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♪First sight with suspicion♪

♪A test for two young hearts♪

♪The road is rocky♪

♪The world becomes silent when you are by my side♪

♪Have two pots of tea together♪

♪The game of go is hard to settle♪

♪Play the zither and hear the song♪

♪Who is as beautiful as a painting♪

♪Why look at the flowers outside the window alone♪

♪Have a peaceful life and another summer passed away♪

♪Hope we can stay together forever♪

♪Appreciate the elegance together♪

♪It was misty and rainy that day♪

♪Hold the jade cup to you♪

♪Let’s have a drink and play the game of go♪

♪But the wind blows outside the window♪

♪It disturbs my dream♪

♪It’s just a flash in the pan♪

♪The flowers smother the window♪

♪The leaves fly into the sky with the cloud♪

♪We will meet in the end in the cloister♪

♪We hold hands with tears in eyes♪

♪You whisper to me under the moonlight♪

♪We never have to part again♪

=Rebirth For You=

=Episode 1=

When I was a child, the late emperor allowed me to climb on his desk

and use the jade seal to stamp on anything.

He never got mad at me.

As a princess,

my identity is a blessing.

But I know

such a background

will also be the source of all disasters.

Once I step into the Palace,

no matter how noble my status is,

I’ll still live

an endless and repeated life.

Now the Grand Empress Dowager rules in place of the Emperor behind a screen.

The Emperor has no real power.

He wants to make me his empress.

What he wants

is nothing but The Archduke’s Mansion behind me

that holds the military power.

He wants to use me more than he likes me.

I don’t want to be

a puppet in the harem.

No matter how high the palace wall is,

it can’t keep me, Jiang Baoning, inside.

(Mu’an)

Hold it well, Qingke.

Hurry.

Got it, Your Grace.

Your Grace, watch your hands.

Don’t worry. I’m good at

doing this kind of stuff.

Your Grace.

His Majesty really cares about you.

He knows you like it

and he just sent over the mechanism blueprints.

All right, enough with the gibberish.

Just hold it.

Oh.

(Commandery Princess Jia’nan, Jiang Baoning)

(Handmaid, Qingke)

Your Grace, what are you making this time?

Take a guess.

Anyway, I’ll bring it to

the Machinist Contest outside the palace this year.

Outside the palace?

Your Grace.

I’m afraid we can’t even go through the Gate of Divine Might.

Since we were caught sneaking out of the palace last year,

the palace is more heavily guarded now.

Your Grace.

What are you doing?

Last year, I accidentally broke

the door with mechanism for the contest,

and they kicked me out before the game began.

Otherwise, I would have been the winner.

Your Grace.

You are noble.

Let’s not compete

with those common people.

But we came back safe and sound last year.

His Majesty strengthened the guard

because you sneaked out of the palace last year.

Just because His Majesty did that,

- I don’t want to marry him. - Your Grace.

Let it go!

Let it go!

Your Grace, what is it?

It’s my secret weapon.

I’ll be the winner of this year’s contest.

Cousin Lyu’s pass does work.

Wait. Wait.

(Tongfu Inn)

One good room.

Please come in.

I finally sneaked out of the palace.

If I marry His Majesty one day,

it will be harder for me to enter the contest.

Forget it. Don’t think about it.

I need to get a pass for the contest tomorrow.

Take a look.

Flowers.

Flowers.

Baked roll.

Cheap flowers.

The Book of Supreme Weapons was famous for a while.

Flowers.

It disappeared many years ago. Now it shows up again

and becomes a reward

for the Machinist Contest’s winner.

Young Master.

Does the drawing really have a clue about Madam?

(Wei Shu, Li Qian)

(Wei Shu, Li Qian) Who knows?

We won’t know how it relates to my mother

until we get it.

(Artifice)

Isn’t that a pass for the Machinist Contest?

Inside, please!

It’s worth a lot.

Stop!

Get up first.

Are you all right?

What is he doing?

There is only one place

to sell the pass.

Follow me.

Okay.

The list of contestants for tomorrow has been decided.

Gather here.

(Mechanism Pavilion) You can make a bet now.

Same winner for two years in a row.

Will there be a new winner?

Don’t miss it.

Come to make a bet.

Come on, hurry.

Come on.

Let’s take a look.

Okay.

You are eloquent.

Seems that you’ve been here for years.

To be honest,

I’ve been doing this

since the first contest.

Come on, bro. Come on.

- Do you know - Hurry.

where to get the wooden pass for the contest?

