1 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:19,210 ♪ We'll follow Zhang Xie to the capital ♪ 2 00:00:20,510 --> 00:00:24,390 ♪ Lest he prove untrue and leave us heartbroken ♪ 3 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,320 This southern opera is being performed tonight 4 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:33,250 ♪ Today Zhang Xie rides through the streets in triumph ♪ 5 00:00:31,710 --> 00:00:34,560 to welcome you into the household. 6 00:00:33,570 --> 00:00:35,100 ♪ But he's short of helping hands ♪ 7 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,600 Back then, your mother 8 00:00:36,140 --> 00:00:38,310 ♪ Let's go lend him ours ♪ 9 00:00:38,790 --> 00:00:40,470 loved this piece the most as well. 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,850 ♪ The ghosts will bear the sedan chair ♪ 11 00:00:45,310 --> 00:00:47,750 ♪ The gods will blow the trumpets ♪ 12 00:01:00,070 --> 00:01:09,360 ♪ Decked in red and clad in green ♪ 13 00:01:00,110 --> 00:01:03,370 When I was young, I lived alone and destitute far from home, 14 00:01:03,670 --> 00:01:05,530 growing up among the common folk. 15 00:01:05,590 --> 00:01:08,480 My birth mother once committed a grave mistake 16 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,100 and harmed her family. 17 00:01:19,039 --> 00:01:20,120 But was my mother 18 00:01:21,070 --> 00:01:23,070 truly a sinner? 19 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,480 My mother had once entered the grand gates of the Xie Residence full of hope. 20 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,840 Yet behind those vermilion gates... 21 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,430 A lowly actress like you 22 00:01:32,430 --> 00:01:34,680 isn't worthy of living in Danyue Pavilion! 23 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,870 -Help! Concubine Xia's been murdered! -In the end, my mother 24 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:39,850 was accused of murder. 25 00:01:40,870 --> 00:01:43,200 Our Xie family's century-old reputation 26 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,509 will not be sullied by a vile, treacherous woman like you. 27 00:01:47,070 --> 00:01:48,000 After that, 28 00:01:48,310 --> 00:01:50,120 my mother chose to bear the shame 29 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,000 and leave the Xie Residence 30 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:53,600 with me still in her womb. 31 00:01:55,479 --> 00:01:57,280 She and I depended on each other. 32 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,039 Our life was humble, 33 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,770 but we were content. 34 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,920 Yet even so, 35 00:02:04,310 --> 00:02:05,310 there were still those in the Xie family 36 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:07,310 who refused to leave us in peace. 37 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,430 Years later, 38 00:02:20,470 --> 00:02:22,310 Grandmother brought me back to the Xie Residence. 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,110 [Qingyuan] 40 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,460 And that was when Xie Qingyuan's life 41 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,400 truly began. 42 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:37,310 [Spring of The Blade] 43 00:02:37,650 --> 00:02:40,370 [Episode 1] 44 00:02:49,250 --> 00:02:51,230 [One Month Ago] 45 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,640 [Chen Yunya] 46 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,310 My Lady. 47 00:02:59,030 --> 00:03:00,280 Everything's ready. 48 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,430 Then all we need is an opportunity. 49 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,460 Now that the stage's been set, 50 00:03:05,590 --> 00:03:06,280 it's time 51 00:03:06,870 --> 00:03:08,080 for the show to begin. 52 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:46,840 Attack! 53 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,560 Who do you think you are? 54 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:55,300 This grain is disaster relief sent by imperial decree. 55 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:56,440 Do you all have a death wish? 56 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:57,520 We can't get into the city! 57 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,520 If we don't seize this grain, we have no way to survive! 58 00:04:00,670 --> 00:04:01,730 Where's the grain? 59 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:06,030 Guards! 60 00:04:06,350 --> 00:04:08,550 Drive them to the outskirts of the city! 61 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:28,440 [Wei Changyan, Jiangnan Transport Commissioner] 62 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,290 Greetings, My Lord. I'm Wei Changyan, Jiangnan Transport Commissioner. 63 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,360 Hengtang is quite lively, isn't it? 64 00:04:35,070 --> 00:04:37,870 I'm temporarily overseeing affairs in Hengtang. 65 00:04:37,870 --> 00:04:39,070 I've failed in my duties 66 00:04:39,070 --> 00:04:42,070 and allowed these refugees to disturb Your Lordship. 67 00:04:42,159 --> 00:04:43,420 It is my fault. 68 00:04:48,290 --> 00:04:51,070 [Yan Rui, Imperial Advisor of the Ministry of Revenue] 69 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:55,050 [Outskirts of Hengtang City] 70 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,050 Is this supposed to be boiling water or making porridge? 71 00:04:59,630 --> 00:05:01,680 How many grains of rice are in there? 72 00:05:02,310 --> 00:05:03,770 I don't see a single grain. 73 00:05:04,430 --> 00:05:06,120 He's just boiling plain water. 74 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,270 They should have at least brought half a cart of grain 75 00:05:08,270 --> 00:05:09,870 to tide us over for a few days. 76 00:05:09,950 --> 00:05:11,210 This corrupt official 77 00:05:11,490 --> 00:05:14,710 didn't even bother bringing a single grain of rice. 78 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,430 Lord Wei, you look a bit gloomy. 79 00:05:18,870 --> 00:05:20,600 You're not upset that I borrowed your grain 80 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,530 for relief distribution, are you? 81 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:23,950 I wouldn't dare. 82 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,270 It's just that today's porridge 83 00:05:26,270 --> 00:05:27,720 is indeed a bit thin. 84 00:05:28,430 --> 00:05:31,680 I'll have to trouble you to bring more rice tomorrow, Lord Wei. 85 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:32,270 Yes. 86 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:34,000 My Lord. 87 00:05:34,159 --> 00:05:35,420 The porridge is ready. 