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♪Having survived the winter I'm expecting the flower season♪

♪Smiling in a spring breeze I'm immersed in it♪

♪Whose breath warmed my cold heart♪

♪And stirred up ripples♪

♪A figure may be reflected in my eyes♪

♪Bring back numerous memories♪

♪Through my life I've endured hardships for love♪

♪With you My mind is still and peaceful♪

♪Don't blame fate and providence♪

♪And the merciless fortune♪

♪Wandering in the world of mortals like it's a game♪

♪Risking my heart♪

♪Isn't to be regretted♪

♪I'll exchange it for the love of my life delightedly♪

=A Dream of Splendor=

=Episode 15=

(Half-hidden)

Who are you?

Under the command of the Capital Security Office,

we're here to arrest the spies.

The spies?

This is the evidence.

Evidence?

Of colluding with the foreign enemy.

Take her away.

Go.

Pan'er.

Go.

Go.

Pan'er!

(Fengqiu Gate)

What happened? Why are you yelling?

Pan'er was taken away.

Where to?

That carriage.

Are they with the Gao Family?

No, they're with the Capital Security Office.

Why did they take her away?

Don't worry.

I'm going to see Chen Lian right away.

He must be with Gu Qianfan.

They'll tell me what's going on.

Yes.

Go back to the teahouse.

Yes.

How could this happen?

We're in the Eastern Capital.

I'm here

to talk with you about Shen Ruzhuo.

He is the son of Shen Ming, the Inspector of Council of Rites.

They are from a great clan of the capital.

His favorites are mode, dance and music.

I live in the Left Street of Changle Residential.

If you want to play pipa or prattle about tea,

I'll await you respectfully.

Zhao, how dare you be so audacious

to collude with Western Xia spies?

I don't know what you were talking about.

The evidence is irrefutable.

Say it!

You act in collusion with your lover, Gu Qianfan.

How many of our military secrets have you sold?

You're trying to frame us.

You want me to put my thumb print on your fake evidence

in order to frame Deputy Commissioner Gu?

Forget it!

(Live in the Eastern Capital)

(Confession from Zhao Pan'er)

Master, Ms. Song is visiting you.

Ms. Song, why are you here?

What can I do for you?

Sorry to interrupt you.

But my sister is in trouble.

I'm begging you to help her.

(Gu Qianfan and Zhao Pan'er collude with the enemy)

Do you really think

you've done everything perfectly tonight?

I've already asked my friends to send a message.

Where are Sun and Song?

Neither of them is in the teahouse.

Search their house.

Yes.

They are not there.

I told them,

if I didn't return by 9:00 PM,

something bad might have happened.

Who did you ask them to send the message to?

Tell me!

If you kill me,

you'll get nothing.

As long as you make a confession,

I'll spare your life.

You deliberately plan to frame Deputy Commissioner Gu and me,

but how come you didn't even

check the characters

on the paper in your hand?

You plot against my life

and frame me for colluding with Western Xia spies,

but the characters on that paper aren't even Western Xia characters.

Those are Liao characters.

You can't read them, can you?

Let me tell you.

It says,

His Majesty lives forever.

Would you please tell me which royal law has it violated?

How can it be an evidence of colluding with the foreign enemy?

You've long prepared it, haven't you?

I had noticed it

since you checked our accounts.

I have other enemies in the Eastern Capital.

I've made preparations in case they try to deal with me.

I left marks

on all the important parts.

I also hid my hairs in the account book.

If anyone touches it,

I'll find out at first sight.

There are two ways to mess about with the account book,

(Account Book) tampering with or adding things to it.

The thing you hid in the cover of the account book

was as clear as daylight after I dug into it.

I couldn't read the characters.

But fortunately, I have a good memory.

I memorized every one of them

and asked a professional.

Would you tell me what's this?

(Account Book)

(His Majesty lives forever.) (Account Book)

You swapped my note

and changed the characters on it?

Exactly.

Did you hear it?

To plot against Deputy Commissioner Gu,

he fabricated the evidence and cooked up the charges.

You're all military officers of the Capital Security Office.

You're public servants

instead of his personal troops.

It's a felony

involving foreign countries.

You and Gu Qianfan have got your lies lined up.

You were stalling for time!

Fine, if I have to die,

I'll take you with me.

I beg to see Deputy Commissioner Gu.

