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♫ Pushing open the windows and looking out, the scenery is breathtaking ♫

♫ The beauty of the spring flower is unforgettable ♫

♫ Lush and ruthless, but always fascinating ♫

♫ Getting drunk alone, I temporarily forget your scent ♫

♫ Beside the broken bridge, loneliness hid under the rocks ♫

♫ The liveliness belongs to the passerbys ♫

♫ Drowning my sorrows with wine, the prosperity can't hide the sorrow ♫

♫ I'm left with the deep feelings alone, missing you with nothing to rely on ♫

♫ I don't wish to admit that this was just a dream ♫

♫ I don't want to see the separation, everything for naught ♫

♫ Past midnight, I allow the sound of the flute to ponder upon the past ♫

♫ I'm drunk tonight, hugging the shadow to sleep ♫

[Episode 41]

- Faster! Faster! We are running late! - Lady!

Lady!

This is the first test! I can't be late!

I'm early.

- Take a seat. - I should stand.

You stand all day. Take a seat and rest.

Oh...

You're here so early.

Mother-in-Law, you're here.

I came early to present tea to you.

Quickly.

Mother-in-Law, please enjoy.

Good girl.

I didn't think you would get up this early.

I didn't expect you to know the courtesies so well. Get up.

Sit down.

You all may leave us now.

I need to have a talk with my daughter-in-law.

Did Chunyu bother you last night?

Huh?

Forget about it. Girls are always shy.

You don't need to talk about it.

I know you don't have a family member around.

If Chunyu bullies you in the future, tell me and I will be on your side.

Yes. Heart.

You know Chunyu is not my biological son.

So it's natural that he has a problem with me.

It's hard for me to be a second mother.

I know it's wrong to treat him badly.

But if I treat him too well,

people will say I'm being false-hearted.

Now it's good that you're here.

You should do us this favor in the future.

Be assured, Mother-in-Law. I will.

Chunyu is the eldest son and the heir of our manor.

He will be a Duke in the future.

My son, Chunfeng, is not successful.

Chunfeng and I will have to bear Chunyu's attitude from now on.

So, Jingxuan, you need to help me when the time comes.

Mother-in-Law, you're making this sound too serious.

Chunfeng's wife is Princess Liuli.

Where Princess Liuli is involved, the Elder Princess is also involved.

You don't need my help.

I should be grateful if Liuli doesn't override me.

Servants!

- My lady. - Where's the Second Madame?

We have called her several times.

But Xiaoya has been shooing us away.

She says Princess Liuli is still resting.

Knock on the door and wake her up then.

Chunfeng went to the parliament building with his father a long time ago.

How long is she planning to sleep?

Go!

Mother-in-Law, you're in a bad temper this early in the morning.

Blaming me for getting up late?

Why don't you ask your son what he did last night?

Be quiet!

What happens in the bed chamber...

shouldn't be talked about so casually!

Wow. She just asked me about it.

Talk about double standards.

Princess, hi!

Chunfeng was crying, drinking, and talking to me last night.

He was talking about how for so many years he's been bullied here at home.

Mother-in-Law, did you misunderstand what I said?

Here. Have some tea.

You need to be on your knees when you present tea.

I am royalty. I shouldn't kneel in front of you.

Since ancient times, presenting tea to the parents after you get married...

is the custom. When the Emperor gets married,

he has to follow the same custom.

What? You think you're more of a royal than the Emperor?

I didn't.

I am presenting tea to you.

What more do you want?

Jingxuan is the eldest daughter-in-law and the wife of the heir.

In the future, she will be the hostess of the family.

You have to present tea to her, too.

- Impossible! - How dare you!

It's not that I don't want to present tea to Sister-in-Law.

It's just normally I would present this tea to the Emperor and Royal Aunt.

I don't think Sister-in-Law can take this tea.

I can't take it. It's okay. No big deal.

It's just a cup of tea.

You're being wise.

Slow down!

You're a daughter-in-law, not some royal Buddha!

Since you see us as your subordinates,

how can we treat you as family?

