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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 ♫

[Cinderella Chef] [Episode 42]

See what your son has done!

He even met the Ximin Ambassador privately.

He called him Lord. Who is his Lord?

What does he want? Isn't meeting the enemy treason?

How can this be?

Our marriage agreement was kept in the box. How can there be such a thing?

I don't care about your handing over this letter by accident...

or pretending to look innocent to clear yourself.

Xia Chunyu has ambitions and is endangering the country.

Now there is solid evidence. Don't you see!

Princess Royal, this is a bit suspicious. Please don't draw any conclusions too early.

Shut up! I already haven't placed blame on you for covering up this crime, so count yourself fortunate.

Royal Aunt, do not be angry. Do not be angry.

Royal Aunt, Brother Chunyu is not that kind of person.

There is something wrong here.

Liuli, you are very familiar with Xia Chunyu's handwriting.

You check it for yourself.

Royal Aunt, handwriting can be imitated.

A long time ago, Prince Yu was being framed--

How dare you! Do you want to reverse the case for Prince Yu?

I wouldn't dare.

Princess Royal, I can't guarantee anything else but this.

I've known Stupid Donkey for so long,

he has no interest in the matters of the Emperor.

Not to even mention treason with the enemy.

Someone wants to use my hand to kill him.

But who would expect that...

you'd hand over the letter to Lord Jin'an today.

Who could expect I would be coming to visit Princess Liuli at that very moment.

It is too coincidental.

- Madame! - Your Highness,

Chunyu doesn't care about fame and fortune nor would he ask about matters of the world. He's valued friendship since he was young.

I think he must have been lured by the promise of gain by an evil person and was momentarily confused.

Your Highness, please investigate this wisely.

As to who was the one who lured him, from what I know,

since Prince Minyu was banished because of his ambition and creation of chaos,

- Chunyu gets along with him very well. - Shut up.

This letter hasn't been proven to be true.

Forgive me, I made an indiscreet remark.

Your Highness, I've found the problem.

The appointment with the Envoy from Ximin was on that day at 7:00 p.m.

but that day, our family had a banquet after 5:00 p.m.

It's impossible for Stupid Donkey to have rushed to the Wuliu slope in time after he was done eating.

That's right. If Chunyu had missed the family banquet,

it would have aroused everyone's suspicions.

This may not necessarily be so.

What are you trying to say again?

I'm here. Madame, please speak if you have anything to say.

Your Highness, I don't dare to hide this. When we leave our residence,

toward the westerly direction, there is a river.

Wuliu slope is at the opposite end. If we travel by boat,

we would be able to reach there in half an hourglass' time.

How could you try to frame Stupid Donkey in this way?

Didn't you say that you regarded him as your own son?

Yes, but I don't dare to hide this fact.

I have been to Wuliu slope by boat, too.

But no matter how fast the boatman rows or flies, it's impossible to reach there by the xu hour.

Your Highness, you must believe me. This letter is a definite fake!

Is there any point in us fighting about the time?

So if he couldn't arrive by 7:00 p.m., doesn't that mean he could have arrived by 7:45 p.m., too?

7:45 p.m.?

You can't even get your facts right and you still want to protect Xia Chunyu?

But I distinctly saw the time on the letter as 7:30 p.m.

Royal Aunt, it does distinctly state it as 7:30 p.m. on this letter.

Then, perhaps... perhaps, I read it wrongly.

Did Madame make a mistake or was it stated as 7:45 p.m. in the letter?

What do you mean?

The meaning is very simple.

I have waited a long time for this day to expose your crime in front of Her Highness.

Ever since Stupid Donkey told me about the day of the assassin Suxin's death,

I've trusted him instead of you.

You are in such a hurry. Where are you rushing to?

Do you think that once everything is already in progress, it will end if you slip away?

Of course not. The game has only just started.

I will never go back with you.

You are not allowed to do this.

But I don't understand what you are up to.

What's the benefit to you by getting rid of me and Stupid Donkey?

