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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 25=

(Commander Cui?)

Gu Qianfan,

this is none of your business.

He's with the Capital Security Office.

Don't let him live.

Or we would die instead.

Kill him.

Gu Qianfan!

Qianfan!

Qianfan.

Qianfan.

Qianfan!

Brother.

Qianfan!

Qianfan.

Brother.

Qianfan.

Such a big fire.

Qianfan!

Somebody! Somebody!

We're assassinated. We're assassinated.

Someone's on that boat.

Help them.

Qianfan!

Make way, please.

Can anyone swim?

Look, look.

Too dangerous.

Danger.

Will it work?

It's way too dangerous.

Can anyone swim?

Will she throw it over?

Yeah.

Look. She made it.

Great. That's great.

Will it work?

Yeah.

We can't just watch them

get burned.

That's right.

Hurry. Do it together.

- Go help her. - Help me!

Go help her.

Come on.

Harder.

One, two.

One, two.

One.

One.

The boat is coming over.

- Harder! - Harder!

Hurry.

It's almost here.

Very close.

It's here.

It's anchored.

Qianfan!

Qianfan!

Qianfan!

You?

You're with the Capital Security Office?

What are you doing?

Stay away.

He... He...

What are you... Don't squeeze it.

Why are you squeezing it?

Stop it. Or he'll die.

Be gentle.

There was poison in his wound.

Can't you see the dark blood?

Quickly!

Get out of the way!

Out of the way!

Get out of the way.

Quickly.

Come and help.

What's this?

Honey stops bleeding. It works better than the healing powder.

Hurry. Press the wound.

Get him up. Get him up.

He's quite badly wounded.

Yeah.

Get out of the way!

Out of the way!

Get out of the way!

Make way!

Get out of the way!

Hurry.

Chief.

Somebody come! Hurry.

Come on.

Pan'er, why are you here?

He's still alive.

He was stabbed in the right breast.

The wound is about four cun. [*Four cun: Equals about 13cm]

There's poison in the wound.

I squeezed as much as I could.

Don't worry.

About this...

Rest assured.

I didn't see anything.

I'll go back home by myself.

But whether he lives or dies,

please let me know tomorrow.

I'll be waiting in the teahouse.

All right.

Be careful.

Come on.

- Here. - Hurry.

Be gentle.

Come!

Hurry.

Go. Hurry.

You losers!

Where were you just now?

I needed you at that critical moment.

But you...

Useless!

Come with me!

(Zhao Pan'er, remember.)

(You didn't see anything just now.)

(Hard Work Matters)

I just fed him some ginseng soup.

He...

You must bring Deputy Commissioner Gu back to life.

It's the strict order from Minister Duke Xiao.

Otherwise, don't dream to leave the Capital Security Office.

I've applied the best healing powder.

If he makes it through tonight, he will survive.

All right, fine.

Anyway, do your best to treat him.

As long as you bring him back to life,

we will give you a reward.

Minister Duke Xiao,

and even His Majesty will highly reward you, too.

Got it.

Chen Lian.

Chief.

Be gentle.

Qianfan.

Chen Lian,

go to see Censor Qi.

Tell him I woke up

and bring a message to him.

Aye.

Qianfan!

Qianfan!

If he can't make it through tonight...

Xiao Qinyan was already furious.

So hard.

So hard for me.

Forget it.

I'll just submit a report

to impeach the Office of Imperial Guards first.

Pan'er.

Pan'er, why are you back so late?

Because I looked on something.

Is everything all right?

Yes.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Pan'er, I have something to ask you.

For what happened earlier,

I apologized already.

At Minister Xiao's birthday banquet, Deputy Commissioner Gu helped me

so that I didn't offend those officials.

After thinking about it,

I want to give him a feast

just to express my gratitude.

But I don't know how to find him.

Could you ask Chen Lian about it?

Excuse me?

At Minister Xiao's birthday banquet,

Deputy Commissioner Gu helped me

so that I didn't offend those officials.

After thinking about it,

I want to give him a feast

just to express my gratitude.

But I don't know how to find him.

Could you ask Chen Lian about it?

Don't bother. He's been busy lately

and he doesn't have time.

Why?

And how do you know that?

I just know!

I'll go check on her.

Pan'er.

Pan'er, are you all right?

I'm all right.

Would you like something to eat?

Go to sleep early.

Let me know if you need anything.

Pan'er,

you barely slept last night.

Don't go to the teahouse today.

We have to work, no matter what happens.

Don't go.