I beg to see Chen Lian.

Deputy Commissioner Gu...

Chen Lian, I'm Sanniang!

Stop yelling.

OK, I'll stop.

I'll wait outside.

Yinzhang, don't worry.

She's going to be fine.

Help!

Are you not afraid of offending Deputy Commissioner Gu?

Let go!

Let go!

This is the real evidence of collaboration.

Yu Zhongquan,

as an officer of the Capital Security Office,

you dared to collude with the enemy

and framed your superior?

The evidence is irrefutable.

Take him into custody.

How do you like it when others deal with you as you deal with them?

Commissioner.

Commissioner, help me!

Pan...

Ms. Zhao, are you all right?

Who is she?

The shopkeeper of Half-hidden.

I only went to her teahouse a couple of times,

not expecting Yu Zhongquan would take advantage of it.

He took her here,

trying to fame me up and implicate you.

She is innocent.

Take her away.

Yes.

Ms. Zhao.

Pan'er, I'm sorry.

I have to drop you here.

Take care of yourself.

OK.

Thank you.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Be careful.

Yinzhang.

Why are you here?

I...

This is Mr. Shen.

We met at the Music Division.

I'm Shen Ruzhuo,

a good friend of Ms. Song's.

Her sister was in trouble.

How could I look on and do nothing?

Who took you away?

The Gao Family?

How did you get out?

Who is she?

She is the shopkeeper of Half-hidden.

Take her away.

It was Master Chi Pan.

What a jerk!

Where is Sanniang?

She went to ask for Chen Lian's help.

Also...

We were so worried about everything,

so I went to ask Mr. Shen for help.

Sanniang told me

to meet her at the restaurant near the teahouse.

Let's go.

Ladies, please get in.

He just holds some old grudges against you,

and goes to extremes.

So, he took an unwise decision.

Gu, you should be tolerate.

Sir, you must be joking.

How could you regard it as my personal affair?

Colluding with foreign spies

is a violation of the law of the state.

That's why I invite you over in the middle of the night

so you can punish him yourself.

What do you want?

Yu Zhongquan has followed me for decades.

Everyone in the Office knows he's my trusted follower.

In that case,

you should know he holds grudges against me.

Why didn't you warn me early?

Is it because the imperial edict

ordering Minister Duke Xiao to return as the Prime Minister

hasn't been issued?

I've just taken my new office.

If I don't make an impact,

I don't deserve the trouble

you've taken to create me.

Besides,

you regard Yu Zhongquan as a trusted follower,

but he may not think likewise.

These are title deeds and Fei-qian

my men found

in his private house.

Look,

is the residence of the Great Xiangguo Temple

the one you used to live in?

Great Xiangguo Temple?

How come I don't remember it?

Yu Zhongquan is really bold!

He dares to take possession

of my private property

and sign it over to himself.

You must bring it to trial

and look into it.

I'll leave it to your South Section.

Sir,

it involves a lot of people.

I'm afraid it's inappropriate for the South Section to do the job.

Do you want...

Sir, don't forget

I'm also known as the Living Devil.

Yu Zhongquan was seriously injured while pursuing the foreign spies.

Give him a good hot bath.

Sir, good idea.

What's the deal with that?

The blood doesn't coagulate easily in hot water.

Isn't him miserable?

(Capital Security Office)

Have you seen him clearly?

For the grace of the commissioner,

we should take good care of Commander Yu.

But the number of his days is fixed.

It all depends on whether the hell will accept him.

Those who are Commander Yu's followers,

give Kong Wu your names today.

As long as you

keep your mouth shut in the future,

I promise

I'll give you a way out.

At your disposal, sir!

(World at Peace)

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

I'm so relieved you're fine.

I'm so relieved you're fine.

I'm useless.

You saved Pan'er, Yinzhang.

You are so devoted to each other

like you're biological sisters.

Thank you for today, Mr. Shen.

You're welcome.

Actually, I didn't help.

Ms. Zhao escaped by herself.

We've barely met each other before,

yet you did us the favor.

How could you say that?

We felt like old friends at the first meeting.

In fact,

I went to your teahouse once,

but I didn't earn the honor to get in the snug.

I wonder next time

if you could give me the honor.

No problem.

I told you last time

that we would meet again.

Now that Ms. Zhao arrived home,

I'd better get going.

Be careful.

