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♪Having survived the winter
I'm expecting the flower season♪
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♪Smiling in a spring breeze
I'm immersed in it♪
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♪Whose breath warmed my cold heart♪
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♪And stirred up ripples♪
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♪A figure may be reflected in my eyes♪
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♪Bring back numerous memories♪
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♪Through my life
I've endured hardships for love♪
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♪With you My mind is still and peaceful♪
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♪Don't blame fate and providence♪
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♪And the merciless fortune♪
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♪Wandering in the world of mortals
like it's a game♪
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♪Risking my heart♪
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♪Isn't to be regretted♪
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♪I'll exchange it
for the love of my life delightedly♪
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=A Dream of Splendor=
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=Episode 1=
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(Adapted from historical stories)
(The Eastern Capital, the Northern Song Dynasty)
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(Capital Security Office)
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(Capital Security Office)
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Venus appears in the day.
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(Qiantang County)
The Empress prospers.
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(Qiantang County)
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She'll be the second Empress Wu?
[*The only female monarch in Chinese history]
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(Venus appears in the day. The Empress prospers.
She'll be the second Empress Wu.)
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Stop.
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(Officer Kong Wu of the Intelligence Agency
of the Capital Security Office)
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It's such a rebellious rumor.
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Who asked you to make it up?
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I'll confess!
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I'll confess!
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I'll confess everything!
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Put him down.
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I'll confess.
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The man behind us is
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Wei Ying, Magistrate of Renhe County.
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He said the Empress
lost her virginity a long time ago
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and has deceived His Majesty
for a dozen years.
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The painting is proof.
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What painting?
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What painting?
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Where is it?
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Where is the painting?
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Gu...
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Gu Qianfan.
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Living Devil.
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He's the Living Devil!
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(Commander Gu Qianfan
of the Intelligence Agency)
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(of the Capital Security Office)
Now that you recognized me,
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(of the Capital Security Office)
tell me everything.
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It's-It's in Qiantang County.
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(Impartial and Perspicacious)
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(Impartial and Perspicacious)
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Qianfan, Qianfan.
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Commissioner.
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You're worthy of your reputation
as the Living Devil.
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You even flattened the suspect.
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You flatter me. Thank you.
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Don't be too modest.
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His accomplice
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(Commissioner Lei Jing)
confessed many clues.
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(of the Capital Security Office)
confessed many clues.
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You must be capable enough
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to get to the bottom
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of this case, right?
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I'm just getting ready
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for a trip to Jiangnan Region.
[*South of the Yangtze River]
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Qianfan, come.
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I trust you more than anyone.
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The Empress is a motherly model
of the nation.
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Having assisted His Majesty for years,
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she's incomparably virtuous.
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(Officer Yu Zhongquan)
But upright officials
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(of the Capital Security Office)
But upright officials
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always find her exasperating.
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Shall I
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bring back the painting
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or shall I destroy it there?
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Bring it back, of course.
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But you must keep it secret.
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It's the privacy
of Her Majesty, after all.
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The fewer who know
about this, the better.
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As for all the officials involved,
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keep their mouths shut, too.
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Aye.
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Anyway, go forth and check it out.
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Remember, we only take orders
from His Majesty
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to investigate all kinds of misconduct.
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We're neither affiliated to the Censorate
nor restrained by the Imperial Guards.
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If anyone does not cooperate,
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show him what you can do
as the Living Devil.
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If you solve the case successfully,
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I promise you'll have a great future.
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I'll get packed and set off immediately.
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All right.
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(Qiantang County)
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(Zhao Pan'er,
landlady of Zhao's Teahouse)
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(Peach trees have blossomed.)
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(Ouyang,)
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(why haven't you come back yet?)
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(Sun Sanniang, wife
of the next-door merchant)
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Pan'er!
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Sanniang.
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I made some Luming cakes this morning.
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I used osmanthus honey,
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as a blessing for success
in the Imperial Examination.
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Taste some and see if they're good.
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I don't need to taste any.
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All cakes you sell in my teahouse
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can be sold out within half a day.
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Customers say they like the tea I make.
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But actually, most of them
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visit my teahouse for your cakes.
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Come on.
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You're even more honey-lipped
than the osmanthus honey.
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If I weren't your neighbor
for nearly nine years,
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I would believe you.
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(Delicate Fragrance)
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God of Fame and Wealth,
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please bless Ouyang.
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Hope he won't fail
the Imperial Examination again.
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He used to fail
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because he had bad luck.
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But since you saved his life,
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you've taken good care of him
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like a maid for three years.
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He's no longer unlucky.
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You'll see.
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I'm not only
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a good judge of pigs,
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but also persons.
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This time, Ouyang
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(Zhao's Teahouse)
will certainly succeed.
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(Zhao's Teahouse)
Not a maid, but a soulmate.
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Sounds similar.
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(Tea is Served)
Shall we compete today?
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Let's see which will be sold first,
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your tea or my cakes?
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Bring it on.
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Good morning, Ms. Zhao.
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A pot of Xieyuan Tea, please.
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- All right.
- No problem.
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I won.
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You did.
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Who dares to be luckier
than Mrs. Ouyang,
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the bride-to-be of a Presented Scholar?
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How many times have I told you that?
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Do not tell anyone else
about my relationship with Ouyang.
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Scholars care about reputations most.
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In Qiantang County, a lot of people know
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what I used to be.
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Don't worry too much.
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After he takes you
to the Eastern Capital,
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and marries you,
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you'll always stay at home.
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Who can recognize you, then?
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That's exactly my plan.
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So, I bought some farmlands
in my homeland.
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When I'm in the Eastern Capital,
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I'll be Ms. Zhao from Dengzhou.
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Oh, you've got a plan already.
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Then why were you worried
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that Mr. Ouyang might fail?
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What would you like, sirs?
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A pot of Xieyuan Tea, please.
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Xieyuan Tea.
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Some Bean Cakes, please.
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All right. Some Bean Cakes.
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Someone ordered your cakes. Bean Cakes.
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Got it.
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Sirs, come in, please.
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Thank you.
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Come on.
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Enjoy it, please.
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Someone ordered your Bean Cakes.
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Pan'er,
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I heard girls in the Eastern Capital
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can be very straightforward.
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When you're there, you'll feel at home.
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Ouyang told me
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that there isn't a curfew
in the Eastern Capital.
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The city is illuminated
throughout the night.
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My husband went there once.
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He told me
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that girls in the Eastern Capital are
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beautifully groomed just like fairies.
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There are hundreds of colors
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for lipsticks and face powder in stores.
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The girls' clothes are
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even stitched with gold threads.
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You don't need to imagine.
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You'll be there soon.
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What cakes would you like?
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Do you have Peach Blossom Cakes?
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Yes.
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Good tea is served here.
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The new Perilla Drink
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also tastes great.
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Look.
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This is the new Perilla Drink
Ms. Zhao just invented.
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Enjoy the drink, please.
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Commander, do you
find this teahouse noisy?