88 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:41,870 Everyone, 89 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,300 the porridge is ready. 90 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:44,890 Come and get your porridge. 91 00:05:50,390 --> 00:05:51,320 No rush. No rush. 92 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:52,510 One at a time. 93 00:05:52,830 --> 00:05:53,630 Take it easy. 94 00:05:53,830 --> 00:05:55,490 There's enough for everyone. 95 00:05:55,510 --> 00:05:56,750 I know 96 00:05:57,390 --> 00:05:59,070 you all must feel 97 00:05:59,310 --> 00:06:01,270 very grateful to me right now. 98 00:06:01,950 --> 00:06:03,480 I bear the imperial decree, 99 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,000 so in handling disaster relief, 100 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,600 I'll certainly do my utmost. 101 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:07,660 Easy, easy. 102 00:06:07,950 --> 00:06:09,610 There's enough for everyone. 103 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:11,920 Let's go. 104 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,280 We still have important matters to attend to. 105 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:15,190 Let's not cause any trouble. 106 00:06:15,190 --> 00:06:16,920 One by one, no rush. 107 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:19,490 Is it my turn yet? 108 00:06:21,750 --> 00:06:23,820 Please, I haven't gotten any yet! 109 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,750 Me. Me first. 110 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:26,920 I'm starving. 111 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,180 You corrupt official! 112 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,000 Protect His Lordship! Hurry! 113 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,360 Protect His Lordship! 114 00:06:39,630 --> 00:06:40,930 Don't run! Catch him! 115 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,340 Stop there! 116 00:06:42,510 --> 00:06:43,500 Are you alright, My Lord? 117 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:44,100 I'm fine. 118 00:06:44,650 --> 00:06:45,650 Don't run! 119 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:51,800 Freeze! 120 00:06:53,470 --> 00:06:54,150 Stop! 121 00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:55,430 Stop! 122 00:07:01,510 --> 00:07:03,040 -Let go of me! -My Lady. 123 00:07:03,070 --> 00:07:04,440 The road's blocked. 124 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,550 Do whatever you want to me! 125 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,800 -I won't beg for mercy! -You seem to have a problem with me. 126 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:18,430 I originally thought that 127 00:07:18,430 --> 00:07:20,830 since you came all the way from the capital, 128 00:07:20,830 --> 00:07:22,430 you must be someone who actually gets things done. 129 00:07:22,430 --> 00:07:24,270 Who would have thought that you're even more hateful, 130 00:07:24,270 --> 00:07:25,270 more despicable, 131 00:07:25,390 --> 00:07:27,000 and more disgusting than them! 132 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,650 You live in luxury, sparing no expense on your own food and clothes, 133 00:07:28,650 --> 00:07:30,040 yet there's not a grain of relief rice for the people! 134 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,110 Not a single grain! 135 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,360 Are you done? 136 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,800 I know you've suffered a lot. 137 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,510 So trust me. 138 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:48,950 I came this time 139 00:07:49,270 --> 00:07:50,400 specifically to... 140 00:08:58,480 --> 00:08:59,840 Such an exquisite item. 141 00:09:13,270 --> 00:09:14,390 From now on, 142 00:09:15,150 --> 00:09:16,790 whenever you see me, 143 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:18,520 keep your distance. 144 00:09:28,550 --> 00:09:31,320 [Xie Residence in Hengtang] 145 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,910 [Danyue Pavilion] 146 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:43,520 [An official robe, a burial mound. Blazing flames light up crimson eyes.] 147 00:09:43,550 --> 00:09:45,030 [Iron hooves crush blood beneath the gate. A child, at last, pays the price of fate.] 148 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:47,670 A letter from the Northern Frontier! 149 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:49,730 A letter from the Northern Frontier! 150 00:09:51,870 --> 00:09:54,080 What on earth happened? 151 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:55,710 How did he end up 152 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,790 offending the royal family? 153 00:09:57,790 --> 00:09:58,540 Nonsense. 154 00:09:59,550 --> 00:10:01,150 Bothering Mother like this. 155 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:10,520 My poor son, Zhenglun... 156 00:10:10,630 --> 00:10:12,480 He's been guarding that bitterly cold Northern Frontier 157 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:13,840 for years, 158 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,660 and now he actually has to suffer this calamity. 159 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,780 [Old Madam Xie] 160 00:10:18,510 --> 00:10:20,440 Serving as an official in the court 161 00:10:20,670 --> 00:10:22,030 always comes with rises and falls. 162 00:10:21,470 --> 00:10:23,160 [Hu Wenzhuo, Head Madam of the Xie Family] 163 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,960 Things like this happen. 164 00:10:23,590 --> 00:10:25,270 [Lian Fanqiao, Third Concubine of the Xie Family] 165 00:10:24,510 --> 00:10:26,910 It won't shake the century-old foundations 166 00:10:26,910 --> 00:10:28,750 of our Xie family. 167 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,670 How can we panic and lose our composure 168 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,910 over just a minor hardship? 169 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,000 [Mei Yinghua, Second Concubine of the Xie Family] 170 00:10:35,390 --> 00:10:37,240 Especially you. 171 00:10:37,550 --> 00:10:39,840 As the head madam of the Xie household, 172 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,840 you've lost your composure— 173 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,460 how can you ever be entrusted with greater responsibilities? 174 00:10:46,870 --> 00:10:49,130 Your reprimand is justified, Old Madam. 175 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:50,440 But there is one thing 176 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:52,240 I 177 00:10:52,630 --> 00:10:54,160 must bring up nonetheless. 