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 27

Deshengchang

Ning Mansion

Jiuling.

Chengyu?

You're finally back.

Yes, I'm back.

Long time no see.

You get thin.

Long time no see.

You are

more and more handsome.

It's far from home.

Aren't others worried about you?

No, they're not worried.

No matter how far you are,

I'll come to meet you.

You had

a long journey,

so you must be tired.

-Your Ladyship. -Your Ladyship.

Young Master.

Why do you come together?

Your Ladyship,

Young Master Fang went to meet you,

but he didn't expect that

you would go alone.

Yeah.

Young Master Fang even brought you

sweet plums,

but I ate them up.

Young Master Fang

looked very happy

when he met us,

but after he only saw Chen Qi and me,

his expression

changed in an instant,

and he became

cool and poker-faced.

Liu'er,

why not go out first?

I want to have a long chat with Jiuling.

OK. OK. OK.

Your Ladyship,

we're going to put the stuff away.

OK.

-Let's go. -Let's go.

Why are you looking at me?

I have a lot of questions for you.

Go ahead.

When staying in the capital city,

you did so many good deeds.

Did you have a hard time?

Nothing is easy to do.

Moreover,

we shouldn't be afraid of hardships outside.

You're right.

But you did them very well.

You're awesome.

By the way,

I did something

without your consent.

Please don't blame me.

What did you do?

Well,

in my opinion,

our families

and I were happy

about your return.

So do

the people of Zezhou.

So

I dispatched someone

to tell them that

you're back.

You're

naughty.

Grandma.

Aunt.

Yuxiu.

You're finally back.

Long time no see.

You look

more and more beautiful.

As a natural beauty,

you look more and more impressive.

Yuxiu,

don't make fun of me.

Grandma is healthier and healthier.

As an old woman,

I can't be compared with you.

Only a year has passed,

but I change a lot.

I'm older.

Grandma,

aunt,

I bring you

some good medicinal materials to nourish your bodies

from the capital city.

Liu'er.

Jinxiu

also prepared you

some good things in the capital city.

How is Jinxiu

in the capital city?

Senior Madame,

Lady Jinxiu lives

at ease and happily

in the capital city.

And she manages

the Jiuling Drugstore well

by virtue of her ability.

Really?

She is still

as confident as a lady.

I invited her to come back with me before leaving,

but she refused.

Why does she suddenly come back?

Yunzhao.

Father.

You're wronged.

Have a seat.

Your mother is

always good-tempered,

but this time

she was strange.

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have acted rashly.

Her irritation is understandable.

However,

I think it's a good thing that

you like her.

Do you also think that she's a good girl?

Such a magic skill as vaccination

will go down in history.

Have a think.

If you marry her,

how great glory it'll be!

It turns out that you mean this.

But

it's the Jiuling Drugstore

that should go down in history.

Even so,

the Jiuling Drugstore also belongs to Ningjun Jiuling.

Father,

our engagement was canceled.

Our marriage

was still false.

Your marriage was false,

but your love

is true.

I told her

my love once,

but she

refused me.

You've given up?

Zan,

the Pasturage Department

is managed by the follower of Huang Cheng.

You must suffer a lot here.

Here is much better than the North.

Did anything happen in the bookstore?

Did Huang Cheng meet the mysterious man again?

Huang Cheng didn't go to the bookstore again.

But

we found out the bookstore's owner.

Its owner is a scholar named Zhang Siming.

We suspect,

we suspect that

he is likely

to be the spy dispatched by Beiqi in the capital city.

We went there twice in two days,

but we just saw

the workers of the bookstore,

and the owner

never showed up.

It's abominable to open the door

to a dangerous enemy.

You write to my father

to let him beware of it.

Sanbing,

keep an eye on the bookstore.

In case of any abnormity,

come to tell me immediately.

OK.

Zan,

Miss Jun reached Zezhou safely.

You can be relieved.

You can't let her

be controlled by Lu Yunqi.

There are many people here.

You go first.

Be careful.

Young Master.

Butler Gao,

I finished checking today's accounts.

Do you have any other account books?

They haven't been sent here yet.

Young Master,

you've been checking all morning.

How about

going back to have a rest?

After the noon,

I can send the account books to the mansion.

OK.

I'll go back

after Santao comes back.

Santao usually

follows you.

Where did he go?

I asked him to buy something for me.

Young Master!