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(Jia)
I heard that you love drinking tea.
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(Jia)
It's the best teahouse in Qiantang County.
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Here are good tea and delicious cakes.
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The landlady is gorgeous, too.
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Quite outstanding.
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What is she doing?
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The Tea Art, I guess.
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It is.
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How vivid!
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That's right.
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Kind of great.
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Peach Blossom Cakes.
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Thank you.
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Here's your tea.
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Ma'am, two cups of Fengsui Tea.
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Be right there.
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Here's your tea.
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Plum Preserves.
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They taste better with Ginger Salt.
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Thank you, ma'am.
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The gorgeous landlady?
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A rural woman like her
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can't be as beautiful
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as young ladies in the capital city.
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When you're done with this case,
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I'll put you back in the Eastern Capital
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so that you'll have better taste.
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Really?
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Thank you, thank you.
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Let's get down to business.
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Didn't that suspect confess
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that Transport Assistant Yang Zhiyuan
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of Liangzhe Region
[*Including 14 states and two military regions]
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had The Night Revels?
[*Name of the painting]
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Why haven't you got the painting yet?
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Sorry, Commander.
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But you asked me
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to keep it as secret as possible
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because it's the imperial privacy.
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As far as I've investigated,
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Yang Zhiyuan inadvertently
collected this painting,
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without knowing the secret in it.
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He is a high official
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and quite stubborn.
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If I broke into his house
and asked for the painting,
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he would probably make a scene.
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So, I had planned to sneak in
and steal the painting.
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Unfortunately, he keeps it so secretly.
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I failed to find it at all.
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Stop!
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(Zhao's Teahouse)
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Stop running!
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- Stop!
- After them!
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- Put your blades down!
- Don't get any closer.
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Put your blades down!
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- Don't move.
- Stay back, all of you!
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- Don't move.
- Don't move. Freeze.
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Put your blades down!
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- Freeze!
- Freeze!
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Freeze, all of you!
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Behave!
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Stay back!
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Put your blades down.
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If you get any closer,
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I'll kill them all.
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Stop!
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Put your blades down.
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One, two...
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00:12:52,121 --> 00:12:52,761
Get up.
271
00:12:53,201 --> 00:12:54,201
Put your daggers down.
272
00:12:56,841 --> 00:12:57,641
Get out of the teahouse!
273
00:12:57,761 --> 00:12:59,561
Don't hurt people
and you can name anything you want.
274
00:12:59,801 --> 00:13:00,841
We want five swift horses.
275
00:13:02,281 --> 00:13:04,921
Don't kill me. I've got a lot of money.
276
00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:05,841
Where is it?
277
00:13:06,881 --> 00:13:07,561
Over there.
278
00:13:07,841 --> 00:13:08,521
Go.
279
00:13:12,481 --> 00:13:13,801
Sanniang, the copper basin.
280
00:13:53,641 --> 00:13:54,321
Pan'er!
281
00:14:47,401 --> 00:14:48,761
No, no, no, sir.
282
00:14:49,001 --> 00:14:49,961
Come on, it hurts!
283
00:15:01,521 --> 00:15:02,201
Thank you.
284
00:15:08,041 --> 00:15:09,081
What did you scream for?
285
00:15:10,241 --> 00:15:11,161
- Come over!
- Your breastbones are good.
286
00:15:11,161 --> 00:15:12,201
Your thigh bones aren't broken, either.
287
00:15:12,641 --> 00:15:13,801
Though your shanks just fractured,
288
00:15:14,001 --> 00:15:14,841
you're not going to die.
289
00:15:15,241 --> 00:15:16,681
You untaxed salt dealers,
290
00:15:16,681 --> 00:15:18,001
you were just unlucky
to run into Sanniang.
291
00:15:18,401 --> 00:15:19,601
She used to be a butcher.
292
00:15:19,601 --> 00:15:21,001
She could have castrated you.
293
00:15:28,401 --> 00:15:29,921
You seem to do martial arts.
294
00:15:30,441 --> 00:15:31,201
Where are you from?
295
00:15:31,481 --> 00:15:32,161
Tell me your name.
296
00:15:32,481 --> 00:15:33,321
Don't be rude.
297
00:15:41,161 --> 00:15:42,121
Sir, please stay.
298
00:15:43,561 --> 00:15:45,001
Thank you for saving my life.
299
00:15:45,201 --> 00:15:46,361
I can offer nothing in return,
300
00:15:46,521 --> 00:15:48,441
but a cup of tea.
301
00:15:48,841 --> 00:15:50,881
This is Lingyin Buddha Tea
of Qiantang County.
302
00:15:51,121 --> 00:15:52,361
The annual yield is only ten liang.
[*Equals 500 grams]
303
00:15:52,481 --> 00:15:53,881
Please have a taste.
304
00:15:54,681 --> 00:15:55,761
You can't do martial arts.
305
00:15:55,921 --> 00:15:57,081
But you still helped them.
306
00:15:57,601 --> 00:15:58,841
If you were hurt or dead,
307
00:15:59,561 --> 00:16:00,441
wouldn't you regret it?
308
00:16:03,081 --> 00:16:03,761
I wouldn't.
309
00:16:04,161 --> 00:16:05,561
Once I make a decision,
310
00:16:06,001 --> 00:16:07,081
however it ends up,
311
00:16:08,241 --> 00:16:09,161
I will not regret it.
312
00:16:10,961 --> 00:16:11,841
Capital Security Office?
313
00:16:15,401 --> 00:16:17,961
You don't look like someone
from the Capital Security Office.
314
00:16:18,721 --> 00:16:19,521
You have to come with me.
315
00:16:27,601 --> 00:16:29,021
(Capital Security Office)
Open your eyes and look carefully.
316
00:16:29,021 --> 00:16:32,181
(Capital Security Office)
317
00:16:32,921 --> 00:16:34,441
Sorry I didn't recognize you.
318
00:16:34,841 --> 00:16:35,721
Please forgive me.
319
00:16:36,361 --> 00:16:37,041
You may rise.
320
00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:38,921
Get back to your own case.
321
00:16:44,161 --> 00:16:45,161
I didn't mean to spill it.
322
00:16:46,361 --> 00:16:47,281
I beg your pardon.
323
00:16:47,601 --> 00:16:49,801
Never mind. Get me another cup of tea.
324
00:16:51,321 --> 00:16:52,201
It's precious.
325
00:16:54,041 --> 00:16:55,801
This is all I have.
326
00:16:57,201 --> 00:16:58,361
Then, make some more.
327
00:17:00,121 --> 00:17:01,201
I'm not finding an excuse,
328
00:17:01,681 --> 00:17:03,481
but when the intruders were here,
329
00:17:03,481 --> 00:17:04,631
they knocked over the stove.
330
00:17:05,151 --> 00:17:06,351
This was the only water available.
331
00:17:06,521 --> 00:17:07,921
The spring water is gone, too.
332
00:17:08,921 --> 00:17:10,151
If you're really thirsty,
333
00:17:11,151 --> 00:17:12,281
another teahouse is right over there.