178 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,040 A blood-written poem 179 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,720 suddenly appeared at Danyue Pavilion 180 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,480 a few months ago, 181 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,270 [An official robe, a burial mound. Blazing flames light up crimson eyes.] 182 00:11:00,290 --> 00:11:01,110 [Iron hooves crush blood beneath the gate. A child, at last, pays the price of fate.] 183 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,120 saying things like 184 00:11:03,150 --> 00:11:05,630 Old Madam would be ill for a long time without recovery, 185 00:11:05,630 --> 00:11:07,760 Master would be demoted for no reason, 186 00:11:07,790 --> 00:11:15,280 [Danyue Pavilion] 187 00:11:07,870 --> 00:11:09,790 and that the others in the household 188 00:11:09,790 --> 00:11:11,520 would also suffer misfortune. 189 00:11:12,310 --> 00:11:14,840 An official robe, a burial mound. 190 00:11:15,220 --> 00:11:18,300 Blazing flames light up crimson eyes. 191 00:11:18,420 --> 00:11:21,370 Iron hooves crush blood beneath the gate. 192 00:11:21,470 --> 00:11:24,510 A child, at last, pays the price of fate. 193 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,480 I entered the Xie household at 19, 194 00:11:29,150 --> 00:11:30,870 and I've spent my life managing the trading house, 195 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:32,470 keeping the inner household in order, 196 00:11:32,470 --> 00:11:35,270 and dealing with all manner of demons and schemes— 197 00:11:35,670 --> 00:11:37,000 what manner of specter 198 00:11:37,270 --> 00:11:38,320 have I not seen? 199 00:11:38,630 --> 00:11:39,320 And now 200 00:11:39,750 --> 00:11:42,390 you little rats think you can frighten me? 201 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,130 Go and assign people 202 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,510 to recite the Kṣitigarbha Sutra in the ancestral hall 203 00:11:46,510 --> 00:11:47,720 around the clock. 204 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,030 Let's see whether 205 00:11:51,390 --> 00:11:53,840 you vicious ghosts are more fearsome, 206 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,300 or whether the ancestral tablets of our Xie family carry greater weight! 207 00:11:58,360 --> 00:11:59,080 Zhengjun! 208 00:11:59,630 --> 00:12:00,600 Go and douse it 209 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:02,200 with dog blood! 210 00:12:02,670 --> 00:12:03,510 Me? 211 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,540 [Xie Zhengjun, Second Young Master of the Xie Family] 212 00:12:19,870 --> 00:12:20,670 Young Master! 213 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:26,120 You bastard! 214 00:12:26,270 --> 00:12:27,470 You're finally back! 215 00:12:27,630 --> 00:12:29,790 You might as well come back tomorrow and collect my corpse! 216 00:12:29,790 --> 00:12:31,790 Young Master, black dog blood isn't easy to get. 217 00:12:31,790 --> 00:12:32,750 The butcher at the market 218 00:12:32,750 --> 00:12:33,390 had to slaughter one fresh. 219 00:12:33,390 --> 00:12:34,720 It's been 2 whole hours. 220 00:12:34,870 --> 00:12:36,600 In that amount of time, even ghosts could've reincarnated 3 times over! 221 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,360 Do you have any idea what I went through? 222 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:39,080 I do, I do. 223 00:12:39,270 --> 00:12:40,600 Please stop complaining. 224 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,330 -Just splash it. -Give it to me. 225 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,120 What's that sound? 226 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:48,030 You heard it? 227 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:49,150 I didn't. 228 00:12:49,750 --> 00:12:50,080 I... 229 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,410 I didn't hear anything. 230 00:12:51,790 --> 00:12:52,790 That's not right. 231 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:53,960 That's not right. 232 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:54,910 What's that sound? 233 00:12:54,910 --> 00:12:55,910 Did you hear that? 234 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:56,840 Wufu? 235 00:12:57,150 --> 00:12:57,960 Wufu! 236 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:48,550 Yunya. 237 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:49,920 Stop singing. 238 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:51,690 Let alone Xie Zhengjun, 239 00:13:52,270 --> 00:13:53,390 even I, who am playing a ghost, 240 00:13:53,390 --> 00:13:55,390 am about to be scared to death by you. 241 00:13:55,790 --> 00:13:58,670 That's exactly what I want— every one of them to live in fear, 242 00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:00,530 their minds thrown into turmoil. 243 00:14:01,790 --> 00:14:04,190 Mere sleepless nights are far from enough. 244 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,080 I want them to feel as if 10,000 arrows were piercing their hearts. 245 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,740 Your Yunduo has been selected by the Xie family. 246 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:10,960 This afternoon, 247 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,550 it was taken into the Xie Residence 248 00:14:12,550 --> 00:14:14,410 along with several other horses. 249 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,550 Favorable conditions have appeared in Hengtang. 250 00:14:18,550 --> 00:14:21,150 It's time we made use of them. 251 00:14:31,790 --> 00:14:32,470 Fire! 252 00:14:32,750 --> 00:14:33,790 Hurry and help put out the fire! 253 00:14:33,790 --> 00:14:35,520 Hurry and help put out the fire! 254 00:14:36,530 --> 00:14:37,290 Fire! 255 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:38,120 Fire! 256 00:14:38,270 --> 00:14:39,200 Help! 257 00:14:39,220 --> 00:14:40,170 Fire! 258 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:40,720 Fire! 259 00:14:40,750 --> 00:14:41,610 Help! 260 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:42,850 Fire! 261 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:44,790 The curse. 262 00:14:47,810 --> 00:14:48,960 [Blazing flames] 263 00:14:51,420 --> 00:14:53,670 [Crimson eyes] 264 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:56,550 It's the curse. 265 00:14:57,270 --> 00:14:58,600 The curse has come true! 266 00:15:01,790 --> 00:15:02,650 Old Madam! 267 00:15:02,790 --> 00:15:03,550 Old Madam! 268 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,650 [Moonlight Casts Its Radiance] 269 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,280 The curse has come true! 270 00:15:07,150 --> 00:15:08,270 Nonsense. 271 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:09,360 Old Madam! 272 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,320 Old Madam! 273 00:15:10,390 --> 00:15:11,100 Old Madam! 