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[The Master of Cheongsam]

[Episode 11]

Bai Henian.

How do you explain what Yao Bingsheng said?

Your Highness.

My godson, Jiang Mosheng,

is working for the Workshops.

I think Your Highness has heard about

how Yao Bingsheng tortured Jiang Mosheng.

I admit that

Yao Bingsheng did come to me,

asking me to appeal to the Ministry of Penalty

on the day of the Beauty Pageant.

If I didn't,

he was going to kick Jiang Mosheng out of the Workshops

and shut Sihe House down.

Excuse me for having been confounded!

Excuse me for having been confounded!

Please pardon my sin, Your Highness.

Mr. Bai.

How thoughtful you are!

And how attractively you made the speech!

How beautifully

you just passed the buck with a few words!

I meant every word I said.

I have never thought that

this would frame Lu Yuanzhi up

and even offend Your Highness.

I would never do such a thing

even if I was given the chance.

I'm asking Your Highness for a penetrating judgment.

Your Highness.

Such being the case, things cannot be more clear.

Yao Bingsheng stole the Sichuan brocade in the palace

for his own ends

and forced Bai Henian to frame Lu Yuanzhi.

Bai Henian surely can't escape responsibility for his crime,

but he is an accessory at most.

Now the Workshops is short-staffed.

I hope Your Highness could give him a way out

and spare his life.

Your Highness.

I'm not that kind of people who can't tell right from wrong.

I just wanted to find out the truth.

If what happened is true,

I hope Your Highness could give Mr.Bai a light sentence

for the sake of Jiang Mosheng's hard work

in the Workshop.

Yuebai committed suicide.

The warden is responsible for failing to supervise the prisoner.

The Ministry of Penalty will be convicting her.

Yes.

Spare me, Your Highness!

Spare me, Your Highness!

Please spare me, Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Spare me, Your Highness!

Bai Henian

will be beaten with a rod for twenty times.

Sihe House will be shut down immediately.

Thank Your Highness for the benevolence.

Thank Your Highness for not killing me.

I think the Empress Dowager is a bit partial to Bai Henian.

It's not Bai Henian who she is partial to.

It's Zhang Jinshan.

What?

Why would she be partial to him?

Because since the Empress Dowager entered the palace, he has been by her side.

But is that his excuse to act against the law?

In the eyes of the Empress Dowager,

these are just intrigues between servants.

As long as Zhang Jinshan is loyal and knows the ins and outs,

nothing else matters.

It was such a right time when you said those words.

Otherwise,

Bai Henian wouldn't have been convicted at all.

The Empress Dowager is not a person who can't tell right from wrong.

She just needs to be given an out.

The women in the Forbidden City are not easy to fool around.

I can see that.

The Forbidden City

seems to be glorious in the extreme,

but it's actually filled with intrigues.

Fortunately, I have already submitted my resignation to Eunuch Gao.

I will be leaving

this suffocating place tomorrow.

Are you really going?

Yes. Wasn't it you who said that

I was not suitable for staying in the palace

and would cause bigger trouble sooner or later?

But since your conviction has been reversed,

the Empress Dowager might start using you again.

With your talents,

it is not impossible

to be an imperial tailor

like your master in a few years.

Do you still want to leave?

After what you said,

I am now a bit unsure.

And the food here is so...

Go!

Officers! Officers!

[Sihe House]

Officers!

[Sihe House]

They just shut it down completely.

They even used seal.

They must have committed a crime.

What crime?

[Shut Down in the 2nd Year of the Reign of the Xuantong Emperor of Qing]

It must have been a capital felony.

Let's go.

It must have been big.

What happened?

I dare not to guess.

[Sihe House]

Doctor.

How is he doing now?

It is not difficult to treat Mr. Bai's trauma.

As long as he takes his medications on time,

he should be well within half a month.

It's just that...

It's just what?

It's just that his right femur is cracked.

Even if I cure the the cracked femur,

walking can also be very difficult for him.

Baisheng.

