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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 2=

Mr. Yang,

this is a fake painting.

It's impossible.

Well,

there is also the seal of the painter,

Master Wang Ai.

You!

Where is the real painting?

Speak!

The rain.

The snake.

The cloud pattern.

The Imperial Guards.

Master!

- Honey, stop looking. - What should we do?

Go hide, hurry!

What should we do?

It's toxic. Be careful.

Save me.

There is poison on the dart.

If you don't save me,

you're also going to die.

Burn it!

Keep no one alive!

There's a pond in the backyard.

Run with me if you don't want to die.

Honey!

It looks like

the fire started from the woodshed.

Everyone in the mansion died.

Let's go. Hurry.

Come on.

Can you give me the cure now?

Why aren't you poisoned?

I saw one of your guys yelling outside.

There happened to be a water tank next to me.

I dipped my handkerchief in water to block the smoke.

There aren't so many coincidences.

As a man,

I felt limp

after I inhaled the toxic smoke,

how can you be all right as a woman?

I came to Yang's Mansion today

to ask someone for a favor.

Then I saw you break in with your men.

I tried to run but I didn't make it.

I'm telling you the truth.

Give me the cure.

I saved your life.

You should also save my life.

Then we're even.

There's no poison on the weapon.

Are you guys not going

to investigate those men in black?

It has nothing to do with you.

Don't tell me that bureaucrats shield one another

and you're going to let it go.

How much else do you know?

When I came out of the pond,

I saw a footprint this big

on the blue slate.

Only a bureaucrat would wear

shoes with a pattern that.

If it's the Capital Security Office they're after,

why would they take the trouble to come to Yang's Mansion?

There's no need

to kill everyone in the Yang family.

In my opinion,

their target should be Mr. Yang.

You got caught up in this

only because of coincidences.

You know where my teahouse is.

If you need me to testify,

I can be there any time.

Let me say it again,

stay out of this.

Don't regret it at the end of your life.

I'm a person who rarely regrets.

As long as I figure it out,

I'll take it no matter what.

I would hurt you.

I'll bite you if you hurt me!

(Zhao's Teahouse)

(Closed)

(Closed)

(Uncle De)

Uncle De?

(Zhao's Teahouse) Greetings to Ms. Zhao.

(Closed) Why are you here?

What happened to you?

Nothing. I fell.

Where is Ouyang?

Is he okay?

He didn't fail again, did he?

Of course not.

I'm back to bring you the good news.

Appointed by the Emperor at the Jiying Hall,

Master is the Third Graduate now!

The Third Graduate?

The Third Graduate.

He made it!

He made it!

Get in here.

(Zhao's Teahouse) Tell me what happened to him.

Well, he could have just

had you write me a letter,

but he had you travel thousands of miles to pick me up.

Well, it's true

that he has many books

and boxes.

I can't carry them all on my own.

It would be nice to have your help.

Are we going to the capital

by water or by land?

No hurry, Ms. Zhao.

Let's take our time.

Master asked me to bring you a word.

He said now that he is an official...

You...

I see. I'll make you a cup of tea.

(Zhao's Teahouse) Ms. Zhao.

I know what he's worried about.

He thinks

I should be out of business.

The teahouse happened to have a little incident.

I'll just close it.

Uncle De, have you had breakfast yet?

No, I have something to tell you.

You...

Pan'er, you're finally back.

I've been worried about you all night.

Uncle De, you're back!

Sanniang.

Ouyang made it. He is the Third Graduate now.

The Third Graduate?

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the wife of the Third Graduate!

You'll wear the wedding dress before I do!

That's great!

Are you leaving for the capital in a couple of days?

Well, let me help you pack.

Ms. Zhao.

Ms. Sun is no stranger.

I'll just say it.

I'm not here to take you to the capital.

Master was granted a marriage by Consort Xian.

After the Grain Rain,

he will marry the daughter of Inspector Gao.

Who is Inspector Gao?

