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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 28=

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Madam Zhao.

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Your tactics have grown sharper.

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You know how to use personal ties
to orchestrate a scheme.

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You managed to mend even the rift

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between the Emperor and his grandmother.

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Impressive indeed.

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You jest, Madam Yu.

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I only used sincerity
to break the deadlock.

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You simply refuse to believe

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that true feelings do exist
in this world.

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After all,

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His Majesty

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was raised by Her Majesty herself.

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That bond of blood and love

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cannot be faked.

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You suffered so much in Huaying.

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How can you still believe

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that a grandmother
would truly love her grandson?

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I have not only endured the hardships
of Huaying.

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I have also lived in Ganlin Town.

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I have seen husbands and wives
who truly care for each other.

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Comrades who protect each other
with their lives.

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The military wives,

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though bound by no blood,

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are closer than sisters.

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Are those

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not real feelings?

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If I only remembered the suffering
in Huaying

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and ignored all this love and loyalty,

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then whether I win

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or lose

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in this life

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would no longer matter.

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What good is it to climb so high?

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Even if you reach the pinnacle of power,

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you would be nothing more

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than a walking corpse.

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Madam,

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no matter where

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my husband's future may lead him,

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whether he becomes a regional commander,

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or

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a grand chancellor or marquis

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all I know

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is I would not want to live

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the way you do.

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Even with boundless wealth

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and great power in your hands,

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is there any true love

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between husband and wife,

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parent and child,

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or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?

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My dear.

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You're back.

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This move of ours has failed.

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Instead, Zhao Ling has gained
even more favor.

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Things have become highly troublesome.

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You must find a solution quickly.

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Master,

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I have not been feeling well lately.

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Can we hold off for a while?

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Hold off?

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Are you joking?

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The salt reform is urgent.

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You...

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How can you claim illness now?

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You couldn't have picked a worse time.

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Ms. Shu.

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After all these years with my husband,

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can it be called true love?

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I have shaped myself
into his sharpest blade.

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Inseparable.

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Is that not true love?

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Madam.

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Forget it.

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This is the path I chose.

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I cannot be like Fan,

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wanting both dignity

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and true love.

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Madam,

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please have a seat.

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Come on.

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Take a seat.

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Mother.

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Zhao Ling has been restored to his post.

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We should send a generous gift as well.

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I understand.

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It is just that

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Fan has never gotten along
with the Ninth Young Lady.

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Perhaps

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we should send Concubine Wu instead.

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I take my leave.

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Send a concubine to visit?

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What was he thinking?

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Still,

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it might give Fu Tingyun

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some trouble.

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It can also be useful.

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How could a lowly concubine

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call on a fourth-rank official?

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Please calm down, Young Madam.

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How can I calm down?

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He won't even let me into his study,

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yet she can come and go as she pleases.

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I'd like to see

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who

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the real Young Madam Yu is.

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(Yu Residence)

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You've been here so long,

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with only Cairong to serve you.

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It's truly not right.

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Mozhan.

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Go and bring

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the indenture contracts
of the new maids.

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Concubine Wu,

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pick one that catches your eye.

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Thank you, Young Madam.

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(Indenture Contract)

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(Signatory: Zhao Shitou)

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(Signatory: Wu Youde.
Go-between: Ms. Wang)

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(Indenture Contract of Wu Youde)

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(Named Lingyi, age sixteen)

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What?

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Don't they suit your taste?

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You fool!

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The indenture of Concubine Wu

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should not be
with the servants' contracts.

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Take it away at once.

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Young Madam,

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you are his wife,
married with all due rites.

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I am nothing but a passing fancy.

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If I have offended you,

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it was thoughtless,

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not deliberate.

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And second,

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if I have been used as a tool,

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I had no choice but to play along.

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Why blame someone like me,
who was only a passing fancy?

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My Lady.

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How did your indenture contract

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end up with the Young Madam?

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Aren't you a noble concubine?

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They're far too cruel...

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But today, I finally see it clearly.

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What the Young Madam did today

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was not aimed at me.

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It was a warning to the Young Master.

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This quarrel between wife and concubine

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is really a quarrel
between husband and wife.

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In this household,

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my fate

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is not for her to decide.

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Such an exquisite painting.

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So lifelike.

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Young Master.

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I am restoring

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the painting for the ladies

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at Ji's first-year banquet.

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Is this

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the Ninth Young Lady?

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I've tried time and again to capture

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her grace and bearing,

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yet her spirit still eludes me.

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Who wouldn't admire

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a remarkable woman like her?

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Unlike me,

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lowly as dust.

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Even my own indenture contract

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is held in someone else's hands.

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Has she made things difficult for you?

