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[Special Lady]

[Episode 25]

I'm Song Zhu.

Greetings, Your Grace.

Song Zhu?

This name sounds familiar.

Your Grace,

Song Ling, the eldest daughter of Mr. Song from Yi Yang,

has a sister called Song Zhu.

Really?

Yes.

I am the third daughter of the Song Family.

Come on.

Help me put on that bracelet.

I'm not asking you to do this.

Her Grace is asking you to do that.

Me?

Yes.

You do look pretty.

You may stand up, too.

Thank you, Your Grace.

Just tell me

why you helped that thief.

I was thinking that

maybe the person who accidentally picked up the item

saw that it was quite valuable, so she wanted to possess it

and tried to hide the truth.

But maybe

there was another possibility.

Your Grace, please think about it.

The person who picked up the bracelet accidentally

might want to return it to the owner who had lost it.

But the banquet had just started,

and before she had time to ask

who the owner of this bracelet was,

the officers of the government came.

Besides, the officers made such a big fuss.

Maybe she was afraid that the government might not investigate this case thoroughly

and then arrested her without a reason.

So,

she took the risk

in order to protect herself.

In that case,

why should we blame her?

This girl is benevolent and kind-hearted.

She could even think of the way of this wooden box.

It was a win-win situation.

The child raised by Song Xu

is really kind and elegant.

Thank you for your compliment.

I'm flattered.

Your Grace.

Please forgive me for my imprudence just now.

You're such a lovely girl and I like you very much.

How could I blame you?

Song Zhu.

You made a contribution this time.

Being rewarded for contributions is the rule.

Just tell me what rewards you want to get.

I don't dare to ask for any rewards.

Your Grace, I'm quite happy that you could let me

atone for my faults by good deeds.

Besides, it’s my great honor to have helped you

find the bracelet.

Look.

This gilr is very eloquent.

Your contributions outweigh your faults.

You should still be rewarded.

Since you don't want anything,

and I've got the bracelet back after losing it,

I'll give this bracelet

to you.

Although it’s not as valuable as those several bolts of ribbing silk fabrics which belong to your sister,

just regard it as a memento.

Thank you.

Thanks for your reward, Your Grace.

I'd like to kowtow to you and thank you, Your Grace.

[Duke Yue's Mansion]

All the records are 1,000 taels.

It's so neat and orderly.

Where is the draft?

I heard something over there just now.

Hurry up. I told you, but you don't believe me.

I don't think there was any sound.

I'm sure there was a sound. Let's look for it.

I'm sure I heard it right.

Let's go! Stop!

Stop! Don't run!

Stop!

Who are you?

I'm talking about you! Stop!

It's okay.

-It's late at night. Why did you yell? -My Lady.

There's a suspicious person over there.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Junior Zhou. Feiniang.

Miss Yan.

They are Mr. Zhou and Miss Fei

from the Yiyang Academy.

Why did you yell here?

You may leave.

Yes.

You're still up at this hour?

To be honest,

since I entered Yiyang Academy,

I've never gone back home.

So,

I miss my mother very much.

I came back to Luoyang today.

I wanted to go home with Feiniang to see my mother.

I forgot that.

I'm sorry.

I forgot that your hometown is Luoyang.

Your mother was seriously ill a few days ago.

I think you must miss her more.

I was careless.

How about this?

I'll ask someone to send you and Feininag over there now.

No need.

We can go by ourselves.

Feiniang and I are like sisters.

You don't have to be so polite.

Coincidentally, I want to give some gifts to your mother.

Just take my advice on this matter.

Guards!

Prepare the gifts and the carriage.

Yes!

-Thank you, Senior Yan. -Thank you, Miss Yan.

You're welcome.

I forgot my way back to my room

because of the chaos caused by those two servants.

My gosh.

I finally found it.

Who is it?

Stop! Stop!

Xiao Yu!

Zhu.

Why are you in my room in the middle of the night?

It's your room?

I went the wrong way.