Acting Military Commissioner of Guangji Army,

Deputy Commander of Infantry, Gao Hu.

Say it again.

Master Ouyang is going to marry Gao Hu's daughter.

Do you want Pan'er to die?

Master said Ms. Zhao is intelligent.

She will understand that he has no choice.

Shut up.

Even if it's the consort in the palace,

she shouldn't grant a marriage that casually.

Did she never ask

whether Ouyang is engaged?

She did.

But Master and Ms. Zhao

weren't made match by parents' order

or on the matchmaker's word.

Well...

Shut up.

You, Yinzhang,

and the three people in my family

all know the engagement between Pan'er and Ouyang.

It was only a verbal agreement.

There are no written certificates.

You can't call it an engagement.

A verbal agreement is also an agreement!

Not to mention

Ms. Zhao doesn't have a decent background.

Bah! Do you have a decent background?

Who are you to say that?

We can get by if no one notices her.

But if Consort Xian finds out

that Master rejected her niece

because of a lowly girl...

Who are you calling lowly?

You guys are lowly!

I'd throw you in the water

if you weren't this old.

No, I'm gonna throw you in the water right now!

- To shut your dirty mouth! - No!

You will get me killed. No!

Sanniang!

No...

Sanniang!

Pan'er, you're awake.

Even the royal family

won't allow a consort to steal a woman's husband.

When I knew him,

my name had been removed from the register.

I'm a decent woman now.

Ms. Zhao, why do you have to do this?

Everyone knows

that merchants

are at the bottom of society.

In the eyes of aristocrats,

no matter how wealthy

the merchants are,

they're still lowly people.

I can't believe

you're justifying

a betrayer

who broke the engagement.

Pan'er, let's sue him now.

Ms. Zhao.

Do you want to make a big scene

and let everyone know you're an official performer?

Stop it.

You know that's what I care most about, right?

Fine.

I'll accept my fate.

Master knows that he failed you.

Here are 80 taels of gold from him.

You still have

his Truelove Jade Pendant.

When Ouyang

failed the exam and lived on the streets in Hangzhou,

I bought him a land,

so that he could finish household registration

and take the examination in Liangzhe again.

It's a shame

that the three years we spent together

is not even worth

80 taels of gold.

He wants to buy me off with money.

No problem.

Tell him

80 taels of gold are not enough.

If he wants the Truelove Jade Pendant,

bring me 500 taels of gold.

500 taels?

That's too much.

I'll give him the pendant after he gives me the money,

then I'll be done with him.

Ms. Zhao. Take care.

Pan'er, let me buy some medicine for you.

Sanniang.

Close the teahouse.

Okay.

(Zhao's Teahouse) (Closed)

(Closed)

(After I pass the Imperial Examination,)

(I'll follow the traditional marriage rituals and marry you.)

(Xujiang County Government)

(Capital Security Office)

(Qiantang)

Qiantang.

They came prepared.

They want to kill...

Kill you.

Commander. You'd better...

You'd better...

Run!

(Coroner.)

(Please come in.)

Capital Security Office?

Yes.

Those eight or seven people have tattoos on their inner thighs.

The coroner used to work in the Eastern Capital.

He said it looks like the mark of the Capital Security Office.

That's a big deal.

Why didn't you say anything last night?

I wanted to report to you after I found it out.

Why would the Capital Security Office

send so many people to Jiangnan?

Did they also find out about the Foreign Shipping Bureau

like Yang Zhiyuan did?

No. It's impossible.

They're here for the augury of the Empress.

It has nothing to do with the Yang family.

Have you burnt everything in Yang's study?

Yes.

I did it in person.

Rest assured.

He hadn't finished his memorial on your impeachment.

It never made it to court.

Good.

Everyone is dead anyway.

Even if the Capital Security Office's people come,

the dead can't give witness.

Stick to the original plan

and pass everything

to Yang Zhiyuan's old rival,

Chu, in Ninghai Army.