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I will carefully rework

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this painting until it
captures her true likeness,

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so you may enjoy it at your leisure.

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Rest assured.

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I'll handle this

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for you.

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If a child is not taught,

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his nature will change.

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The way of teaching

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lies in focused dedication.

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You're here.

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You've grown quite bold,

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putting on airs
as the lady of the house,

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daring to meddle with my people?

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If you have any grievances,

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you can come and tell me directly.

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Why trouble a poor soul?

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I thought in your eyes,

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you were the only pitiful one.

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Who would have thought

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you'd start caring for others too?

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You come from a scholarly family.

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Why must your words be so sharp

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and bitter?

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When you made me share a room

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with a woman of unknown origin,

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did you ever consider

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the dignity of a scholar?

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Dignity?

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You want to be like Mother,

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a respected lady of the house.

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But have you considered

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that Mother never

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squabbled with a concubine?

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I was given some insight today.

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It made me realize something.

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The wife-concubine quarrel
is a husband-wife quarrel.

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Father and Mother were united.

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Father never made Mother

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feel as humiliated as I do now.

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I want to ask you one thing.

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Young Master,

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do you truly wish for us

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to drift apart

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and turn against each other?

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Whoever you love,

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whoever you value,

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that is fine.

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But why her?

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You even extended your favor

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by sending Concubine Wu in my place.

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Have you forgotten the past?

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You disregard my dignity.

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What about your own?

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Do not speak of the past again!

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Young Master,

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you won't even mention it now.

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Bring me Wu's indenture contract.

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I have already given you status
and dignity.

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From this marriage alone,

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you have gained more than enough honor.

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From now on,

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stop doing such unseemly things.

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My honor was given by you.

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Then who gave you yours?

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(Rosy in the Evening Glow)

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Fan is the future lady
of this household.

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You owe her dignity.

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But have you not always been

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the lady of this house, Mother?

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Even Wu

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was brought in under your authority.

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No matter how lovely a flower is,

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one grows tired of it.

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That is only natural.

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Whether you fertilize it

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or prune it,

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since it is planted in the pot,

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you must

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give it some water

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and not let it wither.

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Otherwise, my garden

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will not look as beautiful.

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Forgive me, Mother.

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Young Master.

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Please take a seat.

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Why are your hands so cold?

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I...

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Young Master,

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you came about the indenture contract,
didn't you?

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It is only right to give it
to the Young Madam.

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As long as I can stay by your side,

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that's all that matters.

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(Indenture Contract)

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Jingxiu was wrong

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to treat you poorly.

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Why did you not come to me?

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I did not dare to trouble you.

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Fu Tingyun

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wanted to enter the Yu family back then.

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She chose me,

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not my son.

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So many years have passed.

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I thought you would have understood that
by now.

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(From now on, you will listen to me.)

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(I will protect you well.)

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I am the Young Madam of the Yu family.

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Why does Concubine Wu

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live more freely than I do?

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What Mother said today

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was just moving me from Jingxiu's cage

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into her cage.

286
00:18:47,201 --> 00:18:49,080
Even as the Young Madam
of the Yu family,

287
00:18:49,401 --> 00:18:51,080
I am still being pushed around.

288
00:18:56,441 --> 00:18:58,441
Now I no longer want
to listen to anyone.

289
00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:02,080
Whether they think well of me

290
00:19:03,881 --> 00:19:05,120
or not,

291
00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,441
they have endured me all these years.

292
00:19:12,201 --> 00:19:13,881
Let them endure a few more.

293
00:19:14,580 --> 00:19:16,386
(Capital Specialties)

294
00:19:16,420 --> 00:19:17,881
This is top quality.

295
00:19:17,881 --> 00:19:18,961
One hundred taels.

296
00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:28,961
This piece of junk,

297
00:19:29,241 --> 00:19:30,040
one hundred taels?

298
00:19:30,681 --> 00:19:31,161
This...

299
00:19:31,641 --> 00:19:33,201
Do you take me for a fool?

300
00:19:34,401 --> 00:19:36,201
You jest, Madam.

301
00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:41,760
Charge it to my account.

302
00:19:43,441 --> 00:19:45,001
They say good jade has a spirit.

303
00:19:45,201 --> 00:19:46,441
Today, I see it is true.

304
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:49,721
Who are you?

305
00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,800
My family runs a small business
in Anzhou.

306
00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:54,800
I only recently came to the capital.

307
00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:56,120
I have little talent,

308
00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,600
but I do have sharp eyes.

309
00:19:58,721 --> 00:20:01,161
I can recognize most

310
00:20:01,161 --> 00:20:02,320
of the prominent figures in the capital.

311
00:20:02,481 --> 00:20:04,441
You must be General Mo's wife.