Stop!

Zhu, what are you doing?

You look like a thief.

Are you trying to steal something?

What are you talking about?

You know me well, don't you?

I don't know the way.

You don't know the way,

so you can enter a girl's room

in the middle of the night?

Let me tell you.

This is not my first time

seeing you being so sneaky.

You'd better tell me honestly

what your purpose is.

I really went to the wrong way.

Can you let me go?

No.

If you don't tell me, I'll shout and ask for help.

Guards!

No!

Let go of me!

-Let go of me! -Stay quiet.

-Let go of me! -Go!

What are you doing?

There are many people outside.

Don't dawdle. Hurry up. There are still many items.

Okay.

Someone came just in time. I I'll ask him to catch you.

Actually...

I'm here for you.

Why did you come to see me?

You... I... You...

Stay away from me.

I'm warning you. Don't do anything indecent.

I...

What indecent thing would I do?

With your posture like that, it feels as if I were a philanderer.

You're just a philanderer, aren't you?

I once told you that

I would flirt with anyone else, but I wouldn't flirt with you.

Fine. Then tell me

why you came here.

I'll tell you the truth.

Actually, I regard this place as a toilet.

-You… -I’m leaving right now.

I'm leaving right now.

What's the matter now?

Well...

Do you know where my bedroom is?

Tell me at once.

Beg me.

Tell me at once.

Fine. I'm in a good mood today.

I'll tell you.

Over there.

What are you waiting for? Just go.

You...

Go back inside and put on a coat.

Why should I put on a coat?

Lead the way.

Why should I lead the way?

Stop dawdling.

If someone sees me here,

and thinks that I'm meeting you privately in the middle of the night,

I don't know what kind of rumor he might spread.

I won't lead the way.

You asked me to show you the way.

But it'll be even worse if someone sees that.

I won't lead the way.

Let's talk about this first.

If I go to Zhou Ji’s room later,

and he asks me where I came from,

I'll just tell him the truth.

You...

What a rascal you are.

I have no choice.

Song Zhu.

I'm going to get changed.

Hold the lantern.

Hurry up.

Don't blame me for not showing you the way if you can't catch up with me later.

Brother.

Miss Yan's brother also likes you very much, right?

Feiniang.

What do you want to say?

I heard him say this in front of everyone

at the banquet.

He hoped that you and Miss Yan could become a perfect couple.

That means his family doesn't despise our family.

Can't you consider it?

We're indebted to Miss Yan.

I'll try to find a way to repay her kindness.

Oh no!

Has the carriage used for delivering the silver left here?

Goodbye, Your Grace.

I told you not to come,

but you still came here.

Mother, if you go back alone,

I'll be worried.

Just let me escort you back home.

Then I won't be worried.

Alright.

Goodbye, Prince Fu.

Duke Yue, please stay.

I came in a hurry today.

I couldn't talk to you properly.

I believe there will be a chance in the future.

Okay. Then I'll refuse to see other visitors

and wait for you exclusively.

Prince.

Did someone flash by over there just now?

No.

Mother, you were mistaken about it.

Let's go back.

Let's go.

Your Grace, please.

Young Master!

You've been missing for a day and a night. I've been so worried.

You're still eating?

It's not the time to eat.

It's lunch time now, isn't it?

Chase them!

How can we chase them without a horse?

Use your legs.

Everyone,

I won't accept the gifts.

I won't accept the gifts.

It's just a small gift to show my respect.

I'll accept the invitation letter.

[Song Mansion]

Okay.

-Thanks, everyone. -Make way, please.

Thanks, everyone.

Come on.

Please extend greetings to Mr. Song for me.

-Who is this? -Who is this?

-Thanks for your help. -Okay.

-Okay. -Thanks.

Okay. Thanks, everyone.

Okay. Thank you.

-Thanks for your help. -Thanks.

Sir, Madam,

there are many gentlemen coming to our house outside.

They're here to meet Lady Zhu.

