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[Special Lady]

[Episode 16]

Was Miss Song Zhu here just now?

Did she come here in the middle of night

in order to scold you?

She came here to apologize to me.

She apologized?

Young Master, stop bragging.

I'm not bragging.

When she saw me, the first thing she said was...

"I'm sorry."

I don't believe it.

Come here. I'll prove it to you.

Zhu!

Miss Song Zhu!

Please speak louder

and say sorry to me again!

Get lost!

Was Miss Song Zhu born in the year of Pig?

How could she change her mind so quickly?

She just changed her mind in the blink of an eye.

Young Master,

please forgive her.

What is this?

The school rules sent by Miss Song Zhu.

She sent the school rules here

in the middle of the night?

What was her purpose?

When I copied the school rules as a punishment tonight,

I noticed a speical article.

I've marked it.

You can read it.

The Song Family has its own rules.

I can only tell you that

the Literature and Martial Arts Tournament

will be held in seven days.

The Literature and Martial Arts Tournament?

I got it.

Miss Song Zhu sent the school rules here

in order to give you a chance to return to the academy.

Young Master,

there's no need for you to go back to the academy anymore.

I know.

I've emphasized it 800 times.

You...

Can you stop worrying?

How is the investigation

I've asked you to do?

Young Master,

I've figured out the truth.

The students of the Imperial College

and the students of the three academies in Luoyang

lived in the Yiyang Inn together.

They booked all the first-class rooms there.

Besides, all of them received training together.

That means they will definitely help

these three academies cheat at the competition.

Uncle Hu.

Go to the Imperial College again.

Check these several men's backgrounds

and find out who's the mastermind behind them.

Young Master, let me escort you back first.

The Crown Prince is waiting for you impatiently.

How can you escort me back first?

This matter concerns

whether the Imperial College

takes action under the orders of the Bureau of Military Affairs.

It even concerns the relationship between the Bureau of Military Affairs and Song's Academy.

It also concerns

the reason why I came to Yiyang

to inspect the Yiyang Academy this time.

Let me tell you.

What kind of academy is this?

Why is this academy so fathomless?

That's why I can't leave.

I must complete the task

which the Crown Prince gave me.

Right?

How about this? You should go to the Imperial College first.

Just go there.

I'll observe the movements here.

Go.

But the Crown Prince...

Stop talking about the Crown Prince.

Let's deal with the serious matters first.

Okay.

It feels so good after I've apologized.

I finally let go of the burden in my heart.

I feel so relaxed.

Father.

Father.

I...

Come inside from the door in the future.

Yueniang.

Mr. Chen, where are the others?

Miss Zhu.

I saw that everybody came on time,

but they are all spiritless.

Are they not interested in the competition?

Miss Zhu.

This...

Let's see what Zhu wants to do.

A female student is so ill-mannered like this.

You spoiled her.

Sister, help me.

Brother, help me.

I know you all have your own ideas

about this Literature and Martial Arts Tournament,

and you all think that

in terms of the competition system,

the content and so on,

it's quite unfair.

Exactly.

Our academy has always attached much importance to literature.

But the content of this tournament is more about marital arts.

It's obvious that the other three academies

have colluded with each other to bully us.

I really don't know what is

the meaning of such a matter.

Exactly.

Do they want us, the students of the Yiyang Academy,

to give our dignity away so that they can humiliate us?

-Right. -He's right.

Delicate girls like us

are not suitable for this kind of competition.

What if my beautiful

face is hurt accidentally?

Don't you think it'll be too bad?

Right.

I think what you all have said makes sense.

But as you said just now,

since the other three academies have made this decision,

they must think that

the Yiyang Academy will definitely lose.

So, this competition

is not only a good chance to test ourselves,

but also an occasion to prove to the other three academies that

the students of the Yiyang Academy

are not just good at the Six Arts.

I still hope that all of you

can cherish this rare opportunity

and work hard on the training

so as to bring glory to our Yiyang Academy.

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't fly.

Once it flies, it'll soar up into the sky directly.

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't chirp.

Once it chirps, it'll surprise the people.

Yes.

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't chirp.

Once it chirps, it'll surprise the people.

-Yes! -Yes, yes!

Come on. Let's applaud enthusiastically.

Just applaud. Applaud.

Just applaud!

Let's applaud.

Miss Yan.

Your attitude wasn't like this just now.

Yueniang is my best friend.

Even Zhou Ji supports her so much.

How can I fall behind?

But...

But I...

How come she's like this?

