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[Love Like the Galaxy]

[Episode 15]

Fu Deng, find some books for me. Preferably

books about romance, not about practicing good deeds. I want them all.

Young Miss, you are not married yet.

It is not proper to read romance books instead of classical books written by saints.

Just do as I said. Otherwise, I will tell Lian Fang when we return to the capital

that you are independent and no longer listen to me. We'll see how she treats you then.

Please don't. I will listen to you, Young Miss.

Please say good words about me to Lian Fang.

If you find all the books about how to be a couple for me,

I will praise you to the degree that no one can compare with you.

Fu Deng, this rascal, where did he find these dirty books?

I cannot read it. I really cannot do it. Why is it all...

- Shaoshang! - No, it is not mine–

Why are you there by the window? You scared me.

I heard from Fu Deng that you are studying hard. I brought you wine to cheer you up.

So you have a conscience.

Don't look!

Why are you scared?

- Did you see it? - Yes, I did.

When we guys get together, we also often read those books.

You slipped.

I did not expect,

you guys would do such dirty things when you get together.

Confucius said that the desire for food and sex is part of human nature. How is it dirty?

Also, it's not like I look at it often.

Confucius said that...

then it is probably correct.

Then how about...

we study this together?

Sounds good.

What are all these drawings?

To be intimate with the husband,

I should be humble, meek, and what's this, appease him to gain his favor? I spit on that!

Why can't they write in these books to

clear the land and build up a county with the husband?

That's right. It only writes about old-time stories.

Women nowadays are spirited and capable.

Why can't they open up the world and do something great?

These books that are engrossed in love

have taught bad lessons to young women.

For me, the best loving relationship is

to work together as partners.

Not high or low status. No one is a master or supporter.

A'Yao, our relationship is the best.

Well said. Love affairs in the world aren't conclusive anyway.

As long as two people get along well, it is a good fit.

Let's drink.

Shaoshang, if your mother continues to object us,

are you still willing to marry me?

A'Yao, don't worry. I will stay with you no matter how my mother objects us.

But right now, we really need to think about

how to be in a romantic relationship.

Aren't we in a romantic relationship now?

What else do we need to think about?

You're right.

A'Yao, that is precisely what I was thinking.

We are in a romantic relationship. Why do we need to learn from books?

Later, we'll write our story in books.

Let others learn from us.

Well said.

Let's drink more.

Back then, if I had followed the elders' advice to marry Huangfu Yi,

how could I be living such a comfortable life now?

Although you and I are the elders, we aren't right about everything.

Whether the shoe fits the foot, only the person who wears it will know.

Only you yourself will know with whom you'll live comfortably.

You also think that I shouldn't interfere with her.

SIster, tell me then.

Why exactly you aren't satisfied with Lou Yao?

He heard that you were so upset that you couldn't eat, so he sent over assorted snacks.

Even if you wanted the dragon liver or phoenix marrow right now, he would get them for you.

Is this not enough?

Young Master Lou understands etiquette and knows to be caring when appropriate.

But in the situation of the Lou family's second branch,

I simply can't watch Niao Niao jump into the fire pit.

Sister, why not think of it differently?

The Lou family's second branch is weak and doesn't have enough males.

The widowed mother and the older brother won't bully Niao Niao.

Besides, Niao Niao is very gentle and understanding now when she is with people.

After getting married, they will surely get along harmoniously.

Sister, do you have a different thought?

If Yang Yang's future husband's family isn't as high status as the Lou family,

I'm concerned that Madam Ge will be resentful.

Furthermore, Yang Yang is older, so she should marry first.

If Niao Niao rushes ahead, wouldn't she get criticized in gossip?

There you go again.

In your mind, rules are always the most important.

I've said this to you before. How can you raise a pet bird and a fierce hawk the same way?

Niao Niao's appearance and personality can't be covered up.

Yang Yang has her own advantages. She will have a happy marriage in the future.

If you are so concerned about these things and hold up Niao Niao,

you would be extremely wrong, Sister.

Younger Sister, you need not persuade me.

I definitely won't agree to this marriage.

If you really want to reject this marriage,

I don't think you should publicly announce it.

The Lou family isn't an ordinary small household.

If it is like the other time when the Lou family rejected the marriage and caused a fuss that was known in the whole city,

how will the Lou family not feel embarrassed?

