All language subtitles for The Flowers Are Blooming Episode 21

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[The Flowers Are Blooming]

[Episode 21]

For rebuilding the Fengjiang Tower this time,

the Ministry of Works has gathered all manpower and materials.

This surely will greatly encourage the Three Armies,

and strengthen our military prestige.

We should have done so long ago.

If we had paid more attention to the army,

we wouldn't have been threatened by the Northern Zhou.

Be careful, Mr. Meng.

It's not proper for us to comment at will on state affairs and policies.

Let alone doing so in front of Her Highness.

Lord Situ,

Meng Yuanxu meant no offense.

Please just ignore him.

Lord Situ, you've devoted a lot to the country, setting a good example for others.

It must have been tough for you to come along

with lots of arduous tasks and a long way ahead.

So I hope in the future,

everything will go well with you.

Thank you, Your Highness.

It's my duty to devote myself

to devote myself to His Majesty and the Xiao Dynasty.

Whatever the cost, I shall never let His Majesty down.

Rise, Lord Situ.

I remember you used to work in the Ministry of War.

You must have some special feelings

for expanding the Tower.

Yes.

Speaking of this,

I believe Lord Wang Sheng

may understand my feeling.

The Fengjiang Tower has always been the holy land in my heart.

It's also where the army spirit of the Xiao Dynasty is.

The living can keep living on and the dead can be sent back to their hometown.

This is the common wish of all soldiers.

That's right.

This is the common wish of us soldiers.

The Fengjiang Tower is for rewarding

the living with military merits.

So there should be another tower.

for conferring posthumous titles on the dead with military merits.

And that's why His Majesty this time

gave the order to build the Sanjun Tower.

The expanding of the Fengjiang Tower

and the Sanjun Tower you are in charge of

should both be the top priority.

Isn't this a deserted land?

Why is it located at a place

so far away from the main tower?

After the main tower is built,

the real area it covers

will be three times more than it is now.

After the Sanjun Tower is built,

some ancillary sites

need to be added.

Thus,

between the two towers,

such a distance must be kept.

This is also His Majesty's idea.

Your Highness,

I believe His Majesty has discussed this with you.

His Majesty and I

studied the drawing carefully.

We all believe

this is the best place for building the Sanjun Tower.

Architect Li.

What do you think?

Judging from the drawing,

this is indeed the best place for building the Sanjun Tower

in terms of both its corresponding to the main tower

and its location.

But...

What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

[Yinglie Hall]

I wonder if you can feel

the terrain under your feet

is getting lower and lower along the way.

If I'm not mistaken,

this place is lower,

much lower

than the place where the Fengjiang Tower stands.

I think you're right.

[Yinglie Hall]

In general,

this place is more like a pit.

Will low terrain

pose problems to the construction of the Sanjun Tower?

To be exact, it will cause fatal problems.

Is it that serious?

Your Highness, is that true?

This place is indeed a low terrain.

It doesn't matter in usual. But when it is the rainy season,

there will definitely be a flood.

I understand what you said.

It turns out that the rain could be the cause of problems.

But this is already the best place.

There's no better places except here.

What should we do?

It's not that hard.

Since it's lower here,

we can fill it with soil.

Theoretically,

transporting soil is possible.

But this place is too large.

To get it leveled up with soil,

it's going to take a lot of time and energy.

And it'll certainly be a grand project.

But we only have a duration of three months.

No.

We have to shorten the duration to two months.

Two months?

That's even harder.

It must be two months.

What are you afraid of?

Two months is enough for filling this big hole.

If it's just to transport soil,

of course two months will be enough.

But you forgot that

it's only the first step to level up the foundation.

Our main job is to build the Sanjun Tower.

Yeah, that's right.

Architect Li, do you have any advice?

I've seen the drawing.

Now we're here to survey the site.

You're right.

No matter in terms of its terrain,

its corresponding to the main tower,

or the so-called feng shui,

this is indeed the best choice.

Or it's even the only choice.

[Yinglie Hall]

What should we do?

If we transport soil

from the North Mountain outside the city,

even the shortest path

can be very long.

Costs of manpower, materials and time

can be very high.

Don't worry about manpower and materials.

The Ministry of Works will definitely

try everything to provide support

for Her Highness and all of you.

Even so,

it will still require two months

to fill this low-lying area.

No.

We can't finish it within two months.

[Wood Feather House]

Just leave her alone.

Luo.

Her highness has only two months left.

Yes.