334
00:17:13,321 --> 00:17:14,681
When the water is gone,
go get some more.
335
00:17:15,721 --> 00:17:17,321
When the stove is off, light it.
336
00:17:18,681 --> 00:17:20,721
I insist on having some tea here.
337
00:17:22,351 --> 00:17:24,241
If the tea you make doesn't taste good,
338
00:17:24,921 --> 00:17:26,151
why not stop your business?
339
00:17:26,601 --> 00:17:28,321
I'll have your teahouse torn now.
340
00:17:28,721 --> 00:17:29,601
What do you think?
341
00:17:33,801 --> 00:17:34,721
Oh my goodness.
342
00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:36,721
He's from the Capital Security Office.
343
00:17:37,001 --> 00:17:38,241
Why did you mess with him?
344
00:17:44,321 --> 00:17:46,001
I just don't want them
to enjoy the tea I make.
345
00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:49,841
It was the officers
of the Capital Security Office
346
00:17:50,161 --> 00:17:51,121
who broke into my home
in the middle of the night.
347
00:17:51,881 --> 00:17:52,881
It's been 14 years.
348
00:17:53,721 --> 00:17:55,201
When I saw the Lion-head Token,
349
00:17:56,001 --> 00:17:56,601
I just...
350
00:18:00,681 --> 00:18:01,801
What are you adding to the tea?
351
00:18:01,881 --> 00:18:02,641
Don't do anything stupid.
352
00:18:02,801 --> 00:18:03,641
This is just sugar.
353
00:18:04,401 --> 00:18:05,041
Don't worry.
354
00:18:05,481 --> 00:18:08,001
I've got ways to torture them.
355
00:18:20,281 --> 00:18:21,601
I told the chief alone
356
00:18:21,921 --> 00:18:23,361
about our identities.
357
00:18:23,521 --> 00:18:24,601
But rest assured, Commander.
358
00:18:24,761 --> 00:18:26,121
I warned him
359
00:18:26,121 --> 00:18:27,161
not to tell anyone else.
360
00:18:31,121 --> 00:18:32,201
Dragon and Phoenix Ball Tea.
361
00:18:38,121 --> 00:18:39,441
Pear and Peach Preserves.
362
00:18:41,361 --> 00:18:42,481
Carved Preserves.
363
00:18:43,801 --> 00:18:44,921
Mung Bean Cakes.
364
00:18:51,801 --> 00:18:53,041
Snakes and wasps are poisonous,
365
00:18:53,801 --> 00:18:55,081
but women can be worse.
366
00:18:56,521 --> 00:18:58,321
Evil woman, how dare you
poison us in public?
367
00:19:00,961 --> 00:19:02,321
Sir, what are you talking about?
368
00:19:02,681 --> 00:19:04,161
I swear with my life
369
00:19:04,321 --> 00:19:05,361
that the tea isn't poisonous.
370
00:19:06,881 --> 00:19:07,481
If you don't believe me,
371
00:19:07,681 --> 00:19:08,641
this is a silver hairpin.
372
00:19:08,641 --> 00:19:09,481
Test the tea with it.
373
00:19:11,001 --> 00:19:12,081
Dragon and Phoenix Ball Tea.
374
00:19:12,921 --> 00:19:14,081
Pear and Peach Preserves.
375
00:19:14,601 --> 00:19:15,801
Carved Preserves.
376
00:19:16,601 --> 00:19:17,601
The preserves
377
00:19:17,601 --> 00:19:19,761
seem to be ordinary sweets.
378
00:19:20,681 --> 00:19:23,281
The smartest dish is this one.
379
00:19:24,041 --> 00:19:25,401
Mung Bean Cakes.
380
00:19:26,601 --> 00:19:28,081
People usually have such cakes with tea
381
00:19:28,441 --> 00:19:30,001
unless they're brainless.
382
00:19:30,881 --> 00:19:32,761
Dragon and Phoenix Ball Tea is named
383
00:19:32,761 --> 00:19:34,481
for the Dragon-brain Leaves in it.
[*Dragon-brain Leaves: Dipterocarpus]
384
00:19:35,761 --> 00:19:38,601
Dragon-brain Leaves taste bitter
while the mung is cold-natured.
385
00:19:39,161 --> 00:19:40,721
Once I drink and eat together,
386
00:19:41,121 --> 00:19:42,681
I will be all right at the moment.
387
00:19:42,921 --> 00:19:44,361
But in four or five hours,
388
00:19:44,601 --> 00:19:46,201
I'm afraid I'll be very sick
with diarrhea and vomiting.
389
00:19:51,441 --> 00:19:53,241
I don't get your point.
390
00:19:55,321 --> 00:19:56,401
I can't predict things.
391
00:19:57,481 --> 00:19:58,361
How did I know
392
00:19:58,601 --> 00:19:59,721
you would order Bean Cakes?
393
00:20:00,401 --> 00:20:01,961
When you fought the intruders,
394
00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:03,681
the move you used to avoid their blades
395
00:20:04,321 --> 00:20:05,401
came from Luyao Dance.
396
00:20:06,041 --> 00:20:07,201
As far as I know,
397
00:20:07,321 --> 00:20:08,801
most of these dancers
398
00:20:09,001 --> 00:20:10,161
can't be decent.
399
00:20:11,241 --> 00:20:12,561
Also, when you
400
00:20:13,281 --> 00:20:15,321
brought drinks to your customers,
401
00:20:15,961 --> 00:20:17,641
you deliberately coquetted.
402
00:20:19,081 --> 00:20:19,881
No offense,
403
00:20:21,481 --> 00:20:23,441
but which brothel did you work in?
404
00:20:25,561 --> 00:20:26,321
I'm a common woman.
405
00:20:28,281 --> 00:20:29,041
Don't talk nonsense.
406
00:20:31,321 --> 00:20:32,481
Sounds like she was a pariah.
407
00:20:33,441 --> 00:20:37,161
Very well. Tell me
about your experiences.
408
00:20:47,121 --> 00:20:48,681
Now that you hate
the Capital Security Office,
409
00:20:48,881 --> 00:20:50,521
you must know our jobs.
410
00:20:52,601 --> 00:20:53,921
If you're honest,
411
00:20:54,201 --> 00:20:55,601
I'll let you go for now.
412
00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:58,161
But if you lie or hide anything,
413
00:20:58,281 --> 00:20:59,001
I assure you,
414
00:20:59,401 --> 00:21:00,121
in less than three days,
415
00:21:00,681 --> 00:21:02,881
everyone in Qiantang County
will be familiar
416
00:21:02,881 --> 00:21:05,881
with whatever you have done.
417
00:21:20,001 --> 00:21:20,761
I'm Zhao Pan'er,
418
00:21:21,401 --> 00:21:22,281
24 years old.
419
00:21:22,601 --> 00:21:23,481
I'm from Dengzhou.