My lord.

Send the doctor out.

OK.

Doctor, come with me, please.

Here. This way.

Godfather.

We can see another doctor.

Trust me.

I will definitely get you treated.

I'm well enough.

If it wasn't for Zhang Jinshan who beat Yao Bingsheng with a rod to death,

I would have died already.

Unexpectedly,

I was defeated by Lu Yuanzhi, that young lad, in the end.

See?

You treat him as your brother.

But has he ever been softhearted

to you or me?

Father.

I'm sorry.

I have been too indecisive.

My indecision has invariably led to trouble.

Trust me.

Father.

This time I am most willing

to call you my godfather.

Good.

I have been waiting for these words for a long time.

I think I didn't get beaten for nothing.

But sadly my Sihe House is gone.

Father. Although Sihe House has been shut down,

I'm still a tailor in the Workshop.

Where there is life,

there is hope.

I will always be there for Sihe House.

As long as you can make yourself stand out in the Workshop,

there will always be hope for Sihe House.

Besides, we still have Eunuch Zhang

on our side.

However, in my opinion,

Eunuch Zhang and we only share the same interests.

He could be helpful only when things are going well.

But it could be hard for him to send help in our hour of distress.

We have to rely on ourselves.

Mosheng.

Good for you.

You do have a mind of your own.

I was right about you.

From now on,

Sihe House and the Bai's family

will be counting on you.

Your Highness.

It's time for dinner.

I see that Your Highness has been practicing your Buddhist devotions all day.

So I specifically asked the imperial kitchen to prepare a vegetarian meal.

I specially put borneol

in the water for washing your hands.

Your Highness could give it a try.

Hehuan.

Tell them to start serving the dishes.

Yes.

Zhang Jinshan.

Yes.

How long have you been serving me?

Your Highness.

I have been at Your Highness's service

since the day Your Highness entered

the palace.

Therefore,

you should know perfectly

what I like the most normally.

But you seem to have forgotten all about

what I hate the most.

Please don't be angry, Your Highness.

I dare not!

I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do.

How can I trust you?

Usually you arrange what I eat

and what I use for me.

Does it mean that you will have to decide for me

who to reward or punish in the future?

I dare not, Your Highness!

I dare not!

Please don't be angry, Your Highness.

If I didn't do my job well,

Your Highness can punish me.

Don't let your anger harm your precious body.

OK.

Starting today, you think carefully about

how to do the job right in the Palace of Eternal Spring.

Yes.

[Bai's Mansion]

My lord said he didn't want to see anyone.

Mr. Su.

Why don't you come back another day?

My lord, please hang on.

My lord, Su Jing'an is here.

Brother.

I'm here to check on you.

Yuanzhi was too reckless

and too impulsive.

So I am here to make amends to you.

Leave us.

All of you.

Su Jing'an.

I believe you are not here to make amends.

You are here to make fun of me for suffering the consequences, aren't you?

Brother.

Over the years,

we only compete with each other in business.

We never bring these private matters to the royal court.

I thought we had reached a consensus.

Did you come late at night

just to claim your foresight after everything happened?

I wouldn't be surprised.

You have been such a crafty kiss-ass,

which is why you managed to trick Master

into teaching you the Seamless Stitch.

Impressive.

You're impressive.

Even if it's like what you said that

your talent is better than mine,

and Master has always wanted to teach you the Seamless Stitch,

but with your talent,

you can still become successful

without the stitch.

Nonsense!

Nonsense!

Cut the crap.

It was you who took it away from me by cheating.

It was you!

Brother.

We've lived most of our lives.

It's time to put our hatred aside.

Think about it.

Over the years,

I have not ground you down once

as an imperial tailor,

have I?

You didn't need to grind me down.

Everything you have now

was supposed to belong to me.

I'm just taking them back.

Am I wrong?

Am I wrong?

Fine.

These are Sihe House's dividends in the Commerce Committee over the years

and some money that every member donated.