By the way,

I told you to put the Ninghai Army's hand knife in Yang's Mansion.

You didn't forget it, did you?

I didn't.

It's just

an arrowhead on the body

of a man from the Capital Security Office

disappeared

two hours ago.

You only told me to change the knife.

I didn't change the arrow.

The arrows were made by the counties respectively.

They will trace the source if they investigative it a little bit.

Didn't you say everyone was killed last night?

Who stole the arrow then?

A ghost?

I'm guilty! Mercy, Your Honor!

If it's discovered,

everyone in our clans will be implicated.

We must find out

who stole the arrow.

By the way, I think a man escaped last night.

I heard someone call him "Commander".

A commander of the Capital Security Office?

It has only been two hours. He mustn't have gone far.

Give the order

that there might be a pirate who broke into Yang's Mansion last night,

looting money and setting fires.

Strict scrutiny must be done at every pass in every county.

Aye.

Find someone to paint a portrait of him.

Issue an arrest warrant.

Any men with a non-local accent

should be arrested and examined.

Aye.

And also,

kill anyone

who resists.

Yes.

I thought about it for a long time after you two left.

Ouyang and I have been together for three years.

He is not an unfaithful man.

Even if he has to marry someone else,

with his character,

he would at least write me a letter

and explain everything,

instead of asking someone else to send me a message.

What if someone

is trying to sabotage his career

by putting an unfaithful reputation on him?

Maybe the Gao family does like Ouyang,

but he turned them down over and over again.

Then they used a carrot-and-stick method

to Uncle De behind Ouyang's back,

trying to take the Truelove Jade Pendant from me.

Then they will lie to Ouyang that I've changed my mind.

The reason I asked for 500 taels of gold

is to stabilize Uncle De and those around him.

I'm not doing business now.

Uncle De thought I'm too sad

to go out.

He won't suspect anything for a while.

By the way, Sanniang.

I need you to pretend

that you visit me every day.

I'll be in the Eastern Capital

by the time they find it out.

Didn't they say they will get married after the Grain Rain?

As long as I can see Ouyang before that,

everything will come to light.

What if it's true that Consort Xian granted him a marriage?

Qiantang is thousands of miles away from the Eastern Capital.

You're sick now

and you can't even walk steadily.

Are you gonna make it?

That's why I'm taking the boat.

At least I can lie down and rest on the boat.

Even if I die on the way,

I won't regret it at all.

I just don't believe

I have such a bad taste

in men.

Unless I see him in person,

I won't believe a word

anyone says.

Pan'er, go find him.

I will support you no matter what decision you make.

I wonder how Yinzhang is doing now.

(Wanted)

(Wanted) Gu Qianfan?

(Wanted)

(Wanted)

(Destiny Temple)

Dear God.

Bless me

to arrive in the Eastern Capital as soon as possible.

I wish my husband, Ouyang Xu,

is not greedy for money or fame. I wish he is faithful to me.

I don't want to be a Presented Scholar's wife.

I just want to grow old together

with the man I love.

Zhao Pan'er.

Gu Qianfan.

Help!

You didn't just skip school,

now you got a grade of C in the exam.

All right. All right.

You even kept it from me!

All right!

Well, isn't there also a grade of D?

He'll do business with me

and make a rise in life.

Make a rise in life?

You know what happened to Pan'er.

In the eyes of the nobles,

we business people are by nature inferior.

In previous years, our family wasn't even eligible to take the Imperial Exam.

Finally, the court showed mercy.

Fu Zifang!

He has to study well.

What's wrong with being official performers?

Why do they have to reform their lives?

Now they are also despised.

Song Yinzhang makes more money a day as a performer

than I do by selling goods for a month.

Young women can't get married without dowries.

(Fu Xingui) Many girls born in poor families

(Fu Xingui) are willing to make some money first

from working as singing performers

before they find honest men to marry.

It makes sense.

Shut up!

Can private performers

be the same as official performers

who can't be redeemed forever?

