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♫ A smile, and the clouds drift and scatter. A sway, and the wind changes course. ♫

♫ Who is it ahead that accompanies me? ♫

♫ Such long anxieties cannot be broken. Dreams head toward the night like spring. ♫

♫ In this life, I shine only for one person. ♫

♫ Longing becomes like the fragrance in the dish. ♫

♫ My love is deep, and tears fall in two streaks. ♫

♫ It matters not if it’s deep into the chilly autumn. Sorrow hangs above my brows. ♫

♫ I still anticipate watching the flowers blossom as winter departs. ♫

♫ Surpass love, hate, sorrow, and joy. Allow me to be intoxicated in exchange for love’s cold beauty. ♫

♫ I love you, unafraid that things go against the limits of others’ desire. ♫

♫ While the waning lights of this beautiful dawn lasts, give me the petals with a final, satisfying aroma. ♫

♫ Don’t ask whom that fragrance loves. ♫

♫ Don’t ask whom that fragrance loves. ♫

The Legend of Fragrance

Episode 9

Come, come.

Please sit here.

Come, come, come in.

Le Yan

This is my present for Ah Gui's wedding.

Thank you Mr. An.

Dirty brat!

Le Yan sister.

Hui ZI sister, why are you here?

I like Chinese culture.

Since Chinese people are getting married, I came to celebrate as well.

Zhi Yuan, why are you here?

Today is a nice and clear day. I bought Miss. Hui Zi out for a walk.

So I decided I might as well stop by and drink some celebration wine and join the fun.

I have to say a few words to this dirty brat.

Mr. An, Miss. Hui Zi, this way.

Come.

Dirty brat, what did I do to you?

What are you doing?

Thank you.

Even if you're ungrateful, you have to tell me why you think I was putting on a play. Why do you think I'm lying to you?

If you keep bothering me, I'm going to make the bees come and sting you again.

Mr. Yi Chen

Zhi Yuan put his life on the line for Le Yan at the harbor.

But Le Yan is being really cold towards him.

Is this your doing?

How can it be.

They're enemies, you know that.

They normally bicker when they see each other.

What does that have to do with me?

That's good.

Or else I would get jealous.

You know what you did.

This is Ah Gui's big celebration day.

If you're here to drink some celebration wine, then you're welcome.

Don't create anymore problems.

In our culture, we also invite guests and exchange gift-

Hui Zi sister, I have a few words I want to tell you.

Okay

I thought you came for me.

- Turns out you came for Le Yan. - Huh?

Why would I come for her?

It's like this, Pei Shan forced me to take her out.

So she can see that Wen family's soft baby faced.

Don't think too much, okay?

Shi Xuan, tell me. Why are you recently always so late?

I'll beat you to death! You're so dislikable!

I'll beat you to death! I'll beat you to death!

Stop the carriage, stop the carriage.

The groom will kick the carriage door.

Chun Miao, it's time to step off the carriage.

Chun Miao?

MIss. Chun Miao, it's time to step off the carriage.

- Miss. Chun Miao? - Quickly!

Miss. Chun Miao probably fell asleep, let's see.

This... this...

How did the bride turn into a wooden doll?!

Pei Shan!

Pei Shan

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I'm late again.

Shi Xuan, why are recently always so late?

Don't make such a commotion.

Were there any suspicious people or events that occured on your way here?

An hour ago, I helped the bride finish her makeup and then brought her into the carriage.

Afterwards, we arrived in Mo Wang region. It suddenly started raining

so we entered the Flower Temple to hide from the rain.

In a little while, the rain stopped.

We hurried out of the Flower Temple to come here because I thought the groom must be impatiently waiting.

The bride never stepped off this carriage.

How can she turn into a wooden doll?

Was the bride always on the carriage?

The bride is not suppose to step off the carriage

before she arrives at the groom's house.

Or else it would bring bad luck.

Matchmaker, please calm down and think again.

Was there anything that you might have missed?

There isn't.

The bride never stepped off the carriage

and I've never left the carriage's side.

You stay here with Ah Gui.

I'll go to the Flower Temple and try to find anything suspicious.