312
00:20:15,441 --> 00:20:16,921
No one does anything without a reason.

313
00:20:17,161 --> 00:20:18,280
Why would you

314
00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,280
give me such a valuable gift?

315
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,881
It's not really a gift.

316
00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,520
I am a regular here.

317
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:24,641
I get a thirty percent discount.

318
00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:25,961
Under my name,

319
00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:26,760
seventy taels.

320
00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:27,320
How about that?

321
00:20:27,961 --> 00:20:28,481
Done.

322
00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,921
Then I will accept your kindness.

323
00:20:37,921 --> 00:20:38,921
Thank you, Madam.

324
00:20:39,001 --> 00:20:40,961
Do come by often when you have time.

325
00:20:40,961 --> 00:20:41,961
Mention my name.

326
00:20:41,961 --> 00:20:42,681
At the very least,

327
00:20:42,681 --> 00:20:44,080
I won't let you lose out.

328
00:20:54,161 --> 00:20:55,001
Aunt.

329
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:56,320
She will certainly

330
00:20:56,401 --> 00:20:57,800
come looking for me again.

331
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,040
Don't be fooled
by all the power in this capital.

332
00:21:01,161 --> 00:21:03,441
Human nature here is no different
from anywhere else.

333
00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,641
You offer them what they like,

334
00:21:05,641 --> 00:21:06,840
and slowly nurture the connection.

335
00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,401
Only then can they serve your purposes.

336
00:21:08,441 --> 00:21:09,280
Do you remember?

337
00:21:09,681 --> 00:21:10,481
Yes.

338
00:21:11,201 --> 00:21:12,001
Sir.

339
00:21:12,441 --> 00:21:13,161
Yes.

340
00:21:15,961 --> 00:21:18,001
(Wife of Minister Wang of Personnel)
Old Madam Sun's South Sea gem

341
00:21:18,001 --> 00:21:19,441
needs a red sandalwood case.

342
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,441
Qiu Ying's painting for Chen

343
00:21:21,441 --> 00:21:22,481
(Wife of Vice Director Shen)
needs a signature.

344
00:21:22,641 --> 00:21:24,161
Madam Wang's Diamond Sutra

345
00:21:25,001 --> 00:21:26,760
must be written by the abbot himself.

346
00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:31,441
Here.

347
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:34,280
Now that you are in the Yu family,

348
00:21:34,481 --> 00:21:36,001
you must have some respectable items

349
00:21:36,001 --> 00:21:37,360
to hold your own.

350
00:21:39,241 --> 00:21:40,320
Thank you, Aunt.

351
00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:41,040
Remember,

352
00:21:41,241 --> 00:21:42,600
now that you're part of the Yu family,

353
00:21:42,641 --> 00:21:44,320
you must put in a good word for me.

354
00:21:44,961 --> 00:21:47,881
I am your greatest support.

355
00:22:07,241 --> 00:22:07,921
Mr. Zhao.

356
00:22:09,681 --> 00:22:10,840
An urgent dispatch.

357
00:22:10,883 --> 00:22:13,323
(To Commader Zhao of the Capital)

358
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,441
(Commander Zhao,)

359
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,280
(I have recently reviewed
Anzhou salt administration archives.)

360
00:22:23,641 --> 00:22:25,641
(I found the old grain-for-salt system)

361
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,280
(has serious discrepancies.)

362
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,080
(Various embezzlement methods)

363
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,280
(emerge without end.)

364
00:22:30,681 --> 00:22:32,961
(Succeeding officials, faced
with the complexity of the accounts,)

365
00:22:32,961 --> 00:22:34,080
(refused to investigate deeply.)

366
00:22:34,441 --> 00:22:36,481
(Shen Congsi of Anzhou, respectfully)
(These abuses have festered for years.)

367
00:22:42,481 --> 00:22:43,320
What is it?

368
00:22:44,881 --> 00:22:46,080
An urgent report

369
00:22:46,441 --> 00:22:47,840
from Shen Congsi.

370
00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,280
The former Anzhou prefect

371
00:22:54,921 --> 00:22:56,441
was a student of Grand Secretary Yu.

372
00:22:56,921 --> 00:22:59,161
Then the embezzlement
in the old Anzhou accounts

373
00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:01,441
most likely traces back
to the Yu family.

374
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:05,080
No wonder he is pushing so hard
for the salt reform

375
00:23:06,441 --> 00:23:08,441
to scrap the old grain-for-salt
and switch to silver.

376
00:23:09,241 --> 00:23:10,481
It was all meant

377
00:23:10,481 --> 00:23:12,201
to collect new salt revenue

378
00:23:12,201 --> 00:23:13,800
to cover the old deficits.