Pan'er,

Yinzhang said she didn't feel very well

and she wouldn't play pipa in the teahouse today.

Whatever.

Pan'er doesn't look right. What happened?

Don't ask.

Go to the teahouse with her.

I'll catch up.

Fine.

(Half-hidden)

It's way too muggy.

It is.

Here's the food.

Have some pastries first.

What kind of tea would you like?

Sanniang,

doesn't Ms. Song come every day?

Why isn't she here today?

She doesn't feel very well.

When will she come, then?

I'm not sure.

Why isn't the tea served yet?

It's too hot.

Yeah.

I feel too hot to breathe.

Zhaodi,

get me a Honey Bean Smoothie.

Right. I want that, too.

Why isn't my smoothie served yet?

Ours isn't served, either.

In a minute. In a minute.

Yeah. Ours isn't served, either.

- Come on. - Serve it quickly.

Sanniang,

we don't even have any ice.

How can we make any smoothie?

Then go buy some ice at Wang's Ice Shop.

I went there this morning,

but all the ice had been sold out.

I don't know when it'll be replenished.

Pan'er has gone there again.

Fine, then.

What about the customers?

I'll see what I can do.

You go and tell them the truth.

Come on.

Sorry, everybody.

No smoothie today.

Why?

- Why is there no smoothie? - We have no ice.

Yeah, why...

We have no ice.

How can we do without ice on such a hot day?

Yeah.

Ms. Song isn't here, either.

Fine. We should go.

We'll take our leave.

Come tomorrow.

We should go, too.

Go, go, go.

My tea isn't served yet.

Please come tomorrow.

Ice will be available tomorrow.

(Wang's Ice Shop)

Isn't this ice?

Why can't you sell any to me?

Ms. Zhao, let me get this straight.

I can't sell any ice to you.

Moreover, nearly all the local ice shops

will not sell any ice to you.

Why?

Did you offend Young Master Chi?

He's the head of the ice industry.

He threatened us.

If anyone sells ice to you,

he'll kill that man.

I think he just wants to screw you.

What do we do, then?

We don't get along with Young Master Chi

for quite a few days.

Let's figure out another plan.

I'll go ask He Si for help

or consult Zhang Haohao.

Are you going right away?

I'm waiting for a message.

I can't leave this street for the moment.

It's way too hot.

Go back home and wait.

I'll take care of everything here.

Check if Yinzhang had lunch.

She always has a bad appetite in summer.

I wonder

if she wants to talk to us.

Zhaodi and I will go and try to buy some ice.

Zhaodi, here we go.

Be right there.

Pan'er, we'll take our leave.

Without ice in summer,

it's hard to do business in the Eastern Capital.

Pan'er even wants to open a restaurant.

If we can't solve the ice problem,

she will not realize her dream.

We will solve the problem.

We even met

bigger problems.

We're looking for the restaurant site. We're looking for ice, too.

If big ice shops don't sell ice to us,

we can try small shops.

You know a lot of people

near the wharf, right?

Could you ask around?

I'm on it.

By the way,

I heard about some small ice shops in Fanshan.

Give me some money.

If ice is available there,

I'll buy some back.

All right.

Take it all.

I'm going there immediately.

Sir, pull over, please.

All right.

Be careful.

There he is. Shoot.

Hurry.

Shoot. Shoot.

Who did this?

How dare you!

Run. Hurry.

Pull over, please.

Thank you.

Where are your glasses?

Broken again?

No.

I usually put them on after I arrive at the academy.

Unexpectedly...

The books are wet.

Are you a dummy?

When they shot you,

why didn't you even dodge or scold them?

When Chen Lian told me you were bullied,

I could hardly believe him.

But I witnessed it just now.

You're even more cowardly than how Chen Lian described.

I'm a teacher.

How can I get angry with my students?

They were just joking.

Joking?

Look how they hurt me!

Oh, you're bleeding.

How lawless they are!

I can't bear it. I must teach them a lesson.

Where are you going?

You...

You can't get in there.

It hurts.

Who shot me?

- He. - He... He did.

Be gentle.

Tell the truth!

Sanniang.

Tell me who did that!

Sanniang.

Be... Be gentle.

Stand there.

What a woman! What do you want?

Principal, let me explain.

You're the principal, right?

Your student hurt me.

And as you can see,

neither of them admitted it.

Please help me find out

who hurt me, too.

I'll get even with them.

Apologize.

We hurt you by accident.

Sorry.

You hurt me by accident.

What about him?

