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♪Wearing peach blossom makeup, I boil tea over the stove♪

♪With a pure heart, I embroider the brocade of time♪

♪On the short paper, affection flows in the silent moonlight♪

♪I only wish that by my side, is my love♪

♪Cool autumn wind blowing, I gaze far leaning against the railing♪

♪Sunset glow over the green hill, in formation wild geese are flying♪

♪Covering a thousand miles on horseback, for whom is he longing♪

♪He returned home in dreams♪

♪I will never forget that you held my hands♪

♪In your warm palms and we braved winds and waves♪

♪Unexpectedly, after we traveled so far and turned grey-haired♪

♪I am still by your side♪

♪Hearts burning, we look into each other's eyes♪

♪Feelings overflowing, they don't need to be hided♪

♪No matter how time passes and life changes♪

♪Together, we will grow old♪

=The Sword and the Brocade=

=Episode 24=

People are nurtured in different ways.

Without education, there will be aberrations.

-You are here, Zhun. -The good way of teaching

is to be persistent and focused.

Greetings to you, Mother.

Father. Mother.

Forego the formalities. Take a seat.

Come on.

My Lord,

what's wrong with your hand?

Are you suffering a relapse?

I am fine.

I didn't sleep well last night.

Grandma. Grandma.

You don't know that

Father is so timorous.

As an adult,

he slept in Mother's arms.

Zhun.

Come here.

Your father is not timorous.

Your father and your mother

are trying to bear you a younger brother.

So,

you'd better give them some private space

in normal days.

Have you got it?

I got it.

I will be a good boy.

I won't go disturb them.

Right.

Good boy.

Marquis Jingyuan's Mansion

Duke Wei, Ren Kun

hasn't made clear his attitude

upon the sea ban policy.

Recently,

it seems that he has been getting closer to Xu Lingyi.

As for Duke Wei,

I have a stratagem

that can solve this pressing problem for you.

Duke Wei has an adopted daughter.

Her name is Liansong.

She is a great beauty.

Hu Jin is her biological daughter.

After Hu Jin died,

she was sent to the

Royal Academy

and can't buy back her freedom.

But Duke Wei

resorted to all means

to transfer her to Tianxiang House to work as an entertainer.

In ordinary days, Duke Wei keeps her under close watch.

How could that help?

Don't you remember that

Xu Lingyi has

a daredevil brother-in-law.

He is called Wang Yu, the heir of Duke Mao.

One is a bodacious womanizer.

The other is a very pretty woman.

Darling, your stratagem is wonderful.

Treasures Boutique

Madam.

What can I do for you?

Shopkeeper,

I bought this jade bracelet from your shop

a few days ago.

It broke shortly after I bought it.

I want you to replace it with a new one.

Madam.

This bracelet seems to be broken due to a fall.

It is obvious that you sold the substandard bracelet.

Now you are trying to deny it.

Young lady,

you can't put it this way.

Our Treasures Boutique

is a time-honored shop in the capital.

If you smear us without evidence

and try to extort money from us,

we will report this to the government.

I am the Young Madam of Duke Mao's Mansion.

Why need I extort money from you?

He is a duke that has come down in the world.

Do you think that I haven't seen the world?

How dare you act so rudely.

It is impossible for Young Madam Wang to tell a lie.

Hurry to

fetch a new bracelet.

Yes.

Greetings to you, Young Madam Ou.

Sorry to put you through this, Young Madam Wang.

This store

belongs to our Ou family.

We didn't mean to

cause you trouble, Young Madam Wang.

It's not a big deal, Young Madam Ou.

I may have broken it myself.

It has nothing to do with your store.

I won't exchange it.

If you say so,

I will feel sorrier about this.

How about this?

You may pick out

another bracelet that you like

to pair up with this one.

I will give it to you as compensation.

-Come on. -Well...

How can I deserve such generosity from you?

You need not think too much about this.

Go find out whether there is anything you like.

Young Madam Wang, you really have good taste.

This exquisitely-polished green jade bracelet

really goes with

your fair skin,

Young Madam Wang.

Well...

It is too valuable.

Um, how could I accept it?

A treasured sword matches a hero the most.

By the same logic, fine jade matches a beauty the best.

