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❝ The Old Man of Jiangnan ❞ by Lu Hu - Singers: Lu Hu and Liu Xijun
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♫ Apricot blossoms fall on the lake surface ♫
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♫ The misty rain dissolves away the longing ♫
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♫ The face under the oil-paper umbrella ♫
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♫ Hasn’t yet lost the youthfulness ♫
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♫ Your face in my dreams ♫
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♫ Emerged intermittently ♫
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♫ I wish I could return to the past ♫
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♫ Lying down drunkenly by the river bank ♫
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♫ How attached we were when we met ♫
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♫ How inseparable we were when we were together ♫
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♫ Mandarin ducks and butterflies couldn't see ♫
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♫ The great beauty of this world ♫
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♫ I’d like to be carried by the wind to Nirvana ♫
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♫ But nothing is comparable to you ♫
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♫ If the heart never changed ♫
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♫ I would have no regrets on the day I died ♫
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[Marvelous Woman]
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[Episode 1]
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Kesi, also known as cut silk,
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is the essence of the silk artwork in traditional Chinese silk production.
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It's one of the most traditional forms of warp and weft in the Chinese weaving industry,
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and the silk products are highly appreciated for its decorativeness.
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It's also the most precious cultural property in Chinese civilization.
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The story we're about to tell occured during the years under the Qing Dynasty's Emperor Qianlong.
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A woman from a cut silk family, through her own hard work,
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walked out of the shackles of a feudal family and singlehandedly established a cut-silk school.
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She displayed the cut-silk technique's origin, development, and growth
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step-by-step in front of an audience;
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thus, allowing our audience to follow the ups and downs of the protagonist's fate,
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and experience the breadth and depth of the Chinese culture.
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The curtain's slowly drawn open.
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[People Live in Comfort With Plentiful Goods]
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- Let us through!
- Who's that? Such a grand display.
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She's Shen Cui Xi, the eldest mistress of the Ren clan,
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who owns Jiangnan's largest silk workshop.
(TN: Jiangnan refers to the region south of the Yangtze River)
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She's a well-known person in our Gusu.
(TN: Gusu is an old name for Suzhou)
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Even a woman can have an outside reputation?
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You really don't know then.
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Women can sometimes be much more capable than men.
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I heard that Eldest Mistress Shen was originally Eldest Young Master Ren's childhood bride.
(TN: this term "mistress" in this show is meant for a lady of the house and not for an extramarital unwed lady.)
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She hadn't known anything about running a business.
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Solely based on her capability, she created a road out of hardship.
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The eldest mistress is usually quiet and calm. What's going on today?
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Why's such a rush?
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♪ Waking up to the chirping of orioles ♪
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♪ The spring light dazzles the hearts of all ♪
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♪ Others set up large and small courtyards ♪
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- Eldest Mistress.
- Tie him up.
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- Yes!
- Yes!
- Eldest Mistress!
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♪ The smoke continues drifting ♪
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♪ Abandon the leftover embroidery thread ♪
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♪ How could this spring's love surpass last years? ♪
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How could this spring's love surpass last years?
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Bao Qin, from today onward,
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all of your alluring virtues
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will belong to only me.
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What are you doing?
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Slut!
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Are you asking what I'm doing?
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Ren Xue Tang, what did you tell me when you left the house?
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You were going to meet literary friends, but what you were meeting is this thing?
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Eldest Mistress, you're the young master's wife who officially married into the Ren family.
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I'm nothing but a lowly person.
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I beg you, Eldest Mistress, just let me stay by Xue Tang's side.
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As a slave or a servant, I wouldn't have a single complaint.
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Bao Qin, get up!
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As a slave or a servant? Zeng Bao Qin, you don't deserve to be!
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Every servant in the Ren family is clean and pure.
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You're a singer from a brothel, yet you have delusional dreams of entering the Ren family's door?
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Shen Cui Xi!
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You want to hit me? Just for her?
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You clearly know that Bao Qin was originally a noble family's daughter.
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She didn't enter the brothel by choice, so why would you bother running over here to spread these evil words?
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Ren Xue Tang, whom do you think I'm doing this for?
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If I don't spread these evil words today, Zeng Bao Qin will cause you to suffer eternal doom!
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I would cause Eldest Master to suffer eternal doom?
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Eldest Mistress.
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Eldest Master is my man.
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I love him and I can't hurry fast enough to pay him respect.
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How could I bear to harm him?
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Eldest Mistress, believe me.
