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The Story of Ming Lan
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Episode 39
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Are you not afraid that I'll endure Cao Jinxiu and agree to that marriage?
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I'm not a person who is alright with having no fish or shrimp.
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The same goes for you.
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Although you look obedient and can adapt easily, you are actually very stubborn.
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Hence, I used this Cao family move
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because I'm far away on the borders and can't empty my hand to handle our matter.
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It's enough to just delay you for a while.
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Moreover, even if your family agrees to accept such a situation, I still have my ways.
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Stop being boastful.
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If not because of Wen Yanjing, would you have succeeded?
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I'm determined to have you.
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The heavens pitied me and sent Wen Yanjing to me.
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That is the heavens being afraid of evil people!
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You can put it whatever way you like.
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Also, when I knew that your older sister was meeting Wen Yanjing secretly,
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I was so happy that I wasn't able to sleep again all night!
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It's true.
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I feel that I've never exerted so much thought in fighting compared to this.
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This is called "make a sound in the east to attack the west". (T/N The Thirty-Six Stratagems, number six)
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Just to marry a wife, I've even used my knowledge in military tactics.
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You are talking about this matter too lightly.
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That was the reputation of my Fifth Sister,
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and the dignity of my whole Sheng Family.
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What if something bad happened, it would all be over!
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So I sent men to investigate the family background and character of Wen Yanjing.
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If he had a bad reputation,
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since he could be your future brother-in-law and my lianjin, (T/N sister-in-law's husband, both marry sisters)
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I would then look for people to drive him out of the capital,
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so that he won't mess up your Sheng Family and destroy your reputation!
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You...
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You cast such a huge net.
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Not only that. Your father, your Big Madam,
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and your Sister Rulan's temper and personalities
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have already been clearly understood by me thanks to your Second Brother Changbai.
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Your father loves his clean reputation more than his wife and children.
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Your Big Madam is muddled and short-sighted.
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Your Sister Rulan is simple, infatuated, open, and candid.
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Also, I was sure that your Brother Changbai won't turn hostile against me even if he learns about this matter,
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and so I boldly implemented it.
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Everything, even if the people, place, and people are all in the right place, won't work without some luck.
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I'm not done talking!
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What do you treat me as?
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A wild pig in a trap, or a herring in a fish net?
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Gu Tingye, you're a ruffian, a scoundrel!
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Young Master, what did you tell Sixth Miss that she got so shocked like that.
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Nothing. I just expressed my sincerity.
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But looking at it, that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Haven't you always said that you will be very kind toward her? How come that didn't work today?
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How is it that it didn't work? It worked so perfectly!
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[ Warm Spring Light, Clear Scenery ]
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Isn't the result of the civil examination coming out today?
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Right.
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Stock up on energy. We might need to see another person today.
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Gu Tingye...
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How is this possible?
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It's true. That Old Madam Sheng also said the same thing.
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Absolutely impossible!
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Even if the Sheng Family will be marrying off a daughter, it would be Rulan!
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That Big Madam Wang won't allow an illegitimate daughter to marry off into an marquis' house.
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That Rulan has already been set to marry a scholar who passed the Imperial examination.
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He's a scholar being promoted by the Sheng Family.
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Gu Tingye was a step late in proposing marriage, so he settled with Minglan.
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Son, this is fate.
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He's a step late, so were you.
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Stop putting too much fuss on it.
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Forget Minglan.
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No.
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This is not right.
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This is totally not right.
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Yuanruo! Yuanruo!
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Don't go to the Sheng Manor and cause a ruckus!
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Yuanruo.
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Second Uncle, you came so late.
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You really are a very busy and important person.
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The Young Lord has passed the civil examination. This is something worth celebrating.
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Congratulations. Congratulations.
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This... why are you unhappy? Who angered you?
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You clearly know I love Minglan.
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Why did you still promise the Sheng Family that you're going to marry her? What is your intention?
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You're still thinking about her?
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I didn't know that.