What do you mean?

Since you're not family, I will go into the palace tomorrow...

and plead guiltily with the Emperor and Elder Princess.

I will ask them to take you, the royal Buddha back!

You're dismissing me?

How dare you?

Wait, there's no need for this.

Calm down, you two. Calm down.

I don't want to get unruly. Since ancient times, when you get married, you do what the husband says.

Don't blame me for acting the fierce mother-in-law.

Fine. It's just a cup of tea.

I will present it.

Sister-in-Law, enjoy your tea.

Oh, sorry. Slippery hands.

Liuli, stop right there!

Wow, slippery hands?

You think you are some celebrity who liked the wrong tweet?

My goodness.

Did you get scalded?

Mother-in-Law, you're so kind.

I made you suffer.

Princess! Please forgive me.

It was my lady who asked me to send the tea and snacks to the Madame's room.

Since it was Your Lady who asked, you should beg her for forgiveness.

What are you begging me for?

Stop!

Stop it! What are you doing?

Don't you have eyes? Can't you see?

You can come at me if you have a problem with me.

Why take it out on a little girl?

You have Mother-in-Law's favor. How can I dare to have a problem with you?

But this girl belongs to me.

I can beat her however I want.

This is none of your business.

Continue.

You can't!

Girl, are you okay?

I am fine. Thank you, Eldest Lady.

Are you from the palace?

No, I was brought here by the butler.

Since she's not from the palace,

she's not your girl. She belongs to the Xia family.

I need someone who can serve me.

Do you want to work for me?

I...

Don't be afraid of her. Even though she's a princess,

she can't do whatever she wants in the Xia family.

I want to.

That's good.

Princess, listen up.

This girl is mine from now on.

If you want to beat a dog, you have to look at who the owner is.

Bullying her will be the same as bullying me.

You think holding the title of First Daughter-in-law will contain me?

Of course, it won't.

Titles like first daughter-in-law, princess, eldest son, eldest lady... they don't mean anything.

What the Princess really cares most about...

is the fact that I can sleep in the same room as Xia Chunyu and you can't.

I'll take off now. Bye.

- Suxin, you can't go! - Let her go!

Princess...

What a princess. So vicious.

She's the standard Number Two evil female character in a TV show.

She would've beaten you to death if it weren't for me.

I will help you with it... don't move.

Okay. Your back is fine. Let me check out your arms.

Lady, you have done so much for me already. I will take care of the arms.

It's all right. I will help. It's faster this way.

No need, Lady. If you're too kind to me,

I'll have to pay for it in the future.

Fine. Fine. You win.

You do it yourself then.

Eldest Young Master.

You...

What did she tell you?

She's a liar. You can't trust her.

What's wrong with you? Calling her a liar as soon as you meet her?

She's not only a liar. She was the one who tried to kill me on our wedding day.

What?

Eldest Young Master, you've mistaken me for someone else.

I don't know martial arts at all.

Right.

She doesn't...

Is this the injury you got from fighting me on that day?

What are you doing? You can't just touch a girl.

I saw her getting beaten by Liuli today.

I got her to work for me when I saw her getting bullied by Liuli.

That was fake. That's the trick. Remember?

Fine. Since you say she's the assassin,

I'm asking you. Do you remember what you said to me on our wedding day?

You said you didn't see the face of the assassin clearly.

Now Suxin doesn't know martial arts. The wounds don't match.

How could you say she's the assassin just based on your craziness?

Of course, I saw it clearly!

Her face. Her robes.

I will never forget it!

I didn't have enough time to tell you that much.

You can't keep this woman here.

I can let you live if you get the hell out of here right now.

No! Xia Chunyu, you have broken two vows already.

First, you lied to me. Second, I am in charge of the family household.

Now is not the time to talk about vows!

She wants to get close to you and win your sympathy.

There's a conspiracy behind it. Believe me.

Lady, Master. Don't fight.

If the Master doesn't like me, I will go.

Lady, you saved my life. I shouldn't cause you any trouble.

