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[The Master of Cheongsam]

[Episode 8]

There has been an imperial edict from the Royal Court.

From now on,

the Capital Garment-Making Chamber of Commerce should make concerted effort

so as to overcome difficulties.

You are right! Mr. Su.

You are the chief of the Commerce Chamber,

and the Triple Cutting House is a pioneer in the Chamber of Commerce,

we will listen to you

as usual.

My pleasure.

I'm flattered.

Wait for my news.

Farewell! Mr. Su.

See you!

Take care!

Please!

Second Uncle.

Junior lord is back.

Congratulations! Master!

Yuanzhi, have a seat!

Yuanzhi,

I finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Well done!

Master, thanks for your recognition!

But I hope you

can tell me

if you're in trouble.

I has been grown up,

and I can shoulder my responsibility.

Yes.

When you grow up,

I'll really become an old man.

The Triple Cutting House and the Family of Su will count on you.

You should feel relieved.

I'll devote my life

to protect the Family of Su

and the reputation of Triple Cutting House.

Yuanzhi, I may not like what I'm going to say.

You can get the edict from the Empress Dowager,

only because of your good luck.

But there is limited luck

for a man.

You can not always have good luck.

Therefore, you shouldn't venture

any more.

Do you understand?

I do.

But I want to discuss something with you

out of courtesy.

Just tell me.

I...

I don't want to work at the Yangxin Hall any longer.

What did you say?

Let him come out!

Bosses!

I've told you that

our lord isn't here.

Please go back!

Don't lie to us!

Let him come out quickly!

Return our subscription

for the foreign cloth!

I want my money back!

Return our money!

Return our money!

Yes!

Lord! Lord!

We prepared to use the money to buy local cloth.

Lord! You can't go there.

There is no cloth if we are late!

Yes! Yes!

Bosses!

Bosses! I'm not lying to you.

Our lord isn't here.

Please come another day!

No! Let him come out quickly!

Otherwise we'll go inside!

Yes! Go in!

Go! Go!

Get out of my way! Let us go inside!

Lord! What should we do?

Master, one's techniques

will be improved if used often and will retrogress the other way round.

I work in the Yangxin Hall, which seems a decent job,

but I only make

the same clothes for the same people.

You know how I am.

I must be cautious everyday.

I don't want to do it any more!

What do you want to do?

I can be a head tailor in our Triple Cutting House.

It is a suitable job for me

to make difficult clothes

for different people.

Yuanzhi, you are a talent,

but you must know

if you want to have your own career in the capital,

the talent isn't enough.

You should listen to me,

this work is not only for you,

but also for the Triple Cutting House.

Therefore, you should keep your nose clean

and do your work in the palace carefully.

Have you done?

How much money is there?

My lord, our money

was paid on the foreign cloth,

and there is only...

How much? Tell me!

There is only less than 20 taels of silver left.

OK. Go!

My lord,

considering those cloth stores and garment-making shops,

we must pay at least hundreds taels of silver,

but we don't have enough money.

What if

we don't return the subscription?

All people subscribed the foreign cloth together,

why should we shoulder the consequences alone?

No!

If we do so,

how can Sihe House run business

in the capital?

How about my reputation?

But...

You impawn the land on the outskirts

to calculate it value,

so that we can overcome this difficult.

Lord!

Do what I said!

Yes!

Lord!

Don't worry!

Although the Empress Dowager issued an edict that

officials and their families can't wear clothes made of foreign cloth,

the ordinary people can still wear them.

Our cloth can be sold to some extent.

You don't know.

Our Sihe House does business with

officials and rich people.

The ordinary people can't be our regular consumer.

The Empress Dowager' edict

has ruined our way to make money.

I looked down upon Lu Yuanzhi,

because I didn't expect he can do this.

Don't worry! Lord!

After overcoming this hardship,

we'll teach him a lesson!

When...

When he becomes mature and strong,

it will be hard for us to deal with him.

Is that because his brother Lu Yuanzhi?

Go! Go!

That is the so called brothers?

- Well! - I think that is the hokey pokey.

The hokey pokey.

OK. No speaking! Let's go!

Jiang Mosheng.

Eunuch Yao.

I forgot to tell you.

From now on, the work in the Palace of Eternal Spring

is not your business.

It'll be done by Lu Yuanzhi.

Eunuch Yao, is it because I failed to do my job well?

It's not your fault,

but because your brother is much better than you.

Eunuch Yao.

Here you are. Mr. Lu.