379
00:23:14,201 --> 00:23:15,360
Back then, the Yan family

380
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:17,280
also sold salt permits illegally

381
00:23:17,481 --> 00:23:18,520
and bled the merchants dry.

382
00:23:20,401 --> 00:23:21,840
Eight years have passed.

383
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,120
These parasites have hatched
new schemes.

384
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,760
It seems
no matter how the salt laws change,

385
00:23:27,721 --> 00:23:29,360
corruption runs rampant

386
00:23:30,401 --> 00:23:31,520
like weeds.

387
00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,241
But those who root out corruption

388
00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:36,481
are like sparks,

389
00:23:36,961 --> 00:23:38,120
never fading.

390
00:23:38,681 --> 00:23:39,520
Once,

391
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,681
we brought down the Yan family together.

392
00:23:42,001 --> 00:23:42,921
Today,

393
00:23:43,241 --> 00:23:45,721
we will do the same to the Yu family.

394
00:23:46,721 --> 00:23:49,921
Since you know the old Anzhou accounts
are the key,

395
00:23:50,201 --> 00:23:51,280
what is your plan?

396
00:23:56,161 --> 00:23:58,280
Mislead them,

397
00:23:58,760 --> 00:23:59,760
then...

398
00:24:00,201 --> 00:24:01,681
Strike where they least expect.

399
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,760
Move first, and move hard.

400
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:08,241
You know me

401
00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:11,681
better than anyone.

402
00:24:21,118 --> 00:24:21,958
Oh no.

403
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,641
What are we going to do?

404
00:24:29,161 --> 00:24:31,040
Grand Secretary, you're here at last.

405
00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:32,241
Commander Zhao is going to seal

406
00:24:32,241 --> 00:24:34,441
all the grain transport ledgers
passing through Anzhou.

407
00:24:34,441 --> 00:24:36,120
Whether they are carrying grain or salt,

408
00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:38,001
anything passing through
the Anzhou waterways

409
00:24:38,001 --> 00:24:40,080
will be sealed and fully investigated.

410
00:24:40,201 --> 00:24:40,921
Stay calm.

411
00:24:46,001 --> 00:24:49,401
Commander Zhao, shouldn't you be
suppressing water bandits?

412
00:24:49,401 --> 00:24:51,280
With such a large-scale operation,

413
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,360
what are you really after?

414
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,600
Anzhou sits at the strategic
lake-mouth pass

415
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,001
and connects to the Grand Canal.

416
00:24:59,241 --> 00:25:01,080
To clear out the water bandits,

417
00:25:01,161 --> 00:25:02,721
I must first determine

418
00:25:02,721 --> 00:25:03,600
the exact amounts

419
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,681
of money, grain, and salt
that were stolen from the court.

420
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,040
Only then will those beasts

421
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,320
who have devoured
the people's hard-earned wealth

422
00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:13,681
have nowhere to hide.

423
00:25:16,241 --> 00:25:19,320
So you're only using this as a pretext.

424
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,201
Commander Zhao, turns out

425
00:25:20,201 --> 00:25:22,241
you are
after the old accounts of Anzhou.

426
00:25:22,481 --> 00:25:25,241
Why didn't you inform me sooner?

427
00:25:25,881 --> 00:25:27,241
The prefect of Anzhou

428
00:25:27,241 --> 00:25:28,881
happens to be my former student.

429
00:25:29,161 --> 00:25:30,441
I could have arranged

430
00:25:30,441 --> 00:25:32,040
some extra hands

431
00:25:32,441 --> 00:25:34,201
to assist you.

432
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,001
I appreciate your kind offer,

433
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,080
Grand Secretary.

434
00:25:44,401 --> 00:25:45,401
Tally the accounts.

435
00:25:45,401 --> 00:25:46,360
Seal the boxes.

436
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:51,161
Deliver all ledgers to the
Jinwu Vanguard Office immediately.

437
00:25:52,001 --> 00:25:53,760
Without my direct order,

438
00:25:56,401 --> 00:25:58,120
no one is to touch them.

439
00:25:58,760 --> 00:25:59,441
Yes!

440
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,441
He's not really after water bandits.

441
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:06,520
Anzhou?

442
00:26:06,881 --> 00:26:08,441
He's clearly

443
00:26:08,441 --> 00:26:09,760
after my head!

444
00:26:13,721 --> 00:26:15,520
Zhao Ling has the upper hand now.

445
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,721
He's got his eyes fixed
on Anzhou's accounts.

446
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:19,241
If we try to doctor the accounts now,

447
00:26:19,241 --> 00:26:20,641
it's already too late.