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I only know that after you lost your wife, you shut yourself up and focused on your studies.
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You didn't inquire about the matters happening outside.
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I thought that you'd moved on.
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You can't blame me for this freak combination of factors, right?
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I heard of it.
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The one you're supposed to marry is the legitimate daughter of the Sheng Family.
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But she was already set to marry someone else, so you chose Minglan instead.
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In your eyes, she was just a substitute.
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Let her go.
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You were the first one to give her up.
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I urged you back then
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to not fear the power of Prince Yan.
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If you had agreed,
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I would have risked my life to fulfill making you two be together.
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But what did you do?
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You were being such a coward and didn't dare to take the risk.
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You gave her up, so why are you blaming me now?
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I didn't give her up!
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I must pass the Imperial examination first at a high rank
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so I could have the face to propose marriage to the Sheng Family.
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However, I was a step late.
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You want face? Does the Sixth Miss not need hers too?
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Your matter with Minglan back then was discussed widely throughout the capital.
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Everyone here in the capital knows about it.
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You could indeed not marry her and married a princess of the second rank.
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No one would talk against you.
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But what happened to Minglan, who is just an illegitimate daughter of a lower-ranking official?
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Don't you know?
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Moreover, if you really wanted to marry Minglan,
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if you had proposed marriage to the Sheng Family immediately after your wife's death,
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you would have a chance. But you didn't go.
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You said that you had to wait to pass the civil examination.
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If you didn't pass this year,
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you were going to make her wait for three more years? Six more years?
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Forever waiting like that, waiting for you to already have prestige before you go to her?
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I didn't do it just to have prestige.
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Last time when our situation hadn't been finalized yet, I had rushed to make her a promise.
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In the end, I just broke my oath and hurt her heart.
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So this time, I must be sure first
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before I go to her house to propose marriage.
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I... am also not blaming you.
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I'm just saying that if you had your predicament and were thus unable to marry her,
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don't blame a late-comer like me for surpassing you.
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It's not like you have to marry her or no one else.
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How sure are you that I'm not so?
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So you have liked her from early on.
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Yuanruo, since our discussion has reached this point,
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I'll be honest with you.
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In the past, I saw you two having mutual affection and loathing to part from each other.
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I really wanted to support you two.
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But afterward, I saw you being unable to keep your relationship going and disappointing her,
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I then made a decision
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that once I returned gloriously, I surely will marry Minglan.
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How sure are you that she's willing to marry you?
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Just to marry her,
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I cut my way through thistles and thorns, charged into the front line, bled blood and risked my life,
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before I was able to obtain this current fruit of my labor.
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If you can't accept it, you can go ask her,
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and you can also ask the Old Madam in their house.
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Okay.
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Young Master, how could you let Young Lord Qi go ask Sixth Miss?
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She and Young Lord had more past affection than with you.
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The will of that Sixth Miss Sheng is very firm and clear.
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Before, I was indeed very afraid that she'd choose He Hongwen.
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But I know that no matter what, she won't choose Young Lord Qi again.
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Old Madam said that she's not feeling well. May the Young Lord just go back.
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Then, I will come again next time.
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Don't bother.
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Why?
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Old Madam said that you came today surely to ask her to convince Sixth Miss.
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Sixth Miss listens to Old Madam the most.
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She surely will not disobey her grandmother.
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Old Madam really knows everything.
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Hence, Old Madam said that you shouldn't waste your effort.
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She still can remember what you've done before.
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Although the Sheng Family isn't an aristocratic family and Sixth Miss is just an illegitimate daughter,
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we have some backbone.
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We won't be rushing to someone at their beck and call.
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Won't we get laughed at if this gets out?
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It's you who said that you wanted her, but it's also you who said that you didn't want her anymore.
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Although the gates of the Sheng Manor is small, we still put importance to dignity.
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Miss Xiaotao,
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I beg you to let me in. I will personally explain things to Old Madam.
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Young Lord, if you still don't go, I will call for people to drive you out.
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Currently, I'm still giving you some respect.
