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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 5=

Well, you didn't eat, did you?

Let me get you some food.

I'll be back soon.

Have some more.

Tell you what,

I hate Song Yinzhang so much now.

It's been only three days since we got married

before she cheated on me

with the young man next to our door.

Seriously?

Pan'er.

I'm in pain now.

I regret it.

I regret leaving with her in the first place.

Why didn't I stay

and share confidences with you?

Really?

Really.

I do mean it.

If I told one lie,

I wouldn't deserve a natural death.

Liar.

I'm going to the bathroom.

I'll be back soon.

(Xiangyun Pavilion)

A gentleman uses his tongue, not his fists.

A gentleman uses his tongue, not his fists.

You spent money on eating, drinking, whoring and gambling,

yet you have nothing to pay me back?

No, no!

Help! Someone is beating me!

Help!

Stop it!

Why did you beat him?

You get a little beauty on your side, don't you?

He owes me 15 strings of copper coins. [*A string: equals 1,000 copper coins]

It's been over due for more than 15 days.

Don't you think he deserves to be beaten?

Don't listen to him.

I just owe him 10 strings,

but he makes it 15 strings.

When you borrow 10 strings, I loan you 9 and you pay me 13.

That's the rule.

What rule?

Only 15 strings.

Everyone could have a problem with money.

I won't just sit by

and watch my friend being bullied.

Sanniang.

Bring my orchid case.

My friend.

(Xiangyun Pavilion)

Look carefully.

There are 16 or 17 strings inside.

They are all yours.

Take the extra

as your reward

for being acting like a snob.

Take the money.

Yes.

We have money!

You're lucky.

You...

You...

Aren't you poisoned?

Why did you do this?

It was Commissioner's order.

I had no other choice.

Every one of the Capital Security Office

knows about our relationship.

But I'm different from you.

I have a family.

If I help you escape,

all my family will be dead.

Qianfan,

you're a brother to me.

Go back with me to see Commissioner.

I'll beg him to spare you, OK?

Please, Qianfan.

Qianfan.

I'm begging you.

Please, Qianfan!

My brother is dead.

I'm so grateful that

such a merciful Bodhisattva as you

are here to save my life.

You're always honey mouthed.

Why don't you pay off your debt?

You boasted about

your family property,

your dozens of shops,

and your big mansions.

Then what happened?

You were cornered for only

15 strings of debt.

Harder.

Can you call yourself a man?

Aren't you ashamed?

Of course not.

If I didn't marry your best friend,

Song Yinzhang,

who asks for gold and silver jewelry all day long,

I wouldn't have ended up like this.

You're always talking about that woman.

If you miss her so much,

why don't you go to see her?

Why do you stick around?

I'm not going.

Don't stay here.

I'm not going.

I was wrong.

Beat me.

Beat me hardly.

Beat me to death.

Beat me.

Either tell me the truth

or get out.

Don't be angry.

Sometimes businessmen just don't have enough money to meet their needs.

A while ago, I chartered a ship

and sent it to Nanyang to trade goods.

I don't know what happened,

but I haven't heard from it since the ship passed Guangzhou.

In the end,

some short-sighted guys

started to fish in troubled water.

I'm so pissed.

Do you mean when your ship returns,

you'll have money?

That's it.

Pan'er.

Good woman.

If you have enough money,

would you please loan me 100 strings?

Help me to get through it.

When the ship arrives,

whatever you want,

including me,

you can have it.

100 strings?

It's easy for you to say that.

I do have money,

but it's the capital I use to make a living.

Loan it to you?

Who are you?

What do you have to do with me?

I'm your dear Zhou She.

Pan'er.

Leave me alone.

I know you care about me.

Help me to get through it.

Let go.

I won't.

Let go of me.

Pan'er.

Let go!

No.

Do you think I'm an idiot?

You want Song Yinzhang

as well as my money.

Tell you what,

no way!

Pan'er.

Pan'er, don't be angry.

I have no such idea.

- Sanniang. - I...

Walk him out.

Don't bother.

Why are you still here?

Get out.

Pan'er, listen to me.

I don't want to be a two-timer. Pan'er.

Pan'er, listen to me. Pan'er.

- Tell you what, - Pan'er.

Pan'er.

- I'll make it clear. - Pan'er.