Do you think the Lou family will be as acquiescing as they were to the He family?

I know that when you are determined, even ten oxen can't pull you back.

Therefore, why not hear me out on my idea?

You sure have many ideas.

Go ahead and say it.

This is how women and men are in this world.

Perhaps they aren't deeply in love,

but when the parents block them, they will immediately feel that

they are a pair of suffering mandarin ducks and won't be apart for life.

If Sister really wants to test Niao Niao's true heart,

why not let them do as they wish for now?

It won't take long, but she may hit an obstacle and turn back on her own.

Very good.

Good flute, good tune.

Young Lady, are you Shunhua's niece?

Slowly.

I am Cheng Shaoshang. Do you know my third aunt, sir?

I am Huangfu Yi.

Thank you for passing a message from me to your aunt last time.

So he is that Scholar Huangfu who tried all different ways to find a messenger.

"Longing for you makes me grow old.

Will the covered carriage ever come?" (From an ancient poem "A frail bamboo growing alone")

Some days ago,

I heard that your aunt had gotten injured. I was concerned that it was not easy for her to get around.

So I especially had this light carriage made to give to her.

I didn't expect that your uncle would give the carriage to you.

Third Aunt gave me this light carriage.

Scholar Huangfu, you need not worry about her injury.

From bandaging to changing the medicine, even sucking the pus-filled blood from the wound,

Third Uncle has done it by himself without anyone else's help.

If there isn't any other request, we'll be leaving now.

It's just that the sky looks overcast, I'm afraid it'll rain soon.

A'Yao, we have no place to shelter.

If you cross this hill, there is the courtyard where His Majesty stayed during his trip.

Young Miss Cheng, do you want to go there?

Since I can't meet your aunt,

it's good to meet and chat with you.

I originally didn't want to go.

Too bad it's going to rain, I'll reluctantly go.

Thank you, Scholar Huangfu.

Follow me, please.

Shaoshang,

if we rush back now, we might be able to evade the rain.

My third aunt doesn't want to tell me the details of her past affair.

Why not use this opportunity to listen to a story?

Let's go.

This student greets Teacher.

This is General Ling.

He was wounded during the suppression of the rebellion, and his injury still hasn't healed.

His Majesty has kept him here to recuperate.

General Ling, how is your injury recovering?

General Ling. Brother Shanjian. You are actually both here.

You probably don't know yet. I've proposed marriage.

Here, she's the one.

She's your future sister-in-law.

Make another one.

Yes.

It's only been two months since we last met,

Miss Cheng...

will be getting married.

Congratulations.

Thank you, Young Master Yuan.

It's raining now.

Why don't we hurry and go to the courtyard?

The rain is quite heavy.

Let's go together.

Young Miss Cheng, you can ride in my carriage.

Even though your light carriage has a canopy, it's not strong enough against the strong wind in the rain.

I heard that you just recovered from a chill.

If you get sick again from the rain, it won't be good.

Young Master Lou, I have prepared straw raincoats and fast horses.

If you don't mind, you and I can ride together.

Thank you, Brother Zisheng.

Shaoshang, you go ahead and I'll be there soon.

You should hurry up then.

Young Lady, please.

Thank you, General Ling.

It's fine.

Fourth Miss Cheng, we've arrived at the courtyard.

I've bothered General Ling.

It's no problem.

Miss Cheng.

This courtyard was built by craftsmen from the previous dynasty.

If you are interested,

I'll be glad to show you around.

How far is this place from Hua County?

The rain is too heavy.

Even if you rush back, the city gate will be closed.

You can stay here tonight.

I've already dispatched people to go to Hua County to notify County Governor Cheng.

You don't need to worry.

Thank you, General Ling.

Miss Cheng just got rained on.

Take her to wash and clean.

I'll wait for A'Yao.

I'll take care of Young Master Lou.

You should hurry and go in.

Young Lady, please.

Shaoshang.

A'Yao.

You've actually proposed marriage again?

You can't indulge in tender love.

Don't forget all the teachings from the scholars in Bailu Mountain.

Of course not.

I am your eldest brother's classmate.

Today, I will act on his behalf as an older brother

to test you a little and see if you've neglected your studies.

- No way. - There is a reading pavilion in the courtyard.

If the two of you want to review your studies,

that reading pavilion is a pretty good place.