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If you still don't leave, then there will be none anymore.
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I had no choice back then!
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No choice?
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The Sixth Miss repeatedly refused you, but you didn't give up.
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You clearly knew that you couldn't decide for your wedding, but you just have to tease her, and now you're saying that you had no choice?
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No matter where she went, there were people laughing at Sixth Miss for having wishful thinking, do you know that?
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Forget it. The Sixth Miss will be married off soon. Quickly just leave.
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She...
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Is she really willing to marry Gu Tingye?
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I...
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I just want her to live a good life in the future.
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It's none of your business if she lives a good life or not. You broke your promise!
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And you still have the nerve to ask if she's living well?
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If you still don't leave...
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Actually, the Young Lord was quite pitiful, Miss.
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Anyway, Old Madam still hasn't agreed with the proposal of the Gu Family.
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How about...
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Danju, never look back.
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Second Brother, you're getting married?
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It's a miss from the Sheng family.
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This is a granted marriage by His Majesty.
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Big Madam, stop secretly discussing my marriage with other families already.
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This matter is already finalized. No one can break it up!
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How could I?
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With it being a grand Imperial grace,
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of course, I'm so happy.
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When do you plan to do it,
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so I can start preparing.
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We have few people in our manor. It can't be helped to hire outsiders
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to help us with the chores.
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No need to trouble you for that, Big Madam.
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My marriage will be organized by people from the palace.
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Prince Huan is a close friend of mine. He surely will send some people to help out too.
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By then, Big Madam and Eldest Brother
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just need to sit there, drink some wine, and accept the bows of other people.
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That's fine too.
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That's fine too.
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It's an Imperial grace, after all...
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Since Big Madam doesn't have any objections,
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there shouldn't be any problem with Eldest Brother and Sister-in-law either, right?
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You clearly have made up your mind.
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Why must you still come to ask us?
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Pretentious display of proper etiquette should still be done.
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Or else, if this great talent of our Gu Family got lost with me,
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won't it be too bad?
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Okay. I'll just go look around the house.
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I'll check if there are areas that should be renovated and have them record it.
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We'll start the construction tomorrow.
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- You're going to have the house renovated?
- Yes.
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Don't worry. I won't touch any money of the marquis' house.
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I just feel that... aren't you making this matter...
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much too grand?
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Even when your father got married in his first marriage,
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he didn't mobilize so many people to organize it.
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I fear that you might end up with...
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a reputation of going beyond the usual.
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Making it this grand is His Majesty's intentions.
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He felt that I'm a meritorious official, so I should be rewarded.
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But I'm a military official. I can't be conferred a much higher official rank.
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He can only reward me more in terms of money and items.
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At that time, Prince Huan will surely come.
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Perhaps even Her Highness the Empress will come to observe the wedding too.
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If I don't do some renovations,
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it seems unreasonable.
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I'll take my leave.
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What does Old Second mean by that?
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How could the Emperor allow him to have a wedding that's beyond the norms?
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He must be eyeing your noble title
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and is trying to test you.
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I really have no strength to think
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or care about it.
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Just let him torment himself if he wants to.
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I'm tired.
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I'll take my leave now, and return to my room.
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Later, you also go there to measure. Measure that area. Come, let me see.
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Make it tidier! Hang up that lantern!
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This one...
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- Did you jot it all down?
- We did! We did! Young Lord.
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Was what Big Madam said true?
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Second Brother plans to take away your noble title?
250
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The two of us have no sons.
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My noble rank will be his once I die,
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so why would he still take it away?
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The person who really wants to steal my noble title away
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is Big Madam! (T/N for her Third Son, who she controls)
255
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She probably have been wishing for my death since long ago.
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While Old Second wasn't around,
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she would have let her Third Son inherit the title.
258
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But isn't Second Brother back?
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So what?
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A jar getting broken while it still hasn't left the well opening yet.
261
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A general can die on the battlefield.
262
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When Old Second goes out for expeditions in the future,
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we can't be sure of his life.