- You may use my money, - Pan'er.

provided that you discard Song Yinzhang.

Pan'er.

After you discard her,

you can speak the honeyed words again.

Why do I have such bad fortune?

Isn't Fan bad enough?

Zhou She tries to bully me, too.

Pan'er, why do you have such a bad fate?

Pan'er, don't cry.

None of the men can be trusted.

Am I born to be

a concubine?

Legal wife?

Does she really want to marry me?

It doesn't sound right.

She doesn't take a fancy to me.

She must feel mortified because of Song Yinzhang

and the fact that she was driven out.

So she wants me to back her up.

I'm going to back you up.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Don't cry, Pan'er.

Pan'er, don't cry.

I'm willing to marry you.

As long as you promise to marry me,

I'll discard Song Yinzhang,

and marry you with a bridal sedan chair carried by eight men.

I'm willing to marry you

as long as you promise to marry me.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Pan'er. Don't cry. Pan'er.

Is it true?

Yes. Truer than true gold.

Don't believe him.

If he isn't hesitant to discard Song Yinzhang today,

he won't be hesitant to discard you tomorrow.

Absolutely not.

Pan'er, if you don't believe me,

I can ask the government to issue a document,

proclaiming that if I disappoint you,

I'll volunteer to be sent into exile.

Really?

Really.

Do you believe it again?

Words are no guarantees.

But Pan'er,

you should give me more time.

To discard her, I need to...

No.

I want you to discard her right now

and marry me immediately.

I don't want to waste another day.

Come and look.

These are brocade satins from Jiangzhou.

Look clearly.

I'm very rich.

How nice the material is!

This is Dragon and Phoenix Ball Tea from Beiyuan.

Be gentle.

Look.

Dragon and Phoenix Incense.

I have so much money.

As long as you discard Song Yinzhang,

I'll marry you requiring no bride price.

If you dare to delay,

I'll leave Huating County tomorrow.

I definitely won't!

I'm going to discard her.

Treasures.

Right now!

(Xiangyun Pavilion)

Come on. Go home.

(Xiangyun Pavilion)

Yinzhang, you stay here.

I have to go now.

Remember to keep pissing about and crying.

Don't let him doubt you.

But I've never done anything like this.

Do you think he'll believe me?

Ms. Zhao said,

as long as you grow the guts

as you did when you ran away with him,

you'll make it.

You may rub your skin off.

Gu Qianfan,

why are you here?

Have you finished your business?

Yes.

Don't come close.

I look ugly now.

Enough, don't rub again.

Did you see it all?

Yes.

I saw everything when I was out there.

Did you see me drinking and flirting

with Zhou She?

I'm flirtatious, lowly and vulgar, right?

No wonder you hate singing performers.

It makes me sick too.

It's like the smell of alcohol on Zhou She.

I just can't wash it off.

Come.

Aren't they clean now?

White and slender, like the scallion.

How beautiful they are!

In my eyes, you've never been dirty.

Why are you hurt again?

Who did it to you?

I was cut by a sword accidentally.

Let me dress it for you.

Come.

I want to ask you a question.

If Song Yinzhang

betrays you again,

what would you do to her?

You once told me

you never regretted about anything.

She betrayed your trust

and ran away.

But you're still willing to rescue her.

For this reason,

you'd rather pretend to be a woman in the whorehouse,

and deal with that kind of men you hate most.

All you want to do is to repay

your debt of gratitude to her sister.

What about after that?

After the debt is paid,

if she lies to you again,

what would you do?

Repay kindness with kindness. Return evil with evil.

Let bygones be bygones.

Follow my true heart at the moment.

Well said.

Have a drink with me.

I killed a man just now.

Stop it.

Stop it.

I'll fight it out with you!

What's wrong with you tonight?

You...

Are you insane?

You don't let me live.

I won't let you go easily.

Fire!

Fire!

What should we do?

Fire!

Someone put out the fire!

- Go ahead. - Fire!

Double reward if you do it well.

Fire!

- Rest assured. - Rest assured.

Someone put out the fire!

Fire!

- Fire! Help! - Fire!

Fire!

Hurry, put out the fire!

Help!

Fire!

Put out the fire!

Fire!

Hurry.

Put out the fire!

Here's water.

Don't beat it again.

It's all right, everyone.

Thank you.