448
00:26:21,401 --> 00:26:23,040
But those discrepancies in the accounts

449
00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:25,360
will eventually reach His Majesty.

450
00:26:27,161 --> 00:26:28,800
Then we muddy the waters.

451
00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:31,600
It's not like

452
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,800
only Anzhou's accounts

453
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:34,840
(Anzhou)
are problematic.

454
00:26:39,641 --> 00:26:41,441
You're counting on the idea
that the law can't punish everyone?

455
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:44,520
If that works,

456
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:45,921
the Yu family

457
00:26:45,921 --> 00:26:48,441
has at least a fifty percent chance
of walking away unscathed.

458
00:26:49,641 --> 00:26:51,120
But to make it happen,

459
00:26:51,721 --> 00:26:53,961
we need at least three months.

460
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,201
I have a plan

461
00:27:03,001 --> 00:27:04,120
that will surely make Zhao Ling

462
00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,280
set aside his duties
and step away from the center of power.

463
00:27:06,961 --> 00:27:09,080
And it buys you another thirty percent
chance of winning.

464
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,001
Mother!

465
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,040
I have failed you!

466
00:27:24,681 --> 00:27:28,080
You toiled all your life!

467
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:31,681
And now in death,
you cannot even rest in peace!

468
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,481
(Shou)
All because of that unfilial daughter,

469
00:27:33,481 --> 00:27:35,760
insisting on moving your grave

470
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,280
and tore us apart!

471
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,080
Mother!

472
00:27:40,401 --> 00:27:42,040
He is a filial son.

473
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:43,161
All the way here...

474
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,040
Over mountains and rivers,

475
00:27:47,481 --> 00:27:50,040
you don't even have a male heir

476
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,520
to carry your spirit banner!

477
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,360
Where is the justice in this?

478
00:27:56,881 --> 00:27:58,201
I will carry the spirit banner!

479
00:28:01,001 --> 00:28:02,441
I will escort Grandmother home myself.

480
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,520
Fu Tingzhuo, what are you doing here?

481
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:08,881
You get back...

482
00:28:12,401 --> 00:28:13,080
You...

483
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:16,840
What are you doing?

484
00:28:20,241 --> 00:28:22,441
Your grandson is here to see you!

485
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,360
Rest assured, Grandmother.

486
00:28:28,161 --> 00:28:30,201
I will see you home.

487
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,241
You will not be alone on this journey.

488
00:28:34,681 --> 00:28:35,681
What are you saying?

489
00:28:36,441 --> 00:28:37,241
I am her son!

490
00:28:37,241 --> 00:28:38,120
You are my son!

491
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:39,360
I am the head of the Fu family!

492
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:40,360
Who are you to speak?

493
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,080
But I am her grandson!

494
00:28:43,241 --> 00:28:44,921
The next head of the Fu family.

495
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:45,881
Besides,

496
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,600
this matter was personally approved
by the Grand Empress Dowager.

497
00:28:49,401 --> 00:28:51,001
If you wish to stop me, Father,

498
00:28:51,241 --> 00:28:53,120
go ask the Imperial Clan Court first!

499
00:28:53,201 --> 00:28:53,641
You...

500
00:28:54,921 --> 00:28:55,760
You...

501
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,040
Unfilial wretch!

502
00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,840
For generations,
the Fu family's name and power

503
00:28:59,921 --> 00:29:00,961
were built on women's blood and tears.

504
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,201
That is the true evil.

505
00:29:02,201 --> 00:29:03,120
True filial piety

506
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,681
is to cut off this vicious cycle

507
00:29:05,681 --> 00:29:07,201
of devouring women and kin!

508
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:19,881
Fu Tingzhuo.

509
00:29:20,161 --> 00:29:21,481
(Spirit Banner of the Late Madam Li)
Fu Tingzhuo, how dare you!

510
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,681
Put it down!

511
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:33,681
From this day on,

512
00:29:34,721 --> 00:29:35,600
this evil

513
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:37,760
ends with me.

514
00:29:37,903 --> 00:29:39,656
(Spirit Banner of the Late Madam Li
of the Fu Family)

515
00:29:40,201 --> 00:29:41,201
My children,

516
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,961
remember what your father did today.

517
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,320
Lift the coffin!

518
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,481
Filial piety is not blind obedience.

519
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:49,520
It is knowing right from wrong.

520
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:50,721
Who would dare?

521
00:29:50,721 --> 00:29:53,120
Righteousness is not empty fame.

522
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:54,800
It is breaking old rules.

523
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,881
What your father has cut down today

524
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,360
is a century of shackles
on the Fu family.

525
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:03,080
What he has opened

526
00:30:03,641 --> 00:30:05,441
is a new path for generations to come.