You can try your luck at Qingliu Alley.

Um.

You guys back there.

Hurry up and register.

- Come on. - I’ll make a bet.

Hey.

Bro, do you want it?

- No. - No.

No.

You don’t know the good stuff.

I met the pass right after I went out.

Seems that I’ll be the winner.

Hey.

Is this

the pass for the Machinist Contest?

You are an expert.

You recognize it at a glance.

How much? Give me a price.

A fair trade.

Twenty taels of silver.

Come on, the Mechanism Pavilion only sells it at five taels of silver.

You sell it at twenty taels?

Why don’t you go to the Mechanism Pavilion then?

I won’t sell it

for any less money.

Miss.

Have a look.

Twenty taels.

Bro.

Didn’t we just meet?

No. No.

First come, first served. I bought it first.

Miss, sorry.

He stole the wooden pass from me.

No. You got the wrong person.

Do you have any evidence to prove that he stole your pass?

I don’t have any evidence now.

Then this is a trade between us.

I’m really sorry.

I’ll take him to the place

where justice will be done.

You are robbing him.

You...

Young Master, take care.

Miss.

Please don’t do this

in public.

Please, I really need to enter the contest.

Don’t fight over it with a girl.

I’m sorry.

The wooden pass is mine.

Let’s go.

It’s him!

Get him!

Stop!

Don’t go!

It’s not my business.

Move.

You...

He seems to be there.

Come on.

Good stuff.

Move! Move!

Don’t move!

You can’t run.

Who is that?

Take a look.

On sale.

Ouch.

Get him!

I didn’t do it.

Take him away!

- Take him away! - Come on!

Let’s go.

You came just right.

With your footwork, who can catch up with you?

(Mechanism Pavilion)

Master, see.

This is the wooden pass for the contest.

Miss, you only have half of the wooden pass.

(Mechanism Pavilion, Master) According to the rules, you can’t enter.

Come again next year.

Master.

This young man helped us catch the scalper.

Oh.

May I have your name?

I’m Zhang Qian.

Since you helped us,

I allow you to choose

one novel thing at our pavilion

as a thank-you gift.

Master.

I came to the capital this time

to join the Machinist Contest,

but I lost my wooden pass on the way here.

I wonder if you could give me a chance

to enter the contest?

I see.

I can’t give you a chance that easily.

Well, I’ll make up a question.

If you solve it,

I’ll break the rules to let you compete.

No problem.

Master.

I still have half a pass.

He has nothing.

I think your rules are unfair.

Unfair?

Well, if you and this young man

both can solve my question,

I’ll let you two compete.

Go ahead.

(Mechanism Pavilion) If you two

can throw down an egg

from the roof without breaking it,

you win.

Will you keep your words?

No matter what method I use,

if I don’t break the egg,

you will let me enter the Machinist Contest.

I’m a person of my word.

Look.

Look.

- I didn’t expect this. - It isn’t broken.

- What a surprise. - That’s new.

She is good.

It didn’t break after falling from such a high place.

This design is amazing.

Yeah.

Hey.

It’s your turn.

Wait.

You are fooling the Master.

Master.

According to your request,

the egg was thrown from the roof and it didn’t break.

Indeed.

You can join the Machinist Contest tomorrow.

Ah?

Thank you, Master.

Waiter.

Yes.

Bring me a mandarin fish,

a roast duck and a dish of greens.

Okay.

Hold on.

I didn’t bring money.

Serve the dishes first,

I’ll go back to get the money.

We can’t do this.

What if you won’t come back?

How come?

Young Master, look at that.

How would I not come back?

- I’ll pay for - I’ll give you the money.

this girl’s meal.

Okay.

Why did you do this?

(Son of Marquis Jinghai, Zhao Xiao) I happened to see

you fight over the pass during the day.

You’re also here for the Machinist Contest?

If you don’t mind,

can we eat together?

Since you paid for the meal,

let’s eat together.

Thanks, Miss.

Sir, here are your dishes.

I’m the son of Marquis Jinghai, Zhao Xiao.

I want to be friends with you.

I wonder if you could

tell me your name.

You are the son of Marquis Jinghai?

My name is

Jiang Xian.

Jiang Xian.

Since he is the son of Marquis Jinghai,

maybe I met him when his family

entered the palace to pay respects when he was a child.

Isn’t that the maid of the Emperor?

Why is she here?

And she is pregnant. Could it be...?

Thank you for the meal. See you next time.

Miss Jiang!

