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Central Protector Lu.

Young lady Shen,

you're indeed very different from others.

Central Protector, didn't you

ask me to settle

my own problems first?

They're settled

now.

You can't enter the Shen family anymore

To me,

you are no longer valuable.

Central Protector, your purpose

isn't merely the Shen family, is it?

As long as you can arrange for me

to enter King Peng Cheng's mansion,

even with the identity of a servant,

I'll be under your command

in the future, Central Protector.

Shen Leqing,

instead of being Young lady Shen,

you're willing to become a servant at the mansion?

Central Protector,

identity is not important

to me anymore.

I only know that

Shen Lige has been watching you closely, Central Protector.

If she were to become King Peng Cheng's concubine,

you would be at a disadvantage, Central Protector.

Before their wedding day,

I'll eliminate her for you, Central Protector.

You hate Shen Lige so much

because she snatched

the engagement that originally belonged to you?

Why?

Did you fall for King Peng Cheng

or do you just want the title of

King Peng Cheng's concubine?

I have indeed thought of this before,

but now

I only want to serve you, Central Protector.

The Song of Glory

You may leave now,

I will not help you.

Please.

Episode 17

Central Protector,

I really have no other way out,

I'm willing to do anything for you, Central Protector.

How should I believe in

a scheming woman?

Central Protector,

I only have loyalty towards you.

Really?

Shen Tingzhang really does

have two brilliant daughters,

so interesting.

I'll follow all your orders, Central Protector.

After you enter the mansion,

you only need to watch Shen Lige closely,

watch her every move

and report back to me at anytime.

Central Protector, rest assured.

Let's go.

Anyone there?

Who's there?

Someone help!

Someone help, there's a fire! There's a fire!

Extinguish the fire.

Quick, quick, everyone come.

Quickly go get water.

Quick.

The manuscript.

The new policy manuscript is still inside,

let me in.

You can't enter, teacher.

Although the manuscript is important,

you can still rewrite if it's gone.

Teacher,

don't be rash.

Yi Xian Hall

Central Protector,

the manuscript.

Come in.

Chief Secretariat is here.

Chief Secretariat,

please have a seat.

Central Protector Lu,

I'm afraid it's your mistake

to have invited me here.

I, surnamed Xie, would never

be in the same group as a rebel.

Please excuse me.

Chief Secretariat,

why don't you have a look at this first

before you decide to leave.

New Policy Outline?

King Peng Cheng is actually thinking of

reforming the Nine Ranks Official System

and hold examinations to select chief officials?

This is only the beginning.

Soon,

more policies

will come our ways.

By then, it will not only affect you and me,

but also the entire status of the gentry.

This is nonsense.

Since the ancient times,

non-gentry personnels have never been given official powers.

Even warriors from poor families who were given military control

could only fight for the country in wars.

To be involved in the court administration,

one will need to rely on the gentry's rules.

The gentry and the poor

can never share the same world.

This new policy manuscript

can explain everything.

The fact that King Peng Cheng is marrying

the daughter of Shen family is trivial.

We should not underestimate

our King Peng Cheng.

Then what plan do you have in mind, Central Protector?

Come in.

Come play a song too.

I'm not good at it.

I'll teach you.

Okay.

Bi Xin Wine

The moon is so bright

and the fragrances of the orchids are so rich.

The orchid fragrance has long been in the air

and it was brought into my hall through the wind.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Fourth Brother,

what did you like to eat when you were a child?

Chestnut.

Chestnut?

When I was young,

I liked chestnuts.

How about now?

Pulp cakes,

and also the snacks that

you brought me to eat yesterday.

The taste was so special that I can still remember it now.

What else?

I also like it when

the South wind knows my intention

and blows my dreams towards the West.

I also like this little boat.

I wish it can

stay here forever.

I like to sit

here with you,

enjoy the view

and chat a little.

I also like

you.

I,

I also

like you.

Here,

let's drink, Fourth Brother.

Okay.

Now

you can tell me

your name already, can't you?

I want to know more about you,

I want to know about your family,

I want to know

your everything.

Why are you always alone

and so rough?

Why do you always like to

fight and kill,

which makes my heart ache all the time?

It's okay,

you have me in the future

as long as you stay beside me.

I'll protect you from now on.

Aren't you always

curious about who I am?

Actually I am...

It's okay,

it's not important anymore

because

you're in my heart already.

Fourth Brother.

Fourth Brother.

My name is Lige,

but my surname is not Shen.

I am an orphan

and an assassin from Vermilion Bird Alliance.

We followed our master

everywhere around the world

to practice martial arts

and complete missions.

We seem to have

gotten used to it.