Young Master,

I bought them back.

-They're freshly steamed. -Give me.

Be careful not to be scalded.

They won't be delicious when getting cold.

You said you didn't plan to leave the capital city.

Why did you come back so suddenly?

Because of Lu Yunqi?

Yes.

But not for him only.

If you don't want to tell me,

you can keep silent.

-Jiuling. -I…

Jiuling,

I'm back.

I brought you something.

Young Master.

You're entertaining the guest?

Do I bother you?

Young Master Fang,

I'm Ning Yunzhao.

You're Childe Ning.

I've long heard of

but never seen you.

Thank you for helping Jiuling

in the capital city.

You're welcome.

Miss Jun

thanked me.

Even if Jiuling

thanked you,

I also need to thank you.

Well,

I told you that

the steamed buns of a newly-opened shop

are very delicious.

Come on.

Have a taste when they're hot.

Otherwise they'll be cold.

Childe Ning, would you like to try one?

Come on.

You eat one,

and I can share one with Jiuling.

Here you are,

Jiuling.

OK.

Childe Ning, how about going back after having lunch?

Will your matter be delayed?

No need.

I specially came to ask about something,

and then I'll go back.

Ask about something?

What's it?

He wondered

why I suddenly came back.

Yes.

Childe Ning, don't worry.

Even if our engagement can't stop Lu Yunqi,

we aren't afraid of him.

Yes,

we aren't afraid of him.

And

we still need to go back to the capital city.

Shall we go back to

the capital city together some days later?

You want to do me justice?

Now that he doesn't give up,

we don't need to wrong ourselves.

Childe Ning,

can you return to the capital city some days later?

Your mother is still ill.

If you leave in a hurry,

will you

be accused of impiety

by the censor?

I don't know it.

I'm just talking nonsense.

Chengyu's words make sense.

After all,

your time for coming to see parents is still long.

If you return to the capital city,

I'm afraid others will take it as a handle against you.

And now

we're on a boat.

We've become the enemies of many people.

I'm sorry to implicate you.

Miss Jun…

If you want to return to the capital city early,

you should

relieve your mother's worries first.

I think,

I think we should cancel our engagement

as soon as possible,

which will be good for you.

It will

be worse.

My mother is ill.

If we cancel our engagement now,

I'm afraid others will think that I'm unfilial,

and,

and our family

is perfidious.

After all,

our family still

gets your favor.

I'm sorry to keep troubling you.

You helped me first,

so I should thank you.

Then I'm leaving.

Jiuling.

Chengyu.

I saw through you

just now.

I just dislike him

for your previous suffering in the Ning's mansion.

Forget it.

Moreover,

in terms of the engagement,

Childe Ning helped me.

You shouldn't have done it.

I see.

I won't do so again.

Go on enjoying it.

OK.

Come on.

Here you are.

Eat more.

Your Lordship,

you mean

Young Master Fang dislikes you?

It's

obvious.

He has no reason to like me.

Because of the canceled engagement?

It happened a long time ago.

He still bears a grudge for it?

No.

So why?

Because

Young Master Fang also likes her.

It's not as simple as you think.

Miss Jun

and the Fang family don't agree,

and

my mom once

annoyed Senior Madame Fang.

You're right.

How about this?

You invite Miss Jun and her families

to have a talk.

I'll go with you by then.

Father,

we can't do so.

Why not?

You're engaged to Miss Jun,

so it's reasonable for us to get together for a meal and talk.

I'll write to inform them.

It's scheduled for

tomorrow noon and Shunde Teahouse.

Father.

I've decided it.

Jiuling.

Jiuling,

here is a letter to you.

A letter to me?

It's a letter from Jinxiu.

Zhu Zan went out of the imperial prison

and is pondering upon his fault in the Pasturage Department.

Lu Yunqi didn't break his promise.

What's up?

Did anything happen in the capital city?

Not the capital city.

In the southwestern Hebei,

a dozen kids died from vaccination.

And

Beiqi has sent additional troops to the border.

How many invaders are there?

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

They're Beiqi's cavalries.

Then it's not an intrusion from skirmishers

but troops' expedition instead.

The North

remains stable for less than 10 years.

I hope Lord Cheng can overcome it.

Chengyu,

I'm going to the southwestern Hebei.

Go to the…

Are you mad?

Jiuling,

Beiqi is not far from there.

It's very dangerous.