Therefore, I could only beat you at your own game

and pretend to be slowly trapped by you.

Madame, this was really a great performance.

Whatever you always wanted me to do, it was the reverse.

It's because you wanted me to personally hand this contract to the Lord.

On this day, you also coincidentally invited Her Highness here because you knew that

I had personally placed the secret contract in the box so there wouldn't be any suspicions. Naturally, I wouldn't open it again.

The time was originally stated as 7:45 p.m. in the letter

but I deliberately changed it to 7:30 p.m.

Because only the originator of this letter would know the original time.

Royal Aunt, it's stated as 7:30 p.m. in this letter. It was definitely amended by someone.

Brilliant. It was definitely brilliant.

I only knew about your great culinary skills. I never knew

your ability to change the story was just as great, too.

Everyone knows that I'm Chunyu's second mother.

Thus, you resent me.

But I never thought that you would use this fraud to frame me.

The handwriting in the letter belongs to Xia Chunyu. You amended it and delivered it, too.

What gives you the right to say that it's related to me?

Is it just because I spoke the wrong thing?

I think you created this situation to cause my death.

Your Highness, please investigate this wisely!

- Your Highness, don't listen to her quibbling. - Where is Xia Chunyu now?

Why is he afraid to show his face here?

It can't be that he escaped because of this crime?

Enough. How could you say this about your own son?

I'm merely telling the truth.

This clearly means that you already planned this.

Enough. Stop fighting.

Please order wanted posters of Xia Chunyu throughout the whole city. Let's talk about that when we catch him.

Royal Aunt!

I can prove that this has nothing to do with Chunyu.

Mingyu?

Greetings, Your Royal Highness.

- Rise. - Thank you, Your Highness.

How can you prove that Xia Chunyu has nothing to do with this?

Your Highness, in this bottle,

is medicine that was extracted from Kubu.

This medicine can help to disinfect wounds,

but subsequently, I found out that it can also be effective in another way.

Although handwriting can be imitated, fingerprints are unique to everyone.

That is to say if Chunyu really wrote this letter,

Chunyu's fingerprints must also be on the letter.

Although his fingerprints are not the only ones on this letter,

at least, we can prove if this has anything to do with Xia Chunyu.

A fingerprint test? That advanced?

Miss Ye, because you encouraged me previously,

I was able to create this solution which can test a person's sincere heart.

Then I'm afraid that I will have to trouble

everyone who has encountered this letter.

You must print your fingerprints on the paper, like this.

- Go then. - I'll go first.

Princess, the letter, please.

Your Highness, this letter contains the matches of your fingerprint,

and also those of Princess Liuli and the Marquis.

As for the fingerprints on the bottom row,

I found them on some books that Xia Chunyu frequently reads.

But this letter does not have any of those fingerprints.

This means that Chunyu had nothing to do with this letter.

This is a customary trick. Who would believe it?

This is scientific evidence!

- Mingyu. - Chunyu. - Test her now.

Ah, Chunyu.

She didn't die?

Are you wondering why she didn't die?

It's a pity. I already stole her poison.

If you do not speak the truth, you'll wish you were dead.

The results are out! The fingerprints match exactly.

This letter was exchanged by her.

What a daring servant. You dare to harm the Heir Apparent?

Guards! Drag her out and beat her to death!

Wait. Marquis, this is an important matter.

We must investigate it thoroughly.

Such a lowly servant girl devised such a good plan...

Your Highness has spoken well. Suxin is just a pawn.

The chess-player must be someone else.

Suxin, who is the mastermind behind you?

I... I don't dare to say.

I am here. What is there to be afraid of?

- The person is also in a high position. - Nonsense!

No matter how high his or her position is, can it be higher than mine?

As Heir Apparent Xia said if you don't speak,

there are many ways to make your life worse than dying.

Your Highness, please remain calm. I'll speak.

The person...

The person...

The person is... Princess Liuli.

What are you saying?! It's not me. How could I harm Brother Chunyu?

How dare you?! You wronged the Heir Apparent and now you're slandering the Princess?