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I would rather die from crushed bones than hurt even a single hair on Eldest Master.
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You sure know how to say sweet things. Great Qing has its laws.
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Any civil and military officials will be flogged 60 times for hiring prostitutes or drinking with female entertainers.
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The go-betweens will be flogged 30 times.
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Eldest Master has ranked official now.
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If you, a woman from a brothel, stay by Eldest Master's side, how many floggings will he have to bear?
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If you doing this isn't causing him to suffer eternal doom, what are you doing?
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If I stay by Eldest Master's side,
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I would cause him to suffer eternal doom.
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But, if I'm not by his side,
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what's the point of continuing to live?
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- Bao Qin!
- Eldest Master.
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I live only to see you once more.
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As long as you are living well,
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I'm willing to die.
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No!
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Zeng Bao Qin, you really are vicious!
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Your lowly life isn't worth keeping!
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However, if you die in our Ren family, it'll be Eldest Master's fault.
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If the court investigates it, Eldest Master would be exiled to Heilongjiang
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to serve as a slave to the troops.
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Look!
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She came to catch the adulterers.
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I told you! The Eldest Mistress of the Ren family is a no-nonsense person.
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Her man bought a concubine outside.
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How would she not know?
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Besides, how many years has the Eldest Mistress been in the Ren family?
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She hasn't even birthed a daughter yet, let alone a son.
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Her man wants to find another woman to bear a son.
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Isn't that the proper thing to do?
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- Exactly! He can't end the Ren family bloodline.
- Right.
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Miss, let me pat it a little.
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- How about we invite a doctor—
- No need!
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Miss, your face is about swell.
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You won't be able to face anyone tomorrow.
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If Eldest Master sees this, then you—
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It's fine.
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Eldest Master and I have a bond from playing together since childhood.
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Eldest Master has seen all the facets I've ever looked.
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It's just a pity that...
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I couldn't finish that strike with the scissors today.
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I couldn't keep Eldest Master, either.
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Miss! Miss, I beg you.
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It wasn't easy for us to stay alive.
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Cherish your body more!
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Miss, if you suffer any mishap, I'll...
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I'll also go with you.
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Silly Ru Yi, I cherish my life very much.
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But Eldest Master is different.
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He and I grew up together.
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We were childhood sweethearts who adored each other.
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We pledged to be a couple living and dying together for this entire lifetime.
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Shen Cui Xi.
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Who is Shen Cui Xi?
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She's nothing more than a beggar in the Ren family
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having no one to rely on.
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Come! Bet on big or small! Bets are set once hands are off!
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Come!
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- Big! Big! Big!
- Small! Small! Small!
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Big! Big! Big!
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Big! Big! Big!
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Small!
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Come on! Again!
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Bet on big. 100 taels.
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Sec-Second Master, d-don't blame me for s-s-saying too much!
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Second Master, you only have the-these co-copper coins left.
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Why-Why don't you take them home and buy some wine to drink?
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Small! Small! Small!
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Would I, the Ren family's Second Master, owe you this measly sum of money?
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- Well... Well...
- Bet. Bet. Bet.
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Second Master, our store's rule
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d-doesn't allow loans.
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Forget it! I won't play anymore.
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- Second Master...
- Second Master.
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Who are you?
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I'm Zhang Biao from Guangzhou.
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I've long admired Second Master Ren's reputation.
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Zhang Biao?
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I'll contribute to Second Master Ren's capital.
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Not playing anymore! I'm leaving.
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The renowned Suzhou Ren Family's Second Master Ren.
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Don't tell me,
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you'll owe me this measly money without returning it?
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Second Master, are you still betting?
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[Great Qing Treasury Note]
[Value of Five Hundred Liang of Copper Coins]
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[Big]
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Betting on big.
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Come! Bet on big or small! Bets are set once hands are off!
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Come! Bet on big or small! Bets are set once hands are off!
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[Ren Residence]
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[Kindness Will Emanate Through a Lifetime]
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- Second Master.
- Second Master.
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Second Master.
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Second Master.
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Second Master.
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Ren Ru Feng.
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Eldest Brother.
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Where did you go to have fun?
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You still have the nerve to say.
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What happened to Eldest Sister-in-law?
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You've been idle for the past few days. Come to my chamber!
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I just got a few new bottles of good wine from abroad, called grape wine.
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- Let's try it together.
- Thank you, Eldest Brother.
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Don't meddle with things you shouldn't meddle with.
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So sneaky! What are you doing?