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If I still don't have any descendants soon,
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it will then be very beneficial to that Big Madam, who is also my maternal aunt.
266
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Just watch.
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That Miss of the Sheng Family who is marrying into our family
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will suffer soon.
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Later, you tell them
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- to hang them over there too.
- Okay.
- I want to hang some huge lanterns over there.
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Right. Right. Huge lanterns, the red ones.
272
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That Gu Tingye is a monstrous spider! He wove such a huge web!
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He wanted me to have now way out and just submit to his will.
274
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When have I ever encountered such a thing?
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I was so scared that I rushed back home.
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He really calculated it...
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so ruthlessly.
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It's not really that ruthless.
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He... although he's a bit ferocious, his natural temperament is good.
280
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At the Youyang River, when the rebels caused trouble, and during the palace siege,
281
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that Gu Tingye did save my life.
282
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Afterwards, he even considered my reputation
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and didn't publicize it or ask for any repayment.
284
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He can be considered to be an upright gentleman.
285
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How could there be so many things that happened?
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You never told them to me!
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Those... those successive incidents...
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I-I... was afraid that you would scold me.
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I dared not tell you.
290
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It's also not your fault.
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That man
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was too scheming.
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Let me ask you, when that Gu Tingye
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told everything to you,
295
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what were you thinking?
296
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At the start, I was a bit happy.
297
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There was actually someone who exerted so much effort to get me.
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Afterwards, I felt...
299
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I got mad, the more I thought about it. I so wanted to slap him in the face!
300
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Then afterwards, I got anxious.
301
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Grandmother, say, this person is too good.
302
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What should I do in the future?
303
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The trap is too huge.
304
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If not because we are being forced by the current circumstances,
305
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with him swindling us like that,
306
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we mustn't agree with him.
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As they say, serving the Emperor is like being with a tiger.
308
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With him racking his brains like that just to marry me,
309
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what if in the future he starts to spurn me,
310
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will he then take great pains to do that too?
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Also...
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Also, he knows about everything that happened between Qi Heng and I.
313
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Won't that mean he'll have a weakness of mine in his hand?
314
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Their Gu Family matters are also so tangled up.
315
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I... am afraid that I won't be able to handle it.
316
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As long as you're unwilling,
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even if it is a granted marriage by the Emperor,
318
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I won't hand you over.
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Alright.
320
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Even Old Madam has tried to convince her twice.
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Minglan just won't agree to it.
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I think this matter...
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will be a bit hard to push through.
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Wait a few more days.
325
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That Sixth Little Sister is not your usual lady.
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I know her very well.
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Don't see her only as being gentle, submissive, modest, and filial,
328
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but once she has made a decision,
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she will never easily budge.
330
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Continuing to wait is also not a good idea.
331
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Let's wait for two more days.
332
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What evil plan are you up to now?
333
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I'm telling you,
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if you swindle me again like you did last time,
335
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I won't help you anymore!
336
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My exerting this much effort is also a form of sincerity.
337
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Who told your family to have a very smart Old Madam, such that when she says something, then that's it?
338
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If Sixth Sister won't agree, whatever plans are made will be in vain.
339
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It's the start of spring, which is good timing.
340
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I'll go in front of Her Highness the Empress
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and shamelessly beg her to organize a jiju match for me.
342
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,800
At that time, I will invite all the women of prestigious families,
343
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,500
that includes your Sheng Family.
344
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,900
You're even involving the Empress now?
345
00:25:20,550 --> 00:25:24,770
The deities in heaven can bear witness to my sincerity!
346
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I feel that it might backfire.
347
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,200
Look here, you're using the Empress to scare my little sister.
348
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,400
It's more likely she'll cower and not move forward.
349
00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:45,200
I think you don't know your little sister that well.
350
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,000
Scaring her won't make her feel afraid.
351
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,300
I'm just doing a method of taking away the firewood from under the cauldron. (T/N taking a drastic measure)
352
00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:54,000
At that time, you just have to ask your Eldest Sister
353
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to surely bring your Sixth Little Sister with her.
