Original subtitles

♫Swords tell all the scars, and I sigh for fleeting life♫

♫Once we meet, how can I like to be apart?♫

♫Walking alone with cold in heart, I deep hide the past♫

♫I keep love and hatred deep in heart, naive no more♫

♫My memories roll when I see you again♫

♫I only dare to be gentle in my dream♫

♫This kiss is boiling with your complex♫

♫Intimacy has disturbed the stars♫

♫Take art of healing as a weapon to guard the homeland♫

♫I'm not swallowed by sorrow and hatred♫

♫I don't want to regret in troubled times Let me change sincerity for eternity♫

♫Let's embark this journey for a slim portion of prosperity♫

♫I'd like to rewrite life, but your looking back breaks my heart♫

♫With you for the rest of my life, I'll risk everything and wait for the morning♫

♫Early morning♫

Episode 3

Young Master of the Fang family Fang Chengyu

Fang Mansion

Ning Mansion

Young Master of the Ning family Ning Yunzhao

Your Ladyship,

that one seems to

be Fang Chengyu,

the legitimate son of the Fang family.

You're Jun Zhenzhen,

the so-called cousin of me. Right?

Well,

you're supposed to call me sister.

Hasn't anyone told you

that I'm the one

and only one

who can come here?

Yuxiu seemed to tell me so,

but I forgot to tell you.

The scenery here looks so good today,

so I came.

I hope you don't mind.

We shouldn't meet later.

You said you come from a family of academics,

so you should know

not to look at things that you're not allowed to see.

Santao,

let's go.

This young master of the Fang family

is fifteen years old.

But he has never been out.

It's heard that

he got a strange disease

and might not be able to live long.

Liu'er,

go enquire about

when he got the disease

and who has been curing

and prescribing him.

Sure.

I'll go.

Your Ladyship,

you know what I got?

It's just so appalling.

The men of the Fang family are under a curse.

Hey, girl,

don't spread rumor.

It's not.

The previous master of the Fang family died violently.

The old master was kidnapped and killed.

And the young master, who's the only son of the Fang family,

is born weak.

He was sick seriously

at the age of five.

The doctor said

he wouldn't live to sixteen years old.

Sixteen years old?

Then he has less than a year, doesn't he?

Yeah.

That's why I said they're under a curse.

Such a big and rich family is meaningless.

It has only been prosperous for three generations,

but their heir is about to die.

Stop. Stop. Stop.

Just cut your nonsense.

I was wondering where these books were.

You seem to have a bad memory.

You're not welcome.

I don't care.

I'll only stay here for half of a day.

Do you mean

you can read all these books in half of a day?

Sort of.

Miss Jun is really a genius.

Thank you for saying that.

Which book are you looking for?

I'm not looking for a book.

I'm reading.

Do you want to…?

Shut up.

Are you sick?

It's you who are sick,

Brother.

You're right.

I'm sick.

And I shouldn't

judge you who're healthy.

Time is always

enough for a healthy person.

I won't waste my time,

but I mean I can try to cure you.

Santao,

let's go.

He's not sick

but poisoned.

Zan,

we've been waiting here for half of a day,

but Miss Jun hasn't showed up.

We'll keep waiting.

She will go out anyway.

Boss,

another pot of water, please.

Okay.

Childes,

please wait.

These two treatments

should be feasible for his symptoms.

Taking baths to detox.

Your Ladyship,

the dowager invited you to go to her place.

Okay, I'm on my way.

You met

Chengyu today,

didn't you?

Yes.

Don't do that again later.

Don't go to the places

he goes.

Grandma,

I'd like to

try to cure Chengyu.

No need.

You won't have a chance to make it.

Giving him hope but

depriving him of it in the end

would be way

too cruel for him.

Chengyu is not sick

but poisoned.

You knew it?

Why do you think

he's not sick

but poisoned?

I checked his pulses today.

I found he's been poisoned for many years.

It's you

who have been poisoning him?

I don't understand.

Could I ask

why you did this to him?

Chengyu was sick seriously at the age of five.

He has been taking the poison

every day since then.

This kind of poison is the only way to control his sickness.

If he hadn't taken it,

he would have died already.

The noble doctor who prescribed him

died long before.

No other doctor can figure out another way to cure him.

We had no choice but to let him take the poison

to keep him alive.

The prescription seemed

to be a good treatment,

but it would poison him

if he took it for a long time.

He wouldn't become better

if he didn't take it.

Even if he took it,

he would only be in a stable situation for the time being.

He would die immediately if he didn't take the poison.