I'll cook you ginger decoction later.

You were in such big trouble today.

Don't go to the teahouse tomorrow.

Have a good rest.

Why is Deputy Commissioner Gu here?

I come to see her.

The men who took her were related to the Capital Security Office.

Yinzhang.

Let me walk you to your room.

I'll bring you some tea later.

Do you want to ask me

how I knew the account book was changed?

Because I made a mark on it.

The reason why I soaked the account book

and took it to the backyard to dry it in the sun

was because I assumed

the villain must be afraid

that the characters would blur

after the paper was soaked.

He would send someone to examine it.

I didn't know the characters.

But I separated them...

But I separated them

and asked Yuan Tuntian.

Then I found the words "military" and "horse" were included.

I became even more suspicious.

So I soaked the account book with clove.

People hardly smell its fragrance,

but dogs can.

People in the theatre

usually used it in

pursuing debtors.

And then?

Then I checked the sun-dried account book.

I found something was done to it.

I asked He Si to take a dog

to follow the trail.

In the end, they were led to the residence of Minister Xiao.

I assumed

it must have something to do with you.

So I went to Chen Lian.

That was the whole thing.

Now I'm done. I'm tired.

I'm going to rest.

That's all you want to say?

What else do you want to hear?

I wonder

why you can be this bold.

Do you know

that if I came a bit late,

you'd be finished?

That's the officer of the Capital Security Office.

How could you go to him alone?

Have you said enough?

I haven't asked you,

but you blamed me first.

You said you didn't know me, right?

Why do you care about me?

Have you lost your conscience?

What did you mean by that?

I rushed from Xiangfu County to the Eastern Capital

for three hours overnight.

Who did I do this for?

In the dungeon,

I saw half of your body was soaking in the bucket.

Do you know how worried I was?

If I hadn't pretended that I didn't know you,

and let those who regard me as a thorn in their eye

know that you were my weakness,

what would you do?

What would we do?

What did you say?

I'm your weakness?

Aren't you?

So what's our relationship?

Have you forgotten I was with a pariah status?

There is a great difference

in our social standings.

With what kind

of a mood

and a status

are you talking to me like that?

Pan'er.

You're teasing me before you make up your mind.

What do you think I am?

It's late and cold.

There is a prudent reserve between men and women.

Please excuse...

Please excuse my leave.

Please go back.

Boss, don't go in there.

Believe me this time.

If you haven't made up your mind

on how you should treat Pan'er,

you'd better not go in.

Otherwise, nothing would comfort her.

I have something important to deal with

in the Xiao's Mansion.

About the question you asked me,

I'll figure it out

and give you an answer.

These days,

I'll have Chen Lian protect you.

Feel at ease doing your business.

You caught a cold today.

Take a hot bath and have a good rest.

Sanniang.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

Where is Yinzhang?

She is tired and frightened.

She's asleep.

I lit her a Tranquility Incense

and got her to sleep.

You should take a rest now.

Don't go to the teahouse tomorrow.

Yinzhang, Xiaocui and I will take care of it.

It won't do.

We managed to reopen the teahouse.

I don't want to mess it up.

I'm all right.

I'm fine now.

Sanniang.

Are we so untrustworthy?

No, Sanniang.

I just...

I've wanted to say something for a long time.

You're the proudest person I've ever seen.

You worry about everything.

You do everything by yourself.

Have you ever thought that

Yinzhang and I are also the owners of the teahouse?

When I first married into the Fu Family,

I used to run a restaurant.

Why?

Do you think Yinzhang and I can't take care of it for just one day?

Do you think

I can only be the person who always says

"Yes,

you're right",

who is always a parrot

and always follows you?

No, Sanniang.

It's not that you don't trust me.

You're just a worrier.

You like to take all the responsibilities.

Have you ever thought that

when you made every decision for Yinzhang,

was she really happy?

And today,

you didn't tell me anything.

You just went to face the danger all alone.

Have you ever thought about me and Yinzhang?

We would be worried,

upset,

and afraid that something might happen to you.

If you don't want to talk about you and Gu Qianfan,

I won't ask you.

As for the teahouse,

I just couldn't stand it. I had to say a few more words.

I know

the reason why Fu Xingui discarded me

was because I spoke bluntly.

Sanniang, I'm sorry.

I...

I get it.

I used to say,

Yinzhang,

don't feel yourself inferior.