354
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I only ask you to stop mysteriously
355
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swindling our family.
356
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,900
Father, I'm done writing.
357
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,800
Rong'er's writing is becoming more and more decent.
358
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A family of clever people.
359
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[ "Cavalry Arriving is Sure Success" (T/N Good luck to your enterprise) ]
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Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki
361
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Come, quickly.
362
00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:41,200
Eldest Sister, I don't want to watch a jiju match.
363
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,000
I still have so much needlework that needs to be finished.
364
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,800
You already have such things in your dowry.
365
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,000
Sit. Sit.
366
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,300
You really think you can personally make all of them?
367
00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:54,000
You'll be the main wife in a marquis house soon.
368
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,400
Eldest Sister, I still haven't agreed!
369
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,200
Just be at ease and sit here first. Let's watch the game.
370
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:03,000
The incense has completely burned out! Red Team earned ten points!
371
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,200
In this round, the Red Team wins!
372
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Their prize is a jade scepter.
373
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,300
Good!
374
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,000
Why is he here?
375
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:22,500
It was he who begged the Empress to organize this jiju match, so of course he'll attend!
376
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:24,000
What?
377
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,600
Don't you find it strange?
378
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,000
Look. The grasses here aren't fully grown yet.
379
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,000
He had to take the trouble of asking Her Highness to organize such a jiju match
380
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000
since it's already the start of spring.
381
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,900
He just wants to have a few words with you.
382
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,500
Respectfully greeting Your Highness the Empress!
383
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,110
Zhonghuai, aren't you playing today?
384
00:27:54,110 --> 00:27:56,300
Why aren't you in your playing clothes?
385
00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:59,700
Without a good prize, it's no fun to play.
386
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,300
Oh, you don't care about all those prizes?
387
00:28:03,300 --> 00:28:06,400
Do you want the stars in the sky or something?
388
00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:11,800
Your Highness, I will be getting married soon.
389
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,200
I earnestly ask Your Highness to grant me something to add to my betrothal gifts,
390
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,200
so I can give it to my future wife
391
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,300
to express how I treasure her.
392
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:29,800
Don't know which family's lady has such good fortune
393
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,000
of getting a husband like you?
394
00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:55,200
This is a hairpin I used when I was crowned as the Empress.
395
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,500
Considering how you repeatedly risked your life
396
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,900
to save His Majesty from danger,
397
00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:03,400
I'll gift it to you then.
398
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,000
Take it, and make it your betrothal gift.
399
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,700
Thank you, Your Highness!
400
00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:15,500
However, you have to win the next game for it to be yours.
401
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,100
I, your official, shall obey!
402
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,400
Why are you running away?
403
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,600
Miss, where are you going?
404
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,800
Miss! Miss! Where are you going?
405
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:41,800
Going home!
406
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,100
Miss, our house's carriage is over there!
407
00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:51,800
Miss, slow down!
408
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:13,010
I have something to tell you.
409
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,100
Second Uncle, are you using your power and status to oppress me?
410
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,600
Don't worry. I'm not a person who pesters nonstop.
411
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,100
Today, I want to tell you my sincere words.
412
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:26,900
If you still won't agree,
413
00:30:26,900 --> 00:30:29,600
I won't pester you anymore.
414
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,300
Also, didn't I tell you to stop calling me "Second Uncle"?
415
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,520
I want to know why you won't marry me.
416
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:46,900
I don't want to hear some fancy words.
417
00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:49,000
I want to hear the truth.
418
00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:53,310
I...
419
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,800
I fear that I can't be a good wife.
420
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,100
I'm not virtuous, nor gentle and submissive.
421
00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:03,200
I'm also not well-experienced.
422
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,600
I will just bring you shame.
423
00:31:10,290 --> 00:31:14,190
That doesn't sound like the truth.
424
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,300
Your Gu Family has a complex member relationship and there are a lot of conflicts.