Suxin, you know if you go now, Liuli will beat you to death!

Lady, let me go.

Listen to me! Suxin!

Did you see? Someone so weak.

How could she be the assassin?

I know you're saying she's faking.

Let's just keep her, all right?

Let's see what kind of conspiracy she's plotting!

You will be in danger with her around!

I am not scared!

All right, fine.

Don't be afraid. With me here, Chunyu won't do anything to you.

For so many years, I always wanted to get away from the power struggle in this family.

Everybody tries to hurt each other.

I can't believe I can't even get away in the end.

Qingliu,

she looks exactly like you.

I don't think that's a coincidence.

Somebody is trying to play the same trick.

I won't let them get away with this.

I won't let anyone hurt the one I love the most.

Qingliu, have you prepared my tea for me?

What are you doing?

It's the lady.

Qingliu tried to kill the eldest son. It's a heinous crime. Hit her!

Lady!

Stop beating her!

Ow!

Stop hitting her!

Qingliu! Qingliu!

Qingliu! Qingliu!

Qingliu!

It's on fire!

It's on fire!

No need to worry. It's not on fire.

I am trying to make something new.

It's you!

What? You know me?

You're Prince Yu. You lost your memory.

What are you doing?

I am making a kind of medicine that can test if someone's telling the truth or not.

With this medicine, no one will lie anymore.

Lie-testing medicine?

Right.

Are you a scientist or Doraemon? (Doraemon - anime character from the future)

Huh? What does that mean?

Oh. I am saying you're very impressive.

Actually, people think I'm being crazy for doing this.

I am living in someone else's home and I can only do things people look down on.

Hey, I'm telling you. You can't look down on yourself.

You don't know if these inventions of yours...

might be very useful someday.

You're so good at comforting people.

No wonder Chunyu likes you and wanted to marry you.

I don't want to talk about him.

You get busy then. I will leave you to it.

All right.

Elder Young Mistress, Madame wants to see you.

All right, let's go.

Mother-in-Law, you want to see me?

Take a seat.

This is the white fungus soup I made for you.

Taste it.

Drink some more.

Get healthy and have a big fat son.

What is it?

I wanted to ask if you knew there was a lone grave on the back mountain.

There's not even a name on the tombstone.

So you found out about it. Didn't Chunyu tell you?

I got in a fight with him over a maid.

I suspect there's some relation between this maid and the owner of the tomb.

But it's awkward for me to ask Chunyu directly.

Chunyu was picked up and returned to the family...

when he was ten.

The way he looked back then...

He looked like a little monk.

He couldn't get along with any of the other kids,

except Prince Yu.

When he was 13,

his father sent the maid Qingliu to his room.

His father thought having a girl around would change his personality.

But as days went by, Qingliu wanted to become the first wife.

She even poisoned Chunyu and tried to confuse him.

Of course, I couldn't sit and watch that happen.

So, I asked people to beat her.

Who knew those servants were beating her a little too hard.

Is that why Chunyu has a problem with you?

It's a coincidence that Suxin and Qingliu look alike.

Who knows, after all these years,

Chunyu still can't get over that.

Suxin is just a maid.

She's not worth breaking up the two of you.

So he still loves that Qingliu.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

Look at you. Are you jealous of a dead person?

Relax. Chunyu loves you.

I thought so, too.

But he has so many secrets I don't know.

This tea is great.

This is your favorite osmanthus tea.

Have you forgotten?

It's you.

Why are you so surprised?

Are you afraid that I poisoned the tea?

What the hell are you and your boss planning?

I am just a maid.

What can I do to you, Young Master?

Just want to see my face

or is there still a weight in your heart.

You think too highly of yourself.

I'm telling you. I won't have any mercy when I kill you.

Is that so?

If that's the case,

then I could escape like on your wedding day.

You can try.

Young Master! You...

What are you doing?

Chunyu, you...

Get up. What are you doing?

Treating a maid like this. That's going too far!

Do you even know what this person was doing?