Please go home.

Please.

He started the fire!

He hurt me.

He's seeing another woman.

Shut up! You...

He tries to kill me because he can't discard me!

How could you do that?

I didn't.

It's a misunderstanding.

How could you do that?

You hit me every day.

You don't give me any food.

- And you tie me up like I'm a dog. - Shut up!

You have no conscience!

- Yeah. You've gone too far. - You misunderstood.

Unfaithful man.

Exactly.

How could you do that?

Pan'er's idea is great.

After such a mess,

Zhou She can't get any sleep tonight.

He'll be befuddled

and take the bait tomorrow.

Darn it.

I'm curious.

Why are you never afraid of me?

Because you saved me the first time we met.

You're a kind man.

Why should I be afraid of you?

Really?

If I told a lie,

you could kill me with your sword.

I couldn't bear to do that.

All over the world,

you may be the only one who doesn't believe

I'm the real murderer of the Yang Family.

Is the Capital Security Office also bribed by Zheng Qingtian?

Good guess.

You can get a reward.

Don't be upset.

There is always a way out.

Though the Capital Security Office covers the sky with one hand,

there are the three Departments

and the Censorate.

Right?

The Capital Security Office doesn't belong to the three Departments

or subject to the jurisdiction of any censorates.

Really?

Then what would you do?

Nothing.

He goes his broad way

and I'll climb my scaling ladder.

Only that my way

is too...

Never mind.

Like you said,

let bygones be bygones.

Follow my true heart at the moment.

Born as a man,

walking around the world,

I shouldn't be tied down by trifles.

OK. I've almost had enough.

Thanks for your drinks.

Wait.

Since your way is so difficult,

why don't you give up?

Concerning the souls of the Yang Family, you can go slowly.

Just like me, your pals in the lower world

must not want you

to take so much effort

to avenge them.

I can't stop it.

If I ask you

to forget about Song Yinzhang,

go to the Eastern Capital directly,

and be the wife of the Third Graduate,

you can't do it either, can you?

I'm not going to bid you farewell now.

We'll see each other soon.

Next time when I have another problem

and screw things up,

I could use your help again.

So you don't blame me for being henpecked?

Why do you know everything?

Huating County is a small place.

Everyone should know the deeds

of an unsurpassed beauty.

If you say it again,

I won't pay your money back.

It doesn't matter

as long as you pledge to marry me.

Sorry, I was being frivolous.

We're friends.

Don't mind the little joke.

Friends?

Don't you agree?

Feels like old friends at the first meeting.

Having no understanding with an old acquaintanceship.

(Xiangyun Pavilion)

A peerless beauty.

Now I get it.

No wonder you'd rather ride for four hours

from Huzhou to here.

So, you were doing it for her.

Look at your wound.

How neatly it's dressed!

The woman is virtuous.

She isn't someone you can joke about.

Your humble servant dares not joke.

It's a praise from the bottom of my heart.

My mother used to tell me when I was a child,

"Remember not to

go against your conscience and lie".

She is really beautiful.

Even if you pull a knife against his neck,

your humble servant wouldn't change his words.

You kept saying "your humble servant".

Do you really want to follow me?

I killed people with you.

Why do you still suspect my loyalty?

Could you talk properly?

I'm sorry.

Well,

I've talked too much with my elder sisters.

It has become a habit.

It isn't that easy to be my subordinate.

I'm not afraid.

I grew up

surrounded by women.

Though without much talent,

I got promoted swiftly.

Because I have a special skill

to choose the right boss.

You're tough enough.

You didn't even hesitate to kill your best friend.

But the bottom line is

you're kind.

There is a saying that,

show mercy with tough means.

If I follow you,

I'm sure I'll attain eminence step by step.

You're afraid that if things come to light,

I'll turn you in.

So you may as well go along the dark road with me, right?

Absolutely not.

I was brought up under strict rules.

If I leave you here alone

and run by myself,

my mother would surely scold me for not returning your kindness,

not being loyal

and righteous.

By the way,

where are we heading to?

Pingjiang Prefecture.

Suzhou.

(Commissioner Assistant Administrator Manager of the Affairs)

(Xiao's Mansion in Suzhou)

(Xiao's Mansion)

Master, you're up early.

(Military Commissioner Xiao Qinyan) The peach blossoms are open.