420
00:21:24,721 --> 00:21:27,161
At the age of nine, I was an official slave
because of my father's guilt.
421
00:21:28,201 --> 00:21:30,161
I served as a music performer
in Hangzhou Music Bureau.
422
00:21:33,081 --> 00:21:34,721
When I was 16,
the Governor announced an amnesty
423
00:21:35,081 --> 00:21:35,961
and I was no longer a music performer.
424
00:21:36,601 --> 00:21:37,241
Enough.
425
00:21:42,321 --> 00:21:43,881
I know you're not
an ignorant rural woman.
426
00:21:47,081 --> 00:21:48,761
But an unbending tree is easily broken.
427
00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,441
I hope you can understand that.
428
00:21:56,081 --> 00:21:57,241
Learn your lesson.
429
00:21:57,921 --> 00:21:58,521
We should go.
430
00:22:02,261 --> 00:22:06,701
(Tea is Served)
431
00:22:10,521 --> 00:22:12,961
Don't take that personally.
432
00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:14,241
Pretend he was talking nonsense.
433
00:22:15,961 --> 00:22:16,681
I'm fine with that.
434
00:22:18,721 --> 00:22:19,641
I was a pariah, so what?
435
00:22:21,721 --> 00:22:22,601
It was my fate,
436
00:22:23,441 --> 00:22:24,241
but it wasn't my fault.
437
00:22:25,481 --> 00:22:26,881
At the pariah status, I was chaste
438
00:22:27,321 --> 00:22:28,281
and I didn't sell my body.
439
00:22:28,921 --> 00:22:30,841
When I'm a civilian,
I sell tea for a living,
440
00:22:31,121 --> 00:22:32,241
instead of abandoning myself to vice.
441
00:22:33,681 --> 00:22:34,801
I don't feel shameful at all.
442
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,241
What a filthy woman!
443
00:22:50,641 --> 00:22:51,841
She's way too offensive!
444
00:22:53,001 --> 00:22:53,601
Commander,
445
00:22:56,681 --> 00:22:58,241
should I...
446
00:22:59,001 --> 00:22:59,721
Gorgeous.
447
00:23:00,761 --> 00:23:01,441
Rural woman.
448
00:23:02,321 --> 00:23:03,201
Evil woman.
449
00:23:03,881 --> 00:23:04,601
Filthy woman.
450
00:23:05,121 --> 00:23:06,761
You indeed have a broad vocabulary.
451
00:23:07,601 --> 00:23:10,041
This is where you stop.
452
00:23:11,801 --> 00:23:13,801
Do not make trouble for her.
453
00:23:15,521 --> 00:23:17,001
You just heard her, right?
454
00:23:17,881 --> 00:23:20,321
She was made a pariah
because of her father's guilt.
455
00:23:22,081 --> 00:23:23,601
Under such circumstances,
456
00:23:24,081 --> 00:23:27,521
she's very likely to be
the daughter of a guilty official.
457
00:23:29,761 --> 00:23:31,841
She changed her attitude abruptly.
458
00:23:32,761 --> 00:23:34,921
I guess her family were captured
459
00:23:35,721 --> 00:23:36,961
by guards
of the Capital Security Office.
460
00:23:38,401 --> 00:23:40,001
No wonder she doesn't behave
461
00:23:41,041 --> 00:23:42,721
like an ordinary woman.
462
00:23:43,401 --> 00:23:44,721
So, she was from an official family.
463
00:25:42,901 --> 00:25:44,701
(Fu Zifang, Sanniang's son)
464
00:25:55,881 --> 00:25:57,521
Nice kick, Ms. Zhao!
465
00:25:58,921 --> 00:26:00,841
Fu Zifang, how dare you
skip classes again!
466
00:26:03,041 --> 00:26:04,641
Come on. Come and hit me.
467
00:26:04,801 --> 00:26:06,241
You can't get me.
468
00:26:06,961 --> 00:26:07,841
How dare you still run!
469
00:26:08,561 --> 00:26:09,241
Don't you dare!
470
00:26:10,521 --> 00:26:11,161
Stop.
471
00:26:13,401 --> 00:26:13,801
How dare you run!
472
00:26:14,081 --> 00:26:15,481
You play truant every day!
473
00:26:23,441 --> 00:26:24,281
Pan'er!
474
00:26:25,561 --> 00:26:26,081
Yinzhang.
475
00:26:26,081 --> 00:26:27,801
I heard your teahouse was broken into
476
00:26:27,801 --> 00:26:28,841
and then I rushed over.
477
00:26:29,081 --> 00:26:29,841
Are you all right?
478
00:26:33,621 --> 00:26:34,381
(Zhao's Teahouse)
479
00:26:34,401 --> 00:26:35,301
(Zhao's Teahouse)
Yinzhang.
480
00:26:35,321 --> 00:26:36,081
(Zhao's Teahouse)
Yinping.
481
00:26:39,121 --> 00:26:40,001
Who is this?
482
00:26:40,001 --> 00:26:41,961
(Zhou She, Song Yinzhang, Yinping)
483
00:26:41,961 --> 00:26:42,641
This is Zhou She.
484
00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:43,881
In case I got too worried,
485
00:26:43,881 --> 00:26:44,921
he dropped me off.
486
00:26:45,921 --> 00:26:46,681
Zhou She?
487
00:26:48,681 --> 00:26:50,601
I'm Zhou She.
Nice to meet you, Ms. Zhao.
488
00:26:51,281 --> 00:26:52,121
Every day,
489
00:26:52,121 --> 00:26:53,921
Yinzhang talks about you
at least ten times.
490
00:26:55,041 --> 00:26:55,921
Ms. Zhao,
491
00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:58,481
you're indeed bright and special.
492
00:27:01,001 --> 00:27:01,721
Step in, please.
493
00:27:02,801 --> 00:27:03,441
Let me help you.
494
00:27:04,221 --> 00:27:06,501
(Zhao's Teahouse)
(Tea is Served)
495
00:27:07,161 --> 00:27:08,721
Who's that man?
496
00:27:08,921 --> 00:27:10,641
Yinzhang met him 15 days ago.
497
00:27:22,801 --> 00:27:25,081
A lot of tea sets were broken.
498
00:27:26,001 --> 00:27:26,961
What a pity!
499
00:27:31,201 --> 00:27:31,681
Pan'er.
500
00:27:32,001 --> 00:27:34,001
I know famous porcelain merchants
in Qiantang County.
501
00:27:34,361 --> 00:27:35,561
If you need...
502
00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:36,441
Don't bother.
503
00:27:36,481 --> 00:27:37,601
I'm just doing small business.
504
00:27:37,721 --> 00:27:39,561
Certainly nothing that would
require your thumb.
505
00:27:39,881 --> 00:27:40,641
Come here, please.
506
00:27:45,161 --> 00:27:46,001
Zhou She, be seated.
507
00:27:54,441 --> 00:27:56,121
Today, we're here
508
00:27:56,641 --> 00:27:58,921
because we have something to tell you.