Mr. An, be careful.

In the daytime, under a clear sky, what can happen to a grown man?

It's none of your business.

I'm worried about Mr. An, what does that have to do you?

Say that again.

My dad already sent a matchmaker to Le Yan's family to ask for marriage.

I just had a big fight with my dad.

Your dad really likes Le Yan?

Yeah

Why did you bit me?

If you start liking Le Yan,

and stop liking me, then I'll bite you to death.

It's okay, Pei Shan.

Pei Shan

You still don't understand me, Wen Shi Xuan?

I'm not one of those ungrateful playboys,

you're the only one i have in my heart.

The Chairman is here, the Chairman is here.

Chairman, you're finally here.

Chairman look, my Chun Miao was also abducted by the devil to marry.

What are we going to do?

If the devil really is looking for a bride,

- then Chun Miao would be the sixteenth women the devil has carried off to marry. - Huh?

It looks like we have no choice but to have a Sacrifice Offering Ceremony.

Correct, correct, correct, we have to do that.

May I ask the Chairman

what is a Sacrifice Offering Ceremony?

I have heard from our elders that the devil looks for a bride every one hundred years.

But before the devil is able to marry the reincarnated devil's wife,

the devil first marries ninety-nine women as his companions.

So now we in a hurry to have this Grand Sacrifice Offering Ceremony,

then find this reincarnated devil's wife. We will give her to the devil as an offering.

Maybe this will make the devil happy and he will not kidnap unmarried women anymore.

But this is only an old legend.

Also, all the missing women in Mo Wang

were clearly kidnapped by someone who's pretending to be the devil.

Whose family's daughter is this?

You dare to talk nonsense here.

Dirty brat, I never thought you were this smart.

Flower Chairman, this is my daughter, Le Yan.

Please forgive her naivety.

Chairman, if you really believe there is a devil looking for brides in our Mo Wang region,

then why hasn't anyone ever seen the devil all these years?

Have you seen him?

If you've seen him, then please tell everyone what this devil looks like.

Does he have scales on his body? Horns on his head?

It's true that I've never seen him

but our ancestors have.

Mo Wang region's records clearly states Mo Wang's the devil looking for brides one hundred years ago.

That year, the devil also married a dozen or so young women.

In the end, our Flower Society stepped in.

They found the reincarnated devil's wife and sent her up the devil's cliff.

The Heavens instructed that the marriage offering can only come so far.

Tonight during the full moon, the devil will come and this his wife back to the devil's palace.

Then that night during the full moon, did the devil really appear?

Of course

Our ancestors who had carried the offering saw it with their own eyes.

Afterwards, our Flower Society sent people to the bottom of the cliff to investigate.

But we did find any traces of the devil or his wife.

I assume they had already entered the devil's palace located inside the mountain.

We humans, cannot see or enter it.

Could this devil really exist?

Were those kidnapped women really taken by the devil to marry?

I've heard of this story as well.

I think one hundred years ago, someone pretended to be the devil and kidnapped many women.

When things got out of hand, they became scared and used the Sacrifice Offering Ceremony as a way to end their kidnapping spree.

I think there are three feasible possibilities as to why they jumped off the cliff.

First, the fake devil was in love with that young woman.

They had already decided they would run away.

There were definitely traps on that mountain.

Second possibility,

this devil is a fragrance master.

Those smoke bombs contained a drugged fragrance that he created.

Think about it carefully.

Those peasants were nervous to begin with.

Their minds repeatedly replayed scenes of the devil showing up.

After they smelled the drugged fragrance, they thought what they had imagined was real.

At this time, that devil took advantage of the situation

and kidnapped that innocent young woman.

Third possibility,

those peeking carriage carriers were collaborating with the devil.

They made up a story to help the love couple run away.

Or else to help that devil achieve his evil goal.

When you go down the mountain tomorrow, you know what to say, don't you?

We understand. You can take that young woman with you.

We promise not to let the truth slip out.

Whether or not it's possible, there is no such thing as the devil looking for brides.

Those peasants passed the story on from ear to ear.

Instead of using it to solve the case, they recorded it down as a legend.