(Military Commissioner Xiao Qinyan) Do you want to enjoy them?

(Steward of Xiao's Mansion)

Who's that?

How dare you break into the minister's mansion?

Minister Duke Xiao, blessings.

Is that him?

Master.

Leave.

Aye.

It's really you.

(Evening Clouds)

Why are you here?

It's been years since I saw you last time.

One never goes to the temple for no reason.

With or without reason,

it's great

that you would come to see me.

Please.

(Zhou's Mansion)

Good thing?

Do you think the unsurpassed beauty taking a fancy to you

is such a good thing as gold falls from the sky?

Tell you what,

it's definitely a romantic debt.

Last night,

they were pissing about the whole night.

Attempting suicide and setting on fire,

they only stopped before dawn.

I think...

Mr. Zhou, morning.

(Zhou's Mansion)

Did you see?

It seems that he couldn't deal with his wife.

Now he has to deal with his mistress.

I didn't mean to delay.

But Song Yinzhang threatened to kill herself last night,

which disturbed the Community Head.

I'm afraid if I cornered her,

she would kill herself.

It would hurt your reputation

when we get married.

You're right.

It isn't a thing

that can be done in such a hurry.

Exactly.

I thought it over all night after I sobered up.

I shouldn't have

said those words in anger.

After all, Yinzhang is like a sister to me.

How could I steal her husband?

So, let's

forget about it.

Pan'er.

Don't forget about it. Pan'er.

You can't forget about it.

I know I failed you.

The brocade satins, ball tea,

alcohol,

and the goats tied outside as betrothal gifts

are useless to me now.

Take them as my apology gifts.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Hurry up, everyone.

We have a journey to push on with.

Hurry up packing.

Pan'er.

Are you leaving, Pan'er?

Pan'er, it'll only be a little late.

Why do you take it so seriously, Pan'er?

I was right, wasn't I?

Men's words are untrustworthy.

He said the honeyed words last night

only to calm you down

and get your money.

If you believe he would discard his wife,

you're a fool.

No.

No, Pan'er.

I really want to marry you, Pan'er.

Pan'er, listen to me.

What are you doing?

Leave me alone!

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Pan'er.

Pan'er, listen to me, Pan'er.

I'll take you home now

and write the divorcing letter in your presence.

Everyone, please be my witnesses.

If I don't discard Song Yinzhang today,

I'll write my name backwards.

Are you satisfied?

Let's trust him once.

Pan'er.

This way, Pan'er.

(Zhou's Mansion)

(Zhou's Mansion) (You dare take your mistress home,)

(and discard me in front of her.)

You've gone way too far.

It's none of your business.

I'm in love with another woman,

so what?

You scratched me just because you were jealous.

You violated one of the seven grounds for a husband to discard his wife.

You're well deserved to be cast off.

He's so heartless.

It's useless that you don't want to give up.

Listen to me, let it go.

Living a quiet life on your own

is much better than watching his disgusting face every day.

Shut up!

How can I live my life?

He sold all my dowries.

And my body is covered with injuries.

Mr. Zhou,

it's your fault.

You can discard your wife,

but you should at least return her dowries.

- Yes, you must return. - Yes.

Enough, don't make more noise.

I'll return the money to her.

But I don't have money now.

I'll write her an IOU.

Shame on you.

Then will you owe her the divorcing letter

until you return the money?

What are you talking about?

Miss,

did you see it clearly?

He doesn't want to return the dowries to his abandoned wife.

Are you sure you want to marry him?

It's none of your business.

Why do you push her?

Right, Pan'er.

We must think it over.

How dare you!

My mansion is worth dozens of strings.

At the worst, I'll mortgage my title deed to you.

OK?

That's better.

(Divorcing Letter)

(Divorcing Letter)

He signed it.

(Promisor: Zhou She) That's more like it.

Black characters on white paper. Now he can't deny it.

(Witness: Liu Jinyou)

Everyone should go by the rules.

Sure.

Pan'er,

in front of everyone,

let me ask you again,

will you marry me

after I discard her?

It's a deal.

Then make an oath.

I, Zhao Pan'er, swear,

as heaven and earth are my witnesses,

I will marry Zhou She.

If I break the oath, I shall be struck by lightning.

Let me see the divorcing letter.

What if you made any mistakes?