509
00:28:01,441 --> 00:28:02,241
According to Yinzhang,
510
00:28:02,401 --> 00:28:04,121
you're like her real sister.
511
00:28:04,961 --> 00:28:07,241
I had a crush on her
512
00:28:07,401 --> 00:28:08,321
and I love her deeply.
513
00:28:09,121 --> 00:28:11,201
So, I came to propose marriage.
514
00:28:13,081 --> 00:28:14,921
My family has been doing business
in Huaiyang for generations,
515
00:28:14,921 --> 00:28:16,201
trading fur products.
516
00:28:16,441 --> 00:28:18,401
I have a dozen stores,
nearly a hundred servants,
517
00:28:18,401 --> 00:28:19,241
and several houses.
518
00:28:19,721 --> 00:28:21,321
If you kindly allow us to get married,
519
00:28:21,841 --> 00:28:24,041
I will treat her as my lifetime treasure
520
00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:25,961
and love her forever.
521
00:28:31,201 --> 00:28:32,881
No. You can't marry him.
522
00:28:35,481 --> 00:28:37,321
Yinzhang, you're still young
523
00:28:37,641 --> 00:28:39,241
and you only focus on pipa playing.
[*Pipa: a plucked string instrument]
524
00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:42,281
I told you how to judge people.
525
00:28:42,481 --> 00:28:43,361
But I guess
526
00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:44,881
you've never kept it in mind.
527
00:28:45,361 --> 00:28:46,441
According to Yinping,
528
00:28:47,441 --> 00:28:48,881
you've known Mr. Zhou
529
00:28:48,881 --> 00:28:50,561
for even less than 15 days.
530
00:28:51,401 --> 00:28:52,361
Think about it.
531
00:28:52,481 --> 00:28:54,401
He's a traveling merchant
532
00:28:54,801 --> 00:28:56,521
and he has seen
all kinds of beautiful girls.
533
00:28:56,881 --> 00:28:58,561
Why did he have a crush on you
at first sight?
534
00:29:00,361 --> 00:29:02,921
It's just our fate.
535
00:29:03,441 --> 00:29:05,921
Yinzhang and I fell in love
because of a song.
536
00:29:07,081 --> 00:29:07,801
Exactly.
537
00:29:08,361 --> 00:29:10,281
That day, I was upset,
538
00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:13,041
so I played the Song of Wang Zhaojun.
[*Wang Zhaojun: Famous beautiful girl in history]
539
00:29:13,401 --> 00:29:15,081
He heard the song from afar on the lake
540
00:29:15,761 --> 00:29:16,921
and then he played the flute with me.
541
00:29:17,481 --> 00:29:19,241
Then we got to know each other.
542
00:29:20,481 --> 00:29:21,161
Pan'er,
543
00:29:21,961 --> 00:29:23,321
Zhou She is my soulmate.
544
00:29:24,601 --> 00:29:27,041
What follows "She left the palace
for the desert desolate"?
545
00:29:34,001 --> 00:29:36,841
He doesn't even know Du Fu's poem.
[*Du Fu: A famous poet of the Tang Dynasty]
546
00:29:37,361 --> 00:29:38,961
What makes him your soulmate?
547
00:29:39,881 --> 00:29:42,161
Such easy tricks for the demimonde
548
00:29:42,441 --> 00:29:44,281
can only fool girls like you.
549
00:29:44,761 --> 00:29:46,961
Pan'er, Zhou She isn't that kind of man.
550
00:29:50,321 --> 00:29:52,001
Look how he's holding the teacup.
551
00:29:52,401 --> 00:29:53,441
With his middle finger and thumb.
552
00:29:55,201 --> 00:29:57,001
It's how a gambler holds the dice.
553
00:30:02,161 --> 00:30:03,801
He also has the smell
of Freshening Incense.
554
00:30:04,401 --> 00:30:05,321
This kind of incense
555
00:30:06,281 --> 00:30:08,481
can only be afforded
in the costliest brothels.
556
00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:11,881
He's good at playing the flute?
557
00:30:12,361 --> 00:30:14,881
What kind of rich merchant
558
00:30:14,921 --> 00:30:16,401
has time to play the flute?
559
00:30:18,241 --> 00:30:19,601
He's nothing,
560
00:30:20,041 --> 00:30:22,121
but a debauchee among brothels.
561
00:30:23,041 --> 00:30:24,481
Ms. Zhao, let me explain.
562
00:30:24,481 --> 00:30:25,441
- Don't bother to explain.
- I...
563
00:30:25,601 --> 00:30:27,041
Stop making up more stories.
564
00:30:27,401 --> 00:30:28,121
Anyway,
565
00:30:28,641 --> 00:30:30,681
I don't allow you to get married.
566
00:30:33,161 --> 00:30:33,801
But Pan'er...
567
00:30:40,841 --> 00:30:41,561
In this case,
568
00:30:42,761 --> 00:30:43,641
I'll take my leave.
569
00:30:43,961 --> 00:30:44,841
Do yourself a favor and leave.
570
00:30:54,461 --> 00:30:58,141
(Tea is Served)
571
00:30:58,161 --> 00:31:00,121
Zhou She, don't leave!
572
00:31:05,641 --> 00:31:07,041
Yinzhang, say no more.
573
00:31:07,361 --> 00:31:08,641
I was being nice to her
574
00:31:08,641 --> 00:31:09,921
just because she's your sister.
575
00:31:10,841 --> 00:31:12,081
But what did she do to me?
576
00:31:12,681 --> 00:31:14,081
I do business everywhere
577
00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:15,201
and I need to be respected.
578
00:31:16,361 --> 00:31:17,761
She just cared too much about me.
579
00:31:18,681 --> 00:31:19,641
In this world,
580
00:31:20,561 --> 00:31:21,881
only you and she
581
00:31:22,161 --> 00:31:23,401
care about me.
582
00:31:24,561 --> 00:31:26,281
I know she's concerned about you.
583
00:31:26,721 --> 00:31:28,001
But if I have to wait for this long,
584
00:31:28,681 --> 00:31:29,881
I can't bear it.
585
00:31:31,481 --> 00:31:32,761
I'll go persuade her.
586
00:31:32,861 --> 00:31:35,661
(Zhao's Teahouse)
587
00:31:39,241 --> 00:31:40,801
If you still regard me as your sister,
588
00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:42,921
do not hang out with him anymore.
589
00:31:58,481 --> 00:31:59,201
Pan'er,
590
00:32:00,441 --> 00:32:01,761
I'm not as lucky as you.
591
00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:03,281
You met Ouyang
592
00:32:03,481 --> 00:32:05,481
and you two love each other.
593
00:32:06,241 --> 00:32:07,841
Now that I can't marry a scholar,
594
00:32:08,161 --> 00:32:09,681
marrying a rich merchant
595
00:32:10,041 --> 00:32:11,281
for the rest of my life
596
00:32:12,481 --> 00:32:14,481
would be the best choice for me.