But taking that poison could keep him alive.

That's our last option.

Nope.

Aunt,

it was not your last option.

Someone misled you on purpose.

Chengyu is seriously poisoned

due to the prescription,

which causes the situation now.

Chengyu didn't get

an untreatable disease that year.

That the one misled you

by letting Chengyu take the poison

for so many years was to ruin him.

Who is that?

How come the one is so vicious

that he wants to ruin our family?

The one behind this must hide himself so well.

If I guess right,

he must be someone in the Fang family.

What's the most urgent

is to cure Chengyu as soon as possible.

Please let me try.

Mother,

please let Zhenzhen have a try, will you?

Grandma,

could I have a look at that prescription?

I'll be free.

It's almost the end.

Zhenzhen.

Why does grandma have a seal of this pattern?

Zhenzhen?

Something is wrong.

Aunt,

Chengyu can still use this prescription

before I make him a new one.

Then the one behind won't suspect a thing.

Okay.

Grandma,

I'm

leaving first.

Wait.

Zhenzhen,

remember to keep this a secret.

Only

the three of us know the truth.

Sure.

Rest assured, Grandma.

The Fang family,

the seal,

the paper strip for sealing.

What on earth are the connections among these?

Is the Fang family also involved in the secret event of Zezhou?

Where's the one

who intended to ruin the Fang family?

Your Ladyship,

what's on your mind?

You've been anxious

since you came out of the dowager's room.

I'm wondering

how to cure Chengyu.

You do mean to cure him?

Whatever,

I have to cure Chengyu first, which is my priority.

Then I can both pay Zhenzhen back

and save the Fang family.

Besides, I can also win Grandma's trust.

And it'll be easier for me to find the connections

between the seal and the Fang family.

Your Ladyship.

Steward Gao.

Steward Gao, could I have a minute?

Your Ladyship, what can I do for you?

Deshengchang has branches in both the south and north areas. Right?

Yes.

We want to do business easily.

So we start up banks

wherever we

do business.

So is there a branch in the capital city?

Of course.

There're several branches in the capital city.

That's it.

Is there anything fun in the capital city?

Nope.

There isn't.

But it'll be lively on the Lantern Festival.

Well,

an acrobatics troupe

is touring in the capital city these days.

That's fun.

Anything else?

Anything new happened in the imperial palace?

There's nothing

new in the imperial palace.

Ministers come and go as usual.

We're businessmen.

We don't focus much on that.

And they

don't work with businessmen either.

Have you ever heard

anything about Prince Huai?

Your Ladyship.

The dowager is waiting for

Steward Gao to check the account books with her.

Your Ladyship,

please allow me to leave.

Sure.

See you later.

Your Ladyship.

What on earth did she ask you?

Young people want to know something new,

which is usual.

They can inquire about things,

but not everything.

They might not know where is the boundary,

which would be something got on by their enemies.

And they would regret for that.

Steward Gao,

just spill it out.

Don't hide anything from me.

I think

Miss Jun didn't just

want to know anything fun in the capital city.

What she wanted to know more

was the things of the imperial family.

Madam,

you know it.

The things of the imperial family can't be inquired about.

His Majesty

doesn't allow us

to talk about these things.

Besides,

she also mentioned Prince Huai.

Zan. Zan.

Zan.

Shall we try another way?

For example,

we can pay a visit to the Fang family secretly at night.

Forget it. Forget it. Forget it.

It's not a good idea.

Accessories.

Have a look at the accessories.

Zan. Zan.

See.

The two ladies of the Fang family

came back.

I guess

Miss Jun won't go out today.

If she doesn't go out today,

we'll wait here tomorrow.

I can figure something out

as long as she goes out.

Have you got any news

from the Sky Pavilion?

Have they got any news of Jun Yingwen?

Not for now.

Have a look at the accessories.

Jun Zhenzhen is the only source

of us before we get some news

from the Sky Pavilion.

15 grams.

Shaoyao.

Your Ladyship,

the dowager invited you to go to her place.

Okay.

I'll be there soon.

Please go with me now.

The dowager is waiting for you.

Shaoyao,

is there anything urgent?

Does Her Ladyship need to go there now?

Could she go there

after dealing with these medicinal materials?

Liu'er,

arrange them for me.

I'm going with you.

Do you know why I asked you here?

I'm sorry.

For what?

I shouldn't have been that interested in the customs in the capital city.

I shouldn't have enquired about the things of the imperial family.

You knew these,

but you did them anyway.

How could you do those things knowingly?

How dare you enquire about the things in the capital city?