There won't be mistakes.

When I wrote this thing...

You discarded me.

How could I live?

You don't deserve a wife.

Song Yinzhang,

you deserve it.

Go.

Ms. Song, don't mind her.

Go.

Come.

Pan'er, come.

When do we get married?

What's the rush?

She owns the mansion now.

We can't get married here.

Pack up your stuff

and go back to Xiangyun Pavilion with me.

OK, wait for me. I'll be back soon.

(Title Deed for Land)

Pan'er, Sanniang.

Go ahead.

All right.

We've got the divorcing letter.

You don't have to be afraid anymore.

Your title deed.

Sanniang.

These are yours.

Yours.

If such a thing happens again,

we'll still hire you.

Take it.

You all have your shares.

Let's make money together.

Take it. Don't push.

Yours. Take it.

No, I...

Mine. Mine.

Still collecting money?

How dare you!

(Zhou's Mansion)

How dare you collude with her?

No. No.

Go.

Get them back!

(Zhou's Mansion)

Here they are.

Stop.

Where are they?

Here.

Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang,

how you dare trick me!

Do you really think

I've spent dozens of years in Huating County for nothing?

Bro,

help me send these lying women

to the county government.

When it's done,

you can have my mansion.

Yes, Mr. Zhou!

What should we do, Pan'er?

What should we do?

Don't be afraid.

Court trial begins!

Silence!

I, Zhou She, beg Your Honor to back me up.

Zhao Pan'er, a woman in the whorehouse,

tricked me into divorcing my wife,

and denies her engagement with me.

Zhao Pan'er, do you plead guilty?

I'm a good citizen of Qiantang County

instead of a woman in the whorehouse.

I don't know my crime.

How dare you deny it?

Your Honor, she promised to marry me.

Many people can testify for me.

Marry you?

Ridiculous.

Your Honor,

it requires three matchmakers

to make an engagement.

You said we had an engagement,

but where are the matchmakers,

the contract

and the betrothal gifts?

You got nothing and you said I was going to marry you?

He brings a false charge.

Don't you deny it!

I have betrothal gifts.

Your Honor,

the ball tea, brocade satins

and the goats she prepared for our wedding

are outside.

It's easy to find out.

You mean those are betrothal gifts?

Is the ball tea yours?

Are the brocade satins yours?

Even the goats

were bought at the market yesterday under my instruction.

I have all the contracts.

Your Honor,

from ancient times to the present,

men are responsible for betrothal gifts.

I've never heard

women should prepare their own betrothal gifts.

Exactly.

Yes.

How can you ask women to prepare the betrothal gifts?

I've never heard of it.

Well,

you've set a trap early for me.

But you swore to marry me.

You said, as heaven and earth are your witnesses,

if you break the oath, you shall be struck by lightning.

I said that inside a house.

There was just a roof instead of heaven.

There were just bricks instead of earth.

How could you take the joke seriously?

When you lied to Yinzhang,

didn't you promise to love her till the end of your days,

till the seas dry up and the rocks decay?

Well said.

- Good. - Good.

Zhao Pan'er,

gods dwell three feet over our head.

As a woman,

how can you be so insolent and unbridled?

Now that you admitted you had taken an oath,

the accusations Zhao She made against you of denying the engagement

and tricking him into discarding his wife

are real, aren't they?

Your Honor, please pardon me.

I had no choice but to

deal with Zhou She courteously.

I also want to sue him for

forcing a registered musician of another county to marry him.

Because she turned him down,

he brutally beat her.

According to the laws of Great Song,

it's a felony.

Is she a registered musician?

Yes.

Song Yinzhang is a registered musician of Qiantang.

Her name register is recorded in detail on the written complaint.

You can see it clearly.

Zhou She's crime can be proved

by the divorcing letter written by himself.

The black characters on white paper

say clearly that

Song Yinzhang was his wife.

No wonder why Ms. Zhao insisted on asking him to write the letter.

That's the reason.

Couldn't I leave Qiantang?

Of course.

If she didn't emphasize you were forced to,

you must be flogged.

Where is the divorcing letter?

Here it is.

I didn't write it. It's fake.

There's your fingerprint on it.

How could he do it?

- Yes. - Exactly.

In the presence of so many people?

Without the letter,

how can you sue me?

♪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♪