew all along.

579
00:37:05,559 --> 00:37:07,039
But you would not tell me.

580
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,039
The situation grows more dangerous
by the day.

581
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,280
It would be wiser for you
to part ways with me.

582
00:37:22,559 --> 00:37:24,199
I fear that one day,

583
00:37:26,599 --> 00:37:28,199
I will have to forsake everyone,

584
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:31,719
including you.

585
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,559
Do you know what a true villain is?

586
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,920
They commit every evil deed,

587
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,119
yet let others take the blame.

588
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,960
You've fallen right into the trap,
Zhao Ling.

589
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,159
If I leave you to face this alone

590
00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:01,960
and just walk away,

591
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:05,800
I would be unworthy as your wife.

592
00:38:11,079 --> 00:38:12,320
Do you mean

593
00:38:16,599 --> 00:38:17,440
you are not leaving?

594
00:38:23,679 --> 00:38:24,599
Power

595
00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:28,039
turns a man into a blade,

596
00:38:28,599 --> 00:38:29,480
a bow,

597
00:38:30,159 --> 00:38:31,039
a crossbow.

598
00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:39,119
♪Let this humble name carry me
through a life adrift♪

599
00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:41,239
But I do not want you to become that.

600
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,440
I want you to always remember

601
00:38:46,599 --> 00:38:48,079
that you are a man.

602
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,199
To your brothers, you are Mr. Zhao,

603
00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:54,159
and to me, you are my husband.

604
00:38:56,039 --> 00:38:57,840
You are nobody's Huchen.

605
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,280
♪I seek nothing beyond the world♪

606
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:12,520
♪Let this fleeting world carry me
through a life adrift♪

607
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:15,679
Let's go home.

608
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,080
♪Though each move is forced upon me♪

609
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:26,080
♪May it buy the world
one moment's peace from the storm♪

610
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:32,200
♪I crave no clarity
from outside my soul♪

611
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:36,400
♪I seek nothing beyond myself♪

612
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,199
I often have nightmares.

613
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:43,679
I will always be with you.

614
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,440
What do we do now?

615
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:55,840
Young Master.

616
00:39:58,039 --> 00:39:58,880
What happened?

617
00:39:59,639 --> 00:40:00,079
Well...

618
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:17,000
Where is she?

619
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:22,599
Coveting a fellow officer's wife

620
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,400
and abducting her.

621
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:27,440
I never thought

622
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,239
that you, Young Lord Yu,
would ever want what you cannot have.

623
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,079
Indeed,

624
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:36,320
a bond forced into being

625
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:38,639
is always an ill-fated one.

626
00:40:38,639 --> 00:40:39,280
Shut up!

627
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,159
What?

628
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:41,440
You had the guts to do it,

629
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,800
but you can't stand hearing the truth?

630
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,000
Your behavior now

631
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,400
is no different from a bitter wife's.

632
00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:53,960
Young Master.

633
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,480
I do not know when it started,

634
00:40:59,000 --> 00:40:59,960
but without hating you,

635
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,159
I feel I cannot go on living.

636
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,599
You call me dull and unremarkable.

637
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,679
Drop me in a crowd,
and you'd lose me in a second.

638
00:41:14,639 --> 00:41:15,760
But Young Master,

639
00:41:16,119 --> 00:41:17,679
before I married you,

640
00:41:17,679 --> 00:41:19,719
I was also one of a kind.

641
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,119
You say I am dull,

642
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,320
and that is because you are dull.

643
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:32,840
Yu Jingxiu.

644
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:34,840
Even if you had not married me,

645
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:36,960
but someone else instead,

646
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:39,920
you would have turned them

647
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,480
into someone just as dull as me.

648
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,199
Your obsession with her now

649
00:41:46,559 --> 00:41:48,679
is no different from the obsession
that made you marry me.

650
00:41:49,639 --> 00:41:51,480
It is all self-deception.

651
00:41:52,639 --> 00:41:53,960
You still want freedom?

652
00:41:54,639 --> 00:41:56,039
You do not deserve it.

653
00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:02,920
You are jealous and immoral.

654
00:42:04,159 --> 00:42:05,440
Your words and actions are reckless.

655
00:42:06,679 --> 00:42:07,800
You have lost your mind.

656
00:42:08,079 --> 00:42:09,880
It seems you no longer want
to go back to this family!

657
00:42:16,679 --> 00:42:17,199
Yes.

658
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:20,199
You are right.

659
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:23,159
I have long grown tired

660
00:42:23,159 --> 00:42:24,159
of this heartless family!

661
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:26,639
In this family,

662
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,239
you answer to Mother's moods.

663
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:31,920
And Mother answers to Father's.

664
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:32,599
And me?

665
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,480
I please all of you.

666
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:41,559
In the end,

667
00:42:44,559 --> 00:42:46,960
I answer to all of your moods.

668
00:42:53,079 --> 00:42:54,280
From this day on,

669
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:58,800
whether it is love,

670
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:00,920
power,

671
00:43:02,159 --> 00:43:03,000
or freedom,

672
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,119
I will expect nothing from you.