Did you hurt him by accident, too?

It's not your first time to bully Mr. Du.

He's your teacher.

Why do you never respect him?

What have you learned from books?

We indeed bullied him.

It's because he has such poor eyesight

and can't see clearly.

He has poor eyesight?

Step out.

How dare you blame it on him!

Stop, Ms. Sun.

I'm the son of Count of Loyalty.

If you dare to beat me,

believe it or not, I'll report you!

Report me?

I don't care who you are!

If you want to report me, go ahead.

But now,

I'll take off your pants

and spank you.

Don't, don't.

When officers come

and see you being spanked by a woman,

let's see how shameful you'll be!

Stop it.

Stop it. Just stop it.

Don't. Don't take off his pants.

- I won't report you. I won't. - Don't take off his pants.

Have you realized your mistake?

Have you?

Sorry, Mr. Du.

I shouldn't have bullied you.

This is an academy.

An academy in the Eastern Capital.

Do you know how hard it is

to study in such an academy?

My son is in Qiantang County.

It's thousands of miles away from here.

I saved money for six months

before I finally got a teacher

to give him classes

who once stayed in the Eastern Capital.

We even dream to study in this kind of academy.

What about you?

Your teacher is this year's Presented Scholar,

but you never cherish him.

I don't mean to look down on you.

Your family members may be officials.

But you're not officials, anyway.

Why do you find yourselves superior to others?

One of my ancestors used to be a high official, too.

What about now?

I still served as a butcher and I sell tea now.

Mr. Du failed to be an official yet.

But this year,

he became the Presented Scholar

with his real knowledge.

He will get a chance to be an official.

Look how generous he is

to bear you for such a long time.

What kind of man is he?

He's the bigger person!

Principal,

I'm an ignorant woman.

But when you teach students,

shouldn't you teach them how to behave

apart from how to study?

I guess

you know it better than I do.

You...

You're just like my ungrateful son.

You don't cherish those

who really care about you.

Instead, you...

Forget it. I'll say no more.

Hope you'll behave yourselves.

Ms. Sun, your basket...

(Capital Security Office) We know very clearly

how Deputy Commissioner Gu treats us.

Yes.

Search the river very carefully.

Whether the assassins are alive after they fell into the water,

we must find them!

- Right. Let's find them. - Let's find them!

- Doctor. - Doctor, doctor.

Doctor.

How is he?

Go without me.

Go.

Didn't you say when he made it through last night...

Shh.

Why hasn't he woken up yet?

Minister Duke Xiao

got an imperial physician from the Palace.

He's excellent at acupuncture.

Whether Deputy Commissioner Gu will live

counts on him.

Sanniang!

Sanniang, your basket.

Take it easy. I'll get it next time.

But...

I...

I should...

I should thank you for defending me.

When you came to the inn

and tried to persuade Pan'er for Ouyang Xu,

you were quite talkative, weren't you?

But in front of the boys,

why didn't you dare to say anything?

You're just a cowardly bully.

Right. Right. I'm a coward.

So, I disgraced myself in front of His Majesty.

I stammered and couldn't make my point.

Only stammered?

Nothing else?

Shameful! Shameful!

Don't bring it up ever again.

Since I made a fool of myself in front of His Majesty,

no one has defended me like this before.

It's no big deal.

Never mind.

Yeah. It's no big deal.

Thank you, sir.

No problem. Thanks for buying.

How much is this?

Take a rest.

Come on.

Ge Zhaodi.

I'll see how you can get away again.

Let go of me!

Stop!

I got you!

Stop running.

What are you doing?

What do you want?

I got you.

- Don't dream to run away. - Let go of me.

Come and look.

She's beating her own mother.

Let go of me!

Stop yelling.

Or I won't give you any money.

After ten months of pregnancy,

I just have such an ungrateful daughter.

I'll give you some money.

Give it to me.

It's what my employer has given me.

I can only give you a little.

Don't just say thank you.

If you're really grateful,

give me money.

I... I have one string.

Is it enough?

Take it.

Why did you really give me money?

I won't take it.

You won't?

I'm glad to hear that.

Tell me.

Can you see faintly in the day

but nothing at night?

Were you able to see things

but lost your eyesight in recent years?

How... How do you know that?

You're sick.

I'm... I'm sick?

(Fresh vegetables for sale.)

I know a folk recipe.

(Pork Seller)

This piece, please.

What's this?

Take it.

It's pork liver.

Haven't you tasted any?

I have. But it didn't look like this.