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Mother, why are you here?
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What are you doing here?
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Shu Yan is Eldest Brother's most loyal confidant.
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Something huge must have happened for him to be tied up like this.
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I must go to take a look.
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What do the things in the women's house have to do with you? What's there to look at?
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Mother, you're saying that Shu Yan was tied up under Eldest Sister-in-law's order?
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- Why?
- Why...
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It's because of Zeng Bao Qin.
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Your Eldest Brother brought her back from Yangzhou and settled her on Shantang Street.
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The whole of Suzhou city knows about it.
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Sister Zeng is back?
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Then, there's even more reason for me to go and take a look.
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No. Don't go!
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Mother, don't worry! It'll be fine.
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Some time ago, I remember you said,
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you've already found a solution to settle the inflation of raw silk prices.
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What is it?
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I have contacted all the weaving houses and silk shops
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and negotiated with them to lower the price of silk.
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The negotiations have been satisfactory lately.
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The raw silk will not be sold to outsiders temporarily.
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After we set the regulations in a few days,
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we'll form a weaving guild with the General Accounts Office to manage it.
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When the time comes, the position of the guild's leader,
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I'm afraid that I'll have to trouble you with it.
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All right, with you around,
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I can rest assured that things will be handled well.
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While I cannot rest assured when you handle affairs.
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Now that we have finished talking about work, we can talk about personal matters.
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Eldest Master, let's talk openly and directly.
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How do you plan on dealing with Zeng Bao Qin?
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Cui Xi, Bao Qin is my—
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She's my old friend.
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If an old friend is in trouble, but I just stand by to watch without acting,
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am I still human?
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- Were you the one who framed Uncle Zeng for his crime?
- No.
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Then, when Zeng Bao Qin was sold by authorities
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- and ended up in the brothel, was that also caused by you?
- No.
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Since that's the case, how would watching without acting make you inhuman?
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It's because Bao Qin—
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It's because Bao Qin is different.
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She's different?
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How is she different? Tell me!
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I can't be unreasonable, can I?
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You dare not say it, do you?
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Alright, I'll say it for you.
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It's nothing more than the old affection you and Zeng Bao Qin had as childhood sweethearts,
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where you privately promised to stay together for the rest of your lives. That's all!
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Cui Xi,
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you already know everything,
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yet you still deliberately came to ask me.
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Alright. Let me tell you!
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This time, I went through great difficulty to find and bring Bao Qin back.
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There's no way I can ignore her.
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She's just a singer from a brothel.
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You're a dignified Juren scholar!
(TN: A rank gained from passing China's civil service exam. It's a rank higher than Shengyuan, and a rank lower than Jinshi.)
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Are you going to neglect your future prospects for a brothel singer?
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Will you be able to face the ancestors of the Ren family?
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You can scare off Bao Qin with these words, but you can't scare me.
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And the Great Qing laws?
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I'm not some proper official.
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Besides, in today's National Imperial Court,
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who would pay any mind to such a trivial matter?
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Anyway, I've already bought Zeng Bao Qin out.
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From today onward, she's never going to be a brothel singer.
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If you still have any regard for your husband's dignity,
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don't ever bring up the words "brothel singer" again.
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Qiao'er.
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Eldest Master.
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Is your Eldest Mistress... in better spirits these past few days?
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She's...
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Is Cui Xi sick?
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She woke up this morning and complained that her head hurt.
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It's probably because she hasn't fully recovered from the cold she caught a few days ago.
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She asked me to follow the previous prescription the doctor gave
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and brew more medicine for her.
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Eldest Master, do you have any other orders?
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Nothing else! Go to send it in.
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Wait a moment! Make sure to take good care of her.
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Yes.
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Go on!
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Eldest Mistress, it's time to take your medicine.
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Discard it!
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Eldest Mistress, it was difficult to get this nourishing prescription.
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It'd be a pity to pour it out.
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I heard that the inspector-general's wife used this same prescription
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for a year and was able to birth a fat baby boy.
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Eldest Master doesn't even enter my room.
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No matter how much medicine I take, it's all for nothing.
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Eldest Master has always treated women tenderly.
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That vixen Zeng Bao Qin was accurate about this,
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and that's how she seduced Eldest Master away.
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Mistress, listen to my advice.
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Just be gentler! Once you have his heart back,
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it won't be too late to punish that vixen then.
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- Eldest Mistress!
- Go and kneel outside.
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Once you've thought it over, then you can come back.
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If you can't think it through, you don't need to come back.