But in fact, I look down upon myself.

Because of the pariah status,

I'm always afraid that people would despise me.

So I want to

do everything perfectly.

I want to

keep everything under my control.

All right. Stop crying.

We have a friendship of life and death.

Everything will be fine as long as we make it clear.

Have a good rest today.

And just try it once.

Wait and see if the sky would fall down

if you don't work tomorrow.

OK.

Don't cry again.

Do they actually make

different pastries every day?

Of course.

Would you sing the same tune

to your guests every day?

Help yourselves. Don't hesitate.

It's delicious.

The flavor is special.

Haohao,

why are you on such good terms with Half-hidden?

I had people wait in the queue for three days

without getting anything.

You're lucky.

They send you these every day.

- You can't blame me for being popular. - Try this.

Coach Song of the Pipa Branch

and Ms. Zhao, the shopkeeper

call me sister respectfully.

How do I bear to turn them down?

It's early in the morning,

who has pissed you off already?

Couldn't you figure it out?

Chi Pan,

are you too bored?

If you're bored...

I'm pissed.

You know Zhao Pan'er is my enemy.

Why do you still accept her gifts?

Why shouldn't I accept them?

I hate Mr. Zhang,

but you treat him every two or three days

at Yong'an Restaurant.

I was taking care of my business.

It's not the same.

I'm taking care of my business, too.

Your nasty little place?

Knock it off.

As long as I'm here,

you won't be short of money.

Dare you say it again?

Ms. Zhang, sit, please.

Well.

It's my honor that you're willing to

spend my money.

Though Shuangxi Pavilion is small,

you've put your heart and soul into it.

Much better.

Could you show me some respect?

You know Zhao Pan'er is my mortal enemy,

but you're still cooperating with her.

It makes me look bad.

What grudges do you have?

Is it because you couldn't take liberties with Yinzhang,

or you couldn't top her in kicking the ball

or rolling the dice?

Besides, if you hate her so much,

why did you ask Lyu Wu

to wait in their queue for half of the day?

I didn't know

she owned the teahouse.

He Si is to be blamed.

He sent me their pastry containers again and again.

I just ate the pastries once.

They're quite tasty.

But I must make it clear today.

If you don't make a clean break with Zhao Pan'er,

I won't talk to you again.

Then you should drive me away.

Drive me away.

Dare you?

I dare not.

Haohao, pack it in, OK?

Just listen to me once.

Chi Pan, tell you what,

I've spent over 20 years in the Music Division.

The thing that annoys me most

is someone threatening me.

You always buy me dresses and jewelry,

but you know what matters most to me?

The thing that matters most to me

is to be the top singing performer forever.

Do you think what Zhao Pan'er gave me

was just a box of pastries?

You don't even know that.

No wonder you could do nothing to fight her back

except for holding the God of Earth and crying.

He Si!

Lyu Wu!

Sir.

Who told her about me crying

at the Temple of God of Earth?

Who did it?

He Si.

He Si, what are you eating?

Tasty pastries.

Where did you get them?

Pan'er gave me.

Why did she give you?

Because I did her a favor.

Did her a favor?

Sir.

Do you work for her or work for me?

I work for you.

But didn't you tell us

we should follow her orders?

We dare not turn a deaf ear to you.

Did I say it?

I'm so pissed off!

Sir, we should be honest.

How dare you teach me

while you're eating her food?

I must kick you.

Sir.

Sir, do you want to try it?

It's quite tasty.

Stop eating it!

It's all Zhao Pan'er's fault.

Don't dream of making a living in the capital

after you offended me.

I'll give you a hard time.

Fan from beneath.

I dare not hide anything.

When Yu Zhongquan went to Xiao's Mansion,

he only saw Young Master Xiao.

I dare not deceive you, sir.

Spare me, sir!

Sir, spare me!

Take him away.

Sir!

Sir, spare me!

Sir, I dare not lie to you!

He isn't a fool.

I was wondering from the beginning,

Minister Duke Xiao is kind to you,

how could he collude with Yu Zhongquan to harm you?

It turns out his son did it.

Minister Duke Xiao

always hides a dagger in his smile.

He wouldn't kill me.

But giving Zhao Pan'er problems,

or taking advantage of that

to force me out of the Office and work for him

is kind of what he would do.

What should we do now?

Yu Zhongquan is dead.