Eat one piece each day.

For 30 days in succession.

Don't be scared.

I've been a butcher for a dozen years.

Quite a few people's shortsightedness

has been cured by the pork liver.

Remember to eat it.

But how shall I cook it?

Any way you want.

But...

(Pork Seller) Sir, how shall I cook it?

Didn't she tell you? Any way you want.

Chief.

You must wake up, Chief.

It's been a whole day.

Pan'er is still waiting for my message.

Don't make me send her the bad news.

Chief.

Chief, I guess you don't know this yet.

This time,

Pan'er saved your life again.

If she hadn't arrived in time that day,

you would be...

Chief, don't disappoint her.

You must live.

I won't.

Chief.

I won't disappoint her.

I knew it.

Doctor, he's awake.

Come and check on him, doctor.

All right.

He's awake?

Did you do what I told you to?

Yes.

What did he say?

When Censor Qi saw the messenger,

he first asked,

"When did Commander Cui die?

What about Xiao Qinyan? Still alive?"

When did he ask about me?

In the 36th sentence he said.

Get me up. Get me up!

No way, Chief.

You need to recuperate.

You mustn't get up.

I said, I don't want it!

Song Yinzhang,

don't push it.

I don't know why you're angry with Pan'er.

But I haven't offended you.

Sorry. My bad.

Stop.

Don't hurt your precious hands.

If you can't play pipa,

you'll blame us for hurting your self-esteem.

I've been expecting to say something for days.

And I'm going to say it now.

Right, you got famous at Minister Xiao's birthday banquet.

But why are you often showing off

back at home?

The day before yesterday, you gave us attitude.

Yesterday, you ran away, crying.

Today, you smashed the bowl.

Do you really think you're a princess

just because of the autograph on your pipa?

Whenever you were aggrieved

or felt unhappy,

Pan'er cheered you up.

But what did you do?

Just because of a little argument,

you even don't play pipa in the teahouse.

Is it still the teahouse

we three run together?

Sanniang,

I really don't feel very well.

Then why were you strong enough to smash the bowl?

Pan'er really doesn't feel well.

Since last night,

she couldn't even walk straight.

But she still went to the teahouse.

She even told me

that you had a bad appetite in summer

and asked me to prepare light food for you.

What have you been doing to her?

Have you ever cared about her?

I'm a rough woman

and I don't know about arts.

I just know one thing.

You and she aren't real family members.

She doesn't owe you anything.

She isn't your mother, either.

Pan'er.

I know you would live.

You're the Living Devil.

No one dares to take your life.

My silly girl.

I couldn't feel relieved until I saw you.

Without me,

who would quarrel with you?

Who would take a walk with you?

Who would accompany you when you run the teahouse?

Come and say thank you to Mr. Gu who saved us.

It's him who helped us out.

Thank you, Mr. Gu.

You're welcome.

Let me check on your hand.

The money is enough for you

to redeem your father's jade pommel.

It's all right.

Why are you so depressed?

You know what?

Ouyang Xu expelled you from the Eastern Capital.

But I can get you back there.

Leave me here. You should go back.

No. I can't rest assured until I see you enter the room.

Deputy Commissioner Gu?

Pan'er.

It's already this late. Why are you here together?

Ge Zhaodi is involved in the Hat Demon case.

Pan'er is her employer.

She was then interrogated in the Capital Security Office.

Yinzhang,

I found you, at last.

Why did you suddenly

run out of our home?

I'm sorry.

Just now...

Just now, I...

I was being too mean.

My apologies.

I'm all right.

I ran out because

I left the score Deputy Commissioner Gu gave me

in Zhang Haohao's room.

If it's lost, it'll be awful.

I'm glad you're all right.

If...

If it's really lost,

Deputy Commissioner Gu may get angry.

Do you think I can ask Pan'er

to intercede for me?

Sure. Sure.

They're getting engaged soon.

The score isn't a big deal.

They are?

That's... That's great, then.

I'm... I'm going to see Haohao now.

To Shuangxi Pavilion, please.

All right.

Here we go.

Miss, are you all right?

Yes.

I just got to know

that I had been kept in the dark.

So, everyone knew it,

but me.

Don't take me to Shuangxi Pavilion.

To Left Street of Changle Residential instead.

All right.

Yinzhang, there you are, at last.

You said something to me that night.

Does it still count?

Of course.

Say it again.

You're a treasure.

You're not supposed to fall into the mire.

Let me take care of you

and protect you,

will you?

♪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♪