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Shu Fang.
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Yes.
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Qiao'er, go outside for now.
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Is the Account Ledger finished?
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Yes.
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(TN: Account Ledger.)
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Take the Account Ledger to the study.
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Up to now, there've been internal conflicts and outside trouble, but look at him.
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All of his thoughts are only on Zeng Bao Qin.
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Yes.
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What happened here?
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I don't know.
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Qiao'er, look how you've angered Eldest Mistress.
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Eldest Mistress is the matriarch.
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Asking her to learn the ingratiating tricks of those vixens out there
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is a slap to her face. Do you know that?
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However, Eldest Master's heart is being lured away, and Eldest Mistress still isn't bowing her head.
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The person in the wrong is Eldest Master, not Eldest Mistress.
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Just because Eldest Mistress is a woman, should she bow her head and admit wrongdoing?
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Eldest Mistress, because of that vixen, is fighting with Eldest Master like this already.
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Eldest Mistress did that for herself.
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How could it be because of some vixen?
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As I see, you still haven't understood.
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Continue kneeling!
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Sister Shu Fang, where are you going?
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To deliver the Account Book.
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Second Master!
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Second Master?
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Second Master!
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Quieter! You're scaring my bird.
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There's someone outside looking for you.
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Who?
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Zhang Biao.
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A little louder!
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Zhang Biao!
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[Great Qing Treasury Note]
[Value of Five Hundred Liang of Copper Coins]
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You're too polite.
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Uncle Biao, why did you leave without letting me know last time?
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Something went wrong with my business, so I was in a rush to deal with it.
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- We don't have to talk about it.
- Why not?
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If Eldest Master Ren was here, he could help a bit,
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but you're the Second Master.
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What? Looking down on me?
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Is there anything I can't do?
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I can do anything my eldest brother can do.
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Fine! Then, let's go our separate ways
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and treat it as if we've never met.
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Fine, fine, fine!
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Sit down! I'll tell you.
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I'll tell you.
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My master is in the weaving trade in Guangzhou.
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I finally earned this opportunity to come to Suzhou to help him
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collect some brocade and raw silk.
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They all say that every establishment in Suzhou produces silk.
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Who would've expected that every single one would hide the
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good products and good raw silk instead of selling it?
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Well, if Suzhou doesn't work,
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there are still Huzhou, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou.
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It's just a matter of taking another boat trip. Just go to take a look!
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In Suzhou, I still have you, Second Master Ren.
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I don't know a single person anywhere else.
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Tell me! I came all the way from Guangzhou to Suzhou,
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if I go back empty-handed,
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my family's livelihood
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will be doomed for sure.
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Uncle Biao, how much can you pay?
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That much?
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Second Master Ren, if you can collect raw silk for me,
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I promise you'll make a huge fortune.
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Fine! I'll ask around for you.
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However, I can't guarantee it'll work.
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Thank you in advance, Second Master Ren.
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- Thank you.
- No need to thank me.
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[The Heart Sutra]
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Feng'er.
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What are you looking for?
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Mother, where are your savings?
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What do you need my money for?
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Mother, take a seat!
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Come here and sit down.
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Mother, there's a great opportunity for us to make a fortune.
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Real money. We'll make twice as much by reselling it.
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Is there such a good thing?
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Do you trust me?
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You're my son.
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I need to rely on you for the rest of my life.
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Of course I trust you.
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Then lend me your savings.
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However, I know you too well.
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You can't study or read at all,
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but you thoroughly understand all forms of entertainment and pleasure.
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Mother, just once. Trust me once!
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- I'm really going to—
- I can't trust you even once.
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Eldest Brother, this is the grape wine that westerners drink?
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Yes.
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Try it!
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Before drinking the grape wine, you need to swirl it like this first.
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Once it's mixed evenly, the flavor is much better.
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How does it taste?
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Ru Feng,
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you're my only brother.
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You've also turned eighteen.
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You can't only think about having fun all the time.
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You need to learn to take on the responsibilities of the family.
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I originally just wanted to borrow some money.
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Now, you're preaching me all this.
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Eldest Master, Second Master.
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[Account Journals]
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[Running Account Ledger]
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What are all this?
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Eldest Mistress has been sick lately.
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She gets a headache as soon as she sees the ledgers, so she asked me to bring them here for you.
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This is Mulberry Farmstead's.
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This is Qingyue Workshop's.
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And these are for the reeling silk and dyeing grasses.