In order to assassinate King Peng Cheng

and deal with Lu Yuan,

I hid myself at the Shen's mansion

and became Lady Shen.

Ever since I entered the Shen's mansion,

I felt

the warmth of a family

which I've never experienced before.

I have a family now.

They are so nice to me.

The old me

didn't have any likings,

I only had hatred in my heart.

But now,

I like One's Heart Wine,

I like pulp cakes,

I like the poem just now,

and also this little boat.

I also like pear blossoms

and

the one I like the most

is you.

Fourth Brother,

this jade has been protecting me for a long time.

Now, I'm returning it to you.

I hope that from now on,

it can protect you for me.

I was being too greedy.

I do not belong here since the beginning.

Some people

and some things

might just be the most beautiful

only in memories.

Swordswoman.

Swordswoman.

Swordswoman.

I swear by the running water to bid you farewell forever.

Why did she leave without saying goodbye?

Where did you go?

Relationship with King Peng Cheng is indifferent

Senior,

what are you doing?

Isn't this the secret record of King Peng Cheng's mansion

that I bought with a lot of gold?

Are you still worried about senior?

Just rest assured,

she has already memorised

everything in this book.

It's not as simple as you think.

King Peng Cheng has a status above many,

so no doubt that the people

within his mansion are complicated.

Your senior is a wanderer.

She's straightforward and resentful,

she know nothing about

being courteous but careful.

I'm afraid that she's too reckless.

But it's useless too

for you to be worried here.

Before she left,

you've already reminded her so many times

to stay low-key,

conceal her nature,

be observant

and always careful with her actions and speech.

I've already grown tired of those reminders

and you're scared that she can't remember?

Hopefully she could temporarily hide her true nature

and take the mission as first priority.

Kong Cheng,

during this period

when your senior is in the mansion,

you have to watch closely

every news coming from King Peng Cheng's mansion.

The moment when Lige

encounters any incidents,

we could be prepared to help her.

No problem, leave it to me.

Oh yeah,

I asked you to dry some herbs,

did you dry them already?

You've been eating non-stop since just now.

Didn't you ask me to

get news,

I'll go right away.

The herbs, you dry them yourself then.

I'll go first.

You little brat.

Secret record of King Peng Cheng's mansion

King Peng Cheng's mansion

King Peng Cheng's mansion

Greetings, Miss.

Miss, my name is Qiu Qin.

Miss, follow me.

Sixth Brother.

Fourth Brother.

Your Highness,

Lady Shen has already entered the mansion.

Sit.

Your Highness,

Your Highness.

Something happened in Yi Xian Hall.

What happened?

There was a big fire at Yi Xian Hall.

The new policy manuscript

was burnt to ashes.

Seems like

they couldn't hold it in anymore.

Even the gentry

won't be able to obstruct

the expanding force.

Sixth Brother,

go and investigate

who's behind this.

Yes.

Miss, look at this.

It's huge here,

so grand!

The mansion is indeed magnificent.

Miss, the side house, Han Ling Pavilion

that you'll be staying in

is normally for foreign guests.

It leads towards the outer and inner courts,

but please do not simply enter these places,

especially the inner court.

If you were to offend the Great Consort and Princess Consort,

it won't be good for you.

I understand.

This is the mansion's garden,

Xiu Lin Garden.

You can come here

from the outer, inner courts and also the side house.

Miss, if you're too bored,

you may come here for a walk.

Miss, please.

Lige,

you must remember that

after you enter King Peng Cheng's mansion,

you must conceal your

identity as an assassin.

You must not affect

the assassination plan.

Remember to act

innocent.

Han Ling Pavilion

Madam,

Lady Shen is almost here.

Good.

What are you day dreaming about?

Stand over there.

Yes.

Lady Shen,

I am Madam Yue Mei

from the palace.

I've been instructed by the Great Consort

to come and teach you etiquette.

Since I've been ordered by the Great Consort,

all your

actions and words after you step in this

Han Ling Pavilion

will have to be according to my teachings.

Thank you, Madam Yue Mei.

Wrong,

you shoud...

Hold on.

Madam, do you want to say that

I have not gone through the

wedding ceremony with King Peng Cheng,

so I'm not King Peng Cheng's concubine yet,

and you

are a Madam from the palace,

so I should greet you first.

Greetings, Madam Yue Mei.

Is this right?

Not bad,

but...

But

there are many rules in this mansion.

Meeting different people

will need different etiquettes,

from now on

I still have much to learn,

am I right?

Meeting the Great Consort or the Princess Consort.

Meeting King Peng Cheng.

Madam, is it correct?

You don't have the rights to speak here.

This servant lacks some teaching,

she's not suitable to serve beside you, Miss.