I went to

the capital city

with my father,

so I'm curious about the city.

Then why did you inquire about the things of the imperial family?

Why did you mention Prince Huai?

To tell you the truth,

I'm an old friend of Princess Jiuling.

I missed her,

so I randomly asked Steward Gao about that.

Was it a spur of the Motherent?

Or…

Please don't get mad at me.

Even though you're an old friend of her,

don't mention her anymore.

Man's heart is incomprehensible.

From now on,

you're not allowed to

enquire about the things of the imperial family.

I got it.

I'll always remember what you said, Grandma.

You can go.

Grandma,

I want to tell you another thing.

We'll almost run out of medicinal materials.

I think

we need to purchase some.

Could I ask Yuxiu to go with me?

Then

others won't know we need medicinal materials,

as two girls going shopping is normal.

Thank you, Grandma.

Your Ladyship,

it's lively.

Where are we going?

There's a time-honoured

jewelry store in the street ahead,

Green Jade Pavilion.

The jewels there are new

and exquisite because of the skilled craftsmen.

Many ladies in Zezhou

like to go there.

Let's go there.

Okay.

Purses, accessories.

I want this.

Let's go.

Miss Fang,

welcome.

These are the newly made

hair clasps of our store.

Please take a look.

Okay.

We will.

Zhenzhen,

which one do you like?

This one looks good.

This one

is ordinary,

and the jade used is also mediocre.

Why not pick another one?

This one is fine.

It's plain and decent.

I like it.

I

want this one.

You're the close relative of the Fang family, aren't you?

You're Jun Zhenzhen, who broke off the engagement with Childe Ning. Right?

Is it a rumor?

No one actually knows

who broke off the engagement.

Shut up.

Liu'er,

it's fine.

Let's go over there.

Miss, this way, please.

Sister,

this one looks pretty.

I want this.

Okay.

What a coincidence!

I also like it.

Miss Ning, what on earth do you want?

What do I want?

I want to buy accessories.

Then you can pick first.

No way.

This store doesn't belong to my family.

And

everyone here is a guest.

Both you and I can pick accessories.

Well,

we asked you to pick first,

which you refused.

And you picked the ones

we preferred.

I mean,

now that we picked the same hair clasp,

the one

who pays a higher price can have it.

What a good idea!

It's great.

Ladies,

it's a good idea.

The hair clasp costs 5 taels.

10 taels.

20 taels.

30 taels.

40 taels.

I'll…

Sister.

Who do you think will win?

Of course you will.

Yanyan.

I can't wait

to see Jun Zhenzhen crying.

100 taels.

150 taels.

You can have it as you want.

Let's go.

Thanks for coming.

How dare she?

But the hair clasp

is only worth 5 taels.

Sister, don't be that angry.

Zhenzhen, I got it.

A nice person is always bullied.

Don't be nice

to those arrogant and rude people,

which is the right thing to do.

Ning Yunyan is so stupid.

She shot herself in the foot.

She paid thirty times the price

for a hair clasp which even wouldn't catch my eyes.

Will she wear it or not?

Well, Sister,

I mean

Grandma still can feel the pain in her chest these days.

I'll buy some medicinal materials

when we pass the herbal medicine shop.

Alright.

Your Ladyships,

here we're.

I'll be back soon.

Sister, please wait here for me.

Sure.

Miss,

what do you want?

Please wait a sec.

Liu'er.

Please prepare two servings of the medicinal materials on the prescription.

Please wait a minute.

Miss.

I mean…

I know

you might not have all the medicinal materials

on this prescription.

Just prepare the ones

you have.

Thank you for your understanding.

To tell you the truth,

the amount of the medicinal materials I have

can only be enough for one serving.

Please wait a minute.

Okay.

Anyway,

we got something today.

What the hell is she doing?

What is she doing?

Your Ladyship,

it's the last we have.

What are they doing?

Ning Yunyan,

what on earth do you want?

What are they doing?

Jun Zhenzhen,

you deserve it.

It's the price you have to pay for scheming me.

It seems 150 taels aren't enough.

I should have let you pay more.

What about 5,000 taels?

5,000 taels?

That's equal to the price of Childe Ning.

Right?

Yeah.

I…

10,000 taels.

She's going to slap her.

Look at her. Look at her.

She's going to slap her.

She's going crazy.

15,000 taels.

She's a fraud.

Let me tell you.

She's a fraud.

She cheated our Ning family out of 5,000 taels.

She cheated her family.

Now she wants to hit me.

Yeah. Yeah.

Miss Ning, let me remind you.