527
00:30:06,441 --> 00:30:08,641
It is what filial piety should truly be.

528
00:30:46,921 --> 00:30:47,881
My dear.

529
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:49,921
They say

530
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:51,961
that only when husband and wife
are of one mind

531
00:30:52,001 --> 00:30:53,481
can a family be established.

532
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,641
I truly want to build up the Fu family.

533
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,840
Can you help me?

534
00:31:00,441 --> 00:31:02,120
What scheme are you cooking up now?

535
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:03,800
No.

536
00:31:04,241 --> 00:31:07,760
If we go back to Huaying,

537
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,520
we will always be one step behind.

538
00:31:11,881 --> 00:31:13,921
Why don't you pretend to be ill?

539
00:31:14,201 --> 00:31:16,201
I can stay behind to care for you.

540
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:17,760
That way, we can stay in the capital.

541
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,520
Then there's a chance for reinstatement.

542
00:31:19,881 --> 00:31:22,080
But I no longer want to play along.

543
00:31:29,441 --> 00:31:31,961
I have already hidden the money.

544
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:33,681
You will not find it.

545
00:31:35,721 --> 00:31:37,441
Hand it over. Do you hear me?

546
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,001
Twenty-six years ago,

547
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,120
I brought thousands of qing of land

548
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,320
into the Fu family.

549
00:31:44,241 --> 00:31:45,401
You said you wanted to buy

550
00:31:45,401 --> 00:31:47,001
a three-courtyard house in the capital,

551
00:31:47,241 --> 00:31:48,441
and I sold half.

552
00:31:48,961 --> 00:31:50,120
Ten years ago,

553
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,401
you said you wanted to buy an office,

554
00:31:52,721 --> 00:31:54,441
and I pawned another hundred or so.

555
00:31:54,481 --> 00:31:55,600
Last month,

556
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,520
you said you needed to pull some strings

557
00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:58,840
and the silver wasn't enough,

558
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,641
so you came to me for more.

559
00:32:01,881 --> 00:32:03,881
What have I been doing all this for?

560
00:32:04,241 --> 00:32:06,840
To bring honor to the Fu family!

561
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:08,520
Was it for myself?

562
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:12,641
You have lived comfortably,

563
00:32:13,241 --> 00:32:15,040
supported by me all these years.

564
00:32:15,681 --> 00:32:16,721
And in the end,

565
00:32:16,881 --> 00:32:18,441
you torment my children.

566
00:32:18,721 --> 00:32:20,800
I will no longer be under your control.

567
00:32:21,401 --> 00:32:24,441
If you think
you can take more money from me,

568
00:32:24,681 --> 00:32:26,320
that is absolutely out of the question.

569
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,441
You dare!

570
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,441
Watch me.

571
00:32:33,877 --> 00:32:35,036
(Mutual-Consent Divorce Agreement)

572
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,840
I have already written
a mutual-consent divorce agreement.

573
00:32:36,850 --> 00:32:38,240
(Initiating Party: Xie Yuzhen;
Joint Signatory: Fu Shichang)

574
00:32:44,103 --> 00:32:45,337
Oh.

575
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:46,800
My dear.

576
00:32:47,241 --> 00:32:49,360
Whether it was twenty-six years ago,

577
00:32:49,641 --> 00:32:50,921
ten years ago,

578
00:32:50,921 --> 00:32:51,881
last month,

579
00:32:51,881 --> 00:32:53,080
or in the future,

580
00:32:53,241 --> 00:32:55,040
listen to me carefully.

581
00:32:55,201 --> 00:32:57,881
From the moment you married
into the Fu family,

582
00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,681
your words

583
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,201
have never carried any weight.

584
00:33:23,921 --> 00:33:25,520
Master, he's here.

585
00:33:31,401 --> 00:33:32,241
Grand Secretary.

586
00:33:32,441 --> 00:33:34,441
That precious son-in-law of yours

587
00:33:35,641 --> 00:33:38,120
has been stirring up trouble
these past few months.

588
00:33:38,681 --> 00:33:40,921
I suggest he follow your example

589
00:33:40,921 --> 00:33:42,681
and observe mourning.

590
00:33:43,681 --> 00:33:45,201
You mean...

591
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,161
Since he prides himself on being filial,

592
00:33:47,441 --> 00:33:49,441
he should observe a full hundred days.

593
00:33:49,441 --> 00:33:51,001
That would be fitting

594
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,681
for his mother-in-law's affection.

595
00:33:52,681 --> 00:33:53,721
But Grand Secretary,

596
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,080
she...

597
00:33:57,441 --> 00:33:59,600
She is my wife.

598
00:34:03,881 --> 00:34:06,441
Since your mother's grave is empty now,

599
00:34:07,401 --> 00:34:09,640
someone should fill it.