If Sihe House needs help

from the Commerce Committee in the future,

just tell me.

Take good care of yourself.

See the guest out!

Mr. Su. This way.

Get well soon.

Su Jing'an.

You bastard.

Even if I die,

I won't ask for your help.

♫The plants in the garden have grown in early summer♫

♫The terrace is reflected in the pond♫

Princess.

Today is Lord's birthday.

And he has thrown a banquet.

It must be so fun.

Why don't you go to the banquet?

Why would I go there?

I don't feel comfortable there.

It's also fun

listening to some music here.

Ever since the last time you came back from the palace,

you have been in the blues.

It's been a while since you last went out to sun.

You should be in the mood to eat something now, right?

Although Lu Yuanzhi did get rid of the charge,

after such a fuss,

the Empress Dowager will definitely be angry.

If the Empress Dowager thinks that Triple Cutting House and the Royal Highness Mansion

have secret communication,

things could be worse.

Is it really that complicated?

Actually,

you have always been thinking of Lu Yuanzhi.

♫She's so thin as a willow leaf♫

♫She's so sick that she looks so sallow♫

Story-telling in Beijing dialect with drum?

Nice taste.

Princess, I know what you're thinking about.

Why don't you just tell him?

What are you talking about?

Lu Yuanzhi is Yaoyao's crush,

an apprentice of Triple Cutting House

and Mr. Su's future son-in-law.

It would be too embarrassing for my family

if someone heard these words.

♫Fearing that the time is not long enough♫

♫But it's nothing more than a limited time♫

Who ordered this song?

Another song. Another song.

Play me another song.

Don't change. I think it's quite good.

What's wrong with you?

Can't you pick a better time?

What if someone sees you

and make it an evidence?

I was wondering why it is so noisy here

in the Iron Lion Hutong.

Since I'm here,

I might as well

listen to the play with you guys.

The more the merrier, right?

Panxia.

Clear them up and come with me.

Lu Yuanzhi, what are you doing here?

Guess.

Here.

Ba careful.

Watch your feet.

Watch it!

Slowly.

Come on, my lord.

Bear the pain for a bit.

Be careful.

You should be careful.

OK.

Eunuch, just take it.

Bai.

You are hardly able to make your own living.

I'm surprised that you still think of me.

Because we have always been on the same side.

What Lu Yuanzhi did this time

was fatal.

The Empress Dowager now is suspicious of you.

It was my fault.

I didn't come up with a better plan.

It was my fault.

I am sorry.

That little jerk!

How dare he go against me?

He must be asking for death.

Mr. Bai.

You may rest assured.

I promise you

I will make him disappear

for good.

Didn't you claim that you can know the size at one glance?

Was it all just a stunt?

Of course not.

It's not the same when it comes to making clothes for you.

I'm going to make something special for you.

I will make you become what you want to be.

You just can't get enough of it.

You tried to figure out the Empress Dowager's thoughts.

And now you're trying to figure out mine.

Does it mean that after changing the clothes,

Kang Ning will not be Kang Ning anymore?

What I mean is that

I want you to be yourself

when you're with me.

But

whether I make you the clothes or not,

you're always the prettiest princess

in my eyes.

I like it.

But

no matter what, I can't change who I am.

Even if you make the clothes,

I can't go out in it.

How come?

I was thinking that after making the clothes,

you can go take a walk to the front gate in it

and show it to everyone.

You wish.

I'm not doing it.

♫Open the drawer, your clothes are all neat♫

♫Put memories together in the palm of my hand♫

Didn't you just say that

♫The September rain is like me thinking of you♫

you liked more than just the clothes?

♫Dripping on the floor as the wind blows♫

Lu Yuanzhi, let go of me.

No.

Let go of me.

It's so bustling today in the Royal Highness Mansion.

♫Let the past emerge like a dream which is so lucky♫

But you're wearing such a sad face.

Then when I came here to measure to make your clothes,

you just couldn't stop smiling.

I didn't!

♫I see your every move♫

See?