You are starting the test already?

It's already been two hours. Why can't we start the test?

If you'd been focused on studying every day, why would you feel so unsure?

All right then. Please ask questions, Brother Shanjian.

Let me ask you.

Why did you suddenly come to Hua County?

And are even discussing marriage with Fourth Miss Cheng?

That's not from the book.

I didn't say I'd only test you what was in the book.

I've admired Shaoshang for a long time.

I only wanted to get closer to her, so I followed her here.

Admired for a long time?

Do you admire her for being full of schemes or being thoughtful?

Brother Shanjian, you're mistaken about Shaoshang.

She is intelligent and more clever than the other young ladies.

She can only coax someone silly like you.

Let me ask you. How did she get acquainted with Ling Zisheng?

When we encountered danger last time, Brother Zisheng rescued her from the rebel soldiers.

Shaoshang even helped in treating his wound.

Treating his wound...

She understands how to treat wounds?

The hero rescues the beauty.

Such a cliché.

No. She was probably using the medical treatment in exchange for Ling Buyi escorting you all to Hua County.

Brother Shanjian, I don't know what misunderstanding exists between you and Shaoshang, nor how she's offended you.

But she is definitely not as bad as you think.

Offended me?

It's not that at all. I don't know her well.

Your older brother and I are classmates and friends.

I'm just reminding you not to be fooled by her innocent and flower-like looks.

This young lady isn't easy to get along with.

Beware of hurting yourself and your family.

Young Master Lou, Young Master Yuan, dinner is ready.

General has asked for you to go eat in the front hall.

All right.

Miss Cheng, over here please.

It's easier to talk with Scholar Huangfu.

It's fine. Go on.

Please.

Let's hope for wars to end and the weather to be nice.

Let's hope for no regrets in time and no sorrow for the past.

It's been over 20 years since I was harmed by Emperor Li

and was forced to leave my home to wander around the country.

It's been over 20 years.

Miss Cheng, today I'll speak as a senior person

to call you Shaoshang as your aunt does. Is that all right?

Scholar, you can do as you wish.

We met by fate.

Shaoshang, I'll tell you a little story today.

All right?

Are you telling a story about yourself?

It's just a little story. Don't drag anyone into it.

Many years ago,

there was a young master from a renowned family.

Even though his father died early,

he was talented and outstanding.

He became famous and was praised by everyone.

This young master had a fiancée that was engaged to him since their childhood.

Too bad that, because the fiancée looked ordinary,

the young master thought the fiancée wasn't a match for him.

Dear, I got a prescription from Physician Sun.

It's said to be used in the palace to nurture the face.

Would you like to try it, Dear?

My face is ordinary. Why do I need to nurture it?

Only you would pay attention to these things for me.

You married me, someone who isn't pretty. Are you regretting it?

If I only married based on the face,

why don't I put on some makeup and marry myself?

In this whole wide world, I haven't met any woman who is more handsome than I am.

You...

What a pity, that's not what Huangfu Yi thought.

He wasn't content to marry me back then.

Dear, can you not mention again

that rascal whose heart is blind and who broke his promise?

That person went far away when his family encountered a calamity.

You were virtuous not to withdraw the marriage agreement.

The elders in that fiancée's family

also tried to persuade her to withdraw the marriage agreement to evade the calamity.

But she defied all of them

and refused to break her promise.

Not only that,

as a young woman, she even took on

the heavy duty of taking care of the young master's family.

She even endured criticism from her future mother-in-law.

All that she did,

was in the hope that the young master would return soon and marry her.

But she ended up waiting for seven years.

Scholar, excuse me for speaking out. That young master shouldn't have let his fiancée wait.

Miss Cheng makes sense.

If Heaven has no morals, one should just follow fate.

If Heaven has morals,

lovers would not be separated.

Miss Cheng is usually mean to people.

May I ask Miss Cheng, if this were Young Master Lou in the story, would you wait for him?

Young Master Yuan's question isn't mean?

Fine! Since Young Master Yuan says that I'm mean, I'll ask a mean question then.

If you ran into such a disastrous affair, would you wait or not?

I asked first. Please answer first, Miss Cheng.

I only asked you back. Please answer, Young Master Yuan.

Shaoshang, I wouldn't want you to wait.

I mean what I said.

Shaoshang, I definitely wouldn't want you to wait.