I'm disciplining my son.

Can you stop trying to be nice

and causing me trouble?

Zifang's surname is Fu, not Sun!

Why can't I interfere?

Listen,

you can daydream

about wearing fancy dresses

and becoming an official's wife,

just leave me out of this!

And don't wear out my precious son.

Come on, I'll take you to get some fresh air.

Where are you going?

- None of your business. - Let's play at the old same place.

You're not allowed to go!

Hurry up.

Run.

(Baisha Ferry)

(Baisha Ferry) No.

(Baisha Ferry) There are rules for merchant ships.

It's ominous

to bring a woman.

There are many women working on boats on this canal.

It's up to you

what the rules are.

Here. Come on.

Here.

Not this time.

There was a murder last night.

I heard

a high official died.

The County Magistrate

just had people put up a notice.

All merchant ships

are not allowed to carry outsiders.

I could go to jail

if I get caught.

Mr. Zheng.

You must know a lot of girls in Xiangyun Pavilion.

I happen to know

quite a few too.

I heard someone

lost 200 strings of coins gambling last month.

I wonder...

Keep it down!

...if his wife knows it.

I can't

stay in this house anymore.

Your mother

is the daughter of a butcher,

but she has to see herself as Mencius' mother.

Let me wash your clothes!

Let me wash your clothes!

Come on.

(Baisha Ferry)

Give me a hand.

Okay.

One, two. Go.

Come on.

Slowly.

That's a deal.

Watch out.

Anchor up!

Hurry up.

Okay.

Stay safe.

Tie it fast.

Over there.

There are more over there.

Let's go. All right.

Two people carry it together. Be careful.

No problem!

Come on, put it here.

Okay.

The cut on your shoulder is bleeding again.

It's your fault.

You hit me with your hidden weapon in Yang's Mansion.

The wound ruptured again when I carried the sack.

I'll change my dressing. Don't follow me.

You're pretty good at

escaping by crafty scheme.

That's right.

I learned it when I was a singing performer.

I helped those rogues in debt escape.

Commander Gu, are you satisfied now?

You were a singing performer before,

and you still want to marry a Presented Scholar?

Which gentry will dare to marry you?

Sorry. A slip of tongue.

Never mind. You're badly hurt, too.

I'll let it pass.

Can you read?

Here are two bottles of medicine.

You can take whichever you want.

Well,

you can rub it in,

but I can't do the same to you?

I know people like you too well.

You said it's a slip of tongue,

but you still look down on us.

What you regret

is nothing more than

speaking

your mind.

What's wrong with being singing performers?

We have a better reputation than the Capital Security Office.

We're pot and kettle.

Don't be so superior all the time.

Don't forget

who saved your life back there.

I didn't ask you to save me.

Get off the boat then!

Let's call a truce, okay?

Let's stop fighting.

Okay.

The ship is bound for the Eastern Capital.

It got a license to sell tea from Cangsi.

There are few people checking it.

This is the rear cabin.

People on the boat don't usually come here.

There are wind chimes on the door

which will ring if someone breaks in.

You can get off the boat wherever you like.

I have to wait until we get to Xiuzhou.

This sack will be the dividing line.

You'll be on the left and I'll be on the right.

Be careful!

What dividing line?

I rented this cabin.

Don't check it for me.

You're not doing well.

It's oozing pus. I'm getting it out of you.

You still have a shoulder injury.

Can you do it?

Bear with it.

You're not Guan Yu,

and I'm not Hua Tuo.

Don't hold back. There's nobody here.

Gu Qianfan.

(Order is given to investigate Yang Zhiyuan, the Transport Assistant.)

(It's confirmed that the painting is kept in his mansion.)

(I came to Jiangnan Region)

(to arrest Magistrate Wei of Renhe County.)

(I don't mean to hurt you.)

(It can't be determined whether he is involved.)

(But if you don't appreciate my kindness...)

Your painting is a fake.

Where is the authentic one?

You...