274 00:15:11,260 --> 00:15:12,020 Old Madam! 275 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,700 -The fire has spread to the east wing! -Fire! 276 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,600 Quick, go bring the fire brigade! 277 00:15:18,750 --> 00:15:19,440 Old Madam. 278 00:15:19,630 --> 00:15:21,150 It's the vengeful spirits coming to claim lives. 279 00:15:21,150 --> 00:15:22,600 The vengeful spirits are here to claim lives! 280 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,480 Shut up! 281 00:15:24,350 --> 00:15:25,610 Help put out the fire! 282 00:15:26,910 --> 00:15:28,660 Help! Put out the fire! 283 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,560 Amitabha. 284 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:39,470 Fire! 285 00:15:39,490 --> 00:15:40,750 Help! 286 00:15:48,630 --> 00:15:49,720 Zuixian Tavern is truly great. 287 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:50,910 Let's drink till we drop again another day! 288 00:15:50,910 --> 00:15:53,240 Let's drink to our heart's content again! 289 00:15:57,050 --> 00:15:59,090 Something bad happened! Help! 290 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,030 Protect Lord Yan! 291 00:16:00,860 --> 00:16:01,550 [Zuixian Tavern] 292 00:16:01,060 --> 00:16:02,290 Protect Lord Yan! 293 00:16:03,390 --> 00:16:03,960 My Lord! 294 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:05,440 My Lord! 295 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:06,960 My Lord! 296 00:16:07,270 --> 00:16:08,000 Stop! 297 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:09,970 [Zuixian Tavern] 298 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,240 My Lord, something bad happened! 299 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:10,390 There's a fire over there! 300 00:16:10,390 --> 00:16:11,440 Where? 301 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,630 It seems to be the Xie Residence. 302 00:16:13,630 --> 00:16:14,910 The Xie Residence? 303 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,390 Lord Guo, quick, quick. 304 00:16:16,390 --> 00:16:17,550 A fire is a serious matter. 305 00:16:17,550 --> 00:16:18,670 Go help put it out! 306 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:19,790 Yes. Got it. 307 00:16:19,790 --> 00:16:20,960 I will take my leave. 308 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:22,750 Quick! Quick! 309 00:16:22,750 --> 00:16:23,120 See you. 310 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:23,720 This way! 311 00:16:27,910 --> 00:16:28,670 This way. 312 00:16:29,550 --> 00:16:30,220 Follow them. 313 00:16:30,220 --> 00:16:30,720 Yes. 314 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,670 Once it's burned down, 315 00:16:47,670 --> 00:16:49,200 it'll be your turn to beg me. 316 00:16:51,580 --> 00:16:52,340 [Xie Residence of Hengtang] 317 00:16:52,690 --> 00:16:53,960 Water's here! 318 00:16:56,270 --> 00:16:57,270 Get out of the way! 319 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:58,540 Move! Move! 320 00:16:58,870 --> 00:17:00,100 Hurry up! 321 00:17:03,630 --> 00:17:04,960 Quick, quick! Hurry up! 322 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:06,960 Follow up! 323 00:17:07,030 --> 00:17:07,680 Be quick! 324 00:17:07,819 --> 00:17:08,470 Hurry up! 325 00:17:08,490 --> 00:17:09,000 Hurry! 326 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,930 [Guan-guan Go the Ospreys] 327 00:17:42,590 --> 00:17:43,400 Yunduo! 328 00:17:58,090 --> 00:17:59,400 Young lady. 329 00:18:01,150 --> 00:18:02,700 Is this the one you're calling for? 330 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:04,100 [Guan-guan Go the Ospreys] 331 00:18:06,020 --> 00:18:06,870 Stop there. 332 00:18:14,350 --> 00:18:16,410 What are your instructions, My Lord? 333 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:19,770 Since you know who I am, 334 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,440 and your horse almost hurt me, 335 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,460 how should we settle this? 336 00:18:25,350 --> 00:18:26,480 This is not my horse. 337 00:18:27,750 --> 00:18:29,210 Then whose name is Yunduo? 338 00:18:29,350 --> 00:18:30,280 I just made it up. 339 00:18:35,110 --> 00:18:36,240 I have heard 340 00:18:36,270 --> 00:18:37,590 that some horses are easily startled 341 00:18:37,590 --> 00:18:38,850 and fierce-tempered, 342 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,240 and only their owner's whistle can calm them down. 343 00:18:41,060 --> 00:18:41,670 [Zuixian Tavern] 344 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,330 As for the fire at the Xie Residence, 345 00:18:46,330 --> 00:18:49,530 I'm afraid you can't escape responsibility for it, lady. 346 00:18:54,190 --> 00:18:56,860 [Guan-guan Go the Ospreys] 347 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,190 You hid flint 348 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:00,740 inside sugared balls 349 00:19:01,270 --> 00:19:02,730 and tied them to the horse. 350 00:19:03,070 --> 00:19:05,030 Once the sugar melted, the fire was ignited. 351 00:19:05,030 --> 00:19:06,960 And with the east wind blowing strong, 352 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:08,760 the flames spread with the wind, 353 00:19:08,790 --> 00:19:11,450 while the evidence was destroyed along with it. 354 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,620 Quite an intricately orchestrated scheme you devised, lady. 355 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,840 And where did you get that whistle, lady? 356 00:19:23,350 --> 00:19:26,680 Come to think of it, that should count as physical evidence. 357 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:41,790 First arson, 358 00:19:41,790 --> 00:19:43,510 then destruction of evidence— 359 00:19:43,510 --> 00:19:45,830 do you believe I could arrest you right now? 360 00:19:45,830 --> 00:19:46,630 Go ahead then. 361 00:19:49,310 --> 00:19:50,720 Your Lordship gave me the chance 362 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:51,920 to destroy the evidence just now 363 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,380 and did nothing to stop me. 364 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,310 By that logic, 365 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,370 you'd be an accomplice as well. 366 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,110 Besides, 367 00:19:58,480 --> 00:19:59,830 with Your Lordship's abilities, 368 00:19:59,830 --> 00:20:02,640 capturing a weak woman like me would have been effortless. 369 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,240 If you truly intended to act, you would've arrested me from the start. 370 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,310 Why go through all this step by step, pressing me like this? 371 00:20:07,310 --> 00:20:09,350 Your Lordship clearly has some other motive— 372 00:20:09,350 --> 00:20:11,550 one you don't want others to know about. 