Miss Cheng, you've chosen a good husband.

The young master's deceased father had a very capable guard.

To repay the kindness of the young master's father in the past,

the guard volunteered to escort the young master away to the south.

During the journey, he died protecting the young master.

Before the guard died, he entrusted his only daughter to the young master.

Who could have expected that this kindness...

would terminate his past love.

This kindness terminated the unlucky love in the past.

It turned out to be good.

Originally, he was finally able to return home after seven years

to celebrate my father's birthday and marry me.

But the orphan girl who had followed him for two years

took poison to commit suicide on his way home.

If he hadn't insisted on taking care of the orphan girl and delayed his returning home,

I wouldn't have been humiliated...

at my father's birthday celebration.

The fiancée waited patiently at the birthday celebration

for one entire day and night.

Who knew that the young master didn't come back on time.

The young master knew that his fiancée was overwhelmed with grief.

He insisted on meeting her to explain his difficulties.

He begged for several days and finally saw her. Who knew...

the first thing his fiancée mentioned

was to break off their engagement.

The young master knew that she was in a fit of anger.

He waited and thought she would calm down later.

Who knew...

his waiting turned into...

the news of her being wed to another man.

If you could halt your homecoming for another,

why couldn't I marry another?

I must make a lightning decision.

From now on,

I cut off our involvements in the past.

The young master couldn't understand.

She waited for him for seven years.

Why is it that the blooming season was just around the corner,

and yet she couldn't give way to such a small issue?

Dare I ask...

was his fiancée aware that

this young master didn't like her appearance?

That was the frivolous thinking from that young master's youth.

Later, he was touched by his fiancée's devotion

and no longer had such a frivolous thought.

Did the fiancée want him to feel touched?

She simply wanted the man she loved to have her in his heart.

She didn't think she would be with a narcissistic and fickle jerk.

Scholar, I have a question for you.

If you were that young master,

who would you rescue if your fiancée and the orphan girl both fell into the water?

Miss Cheng, you should ask.

If the fiancée knows how to swim a bit and is able to float on water for a little while

and the orphan girl cannot swim at all,

if you were the young master, whom would you rescue first?

That is right.

General Ling.

Who would you save if you were in that situation?

You are mean.

Who is the meanest?

You are the meanest.

If it were me,

I would save my fiancée first.

If I save the orphan girl first, my fiancée may get caught in the waterweeds

or carried away by currents. If the young master truly loves his fiancée,

how can he let any harm come to her?

Then I should just watch the orphan girl die and not try to save her?

If it were me,

I would save Shaoshang first as well.

A'Yao, I just knew you would treat me nicely. You wouldn't abandon me.

The fiancée didn't fall in the water, so the hypothetical situation didn't happen.

The orphan girl didn't fall in the water either, she only poisoned herself.

Death is the end.

He just needed to adopt a son for the guard and guarantee the son a good career.

And ensure his family line got passed down.

It seems a bit unfair to the guard that died tragically.

Then that's how it is.

In life, we can't satisfy everyone.

His words make sense.

My father is also a general. Many of his subordinates died while protecting him at war.

I don't see all of his soldiers' sisters or daughters wanting to marry him.

In the end, the young master should've

sent the orphan girl away sooner,

and things would've turned out fine.

The orphan girl was just a fool and not worth mentioning.

What General Ling said made sense.

If Heaven has morals, lovers would not be separated.

The fiancée was unable to believe the fiancé was cold on the surface but true in the heart.

Neither could she believe he had no feelings for the orphan girl.

How could two people with no mutual trust be married to each other?

His fiancée figured it out and thus called off the engagement.

She used seven years to prove her love for him.

She then decidedly broke off the engagement in order to tell the young master that although she might look plain,

her devotion could not be looked down upon.

It is cold at night. Don't catch a cold again.

Put on the cape.

You put it on yourself. I am healthy and don't need it.

I think...

the fiancée in the story is very wise.

She knew when to take it and leave it. Once she figured it out, she let it go without any hesitation.

Now she has met the right person.

She is happy and safe for the rest of her life. Right?

Now she is more than happy.

In one's life,

it is a blessing to find the right person and walk on the right path.

Does Miss Cheng really think that you have chosen the right person

at this moment?

Shaoshang!

Shaoshang, I brought you a cape.

It is cold. Put it on.

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