Young Master Ning, you're absurd.

Your guesses are without evidence.

Above all, you dare call our ancestors clueless and stupid?

I personally think Young Master Ning's deduction is very rational.

In this world, there is no such thing as a devil.

The devil looking for brides from a hundred years ago is the same thing that's happening now.

Someone is simply pretending to be the devil and scaring everyone.

Long ago, everyone was tricked by that fake devil.

So this time, we cannot fall for the same trick again.

- Le Yan, you should talk less. - Dirty brat

We're two great minds that think a like.

You youngsters do not understand anything.

Not only do you ignore what our ancestors have clearly recorded down on paper,

you exclaimed nonsense, angering the devil.

Let me ask you, if the devil goes on an anger rampage, can you shoulder the responsibility?

It's obvious that someone is pretending to be the devil.

Let me smell the inside of the carriage, maybe I can discover more evidences.

Right, you should let the dirty brat try.

Her nose is even better than that of dogs.

Can you stop showing off?

What does Mom teach you at home? Don't draw attention to yourself.

Did you forget?

Mom, if we really let them have a Sacrifice Offering Ceremony,

there will be a innocent woman who will be sent into the mountains as offering.

I cannot just sit back and do nothing.

I smelled Chun Miao's body odor, the wooden doll's odor, and the odor of two men.

So this is not the legendary devil looking for brides.

Instead someone is purposely pretending to be the devil and scaring everyone.

You smelled two men?

Le Yan, not only can you smell how many people there were,

you can also smell whether or not it's a male or female?

Correct, men tend to smell more ripe while women tend to smell more sweet and light.

Hey, don't discriminate against men just because my nose doesn't work.

Can you be serious once in a while?

You're joking around even at time like this.

How funny.

You tell us to not listen to the records left by our ancestors,

and to instead listen to your nose?

Flower Chairman, everyone, I'm telling you the truth.

If you don't believe me, then you can test my sense of smell right here, right now.

Okay, okay, don't say anymore.

How can it be? She's just an average flower growing peasant.

It's my fault for not raising my daughter right. I'm sorry you all witnessed this embarassing scene.

- Let's go. Let's go home. - Mom

Mom

Zhi Yuan, is Le Yan's sense of smell really that amazing?

Of course

The heavens really aren't fair.

They should have given that sense of smell to me, but they gave it to that dirty brat.

The wedding carriage was bought into the Flower Temple to hide from the rain.

Coincidently, I was in the temple at that moment.

I saw everything that happened.

Tell me everything that happened.

I was in the temple waiting for you.

At that very moment,

I heard someone go inside.

Everyone is busy celebrating at this moment so there shouldn't be anyone coming to pray at this temple.

Looking at the weather, it will definitely start raining.

They will bring the carriage into the temple to hide from the rain. You have to immediately kidnap her.

- Quickly, hide. - Yes

I never thought that devil would also be a perfumer.

Correct

I was quick and was able to use an antidote fragrance to combat theirs.

Or else, I would have also fell asleep.

What did they look like?

I was alone so I didn't dare to face them alone.

I hide away so I couldn't see them very clearly.

But from their voices and their body physics,

those two servants were middle age men

but the boss seemed very young.

Then afterwards?

Afterwards, it started raining as they had predicted.

Flower Temple

Good, good, just put it here.

Everyone, I don't think this rain will continue for very long.

Thanks for your hard work, you can leave this room now.

- Okay, let's go. - I'll keep the bride company.

When we get there, we'll give you more wine.

Miss Chun Miao, when the rain stops we'll set out again.

Please don't get off the carriage.

Before the carriage enters the groom's house, your feet cannot touch the ground.

Or else it'll be unlucky, okay?

I understand.

Don't worry, I'll keep you company here.

When the incense burned out, the matchmaker woke up.

By that time the rain had stopped as well.

So, they carried the carriage that contained the wooden doll out of the Flower Temple.

Dad, I can't believe the incense that the devil used would be this effective.

Even the matchmaker didn't notice anything.

Look

This type of incense is very strongly concentrated.

Once a person smells it, they quickly fall asleep.