373 00:20:24,830 --> 00:20:26,110 Who exactly are you? 374 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,160 And what do you want with the Xie family? 375 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:33,400 I'll get to the bottom of it. 376 00:20:33,250 --> 00:20:37,600 [Guan-guan Go the Ospreys] 377 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:43,470 [The Wondrous Being of the Great Void] 378 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,600 When heaven and earth reverse their course 379 00:20:50,790 --> 00:20:52,510 and old debts return in the cycle of reincarnation, 380 00:20:52,510 --> 00:20:54,450 this is the manifestation of karmic retribution— 381 00:20:54,450 --> 00:20:56,380 something that cannot be avoided. 382 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,920 What are we supposed to do now? 383 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,590 Master is about to return from the Northern Frontier, 384 00:21:02,590 --> 00:21:04,110 yet the household is in chaos— 385 00:21:04,110 --> 00:21:04,790 first the fire, 386 00:21:04,790 --> 00:21:06,140 then the hauntings, 387 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,200 and now the talk of karmic retribution. 388 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,280 Are they determined to see us dead? 389 00:21:10,820 --> 00:21:13,530 [Xie Residence of Hengtang] 390 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:20,900 Take these scriptures 391 00:21:21,310 --> 00:21:22,890 to the ancestral hall and burn them. 392 00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:23,590 Yes. 393 00:21:26,510 --> 00:21:27,530 How did it go? 394 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,030 Did the Taoist priest have any way to deal with this? 395 00:21:31,030 --> 00:21:32,660 The Taoist priest hinted 396 00:21:33,030 --> 00:21:35,160 that the last line of the blood-written poem... 397 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,690 Please do not worry, Madam. 398 00:21:37,110 --> 00:21:38,910 You must understand that all things in this world 399 00:21:38,910 --> 00:21:41,060 [The Profound Realm of True Mystery] 400 00:21:39,110 --> 00:21:41,400 follow the principle of mutual generation and restraint. 401 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,730 Fortune and misfortune 402 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,220 are ever intertwined. 403 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,640 Now that calamity has befallen you, 404 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,290 there is surely a mascot to ward it off. 405 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,110 A mascot to ward it off? 406 00:21:51,830 --> 00:21:53,400 I have said all I can. 407 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,370 [The Profound Realm of True Mystery] 408 00:21:53,430 --> 00:21:55,650 [An official robe, a burial mound. Blazing flames light up crimson eyes.] 409 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:55,350 A child, at last, 410 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,890 [Iron hooves crush blood beneath the gate. A child, at last, pays the price of fate.] 411 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,180 pays the price of fate. 412 00:21:57,590 --> 00:21:59,590 One of the children of the Xie family 413 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,330 will definitely be able 414 00:22:01,550 --> 00:22:03,210 to resolve this predicament. 415 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,110 It's just that if anything were to happen 416 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,370 to one of our Xie family's children... 417 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,440 I'm worried you wouldn't be able to bear it, Old Madam. 418 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:20,510 I've actually 419 00:22:21,350 --> 00:22:24,000 heard some rumors recently, 420 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:25,830 about Jin Chunqing 421 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,110 giving birth to a child 422 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,290 after she left our residence years ago... 423 00:22:42,310 --> 00:22:43,160 Take a seat. 424 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:44,790 Yes. 425 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,070 Wenzhuo. 426 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:53,720 Yes? 427 00:22:54,550 --> 00:22:55,560 You and I 428 00:22:57,070 --> 00:22:58,680 share the same thought. 429 00:23:02,030 --> 00:23:02,920 Old Madam! 430 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:06,960 Old Madam. 431 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,790 We've found that child. 432 00:23:18,710 --> 00:23:20,800 [Welcoming Heaven's Blessings] 433 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,160 What would you like to buy? 434 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:04,790 Wait. 435 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,260 Yunya isn't some object 436 00:24:07,550 --> 00:24:10,260 you can just move around as you please. 437 00:24:10,590 --> 00:24:11,400 Old Madam Xie. 438 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:14,000 Recognizing family ties is a big deal, right? 439 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 I have to respect her wishes on this. 440 00:24:16,110 --> 00:24:17,070 Please 441 00:24:17,070 --> 00:24:18,510 go back for today. 442 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:20,520 And take all these things with you. 443 00:24:20,790 --> 00:24:22,290 We're a humble household— 444 00:24:22,550 --> 00:24:24,750 we have no use for such lavish gifts. 445 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,770 You and Yunya are not blood relatives, 446 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:31,480 but you raised her for our Xie family all these years. 447 00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:33,110 No gift could be too generous 448 00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:34,720 for you to accept. 449 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:36,550 Still, 450 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:38,880 I respect your wishes. 451 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,480 After all, one should never forcefully 452 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,350 keep what does not belong to them. 453 00:24:46,550 --> 00:24:49,880 To do so would defy heaven and moral order, 454 00:24:50,350 --> 00:24:52,720 and invite misfortune. 455 00:24:53,830 --> 00:24:56,070 Even though Yunya and I are not blood relatives, 456 00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:57,240 she's still the girl our Chen family 457 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,930 raised and cherished from childhood. 