597
00:32:16,561 --> 00:32:17,881
You were set free a long time ago
598
00:32:18,481 --> 00:32:19,881
and you don't know
599
00:32:21,561 --> 00:32:23,441
how hard life could be
for pariahs like us.
600
00:32:27,561 --> 00:32:28,881
I used to be a fool.
601
00:32:29,641 --> 00:32:30,561
Over the years,
602
00:32:31,361 --> 00:32:34,081
I cared for nothing,
but pipa and music scores.
603
00:32:35,241 --> 00:32:35,841
I thought of myself as a musician
604
00:32:35,841 --> 00:32:38,161
that even noblemen respected
605
00:32:38,521 --> 00:32:39,401
and I always looked down
606
00:32:39,401 --> 00:32:41,521
on those singing performers
who pleased others by their beauties.
607
00:32:43,641 --> 00:32:44,841
It was not until you told me
608
00:32:45,641 --> 00:32:47,481
that a musician was a music performer
609
00:32:49,561 --> 00:32:50,681
did I wake from my dream.
610
00:32:52,881 --> 00:32:55,521
The pariah statue is handed down
through generations.
611
00:32:56,761 --> 00:32:58,361
A pariah can't marry a common civilian
612
00:32:59,681 --> 00:33:00,521
or redeem herself.
613
00:33:03,081 --> 00:33:06,041
Pan'er, I don't want to accompany guests
614
00:33:06,561 --> 00:33:08,841
in drinking at official banquets.
615
00:33:09,441 --> 00:33:10,961
I don't want to be caged forever.
616
00:33:11,761 --> 00:33:13,001
Didn't I tell you?
617
00:33:13,281 --> 00:33:15,481
When Ouyang passes the Imperial Exam
and becomes an official,
618
00:33:15,881 --> 00:33:17,681
he'll come back
and plead with Prefect Xu
619
00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:19,001
for setting you free.
620
00:33:20,881 --> 00:33:22,481
What if he fails?
621
00:33:23,321 --> 00:33:24,841
What if Prefect Xu doesn't help?
622
00:33:25,681 --> 00:33:27,201
I'm not your biological sister, anyway.
623
00:33:27,841 --> 00:33:29,961
And I'm the best pipa player
in Hangzhou.
624
00:33:30,161 --> 00:33:32,001
Will Prefect Xu easily get me
out of the pariah status?
625
00:33:33,761 --> 00:33:35,281
I don't want to wait
for even a single day.
626
00:33:36,041 --> 00:33:37,401
Now, Zhou She wants to marry me.
627
00:33:37,681 --> 00:33:38,601
And he's rich.
628
00:33:41,641 --> 00:33:42,761
He's rich?
629
00:33:43,161 --> 00:33:44,441
But are you short of money?
630
00:33:45,041 --> 00:33:46,081
You know that.
631
00:33:46,281 --> 00:33:47,481
No registered musician
632
00:33:47,721 --> 00:33:49,801
can be redeemed with money
before she's 35.
633
00:33:50,601 --> 00:33:52,921
If you only have a wedding,
634
00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:54,361
you can't be a common civilian.
635
00:33:54,961 --> 00:33:56,721
Actually, you aren't even a concubine.
636
00:33:59,561 --> 00:34:01,161
I'll be his wife, of course.
637
00:34:02,161 --> 00:34:03,041
Zhou She promised,
638
00:34:03,521 --> 00:34:04,561
as long as I marry him,
639
00:34:04,881 --> 00:34:07,961
he will beg his uncle,
Controller-general of Yingtian Prefecture.
640
00:34:08,521 --> 00:34:09,681
With his uncle's help,
641
00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:11,241
I can soon become a civilian.
642
00:34:12,561 --> 00:34:13,841
If Prefect Xu doesn't free you,
643
00:34:14,841 --> 00:34:16,281
how can Zhou She's uncle do that?
644
00:34:16,761 --> 00:34:17,841
How can a Controller-general
of Yingtian Prefecture
645
00:34:17,841 --> 00:34:19,441
interfere with Hangzhou Music Bureau?
646
00:34:20,271 --> 00:34:21,271
Think it over.
647
00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:23,271
If Zhou She were really that perfect,
648
00:34:23,361 --> 00:34:24,671
why did he suddenly
come to Qiantang County?
649
00:34:25,041 --> 00:34:26,601
And why would he marry no one but you?
650
00:34:27,881 --> 00:34:30,041
I know life is hard
for registered musicians.
651
00:34:30,441 --> 00:34:32,801
But you get paid by the Music Bureau,
652
00:34:33,041 --> 00:34:34,671
accept rewards from noblemen,
653
00:34:34,881 --> 00:34:36,601
and enjoy a rich and carefree life.
654
00:34:36,601 --> 00:34:37,881
You even have a maid.
655
00:34:38,081 --> 00:34:39,081
Compared to what we suffered,
656
00:34:40,671 --> 00:34:41,881
your life is already wonderful.
657
00:34:51,441 --> 00:34:55,271
Instead of being a trapped parrot
in the gold cage,
658
00:34:56,041 --> 00:34:58,561
I prefer to be a free wild bird
in the field.
659
00:35:06,161 --> 00:35:07,361
But how do you know
660
00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:10,121
that he isn't up to something else?
661
00:35:13,481 --> 00:35:14,961
He just loves me and cares about me.
662
00:35:15,241 --> 00:35:16,441
What else can he be up to?
663
00:35:16,961 --> 00:35:18,321
He's already rich.
664
00:35:18,361 --> 00:35:19,961
Why would he be greedy for my money?
665
00:35:20,881 --> 00:35:22,961
You always expect
to marry a Presented Scholar.
666
00:35:23,241 --> 00:35:24,961
Why can't I marry a rich merchant?
667
00:35:26,041 --> 00:35:27,521
Fine. I'll stop arguing with you.
668
00:35:28,121 --> 00:35:29,041
Leave and marry him
669
00:35:29,401 --> 00:35:30,201
as you wish.
670
00:35:30,961 --> 00:35:32,401
But the stores and assets
671
00:35:32,401 --> 00:35:33,241
I'm taking care of on your behalf...
672
00:35:33,681 --> 00:35:34,841
Never dream to take away any of them.
673
00:35:36,561 --> 00:35:37,601
They belong to me.
674
00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:39,001
Why can you hang onto them?
675
00:35:40,161 --> 00:35:41,561
Because before your sister died,
676
00:35:41,841 --> 00:35:43,761
she asked me to look after you.
677
00:35:44,761 --> 00:35:46,361
You say that he'll be nice to you,
678
00:35:47,161 --> 00:35:47,761
fine.
679
00:35:48,201 --> 00:35:49,441
Let him prove it.
680
00:35:49,921 --> 00:35:52,241
Ask him to marry you officially
in Qiantang County.
681
00:35:52,561 --> 00:35:53,481
If he does that,
682
00:35:53,841 --> 00:35:54,801
I'll give you
683
00:35:54,801 --> 00:35:56,081
every penny of yours.