And once the incense burns off, the person quickly wakes up.

Only, after they've woken up, it's as if they had a dream.

But what had happened in the dream, that they cannot remember.

This incense... was made by Ning Hao Tian?

Dumb child, look closely.

This incense was not made perfectly and contains a lot of impurities.

The poor quality of this incense probably was not made by Ning Hao Tian, who is a skilled incense maker.

Dad, I've told you before

we cannot direct our attention on only Ning Hao Tian alone.

The devil looking for brides

must be someone other than Ning Hao Tian.

Your deduction is very reasonable.

This can only mean that Ning Hao Tian's fragrance book must have fallen into an outsider's hands.

But other than Ning Hao Tian,

who could the other devil be?

What?

You want me to marry Wen Shi Xuan?

Correct, Mom has thought it over.

There is no better son in law in the Mo Wang region than Wen Shi Xuan.

I cannot let my personal problems ruin your life's happiness.

But didn't we agree that I wouldn't marry him?

No more but's.

Originally, I wouldn't have agreed to let you marry him no matter what.

But Chun Miao's disappearance has scared me out of my stubbornness.

You also showed off.

Now more and more people are playing attention to you.

Maybe that devil has already started liking you.

We're peasants so I can't protect you.

If you marry into the Wen family,

it doesn't matter whether or not the devil is real, you'll be safe.

What feelings?

Wen Shi Xuan's intelligence and looks cannot be compared.

If you marry into the Wen family, you two will quickly start to like each other.

Also,

Wen family's Older Young Master has been missing for many years.

- Maybe he'll never come back. - Huh?

What I mean is, Wen Shi Xuan might be the sole heir in the Wen family.

If you marry into the Wen family, you will be set for life.

If your Dad comes back one day, he'll approve of this decision I'm making for you.

But if you were kidnapped by the devil to marry, you Dad will hate me to death.

Dad has been missing for twelve years and we don't even know why.

Mom, you're the one who suffered raising me.

Even if Dad comes back safely,

what right does he have to hate you?

Somethings you won't understand.

Mom has to make sure you're safe.

Or else, all the hard work I put into raising you would be wasted.

There is no other opportunity.

But I don't want to marry.

Why?

Do you have someone you like?

No I don't.

You still say no.

Mom was young once,

which young woman doesn't blossom?

You're already eighteen, you're suppose to be married already.

Tell Mom the secret, who do you like?

I really don't have anyone.

Is it Doctor An?

Doctor An is very skilled in medicine and he's a very kind person.

He's also very nice to you.

Of course not.

Doctor An has a reclusive nature, he doesn't talk much.

Although we get along well,

I get the feeling he has problems I don't know of,

that I cannot ever enter his heart.

It seems like I can never understand him.

If it isn't Doctor An,

then who can it be?

Do you like that Tyrant?

Of course it's not him.

He's so dislikable. All he does is bully me and lie to me.

I don't like him at all.

If he isn't Doctor An or the Tyrant...

then Mom can't guess.

You can guess all you want, I'm leaving.

Flower Temple

Those two men's odor, are you familiar with it? Can you still recognize it?

If I've smelled it before, I'll always remember it.

But these two men, I really don't know who they are.

But don't worry, their body odor is now ingrained into my memory.

If I bump into them, I can recognize them immediately.

Le Yan, you're really special. You're unlike any other women.

I saw with my own two eyes that Chun Miao was kidnapped by three men.

Why are you only able to smell two of them?

Maybe the other men didn't come in contact with the wooden doll.

So the wooden doll had no trace of his odor.

Also, the Flower Chairman and the Flower Members,

none of them trust my sense of smell.

So they've decided to go ahead with the Sacrifice Offering Ceremony.

They also plan to have a Enchantress determine which family's daughter is the reincarnated devil's wife.

Some innocent young woman will be sacrificed.

Forget it, let's not talk about that today.

I'll keep teaching you how to make fragrances, how does that sound?

Really? Okay.

Last time, you taught me the many different properties that exist in specific fragrances.

I have already memorized all of them.

That's great.

You have a natural talent for making fragrances.