425
00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:21,400
I'm just a daughter from a small clan,
426
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,000
and not that well-experienced.
427
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,810
I won't be able to handle such a huge clan.
428
00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:28,800
That sounded a bit true now.
429
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,600
Don't worry. After our wedding, we'll be living in another manor.
430
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,470
You don't need to worry about those nasty and worrisome matters.
431
00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:38,600
We can even live in a separate manor?
432
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,400
When the time comes, if you want to live in the Marquis Manor, we will live there.
433
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,500
If you want to live elsewhere, we'll stay elsewhere.
434
00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:51,000
I dare not tell you how good it will be if you marry me.
435
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:56,600
Just one thing, I will not let you be aggrieved and keep things to yourself from now on.
436
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,530
I-I was raised in quite an extravagant manner.
437
00:32:03,530 --> 00:32:05,600
When was I aggrieved?
438
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,800
I also don't need anyone to act as some hero and save me from danger.
439
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,600
You... are just an eloquent
440
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,500
little liar.
441
00:32:20,610 --> 00:32:22,570
You've always kept your grievances to yourself.
442
00:32:22,570 --> 00:32:25,810
You've been suffering since you were born.
443
00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:30,000
You can't stand the etiquette around being a legitimate and illegitimate child,
444
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,400
but you have no choice but to obey. You clearly are good at everything,
445
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,800
but you have to keep a low profile every time.
446
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,900
You dare not to crop up, (T/N show off)
447
00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:43,800
so you looked for an ordinary family like the He Family.
448
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,500
Crop up?
449
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,420
Because I cropped up, I caused a lot of trouble.
450
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,840
You personally saw it. But what happened to me afterward?
451
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,200
I don't like sewing or embroidering.
452
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,000
I have to pretend to like everything that I don't like.
453
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,600
But what can I do? I have to survive first.
454
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,800
It's because you're too sensible.
455
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,400
You're smart. You're thorough.
456
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,100
You're able to see everything clearly.
457
00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:17,220
Hence, you dare not go beyond the lightning pond by a step. (T/N transgress the limits)
458
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,600
But you can't totally resign yourself to your plight. You feel the injustice.
459
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,000
You suffer. You keep it to yourself.
460
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,100
You can only pretend to be dumb and be in a daze, always being very cautious.
461
00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:30,260
You forced yourself to become a flawless Sixth Miss of the Sheng Family.
462
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,400
I'm not willing to see you living the rest of your life like that.
463
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,000
I dare not say that marrying me will give you a very good life.
464
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,800
I can only swear by the heavens one thing,
465
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,000
that from now on, whatever my rank is among the men,
466
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,200
that will be your rank among the women.
467
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:53,200
I've long admired you and am willing to marry you to be my wife,
468
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,400
entrust you my house for you to manage, and entrust to you the propagation of my bloodline.
469
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,100
Spend the rest of my life with you.
470
00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:04,160
Old Second! Quickly come and play a match with me!
471
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,700
Today, I must defeat you just this once!
472
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,300
Don't listen to him.
473
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,000
Why not?
474
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,800
Then you...
475
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:25,000
You won't be able to win the prize then.
476
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,100
Of course I can.
477
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,800
There are two of them. You have a playing partner?
478
00:34:32,750 --> 00:34:35,100
I alone am enough.
479
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,300
If we play together, will that make them lose badly?
480
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:46,600
♫ beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord ♫
481
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,700
Okay. Let's beat them
482
00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:51,800
so badly together!
483
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:56,400
♫ the wind and rain do not affect them completely ♫
484
00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:04,700
♫ In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin,
from on high, your cold tears of distress flow ♫
485
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:14,800
♫ Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me,
not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫
486
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,700
I'm really so happy today.
487
00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:20,600
For so many years, I haven't been this happy!
488
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,600
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
489
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,400
♫ Don't you know ♫
490
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,400
I'm also happy.
491
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:35,000
♫ there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
492
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,500
It's done!