The Empress Dowager wants to make some winter clothes.

Here is the cloth.

But, Eunuch Yao,

isn't the work in the Palace of Eternal Spring

my brother's business?

Mr. Lu, don't you understand?

Helped by Princess Kang Ning,

you gave the Empress Dowager an auspicious dress

that she liked very much.

The work in the Palace of Eternal Spring

is going to be done by you!

But...

Yuanzhi, come here!

You asked rewards for me from the Empress Dowager.

I thought you did it for me,

and you still took me as your brother.

You are my brother as always.

I don't have a brother like you

who stabbed me in the back.

You can just tell me

if you don't want me to make the auspicious dress.

You pretended to help me make contributions

and used the dress to play up to Her Highness together with the princess.

When do you become so calculative?

Look what you did!

You could devote your life to the Family of Su,

but now,

you don't even courageous enough

to convey some words to Her Highness for me.

Lu Yuanzhi, you are so naive!

Do you really think

the stateliness of the Royal Court

can be fiddled with your glibness?

The affairs in the Royal Court

should be cautiously treated even by Her Highness.

How dare you interfere in internal affairs?

I'm doing it for our master,

for the Triple Cutting House.

I don't care

whether it can succeed,

but I care whether you do it.

I also risked my life

to do it.

But

you are so selfish.

I have devoted too much to the Family of Su.

Just one time!

Just one time!

You think I'm selfish for just one time!

Yuanzhi, don't forget.

Why did I go to the Family of Bai?

What are you doing?

You look sad,

so I bring you here.

Don't waste my money.

Yuanzhi,

you know that everyone has different aspirations.

I am not partial to my brother.

At the current situation,

It is not strange for him to do that.

Do you remember?

When I was little,

my brother often shared responsibility for my mistakes, whatever they are.

When I was sad,

he would always be the first one to delight me.

As time goes by,

I gradually

took his love for granted.

He really cares for me.

I shouldn't blame him because of these matters.

Don't make a fuss.

Let me see.

Every problem between two brothers can be solved.

If it cannot be solved,

you two can fight each other.

The winner can be the decision maker.

The problem is different this time,

which cannot be solved

by fighting.

OK. Stop it.

To invite Yuebai to play a tune,

I paid much money for it.

Come on! Let's toast.

Yuebai, what's wrong with you?

Your face clouded

since we two came in.

What?

I have something in trouble.

I want to ask you for help, Mr. Lu.

The sword swallowing just now. Is it true?

It's not true.

It seemed cool!

Of course!

Wow, nice!

Come on, everyone.

You can watch the show with your money or applause.

It is fantastic!

So cool!

Yes. Of course!

Watch the show with your money or applause.

Thank you! Thanks!

Thanks for your money.

Come on! Everyone.

Sister, look at the shop over there.

Everyone, watch the show with your money or applause.

Sir.

What can I do for you?

Sir,

two bowls of fermented bean drink and a plate of green bean cake.

Okay.

Pancake!

The fresh-baked pancake!

You are a princess.

I don't believe it's the first time you came here.

How's that? Do you like it?

Yes.

Please enjoy it.

Thanks.

Is it drinkable?

Drinkable?

It is delicious!

Have a try.

All your dishes are served.

Thanks.

Did you hear the words?

"One who cannot enjoy bean drink at Tiaqiao

is not a true hero."

Which hero said this?

My brother, Yuanzhi, said that.

Have a taste.

It's really good!

It's so stinky!

Although it smells stinky,

it tastes delicious.

Did you eat stinky toufu?

No.

It's nothing good to be a princess.

They even haven't tasted the yummy bean drink and stinky toufu.

Have a try. It's good!

Oh, no!

The "yummy" drink...

You can enjoy it yourself.

Yuanzhi, pass me the sprinking can.

I haven't had so much fun like today.

I laughed so hard that my face hurt.

If you like here,

tomorrow we can come here again.

I'll take you to watch the shadow play,

which is more fantastic than the juggle.

I really envy you.

You grow up freely.

You can go wherever you want to go,

and do whatever you want to do.

What about you?

You are a princess.

No one can boss you.

The royal family

is like an invisible yoke.

It's okay if you don't understand it.

I admire you who can have a carefree life.

You're just like Yuanzhi.

I think

you think too much.

Look at me.

I am happy when I have new clothes,

when Mosheng takes me to fly a kite,

or when my mother teaches me new stitches.

There are so many happy things in our life.

Why don't you always think about those unhappy things?