Today, I will teach you how to properly make fragrances.

Miss. Chun Miao, please come with me.

Well walk, follow me.

Xia Chang!

Chun Miao?

- Xia Chang - Chun Miao

Don't touch each other, don't speak with permission.

She's my younger sister, Xia Chang. I'm her older sister.

This is the devil's palace and you're all the devil's mistress.

All human relationships no longer exist.

The only thing you have to do now is obediently listen to the devil's commands.

Go over there, go over there.

- Chun Miao... - What are you doing?

Where is this?

Don't ask any questions, just listen obediently.

After some time, the devil will let you go.

What does the devil want us to do?

From now on, you must do the same thing these young women do.

Take baths, eat well,

- keep your skin in good condition. - Why do we need to keep our skin in good condition?

You talk too much!

I told you not to ask questions.

Go take a bath.

Teacher, is that correct?

Look at this, it really looks like a proper perfume.

Good, Teacher will examine your first perfume carefully.

Not bad.

Did you know? When I was learning how to make perfume many years ago,

it took me three years of learning to make my first perfume.

You've only learned for one day and you were able to make a fragrance. This is pretty good.

Le Yan, did you make a plant based perfume?

You're too talented.

This is result I wanted.

Le Yan, you're really gifted.

So don't give up. You have to study and give your best effort.

It's because you're a good teacher.

It's getting dark, I'll go home now.

Recently, my Mom is really scared of that devil looking for brides.

If I don't go back now, she'll get worried again.

Okay, go back.

Then I'll go now, thank you Teacher.

Thank You Mr. An.

Are you going to walk her back or not?

No need, you don't need to get up.

I can see that she has feelings for you.

You have to take advantage of this situation.

You don't feel forced now, do you?

Do you.. also like Le Yan?

Dad, revenge is the most important thing right now.

I think of something as I watch you teach Le Yan how to make perfumes earlier.

Let's use this Sacrifice Offering Ceremony to attack the Wen and Ning family.

I never thought Miss. Le Yan

not only understand flower language but has an amazing sense of smell.

This type of woman, if she became a perfumer,

she will do very well, surpass any expectations.

Continue being friends with her, investigate her.

We will think of a way to bring her back to Japan.

Then we can train her to become a member of our staff.

Yes (in Japanese)

Who is it?

It's me.

So it's Mr. Yi Chen.

For a second there, you scared me.

You also scared me.

It's so late, where did you go?

I went out for a walk.

For a walk?

If Ning mansion's night guard finds you wandering around at night,

Ning Hao Tian would become suspicious.

I'm very careful, no one will find out.

But you

if someone finds you

entering my room in the middle of the night,

in the middle of the night...

I came because I have something important to talk to you about.

I knew you wouldn't come find me unless you needed something.

Tell me, what is it?

Tomorrow is the Sacrifice Offering Ceremony.

You have to take Ning Pei Shan to where the Enchantress will be.

Make sure you secretly put some perfume on her hair.

You're planning to plot something against Ning Pei Shan?

But Ning Hao Tian is a fragrance master.

He will be able to smell the perfume and know someone is messing with his daughter.

My dad said everyone's sense of smell is different.

A normal person can smell a hundred or two hundred types of scents.

A fragrance master can at least smell six hundred different scents.

Although Ning Hao Tian is diligent,

his sense of smell isn't very good.

My dad knows of all his weaknesses.

This bottle of fragrance, he will not be able to smell out.

What?

You're not willing to help me?

Hui Zi will never decline any of Mr. Yi Chen's requests.

But doesn't Mr. Yi Chen plan to give Hui Zi a small reward?

What do you want?

You still don't understand me.

But you've improved a lot compared to when you were in Japan.

That time, you would immediately run away.

Aren't I by your side right now?

My entire body is in your room.

You really know how to talk.

Your words have gotten sweeter over these three years.

Don't worry, I'll definitely help you.

Thank you

You should rest early, I have some more important things I have to take care of.

Thank you

Chinese people love to compete with each other. We'll let this compete even fiercer than before.

Ning Hao Tian, Wen Jing Chang, and An Qui Sheng are the best perfumers in all of Mo Wang.