It's not like that, Your Highness. I have proof.

Wife of the Heir, do you still remember when you fought with him

and on the way out, you bumped into the Princess?

I chose that moment to steal your contract.

Madame, are you hurt?

If you still don't believe me, you can search the Princess's room now.

The original contract should still be there.

Your Highness, I have always been under the instructions of the Princess.

She realized that

I resemble the Heir's maid, Qing Liu.

She deliberately sent me there

in order for me to sabotage the love between the Heir and his wife,

and to frame the Heir by inferring he colluded with the enemy to betray the country.

You are spouting nonsense. There was no such thing.

Liuli, is that contract in your room?

Royal Aunt, it must be her who placed it there to frame me. Must be.

I didn't say that the contract was definitely in your room and you are already this sure it is?

No, Royal Aunt... Madame...

Royal Aunt, it's not like this. It's...

Your Highness, I didn't govern my family properly.

That's how this ugly scene happened. Please mete out any punishment.

Royal Aunt!

Liuli, tell me the truth. What's going on?

I... I...

It was me! I forced her to do that!

Chunfeng!

Your Highness. Father. Mother. It was all my fault.

Don't do anything foolish.

Since I was young, I have always been jealous of him and hated Eldest Brother.

When he came back, he took everything away which belonged to me, including the position of heir. I was jealous

and forced my newly wedded wife to do the wrong thing.

Your Highness, just punish only me.

Chunfeng, what nonsense are you spouting?

Chunfeng, what are you doing? You are clearly not that kind of person!

Where would you get the brain to commit such a poisonous thing? Leave now!

That's because you don't really know me!

Everything was done by me! Your Highness, please punish me!

Chunfeng!

Suxin, tell the truth now. Who's your master?

Is there anyone who could allow their own son to accept punishment and not be willing to confess it?

Sister-in-Law, stop talking nonsense!

I did it alone. It was me who has wronged Liuli!

It was me who has wronged my family! Your Highness, please punish me!

Your Highness, please punish me! Your Highness, please punish me!

- Master, please don't do this. - Your Highness, please punish me!

- Your Highness, please punish me! Your-- - Enough!

Your Highness, please...

Xia Chunfeng, what chaos did you create at Lord Jing'an's residence?

I don't want to see everyone putting on an act here.

Xia Chunfeng, you plotted to harm your older brother. Drag him out and give him fifty lashes.

Drag this wench to the prison. I'm going back to the palace.

Royal Aunt.

Stop following me.

Escort Her Highness.

Old Master, no!

- Shut up! - Old Master!

Men, drag this unfilial son out of here!

Drag him out!

Chunfeng!

Son!

You...

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When I came back from Enye Temple and returned to my home,

on the surface, Madame Hou appeared to take me in as her own son.

Actually, she has always wanted me to die.

From the beginning, she provoked my father

and placed Qing Liu by my side.

But Qing Liu was forced to do it. When she told me the truth,

Madame Hou had her beaten to death.

This is the grave you erected for her but why isn't her name on it?

Some people are born unlucky. They only have their names.

They are used as tools for others to plot and scheme.

Her name was fake. Her identity was fake, too.

She could only show people a fake face during her lifetime.

I didn't want her to be shackled by it again when she was dead.

[Qing Liu]

Although her identity is fake, your love is genuine.

Everyone should have their own name.

Qing Liu should have one, too.

I have never objected to your love for her.

From when you first told me that Suxin was the assassin, I trusted you.

You are really smart.

Of course. From the start, I already knew that your stepmother was a scoundrel. As for you,

when did you realize that I was setting up a trap for your stepmother?

That plate of Snow Skin Moon Cakes.

What if you had guessed wrongly?

I trusted you. Although I doubted you, I still chose to trust you.

I trusted you just like you believed that I would trust you.

If not, you would have acted well as a conservative woman and I would have died from anger because of it.

It would be good then. If you died from anger, Heavenly Residence would belong to me then.

There is no such clause in the contract.

There isn't? Just add it in then.