When I met you last time,

I felt that

we are like old friends.

Luckily, we met again.

Young Madam Wang,

if you agree,

let's be sisters

from now on.

How do you think of my proposal?

Young Madam Ou, it is such an honor.

How could I say no?

Come on, sister.

Take it.

Then I won't disturb you longer today.

Some other day,

I will surely go visit you to express my thanks.

Look at you. Look at you.

We are already sisters.

Why are you still so courteous to me?

When there is a chance, let's drink tea together.

Well, don't bother to see me out.

Then I won't escort you out.

Young Madam, how about this?

Just discard it.

Yes.

Demeanor of the Moon and Sunglow

I only sell my art and don't sell my body.

Sir, please behave yourself.

You want more money, right?

I have plenty.

You humiliated me so much.

Please allow me to excuse myself.

Where are you going?

Let go of me.

If I don't let you go, what will you do?

Wang.

You scared Lady Liansong.

Don't be impatient. Take it easy.

Lady Liansong is not easy to get.

For a single dance,

she is paid 100 tael of gold.

If you want to make her yours,

you will have to pay a high price.

It is worthwhile to pay 1,000 tael of gold for her,

let alone 100 tael of gold.

Young Madam.

Young Madam Ou

is so generous.

I think

she wants to make friends with you sincerely.

She has a good taste.

I take a shine to the moon.

Young Master is back.

It is a pity that the moon sheds its light on the ditch.

It is of superior-quality.

I will take it happily.

Give it back to me.

My bracelet.

As the saying goes,

if a wife doesn't behave well, it will be the husband's fault.

I will apologize to you now.

Please don't.

Please don't.

-Please don't. -Young Master.

I beg you

not to beat Young Madam again.

If you give Baizhi to me,

I won't beat you.

Baizhi.

Baizhi has got ill

and gone to the farm house for recuperation.

Do you think that I don't know

you married her to someone

when I was gone?

Young Madam.

Young Master, please stop.

Back off.

I enjoy your crying.

Young Master, please stop beating her.

Keep crying.

Young Master.

I beg you.

These tea leaves were given to me

by Lianfang.

They are quite good.

The tea made with them tastes refreshing and mellow.

It suits my taste very much.

Today I have a cup poured for each of you.

Have a sip, all of you.

In my storeroom,

there is soft-mist gauze.

It is the precious stuff bestowed on me by His Majesty.

Each of you

can take one roll of it.

Weather being like this, it would be the perfect material

to make bed curtains.

I have long heard that

you have all the good stuff, Great Madam.

Today,

we are so lucky to have a share of them.

What is wrong, Shiyi?

Your Ladyship,

could you be pregnant?

Shiyi.

This is good news.

Hurry.

Hurry to send for a physician.

Yes, Great Madam.

Is she pregnant?

It is still early for me

to make sure of that.

It doesn't matter.

After her pulse conditions stabilize,

you can check on her again.

Physician,

what does Her Ladyship need to

be careful of?

Her Ladyship needs to rest well

and can't tire herself too much.

Thank you, Physician.

Let me see you out.

No, you need not, Great Madam.

Amber.

Hurry to help Shiyi

back to her room for rest.

Yes, Great Madam.

We have to leave, too.

Just excuse yourselves.

We will let you have some rest, Great Madam.

Just go.

Your Ladyship,

are you all right?

Your Ladyship, I am sorry to see you suffer.

I am not suffering.

I just feel nauseous

and want to eat sour stuff.

You want to eat sour stuff?

Well,

I am sure you are pregnant, Your Ladyship.

When I was pregnant with my son Yu in the past,

I felt the same.

Dongqing,

hurry to ask the kitchen staff

to cook more sour food for Her Ladyship.

Yes, Madam. I am on it.

I have been tired

and drowsy these days.

Your Ladyship,

hurry to go back to rest.

It is said that

His Lordship has been spending the night

in the Western Lateral Court in recent days.

Though Her Ladyship is a newcomer,

she is really something.

She got pregnant in such a short time.

It can be seen that

she has won the heart of His Lordship.

Oh, it occurred to me just now that

it has been quite a long time

since I saw my son last time.

I will go check upon him today.