Her Highness had estimated that

it would take at least 40 to 50 days

to build the Sanjun Tower

only if

there's no accident.

But now, before the work even starts,

we have encountered such a great difficulty.

This is the last wish of Her Highness.

If she fails to finish this project,

she will regret it forever.

Li Qingfeng.

What should we do?

My current ideas

are not mature yet.

I believe you.

You'll figure out a way.

For Miss Chen,

you'll have to solve this problem.

[Draft for Timber Structure]

[Book on Constructions]

[Methods of Tower-building]

There are lots of construction cases.

And factors realted to the terrain were mentioned.

You can refer to them.

You mean

you're referring to the construction of the Multi-eaved Pagoda?

[Methods of Tower-building]

I saw in your draft

there are lots of structures of attic style.

I think for the Multi-eaved Pagoda,

its base and the ground storey

are proportionately large.

In this case,

it can be a better choice

when the terrain's in poor condition.

That makes sense.

But don't forget

the purpose of building the Sanjun Tower

is to commemorate those dead warriors of the Xiao Dynasty.

In a Multi-eaved Pagoda,

only the ground storey is big enough for a hall.

I'm afraid

there is not enough space

for so many heroes' memorial tablets.

I know that.

So we can only get the space

inside the Tower ingeniously designed

to expand the room as much as possible.

But this is just my tentative idea.

There are still many practical problems

we need to solve.

So,

I think we need divergent thinking.

Yes.

We need to think from many aspects.

Li Qingfeng.

I couldn't say it when Lord Situ was there.

But look at what you did just now,

have you really been serious about this project?

Don’t you know

how significant it is to me

to build the Sanjun Tower?

I didn't want to do this with you.

but Miss Zhao tried so hard to persuade me.

With your attitude just now,

if you don't want to do it,

I can go to tell the Ministry of Works.

Then I don't need to bother you anymore.

Langyue, I'm not...

I really want to do this with you,

that's my wish.

But what about you?

Langyue, you misunderstood me.

He Zhigu?

What are you doing here?

Langyue!

Your Highness, how have you been?

What brings you here, 13th Prince?

I'm here to see my future wife.

Mr. He.

In the Xiao Dynasty,

even if you're engaged,

as long as you're not married,

words like this are seen as offensive.

Besides, the one you offended was the princess.

You must apologize.

Miss Zhao, I've heard that

you've been looking for a husband for many years,

but you still haven't met a good match.

I'm afraid you're a bit stiff about the relationship between men and women.

If you can abandon the stereotypes

and be more proactive,

I believe

you may be able to meet your Mr. Right soon.

How about this?

I can introduce to you

some good men in the Northern Zhou.

You...

13th Prince.

She's my friend.

You can't be so rude to her.

You misunderstood me, your Highness.

I sincerely want to help Miss Zhao.

Besides,

in two months,

you will become the princess consort of the Northern Zhou.

To facilitate marriages across our two states

can contribute to the peace.

We are all guests.

Since Prince Yelü is here,

please have a cup of tea.

Fine.

Please.

Qingfeng, you...

Please wait a moment.

I shall brew the best Biluochun Green tea for you.

Mr. Li knows better about how to treat guests.

As the saying goes, a wise man knows what's best for him.

Mr. Li's sure to have a promising future.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, I heard from His Majesty that

you've worked day and night for this project.

In my opinion,

it's meaningless for you

to build the Fengjiang Tower.

What's the point?

There's no need for you to worry about the state affairs of the Xiao Dynasty.

The state affairs of the Xiao Dynasty are also our...

family affairs.

Right?

Have some tea.

It's really good tea.

It seems that Mr. Li is treating me

with sincerity.

If that's the case,

I might as well make friends with Mr. Li.

It seems

I really have got a good friend.

Thanks for your appreciation.

Your Highness, I came today

to invite you to play polo [a horseback ball game].

But there are so many trivial matters.

How about this?

Let's play together tomorrow noon.

Play polo?

I’ve asked for His Majesty's permission.

His Majesty said

the work would be handed over to the Ministry of Works.

Then you don't have to worry about it anymore.

Are you using His Majesty to oppress me?

Your Highness, I didn’t mean that.

Please just do me the favor.

If you want to play polo,

why not come to my field.

Not a bad idea.

I heard that the field of the Zhao's family

is the most magnificent one in Lin'an.

I also want to go to have a look.

It's a deal then.

Mr. Li, I hope you can come with us

so that we can have a duel.

See you.

Then I'll also go there.