If everyone can have a contented mind

like you,

it'll be good.

But there's always someone greedy.

Sister,

is something bothering you?

My aunt forced me to marry someone,

I can deal with it

because the Empress Dowager is partial to me.

But without her favour,

I won't have a say in it.

That's easy.

Just find your beloved man

and marry him.

I'm talking about something serious,

but you make fun of me.

What I said is also serious.

As the old saying goes,

a girl's marriage

is decided by parents and matchmakers.

I don't believe it!

What I want

is to find my beloved man.

You mean you have a beloved man?

Sister, I'll only tell you the secret.

Yuanzhi,

are you going to be mad at me forever?

I am not mad at you.

I just fell a little guilty.

You have contributed so much to the family of Su.

I have no reason to blame you.

What I talked that day

is out of angry.

Don't take it personally.

The master taught me tailoring.

For all these years,

I have had no other family than him.

Never mind.

I also said some terrible things that day.

I apologize to you.

It means we have made peace.

Seriously.

What are you drawing?

Since we've made peace,

I can tell you.

Mr. Lu, actually,

the Beauty Pageant is about to hold next month.

If I can take the championship again,

I'll make enough money to buy back my freedom.

As I am getting older,

I have no other strengths

except playing tunes.

So I want you to

innovate the clothes for me.

Could you please help me?

You can have freedom if I make clothes for you?

Yuanzhi, you can't make the clothes!

Do you remember your status?

You are the tailor serving the Empress Dowager!

How can you make clothes for a girl in the brothel?

If the Empress Dowager hears that,

you'll be beheaded!

It's just about making clothes.

It won't be that serious.

If Yuebai, you and me

can keep secret,

no one will know.

We cannot believe that girl.

The girls in brothel like Hong Fu

and Du Shiniang

are all heroine.

How can you be so stubborn?

How about the winter clothes of the Empress Dowager?

Don't worry, Mosheng.

There are only as many patterns as are prescribed.

I'll complete it.

OK.

Keep secret for me.

We have already made peace.

Yuebai.

How is it going?

I waited at the gate of police office for a long time.

They finally gave me the letter.

[I'm fine. Don't worry.]

Don't worry, Yuebai.

If we succeed this time,

we'll save Mr. Fu.

Miss.

Where is Yuanzhi?

The young master said

he would find some special cloth in warehouse.

He busied himself with it all day.

You can go on with your work.

I'll wait for him.

OK.

It's gone too far.

Since I was young,

unless my father asked,

Yuanzhi never made clothes

for other woman except me.

He not only made it

but also made it secretly.

It seems fishy about it.

Sister tell me

who is the dress for?

You'll know soon.

Sachet. All sorts of sachet.

Jasmine. Sweet olive.

He's coming.

Cabbage for sale.

Let's go.

Sir, come inside.

Goodbye, sir.

I'll come again.

Please do.

Sir, please sit inside.

Watch your steps.

Goodbye, sir.

You can't go inside.

Why not?

Brothel.

Brothel?

Why did he come here?

I have to check it out.

How can a girl go into a brothel?

You can't.

I have to ask him

whether he designed the clothes

for a girl here.

Let's leave.

Sister.

Mr. Lu

How is it?

I didn't waste your tailoring skills.

Change to another pose.

Smile.

Yuebai has a slim figure

and soft eyes.

There's just one thing.

You seem a bit frivolous.

Aren't you joking?

You need to survive at a place like this

and survive well.

If you're not frivolous, can you keep a man?

I'm the top one at Spring Breeze.

Are you criticizing me

or praising me?

You're right.

To be the top one,

you have to be frivolous and gorgeous.

But to be the winner of the beauty pageant

you have to be dreamy and lovely.

Goodbye, sir.

Come again.

Sir drink some more

It must be hot outside.

Let's head back.

You're the one who wanted to get in.

Now you feel regret.

I didn't know there were so many people.

Don't worry. Follow me.

Do you know which room?

Find it one by one.

Mind your steps.

Okay.

Sir stop looking.

One more look at you.

Xiaoxi doesn't have time today.

Just one more.

Look at what?

I'm shy.

Let's go.

Mind your steps.

Bumped into me.

Watch it.

Great.

I'll cut down two inches on the waist

so it highlights your figure better.

The hemline,

I'll add ruffles to it.

It highlights your upper body.

After altering these three points,

whether you walk or stand,

you'll look gorgeous.

Great idea. Do your job.

Can you open your arms?

Okay.

What?

It hurts.