Lianfang,

the flowers in my nursery are blooming.

Will you like to go pick some?

Thank you.

But I'd rather not.

Your Ladyship,

I still think it is improper for you

to pretend you are pregnant.

Please think twice about it.

I know it is improper for me to do so.

But after thinking it over and over again,

I still suspect

Concubine Qiao

has tampered with

the medication of Yuanniang.

So I need evidence to prove that.

Since Concubine Qiao

couldn't allow late Her Ladyship's kid to stay alive,

she definitely can't allow

your kid to stay alive, either.

If she knows you are pregnant,

she may play her old dirty trick again.

If so, you can set up the trap secretly

to wait for her to fall into it.

But, how can we ensure our lie won't be exposed?

If Great Madam knows the truth,

she will blame you again.

What's more,

we can't have His Lordship taken in.

Right.

Your Ladyship,

you will have your monthly period

in 15 days.

In the event that you are exposed as a liar...

We will prepare my menstrual pads

for this month by ourselves.

Thus, we won't leave any record.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

When the truth about this matter comes out,

I will apologize to everyone.

This matter concerns

the truth of Yuanniang's death.

I think the Great Madam and His Lordship

will understand my doing.

You never know how things would turn out.

I used to think that

Lianfang and Lingyi can have mutual love for each other.

I didn't expect that

Lianfang hasn't won Lingyi's heart.

Surprisingly,

Shiyi who I have been underestimating all along

got pregnant.

Mother.

This is a blessing for Shiyi

and a blessing for you and our Xu family.

This is fate.

But I am worrying that

Lianfang

will take this badly

and will get herself hurt.

It is really unexpected that

Shiyi got pregnant so soon.

Exactly.

My Lord.

Yizhen.

Congratulations.

Congratulations to you, My Lord.

What for?

My Lord,

Shiyi seems to be pregnant.

Before long,

she will bear you a kid.

My Lord, your timing is perfect.

I just have the dishes laid on the table.

Excuse yourselves, all of you.

Yes, My Lord.

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I heard that you felt nauseous and unwell

in the morning.

Yes, that's true.

But Mother and the others might have misread it.

How about the physician?

What did the physician say?

He said that

he was not sure whether I am pregnant or not.

Then why didn't you clarify that

you were just under the weather.

At that time,

they all thought I am pregnant

and the physician was not sure about it.

If I had denied it hastily,

they would have thought it is odd.

That's right.

These days,

I have been sleeping in your place all along.

But nobody knows that

we have been sleeping in separate beds.

If you had denied it on the spot,

they would have found the whole thing strange.

However,

it will be a breach of filial piety

to let Mother down.

I got an idea.

If you really want a kid,

I can help you.

Since you feel embarrassed

to admit you were lying,

I will help you

keep Mother from knowing the truth.

But you have to figure out

how to back up your lie by yourself.

I need not back up my lie.

When I have a period next time,

the truth will come out.

If you really can't back up your lie,

as your husband,

I can make your lie come true.

My Lord, the dishes are cooling down.

Hurry to eat them.

My Lord.

I lied to him, no matter what.

I will explain this to him

after I find the evidence

proving Concubine Qiao has caused the death of Yuanniang.

Virtue of Modesty and Patience

In the coming days,

prepare some millet and chicken congee

and some easily-digested dishes for Shiyi

to nourish her stomach and spleen.

Yes, My Lord.

In addition,

take good care of Shiyi.

If she needs anything

and you feel it hard

to let the Great Madam know,

you can come to me at any anytime.

Yes, My Lord.

We will try our best

not to betray your trust,

and to take good care of Her Ladyship.

It is really unexpected that

the imposing Marquis Yongping

turned out to

have such a considerate and thoughtful side.

He is so nice to Her Ladyship.

Residence of Luo

Your Ladyship.

You look much better today

than a few days ago.

I guess you will fully recover from illness soon.

This proves that

the physician who treated me last time

is very capable.

Come on.

Congratulations to you, Your Ladyship.

News has just come from

the Xu family.

What news?

Why are you so excited?

Shiyi is pregnant.

Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship.

Why couldn't I keep my mouth shut?