It's up to you.

Li Qingfeng, what’s wrong with you?

There’s laxative in the tea.

Qingfeng, well done.

This damn prince!

His nature gets exposed so soon.

He's just getting more and more annoying.

I wronged you.

Well done.

My lady, Architect Li.

Dishese are ready.

[Methods of Tower-building]

I'm not hungry.

My Lady,

you haven't had anything for a whole day.

You go first.

I'll eat later.

You go first.

Let's go to eat.

I said I would eat later.

What are you doing?

Humans need food

to maintain energy and vitality.

So in order to have

better ability and status to think

and to search information quickly,

we need to have a meal now.

No.

When looking into the information,

my brain runs fast.

Once I get interrupted,

it will be hard to get into the state again.

I don't know how much time it will take

to return back to that state.

The harder it's for me to get into the state, the more impatient I will be.

The more impatient I am, the harder it will be for me to get into the state.

If it keeps going like this,

it won't only take 30 minutes.

You're exaggerating it.

I'm telling the truth.

Let's go to eat.

Let me go.

No.

You're just an architect.

You don't even listen to the princess?

You are disrespectful.

You'd better punish me

and get me exiled to the Northern Zhou.

Be good.

I won't go if you don't let go.

I won't let go if you don't eat.

What are you doing?

Even you are bullying me.

I'm not.

You don't think the Fengjiang Tower is important,

but I do.

This is my last job in the Xiao.

I think it's very important.

I just want you to have some food.

Do you know how urgent it is?

As long as there is no solution,

we shall not be able to start working.

If I don't start working now,

Yelü Zhigu is going to come to take me away to marry me.

Langyue.

I don't believe warfare between the two states

can be affected by the so-called "marriage for peace".

Even if you're married to the Northern Zhou,

they will still start a war.

I didn't expect

you are so naive.

Where are you going?

To eat.

Langyue.

The Northern Zhou people are all bastards,

especially that damn prince.

How dare he bully my master?

If he is in front of me now,

believe it or not, I'll kill him.

Mr. Meng.

We all know your courage.

But is it real that,

as the rumor goes,

the prince of the Northern Zhou forces Princess Zhaohe to marry him?

Do you want to die?

This is not something we can talk about.

It was my fault.

I shall take a drink as punishment.

Let's not talk about this.

I got you here today

to ask you

whether you can

fill a big hole with soil

in a short time?

This is urgent.

Fill a hole with soil?

Official,

I'm afraid none of us

are good at it.

That's right, Official.

Besides,

it’s just a construction project.

Do you have to be so anxious

about it?

It's none of your business.

Mr. Meng.

Aren't the craftsmen of the Wood Feather House experts in it?

Do I need to ask you if I can solve it?

Obviously we are in trouble.

Cut the crap.

Tomorrow, I will tell you

the details.

Then all of you need to

try everything

to find all architects in Lin'an City.

Ask them the question I just asked you

and let each one of them figure out a way.

Whoever can solve this problem,

I will give him 100 taelss of silver as a reward.

No, 200.

No, no,

500 taels.

500 taels!

Mr. Meng, don't worry.

We'll try our best...

to help you.

In fact, I know that

even Li Qingfeng can't do anything,

let alone others.

I'm really angry.

Forget it.

We are brothers.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

That's right.

The bastard prince of the Northern Zhou

did force Her Highness, the Princess Zhaohe,

to marry him.

I grew up with my master

and have a deep friendship with her.

But now, I can only

wait for that bastard prince to take my master away.

I can't bear this.

Do you have any idea?

Xu Yunrui, you always have the most tricks.

You tell me.

Actually, I have an idea.

But it's a bit risky.

Tell me.

Yes.

No matter what it is,

I'll listen to it first.

It's still from the 36 strategies.

Six words.

To create something out of nothing.

Make it simple!

We still

hand over the princess

to the Escorting Team of the Northern Zhou's on the wedding day.

But then we can secretly find some people

to pretend to be robbers

on their way back to the Northern Zhou.

And that's actually a way of saving the princess.

Wouldn't it be obvious that it is us?

The Northern Zhou people are evil, but they are not stupid.

Don't worry, Mr. Meng.

Listen to me.

Continue!

On the way their Escorting Team walking along...

[Methods of Tower-building]

Let's begin.

How about we take a day off today?

Alright.

I don't know what I should do now.

OK.

[Yangzhou]

[Yangzhou]

Take a look.

Sir, are you planning to stay here?