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Underneath are the daily expenses for the manor's social activities.
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Why are there so many of them? What about those?
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Those are the family's ledgers from three and five years ago.
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Even the old ledgers from five years ago were dug up.
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All right. I understand. Leave them there.
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Then I'll get back to work.
[Daily Expenses Journal]
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Let's go!
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[Daily Expenses Journal]
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Ru Feng.
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Eldest Brother, it's always been that only the head of the Ren family can read the account books.
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Aren't you a grown-up son of the Ren family?
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Besides, the Ren family's method of discipline has always been to prohibit sons from fooling around.
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I've spoiled you too much over the past few years.
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From now on, you need to learn to handle family matters properly.
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Let's start from reading accounting ledgers.
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Eldest Master, Second Master.
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Eldest Master, workshop shopkeeper Ding would like to see you.
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Why would the workshop shopkeeper be looking for me?
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He originally had something urgent to inform Eldest Mistress,
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but Eldest Mistress is sick and unable to take care of it,
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so she told him to see you.
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I see.
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Let's go and take a look.
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Take care, Eldest Brother!
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[Daily Expenses Journal]
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You're clearly slacking off, yet you still say, "You've already turned 18.
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You need to learn to take on your own responsibilities."
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(TN: Payment records.)
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This is the accounting ledger for how much Eldest Brother spent on Young Lady Zeng.
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Did he really spend this much?
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Mother, do you still remember what happened back then?
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Eldest Brother nearly spent almost all of our Ren family's money over Young Lady Zeng.
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Where did you hear this?
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Ren family's old shopkeepers and servants are still here.
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You can get the information by just paying some attention.
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Young Lady Zeng
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was the daughter of Suzhou's third Magistrate.
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She grew up being doted on ever since she was little.
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Saying she was spoiled by everyone wouldn't be an exaggeration.
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But Magistrate Zeng did something wrong
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and lost all his fortune overnight.
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Didn't they say Young Lady Zeng hung herself in prison?
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Eldest Brother was heartbroken for quite a while back then.
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Who knows? Your eldest brother didn't eat or drink anything back then.
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He made Old Madam so angry, she ended up bedridden.
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Something happened to Old Master overseas as well.
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Fortunately, Eldest Mistress was there to hold things up.
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Otherwise, our Ren family would've been gone.
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Mother, if Sister Zeng and Eldest Sister-in-law start competing against each other,
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who would win and who would lose?
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Zeng Bao Qin and Eldest Mistress... Zeng Bao Qin would surely win.
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Why? Eldest Sister-in-law is so capable.
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So what if she's capable?
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Can being capable bind the heart of a biased man?
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Your eldest brother's heart has always been with Zeng Bao Qin.
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From what I see, your eldest sister-in-law has no hope.
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If these two women end up going against each other, our Ren family would be in a mess, wouldn't it?
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If I could make a fortune, then that'd be great.
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Once you have money in hand, you feel secure no matter how others fight.
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Exactly! You won't panic if you have money in hand.
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It's so true.
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Precisely!
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Son, we can't harm people,
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but... we should leave a way out for ourselves.
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[Buddha]
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So she hid it there.
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She's become clever.
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Son,
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these are all my assets.
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Are you really going to do proper business with it?
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Mother, I'm really, really, really going to do business.
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You're slacking off again. I'm leaving!
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Where are you going?
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Eldest Master, Lord Li Zhao from the Suzhou Weaving Bureau
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ordered a batch of kesi brocade from us.
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It's a large quantity, but we don't have enough stocked up.
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We can only buy more outside at a higher price,
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but calculating the numbers, we'll suffer a great loss on this batch of goods then.
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I'm wondering...
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Should we discuss this with Eldest Mistress?
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No need!
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Since Lord Li wants Kesi Brocade,
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this is business we must do even if we suffer a loss.
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We'll slowly figure out the costs later.
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Our top priority is to buy raw silk.
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Come with me to see Shopkeeper Lu.
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He surely has inventory.
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Shopkeeper Lu, is that all the raw silk you have?
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That's correct!
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I remember your family storage stored a lot of top-grade raw silk.
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Second Master was here earlier and he bought everything.
494
00:33:11,050 --> 00:33:12,700
Ren Ru Feng?
495
00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:15,130
Is it possible you mistook someone else for him?
496
00:33:15,130 --> 00:33:16,910
I watched him grow up.
497
00:33:16,910 --> 00:33:19,650
How could I possibly recognize the wrong person?