I just hurried to report the good news to you,

but I forgot that

if Shiyi really bears Marquis Yongping a child,

in the days to come,

things won't be easy for Zhun.

Madam.

Your Ladyship.

-Your Ladyship. -Your Ladyship.

I will go summon the physician for you.

Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship.

Don't be so worried.

Your health is the most important thing.

How could I not worry?

Zhun is still a child.

In the coming days,

how will his life be like?

Your Ladyship. Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship.

Take a seat.

How are you feeling now, Your Ladyship?

I am fine.

Your Ladyship,

Great Madam

cares a lot about you.

If you

didn't persist,

she would exempt you from

the morning and evening visits to her.

She is so considerate of you.

I am envious seeing this.

Your Ladyship,

this is the first time that you have got pregnant.

You must be careful.

Wen has experience of childbirth.

She must pass on her experience

to you.

It's been a long time.

I don't think Her Ladyship would like to hear it.

Nevertheless,

I did hear that

one should be the most careful

during the first few months of pregnancy.

I also heard that

the medication of the He's Clinic

is very helpful for a pregnant woman.

Someday,

I will go to the clinic

to get some medication.

Right. Right. Right.

I recalled it now.

The late Her Ladyship

gave birth to Zhun smoothly

after taking the medication

prescribed by the He's Clinic.

Greetings to you, Madam.

The matron of Xu family is pregnant.

She will come and get some medication in recent days.

Shall I do the same thing as I did last time?

Auntie,

taste the osmanthus cake

I made for you.

OK.

Mother,

the physician said I am pregnant.

That's wonderful.

Yuanniang,

you will bear Zhun a sibling.

Great work.

It's nothing.

As long as His Lordship is happy,

I will feel happy, too.

Congratulations to you.

I never intended to

cause you to die.

I just didn't want to see

you bear His Lordship another kid.

I didn't want to see

His Lordship

treat you so nicely.

You died due to your bad health.

I am not to blame for that.

Madam.

Luo Shiyi.

You can't blame me.

It's your fault.

To win the love of His Lordship,

I must kick you out

as soon as possible.

It is just as you expected, Your Ladyship.

Concubine Qiao

has colluded with

Mingjing of the He's Clinic.

I am afraid that

they have worked out a plan to harm you.

It is a pity that I stood too far away

and didn't hear them too clearly.

I am sure

they want to tamper with the medication.

If we can obtain

the medication from the He's Clinic

and have Mingjing caught,

we will have both human testimony and material evidence.

Then she won't be able to deny her crime.

You continue keeping an eye on Concubine Qiao.

If there is anything noticeable,

you shall report it to me immediately.

I will also ask Wan Daxian

to watch Mingjing secretly.

Yes.

Your Ladyship.

Concubine Qin's maid Feicui is here.

Allow her in.

Your Ladyship,

the flowers in the nursery of Concubine Qin

are blooming.

She hopes Your Ladyship can send someone to look at them.

If there are some flowers you like,

they will be brought to you.

They will brighten your place.

Take my thanks to her.

Well, I will send Dongqing

to go have a look in a while.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

Tender Breezes Passing on Warmth

Madam, Dongqing is here.

Greetings to you, Madam.

Dongqing, you are here.

Pick anyone you like.

Those flowers over there are fully blooming.

Madam, I thank you

on behalf of Her Ladyship.

Then I will take these two basins.

OK. Come here.

I have picked two basins, Madam.

Please excuse me.

OK.

Greetings to you, Shiliu.

Nice to see you.

Nice to see you, too.

See if there is any flower you like.

Just pick anything you like.

Here are so many flowers.

Flowers in this basin are in full bloom.

All of them are too common.

It is understandable that

none of the flowers in my place can interest you.

Feicui.

Where are the two basins of evening primrose here?

Dongqing took them.

Oh, no.

The scent of the evening primrose is too strong.

It is not suitable to place them in a pregnant woman's room.

Hurry to get them back.

OK. I will go right now.

Why did she pick those two basins?

Madam.

Madam. What are you thinking about?

Dongqing took the evening primrose

which is bad for the pregnant woman

from Concubine Qin's place.

Dongqing

is always careless.

It is not strange that she has picked the wrong flowers.

You go visit the He's Clinic tomorrow.