673
00:43:09,079 --> 00:43:10,440
Young Lord Yu,

674
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,280
watch yourself.

675
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,600
(Collected Commentaries
on the Four Books)

676
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:45,119
I, Fan Yake,

677
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:47,000
wish to leave this house

678
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:49,559
and retreat to the villa
for quiet cultivation.

679
00:43:50,639 --> 00:43:52,039
You truly wish to leave?

680
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:56,079
Have you not always regretted

681
00:43:56,639 --> 00:43:58,559
not having the daughter-in-law
you wanted?

682
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:00,480
Now I wish to leave,

683
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:02,199
you suddenly want me to stay.

684
00:44:02,559 --> 00:44:04,079
Ji is still so young.

685
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,679
Can you bear to let him grow up
without a mother?

686
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:09,760
In the past,

687
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,199
I might have let that keep me here,

688
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:16,920
trapped for a lifetime.

689
00:44:18,039 --> 00:44:18,880
But now,

690
00:44:19,159 --> 00:44:20,920
I know what I want.

691
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:22,400
I do not want to be

692
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,159
a mother bound by her children.

693
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:25,880
What nonsense are you saying?

694
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:27,599
You are a mother.

695
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:28,920
How can you be so willful?

696
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:29,440
Go.

697
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:30,440
Bring Ji here.

698
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:30,960
Yes.

699
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:31,599
No need.

700
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:40,079
I have no strength left.

701
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,159
Ji lives in comfort at home,
wanting for nothing.

702
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:44,960
I have no worries.

703
00:44:46,559 --> 00:44:48,280
If he stays with me,
he will only be burdened.

704
00:44:49,039 --> 00:44:50,960
Think back on your own life, Madam.

705
00:44:51,679 --> 00:44:53,239
Was even a single bit

706
00:44:55,599 --> 00:44:57,599
of what you've done ever for your child?

707
00:44:59,039 --> 00:45:00,639
Since you could not do it yourself,

708
00:45:01,039 --> 00:45:03,239
why ask me to be a devoted mother?

709
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,400
Right now, I value freedom above all.

710
00:45:19,079 --> 00:45:20,920
I only want to live for myself.

711
00:45:28,599 --> 00:45:29,719
Even if you,

712
00:45:31,199 --> 00:45:33,159
and the whole world, call me
an unfit mother,

713
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:35,880
so what of it?

714
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:37,440
Madam.

715
00:45:41,119 --> 00:45:43,400
(If a mother spends her life
swallowing every grievance,)

716
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:45,920
(her children will never be happy.)

717
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,199
(I fear that one day,)

718
00:45:48,639 --> 00:45:50,360
(I too will say those words,)

719
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:52,360
("I did it all for you.")

720
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,079
(I don't want to be
that kind of mother.)

721
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:08,360
(Next Episode)

722
00:46:08,679 --> 00:46:10,159
I, Jin Yuanbao, a humble commoner,

723
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:13,039
hereby accuse
Zhao Ling, General Zhaoyong,

724
00:46:13,199 --> 00:46:14,320
of colluding with merchants,

725
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:15,679
engaging in illegal salt trading!

726
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:17,960
In this life,

727
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,280
the more one craves,

728
00:46:19,679 --> 00:46:21,320
(Xie Residence)
the harder the fall when it's lost.

729
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:21,639
Take it off!

730
00:46:21,639 --> 00:46:22,519
What are you doing?

731
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:23,719
What are you doing?

732
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,079
Why did you betray Mr. Zhao?

733
00:46:26,079 --> 00:46:26,880
Withdraw the complaint!

734
00:46:27,159 --> 00:46:28,239
They will turn this

735
00:46:28,599 --> 00:46:29,679
into an airtight case.

736
00:46:30,039 --> 00:46:31,199
And let him take the blame.

737
00:46:31,679 --> 00:46:32,400
Zhao Ling

738
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,119
is to be suspended from office
and imprisoned.

739
00:46:34,559 --> 00:46:36,159
Conduct a full
and thorough investigation.

740
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:55,760
♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪

741
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:03,720
♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪

742
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:10,480
♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪

743
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:13,520
♪Carved into the rings of time♪

744
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:19,320
♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪

745
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:29,360
♪I turn away, afraid goodbye will fill
my eyes with tears♪

746
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:36,760
♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪

747
00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:41,160
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

748
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:45,880
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

749
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:51,840
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪

750
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:07,840
♪For one fleeting moment, I found you
in the crowd♪

751
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:15,760
♪Without a word, you lit up
half my life♪

752
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:22,160
♪In silence, a love too deep for words♪

753
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,160
♪Kept close within my heart♪

754
00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:31,080
♪From now on, no one else
is worth waiting for♪

755
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:41,520
♪I turn away, afraid no one
will ever come home to me again♪

756
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:48,880
♪If we can build our future together,
no storm can chill my heart♪

757
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:53,280
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

758
00:48:53,720 --> 00:48:58,080
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

759
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:04,000
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