684
00:35:56,281 --> 00:35:58,321
And the dowry I have
long prepared for you.
685
00:35:58,521 --> 00:35:59,161
Otherwise,
686
00:35:59,161 --> 00:36:01,001
I would rather throw your money
in the West Lake.
687
00:36:30,321 --> 00:36:31,281
Did Yinzhang really say that?
688
00:36:32,641 --> 00:36:33,841
If I did not do something harsh,
689
00:36:33,841 --> 00:36:34,801
she would not wake up.
690
00:36:35,361 --> 00:36:36,041
All these years,
691
00:36:36,041 --> 00:36:37,881
you've been protecting her too much.
692
00:36:38,161 --> 00:36:39,241
She isn't silly.
693
00:36:39,241 --> 00:36:40,881
She's just simple-minded.
694
00:36:41,521 --> 00:36:42,481
But I have to protect her.
695
00:36:43,281 --> 00:36:44,481
I owe her sister, anyway.
696
00:36:46,241 --> 00:36:48,001
Where on earth does Zhou She live?
697
00:36:48,321 --> 00:36:49,601
To deal with such a man,
698
00:36:49,681 --> 00:36:51,001
we should just punch him.
699
00:36:51,241 --> 00:36:52,081
Come on,
700
00:36:52,641 --> 00:36:53,881
why didn't you tell me earlier?
701
00:36:54,321 --> 00:36:55,881
You were busy punishing your son.
702
00:36:59,601 --> 00:37:01,801
Mother, I'm your son.
703
00:37:02,081 --> 00:37:03,481
If you hurt me,
704
00:37:03,481 --> 00:37:04,801
who else can make you
an official's mother?
705
00:37:09,881 --> 00:37:10,721
How dare you come back!
706
00:37:11,161 --> 00:37:12,841
If I didn't come back, no one could
notify you of something.
707
00:37:13,681 --> 00:37:15,121
When I was on Ren'an Bridge,
708
00:37:15,121 --> 00:37:17,161
I saw Ms. Song and Mr. Zhou
709
00:37:17,161 --> 00:37:18,121
getting out of the town by boat.
710
00:37:18,561 --> 00:37:20,121
Her maid Yinping
711
00:37:20,121 --> 00:37:20,881
stayed with them.
712
00:37:21,361 --> 00:37:23,241
They were taking a lot of cases.
713
00:37:26,961 --> 00:37:28,001
Can they be eloping?
714
00:37:29,601 --> 00:37:30,281
What did you say?
715
00:37:46,841 --> 00:37:48,721
Commander, what do we do?
716
00:37:55,361 --> 00:37:56,881
Go to Yang Zhiyuan's house immediately,
717
00:37:57,481 --> 00:37:59,121
tell him who you are
and ask for the painting.
718
00:38:00,041 --> 00:38:01,241
If he still doesn't give it to you,
719
00:38:02,081 --> 00:38:03,921
I have to go and meet him personally.
720
00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:05,841
Aye.
721
00:38:14,481 --> 00:38:15,401
Did you fail to catch up?
722
00:38:17,921 --> 00:38:18,721
Take it easy.
723
00:38:19,121 --> 00:38:20,921
Zhou She is from Huaiyang, right?
724
00:38:20,921 --> 00:38:21,881
We know his identity.
725
00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:23,361
He can't run away.
726
00:38:23,561 --> 00:38:25,321
I asked in the fur store.
727
00:38:25,681 --> 00:38:27,561
Zhou She isn't a merchant
from Huaiyang at all.
728
00:38:28,001 --> 00:38:29,961
And among all controller-generals,
729
00:38:29,961 --> 00:38:30,921
no one has a wife named Ms. Zhou.
730
00:38:32,241 --> 00:38:33,601
So, he's a fraud?
731
00:38:34,201 --> 00:38:35,641
Luckily, Yinping is sensible.
732
00:38:36,001 --> 00:38:37,761
Now that she has left with Yinzhang,
733
00:38:37,921 --> 00:38:40,001
she will try to send us messages.
734
00:38:41,561 --> 00:38:42,241
Hope so.
735
00:38:42,961 --> 00:38:44,401
My teahouse is smashed.
736
00:38:45,321 --> 00:38:46,961
Sanniang, stop cleaning.
737
00:38:47,481 --> 00:38:49,081
Ouyang used to say
738
00:38:49,241 --> 00:38:50,681
that a scholar would have
a bad reputation
739
00:38:50,681 --> 00:38:51,521
if he married a businesswoman.
740
00:38:52,081 --> 00:38:53,241
I was worried
741
00:38:53,241 --> 00:38:54,521
about who would take care of my teahouse
742
00:38:54,521 --> 00:38:55,881
after I went to the capital city.
743
00:38:56,161 --> 00:38:57,001
Looks like
744
00:38:57,441 --> 00:38:58,281
this is just my fate.
745
00:38:59,041 --> 00:39:00,361
You don't need to close the teahouse.
746
00:39:00,561 --> 00:39:02,121
I can't make tea.
747
00:39:02,201 --> 00:39:03,681
But I can make cakes
748
00:39:03,681 --> 00:39:04,761
and drinks.
749
00:39:04,761 --> 00:39:05,721
I can also serve as the cashier.
750
00:39:06,081 --> 00:39:08,361
You should solve
Yinzhang's problem first.
751
00:39:09,201 --> 00:39:10,401
Yinzhang is a silly girl.
752
00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:11,401
She doesn't know
753
00:39:11,401 --> 00:39:12,961
that she will be flogged
for leaving without permission.
754
00:39:13,161 --> 00:39:14,961
If authorities of the Music Bureau know
755
00:39:14,961 --> 00:39:15,601
that she eloped, what would happen?
756
00:39:16,561 --> 00:39:17,321
Then what do we do?
757
00:39:17,761 --> 00:39:19,841
I want to request Mr. Yang Zhiyuan
758
00:39:20,321 --> 00:39:22,121
to plead for Yinzhang
with the authorities.
759
00:39:22,641 --> 00:39:24,601
Mr. Yang came occasionally for the tea
760
00:39:24,601 --> 00:39:25,761
and bought some paintings from you.
761
00:39:26,081 --> 00:39:27,441
Will he take on
such a big responsibility?
762
00:39:28,161 --> 00:39:29,161
I can't care for so much now.
763
00:39:29,161 --> 00:39:30,801
He kind of owes me, after all.
764
00:39:31,041 --> 00:39:32,081
Mr. Yang lives out of the town.
765
00:39:32,081 --> 00:39:32,881
And it's getting dark.
766
00:39:32,881 --> 00:39:33,681
Be very careful.
767
00:39:34,161 --> 00:39:34,801
I will.
768
00:39:37,961 --> 00:39:39,601
Ms. Zhao, be patient, please.
769
00:39:39,841 --> 00:39:41,841
Master is busy
with the river engineering work
770
00:39:42,081 --> 00:39:43,881
and he seldom comes out of his study
these two days.