♫Practicing over and over again♫

Let go!

♫Can't stop spinning♫

♫If I stay afar and wait for an encounter♫

Lu Yuanzhi.

This is the Royal Highness Mansion!

Royal Highness Mansion, so what?

I'm a tailor.

♫ Your scent is with me every time I turn♫

That's how I measure for other women, too.

You're jealous?

♫ I'll dress you in snow as the wedding gown ♫

As long as you ask,

I will

only measure clothes for you.

My lord, you're here!

Yes.

Princess, lord is here!

You're loud!

Take your time, lord.

Take your time, lord.

Take your time, lord.

Come on.

It's the other way around, right?

No.

Lord is here.

My girl.

Greetings to father.

Who's this?

Greetings to Your Highness.

What is going on here?

I'm a performer.

Princess

said she was tired of

the Peking drum story-telling.

So she asked me to

play the...

Play what?

Father,

he's here for the two-man comedy.

See?

He's already dressed up for it.

I can tell.

Great.

Very few performers can do this now.

Grand Empress Dowager loved it.

I watched it several times in the palace before.

Good.

Do it for me today!

Father.

It's a two-man show.

How can he do it on his own?

What a pity!

Father.

It's your birthday today.

We can't let you down!

So?

I'm going to say the lines and he's going to perform.

You're going to say the lines?

We don't have any visitors here anyway.

So let's do it!

Showtime?

Showtime!

[Great Pleasure]

We're here to celebrate your birthday.

We don't have anything else

but this

huge pig head.

You don't think it looks like a pig head?

Take a look!

I use my left hand to hit my right cheek.

I use my right hand to hit my left cheek.

I use my right hand to hit my right cheek.

I use my left hand to hit my left cheek.

I use both hands to hit both cheeks.

Fine. Fine.

What's the point?

That's it?

His face is swollen.

Well.

You really know how to make him suffer, huh?

What else can you do?

What about putting on another show?

Your Highness,

please calm down.

Actually,

I have a co-performer who's not here yet.

Usually I am the one

who says the lines.

I know how it works.

So what about

we switch parts?

You switch parts?

We'll do the performance again for you.

You wish!

You want my girl to hit herself?

No way!

Right. Look how clumsy he is!

Panxia,

give hime some silver and kick him out!

Yes. Follow me.

Take your money and go.

Jing'an.

Zhenting.

Have a seat.

OK.

What are you up to?

It's been a long time since you visited last time.

Let me have some tea first.

That's mine.

It's fine.

We've been friends since we were little.

I don't mind drinking your tea.

I'm here to tell you that

something serious is going on.

The Empire is going to fall!

Nonsense.

We don't talk about national affairs.

You don't want to talk about them,

but they matter to us!

There's a revolution going on!

What's wrong?

I heard some big news from Sichuan.

Zhenting, don't worry about it.

Those things

won't last long.

I'm not worrying.

I'm happy.

Tailor Jiang,

it's good that you're here.

Take a look at this.

Can you repair it?

His Majesty was in the Royal Garden

and fell while he was running.

And the costume ended up like this.

This is the only court costume for His Majesty.

He's going to wear this for the court tomorrow.

So Her Highness asked me to show it to you.

This is Tongzhi's costume when he was little.

It's made with the Seamless Stitch.

I can repair it,

but I'm not able to do the seamless stitches.

What can we do then?

Forget about the seamless stitches.

Just repair it.

This is an Emperor costume.

We can't just muddle through.

I know someone who can do it.

Who?

You're getting more and more ridiculous.

No matter what, you're a minister of the Qing Empire.

You think the Empire will be overthrown?

Zhenting.

Don't waste your time on this.

It won't do any good to you.

Brother, the older you are

the more timid you are.

I'm just talking about the situation right now.

You'd better not talk about it at all.

It's easy to do the talking,

but if anyone reports you to the government,

you'll regret it!

It's just between you and me.

I won't tell anybody else.

I have to talk to someone about it!

Fine. Fine.