I don't care. What I saw was a master...

bullying a maid!

Yao Yao!

My Lady, are you all right? Lady!

Yao Yao, are you all right?

Get out!

Young Mistress.

Oh!

Xiaoya, you knocked over your Eldest Mistress. Apologize.

Mistress? I only saw a cook.

What? You were bragging about how well your relationship went a few days ago.

You're now getting all upset over a maid?

Look, what I can't get, you can't get either.

Do you want me to help you stand up?

Lady! My Lady, are you hurt?

It's all my fault.

How dare you show your face?

It has nothing to do with her.

What a heart-warming scene.

Ye Jingxuan lost this vow.

She must be very upset.

Madam, what's your next plan?

Release the bait.

And then wait for the fish to get hooked.

I don't understand what you mean.

Xia Chunyu has a copy of this vow.

Ye Jingxuan has one, too.

Now that there's a crack in their relationship,

Ye Jingxuan will blame Xia Chunyu for it.

Xia Chunyu's copy of the vow...

seems especially important.

Take it. Burn it.

Yes, Madame.

Chunyu.

Mingyu.

- How is she? - Lady Xia already got her a doctor...

before you did.

This is all my fault.

I should've told her the truth and not hidden it from her. I deserve this.

Don't blame yourself. You had your difficulty.

I am so afraid of losing her.

You are too cautious.

She's being used by Lady Xia because of this weakness of yours.

Are you feeling better?

What is wrong with Chunyu?

How could he hit you?

I don't want to be with him anymore.

What are you talking about?

I had a vow with him.

That means my marriage with him is a complete sham.

I don't want to keep pretending, not even for a second.

I have made up my mind.

Where is my vow?

Lady.

Have you seen an envelope in these clothes?

It's a golden envelope, with a piece of paper in it.

If there was anything, we'd have seen it when they were examined before the washing.

Stupid Donkey! Come out!

Stupid Donkey!

Yao Yao, are you feeling better?

Did you take away my vow?

Do you want everyone to know our secret?

Why can't you admit it if you did it? According to the vow, the contract terminates as long as one side violates the rules.

Did you take away my copy because you didn't want to lose?

In your heart, is our love and trust worth nothing?

Love? Can you explain why you care about Suxin so much?

How can I make you believe me?

I know I am being dramatic.

If a character like me appears in a TV show, I would be the first one to attack her in the on-screen live comments.

But I can't help it. I don't understand and I am angry.

You're not being dramatic. You're just being silly.

If you want my copy of the vow, it's in the drawer in my study. You can go get it whenever you like.

Also, since you married into this family,

you are my wife.

You can't just enter and exit whenever you want.

If you leave this family,

I will be the only one standing against Liuli.

How about this? I will go talk to Chunyu.

I will apologize to him.

Madame, I'm sorry. I've made up my mind.

Even though I like you a lot, we are not meant to be mother and daughter-in-law.

I can't convince you to keep suffering.

If you really don't want to give up the benefits on the vow,

how about this?

The Old Master can seek justice for you.

Old Master.

Jingxuan.

Why are you still calling me that?

I want to ask you...

to allow me to divorce Xia Chunyu.

- What? - You heard it correctly.

I am leaving this family and getting what I deserve.

Father.

Sister-in-Law, is your injury getting better?

I heard Chunyu hit you instead of a maid.

Did he injure you?

Is that true?

Is that what this is all about?

- No... - I heard that maid looks...

exactly like Chunyu's old childhood maid.

Was it because you were jealous and giving the maid a hard time?

Someone so gentle and polite like Chunyu...

How could he hit his new wife?

Don't listen to her nonsense.

Master, my marriage with Xia Chunyu has been a business deal from the start.

I married into the family only because Xia Chunyu didn't want to marry the Princess.

He signed this contract with me.

Now I can only ask for your help.

This...

How dare you!

Master...

Princess Royal is here!

Xia Chunyu, how impressive.

Pretending to be a loyal lover in front of me

and it turns out, it's just business.