All those female students who take an active part

in this competition

will get a box of White Jade Cream from me.

-This White Jade Cream -White Jade Cream?

can only be acquired in the palace.

Really?

Of course.

How could I break my promise just because of

several boxes of White Jade Cream?

Well,

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't fly. Once it flies, it'll soar up into the sky directly.

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't fly. Once it flies, it'll soar up into the sky directly.

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't chirp. Once it chirps, it'll surprise the people.

Come on.

Move the bows and arrows aside.

Coming.

Hurry up.

Move the goal to the right a little further.

Hurry up. Put it in the center.

Okay.

Go on moving it to the center.

Move this away.

Take this over there.

Push it a little higher.

Okay.

Push it higher.

Let's go.

Don't be afraid.

They pushed it so high.

We have to push it higher than they did.

Swing higher.

Stand steadily.

Help!

Help!

Help, beauties!

Who did this?

How did you hit the ball?

Instructor Shen.

Your nose is bleeding.

Is it that obvious?

Raise your head.

It's very obvious.

Come on.

Walk slowly.

Senior Song.

Give me the bat.

Miss Song Zhu hit the ball so well.

You're indeed my student.

Senior Song, you're amazing.

Teach me.

Come on. Let me teach you.

Aim at the center of the goal.

Miss Song Zhu!

Then...

How come a female student like you

can teach our male students?

Don't you think you've interfered too much?

If we need someone to teach the male students,

as the best cricket player of the Yiyang Academy,

I, Li Wenshu, should be the one teaching them.

Li Wenshu, the best cricket player?

Then what was wrong with that nice hit of the ball just now?

That was only about strength just now,

instead of precision.

Look at me.

Go to the opposit side.

Okay.

Put the ball between your feet.

Put your hands like this and hold the bat.

The look in your eyes should be fierce and your movements should be correct.

Both your waist and legs should use strength at the same time.

Then shout.

Did you cheat at the game

when I rubbed my eyes just now?

No.

You must have cheated.

This doesn't count.

Let's do it again.

It's my turn this time.

Go over there.

Two copper coins.

We had a deal.

Hurry.

Hurry up.

A gentleman never retracts a false move in a chess game.

You've lost and you should give me the money.

What's wrong with you?

What am I doing?

How come I did something like this?

Isn't this something that Miss Song Zhu would do?

I've learnt these bad behaviors from her.

Why did I go towards the direction of the academy?

Zhu, come and do this.

Look.

Zhu will do it?

Miss Song Zhu

is seen in every event.

She is seen in every event.

Junior Zhou.

Come on.

Yueniang, be careful.

Okay.

Let me help you.

Zhu is the best!

My ball!

Where is it?

The ball.

I'll go pick it up.

Isn't it the Literature and Martial Arts Tournament?

Why did they throw the embroidered...

It's none of my business.

My feet are out of control and they should be blamed.

I'm already here.

I was even hit by the ball.

I can't just leave like this, right?

Right.

I have to figure out who dared to

offend me.

Look at him.

This...

You're not good at this.

How bad your skills are.

Xue Hanfu is so stupid.

-Help! -Just act like a real man.

He's still the same coward as I remember.

Where's Miss Song Zhu?

I guess she's so stupid that

she's not even qualified to receive training.

Who is the stupid person you talked about?

Who?

Who is stupid?

Who is the stupid person I talked about?

Who is stupid?

Who is it?

Let me ask you.

Are you coming back to us?

Of course not.

I just want to see who was so blind

and dared to kick this embroidered ball

towards me.

Alright.

In that case, please leave at once.

Now it's the internal training time of the Yiyang Academy.

Outsiders are not allowed to peep.

Go.

No.

Just go.

Wait, wait.

I was kind enough to bring the embroidered ball back for you.

You asked me to leave without saying something nice?

Thank you. I really appreciate your hard work.

Bye.

Wait.

Here you are.

Let's play a round.

No.

You adults are liars.

A young man cheated me and got two copper coins from me.

No.

Those are bad young men.

Look at me.

I'm a good young man.

If you don't believe me,

you can ask him.

Let's play a round.

If you win,

all of them will be yours.

Young Master.

It's you.

Young Master, please.

This thing looks good but doesn't taste good.

Let me see who was so bold

and dared to bully our young master's best friend.

It was him.

I'm giving you some money,

and it's enough to buy many candies.

Go home.

Keep a low profile during the trip.

Don't make it public.

Understood.

Young Master.

Take it.

This...

Young Master.

Three cards of Empty Plum Patterns.