498
00:33:22,940 --> 00:33:26,100
Second Master, I've thought about it.
499
00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,530
Have we gone too far with what we did today?
500
00:33:29,530 --> 00:33:32,770
What are we going to do if Eldest Master and Eldest Mistress ask about it?
501
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,000
What are you afraid of?
502
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,090
The worst scenario is to be flogged by Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law.
503
00:33:38,090 --> 00:33:40,100
It's not like they haven't done it before.
504
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:45,950
[Ren Residence]
505
00:33:45,950 --> 00:33:47,630
Eldest Master.
506
00:33:49,130 --> 00:33:52,720
- Where's Ren Ru Feng?
- Eldest Master, second master should be in his room.
507
00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:56,130
The flesh will be torn to shreds. It's pretty bad.
508
00:33:56,130 --> 00:33:59,370
However, the large bouts of money are all tangible rewards.
509
00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:01,170
It's worth it.
510
00:34:03,370 --> 00:34:05,100
Eldest Brother.
511
00:34:06,510 --> 00:34:09,740
- Where's the raw silk?
- What raw silk?
512
00:34:09,740 --> 00:34:11,200
Don't think I don't know!
513
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,960
Brat! You bought a batch of raw silk from Shopkeeper Lu.
514
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,420
I need it urgently. Bring it out!
515
00:34:18,660 --> 00:34:20,540
You're too late. I sold them.
516
00:34:20,540 --> 00:34:22,240
Sold them?
517
00:34:25,620 --> 00:34:28,790
- Who did you sell them to?
- An out-of-state merchant.
518
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,430
That's not right.
519
00:34:32,430 --> 00:34:34,940
Why would you buy raw silk all of a sudden?
520
00:34:34,940 --> 00:34:36,900
Eldest Sister-in-law told me to.
521
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:38,930
She didn't want me to tell you.
522
00:34:38,930 --> 00:34:42,260
- Why would Cui Xi ask you to buy raw silk?
- What else could it be?
523
00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:44,540
Of course, it's because of the matter with Sister Zeng.
524
00:34:44,540 --> 00:34:46,370
She checked the ledger out of the blue.
525
00:34:46,370 --> 00:34:48,880
There was no more raw silk, so she made you scramble around to find it.
526
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,880
You tell me why.
527
00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:52,890
Tell me!
528
00:34:52,890 --> 00:34:54,770
Eldest brother, why can't you understand?
529
00:34:54,770 --> 00:34:59,200
It's to make you blunder at home, so you'd have no time to see Sister Zeng.
530
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:20,250
Shu Mo, what time is it?
531
00:35:20,250 --> 00:35:22,190
It's almost Hai hour.
(TN: between 9pm -11pm)
532
00:35:22,190 --> 00:35:24,390
Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law, I beg you, fight a bit longer.
533
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:27,370
Give me a bit more time!
534
00:35:27,370 --> 00:35:29,690
Let's go to the docks.
535
00:35:46,940 --> 00:35:49,230
Regarding Ru Feng’s raw silk purchase,
536
00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:51,090
did you ask him to do it?
537
00:35:51,090 --> 00:35:53,360
What raw silk matter?
538
00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:57,250
I asked you to review the ledgers, did you read them?
539
00:35:57,250 --> 00:36:00,380
What's so important about the ledgers? Why must I review them?
540
00:36:00,380 --> 00:36:03,940
Look at the situation! You're still holding a grudge against me?
541
00:36:03,940 --> 00:36:07,790
If I was, I wouldn't just have you look at the ledgers.
542
00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:10,560
Rather, I'd throw the entire family to you.
543
00:36:13,650 --> 00:36:17,860
Cui Xi, you can't be so ruthless in the way you operate
544
00:36:17,860 --> 00:36:20,250
and never give people a way out.
545
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,930
I don't leave people a way out?
546
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,490
If you two are a couple for a lifetime, then what about me?
547
00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:30,500
What am I?
548
00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:33,510
Suzhou City's laughingstock?
549
00:36:33,510 --> 00:36:35,250
Cui Xi,
550
00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:39,020
you know about me and Bao Qin.
551
00:36:39,020 --> 00:36:42,800
Back then, I only agreed because you insisted on becoming the Ren family's Eldest Mistress.
552
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,170
Now, the Ren family's assets are all controlled by you.
553
00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:47,160
You are both respected and dignified.
554
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,120
While Bao Qin has nothing but me.
555
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,130
Today, I'm going to leave you with these words.