458 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,110 How dare you think you can just take her away? 459 00:25:02,110 --> 00:25:03,240 I'm telling you now, 460 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,350 whatever tricks you have up your sleeve, 461 00:25:05,350 --> 00:25:07,510 I'll meet you head-on. 462 00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:10,920 Granny, don't. 463 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,160 Good child. 464 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,240 I'm your grandmother. 465 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,550 Come. 466 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,030 Come here. 467 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,240 Let me take a good look at you. 468 00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:44,400 Dear! 469 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:46,560 Don't take another step! 470 00:25:47,310 --> 00:25:48,720 If you take one more step, 471 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,960 our Chen family will disown you as our granddaughter. 472 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:58,280 Come here. 473 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:24,480 Granny. 474 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:26,640 I'm sorry. 475 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,600 I'm grateful for all you've done in raising me, 476 00:26:37,070 --> 00:26:39,070 but I want to return to my own family. 477 00:26:43,030 --> 00:26:44,590 I want to see my father. 478 00:26:56,070 --> 00:26:56,670 Very well. 479 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,210 You want to return to your own family, huh? 480 00:27:00,590 --> 00:27:01,480 Very well. 481 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:03,640 So very well! 482 00:27:04,350 --> 00:27:05,620 If you return to your family, 483 00:27:05,620 --> 00:27:07,420 then don't come back ever again! 484 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,410 Good girl. 485 00:27:18,030 --> 00:27:19,550 Once you're packed, 486 00:27:20,030 --> 00:27:22,290 I'll send someone to come and pick you up. 487 00:27:22,590 --> 00:27:25,530 I'll make sure you come back to the Xie family in glory 488 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:27,630 and that 489 00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:29,620 you rightfully become 490 00:27:30,550 --> 00:27:32,470 the Fourth Lady of the Xie family. 491 00:27:39,270 --> 00:27:41,120 Raise the sedan! 492 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,000 This is as far as I can help you. 493 00:28:16,550 --> 00:28:18,080 For the rest of the journey, 494 00:28:18,790 --> 00:28:20,920 you'll have to forge ahead on your own. 495 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,740 The fire at the Xie Residence was quite suspicious. 496 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:31,350 By the way, 497 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,350 Your Lordship asked me to investigate the owner of the white horse, 498 00:28:33,350 --> 00:28:34,680 and I've got some clues. 499 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,800 That woman's name is Chen Yunya. 500 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,590 She's the granddaughter of the owner of Chen's Tea House. 501 00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:41,030 She has a close friend from Jingzhou, 502 00:28:41,030 --> 00:28:42,160 named Dong Fangchun, 503 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,750 who seems to have considerable influence in the martial world. 504 00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:45,200 The two of them frequent Baiyun Temple, 505 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,790 and they share a very close relationship 506 00:28:46,790 --> 00:28:47,960 with a Taoist named Xin Zhen. 507 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,350 Dong Fangchun and Xin Zhen conspired together, 508 00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:51,000 using the pretense of performing ritual ceremonies 509 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,590 to carry out thefts targeting wealthy households and local gentry. 510 00:28:52,590 --> 00:28:55,720 They've committed crimes in places such as Yunzhou and Jingzhou. 511 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:56,920 Dong Fangchun is currently in Hengtang, 512 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,510 running a horse-selling business. 513 00:28:58,510 --> 00:28:59,550 That white horse was 514 00:28:59,550 --> 00:29:00,620 mixed in with other horses 515 00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:02,270 and sold to the Xie family at that time. 516 00:29:02,270 --> 00:29:03,730 And what about Chen Yunya? 517 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,560 Chen Yunya's background 518 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,280 is actually quite clean. 519 00:29:07,790 --> 00:29:09,640 She grew up at Chen's Tea House from a young age. 520 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,640 There's nothing special about her, 521 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:14,570 except for her origins. 522 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:18,550 Her origins? 523 00:29:19,630 --> 00:29:20,720 Chen Yunya is originally 524 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,920 the youngest daughter of the Xie family who lived away from home. 525 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,790 After that big fire at the Xie Residence a few days ago, 526 00:29:24,790 --> 00:29:25,790 for some reason, 527 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,310 Old Madam Xie personally arranged everything 528 00:29:27,310 --> 00:29:28,920 and insisted on bringing her back to the household. 529 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:29,920 This is the place. 530 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:36,300 [Guan-guan Go the Ospreys] 531 00:29:38,590 --> 00:29:40,680 What a long-lost Fourth Lady. 532 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,510 The Xie family must be connected to the embezzlement case. 533 00:29:44,510 --> 00:29:45,790 Then this Fourth Lady 534 00:29:45,830 --> 00:29:49,270 has actually become the key to my investigation into the Xie family. 535 00:29:49,270 --> 00:29:49,960 Sir, 536 00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:52,270 please enjoy the pear blossom candy and Tiny Tip green tea. 537 00:29:52,270 --> 00:29:53,600 Have as much as you like. 538 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,450 If you want anything else, 539 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,160 just let me know at any time. 540 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:58,220 Thank you, Granny. 