Yes, get my carriage parked!

Feed the horses some fine grass.

Please come in.

Please take a seat.

Have some tea.

Sir,

your carriage has been parked.

Thank you, fellow.

I want to ask you about someone.

Do you know Han Zhongzheng?

The richest guy here? Of course.

Are you looking for him?

I want to visit him.

Please show me a way.

The Han's Mansion is right in the Yangzhou Government Office.

It's on the neighboring Huaiyu Street.

The door of the mansion is very magnificent.

After you go out of the door,

walk along this street,

then you'll see it.

The daughter of the Han Family got engaged recently.

And the mansion is now decorated with lanterns and streamers, welcoming numerous guests.

So it's easier for you to find it.

Engaged?

[Han's Mansion]

Congratulations.

Excuse me, who are you?

I'm here to celebrate.

May I know your name?

Luo Ye.

Luo Ye...

Mr. Luo, I’m sorry.

Your name is not on the banquet list.

You'd better go back.

Here's the thing.

When I was in trouble,

Mr. Han Zhongzheng once offered me help

and saved me from danger.

That might be nothing

to Mr. Han,

but to me,

he was the one who gave me a second life.

I heard that they're celebrating Miss Han's engagement today in Han's Mansion.

So I prepared some small gifts and came to congratulate Mr. Han.

I see.

But for today's celebration,

we only invited some family members

to witness the engagement.

You can come to congratulate Mr. Han

on the wedding day.

Please let me go in. I'll leave after just a few words.

Mr. Luo, it’s really inconvenient today.

You should just go back.

Since I’m here,

I have just a few words to say.

What brings you here?

I told you I came here to congratulate Mr. Han.

Luo Ye...

Someone once mentioned this name to me...

My name is very common.

There are many people with this name.

So it's no surprise that you've heard of it.

Luo Ye...

Since I'v made it hard for you,

and I'm not a shameless guy,

I'd better come visit

on the wedding day.

See you. See you.

Thank you for your understanding.

Luo Ye...

Go invite my father here.

I have something to tell him.

I’m afraid I can’t do it.

Boss Luo!

Why are you here in Yangzhou?

You know the reason.

He, he, he...

He really plays tricks.

It's all because his horse runs faster.

It's not that his horse runs faster.

The Northern Zhou people ride horses everyday.

So they are really good at it.

In this aspect,

He Zhigu indeed does a better job than Architect Li.

Cut the crap.

As long as we take control of Mr. He's interior line,

it can make up for the shortage of speed.

You may get hit by the polo ball. You won't mind that, will you?

Of course I won't.

Then I shall score the first goal.

But I don’t understand.

He doesn't match up to you.

Why does your father insist in marrying you to him?

Because he's obedient to my father.

I can also be obedient.

Boss Luo, you don’t understand.

Do you remember

you once bought me a stick of sugar-coated haws?

I said it was the first time I ate it in five years

because my father didn't allow me.

All these years,

I did whatever my father told me to do.

I dared not disobey him.

If my father asked me to eat,

I had to eat the whole bowl of rice.

If my father didn't allow me to have food,

then no matter how hungry I was, I dared not even have a sip of water.

But...

Actually, I fled to Lin'an

not for escaping the marriage.

I just wanted to escape from my father's control.

He said he did everything for my own good.

But in my opinion,

it was like a nightmare.

Now the nightmare is worse.

I can’t get out of it.

But no matter what,

you can’t do such a stupid thing.

I saw Dong Dacheng,

the man I was going to marry,

secretly dated the eldest daughter of the Qi family.

But the Qi family is the biggest bussiness rival of the Han Family.

So I told my father about it.

But my father thought it was my excuse for not marrying Dong Dacheng.

He would rather believe an outsider

than me.

If I'm married to him,

then I might as well just die.

How did Dong Dacheng

win your father’s trust?

I told you.

Because he's obedient to my father

and is willing to be controlled by my father.

Even if asked to be a matrilocal son-in-law,

and let his child's surname be Han instead of Dong,

he still said yes without hesitation.

He's quite shrewd and deep.

Niaoniao.

Don’t worry.

As long as I'm here,

I will try everything to take you back to Lin'an.

Leave the rest to me.

I shall take this.

Coming.

Li Qingfeng.

Thanks.

Li Qingfeng,

are you alright?

I'm fine.

Master, did you see that?

Such a catty, vile and dirty bastard!

In the next half session of the one-on-one duel,

don't show him any mercy.