How ridiculous!

This is the authentic painting!

Don't put on a show in front of me.

Give me the authentic painting.

(It can't be determined whether he is involved.)

(Capital Security Office)

(Capital Security Office)

Sanniang.

Why didn't you go to the Ancestral Hall with your son?

Ancestral Hall?

Giving the child away is a huge thing.

As the mother, are you not going over there to see it?

Give the child away?

Yeah.

Whose child?

Who else can it be?

Your son, Zifang.

I would like to give my son, Fu Zifang,

to my cousin, Fu Xincai,

as his heir.

Signed by Fu Xingui from Yuan House

(Fu's Ancestral Hall) and Fu Xincai's wife from Shan House.

Sanniang?

Wait, Sanniang.

Listen to me, Sanniang. You...

Wait.

Tao, we are not close,

but we are not enemies, either.

Why are you taking my son away from me?

Sanniang.

Come here. Come here.

I know nothing.

All I know is that my husband is gone

and there is no one to run the big family business.

Of course I should find a successor among the children in our clan.

Bah!

Fu Xincai is a very distant relative.

What's more,

no parents would give away

their only son to other people!

Sanniang.

I did a lot

to raise Fu Zifang on my own.

Someone's jealous and wants to steal

the ripe fruit from me.

You wish!

Sanniang, you...

Get out of my way.

(Fruitful and Lush) Sanniang! Sanniang!

(Fruitful and Lush) What are you doing?

Chief. Well, I...

Just go.

Go.

Sanniang!

(Fu's Ancestral Hall) Sanniang! Hold on!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

(Xiao's Mansion)

Father!

Go to sleep in your bed.

You're awake.

How long have I been sleeping?

More than a day.

You didn't wake up when the boatmen were taking in cargo.

Did you scrub my body?

Well,

are you blaming me for touching your precious body

without your permission?

It's not like that.

I have nothing to lose.

The porridge is done.

Have some yourself.

I put laxatives in it.

Looks like you are fully recovered.

You're not having a fever or coughing.

You even have the strength to put drugs in the porridge.

Clean my shoes

if you have time.

What happened to the wound between your eyebrows?

I didn't do that.

It's nothing.

Are those men after you

the killers sent by Yang's Mansion?

Why do you have to find The Night Revels?

How did you know it's a fake

at the first glance?

Stay out of this if you don't want to die.

The porridge is good.

Give me money.

I don't have any.

Rogue.

Stingy.

Insidious.

Mean.

Mean?

You're mean!

And you're ruthless.

Unreasonable.

Immoral.

Unfaithful.

Irresponsible.

All you men are no good.

I assume

that's what you want to say to him.

Does it make you feel better after saying that out loud?

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

We're both hurt.

You don't need to say that.

Just think of it as the money for porridge.

I didn't know you could tell jokes.

Even the devils in the Capital Security Office

have feelings and desires.

You are not a devil.

You're a man,

and a good man.

You've only met me a few times.

How do you know I'm a good man?

I just know it.

You don't want to admit

the fact that you have been abandoned, right?

Zhao Pan'er.

You are proud and confident.

You never take yourself lightly

even you unfortunately went into a lowly profession.

But when things go wrong

between a man and a woman,

the result is always the worst.

Did you get married?

Do you have a girlfriend?

How can you talk so much

when you have nothing?

I still believe in my own decision.

Ouyang Xu is not that kind of person.

Then why did you

call him unfaithful yesterday?

It means deep down,

you still don't trust him.

Is that a person?

It looks like a woman.

Go hide. I'll call someone.

Boatmen!

- Mr. Zheng, someone fell into the water! - What happened?

Fell into the water?

Did you see it?

Where is it?

It's over there.

What happened?

Sanniang!

There is someone over there!

Sanniang!

- That's my friend! - Look, it's over there.

Save her, please.

She is dead.

Yeah.

Calm down!

- I have to save her. That's my friend! - Don't move.

You can't go there.

♪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♪