541 00:30:16,310 --> 00:30:17,000 Granny, 542 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:19,960 you've been running this tea house 543 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,560 for quite some years, right? 544 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,220 I've spent more than half of my life 545 00:30:25,350 --> 00:30:27,490 in this little tea house. 546 00:30:37,070 --> 00:30:39,070 Do you have any other pastries here? 547 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:40,410 Sure. 548 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,190 We have almond crisp, 549 00:30:42,270 --> 00:30:44,390 steamed flower cake, perilla candy, 550 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,680 and many other kinds. 551 00:30:48,590 --> 00:30:49,550 What are you steaming? 552 00:30:49,550 --> 00:30:50,550 It smells so good. 553 00:30:51,510 --> 00:30:54,350 This is my secret-recipe poria cake. 554 00:30:55,030 --> 00:30:56,880 You won't find it anywhere else. 555 00:30:58,590 --> 00:30:59,160 Alright. 556 00:30:59,550 --> 00:31:00,680 Give me one serving. 557 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,360 Well, Sir, 558 00:31:04,510 --> 00:31:06,360 it's not done steaming yet. 559 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:07,960 Sir, 560 00:31:08,510 --> 00:31:10,040 you look quite unfamiliar. 561 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,400 Judging by your accent, you're not from around here, are you? 562 00:31:15,890 --> 00:31:16,810 My name is Yan. 563 00:31:17,260 --> 00:31:19,720 I just arrived in Hengtang from the capital. 564 00:31:21,310 --> 00:31:23,020 The capital's nice. 565 00:31:23,220 --> 00:31:25,240 Our city is small in comparison. 566 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,480 Are you getting used to living here? 567 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:31,700 It's alright, I guess. 568 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:32,680 Granny, 569 00:31:33,270 --> 00:31:34,790 your tea house is pretty big. 570 00:31:34,790 --> 00:31:36,650 Can you handle it all by yourself? 571 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,570 I have a granddaughter. 572 00:31:40,030 --> 00:31:40,480 Yeah, 573 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:41,780 my granddaughter. 574 00:31:43,350 --> 00:31:44,000 Granny! 575 00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:46,350 Are the almond crisp and pear blossom candy ready yet? 576 00:31:46,350 --> 00:31:47,940 The Li family's waiting! 577 00:31:48,110 --> 00:31:49,310 Look at my memory. 578 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:52,320 Sir, 579 00:31:52,790 --> 00:31:54,240 I have to go out for a while. 580 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:55,830 If you need anything else, 581 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,320 j-just help yourself. 582 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,110 The pastry prices are posted right there on the counter. 583 00:32:00,110 --> 00:32:02,200 The poria cake will be ready in no time. 584 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:03,260 Don't go anywhere. 585 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:04,930 Okay. 586 00:32:06,510 --> 00:32:08,000 Coming! 587 00:32:25,150 --> 00:32:30,480 [Letter of Ancestry Reclaiming of Hengtang's Xie Family] 588 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:34,270 Dear. 589 00:32:35,350 --> 00:32:36,680 What are you looking at? 590 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:45,880 Granny. 591 00:32:46,830 --> 00:32:47,750 This is 592 00:32:48,030 --> 00:32:49,960 the invitation sent by the Xie family 593 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,090 for the ancestry reclaiming banquet. 594 00:32:53,870 --> 00:32:56,090 [Letter of Ancestry Reclaiming of Hengtang's Xie Family] 595 00:32:55,070 --> 00:32:56,270 They're inviting you 596 00:32:56,750 --> 00:32:58,440 to thank you for raising me. 597 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,630 Silly girl. 598 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,420 How could I go? 599 00:33:09,790 --> 00:33:11,720 It wouldn't look right if I went. 600 00:33:16,070 --> 00:33:17,920 Look at you, all listless. 601 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,200 Cheer up. 602 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,650 You've still got a lot to attend to. 603 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,400 I have to go make a delivery. 604 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,660 Keep an eye on the customer inside for me. 605 00:33:56,270 --> 00:33:58,870 The jade soul inherits the cold moon's spirit; 606 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,290 white silk still wraps traces of the past. 607 00:34:01,750 --> 00:34:04,200 Let not the east wind sweep away the snow before the steps, 608 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,060 for a hidden fragrance may yet drift out from behind those deep gates. 609 00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:08,960 Tell me, 610 00:34:09,110 --> 00:34:11,230 do you think that tree out front has buried beneath it 611 00:34:11,230 --> 00:34:14,830 a great many secrets that were never meant to see the light of day? 612 00:34:19,110 --> 00:34:20,710 How cold of you. 613 00:34:22,590 --> 00:34:24,989 Don't tell me you've forgotten me already. 614 00:34:25,550 --> 00:34:27,000 Please forgive me, honored guest. 615 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,199 I've had a poor memory since childhood, 616 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,550 especially when it comes to remembering people's faces. 617 00:34:31,550 --> 00:34:32,750 Please forgive me. 618 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,480 It's okay if you don't recognize me. 619 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,889 That white horse at Fushan Temple— 620 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,090 what was its name again? 621 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:45,840 Yunduo, right? 622 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:48,590 What a beautiful name. 623 00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:51,360 Just as beautiful as your name, Yunya. 624 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,140 You don't like such praise, lady, do you? 625 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,000 Then what do you like to hear? 626 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,420 Exceptionally intelligent? 627 00:35:07,710 --> 00:35:09,040 Unmatched in strategy? 628 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:10,280 Or maybe, 629 00:35:11,110 --> 00:35:13,800 your acting is so superb that even Old Madam Xie 630 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:14,970 fell into your trap? 631 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:21,030 Don't like the sound of that either? 