Now Lord Cheng leads the troops to resist the foreigners' invasion.

His attention can't be diverted

by the vaccination now.

Was there anything wrong

with the vaccinators?

I don't know.

So I must go to find it out.

OK.

I'll make preparations for you.

The North is not safe now.

I'll arrange more manpower for you.

OK.

Your Ladyship.

Young Master.

Senior Madame asked you to see her.

The letter from the Ning's mansion says that

they want to discuss the marriage in Shunde Teahouse tomorrow.

Discuss the marriage?

Yuxiu.

Are you tired?

I've brought you

your favorite pastries.

I'm not tired.

Don't worry.

How do you still stay here?

Do you know where she is?

I know it.

Shunde Teahouse.

Every day,

you always follow her.

Today,

grandma and mother both went there,

but you didn't.

They just wrote to

invite grandma,

mother and Jiuling.

I don't

have the cheek to go there.

Would you like to go?

Yes.

Of course I'd like to go.

Actually,

I really want to go.

In fact, as long as you said you wanted to go,

Jiuling would agree.

However,

if you go on pretending to be a good cousin,

you'll be always just a cousin.

But if not,

I'm afraid

I can't even get close to her.

The guests are coming.

Senior Madame,

it's really my honor that

you can come as agreed.

It's a surprise

to receive your invitation.

It's really hard

to see you.

It's pity that

I didn't see you last year.

I'm sorry

for my wife's impoliteness

and inhospitality.

Today she has a typhoid fever,

so she can't come out.

Please forgive her

for her inhospitality.

Childe Ning is the favorite son of your wife.

So I can understand her.

Isn't Childe Ning here?

As his father,

I should ask

about something clearly

for him

before he comes.

Do you agree with me?

I also think so.

Then,

don't stand on ceremony.

Let's go in

to have a seat and talk.

Please.

Today your father sees my grandma

for our engagement?

Yes.

It's good.

They have their own ideas.

If they can take this opportunity to clear up the misunderstanding,

it'll be good.

It is

our engagement.

We should

deal with it personally.

In fact, today I ask you out

for something else.

What is it?

Say goodbye to you.

Say goodbye?

Senior Madame, please.

Madame, please.

Then,

I'll

come to the point.

Before Yunzhao returns to the capital city,

let's confirm

their marriage as soon as possible.

What do you think about it?

The time is not yet ripe.

What if others think

it's true?

Whether it's true

depends on us.

You're here to say goodbye to me,

so you must not

go to the capital city.

I'm going to the North.

Do you know Beiqi has sent additional troops?

I don't know.

Why have they suddenly sent troops?

A battle is inevitable.

And

there is something wrong with the vaccines of the southwestern Hebei.

It seems that this world

will be chaotic again.

So tomorrow I'll go north

to find out the matter about vaccines.

I must prevent

the smallpox outbreak in the rear.

Only when the people are not attacked by the smallpox

can the morale of the troops be stable

and the country be in peace.

Your journey will be full of setbacks,

but you still dare to move forward.

Let me toast your concern for the country

and the people and wish you a good journey

with this cup of tea.

Jiuling now is promoted to County Princess Shanyang

by His Majesty.

I'm her grandma,

but it's still inappropriate for me

to make a decision.

Our family is a scholarly family,

and Yunzhao

becomes the No. 1 Scholar in the imperial exam.

They're really

perfectly matched.

Yunzhao stands out as the No. 1 Scholar in the imperial exam,

but mutual love

is also required in a marriage.

Miss Jun and Yunzhao

had many contacts in the capital city.

So

they must like each other.

As far as I am concerned,

Childe Ning indeed

likes Jiuling,

but Jiuling

doesn't like him.

She said

their engagement had been canceled,

so she has put it down completely.

Well,

Yunzhao didn't know that their engagement

had been canceled,

but today

Yunzhao

has told me his thought.

Senior Madame, I'm telling the truth.

To be honest,

the engagement…

Let's not

talk about the engagement today.

Master,

today is an important day.

How can I be absent?

Senior Madame,

long time no see.

You look much better than

you were in our mansion.

But you look

much paler

than you were last time.

Does anything bother you?

Many matters bother me.

I heard that someone renamed herself to seduce Yunzhao

after he became the No. 1 Scholar in the imperial exam.

I'm afraid Mrs. Ning is not only bothered

by this.