556
00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:58,280
If I can manage to escort Bao Qin out of such a place,
557
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,060
I won't tolerate anyone trying to block her from life.
558
00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:06,270
I will be bringing Bao Qin into the Ren family.
559
00:37:06,270 --> 00:37:08,820
If you act like that again,
560
00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:13,500
then don't be the matriarch anymore.
561
00:37:30,650 --> 00:37:32,620
Eldest Master.
562
00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,700
What's going on with this family lately?
563
00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:41,140
Eldest Master keeps acting like he's swallowed gunpowder,
564
00:37:41,140 --> 00:37:43,950
and Second Master is never at home.
565
00:37:48,460 --> 00:37:50,990
Second Master is never at home?
566
00:37:50,990 --> 00:37:52,620
Yes.
567
00:37:55,420 --> 00:37:57,920
Find someone to follow him.
568
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,730
Let's see exactly what tricks he's playing.
569
00:38:00,730 --> 00:38:02,460
Alright.
570
00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:09,200
Hurry!
571
00:38:11,230 --> 00:38:14,300
- Gently! Be careful!
- Move it here!
572
00:38:17,690 --> 00:38:20,520
This was all thanks to Second Master Ren.
573
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,680
Next time, I come to Suzhou,
574
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,070
I'll ask for your help again.
575
00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:27,980
Forget it, Uncle Biao! You'd better go quickly.
(TN: "Uncle" is a term to show respect to an elder and not blood related.)
576
00:38:27,980 --> 00:38:30,120
It's enough to just make this kind of money once.
577
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,740
If I earn it another time, I'll die.
578
00:38:32,740 --> 00:38:34,290
This kind of money?
579
00:38:34,290 --> 00:38:37,430
This is our family's business. You don't need to know, Uncle Biao.
580
00:38:37,430 --> 00:38:40,760
Alright. Green hills and clear waters, I bid you farewell.
581
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,740
See you another day.
582
00:38:43,990 --> 00:38:45,490
Hurry, hurry!
583
00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:47,770
It's not like I'm not paying you.
584
00:38:47,770 --> 00:38:49,930
What are you worried about?
585
00:38:55,230 --> 00:38:59,430
- Ren Ru Feng, you had the gall to betray me?
- U-uncle Biao, it wasn't me!
586
00:38:59,430 --> 00:39:01,460
Hurry up! Quickly run!
587
00:39:01,460 --> 00:39:03,220
Retreat!
588
00:39:03,220 --> 00:39:04,840
Hurry!
589
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,070
- Hurry and leave!
- Hurry, Boss!
590
00:39:09,070 --> 00:39:10,730
Ren Ru Feng, remember this!
591
00:39:10,730 --> 00:39:12,610
Sooner or later, I'll make you pay!
592
00:39:12,610 --> 00:39:14,590
Go, go, go!
593
00:39:15,590 --> 00:39:17,070
Here!
594
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,270
Miss Shu Fang, look! Should we keep going after them?
595
00:39:24,270 --> 00:39:27,410
Stop chasing! These water bandits are too dangerous.
596
00:39:27,410 --> 00:39:31,150
If anyone gets hurt, that'll be bad.
597
00:39:35,350 --> 00:39:37,780
Second Master, they've left.
598
00:39:37,780 --> 00:39:39,640
Come out!
599
00:39:50,670 --> 00:39:54,220
Shu Fang, why are you all here?
600
00:39:54,220 --> 00:39:58,090
You should be glad that the one who came was me and not an official.
601
00:39:58,090 --> 00:40:02,330
Second Master, how couldn't Eldest Mistress know what kind of person you are?
602
00:40:02,330 --> 00:40:04,820
Shu Fang, let me explain! I didn't have any other intentions.
603
00:40:04,820 --> 00:40:06,860
I just wanted to earn some pocket money.
604
00:40:06,860 --> 00:40:08,840
I can explain to Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister-in-Law.
605
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,970
Escort Second Master back.
606
00:40:11,530 --> 00:40:15,060
Second Master, this way please.
607
00:40:15,730 --> 00:40:17,680
Return to the manor!
608
00:40:21,530 --> 00:40:24,570
[Ren Ancestral Shrine]
609
00:40:48,470 --> 00:40:50,220
Eldest Master.
610
00:40:58,590 --> 00:41:00,450
What trouble did he cause this time?
611
00:41:00,450 --> 00:41:02,750
The Ren Family is going to be condemned with no hope of redemption.
612
00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:04,870
How so?