(Wanlong Restaurant)

Miss.

It’s Cousin Lyu!

He found out I stole his pass so soon.

I can’t let him take me back now.

I’ll look into this after I get back to the palace.

(Mechanism Pavilion)

This is good.

Hey, Miss Jiang.

You are also here for the Machinist Contest.

Of course.

My clever kite

is prepared for the contest.

I see.

What is this?

How about mine?

You are here, too.

You got into the game with that little trick.

I’m afraid you can’t even pass the first round.

Wait and see.

Master has arrived.

Welcome to the Mechanism Pavilion

- for our annual Machinist Contest. - Will I win this time?

There are twenty talents in total

who got the wooden passes for the contest.

The winner will have

the prestigious Book of Supreme Weapons.

Master.

Can you show us

the Book of Supreme Weapons now?

Yeah.

Mr. Zhang, no hurry.

The price can only be opened

by the winner in person.

Please show your best work.

The elders of the Mechanism Pavilion and I

will grade your works on the spot

based on the idea, the craftsmanship and the degree of completion.

The top four with the highest points

will advance to the next round.

Everyone, it’s your time now.

Okay. Okay.

- Come on. - Let’s go.

- Let’s go. - Come on.

Master, look.

I invented this.

Wow.

I haven’t been in such a lively place for a long time.

Um.

Miss Jiang.

When it flows down...

Hey.

Look at my boat.

Strange shape and exquisite craftsmanship.

I’m better than you.

Wait...

You...

Isn’t it interesting?

It’s awesome.

This is interesting.

This fish is so real.

It can even make a turn.

Yeah.

A live fish sways its tail

to change the direction of the current

and thus the direction it moves.

He added a switch on the wooden fish’s tail

which can control the tail to sway,

then it can make turns.

I got it.

Hey, Miss Jiang.

Is your work broken?

No.

I just saw room for improvement.

It’s such a big kite.

It can not only fly but also change its direction.

Master.

- This is a clever kite. - The kite will win. Let’s go.

I just made an improvement.

I added a switch on it and it can make turns now.

- I can control its direction. - I also think she will win.

I’ve consulted a lot of people.

It’s really good.

I mean it, my work.

Um.

I’ll win this time.

I declare

the top four contestants

in the first round today

are the inventors of bionic wooden fish

and clever kite.

It’s me.

Clairvoyance,

and unicycle.

The four of you need to be here tomorrow morning

for the next round.

Um.

He plays cool.

(Mechanism Pavilion)

- Young Master. - Take care.

How is it?

Did the item you brought help you pass the round?

It’s a toy my mother

made for me when I was a child.

I don’t really know how it works.

But I made one exactly like it

and it passed the first round easily.

Seems that what my mother made

is quite ingenious.

Come and have a look.

Did you see the Book of Supreme Weapons?

- Take care. - Have a look.

The Master of the Mechanism Pavilion

promised that the book is the prize.

Since she has the Book of Supreme Weapons,

it means she may know something

Take a look.

- about what happened back then. - Take a look.

It’s him.

- Wei Shu, you go back first. - Take a look.

I need to find it out.

Um.

The contest is over.

Why would he go back to the Mechanism Pavilion?

Take a look.

Could he go back to steal the exam questions?

Hey.

Here.

I got you.

The people selected in this first round

look good.

But the test tomorrow won’t be that easy.

Why are you suddenly...?

It depends on their luck.

Um.

Take it away!

Hey.

Do you sneak into the backyard of the Mechanism Pavilion

to steal the content of the game?

You really did everything to win.

I’m going

to turn you in.

Go ahead.

I’m in the backyard.

Aren’t you also here?

If you turn me in,

I’m afraid you will also be disqualified.

- You... - I don’t need

to steal anything.

It’s not difficult to win the game.

Then tell me

what you are doing here.

I just heard

the Master of the Mechanism Pavilion is awesome.

She has all kinds of gadgets she made in her room.

I’m intrigued,

so I came to have a look.

What’s in her room?

Well,

are you also interested?

Why should I be interested?

I just want to keep an eye on you

to make sure you can’t cheat.

This way.

I don’t need you to tell me.

(Integrity and Meritorious Deeds are Praised)

Wow.

She is indeed the Master of the Mechanism Pavilion.

There are a lot of treasures.

Isn’t this the rice paper of the Qinzheng Hall?

The Qinzheng Hall.

You mean for the Emperor?

My family’s paper shop

supplies this kind of rice paper only to the palace.