Let's wait until they've injured each other badly,

until they can not compete with our Great Japanese Fragrance Society,

then

not only will we be able to cure your illness,

we can take credit for all the new fragrances they've created.

All of Mo Wang's fragrance business will be controlled by our Great Japanese Fragrance Society.

I'm sorry Mr Yi Chen.

Although I'm helping you, I'm also using you.

But do you have feelings

for me? Or are you

faking it?

Beware, be cautious of fire.

Beware, be cautious of fire.

Who is it? It's the middle of the night.

I'm from the police, open the door.

Your grandson was arrested by the police half a month ago, correct?

The punishment for his crime is a death sentence.

But if you can help solve a big case,

then your grandson will be given a lighter sentence.

Commissioner An,

please tell me what you need me, an Enchantress to do.

Tomorrow when you lead the ceremony,

what method will you use to determine who is the reincarnated devil's wife?

This is our Enchantress family's treasure which has been passed down for many generations.

Golden Butterfly

Tomorrow, once the ceremony is over,

I will get this Golden Butterfly go.

Whichever young woman's shoulder this Golden Butterfly lands on

is the reincarnated devil's wife.

You can train this Golden Butterfly to land where I want it to land.

Only heaven can decide who's body this Golden Butterfly will land on.

Don't play with me.

You can only trick peasants with that lie.

The police force doesn't believe in such things.

Don't try your tricks in front of me.

Commissioner An

Don't worry, I won't expose your lie.

Instead, I will protect the reputation you have in the hearts of those peasants.

I created this fragrance.

Use this fragrance to train your Golden Butterfly.

Tomorrow, you have to make this Golden Butterfly

land on the woman who's wearing this fragrance.

Pei Shan

- Good morning Miss. Hui Zi. - Good morning.

- Miss. Hui Zi, you came so early. - Pei Shan

- I came to see you. - Sit, sit.

- Chui Er, bring my breakfast. - Yes? Okay

And bring some freshly made desserts for Miss. Hui Zi

Okay

- Here, drink tea. - Thanks

Pei Shan, why do you wake up late everyday?

You don't know? My body isn't very healthy.

If I don't sleep at least five hours everyday, I would have no energy.

Also, my eyes would swell up and I would get dark circles.

- Really? Let me see. - Yeah

Look

I don't see anything.

Your face isn't swelled up at all. In fact it's very dewy.

Really?

Xue Shan also says that.

Xue Shan says in all of Mo Wang, my face is the most dewy.

Your Shi Xuan has a sweet mouth.

No wonder you like him so much.

Subtitles by The Aromatic Team @Viki.com

♫ The moment I turn, the North Wind torrents strongly. ♫

♫ The geese head south, their sorrowful cries carving open the season. ♫

♫ I go further and further. I’m in pain, yet I have nowhere to go. ♫

♫ How many robberies has the dream endured? It’s as thin as the crescent moon. ♫

♫ Wave goodbye to the yellow leaves. ♫

♫ There’s too much sorrow and pain. They have been exhausted along with you. ♫

♫ The heavier the stubborn winds, the closer your smile feels. ♫

♫ My heart turns to a mysterious steeliness. I continue to draw the dirt path. ♫

♫ With this cavity of blood, I go to recite the chapters of life. ♫

♫ I strive to participate and understand as that one parched bone morphs into spring snow. ♫

♫ Bitter suffering follows along the union of the world. The heart is mysteriously steely. ♫

♫ I will never choke back my sobs towards the heavens. I will mold the tears into a brave heart. ♫

♫ That person with blue threads along the bamboo path, he smiles warmly the entire way. ♫

♫ He embodies the starlight, extinguishing their fire. A shame that the morning road boils the blood. ♫

♫ With this cavity of blood, I go to recite the chapters of life. ♫

♫ I strive to participate and understand as that one parched bone morphs into spring snow. ♫

♫ Bitter suffering follows along the union of the world. The heart is mysteriously steely. ♫

♫ I will never choke back my sobs towards the heavens. I will mold the tears into a brave heart. ♫