Your Ning family was willing to pay me

5,000 taels to get back the marriage contract.

It's a deal.

You're talking nonsense.

She's talking nonsense.

What do you mean willing?

It was you who came to threaten us.

And you raised the price over and over.

The most beautiful prostitute in the capital city, Wu Xiaoxiao,

is worth 3,000 taels.

Childe Ning is talented,

so he is definitely worth 5,000 taels, isn't he?

Zhenzhen.

She compared a noble childe with a prostitute.

How could it happen?

She's going to pick up another fight.

Let's go.

Yeah. Let's go.

Jun Zhenzhen, I…

Yanyan, let's go first.

I won't let you go so easily.

Let's deal with her later. Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Zan,

that girl

is something.

Did she really say that?

More than that.

Her Ladyship Ning was so anxious.

People around her were all laughing at her.

It sounded quite exciting.

I didn't expect

Jun Zhenzhen would be that interesting.

Then what do you think of me,

Young Master?

What are you doing here?

Santao,

go guard at the door.

Don't let anyone come in.

Yes.

Come back.

Santao,

you're my man or hers?

Stay here.

The dowager said

I should listen to Miss Jun

when she was here.

How dare you?

You're as annoying as you used to be.

So are you.

Young Master,

you're also annoying.

Then why did you come to me?

You curing me

is for carrying on the lineage of the Fang family. Am I right?

Why do you think so?

I know

my disease can't be cured.

And that's the last thing

I can do for the Fang family.

The length of a life doesn't matter.

Fireworks can't last long,

but they're splendid.

A dead wood can exist long,

but it's useless.

Mother.

I told you long before.

If you kept causing scenes,

it would affect the fame of your brother.

You could find someone to teach them a lesson, which was enough.

How could you do that in person?

And the word she said

was a huge humiliation for your brother's fame.

Mother, I…

I've spoiled you.

Mother.

Stop.

Mother.

I'm back.

Zhao'er.

Brother.

Zhao'er.

Why did you suddenly come back from the capital city?

You should have noticed me earlier.

Then I could send someone to pick you up.

My academic schedules aren't tight recently.

So I came back. And I can enjoy the festival with you

for a few days before going back.

That's great. Great. Great.

Brother.

What's wrong with you, Yanyan?

Nothing.

She's just unhappy for

the quarrel among girls.

Zhao'er,

are you hungry?

Shall I

prepare any snacks for you?

Thank you, Mother.

But I'm not hungry.

Then I'll send you a cup of water.

Brother.

Don't be that unhappy, Yanyan.

Come on.

Talk to me.

Who bullied you?

Brother.

Yanyan.

I have to tell him the truth.

Brother.

A girl, Jun Zhenzhen, suddenly went to the Fang family.

Then she came to us with a marriage contract with you.

And she intended to break off the engagement with you.

Besides, she cheated us out of 5,000 taels.

She also said

the most beautiful prostitute in the capital city, Wu Xiaoxiao,

is worth 3,000 taels.

Childe Ning is good-looking and talented,

so he is definitely worth 5,000 taels.

Mother,

what does the marriage contract mean?

Just let it go.

Yunzhao,

we don't need to

talk about it anymore.

But I mean, Miss Jun

is really impolite.

Brother,

she has crossed the line.

I have to teach her a lesson.

She can say

whatever she wants.

You don't need to care about it that much.

If you go deep into it,

the whole thing will be mentioned

over and over by people.

Brother.

Good girl.

Yanyan.

Be a good girl.

I said

not to look at me with pity.

You're weak.

Besides the prescription,

I'll make some

nutritious diets for you.

They will work together.

No need.

If you can't stay healthy,

how will you carry on the lineage of the Fang family?

How dare you?

Zan.

What did you get?

Miss Jun didn't get all the medicinal materials on her prescription.

But a prescription which needs these medicinal materials

is rare.

I don't know much about the detail.

Send the medicinal materials to the Sky Pavilion.

Let them investigate it.

Sure.

Her medicinal materials were ruined today,

so she will go to a herbal medicine shop again tomorrow.

I've checked almost

each large herbal medicine shop in Zezhou.

This one has the most kinds of medicinal materials.

You intend to do what we did last time again?

Take it carefully.

You brat,

how dare you disturb Miss Jun in broad daylight?

I…

Do you admit your fault?

Yes, I do.

That's fine. Kneel down.

Zan, I…

Enough.

Thank you.

Do you know what your fault is?

Well, it's…

I

shouldn't have disturbed her.

To be honest, you should thank me

who's handsome

and righteous

with excellent martial arts.