After I knew that Yueniang was going to Luoyang,

I thought it would be good if she didn't cause trouble.

I didn't expect that she would make a big contribution.

I heard that she was even rewarded by the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager also praised her.

She praised her for being clever in appearance and beautiful in mind.

Dear.

Being beautiful in appearance and clever in mind is the correct phrase.

They're almost the same.

It's really you.

No wonder these legs look so familiar to me.

How did you come back?

How did I come back?

I had diarrhea and went to the toilet,

so I missed your carriage.

Then I hired a carriage myself to come back.

Why did you always go to the toilet?

Are you feeling unwell?

Do you want to see a doctor?

Maybe I want that now.

Are you caring about me?

Who is caring about you?

I'm just curious why you didn't take the carriage.

Without me in the carriage,

you must have lost a lot of fun on the way.

Bah!

Let me tell you. Without you,

that carriage was so spacious.

I have to go.

See you later.

I know why you didn't take the carriage.

Why?

You must have

got lost.

What a pity.

How come you could find the way in the end?

What a pity.

I don't know what this girl has been thinking all day long.

Mr. Xiao,

let's talk if you have time.

Lady Zhu, hurry up. Go back inside the house first.

Our dean won't see any guests today.

Sister!

Everyone!

Everyone.

Okay.

Stop pushing and shoving to get inside.

Everyone, calm down first.

Yueniang, you're back.

Sister. Brother.

Good for you, Yueniang.

You went to Luoyang this time,

and you won much honor for our family.

Everyone in our family knows it?

Yes.

You know what?

When I came back today,

I saw a big crowd of people at the gate.

They were all here to send invitation letters.

They wanted to invite you to be a guest at their homes.

The gate was blocked by them.

Because of that, I had to come back from the side door.

Don't exaggerate the details.

Yueniang.

There are many people coming here indeed.

Most of them are from noble families.

They are very polite.

Sister, no matter how many people there are, I'm not interested.

Yes.

No matter how good they are, they're not as good as Mr. Xiao, right?

That man has a poor sense of direction.

Don't mention him.

You two always fall out with each other.

After falling out, you'll make up with each other again.

In my opinion, Mr. Xiao is the best match for you.

No, we're not a good match.

Our parents have been waiting for you inside.

Let's not waste time here.

Yueniang, go inside at once.

I'll go inside first.

Father. Mother.

Yueninag, you're back.

I'm back.

Come on. Have a seat.

After hearing that you would come back, your father

specially told me to

prepare some delicious desserts for you.

Sit down and eat.

-Sit down. -Thank you, Father.

-Sit down. -Thank you, Mother.

Is it delicious?

Yes.

After Yueniang

came back from Luoyang, she's different now.

She finally eats like a lady.

Mother, when did I not behave like a lady?

Alright.

You're like a lady.

Yueniang, I heard that you had received a reward from the Empress Dowager.

Tell us

what happened.

Actually, it was not a big deal.

I was just lucky.

Zhou!

Zhou, just tell me

about Miss Yan's birthday banquet.

Only you and Mr. Xiao were invited.

How was it? Was it beautiful?

I didn't notice.

How could a mature man like you not notice?

I've heard that Luoyang is full of beautiful girls.

Am I right?

You can go there yourself when you're free.

Yes, Xue. Let's go.

Let’s go.

How vulgar.

-Look at them. -Right.

Mr. Li.

Song Zhu made a contribution in front of the Empress Dowager this time.

The Song Family is even more famous now.

In my opinion,

if you can marry the second daughter of the Song Family,

then...

It's called

gaining both the beauty and the fame.

Yes, Mr. Li.

Look.

Among all the students,

I think

you're the one who has the biggest chance to marry a girl from the Song Family.

How vulgar!

No, this...

Then...

Who else can do that? That guy surnamed Xue?

It's sarcasm.

Massage my shoulders.

Miss Yan.

Why did you bring me here?

Nothing.

I just want to thank you

for attending my birthday party this year.