Your family spends a lot of money

in booking Shunde Teahouse.

Do you know it?

Honey.

Of course.

So

I come to speak for Yunzhao.

Senior Madame,

won't you drive me away?

Of course I welcome you.

You come to speak for Childe Ning

or laugh at us?

As a saying goes,

every dog has his day.

I'm afraid

you'll ask for an insult today.

You're straightforward.

But don't draw

a conclusion early.

I didn't want to

say something,

but today

I must tell you.

When Jiuling was a nobody,

your family kept away from her.

Now Jiuling is famous all over the world,

but Childe Ning always

comes to see her.

Only saints can stick to

their conscience.

What are you

going to do in the future?

When my mother recovers,

I'll return to the capital city.

Now you're the No. 1 Scholar in the imperial exam,

and your uncle is the Ceremonial Master,

so you must be very promising after returning to the capital city.

I'm afraid it's not so simple.

I thought

it's joyful

to be an official,

but now it seems

very hard to protect myself

in the court.

You haven't become an official,

but why do you sigh for it?

After studying hard for a decade,

I will have to concentrate on making profits.

It's really disappointing.

In my opinion,

officials should serve the people

from the heart.

Only after keeping a foothold

can you make contributions,

and there is no need to care too much about the process.

Sometimes the indirect approach

is the best policy.

Jiuling,

if you were a man,

you would be a trustworthy minister

whose name will go down in history.

But

you have become famous,

and you'll be praised by later generations

by virtue of the vaccination.

I'm flattered.

Miss Jun is otherworldly.

So

Commander Lu came into conflict with His Lordship Zhu

for her in the street.

Men usually don't come into conflict

for a common woman in the street.

So shameless.

Shut up!

-Master Ning, don't be angry. -Senior Madame.

Your wife is energetic,

so she must recover.

You should be happy.

Thank you for your invitation,

but our two families won't be united by marriage.

Jiuling is my granddaughter,

and I love her very much.

I can't tolerate that she will be wronged.

If she marries a good husband

but has

a domineering mother-in-law,

how can I explain

to her dead parents?

No need to explain it.

Even if Miss Jun

personally comes to ask for the marriage,

I won't agree to it.

Yunzhao is not sophisticated,

so he can't see through many matters.

As her mother,

I should see through them for him.

Has Mrs. Ning done it?

Back then,

Jiuling asked for 5,000 taels of silver to cancel the engagement.

It shows that

we abandoned your family,

but I couldn't refuse Master Ning's kindness,

so I'm here.

Now that Mrs. Ning has such an attitude,

we don't acknowledge the engagement,

and Jiuling won't absolutely marry beneath her.

Marry beneath her?

Our family has produced officials for several generations.

If Yunzhao is really engaged to a woman from the merchant family,

it'll be a big joke.

For several generations?

Mrs. Ning knows it

better than I do.

You…

It seems that Mrs. Ning doesn't have a typhoid fever

but is hot-tempered instead.

This is excellent green tea,

and your husband has paid for it.

Mrs. Ning, don't waste it.

See you.

Senior Madame.

Senior Madame.

Childe Ning,

what do you want to say?

I want to ask you

a same question.

We always meet some people

and then part from them

when we move forward

in life.

I'm always alone

in my life.

I thought

I would

die alone.

But, unexpectedly,

I met you

on the night of the Lantern Festival.

Unconsciously,

I found that I really like you

and it's harder for me to control myself.

Jiuling.

Childe Ning,

please don't say so.

In the world,

I have few confidants

but you're one.

I know

you've helped me a lot,

and I also know your love.

But

I can only

refuse you.

I'm sorry.

Should I say some harsher words?

I should

refuse you cruelly

to make you give up,

which is really good for you.

No need.

I'm not

a stubborn man

and won't give myself up as hopeless.

Moreover,

the love for someone

is a gift from God

but not pain.

Miss Jun, you can be relieved.

Childe Ning,

I'm sorry.

Love

is unexplainable.

But I'm

much luckier.

Jiuling,

I wish I can have a chance

to do some things with you.

It's better than let you move forward alone.

It's enough

to have such a confidant as you

in my life.

Remember to take good care of yourself.

Take care.

We will

meet again,

but you can't forget me.

Send additional troops here?

It means that Beiqi is preparing for a battle.

Come on.

Lord Cheng

will defeat them.