Madam.

As you expected, I was tailed.

It's Luo Shiyi's maid.

Madam.

Such a malicious plot.

So she is already suspecting that

I was involved in Luo Yuanniang's death.

She held the memorial service for her biological mother,

and claimed she is pregnant

and needs some medication to secure the baby.

She is trying to lead me into the trap.

Madam.

Why do we do now?

There is no way for me to fall into her trap.

Maybe

this is a heaven-sent chance.

Madam.

What's your plan?

My actions used to

be conspicuous while hers were converted.

So I have been

led by the nose by her.

But now the situation is reversed.

Her actions are conspicuous while mine are covert.

In this way,

she is giving me the chance

to have something on her.

I have just met Great Madam.

She is very happy

about Shiyi's pregnancy.

Are you sure that

she is pretending to be pregnant?

I have sent men

to watch the Western Lateral Court secretly.

Though they have been on guard,

they couldn't make falsehood true.

I have found

some hints anyway.

She didn't eat much of the sour food

cooked by the kitchen.

If a woman is not pregnant,

it is impossible for her

to eat so much sour food.

Her monthly period is coming.

She can't suppress the truth for too long.

I guess she is planning to expose the evildoing of the He's Clinic

before her fake pregnancy is revealed.

Mother.

Qiao family must give me a hand this time.

Otherwise, I will end up miserably.

You are my daughter.

How could I not help you?

If the cause of Yuanniang's death

is revealed,

you will be deprived of your status

in the Xu family,

and the amicable ties between Xu family and Qiao family

that have lasted for generations

will be spoiled.

Since you asked me to come,

you must have worked out a plan.

We only need to

make people think

Luo Shiyi is untrustworthy.

In this way,

nobody in the Xu family

will believe her anymore.

Then while she is at a disadvantage,

we will expose her fake pregnancy.

Such being done,

both the Great Madam

and His Lordship will abandon her.

Such a wonderful plan.

Mother,

now Xiuyuan and I

are under the watch of her people.

So it is not convenient for us to take actions.

I hope you can send people

to make investigations

to find out

what she has been doing

outside recently.

Just entrust me with this.

Moreover,

Mingjing of the He's Clinic

has been exposed.

Mother, could you please...

I will pay him more money

to send him out of the capital as soon as possible.

If Shiyi reveals the truth of this case,

he will lose his life.

I guess he knows what to do.

Then I can put my mind at rest.

♪Who understands my inner feelings♪ Bravo.

Go pack some ingots of silver

and deliver to them.

Yes.

♪I have to do things by the book and act bashfully♪

Thank you for your reward, Mr. Xu.

♪I can only allow my passionate dreams♪

You have been watching our performances all along.

I am really grateful to you.

Today they are quite in zone.

They are performing excellently

and I enjoy their performance very much.

Their singing sounds very pleasing.

So they deserve the reward.

Thank you for your recognition, Mr. Xu.

Without your sponsorship,

our Four Bliss Troupe

♪Fade away with the vernal scenery♪ will meet great difficulty in business.

However,

in the coming two days,

we can't perform the opera here.

I am sorry to have to ask you

to see the opera performed by others.

What is the problem?

Are you leaving?

You are doing well here.

Why are you leaving?

No. No.

We are not leaving.

In the coming two days,

we will go put on a special show in the Ou family.

Official Ou, the eldest son of Marquis Jingyuan

and Mr. Wang, the son of Duke Mao

are having close contact with each other

for unknown reasons.

So Official Ou invited us

to perform the opera

to add to the fun.

Putting on a special show

is a common thing.

You need not worry about me.

As long as your troupe don't leave,

♪To whom can I pour out my heart♪ I will still come

to watch your people perform frequently.

Thank you, Mr. Xu.

Thank you, Mr. Xu.

Then I won't disturb you.

Please allow me to excuse myself.

You are here.

Zhaoying said that

you had something to discuss with me.

What is it?

Did you get enlightened suddenly

to think of minding our family affairs?

Or has anything happened

to Danyang?

Lingyi.

Stop making fun of me.

I am talking about proper business with you.

Since when did you

start to care about proper business?

Lingyi.

After you hear me, you will know.