I'm sorry.

Lu Yuanzhi.

What are you doing?

I

You were acting sneaky these days

just to help Yuebai win the beauty pageant.

Or else what?

Did you do it on purpose?

Just because I took you here once,

you have to bring my sister.

Who brought her?

If it weren't for you,

we wouldn't be here.

That's right.

It's no big deal making clothes.

Why were you so sneaky?

How can I be honest?

Would my master allow it?

If Yao Bingsheng knew about it,

he wouldn't let me go.

You did it anyway though my father doesn't agree.

Because she's pretty.

I

I thought the color scheme and

the sewing were excellent.

Why is it different from the traditional robe?

Good taste.

This piece of clothes was made from

the robe of cheongsam

and the ruqun of the Han Chinese

combined together.

That's why it's different.

Since you thought of an extraordinary idea,

let's make it more extraordinary.

What do you mean?

Sir, come inside.

Come and join us.

You're in a brothel with your sister.

Lu Yuanzhi, you are really one of a kind.

Why does it sound so strange

when I hear it from you?

Judging from your look,

you look like those who come here.

But I'm different.

I look like someone who came to see

how my dress is the best.

The best?

Why do you think

Yuebai will win?

You're being blindly confident.

Lu Yuanzhi,

he's quite skilled at tailoring.

He makes clothes for the imperial family.

If it spreads out that he designed robes

for woman in brothel, it'll be embarrassing.

Does he care about embarrassment?

Lu Yuanzhi.

He has a face so thick that

even a bullet can't go through.

Your Highness,

since you like the dress so much,

when Miss Su invited

you to the beauty pageant,

why didn't you go?

Are you thinking straight?

An ordinary girl can't go to that place.

Don't mention me.

But Miss Su also went there.

I can't be compared with her.

Right. You are the princess.

I mean

I can't be compared with her

because she has a brother caring for her.

Even if she gets caught,

she'll just be scolded.

What about me?

It's not only about the ancestral rules.

In this Royal Highness Mansion,

so many people are waiting for my mistake.

Even when I make the tiniest mistake,

will Namin forgive me?

We've been waiting for so long.

Why isn't it starting?

This way.

Here.

Yuanzhi,

where do you think is Yuebai?

We have to listen for the sound.

Listen for the silver bells.

Dear distinguished guests,

thank you for coming to the Spring Breeze.

I bow to show my respect.

Nice.

Nice.

Today is the day

where one of the twelve beauties

will win the beauty pageant.

Every visitor can vote.

One vote per visitor.

If you predicted the right one,

a big feast will be waiting for you.

Great.

Great.

Come.

I can't see.

It's nice.

Great.

Come on.

Yuebai

Look it's Yuebai.

Yuebai

I think

adding silver bells onto

the ruffles

makes Yuebai even more beautiful.

Yuebai

Yuebai look at me.

Here here.

Yuebai

Good taste.

So clear.

Who would have come if Yuebai weren't here.

Right.

She is so graceful.

She looks beautiful in anything.

Let's drink.

I'm able to look at Yuebai

at my old age,

I won't regret dying.

Great!

Great!

Vote for Yuebai!

Yuebai!

Yuebai!

Great! Yuebai!

Yuebai!

Yuebai!

[Spring Breeze Yuebai]

Who to vote?

Vote for Yuebai.

Needless to say.

Vote for Yuebai.

My lord.

Yuebai

is the most outstanding.

It should be her.

Since she's so popular,

let's help her.

Okay.

Thank you all gentlemen

The winner of the beauty pageant is

Yuebai!

Great! Yuebai! Yuebai!

Great! Yuebai! Yuebai!

I have to

propose a toast to Lu Yuanzhi.

Yuebai is the winner

all because of you.

I wish Kang Ning was here.

She would be so happy.

How long have you known her?

You're talking about her all day.

Why can't I talk about her?

Alright you can.

Yuebai won the beauty pageant

so she can be free again.

Let's make a toast!

Cheers!

-Great -Cheers!

Cheers!

Who are you?

Lord Tan.

Lord Tan What's going on?

Lu Yuanzhi used cloth without permission.

He brought disgrace to the imperial family.

He shall be locked up and await for trial.

Lord Tan you could lock me up

but you have to give me a reason.

Speak for yourself.

I have to ask you.

Did you make the robe for Baiyue at Spring Breeze?

Yes.

The Sichuan brocade was a tribute to

the Grand Empress Dowager by the Sichuan Governor-general.