Langyue, pass it over.

Chase!

[Roasted Tofu]

It's so comfortable.

The Prince of the Northern Zhou was so arrogant at the beginning.

But finally he became a beaten dog.

I'm so happy to see him like that.

Her Highness and Architect Li

really disgraced him.

Master, I'm so proud to be your disciple.

Master, what's wrong?

Did you make Master angry again?

Master, look.

So what even if we won?

Right. So what?

Master is still leaving.

The problem of the Fengjiang Tower hasn't been solved yet.

Li Qingfeng,

have you come up with an idea?

[Li's Mansion]

I went to play polo.

It's not easy to find you.

Just say it.

I still have work to do.

You mean the Fengjiang Tower, right?

How did you know?

Of course I knew it.

Your Wood Feather House is responsible for building the Sanjun Tower.

But the terrain at that location is too low,

so you're afraid of waterlogging.

And that's why you couldn't carry forward the project.

Am I right?

Just solve the problem you're met with.

You grew up

never having been so discouraged.

The problem is different this time.

I've checked all the information about the building of towers.

But I still got no solution.

It seems that you've lost your basic judgment

because of your feelings.

What do you mean?

All you read was about building towers.

But why don't you check

how to deal with the terrain?

We have discussed about the terrain.

The only way is to level up the terrain with soil.

But the construction requires too much.

Langyue is going to leave in two months.

We don't have enough time at all.

I understand what you said.

I mean the way to level up the terrain with soil.

Have you ever thought about it?

The way to level up the terrain with soil?

For any problem,

you have to find out the root cause

and the most potential breakthrough.

Only in this way

can you work towards the right direction.

Otherwise,

you will only get stuck

and even run towards the opposite direction like right now.

To find a breakthrough?

That is... the way to level up the terrain...

I was wrong.

I was wrong.

This is the relief map of Lin'an City I drew myself.

It mainly covers the routes from the Sanjun Tower

to every spot where you can get soil

inside and outside the city.

Take it back and study it.

What are you waiting for? Take it.

You...

I'm your father. If you're in trouble,

I'll certainly help you.

If your problem is solved,

then what about my problem?

[Han's Mansion]

There are so many people today.

Sorry for not taking good care of you.

Please forgive me.

Thank you, Mr. Wang.

Take care.

Sir.

Steward Xu.

Sir, this is our last guest.

Thank you for your hard work today.

Steward Xu.

don't say that.

This is what I'm supposed to do.

By the way, I want to ask Steward Xu

if I did anything inappropriate today?

please give me some advice.

Don’t say that.

You're too modest.

His Lord has chosen the right son-in-law.

That's a wrap for today.

Please go back

to rest.

OK. I shall go back.

See you tomorrow.

Sir, after the engagement banquet,

there will be lots of trivial matters for the Han Family to prepare.

So it will be inconvenient for you to come these days.

You can just wait to get married.

That's right. Okay.

I’m leaving.

[Nature's Treasures]

Take care.

Okay.

Good.

[Angui Restaurant]

[Angui Restaurant]

Okay, you can leave now.

Sir.

Please come in and have a look.

Why are you leaving?

Sir.

No, no, no.

No, no, no.

Come and have a look.

Sir.

That's weird...

He does look like a decent man, huh!

I know, you have born a grudge against me

for what I did to your mother.

You think it was what I did that hurt her

and led to her depression and death.

I admit that

I should be blamed for your mother's suffering.

But...

What?

When you say something like this,

there's always a "but".

There's no "but" this time.

It was indeed my fault.

I let both your mother

and you down.

Back then, if I married your mother as my first wife,

I would offend Vice-Minister of the Department of State Affairs.

Then my future career

would be ruined.

I couldn't accept it.

It cost me ten years to secure an official position.

I worked so hard to run official connections

and build my own career.

Then finally to ask me to give up all of them?

At that time,

I really couldn't accept that.

You never told me

about these things.

Now I really regret it.

If there is a chance to start over,

I would definitely make a different choice.

I will follow my heart

no matter how terrible the price I have to pay.

Do you know

how long I've waited for you to say that?

I know.

These words can't change

the fact that I hurt your mother and you.

But Qingfeng,

can you forgive me?

In my heart,

you are still a coward.

But

I won't hate you anymore.

I did bear a grudge against you for my mother's death

for many years.

I also hated you for many years.

But what I hate more is that for so many years,

you have never apologized for this.

Hearing what you said just now,

I think I won't blame you anymore.

Father.