Except for the testimonies of his men,

we don't have any solid evidence.

To warn someone,

we should punish his followers first.

This is the gift from the Capital Security Office.

Why doesn't Yu Zhongquan come to see me

but bring me this instead?

This isn't from Yu Zhongquan.

Get out of my way.

Young Master.

How dare

a petty official bully me?

I'm not afraid of the direful Capital Security Office.

- Young Master. - Young Master, don't.

Don't try to stop me.

- Young Master. - If I don't get even with it,

I'm not worthy of my noble surname.

Young Master.

Young Master, greetings.

Uncle Zhong.

Did my father send you back?

How's he?

Master is well.

He heard that

you did a good job

managing domestic affairs.

So he specially sent me back to help you.

Did he really say that?

You're my father's most trusted steward.

I dare not bother you.

How about this,

Uncle Zhong, you take a rest first.

I'm going out to run an errand.

We'll talk after you have a good rest.

Young Master, wait.

I have a letter for you.

Please listen to it on your knees.

What?

I didn't mean to embarrass you.

But Master said clearly,

you must listen to the letter on your knees.

To my unfilial son,

when I left the capital, I urged you repeatedly

to be dutiful and not to bring trouble.

But you dared collude with villains

to harm our family.

You mustn't harbor a vile intent

and make trouble out of nothing.

If you behave arrogantly again,

you won't be my son anymore.

Young Master, did you hear it clearly?

I did.

In that case,

before Master returns,

you'd better stay at home

and read more holy books.

How did my father know about it?

Because Deputy Commissioner Gu

sent him a deer leg and the confession

of Yu Zhongquan's confidant at top speed.

Why is my father partial to him?

I just wanted to give him a hard time.

Is it worthy of him being furious?

Master will soon be the Prime Minister.

He just doesn't want

anything to happen before that.

The Capital Security Office is His Majesty's own troop.

They investigated the Empress under orders before.

All this...

Don't fob me off with this.

My father is a fool.

For Gu Qianfan,

he's gone completely off his head.

He sent you back riding at top speed for two days

just to scold me for his sake?

I'm going to tell Mother.

Young Master,

with all due respect,

as an officeholder by Inheritance,

you don't have an actual official post.

Ma'am can't get you anything

by crying and complaining.

Listen to my advice.

Gu Qianfan isn't a man you can offend.

Besides,

he isn't your enemy.

(Half-hidden)

I'm exhausted,

playing pipa and making drinks.

I wish I could be in two places at once.

Why don't you let me help?

Mr. Shen, greetings.

Yinzhang, why are you so surprised?

Didn't you invite me over

to listen to you playing pipa?

But you didn't say you would come today.

And nobody informed me just now.

Why do you need to be informed in advance?

Are you afraid of me?

A few days ago,

when you went to my house and asked for my help,

you were bold, weren't you?

Mr. Shen,

I appreciate your kindness

for helping us that day.

But I don't know you well.

Please don't call me by my maiden name.

How cool you are!

I'm so sad.

If I'd known this before,

I wouldn't flatter myself

and come to give you a tip.

What's this?

See for yourself.

This...

How shameless!

I'm so pissed off.

Shen Ruzhuo said,

this afternoon,

there were at least four tea houses in the Tea Lane

that were selling the fakes.

They didn't have sales limitations

and only sold 100 coins per box.

It looks like my work.

Mr. Shen is really warm-hearted

to come here to warn you.

The teahouses not only fake our pastries,

but also fake our drinks.

They've stolen

all our drink recipes.

More annoying is,

Qingming Teahouse has hired two pipa players,

who play pipa in the teahouse all day long.

What about the Tea Art?

Did they learn it too?

♪A feeling of depression♪

♪Falls on those will part just like moonlight♪

♪How can we forget each other♪

♪Wind blows and time flies♪

♪When the splendor fades away only the smell lingers♪

♪In the corner of memories there are sad moments♪

♪Emotions go on and on♪

♪Because time is short but love is hot♪

♪Stars wink for you♪

♪Romance is crazy about you♪

♪Who even waits for you♪

♪Until the end of her life♪

♪When I look back one day♪

♪I'll let go of everything♪

♪I'll hold your hand and never let you down♪

♪Ah Ah Ah♪

♪When our eyes get wet with tears for each other♪

♪Ah Ah Ah♪

♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