How? The contract is already missing.

What should we do then?

What do you mean? It's already gone.

- There is a bug. - A bug?

- Dream on! - What are you doing?

Draw up a new contract and add all my wishes in it!

You are taking advantage of the situation.

So what? Do you agree or not?

- Let me go first. - Yes or no?

[Lord Jing'an's residence]

Suxin!

Princess.

Give it to me.

Princess, this...

It's my affair. Mind your own business.

You only need to complete your task.

Most good things are not that strong.

It's easy for the clouds to disperse.

Liuli is your name.

Brother Chunyu, your calligraphy is really nice. Can you teach me?

I better not. Chunfeng's calligraphy is nice, too.

I can let him teach you. I'm going to practice the flute with Mingyu.

Brother Chunyu!

Princess!

Chunfeng.

Prince, lie down on the bed now.

No. That's Liuli's bed.

My body is stained with blood. I will smear it.

Look at the situation now. Why are you still hesitating?

Xiao Ya, leave first. I will help him.

Xiao Ya, you can leave first.

Take your time.

Endure it. Bear with it for a while.

Is this all right?

Let me do it. Leave now.

Go get a physician now.

Yes.

Bear with it.

Liuli, thank you.

I should thank you instead.

You are my wife. This is what I should do for you.

Don't keep this in your heart.

You clearly know that the person in my heart is not you.

Was this worth it?

As long as I can see you every day, it's my greatest happiness.

I knew you would never harm Eldest Brother. You were framed.

I couldn't let you be harmed. In any case, in my father's eyes,

I'm a good-for-nothing.

It's all right to be beaten.

How could it be all right? If your mother didn't kneel to your father and beg,

you would have been beaten to death.

But aren't I still alive?

You are already injured. Be quiet!

You are still bleeding. Talk less.

It will hurt slightly. Bear with it.

The moon is very beautiful tonight. I remember when I was with you

looking at the beautiful moon, it was a long time ago.

You taught me how to dance then and ridiculously pulled me into the water.

Chunyu, when did you start to really like me?

Why are you suddenly asking this?

It's just a question between lovers. I want to know.

Let me think about it. How can I say it in the right way?

It was probably the first time I met you.

You were very beautiful. Later, I discovered that you could cook very well, too.

But I have never met a woman who would take the initiative and not feel shy at all.

What are you saying?

I'm only joking. Frankly speaking,

it wasn't love at first sight for me.

From the start, I was suspicious of you.

If you ask me when I first started to like you, I really can't think of it.

Unconsciously, your smile...

and words were engraved in my heart.

From that time on, I stopped looking at other women.

So no matter how many twists and turns we experience between us, I'll always want to bring you home with me.

That day when we were discussing the contract,

do you know how scared I was that you would reject me?

Why didn't you say so? You caused me to be so angry.

I thought it really was a business deal.

Actually, I am betting we can get along with each other well.

Then you can forget all the bad things from before.

If I won, it would be our blessed life.

If I lost, I would only lose the Heavenly Residence. In any case, it wouldn't be any loss to me.

I made a bet, too. If I lost, I would have lots of money. It wouldn't be any loss to me either.

Why didn't you tell me the truth?

We are really a pair made in Heaven.

Do you know why I didn't discuss Suxin with you and directly trapped your stepmother?

I made a bet that you would trust me.

I knew that you hid your heart and didn't have any real trust in love.

So, I wanted you to start thinking

about where to solve the problem.

Yao Yao, thank you. Thank you for our tacit understanding of each other, too.

Stupid Donkey, if we have to separate one day,

what should we do?

Why must we separate?

Even if from now on, there are no more obstacles between us,

when we are old, one of us will still need to depart first.

I'm older than you. I will wait in Heaven for you.

Not to mention, those ephemeral things born in the morning and that die at dusk.

Humans can live for 70 years.

I don't have that many requirements. I'm contented to be with you for half my life.

What you think is quite open.

You also don't say any empty words in life.

This is fine, too. To have you with me for this half of my life,

I don't regret not returning.