Pass.

Ten Thousand Strings of Copper Coins.

I have no cards to win at this.

Young Master.

Keep a low profile during the trip.

Don't make it public.

You...

You've lost weight.

Actually, you've gained weight.

You know how to play this?

I've just defeated a master.

Actually, I'm a master.

I'm sorry, Young Masters.

I won again.

It was just a game, wasn't it?

Why are you so serious?

I won't steal cards again.

125.

I won't steal cards again.

126.

Young Master, I won't steal cards again.

127.

The person who was looking for you

went to the mountain to pray with the Empress Dowager this morning.

I guess

it'll take several days.

So,

you're safe.

Great.

You came here just in order to tell me this thing?

Not really.

There are two things.

Firstly,

I miss you.

So I came to see you.

Secondly,

I have a new mission.

A new mission?

Last time, Uncle Hu brought an account book.

I checked it

and found that the amount of money which Duke Yue's Mansion donated every year was huge.

There were probably 10,000 taels of gold.

So much money?

The National Treasury gave the local governments

no more than several thousand tales every year.

I suspect that this is a big corruption case,

and it involves many people.

But

if we start investigating this case from the capital,

we might alert the suspects easily.

I think since Song's Academy might be related to

this donation case,

and the competition this time involves

the Imperial College and the Bureau of Military Affairs,

the relationships between these people must be complex.

Why don't we start with Song's Academy?

However...

I heard that you were expelled from Song's Academy.

I have a way to go back.

Okay.

Go back to Song's Academy

and find out about the truth of this case.

Yes.

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't fly. Once it flies, it'll soar up into the sky directly.

This bird looked ordinary because it didn't chirp. Once it chirps, it'll surprise the people.

Yiyang Academy is the Red Team.

The Three Academies of Luoyang will constitute the Blue Team.

In the competition, we'll adopt the method of keeping scores.

In each event, the winning team will get one point.

The team getting two points first

will be the winner.

The focus of this competition is about participation and communication.

I hope that all the students

can think of the result calmly.

[Yiyang Academy Will Surely Win!]

Yiyang Academy

will surely win!

Yiyang Academy will surely win!

We'll will surely win!

Yiyang Academy

will surely win!

Come on.

Take it away.

The teachers from both teams will draw lots to select

the contestants of the first event,

namely, Ride the Wind to Take the Ball.

It's kicking an embroidered ball on a swing.

The contestants can kick the ball three times in total.

They can take turns to kick the ball.

Pick me. Pick me.

The team whose contestants hit the ball twice first

[Xue Hanfu]

will get one point.

The contestants of the Red Team

are Yan Qinruo...

Yan Qinruo!

Xue Hanfu...

-It's you. -Me?

and Ding Miao.

Ding Miao.

Ding Miao.

Ding.

Ding Miao.

Ding Miao.

Ding, how are you?

Ding Miao.

The contestants of the Blue Team are He Qin...

It's the luckiest draw.

It's the luckiest draw.

Wake up, Ding. Wake up.

It's the luckiest draw.

I was really scared.

Sun Nong

and Qi Tianming.

I wasn't selected.

Alright.

I'll help you get the first place.

Okay.

I'll go then.

Go for it!

Go for it, Miss Yan!

Go for it, Qinruo!

It's the luckiest draw. Look.

Go for it! Go for it! Go for it!

Qinruo, go for it!

Miss Yan, go for it!

Go for it!

Go for it, Qinruo!

So high.

Come on!

Yueniang.

Yueniang, I want to quit.

This is too shaky.

Yueniang! Yueniang!

I dare not do it.

No, I'm scared.

Qinruo.

Look how scared she is.

Yes.

Miss Yan, come on!

Yan Qinruo, come on!

Zhou Ji!

Miss Jin, save me!

I want to quit.

Qinruo!

Come on!

Hold tight.

Don't let go.

Grip the chain.

I can't do it.

You have to stand up.

Ding Miao, look at that.

Look.

I'm not the one who's swaying.

It's the swing that's swaying.

Don't panic.

You can do it. Trust yourself.

Come on!

Come on! Come on!

I can't do it.

Qinruo!

Grip the chain. Don't be nervous.

Yueniang!

Young Master.

I've brought back the information of the students of the Imperial College.

Take a look.

Young Master.

Where is he?

Young Master.

[Yiyang Inn]

The Red Team gets one point.

Miss Yan lost.

Now Junior Xue has made our score equal to theirs.

It's up to Junior Ding now.