She's a personal maid

that I brought from my original house.

Whether to leave her beside me,

it all depends on my intention.

Since she's a personal maid,

how could I let her actions and words

influence you, Miss?

Madam, are you saying

that you are the Empress'

and concubines'

model of behaviour?

Miss, what you're saying is incorrect.

I'm just a female servant,

how could my behaviours cross the line?

Madam, didn't you say that

the servant's behaviours would influence the owner?

So, didn't that mean

the servants are the models for owners?

This I don't understand.

Who is the owner,

and who is the servant here?

You...

Wrong,

I'm not you,

I'm the owner of this Han Ling Pavilion.

Madam, do not cross the line.

Yes,

Miss.

You may leave now.

Luckily King King Ling

taught you beforehand.

I was so scared.

This, this annoying etiquette,

it took me a long time to learn those.

Thank you, and also thank him.

Wrong.

Greetings, Princess Consort.

Wanton,

who gave you the permission to lift your head?

Who was recommended by Chief Scretariat?

Come up here.

It's me.

So it's the one

who was so rude.

As a sister, I've really

worried my brother too much.

Even my servants

have to be arranged by my brother.

Since you're here,

I'll accept his kind heart.

The others will take turn to serve in the inner hall,

and you

will be responsible with the cleanliness of the outer hall.

Princess Consort, I...

Enough, that's all for today.

Everyone leave now.

Yes.

Princess Consort,

why don't we use this opportunity to

get her out of the mansion?

To be able to gain my brother's trust,

she must not be a common person.

Watch her closely.

Yes.

Weaving Room

Which of you two

is Shen Leqing?

I am.

Sister Yu Yan instructed that

your bed is up there.

Miss, how are you going to live there?

Sisters,

it's my first time here

so I've prepared some gifts

for you all.

Sisters, please accept them.

Come quickly,

this is very nice to use.

Don't think that you could

win our hearts like this.

It was the Princess Consort who dislike you,

we don't have a choice.

Yes, yes.

It's my fault being vulgar,

so as not to gain the likings of Princess Consort.

I'm sure you all

have been at Jiao Hua Pavilion for a long time,

so you must know

the Princess Consort's likings and temperament.

In the future,

if I were to

make mistakes,

please give me

some advices.

That sounds reasonable.

Fine,

there's not much work today

for you two.

These few days, just stay in the mansion

and learn the rules.

Thank you, sisters.

This is just too much for you, Miss.

Miss, why don't I exchange with you?

Ling Xi,

your little brothers and sisters back home

have settled down,

so you don't have to worry about them.

Just work with me now

and our good days will come.

Miss, I will

always remember your kindness.

Take this.

These days,

try to get around with the people

in Han Ling Pavilion

and then...

Leqing, it's time for lunch,

let's eat first.

I'm not finished yet, you guys go ahead.

Okay.

Sister Yu Yan,

let me help you with this.

This is the Princess Consort's favourite item,

no one else is allowed to touch it.

In the mansion, talk less and do more.

Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask.

Leave now.

Sister Yu Yan.

What's wrong again?

You dropped something.

Is this mine?

Yes,

I saw it with my own eyes that

you dropped this.

Such a delicate jewelry,

I could tell right away it's yours.

Really?

Really.

Let me help you with that.

Such an expensive thing,

you should keep it properly, sister.

Be careful

and follow me.

I heard that you

also like the bracelet from Yu Fu Pavilion.

I've already asked someone to buy it.

I'll send it over to you another day.

You're rather informed I see.

Have you guys heard?

Lady Shen

has a huge scar on her body.

Really?

Did you see it wrongly?

It can't be.

It's as true as gold.

What are you all doing?

What are you all talking about?

We...

Talk.

We heard that

Lady Shen once lived among the common people

and that she has

a huge scar on her body.

No one knows how she got it.

Scar?

Han Ling Pavilion

Although the New Policy Outline document

was burnt to nothing,

rest assured, Your Highness.

The New Policy Outline

is not just about words,

it's already in the hearts of the disciples.

It's not a hard task

to write a new copy anyway.

Just that,

we found a corpse of a disciple

in the room that was burnt down.

According to the post-mortem examiner's analysis,

he was killed

before getting burnt in the fire.

It seems like the fire

was not an accident after all.

They're starting to get anxious.

They want to know what

I'm about to do and

they're not willing to sit and wait for their doom.

The scriptures and books in the library

are the hard work of the disciples.

The incident this time

must be a big blow to them.

Don't worry, Your Highness.

The burning fire in the hearts of the disciples

will definitely not be extinguished

just because of a fire.

You may leave for now.