Older Sister, please buy a flower lantern.

Cutie, I already bought one.

Why don't we buy another?

Thank you very much, you chose love over gold.

Good girl.

This trick can be used in any era.

Wait. Don't write "Ye Jinxuan." You must write "Ye Jiayao."

"Jia" as in "beautiful" and Yao as in "mother-of-pearl." This is my real name.

I know.

Aren't you going to ask me why?

It's fine as long as you are my Yao Yao.

Why don't you buy one for yourself, too?

Why?

Who told you to have money in your eyes? Don't you want to make lots and lots of money?

Ye Jiaoyao, remember this. Starting from today,

your only goal is to make lots and lots of money.

So hateful. You peeked at me.

I remember you saying that if you couldn't obtain lots and lots of love,

you will obtain lots and lots of money instead.

I hope that you can obtain lots and lots of love,

and also lots and lots of money. I will make your wishes come true for these two.

You have such a slick and easy tongue.

I don't care. We are not allowed to make any wishes for next year's Flower Lantern festival.

Perhaps, I may write "Stupid Donkey, that I can't stand him anymore."

I think you won't be able to come back here for next year's Flower Lantern festival.

You will be carrying a second child. You will be too busy to come.

Who wants to have children with you?

Get up!

Not afraid of dying, but seek love forever.

The physician said that even if Chunfeng recovers from his injury,

he will be disabled.

He is our only son.

He brought it upon himself.

You've already beaten him. Why do you still say this?

Have you ever doted on Chunfeng?

If you had really doted on him, he would have never done something like that.

It has nothing with me. He replaced Liuli for her crime.

Is it really because of Liuli? Why did someone who resembled Qing Liu suddenly show up in our home?

Why didn't Her Highness come at any other time?

The letter was produced only when she was here.

Do you really not like Chunyu and want to slowly force him to die?

This is only just your speculation.

There was no evidence of Suxin's death.

Yes, no more evidence only because death

wasn't pursued by her on her own.

If she had really pursued it,

the injury wouldn't have been only Chunfeng's leg.

It would be our family's reputation and the hundred lives of our people.

Are you serious? You've battled on countless battlefields, you've killed many.

Do you even care about their lives?

You only care about Xia Chunyu's life.

Do you really think I won't divorce you?

You should have done it earlier. When my family lost their wealth and status,

you already didn't care about me. Think about back then.

If you really loved that barbarian,

how could you be forced by your family and be married to me?

You have harmed me for life.

You...

I already warned you to watch yourself but you just won't repent.

I have been tolerant and this is already past my limit.

From tomorrow on, you move to another courtyard.

Without my consent, you are not allowed to step out from that courtyard.

Yao Yao.

What's wrong with you again today?

Happy Wedding Anniversary.

Didn't we just get married?

We did it once in Black Wind Fortress? What's wrong? Don't want to admit it?

It's not that. Black Wind Fortress didn't count. It wasn't grand, I felt sorry for you.

Let's do this. Let's start counting from now.

Forget it if you don't want to celebrate.

I was only joking.

Frankly, when I'm with you, it's worth celebrating every day. And worth remembering every day.

Let me see what you cooked.

Shaved ice?

Try it.

What's with this strange taste? It tastes like meat.

I already said that some people don't treasure what they have.

Why didn't you realize there was meat inside before?

Are you taking revenge on me?

Who told you to lie in the past?

Are you going to eat it or not?

Okay, I will eat it. As long as it's made by my wife, I will eat it even if there's a knife in it.

Yao Yao.

Seeing that you would even eat the meat flavored ice shavings,

I gave you a surprise. Didn't you say that

when you have opened my heart, I will return this to you.

In the past, the Master that you hired, he didn't do a good job of it.

I found someone to make this one.

[I Love You]

What?

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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 ♫

♫ I can use all weapons, like knives, guns, sticks, and clubs ♫

♫ My internal strength grows exponentially ♫

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

♫ 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 ♫

♫ 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 ♫

♫ 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 ♫