493
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:39,000
♫ during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect♫
494
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,200
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
495
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:53,500
♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
496
00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:07,000
♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
497
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,800
Little Sister, you're now a person of high rank.
498
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,400
How come you still have the time to come to my place?
499
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,300
Fifth Sister, you're mad?
500
00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:34,200
Then... I'll come another time.
501
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,600
Sixth Miss!
502
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,700
Sixth Miss, Fifth Miss actually misses you a lot.
503
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:42,300
Sixth Miss, please come in and have a chat with our Fifth Miss.
504
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,600
Xique, how are your wounds?
505
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,400
Thank you, Sixth Miss, for being concerned.
506
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,200
Actually, they didn't really hit me hard that day.
507
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,600
Fifth Miss even pounced on me to block some of them.
508
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,600
They've completely healed after applying medicines for a few days.
509
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,600
Rest well then. Don't tire yourself.
510
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,500
Thank you, Miss.
511
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,000
Fifth Sister.
512
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:10,100
What? You now meddle with the affairs of my maidservants?
513
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:14,000
From now on, you really can do anything here in this house.
514
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,700
My mother said
515
00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:19,270
that the betrothal gifts that Gu Family sent to you
516
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:22,800
can be piled up to form a mountain.
517
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:27,900
Looks like from now on, I might need you to support me.
518
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,800
Big Madam surely didn't say just those words.
519
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,100
Of course not.
520
00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,300
The advantages of your marriage are also not just those items.
521
00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:41,100
You also don't have a calamity star of newly-wedded wives,
522
00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:43,400
namely his parents.
523
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,500
That's nothing to be proud of. You also don't have a father-in-law.
524
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,700
But you don't know that mother-in-law of mine.
525
00:37:53,700 --> 00:37:56,400
A few days ago, she came here to meet Mother.
526
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,000
Such sharp and unkind words from her!
527
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,500
Her son just got into the top twenty, in thirteenth place.
528
00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:04,600
It's much lower than that of my Second Brother.
529
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,200
I didn't even make any comment.
530
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,800
But her? Really great, it's as if she has become the mother of the Heavenly Emperor!
531
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,000
She was really ostentatious.
532
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,300
She even said things like...
533
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:18,600
that if I marry into their family, living in one courtyard with everyone is enough.
534
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,600
It infuriated Mother to the point that she had to come to my room and vent out her anger.
535
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:26,000
She even said that when your future mother-in-law
536
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,800
and Second Gu came to propose marriage,
537
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,600
they were so noble, refined, and amicable.
538
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,620
I'm so angry.
539
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,020
Fifth Sister,
540
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,200
are you willing to exchange marriage partners?
541
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:45,800
You're willing?
542
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,800
Of course I am!
543
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,600
From the start, I found Brother-in-law to not be a bad person.
544
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,200
He will even climb up walls to meet the woman he loves.
545
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,200
He even knows to recite poems or songs, so sentimental.
546
00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:00,400
When he gave his betrothal gifts yesterday, he made an oath in front of Father and Mother
547
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,700
that even if there are seven or eight princesses that like him,
548
00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:06,200
he won't change his initial heart.
549
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,700
Now that he has passed the civil examination, he's now a disciple of His Majesty.
550
00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:14,400
Isn't that what they describe as an immortal lad in stories?
551
00:39:15,100 --> 00:39:17,000
You dare!
552
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,300
What are you being mad about then?
553
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,800
Sixth Little Sister, I just thought of
554
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,600
that ferocious face of Eldest Sister's mother-in-law
555
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,500
when I visited her before.
556
00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:38,700
Back then, I told myself that if I'm going to have such an aggrieved life,
557
00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:42,100
I'd rather be an old maid.
558
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,600
Actually, I'm really afraid.
559
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,200
I'm afraid that Brother Jing will become unfaithful to me.
560
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,800
I fear that Mother-in-law will bully me from now on.
561
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,800
I fear that my future life will be worse than Molan's.
562
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,740
I don't want to marry anymore.