I found that recently,

Ou Lixing

and Wang Yu from the Duke Mao's Mansion

are in close association.

This matter

seems fishy.

Is it?

Tell me your thoughts.

As you see,

Wang Yu and you

are brothers-in-law.

Normally, the Ou family

should be hostile to the Wang family.

But now Wang Yu is befriending Ou Lixing.

There must be something nasty going on.

The Ou family is doing this

with evil intentions.

So I tell this to you

to alert you.

How did you come to know this?

As the tiger roars and the snake hisses,

I have my own ways.

Usually, you don't want me to

befriend the people from various walks.

But they actually

told me about this matter.

Lingyi, I am your biological brother.

I will never lie to you.

I got it.

Credibility Brings Business Prosperity

Did you bear all in mind?

Don't worry, Madam.

I remember everything.

Then go do it.

Right.

Embroider it

as I told you previously.

Make the color here brighter.

Got it.

OK. I got it.

Look. That color is quite good.

Yes, it's good.

I will go over first.

Young lady,

what can I do for you?

Are you the owner of this place?

Yes, I am.

I came from a disaster-hit place.

I heard that

people can learn embroidery

and earn a living in your place.

I have been suffering from hunger

for quite a few days.

Could you take me in?

Don't be anxious.

I can't take in more people now.

But

there is another embroidery workshop next door.

I suggest you try your fortune there.

-Please help me. -Young lady, don't...

I am going to die of hunger in the street.

I am at my wits' end.

I implore you.

Young lady, don't do this.

Rise to your feet.

Rise to your feet.

Don't be anxious.

I agree to let you stay.

Here is the thing.

I will spare a post for you.

You go get a set of clothes in the backyard

and get yourself two steamed buns to eat.

Xiaopi,

lead this girl to the backyard.

Yes. Follow me, please.

-Go on. -Thank you.

Thank you.

How much money can you make

after finishing the embroidery of a piece of cloth of this size?

The price is fixed

by Master Jian.

Some pieces are cheap and some are expensive.

Nonetheless,

we are not as skilled as Master Jian

and her disciples.

A piece of embroidered cloth of this size

can only sell for 200 copper coins

and we will get 100 copper coins.

Then how long does it take

to finish the embroidery of such a piece?

At least, it takes five or six days.

At most, it takes 15 days.

Your labor is so cheap.

Xianling Pavilion is exploiting you.

Why did you say this?

In the other workshop,

such a piece of embroidery

can sell for two tael of silver.

Two tael of silver? Uh...

I am afraid that

in the name of teaching,

Xianling Pavilion

is exploiting your labor.

You can't put it this way.

-Exactly. -Exactly.

Without Master Jian,

we couldn't have fed ourselves.

She is our benefactor.

But I heard that

the wife of Marquis Yongping

also has a share of the profits.

Profit sharing?

I am afraid that with her as a powerful backer,

Xianling Pavilion will act willfully.

It is impossible.

Exactly.

It is impossible for

Master Jian and Master Luo

to do such evil deeds.

Right.

We can all see clearly that

Master Jian and Master Luo

treat us kindly.

Stop talking irresponsibly.

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♪In the cold darkness of midnight, a sigh is heard♪

♪Who picked up the paintbrush to draw loneliness♪

♪In my life, I can draw everything, but lovesickness♪

♪The mountain city is waiting for rain♪

♪I am waiting for you to pass in my memory♪

♪The sky is in a more lonely color than your face♪

♪The wind rises and the candle light flickers♪

♪The thin clothes can't stand the cold days♪

♪Full of twists and turns, fate is untold♪

♪I ground my thoughts into ink♪

♪But I still can't sketch your contours♪

♪How could the ink and paper exhaust our stories♪

♪Who picked up the pen to disturb the heart♪

♪Who visited to remind me of the past♪

♪If feelings can be kept in mind, but cannot be confessed♪

♪I won't escape from whatever end♪

♪In the dim lantern light, with you there is me♪

♪Who picked up the pen to set free lonely tears♪

♪Whoever visited my life, only you stayed all the days♪

♪If the moth doesn't fly into the fire♪

♪How can it be said to be persistent♪

♪Coming to the end of your story, there is me♪