It's Group Three's turn now.

Go for it! Go for it!

Ding Miao, go for it!

Go for it! Go for it! Go for it!

You can do it.

Go for it! Go for it!

Ding Miao!

Go for it!

Go for it!

Go for it!

Go for it!

Go for it!

Go for it!

I'm... I'm nervous.

It's okay. He can do it.

Come on!

-You'll surely win! -You can do it!

Just go down.

Stop yelling!

Stop talking!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Just come down.

Look.

Look over there.

He's swinging so high over there.

It's all right.

Ding Miao, come on!

Junior Ding can surely do it.

As the best cricket player,

if I went up there,

I would be able to kick that ball at one stroke.

Ding Miao, look!

This is the luckiest draw.

You will win.

Hold on to the fiber rope.

Stand steadily and don't shake.

Come on! You can do it!

Come on!

Ding Miao, come on!

Ding Miao!

If you disgrace the Yiyang Academy,

I'll make you swing for a day.

Don't let others look down upon you.

Ding Miao stood up!

Ding Miao stood up!

You can surely do it!

Come on!

Good.

You are invincible!

Ding Miao, come on!

Come on!

Come on, Ding Miao!

He'll kick it soon.

Come on!

I'm invincible!

Good!

We won!

We won!

We won!

Ding Miao.

Come back! Come back!

Come back!

Ding Miao.

You're amazing.

You're so amazing.

The Red Team won this round.

Yiyang Academy won.

Yiyang Academy is better at

such a game for girls.

We

admit defeat.

Thank you.

Great.

One, two.

One, two, go.

One, two, go.

One, two, go.

Ding, you're amazing.

You're amazing.

Yueniang.

The next event is playing chess.

Do you think we can get another point?

I hope the three best chess players

in our academy will be selected.

Waiter!

[Imperial College]

It's okay to do it now.

Let's go.

All the first-class rooms of the Yiyang Inn

have been booked by the students of the Imperial College.

Why are there some martial arts masters?

Oh no.

The second event is

the Life & Death Deciding Game.

In other words, among these three groups,

if two groups solve

the Life & Death Questions and save the stalemate

[Zhou Ji]

within the time of burning a joss stick, that team will win.

The Red Team.

Zhou Ji.

Li Wenshu.

Zhao Yuanzhen.

The Blue Team.

Zhou Ting.

Gao Longkuan.

Sun Weichao.

Go for it!

The Blue Team will surely win!

Go for it!

Blue Team, go for it!

The Blue Team will surely win!

Don't be nervous. Go for it!

Zhou Ting from the Blue Team versus Zhou Ji from the Red Team.

Gao Longkuan versus Zhao Yuanzhen.

Sun Weichao versus Li Wenshu.

Be careful.

Qinruo.

Don't you think Junior Zhou is a bit weird?

Even if your white chessmen can go ten steps first,

you won't be able to defeat me as I'm the Sage of Chess.

I've heard that

your identity as an illegitimate son has been discovered.

Why were you so careless?

I'm so nervous.

Zhou put down a chess piece.

Do you think Junior Zhou can win?

Don't worry. We will definitely win.

Just wait and see.

Just wait.

Give one point to the Blue Team.

It's okay.

Young Master.

Come on.

Sir.

Come on.

Thank you.

Miss Zhao!

She won!

She won!

Great!

You've become like this at the Yiyang Academy now.

Your situation is really not satisfactory.

Just tell me

why you didn't go to the Imperial College back then.

Right.

You gave away the admission qualification for the Imperial College.

Look. I have a bad memory.

In my opinion,

our parents should have left the admission qualification to you.

Do you

think so?

By the way,

I almost forgot this.

Our father said that he would give 50 taels of silver

to your mother every month so that she could see the doctor.

But my mother opposed this idea strongly.

He's a talented scholar in Luoyang

and the top student of the academy.

Mr. Zhang,

you should have faith in your students.

Of course I have faith in my students.

Impressive!

My father has been asking me about my opinions lately.

What do you think

I should say?

Zhou… Junior Zhou, come on!

Come on!

Come on, Zhou Ji!

Come on!

Keep your voice down. Don't disturb him.

Do you want to ignore her and just let her die

or give her 50 taels of silver every month so that she can stay alive?

You'll make the decision.

Come on, Junior Zhou.

Junior Zhou.

I told you about it earlier.

-What's going on? -We don't have much time left.

Filial piety comes first.

Is this saying not true?

Relax.

We don't have much time left

Put down the chess piece at once.

Time's up.