It was the only one

but you secretly took it

to design clothes for a prostitute.

How serious is it! Lu Yuanzhi.

Sir.

Here is the fabric and ten taels of silver.

Please accept it.

Sichuan brocade.

Anything wrong?

One of my visitors gave it to me.

I thought the fabrics look nice.

This fabric is even rare in the imperial palace.

Who is this visitor?

Just an ordinary visitor.

Lord Tan, that's impossible.

Baiyue told me

the fabric was given to her by a visitor.

You can talk when you're in prison.

Take him away.

Guozi.

- Lord Tan - Lord

Things aren't still clear.

You can't take him away.

Guo Feiyu.

I receive the order from The Empress Dowager.

Don't challenge the authority.

Do you understand?

Lord Tan.

Lord Tan.

Yuanzhi.

Open it.

You again.

I'm in big trouble this time.

But I'm the The Empress Dowager's favourite

tailor in the Imperial Workshop.

If you help me this time,

I can guarantee you

endless fortune for the rest of you life.

How big is the trouble?

Let's talk inside.

Hurry and go to Spring Breeze

Find out where is

a girl name Yuebai.

Yuebai?

No need to ask.

She's in the women's prison.

What do you want to find about her?

You didn't make her clothes, did you?

No way.

You just like to

risk your life.

Help me ask her

where she got the fabric.

There's no need. She confessed everything.

She said you gave it to her.

How is it possible?

What's not possible?

Why should I lie to you?

I can't help you out.

Wish you the best.

I did what you told me to do.

Where's my cousin brother?

Don't worry.

I'll keep my promise.

This is a belonging of Fu Wenyan.

He told me to hand it to you.

It belongs to my cousin.

Is he all right?

All right at the moment.

But in the long-term,

it depends on whether you are willing to

do me a favour.

I don't understand.

I heard that the brothel

holds a beauty pageant every year.

It will be held soon.

I have a fine piece of cloth.

You should make a dress out of it

and enter the beauty pageant.

That's it?

I'm not finished.

I gave you the cloth

but the tailor who makes the dress

must be Lu Yuanzhi from Triple Cutting House.

Did you get it?

If you do what I say,

Fu Wenyan will certainly be okay.

Do you really have a way?

Somebody died from drinking in Fu Wenyan's pub.

How many people know about it?

Other than me,

is there another way?

If I knew it cost Lu Yuanzhi's life,

I wouldn't have helped you in the first place.

But during trial

you still did what I told you.

As a matter of life and death,

it's right to think about yourself.

I gave two hundred taels of silver to the

victim's son. He promised to correct himself

saying that his father had serious illness.

It had nothing to do with Fu Wenyan's pub.

The case shall be closed tomorrow.

What about you?

The crime was shuffled onto Lu Yuanzhi.

For you, not a death penalty but a punishment.

Don't worry. I've pulled some strings.

You'll be punished to join the army.

At that time

I'll arrange somebody to replace you

and send you and your cousin somewhere far away.

All right.

Your Highness, Miss Su is here.

Sister I beg you

to save Yuanzhi.

Kang Ning asks to see The Empress Dowager.

Come here.

Kang Ning hails to the The Empress Dowager.

May blessings and peace be with you.

May blessings and peace be with you.

I've become a joke in the capital Beijing.

How could I be with peace.

Your Highness there may be a hidden scheme.

I beg you

to give order to investigate the case.

Please don't accuse anybody wrongly.

What else can be hidden?

All the evidences are there.

How can I investigate?

Your Highness.

I haven't known Lu Yuanzhi for long,

but I know he won't take advantage of benefits.

It's a felony to use belongings of your Highness.

He has a promising future.

Why would he take such risk?

It doesn't make sense.

In my view,

he is disrespectful to me.

Nowadays, the Emperor is still young.

The imperial government is turbulent.

These useless officials dare to cheat the Emperor.

You Highness, Kang Ning guarantees that

Lu Yuanzhi has sincere repect

for your Highness.

Please investigate into the case.

You dare to guarantee for him.

Kang Ning, don't forget.

You are the princess of the Qing dynasty.

No matter how talented he is,

he's just a servant.

Don't cross the lines.

Your Highness.

I only have admiration towards Lu Yuanzhi.

I don't have feeling for him.

I admire him

because I think

he works for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

He is indeed a talent.

It's a pity to take his life.

No matter how talented a person is,

if he lacks virture,

he won't be tolerated.

Your Highness.

Hurry!

Are you Yuebai?

You are?