563
00:40:09,020 --> 00:40:12,800
People say that there are things in this world that you mustn't believe in.
564
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,600
One is when old people say that they don't want to live anymore.
565
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,500
The second is when children say that they don't want to grow up.
566
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,800
Third...
567
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,800
What is the third one?
568
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:27,500
When a lady says that she doesn't want to marry!
569
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,900
What if...
570
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,200
we could just directly become mothers-in-law?
571
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,000
It's really so hard to get married.
572
00:40:43,940 --> 00:40:46,860
A mother-in-law also started out being a daughter-in-law.
573
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,400
You will have that day.
574
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,760
Then... if there's no mother-in-law, that would be great.
575
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,000
If there's no mother, how can there be a son?
576
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:04,400
What you said is more ruthless than saying you don't want to become a monk right after praying your Buddhist prayer.
577
00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:12,000
Sixth Sister, I want...
578
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,800
that our future days will both be well.
579
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,300
Of course.
580
00:41:17,300 --> 00:41:19,380
All living people must live their days.
581
00:41:19,380 --> 00:41:22,200
Only dead people don't have to.
582
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,000
You must be careful.
583
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,590
Those Gu relatives
584
00:41:27,590 --> 00:41:29,400
will look down on you for being an illegitimate child.
585
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,400
They will give you supercilious looks.
586
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:35,000
It's fine. I just won't look at them.
587
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,600
You're intelligent and quick-witted.
588
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,180
They surely will love you.
589
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,200
You too.
590
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:43,800
Me?
591
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,100
I'm not like that!
592
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:58,800
Thinking about those relatives of the Gu Family,
593
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,400
they surely will make it hard for you.
594
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:06,370
You mustn't take them to heart and get angry about it.
595
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,400
Fifth Sister also told me the same thing today.
596
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,000
I understand. Don't worry.
597
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,700
That Fifth Girl is a straightforward person.
598
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,600
Those betrothal gifts that Second Gu sent today
599
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,800
were enough to fill a courtyard.
600
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,400
You can see that he didn't get them in a day.
601
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:28,100
He has long prepared them.
602
00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:32,400
He must have prepared them when he was seeking Sister Yanran's hand in marriage before.
603
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,400
No. Old Madam Yu
604
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,200
told me about that list of betrothal gifts for Yanran.
605
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,600
They are not the same things.
606
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,900
Really? A few days ago, I wrote Sister Yanran a letter.
607
00:42:44,900 --> 00:42:47,800
I told her about my marrying into the House of Gu.
608
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:49,490
Sister Yanran was so shocked
609
00:42:49,490 --> 00:42:52,210
and asked me if I was being forced.
610
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:56,300
I replied to her, and said I'm not.
611
00:42:56,300 --> 00:42:59,600
But after thinking about it, I feel that I'm indeed being forced.
612
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:04,050
Talking about that, the time when you defended her
613
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,000
seems like it happened a generation ago.
614
00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:13,400
Now, it's you who ended up in the House of Gu.
615
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,200
All these are yours now.
616
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:28,900
Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki
617
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:42,000
T/N In the following song, "Don't You Know, Don't You Know?", Lines 5 to the end are the poem by Li Qingzhao, a famous female poet of the Song Dynasty, the poem is titled "Spring Ends".
618
00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:56,200
♫ One morning, a flower opened and approached a willow tree,
beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord ♫
619
00:43:56,200 --> 00:44:04,900
♫ Even if drinking in water in the morning, red clouds have half a day of sunshine,
the wind and rain do not affect them completely ♫
620
00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:14,600
♫ In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin,
from on high, your cold tears of distress flow ♫
621
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:24,500
♫ Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me,
not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫
622
00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:29,000
♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain
during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫
623
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:33,200
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
624
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:43,000
♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
625
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:47,400
♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain
during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect♫
626
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,600
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
627
00:44:51,600 --> 00:45:01,800
♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
628
00:45:03,070 --> 00:45:16,050
♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