632 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,650 Then let me try something else. 633 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,000 Fugitive Dong Fangchun, 634 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,360 or fake Taoist Xin Zhen? 635 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:33,760 Now that calamity has befallen you, 636 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,440 there is surely a mascot to ward it off. 637 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,850 So there is a solution? 638 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,370 What is Your Lordship's intention 639 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,240 in pressing me so aggressively? 640 00:35:45,550 --> 00:35:47,480 I should be the one asking you that. 641 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,000 Why were you willing to stop at nothing— 642 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,200 even setting the Xie Residence on fire— 643 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,090 to enter the Xie family? 644 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,280 I never set any fire. 645 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:58,710 That's true. 646 00:35:59,110 --> 00:36:02,070 It indeed wasn't you, Fourth Lady of the Xie family, who set the fire, 647 00:36:02,070 --> 00:36:04,240 but Chen Yunya of Chen's Tea House. 648 00:36:10,150 --> 00:36:11,920 I just wonder if Granny Chen 649 00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:15,840 could withstand the punishment for harboring a criminal. 650 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:16,480 Yan Rui. 651 00:36:16,670 --> 00:36:17,800 Whatever you want, take it out on me. 652 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:18,700 Leave Granny out of this. 653 00:36:18,700 --> 00:36:19,380 Tell me, 654 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,690 what is your purpose for entering the Xie family? 655 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,110 I'm a daughter of the Xie family to begin with. 656 00:36:34,110 --> 00:36:36,640 What's wrong with me reclaiming my ancestry? 657 00:36:42,990 --> 00:36:46,190 If I hand over the evidence of your arson to the Xie family, 658 00:36:46,550 --> 00:36:47,480 do you think 659 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,570 they'll believe you, a fake daughter, 660 00:36:51,630 --> 00:36:52,690 or me, an official? 661 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:00,280 What, 662 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:01,900 you want to kill me? 663 00:37:03,150 --> 00:37:03,950 Go ahead then. 664 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,860 I'm back. 665 00:37:15,550 --> 00:37:17,220 Has the customer left? 666 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:18,150 Dear? 667 00:37:18,590 --> 00:37:19,320 I'm leaving. 668 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:25,320 From now on, 669 00:37:25,550 --> 00:37:26,810 I'll come visit often. 670 00:37:34,060 --> 00:37:36,630 [Hengtang] 671 00:37:38,470 --> 00:37:41,190 [Xie Residence of Hengtang] 672 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,000 The Fourth Lady has arrived. 673 00:37:59,550 --> 00:38:00,150 Mother. 674 00:38:01,230 --> 00:38:01,920 Sorry that 675 00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:04,550 I didn't listen to you 676 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,280 and chose to come back to 677 00:38:08,110 --> 00:38:10,840 the Xie family that caused you so much suffering. 678 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,480 You always said that vengeance only breeds more vengeance and never ends. 679 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,540 But in these grand mansions of power, 680 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,550 there is no such thing as reason, 681 00:38:19,550 --> 00:38:20,950 only victory and defeat. 682 00:38:21,630 --> 00:38:23,400 Now that the game has begun, 683 00:38:24,130 --> 00:38:27,270 it's time for me to make my move. 684 00:38:28,150 --> 00:38:28,960 In 685 00:38:29,150 --> 00:38:31,110 the eighth year of Jingxi, 686 00:38:31,190 --> 00:38:33,670 in accordance with the order of heaven and earth 687 00:38:33,670 --> 00:38:35,400 and the harmony of Yin and Yang, 688 00:38:36,110 --> 00:38:37,940 it is the blessing of the family 689 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,460 that the descendants 690 00:38:40,510 --> 00:38:44,080 always remember the teachings of their ancestors. 691 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,480 [Xie Qinghe, Eldest Lady of the Xie Family] 692 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,840 Now, the fourth daughter of the Xie family, 693 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:48,980 [Xie Qingru, Second Lady of the Xie Family] 694 00:38:48,070 --> 00:38:49,670 long separated from her kin 695 00:38:49,140 --> 00:38:51,670 [Xie Qingrong, Third Lady of the Xie Family] 696 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,320 and is currently 19 years old, 697 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,670 is virtuous and well-mannered. 698 00:38:53,790 --> 00:38:55,900 [Lian Fanqiao, Third Concubine of the Xie Family] 699 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,630 She honors her ancestors 700 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,360 and spares no hardship 701 00:38:58,630 --> 00:39:00,900 to return to the Xie household. 702 00:39:01,230 --> 00:39:05,540 She shall be received as a daughter under the care of Head Madam, Lady Hu, 703 00:39:02,630 --> 00:39:04,750 [Hu Wenzhuo, Head Madam of the Xie Family] 704 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,020 [Old Madam Xie] 705 00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:08,360 inheriting the family lineage. 706 00:39:09,590 --> 00:39:11,670 She is now formally received into the family, 707 00:39:11,670 --> 00:39:13,510 her birth name, 708 00:39:14,150 --> 00:39:16,190 Xie Qingyuan, restored, 709 00:39:14,190 --> 00:39:16,690 [Xie Qingyuan, Fourth Lady of the Xie Family] 710 00:39:16,970 --> 00:39:19,800 [Qingyuan] 711 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,120 and entered into the genealogy. 712 00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:21,610 The ceremony is complete. 713 00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:24,510 Congratulations, Fourth Lady, 714 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,150 on returning to the clan. 715 00:39:26,150 --> 00:39:28,760 [Spirit Tablet of the Late Ancestors of the Xie Family] 716 00:39:26,510 --> 00:39:27,150 Mother, 717 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,000 this time, 718 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,290 I swear I'll clear your name 719 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,840 and see justice done.