600
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,001
That way, you can stay in the capital.

601
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:14,761
By the way,

602
00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,881
the post of Secretary
in the Ministry of Revenue

603
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,680
will open up

604
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,481
in the second half of the year.

605
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:41,441
Quanhui.

606
00:34:45,321 --> 00:34:46,040
Come here.

607
00:34:48,921 --> 00:34:49,841
Mother.

608
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,080
Mother.

609
00:34:56,281 --> 00:34:58,120
Quanhui, you've grown up.

610
00:35:00,001 --> 00:35:01,640
Remember what I say.

611
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,841
The way of husband and wife
lies in supporting each other.

612
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,841
Though there may be hardships,

613
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:09,680
face them together.

614
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,361
Life is short.

615
00:35:11,961 --> 00:35:12,921
In this life,

616
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,200
to have a true companion

617
00:35:15,441 --> 00:35:16,841
is the rarest gift.

618
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,240
All wealth and glory,

619
00:35:20,441 --> 00:35:21,841
gold and power alike,

620
00:35:21,921 --> 00:35:24,040
are but fleeting dreams.

621
00:35:26,441 --> 00:35:27,761
I will always remember this.

622
00:35:59,321 --> 00:36:00,281
Mother.

623
00:36:00,881 --> 00:36:01,921
Mother.

624
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:05,281
Mother, where have you gone? Mother!

625
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:16,640
What's wrong?

626
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,680
I dreamt of Mother.

627
00:36:28,401 --> 00:36:29,361
In the next day or two,

628
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:31,600
I will go back with you

629
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:34,080
to see her.

630
00:37:04,921 --> 00:37:06,520
What are you looking for, Mr. Zhao?

631
00:37:07,441 --> 00:37:08,401
Before,

632
00:37:08,401 --> 00:37:10,160
I sent a few bundles of herbs home.

633
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,481
I remember there was some Wangyou
among them.

634
00:37:18,961 --> 00:37:19,640
Perfect.

635
00:37:19,961 --> 00:37:21,481
I can brew you a calming tonic.

636
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,401
Let me brew it for you.

637
00:37:29,761 --> 00:37:32,040
I didn't know you could do that.

638
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:36,841
Not only can I brew it,

639
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,361
but I can also feed you
with my own hands.

640
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:39,761
I...

641
00:37:46,401 --> 00:37:47,881
Let me practice a bit first.

642
00:37:49,833 --> 00:37:50,440
Ow!

643
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:51,240
So hot!

644
00:37:51,321 --> 00:37:52,281
Careful.

645
00:37:57,801 --> 00:37:58,881
Watch out, it's hot.

646
00:38:04,001 --> 00:38:05,120
It's too hot.

647
00:38:11,281 --> 00:38:12,040
Try again.

648
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:15,720
Mr. Zhao.

649
00:38:17,921 --> 00:38:19,680
I won't fool around. Come on.

650
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:22,441
Take it slow.

651
00:38:24,961 --> 00:38:25,680
Is it alright?

652
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:27,961
Let me try again.

653
00:38:31,401 --> 00:38:32,040
Come on.

654
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:33,600
Madam.

655
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:34,841
Ninth Young Lady!

656
00:38:35,281 --> 00:38:36,441
Ninth Young Lady!

657
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:37,680
Fifth Madam...

658
00:38:38,481 --> 00:38:41,200
Fifth Madam passed away last night.

659
00:38:52,361 --> 00:38:54,441
This morning, white banners were hung
at the Fu Residence,

660
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,680
and the authorities have been notified.

661
00:39:00,361 --> 00:39:01,441
How could this happen?

662
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,441
At our wedding,

663
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:06,761
she was still well, wasn't she?

664
00:39:06,761 --> 00:39:08,401
After you left home,

665
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,481
the Fifth Madam's health
has been failing.

666
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,240
The healer said before

667
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:15,401
that her body was already worn out.

668
00:39:16,001 --> 00:39:18,640
She has clung to life

669
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,080
only to avoid

670
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:22,600
delaying your wedding.

671
00:39:22,801 --> 00:39:24,200
Last night,

672
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,361
she could hold on no longer.

673
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:35,881
Tingyun.

674
00:39:42,401 --> 00:39:44,921
Knowing her health was failing,

675
00:39:45,481 --> 00:39:46,801
she once said

676
00:39:46,841 --> 00:39:49,160
she wished to return to her hometown
in Jiangnan

677
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,040
for her final rest.

678
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:52,961
Ninth Young Lady,

679
00:39:53,401 --> 00:39:55,080
you must go and see.

680
00:39:55,481 --> 00:39:59,240
Fifth Master wants to bury her
in the grass hut.