Is your family a royal merchant?

None of your business.

Why is His Majesty’s rice paper here?

The second round of the Machinist Contest

is about cracking the mechanism.

You four will enter a secret chamber.

There are various traps I set up.

If you can crack the mechanism

and escape within four hours,

you can advance to the next round.

If you can’t,

you will be eliminated.

It’s you?

Wait, why are you here?

Just to be clear,

let’s go out on our own.

As you wish.

Hey.

I found the mechanism.

I’m gonna leave first.

Be careful!

Don’t waste your energy.

The rope net for hunting is strong.

Nothing good happens every time I meet you.

That’s what I should say.

You said you would leave first.

That’s it?

I’ve looked around for a while before you came.

There is a chessboard over there.

It’s the Exquisite Endgame.

The Exquisite Endgame?

Yes.

I need to take a black piece behind you.

Let’s swing over there.

Almost there. Again.

You are not fooling me, are you?

Who is fooling you?

Do it again.

Hurry.

Swing over there.

Where?

The third place in horizontal and sixth in vertical.

We are even.

Let’s go.

There is no light here.

I can’t see the mechanism.

Wow.

Hey.

You are also here.

The first level is not difficult.

But this level is not easy.

I’ve been observing for a while and I still don’t have any clue.

I’ll hold it. Go to get them here.

Okay.

Go ahead.

We found it.

I’ll check it first for you.

You just stay here.

The game is over now.

What’s going on?

Why is it a closed empty room?

Let me out!

Seems that there are many fake traps here.

We have to be more careful.

Let me out!

Let me out!

You deserve it.

Isn’t this...?

Hurry. Here is a depression.

It’s the same as the embossed pattern on the ground before.

It should be the key to go out.

Take that ball!

Be careful!

Miss Jiang!

Come on!

Don’t move. I’ll get it.

No. You don’t move!

Let’s walk together.

Let’s walk together.

Master Zhao, take it.

Not good!

Let’s go!

Okay!

Let’s go.

Um.

Here.

Come on.

Master.

Congratulations to you three for advancing to the next round.

Don’t forget to release the one

who didn’t pass.

Yes.

Hey.

The three of us are kind of allies today.

Let’s celebrate it together.

How about my treat?

I have something else to do.

Seriously?

He changes faster than the weather.

The challenge for the last round

is to find a waterproof material

in the mountains in one day

and bring it back to the Mechanism Pavilion.

The first one who finds it

will be the winner of the Machinist Contest.

Water gathers in the rosin and doesn’t leak.

Isn’t this a waterproof material?

Seems that I’ll be the winner this year.

Miss Jiang.

Have you found anything?

I won’t tell you.

Miss Jiang!

Miss Jiang.

Take my hand

and try to climb up.

Come on.

Miss Jiang, are you okay?

Ah.

Luckily, my bones and muscles are fine.

Hey.

I saw you

fly down from the roof to catch the egg that day.

Can you do that again and get me out?

This cave is too deep

and the stone is too slippery.

There is no place where I can use the force.

There is only one way then.

What is it?

Help!

Is there anyone?

Is there anyone who can help us?

Is there anyone?

Help!

- Is there anyone? - Is there anyone?

Is there anyone?

Miss Jiang? Mr. Zhang?

Hey.

We are here!

Young Master Zhao.

Get some people here to save us now!

Okay.

I’ll go to the Mechanism Pavilion to get some help.

Wait for me.

Hurry!

(Mechanism Pavilion)

Mr. Zhang and Miss Jiang fell into a cave.

Come with me to save them now.

Okay.

Follow me.

Hurry!

- Hurry! - Yes.

Okay.

(Mechanism Pavilion)

Miss Jiang has a big heart indeed.

She can fall asleep in such a situation.

♪Like the bright remote place♪

♪Like the white frost♪

♪Sway in the morning mist♪

♪Yearn for the warm place in my dream♪

♪The joyful time♪

♪Becomes yellow now♪

♪Lost on the road♪

♪Forgot my direction♪

♪Forgive me for being young and frivolous♪

♪I didn’t know what lovesickness is♪

♪It took me years to appreciate it♪

♪The time we spent together♪

♪Even the fate closes every window♪

♪You are still a beam of light♪

♪I’m facing the light and hope is ahead♪

♪Like it never bloomed♪

♪Even the fate tries to stop us♪

♪I’ll still be here♪

♪Missing you until my hair turns white♪

♪I’ll still comb your hair♪