I have an order for King Jing Ling,

ask him to immediately choose a few brilliant disciples

and send them into the mansion.

They will finish the New Policy Outline

right here at King Peng Cheng's mansion.

Your Highness,

this is a declaration of war

with the gentry and nobles.

Since King Jing Ling has already found out that

Xie and Lu families have been secretly meeting each other,

the collaboration of the gentry

is inevitable.

That being the case,

we don't have to hide anymore.

Hong Dan, is everything ready?

Yes, yes.

Miss, everything's ready.

Please shower and change, Miss.

You all may go,

leave Xiao Xin behind to serve me.

Yes.

Why?

Don't tell me that in King Peng Cheng's mansion,

there are even rules for taking a bath?

King Jing Ling never mentioned it before.

Leave now.

Yes.

How dare you.

Drag her away.

Miss,

Miss, I didn't do it on purpose.

Miss,

Miss, please save me.

Miss, Miss, please save me.

I didn't do it on purpose.

Hold on.

This servant is so clumsy,

how could she serve you in the inner court?

Then, what do you intend to do with her?

Beat her 20 times

and then sell her off the mansion.

I know my mistake already.

Miss, please save me,

I don't want to be sold off.

Let her go.

Miss.

Let go.

Miss,

there are rules in the mansion.

What is your name?

Hong Dan.

Qiu Qin,

I want another servant,

it isn't too much of a request, right?

Since you wanted to sell her off

according to the mansion rules,

my Shen family will take her then.

Hong Dan,

in the future, you and Xiao Xin

will be my personal servants.

Miss, this...

You're also a servant.

Think about it, if it were you,

should I give you a serious punishment for a small mistake?

We're all humans,

there are no differences between us,

so why should we be treated differently because of our statuses?

Isn't it good

to be forgiving between each other?

Miss, I understand.

Hong Dan, help me with my bath.

You guys may leave.

Yes.

Thank you for saving my life, Miss.

Go ahead.

Miss,

it was obviously Qiu Qin

who tripped Hong Dan,

why did she do that?

I know,

don't bring this up anymore.

Let's go.

General,

the Wang family hasn't even

received our visiting letter

and you're already preparing to go there.

Will this be too sudden for them?

I'm ashamed towards Brother.

Since Zijin

and Zhi have feelings for each other,

as a father,

I should convince Brother.

Oh yeah,

I've prepared some koumiss for you guys,

I've added them into the betrothal gifts.

Back then,

you and Master Wang love it so much.

Since we're asking for a marriage,

we have to be sincere.

You're very thoughtful.

General, Madam,

there's a letter from Tongcheng.

It must be Qing arriving at Tongcheng already.

News got lost?

Qing didn't arrive at Tongcheng,

even the guards protecting her

were gone.

Did something bad happen to Qing?

Zhou Zheng,

send some men immediately

to find her along the way.

Yes, General.

How,

how is this happening?

Qing...

She'll be fine.

Wang's mansion

General Shen.

How is it?

Our old master said that

today's the first day

of brewing peach blossom wine.

In another 49 days,

he will not see anyone.

General Shen, you should leave.

Father,

General Shen has already waited at the forecourt

for a very long time,

you should at least meet him.

If you let General Shen wait like this,

it's not nice if other people sees it.

If he thinks it's embarrassing,

he should just go back.

Go.

Yes.

This seems to be the best koumiss

from the Western border.

The taste is sweet and strong,

but it's too bad that

the person making this wine

has already passed.

There are only a few jugs left.

Let, let me try it.

No more.

Do you really want to marry into Shen's family so much?

Yes.

Okay,

I agree to

see him.

Brother.

General Shen, no need for formalities.

Brother,

I've come to...

I've always admired you, General.

You've guarded the Northern border for dozens of years

for the peace of great Song and its people.

You've also made your contributions through hard work,

but I'm sure you could understand

the hearts of parents, General.

Ever since Song and Hua

sacrificed themselves on the battlefields,

I, Wang Mian,

have finally gotten myself a daughter at an old age.

My wish

is to stay way from political disputes

and I hope that my only daughter

could live the rest of her life smoothly.

General, you're a trustworthy minister in court,

but in other words,

you're in the middle of the storm as well.

I've already aged,

I could no longer

bear any hardships.

So, I hope to

help pick another spouse for High General.

This marriage between your son and my daughter,

the Wang family can't afford it I'm afraid.

I beg for your forgiveness, General.

The betrothal gifts are all back.

Father,

Uncle didn't agree?

Doesn't Sister Zijin

like big brother a lot?

Father, what did Uncle say?

Your Uncle has fallen sick,

so he's not seeing anyone these few days.

I'll visit him another day.

Okay.

Thank you, Father.

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