613
00:41:04,870 --> 00:41:08,010
Ren Ru Feng, are you going to explain it or will I?
614
00:41:08,010 --> 00:41:10,130
I-I'll explain. I'll explain!
615
00:41:10,130 --> 00:41:14,110
Eldest Brother, Eldest Sister-in-Law wasn't the one who directed the purchase of raw silk from Shopkeeper Lu.
616
00:41:14,110 --> 00:41:17,100
- I wanted to earn some personal money.
- What?
617
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:19,450
There's a merchant from Guangzhou named Zhang Biao.
618
00:41:19,450 --> 00:41:23,090
He paid three times the price to purchase the finest raw silk. Three times the price!
619
00:41:23,090 --> 00:41:24,690
It would be a waste not to earn this money.
620
00:41:24,690 --> 00:41:27,460
But it's not permitted to sell Suzhou's raw silk to foreign merchants,
621
00:41:27,460 --> 00:41:29,440
so I borrowed Eldest Sister-in-Law's name.
622
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,410
Ren Ru Feng.
623
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000
- You!
- Mother.
624
00:41:37,220 --> 00:41:38,540
Second Mother, get up!
(TN: literaly, "Aunt-mother." In here, it's for the second wife of the previous generation.)
625
00:41:38,540 --> 00:41:41,530
Eldest Master, my son was wrong in this.
626
00:41:41,530 --> 00:41:43,620
Let me kneel with him.
627
00:41:43,620 --> 00:41:46,120
I-I know I was wrong, so I'm already prepared.
628
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,120
Just spank me then! 20 times.
629
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,230
If that's not enough, 30 times.
630
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,590
At most 40 times! Anymore than that and I'll be dead.
631
00:41:54,590 --> 00:41:58,380
Eldest Master, my son will die if he got beaten 40 times.
632
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,190
- You really are...
- Cui Xi.
633
00:42:03,190 --> 00:42:05,320
Ru Feng is still young and immature.
634
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,060
In my opinion, we can just spank him a dozen times
635
00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:09,850
as a show of punishment and end it there.
636
00:42:09,850 --> 00:42:12,110
You speak so lightly of it!
637
00:42:13,860 --> 00:42:18,550
Ren Ru Feng, when you did business with Zhang Biao, did you look into his background?
638
00:42:18,550 --> 00:42:20,890
Isn't he just a merchant from Guangzhou?
639
00:42:20,890 --> 00:42:23,570
He absolutely isn't some merchant from Guangzhou at all!
640
00:42:23,570 --> 00:42:27,200
He's a water bandit who traverses Southeast Asia!
641
00:42:27,990 --> 00:42:38,020
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00:42:47,020 --> 00:42:52,260
❝ Passionate yet Ruthless ❞ by Lu Hu - Singer: Lu Hu
643
00:42:52,260 --> 00:42:57,830
♫ One who appears affectionate may be the one with a stony heart ♫
644
00:42:57,830 --> 00:43:03,170
♫ One who appears heartless may be the one with real affection ♫
645
00:43:03,170 --> 00:43:08,690
♫ The one invested in love ends up with a broken heart ♫
646
00:43:08,690 --> 00:43:13,310
♫ The one by the cold pond, leaves a lonely silhouette ♫
647
00:43:14,180 --> 00:43:19,620
♫ Uniting with a seemingly affectionate one ♫
648
00:43:19,620 --> 00:43:24,350
♫ Leaves one tearfully gazing at the predestined love ♫
649
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:30,470
♫ There is nothing to fear about the preordained death ♫
650
00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:35,280
♫ It’s rather the foredoomed life that one can only accept ♫
651
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:40,770
♫ The beautiful scene of this moment ♫
652
00:43:40,770 --> 00:43:46,520
♫ Is like a dream, like a fantasy, like an illusion ♫
653
00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:52,630
♫ If love is put with an end, my heart will stop with it ♫
654
00:43:52,630 --> 00:43:57,060
♫ Where can I go to await the duckweed? ♫
655
00:43:57,060 --> 00:44:02,530
♫ The falling blossoms deliberately follow the wind ♫
656
00:44:02,530 --> 00:44:09,030
♫ The coldhearted rain drizzles until dawn ♫
657
00:44:09,030 --> 00:44:14,340
♫ The dream that came after a heady good wine is hard to wake up from ♫
658
00:44:14,340 --> 00:44:20,050
♫ I’m lost in a hopeless search for you in this hazy world ♫
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