The game is over.

The Blue Team won.

How could this happen?

How could this happen?

He's the No.1 talented scholar in Luoyang?

I think he is the No.1 illegitimate son in Luoyang.

You've gone too far.

Are we on the same team?

Though he didn't win, it doesn't matter.

Why did you slander him?

I was telling the truth.

Just think about it. The next event is cricket.

If they pick these female students by drawing lots,

we'll lose again, won't we?

What's the problem with picking female students after they draw lots?

Who says that we female students will definitely lose?

She's right.

Whom are you looking down upon?

Besides,

since our Yiyang Academy has established a women's school,

it means that this women's school is also part of the academy.

If our internal members don't even respect our own people,

how would the opponents respect us?

-Right? -Stop arguing.

Don't expose our internal scandals.

They're watching.

The Blue Team will surely win!

Besides, the game is not over yet.

How can you talk about winning or losing so soon?

The Blue Team will surely win!

I didn't win.

It's my fault.

We wanted to rely on you to reverse the situation.

Where was the knowledge you had learnt?

Stop criticizing him.

Can't you see that Junior Zhou is in a bad mood?

My skills are not as good as my opponent's.

I'm sorry.

Hush.

It's all right.

It's all right, Zhou.

Zhou.

It's all right, Zhou.

The third round is about to begin.

The third round.

The third round.

It's the cricket.

That's what we're good at.

It's the cricket.

Don't worry.

Mr. Xiao.

Uncle Dai.

Mr. Xiao,

are you going to watch the competition?

Yes.

But the competition is not held over there.

They've changed the venue to the academy.

Thank you.

But what happened?

I'll explain to you later.

The teachers of the Red Team and the Blue Team

should draw lots to pick the players and the substitute players.

Each team has six players.

Without malicious attacks

on the opponents' bodies,

the team with the highest score will win.

Blue Team, go for it!

Go for it! Go for it! Go for it!

Our opponents all consist of male students.

However, in our team,

there's a weak and delicate senior female student.

Because of that, our chance of winning has become smaller.

That's right.

Cut the crap.

Shut up.

I think that

the system of the third event is quite unfair.

In the previous two events,

neither the cotent nor the rules

could embody the differences

between boys and girls.

But in the third event,

power and speed are the keys to success.

In this aspect,

boys are more outstanding than girls.

If we still let a girl take part in the match,

it shows disrespect for women.

It also shows partiality for the other three academies.

Thus, I think

we should replace her with a male student.

Li Wenshu, what are you talking about?

I'm doing this for your own good.

Why can't I take part in the match?

I'm considerate towards you, but you're so ungrateful.

Why?

Stop arguing.

I think

Yiyang Academy has established a women's school

because we hope that just like men, women can receive education

and refuse to be an appendage.

Besides, the education we receive

includes not only lute-playing, chess, calligraphy, and painting,

but also horsemanship and archery skills.

Since the system of the competition has been decided,

we should respect it.

Why is she so unreasonable?

Since a female student has been picked after you drew lots,

as the female student who is about to take part in this match,

I will definitely be a player in the match.

This is fairness.

If you don't let me take part in the match

just because I'm a woman,

and you want to deprive me of the chance to win honor for our academy,

that's the biggest injustice.

What Yueniang said is right.

What she said is right.

Besides, I think that

in the Literature and Martial Arts Tournament this time,

it is not just a battle of strength.

It will also test all the students

to see if they have the courage to face the challenge

when they're selected by the unknown danger

and to see if our power of unity is big enough.

Anyway, we female students

are never afraid of any difficulties.

We are not afraid!

-We're just not afraid! -Yueniang, go for it!

Well said, Senior Zhu.

A woman can be brave,

but her capability is actually not good enough.

Yes.

Do you believe that I'll defeat you?

What are you talking about?

Just get out of the cricket ground.

Who said that we female students

will lose if we take part in the match?

In my opinion, Yueniang won't lose.

Am I right?

Yes!

We're just not afraid.

Let's cheer for Yue Niang.

Yue Niang, go for it!

Yueniang, you're the best.

Yue Niang, go for it!

Defeat them!

Be careful. I'll beat you to tears.

This is just a game.

I hope that all the students

can improve themselves through the communication.

Don't take winning and losing too seriously.

Otherwise,

we'll lose the original intention of the tournament.

Did you hear that?

Just mind your own business.

Mr. Han is coming.

What Dean Song said is right.

Players, get ready to start the match.

Come on.

-Yiyang Academy! -Go for it!