It's also my honor.

Mr. Xiao,

do you have a crush on me?

If you have a crush on me,

just tell me

so that I won't think too much anymore.

Miss Yan.

You...

come from a prominent family and look very pretty.

You have many admirers.

It doesn't matter if I'm your admirer or not.

What do you mean, Mr. Xiao?

I mean

I treat...

I treat you as my friend.

Your friend?

No.

But Yueninag has told me that

you have a crush on me.

Song Zhu is so...

Did Yueniang lie to me?

No.

So you lied to her?

I think I was drunk that day

and said some nonsense.

I might have accidentally said your name

and mentioned my favorite food.

Then I misled her with my vague descriptions.

She didn't hear it wrongly, but I described it incorrectly.

Then it caused your misunderstanding.

Misunderstanding?

It's all a misunderstanding.

Miss Yan.

I'm sorry.

Miss Yan,

you're such a good girl.

You'll find your Mr. Right.

No matter how good I am, what's the point?

It's just a misunderstanding, isn't it?

Though I was very cautious,

I still made a mistake.

My dear friend,

stop crying.

I feel so bad for you when I see you crying.

Okay?

What's the reason?

My dear friend.

Yueniang.

Mr. Xiao...

Mr. Xiao said he didn't have a crush on me.

What?

How is that possible?

He told me about it himself.

Qinruo.

I didn't lie to you.

He told me that himself.

It's true. I swear.

He said that

he was drunk that night,

which made you misunderstand that

he talked about having a crush on me.

Yueniang, why am I such a pathetic girl?

You're not a pathetic girl.

Xiao Yu is the pathetic man.

Qinruo is the most beautiful girl in the entire Yiyang Academy.

He doesn't like you because he has no taste

and he isn't lucky enough.

Yueniang, are you telling the truth?

Of course.

Back then, I let him approach you

because you said that he was a good man.

Look.

He made you cry.

We don't need a man like him.

Right?

Stop crying.

Qinruo.

I didn't handle this matter properly.

I told you about it after hearing just a few words.

If I had listened more carefully,

I wouldn't have

made you waste your passion.

Yueniang, it's not your fault.

You knew my feelings towards him.

You told me about it because you wanted to make me happy.

But I didn't make you happy.

But Yueniang,

it's not your fault after all.

Besides,

as you said,

Xiao Yu has no taste.

Xiao Yu is not lucky enough.

It's not a bad thing

if I can stop losses in time, right?

Qinruo,

you are such a good girl.

We are best friends.

Actually,

it seems that

I'm not that sad now.

I think I cried just now

because I didn't want to accept the truth.

That's why I felt so bad.

That despicable Xiao Yu.

I'll teach him a lesson for you later.

How could he make you sad?

Yueniang.

Don't go to see him.

I don't want to talk to him anymore.

I still need some dignity.

Okay.

I won't go to see him.

We'll talk about it after a period of time.

You look good when you smile.

Yueniang, you're so nice.

I think I cried for a very long time after I came to see you,

and I'm a bit hungry now.

Yueniang.

I want to eat wontons.

Okay. I'll cook whatever you want to eat.

If you want the stars in the sky,

I'll take them off for you.

Yueniang, why are you so nice?

I don't want to go back to the dorm tonight.

Can I stay here?

Then we can have a chat tonight.

Okay.

We have to talke in a low voice.

Don't let my second eldest sister find out about us.

Otherwise, she will kick you out.

Young Master.

You're getting more and more down-to-earth.

Isn't it good?

It's good,

but I'm just worried that

you can't get used to it after you go back.

Why are you not eating?

You think it's too greasy

without Green Silk Roses?

No.

How is the investigation I asked you to do?

The donated money

was sent to Meisen Academy

Hanbo Academy and Wenshang Academy respectively.

They were

the three academies against Yiyang Academy in the tournament, weren't they?

However,

two of the academies distributed the money

to the students right on that day.

Who are you?

Is Jiang Tao at home?