It was I who overwhelmed you.

You got it?

Yeah.

How many people are there in your family?

Nobody.

I mean, I'm a nobody.

I'm mean.

And I don't deserve to be a human being.

Great.

I shouldn't do what my second brother did.

Your second brother would feel sad

when he knew what you did, wouldn't he?

My second brother wouldn't do better than I.

Just kill me.

I don't want to be alive.

I want to die.

Don't be that depressed.

You can start over.

No, I can't.

Really?

Miss Jun,

please stop.

Could I have a minute?

You're so impolite.

Her Ladyship isn't familiar with you.

Why will she waste time in talking to you?

Do you want to talk to me about that again?

Yes.

If I tell you the truth,

could you promise not to disturb me anymore?

I promise.

Okay.

Steamed buns.

Celery. Fresh celery.

Princess Jiuling and I are old friends.

I will never

do anything to hurt her.

Instead, I'll

guard her with my life.

Please tell me where she's.

And I'll take care of her.

Princess Jiuling didn't suddenly die

from an old sickness.

Do you know the big fire on that day?

Yeah.

Of course.

You set fire to save her.

Did you make it?

If what you said had come true,

the princess should have been so lucky.

What do you mean?

We did mean to save the princess.

But what do you know?

We were still a bit late.

I'm sorry.

I would be a good daughter in my next life.

When we arrived

where the princess was locked up,

a fire broke out for some season.

The princess died in the fire.

No way.

No.

I don't believe it.

Jiuling is blessed.

How could she die in the fire?

Jun Zhenzhen,

I don't believe anything

you said today.

She must be alive.

There's a cliff in the north west,

25 kilometers away from

the east gate of Zezhou.

The tomb of my father is under the cliff.

My father was being chased

after we failed to save the princess.

He fell off the cliff

You're

not Chu Jiuling

in the future.

You will

be Jun Zhenzhen.

If you don't believe me,

you can go there and check it in person.

Ling Jiu,

I'm sorry.

Jiuling,

I felt good,

no matter how you hit me, scolded me or pinched me

in childhood.

When I grow up,

I feel so happy

the Motherent I'm thinking of you.

Do you think

it's love?

I've been in the north backland for eight years.

For eight years.

The latest news on you that I heard

was your marriage.

Zan.

Zan,

are you out of your mind?

Are you okay?

What's wrong with you?

What's wrong?

I mean,

I didn't know

how a burn would feel.

Now I know.

Jiuling's skin is so good, smooth as jade.

There's no scar on her.

Princess Jiuling died.

She died.

She died.

What you were doing is meaningless.

Torturing yourself is meaningless.

She didn't die.

She didn't.

Baotang,

you have to believe me.

She didn't die.

She must be

waiting for me

somewhere.

Jiuling,

no matter where you're,

I swear that

I'll find you.

♫Outline in my dream♫

♫can be carved on your face♫

♫Time interlaces in the eye waves♫

♫For unspeakable cause and effect♫

♫Let me weigh every word♫

♫Life is full of twists and turns♫

♫So hard to be free and easy♫

♫Tomorrow always comes♫

♫I'd like to entrust myself to you♫

♫to enjoy stars and the land together♫

♫In long silence♫

♫We are far separated by a sea of faces♫

♫What else can I do except for a sigh?♫

♫The rest of my life is bumpy♫

♫You are like vast nature, while I'm a gust of wind♫

♫I'm be eventually be passed by♫

♫The wind is in hot pursuit♫

♫to stay with nature♫

♫If memories can tell♫

♫It will make me shed tears♫

♫Rare to meet you again, tears well up in my eyes♫

♫Tomorrow always comes♫

♫I'd like to entrust myself to you♫

♫to enjoy stars and the land together♫

♫In long silence♫

♫We are far separated by a sea of faces♫

♫What else can I do except for a sigh?♫

♫The rest of my life is bumpy♫

♫You are like vast nature, while I'm a gust of wind♫

♫I'm be eventually be passed by♫

♫The wind is in hot pursuit♫

♫to stay with nature♫

♫If memories can tell♫

♫Every of its words will make me shed tears♫

♫Rare to meet you again, tears well up in my eyes♫

♫You are like vast nature, while I'm a gust of wind♫

♫It's me♫

♫You shuttle through the bottom of my heart♫

♫Has nature ever asked for any clues about the wind?♫

♫Any clues?♫

♫If my longing for you can be written down♫

♫Every word would be as strong as pouring rain falling down♫

♫You take me as a stranger when we finally meet again♫

♫Tears well up in my eyes♫