771
00:39:44,361 --> 00:39:46,081
How about waiting in the back room?
772
00:39:46,561 --> 00:39:47,721
I'll check it out in his study.
773
00:39:48,441 --> 00:39:50,281
But I'm in such a hurry
that I can't wait.
774
00:39:50,681 --> 00:39:52,321
Let me tell Master
about your visit, all right?
775
00:39:57,481 --> 00:39:59,041
These are cakes for Mrs. Yang.
776
00:39:59,241 --> 00:40:00,081
Please give them to her.
777
00:40:00,201 --> 00:40:01,161
Thank you, Ms. Zhao.
778
00:40:01,401 --> 00:40:02,361
Be seated, please.
779
00:40:29,841 --> 00:40:30,521
How daring!
780
00:40:33,361 --> 00:40:35,761
I'm Transport Assistant Yang Zhiyuan
of Liangzhe Region!
781
00:40:35,761 --> 00:40:37,481
Who dares to break into my house?
782
00:40:39,921 --> 00:40:40,921
(Commander Gu Qianfan of the Intelligence Agency)
I'm Gu Qianfan,
783
00:40:41,601 --> 00:40:42,201
Commander
of the Capital Security Office.
784
00:40:50,721 --> 00:40:51,361
You...
785
00:40:52,041 --> 00:40:54,001
Oh, I see. Since I don't sell
the painting to you,
786
00:40:54,041 --> 00:40:55,641
you broke into my house so late.
787
00:40:55,841 --> 00:40:56,481
How...
788
00:40:57,681 --> 00:40:59,481
How lawless you are!
789
00:40:59,601 --> 00:41:00,201
Stop!
790
00:41:00,201 --> 00:41:01,241
Search. Search carefully!
791
00:41:01,241 --> 00:41:02,041
You stop!
792
00:41:03,761 --> 00:41:05,241
What do you think you're doing?
793
00:41:05,561 --> 00:41:07,321
Don't break anything!
794
00:41:07,761 --> 00:41:09,561
Even if you're from
the Capital Security Office,
795
00:41:09,601 --> 00:41:11,601
you can't be such a bully!
796
00:41:11,601 --> 00:41:13,641
Give me The Night Revels
and I'm leaving immediately.
797
00:41:14,161 --> 00:41:16,441
Why must you have that painting?
798
00:41:20,461 --> 00:41:22,701
(Augury)
799
00:41:22,711 --> 00:41:24,431
(Transport Assistant Yang Zhiyuan)
Augury?
800
00:41:24,441 --> 00:41:26,041
I came to Jiangnan Region
801
00:41:26,681 --> 00:41:28,801
to arrest Magistrate Wei
of Renhe County.
802
00:41:28,921 --> 00:41:30,161
I don't mean to hurt you.
803
00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:33,801
But if you don't appreciate
my kindness...
804
00:41:36,121 --> 00:41:37,641
I'll just give you the painting.
805
00:41:44,481 --> 00:41:46,001
Commander, here it is.
806
00:41:48,201 --> 00:41:49,041
Gu Qianfan!
807
00:41:49,601 --> 00:41:53,161
Are you the grandson of Gu Shenyan,
the former Vice Director of the Ministry of Rites?
808
00:41:53,401 --> 00:41:55,441
I am. Why, ma'am?
809
00:41:55,561 --> 00:41:56,921
It is really you.
810
00:41:57,401 --> 00:41:58,201
Honey, Honey,
811
00:41:58,281 --> 00:42:00,801
he's Gu Qianfan. The Living Devil!
812
00:42:00,801 --> 00:42:03,121
He came here because of the augury.
813
00:42:03,121 --> 00:42:04,681
We mustn't mess with him.
814
00:42:04,721 --> 00:42:06,041
I'm not scared of him!
815
00:42:07,121 --> 00:42:08,081
Honey, Honey...
816
00:42:08,481 --> 00:42:09,641
Shuniang,
817
00:42:09,881 --> 00:42:11,841
(Mrs. Yang)
if you could feel in heaven,
818
00:42:11,961 --> 00:42:13,001
have a good look.
819
00:42:13,281 --> 00:42:15,041
Look how your ridiculous son is
820
00:42:15,241 --> 00:42:17,561
bullying your old friend!
821
00:42:17,681 --> 00:42:20,401
As a literary family
for five generations,
822
00:42:20,641 --> 00:42:21,881
the Gu Family has unyielding integrity.
823
00:42:21,961 --> 00:42:24,801
But you're an exception, scoundrel.
824
00:42:25,081 --> 00:42:27,361
You even work for eunuchs!
825
00:42:27,401 --> 00:42:28,521
Honey, Honey, stop.
826
00:42:28,761 --> 00:42:29,521
She's sick.
827
00:42:29,521 --> 00:42:32,241
- You frame officials and attack opponents!
- Get her back to her room, hurry!
828
00:42:32,441 --> 00:42:35,481
You're so wicked, just like your father!
829
00:42:36,721 --> 00:42:37,361
Hurry.
830
00:42:37,481 --> 00:42:38,481
My wife was a little bit crazy
831
00:42:38,481 --> 00:42:39,441
and she was just talking nonsense.
832
00:42:39,441 --> 00:42:41,361
Commander, please don't be angry.
833
00:42:46,961 --> 00:42:47,761
Mr. Yang,
834
00:42:49,641 --> 00:42:51,281
this is a fake painting.
835
00:44:37,411 --> 00:44:43,071
♪A feeling of depression♪
836
00:44:43,421 --> 00:44:49,531
♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪
837
00:44:49,531 --> 00:44:54,851
♪How can we forget each other♪
838
00:44:54,851 --> 00:44:59,441
♪Wind blows and time flies♪
839
00:45:01,361 --> 00:45:07,071
♪When the splendor fades away
only the smell lingers♪
840
00:45:07,421 --> 00:45:12,941
♪In the corner of memories
there are sad moments♪
841
00:45:13,441 --> 00:45:18,801
♪Emotions go on and on♪
842
00:45:18,981 --> 00:45:24,251
♪Because time is short but love is hot♪
843
00:45:24,931 --> 00:45:28,061
♪Stars wink for you♪
844
00:45:28,061 --> 00:45:30,911
♪Romance is crazy about you♪
845
00:45:30,911 --> 00:45:33,791
♪Who even waits for you♪
846
00:45:33,991 --> 00:45:36,991
♪Until the end of her life♪
847
00:45:36,991 --> 00:45:39,801
♪When I look back one day♪
848
00:45:39,921 --> 00:45:43,041
♪I'll let go of everything♪
849
00:45:43,361 --> 00:45:49,551
♪I'll hold your hand
and never let you down♪
850
00:45:49,551 --> 00:45:54,991
♪Ah Ah Ah♪
851
00:45:54,991 --> 00:46:00,961
♪When our eyes get wet with tears
for each other♪
852
00:46:01,471 --> 00:46:06,971
♪Ah Ah Ah♪
853
00:46:06,971 --> 00:46:15,141
♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪
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