Forget about it.

By the way,

Yaoyao is a big girl now.

My daughter Lijun doesn't live with me

for all these years.

I would love to show her around and buy her things but I can't.

Yaoyao is about her age. So would you ask her to go to my store

and see what she likes?

I'll give her a piece of good jade.

You're taking advantage of me by taking my daughter as yours, huh?

Fine. No problem.

I'll ask Yaoyao to select the most precious jade in your store.

But Yaoyao knows nothing about jade.

I do!

You?

You're probably going to get Yaoyao

some jade of poor quality.

I won't do that!

Apart from jade,

when she gets married,

I'll give her dowry too!

My lord!

My lord, someone from the palace is here.

Young master.

Your tea.

Young master.

What a nice costume!

Of course.

Every costume I make is nice.

Keep the secret. Don't tell Master about it.

Young Master, then you must tell me

what this costume is for.

Otherwise I'll be worried about you.

You can't get yourself into trouble again!

What are you talking about?

I know

what I'm doing now!

If you do...

If you do,

Master doesn't have to worry so much about you.

♫ Open the drawer and you're fully dressed ♫

Didn't you just say that

the costume was not the only thing you liked?

♫ Memories in my hand ♫

♫ September rain is my thoughts for you ♫

As long as you say it,

I will only measure clothes for you.

♫ Falling and blowing in the wind ♫

I'm into Yuanzhi.

♫ Let the past come back as a sweet dream♫

Ever since I was little,

I've been hoping to marry him.

♫ I watch every move you take ♫

♫ I revisit my memories ♫

Mr. Su, hurry up.

[Qixiang Gate]

Master, thanks for coming.

You're welcome.

Master!

Master!

Mr. Su!

My lord, I think

young master is just not tough enough.

It's such a great opportunity to repair the Emperor costume.

And he let Su Jing'an to do it.

Thank god that

Su Jing'an fell and hurt himself.

It doesn't seem right.

My lord, it doesn't seem right with young master.

I'm not talking about Mosheng.

Mosheng doesn't know how to do seamless stitches.

If he can't repair the costume,

he'll get beheaded for it.

So he had to ask Su Jing'an for help.

Something's suspicious about Su Jing'an.

If I were him,

I would have seized this great opportunity

and never let go.

He would love to take the opportunity,

but he fell and can't work now!

You think it's just a coincidence that he fell?

My lord, so you're saying...

Mosheng.

Madam.

How's Master now?

Luckily, no fractures.

He'll be fine after a few days of rest.

How could he hurt like that

by just going to the palace?

It's my fault.

Your Master said that

he fell himself.

You're always like this.

Ever since you were little,

you've been taking everything on yourself.

Madam, you don't blame me, do you?

You were brought up by me.

How could I blame you?

I care about you.

Take a seat.

How time flies.

Your Master said the other day that

it's Yaoyao's birthday next month.

How time flies!

Right.

I have the birthday gift ready.

Please give it to her for me.

I'm talking about you.

You're a man now.

If it weren't for these troubled years,

we would have already arranged marriage for you.

Madam, I think...

I think

since Yaoyao doesn't have siblings,

if you're married and get her a sister-in-law,

she will probably be more mature.

Mosheng,

is there any girl that you like?

If there is,

tell me

and I'll make it work.

OK. I see.

Madam, take care of Master.

I'm off.

All right.

It's time for you to go back.

Princess,

since lord's birthday,

you haven't even smiled for once.

Did Lu Yuanzhi upset you?

No.

Panxia,

if Lu Yuanzhi asks to see me again,

tell him I'm not available.

Why?

Didn't he promise to make more costumes for you?

Just do as I say.

And

no matter who asks you,

don't tell anyone that

Lu Yuanzhi was the performer of the two-man show.

Got it?

He's killing me!

Stop her!

He's killing me! Look!

He's killing me!

[Royal Highness Mansion]

This man defies the law and order in public!

Look what he's doing!

Go back!

What are you doing here?