681
00:40:34,063 --> 00:40:35,770
(In Memoriam)

682
00:40:35,801 --> 00:40:37,520
My wife and I

683
00:40:37,921 --> 00:40:39,520
treated each other with respect.

684
00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:42,281
She bore me children

685
00:40:42,441 --> 00:40:44,040
and served my parents.

686
00:40:44,481 --> 00:40:45,401
But in the end,

687
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:50,720
she never knew a day of happiness.

688
00:40:51,321 --> 00:40:52,001
Now

689
00:40:52,001 --> 00:40:53,680
you have left before me.

690
00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:55,720
How could you bear to leave me?

691
00:40:56,841 --> 00:40:59,160
I will fulfill your final wish.

692
00:40:59,841 --> 00:41:01,481
I will build a hut on the outskirts,

693
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,841
eat only vegetables and fast

694
00:41:04,441 --> 00:41:05,361
for six years,

695
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:06,401
eight years,

696
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:08,841
ten years.

697
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,361
Even ten years cannot redeem my regret!

698
00:41:12,761 --> 00:41:13,680
The Fifth Master's devotion

699
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:16,361
to his mother was deeply moving.

700
00:41:16,881 --> 00:41:19,240
And now, his love for his wife
is equally deep.

701
00:41:19,761 --> 00:41:20,640
Truly,

702
00:41:20,801 --> 00:41:22,961
(Spirit Tablet of the Late Madam Xie)
he's loyal and filial!

703
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:23,961
Yes.

704
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:25,321
Yes.

705
00:41:28,361 --> 00:41:29,281
Madam,

706
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,321
your daughter and son-in-law

707
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:34,281
have come to see you.

708
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,160
They are all grown up now.

709
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:39,881
They can take care of themselves.

710
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,160
So go in peace.

711
00:41:52,441 --> 00:41:55,761
Look,
Tingyun is offering incense for you.

712
00:42:01,839 --> 00:42:04,946
(In Memoriam)

713
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:12,169
(Spirit Tablet of the Late Madam Xie)

714
00:42:22,761 --> 00:42:23,801
My dear,

715
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,921
how could you bear to leave us?

716
00:42:28,441 --> 00:42:31,200
I will plant a loquat tree
in the courtyard.

717
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:33,481
In years to come,

718
00:42:34,401 --> 00:42:35,921
it will grow into a great shade.

719
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,401
When we eat its fruit,

720
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,160
we will see your face
and hear your voice again.

721
00:42:43,481 --> 00:42:44,801
How long are you going

722
00:42:47,481 --> 00:42:49,321
to keep up this little show?

723
00:43:04,163 --> 00:43:06,820
(Next Episode)

724
00:43:07,361 --> 00:43:09,200
You are no longer part of the Fu family.

725
00:43:09,281 --> 00:43:10,640
What right do you have
to meddle in our affairs?

726
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,680
You can talk until you are blue
in the face,

727
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,200
but I will still take Mother back
to the Xie family in Jiangnan!

728
00:43:16,801 --> 00:43:17,921
Zhao Ling!

729
00:43:17,921 --> 00:43:19,600
Even if I am a heartless wretch,

730
00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:21,481
I am still Fu Tingyun's birth father!

731
00:43:21,481 --> 00:43:23,640
You two will pay for this!

732
00:43:23,921 --> 00:43:25,881
We've come so far to get here.

733
00:43:25,881 --> 00:43:27,401
Why the rush?

734
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,321
You are willing to part
with your mother-in-law today.

735
00:43:31,761 --> 00:43:32,640
Tomorrow,

736
00:43:32,801 --> 00:43:34,560
who else will you be willing
to part with?

737
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,761
(I will make you pay blood for blood.)

738
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:54,320
♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪

739
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,280
♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪

740
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:09,040
♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪

741
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,080
♪Carved into the rings of time♪

742
00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:17,880
♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪

743
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:27,920
♪I turn away, afraid goodbye will fill
my eyes with tears♪

744
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:35,320
♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪

745
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,720
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

746
00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:44,440
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

747
00:44:44,720 --> 00:44:50,400
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪

748
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:06,400
♪For one fleeting moment, I found you
in the crowd♪

749
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:14,320
♪Without a word, you lit up
half my life♪

750
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:20,720
♪In silence, a love too deep for words♪

751
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,720
♪Kept close within my heart♪

752
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:29,640
♪From now on, no one else
is worth waiting for♪

753
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:40,080
♪I turn away, afraid no one
will ever come home to me again♪

754
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:47,440
♪If we can build our future together,
no storm can chill my heart♪

755
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,840
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

756
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:56,640
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

757
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:02,560
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