I want to know, what kind of contract is it

that made you lie to me like this?

Stop it!

No.

Wen Zhen!

Give me the letter.

Ye Jingxuan.

This is the contract for your marriage?

It's not?

Xia Zhuofeng, look at what your son did.

He secretly met with Ximin's Ambassador.

He even called him his lord.

Who's his lord? What is he doing? Treason?

[Letter to the Envoy of Ximin]

This... How is this possible?

This envelope used to contain the contract of our marriage.

How could it be something like this?

I don't care if it's a mistake or not.

I don't care if you're pretending to be innocent so you can get away with this.

Xia Chunyu's wild ambition is harmful to the country.

Now we have proof. Guards!

Your Highness, this is very questionable. You can't make such a judgment so soon.

Shut up!

I'm already showing mercy by not charging you with covering up for him!

Royal Aunt, calm down.

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♫ Look at my attack, this speed is so advanced ♫

♫ My prominent name will cut off your devilish lies ♫

♫ So whether you are a scout or a recruiter ♫

♫ I will get involved in this trouble, since most heroes are youths ♫

♫ In day and in night, I am like a tireless horse ♫

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♫ Everyone is trying to figure out how to attack and defeat me ♫

♫ What's to fear? I live freely ♫

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♫ Uninvited guests, take this punch ♫

♫ Liars, watch out for the cars and boats ♫

♫ Almost forgot to tell you that with nunchucks in my hands, ♫

♫ I am so skilled that no other weapons can compare ♫

♫ It takes control of my body, and it takes no effort to defeat you ♫

♫ My righteous aura will trample all lowlives underfoot ♫

♫ Please don't come near me, I can play it by ear ♫

♫ Even if you guard left and right, you can't withstand three of my hits ♫

♫ With my brandish weapons, I'll beat you to the ground ♫

♫ With just nunchucks, I can knock you down ♫

♫ Don't come near me, I can play it by ear ♫

♫ Even if you guard left and right, you can't withstand three of my hits ♫

♫ With my brandish weapons, I'll beat you to the ground ♫

♫ With just nunchucks, I can knock you down ♫

♫ I only need one breath to sink my breath to my lower stomach ♫

♫ Fighting skills are not used to gain advantages ♫

♫ The loyalty inside my heart allows my blood to flow smoothly ♫

♫ My strong zeal is for my brothers ♫

♫ So I've been repeatedly making it slowly assimilate into my body ♫

♫ To become my fatal poison, I must be very familiar with it ♫

♫ Every time I look at my strong arm♫

♫ I swear to become this world's number one master ♫

♫ What's to fear? I live freely ♫

♫ I bring trouble because of my reputation ♫

♫ Uninvited guests, take this punch ♫

♫ Liars, watch out for the cars and boats ♫

♫ I have a loyal and righteous heart, but I keep a low profile ♫

♫ Martial morality will always come first, and not even thunder can break this faith ♫

♫ In the future when my name is mentioned, not many stories will come up ♫

♫ They'll say I trained hard, had a bitter willpower, and slept on the streets everyday ♫

♫ Please don't come near me, I can play it by ear ♫

♫ Even if you guard left and right, you can't withstand three of my hits ♫

♫ With my brandish weapons, I'll beat you to the ground ♫

♫ With just nunchucks, I can knock you down ♫

♫ Don't come near me, I can play it by ear ♫

♫ Even if you guard left and right, you can't withstand three of my hits ♫

♫ With my brandish weapons, I'll beat you to the ground ♫

♫ With just nunchucks, I can knock you down ♫

♫ Don't come near me, I can play it by ear ♫

♫ Even if you guard left and right, you can't withstand three of my hits ♫

♫ With my brandish weapons, I'll beat you to the ground ♫

♫ With just nunchucks, I can knock you down ♫

♫ Don't come near me, I can play it by ear ♫

♫ Even if you guard left and right, you can't withstand three of my hits ♫

♫ With my brandish weapons, I'll beat you to the ground ♫

♫ With just nunchucks, I can knock you down ♫