Jiang Tao? Who is Jiang Tao?

This is not Jiang Tao's home?

I don’t know Jiang Tao.

This is not Jiang Tao's home.

You've found the wrong place.

Buddy, let me ask you one more question.

Is there any student in your home?

You're so strange.

I have no children. How can I have a student here?

He's not here.

Our initial speculation

was probably right.

They used the academies to embezzle the donated money.

That's very likely.

I need to keep investigating this case

to see how they operated it.

I asked you to investigate another thing.

How is it going?

It's the case about Mr. Zhou, right?

Mr. Zhou Ji comes from a good family.

But he and his sister have been isolated by the others since childhood.

They've lived a miserable life.

I can't believe it.

Their mother is seriously ill

and stays at home.

But she's been living in the side room.

I went to check that room.

It wasn't suitable for a person to live there at all.

People always say that a poor family can always bring forth a talented man.

Mr. Zhou Ji was treated like this,

but he still became the top scholar in Luoyang

and got admitted to Yiyang Academy.

I think he stuided very hard.

What about his elder brother?

Mr. Zhou Ji was going to enter the Imperial College.

But without asking for Zhou Ji's permission, the First Madam directly

gave the qualification to his brother Zhou Ting.

Zhou Ting always bullies him,

and often threatens him with Zhou Ji's mother.

It turns out that he didn't perform well in the competition

because of this thing.

He's a pitiful man.

Young Master,

on the night I went there,

I happened to see him and his sister go home.

Hearing their conversation, I knew that

his mother was seriously ill,

and it was Miss Yan

who sponsored them with money previously.

Just take it.

Have I misunderstood him?

Young Master.

We shouldn't interfere in

others' business.

Currently, Yiyang Academy

is also on the list of donation.

We don't know whether Song Xu

is related to these things.

I saw Instructor Shen waiting for that carriage.

Uncle Hu.

Can you help me find a book

that is similar to a martial arts secret manual?

What?

Martial arts and what?

Secret manual.

Since it's a secret manual,

how could I get it?

Aren't you a master of martial arts?

Young Master, you gave me such a big compliment.

I don't think I can refuse you.

Let's go.

The teacher hasn't come yet.

Thank you, Miss Zhao.

Come to my place. You're welcome.

Look. It's here.

It's here.

This is not right.

I'll go back and check it for you next time.

The teacher is coming.

Come on. Let's go back to our seats.

Hurry up.

Come on.

Let's review the Book of Songs first.

Why isn't Xiao Yu here yet?

Young Master.

Your health has become worse,

since you came back from Luoyang this time.

What have you been doing recently?

Don't interrupt.

What were we talking about just now?

The secret manual.

Right.

I planned to give it to you when I came.

Such magical skills really exist?

I thought the storyteller made them up.

Look.

Actually, I drew the pictures myself.

You...

Well, will this work?

I've used all my painting skills on it.

Well, look at this.

Will this work?

I drew these pictures while I was listening to the storyteller talk about the story.

Young Master, we are running out of time and we have a heavy task.

Please make do with it.

What a coincidence.

A few days ago, when I was cleaning up my room

and tidying up my closet,

I accidentally found this book.

I vaguely remember that

a martial artist gave it to me.

He asked me to study it carefully.

A martial artist?

Just look at your small figure.

This martial artist's taste was quite unique.

Instructor Shen, I know you love martial arts.

There is a big gap between you and me.

So,

I want to study

this secret manual with you.

How come

this painting style is so rough?

Really?

It's an old book.

It's normal for martial artists to be rough.

No, I think that

there is something wrong with this book.

If you think it's strange,

I'll just study it by myself.

Did I say I wouldn't practice?

Don't you see that I'm thinking about it?

Young people are too impatient.

How about this?

Let me give it a try.

Come on.

Come on. Let's put it here.

Hold it steadily.

Stay away from me. Don't let me hurt you.

Inhale.

Push to the left side.

Push to the right side.