Bullies!

He's killing me! Look!

Princess!

Princess, you must help me!

What's going on?

My son.

You're such a noble person.

How can you fight with that low life!

I don't care if he's hurt.

But if you're hurt,

I will be heartbroken.

Come on. More.

He dared to beat my General!

If I get to see him again,

I'm gonna teach him a lesson!

What a big talk!

What are you going to do to teach him a lesson?

Tell me about it.

Princess, who upset you

and you have to vent your anger on us?

I don't dare to do that.

How awesome is our little master of the Royal Highness Mansion!

He refused to acknowledge his failure of the cricket fight,

and smashed their stuff

and beat them up!

You're really something!

Don't look at Steward Yu.

The mother and son of the Ma family

are making a scene out there.

You may not care about your reputation,

but I do!

How dare they!

Steward Yu,

didn't I tell you to beat them and drive them away?

Loser!

I'm going myself!

Stop!

You're already a bully as a child!

What will happen when you grow up!

Go!

Apologize to them!

Princess, you've gone too far.

It's no big deal to beat those low life.

Suo Ta'er is your brother!

So?

You want your own brother

to apologize to those scums!

Everyone is equal before the law.

Besides, it's his fault this time.

He's not only going to apologize

but also compensate for their injury.

Steward Yu,

the money for that

must be taken from Aunt Min's monthly subsidies.

You!

Fine.

I can pay for that.

But there's no way that

my son's going to apologize!

It's because of you,

a mother who can't tell right from wrong,

that Suo Ta'er has no sense of rules!

Yu.

Yes.

Princess,

let's wait for lord for a decision.

I'll explain to him myself.

Take him away!

Princess,

even though you don't care about our reputation,

you should care about you father's!

What I'm doing

is exactly trying to restore the reputation of Royal Highness Mansion.

Steward Yu, what are you looking at? Take him away!

Go!

Don't!

Don't!

Let go!

Suo Ta'er! Suo Ta'er!

Mother!

Suo Ta'er!

Let go!

Stop!

Let go!

You're such a bully!

Auntie,

you will know that

I'm doing this for his own good.

You!

Madam, please don't be angry.

Even lord lets her have her way.

Let's just put up with it for now.

Put up with it.

I've had enough!

Don't get mad.

They're not worth it.

I'm not mad at them.

I'm mad at myself that I can't stop them

from ruining our reputation.

Princess.

Panxia, see him off.

Send the idiot away.

I can forget about

the crazy talk of yours last time.

Yes, I made fun of you in front of my father.

But I was trying to protect you.

Otherwise,

father would have punished you.

Punishment for what?

Disrespect to my superiors?

Betrayal?

Or are you going to kill all my loved ones?

Kang Ning,

we're meant to be

since our first encounter.

If you're going to kill all my loved ones,

then it means you're going to kill yourself.

I know your concerns.

And I know you don't mean what you say.

But I don't think that

it's only my unrequited love of you.

I also know that

sometimes,

the one who doesn't love back

suffers more.

In that case,

the one who doesn't love back still cares.

But my heart

is as hard as a stone now.

It doesn't care anymore.

I can take this costume

as your gesture of gratitude to me.

Here is a princess chamber.

It's inappropriate for men to visit.

From now on, you'll have to count on yourself.

I won't have anything to do with you.

Please show some respect for me.

If Princess really means it,

then I'll just leave.

[Fragrance Pavillion]

So you're saying

Su Jing'an

doesn't know how to do Seamless Stitch.

When Lu Yuanzhi was asked

to repair the Briton's gown,

Su Jing'an didn't help

even though it's a matter of life and death.

I was already suspicious at the time.

But I didn't have proof.

Princess,

the deadline set by Her Highness is 3 p.m..

Time is almost up.

This costume is more than just a garment,

but matters to the prestige and reputation of the Qing Empire.

If we rush

at the expense of the prestige and reputation of our country,

then what do you think Her Highness will do?

Princess Kang Ning.