If the late emperor were still alive,

he would absolutely resist and never yield an inch of territory.

But His Majesty is different.

He is mortally afraid of death

and cherishes his life very much.

If Huang Cheng advises him,

I'm afraid they will make peace.

I'm going to see His Majesty.

If I can't persuade him,

I'll go back to the North.

Your marriage

is also related to our family's future.

But now

a good marriage has been

completely destroyed by your mother.

We two families are in an embarrassing situation.

So it's impossible for you

to marry Miss Jun.

It's not only my mother's fault.

If Miss Jun doesn't like me,

I won't be able

to marry her, either.

Even if you can't marry her,

you can also become old friends

and help each other

in the capital city in the future.

Father, forget it.

I've felt relieved.

Even if you've

studied hard for a dozen years,

you're not a pedantic scholar.

Then I can be relieved when seeing you

take your ups and downs

in the future officialdom lightly.

Here you are, Jiuling.

Take my tent with you.

You can use it outdoors.

OK.

Why not go with a chef?

After all, enjoying yourself

won't delay your journey.

I go to solve the problem

but not to have a trip.

How about going with me?

Then I can

talk with you all the way.

I can also talk with Her Ladyship.

I'm better at pleasing Jiuling than you are.

Moreover,

you're not as good-looking as me.

When it comes to the appearance,

Childe Ning and His Lordship Zhu

are both good-looking,

and even His Excellency Lu

who always found fault with our lady

is also good-looking.

Stop.

Don't talk nonsense.

Clean up the desk for me.

Jiuling,

what did you say to Childe Ning?

Little cousin, you don't need to ask about it.

Why do you still treat me as a child?

In my eyes,

you're always a child.

Why do your words sound strange today?

After you leave,

I don't know when I'll see you again.

Jiuling,

after reaching the North,

if you have any difficulties,

just go to the local Deshengchang.

If you need anything,

you can write to me,

and I'll arrange everything

for you.

OK.

Vegetables.

Fresh vegetables.

Mr. Lei.

Miss Jun,

you lied to me.

But I'm

grateful to you.

Forget it.

That's what we should do.

Chengyu said that

he had dispatched a reliable man.

It's actually you.

Thank Mr. Fang for thinking highly of me.

We won't make trouble for you.

Time flew in the past year.

How is your escort agency now?

Not bad.

Do you find that

our current escort formation

is the one

taught by Mr. Ling back then?

He didn't stay with us for long,

but he taught us a useful way.

This year

we even survived from a great crisis

in this way.

That's good.

His way

was learnt from the dangerous battlefield.

Of course it's useful.

He should know that

the North is not stable.

He must be anxious to return.

She has left.

Let's go back.

I really envy Liu'er.

Everyone envies her.

She enjoys herself

and can laugh or scold at will.

She can bully others,

but nobody can bully her.

Even if she does something wrong,

Jiuling will also make it up for her.

Did you tell her that

you like her last night?

No.

I guess it.

You're afraid of knowing the answer?

I'm contented enough that

I can write to

and talk to her

and act as her cousin all my life.

However,

if I ask her,

maybe I won't

be so lucky anymore.

Master!

Master!

It's true.

There is really something wrong with the vaccines?

The news is concealed,

but I heard that

a dozen kids are dead,

and the families of those kids

are going to the capital city to accuse Miss Jun of it.

How can such an event

be concealed

and not reported to the Imperial Academy of Medicine?

Yeah.

Dr. Feng

needs to draw a conclusion

after investigations.

Of course he conceals it.

He has benefited

from the vaccination.

But the families of the dead kids

are really poor.

As doctors who cure diseases and save patients,

we should speak for these poor people.

Imperial Doctor Jiang,

what are you going to?

It's our duty

to share the cares and burdens of His Majesty

and benefit the people.

Even if she is popular,

we can't let

such killings occur.

I see.

Your Excellency,

please speak for us in the court tomorrow.

See you.

Imperial Doctor Jiang.

I want you to do me a favor.

Confess or not?

Imperial Doctor Jiang,

thank you.

Please.

His Excellency ordered you

to teach him a good lesson.

-OK. -Why do you lock the door? Open the door!

Master!

Lu Yunqi!

What do you want to do?

How dare you put me into the prison

without permission!

Aren't you afraid of being punished by His Majesty?

Imperial Doctor Jiang,

don't waste your energy.

♫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♫