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[My Wife is A Thief]

[Episode 1]

In the 13th year of Yongping, the Jing Dynasty,

the torrential rain fell continuously.

The dam in Taizhou collapsed.

So did the levees.

The farmlands in Taizhou were all destroyed.

The people were suffering.

Hold my hand. Don't let go!

From now on,

always keep this with you.

This way, even if we part,

I can still find you.

Pinky promise.

[Zichen Department]

[Fifteen Years Later]

[Devotion to Duty]

[Upholding Justice]

-Give me a hand. -Have you heard?

The criminal who robbed over ten private banks

has been arrested.

So fast?

I heard that the murderer was highly skilled.

Several people couldn't even get close to him.

This time Lord Xu did it himself.

So no prisoner can't be caught.

Here.

Is Xu Muchen here?

He'll be here in a second.

Okay.

What are you doing?

What's going on?

Stand still.

A life for a life.

Sign it.

Stop!

-Stop! -Stop!

Catch him!

Stop!

Over there!

Don't let him get away!

Over there!

-Stop! -Get him!

Lord Xu.

Lord Xu.

In the theft case of the gold inlaid with jade,

the owner of the lost property, Scholar Lyu, confessed.

It was indeed the Willow Leaf Thief Liu who did it.

At 9:45 tonight.

Lord Xu.

The Willow Leaf Thief Liu asked him to meet at the Yinding Bridge to return the jade.

We've arranged everything.

Deploy our men near the Yinding Bridge

and capture the Willow Leaf Thief Liu.

[Be Righteous and Enforce the Law]

Yes!

[Xu Muchen, Governor of the Zichen Department]

Bravo.

Beautiful.

So beautiful.

Look over there.

Great!

After this mission,

I'll take a good look around this market.

Be careful.

[Yinding Bridge]

-Isn't it beautiful? -Pretty.

[Tianxiang Brothel]

Scholar Lyu,

I brought you the jade.

Who are you?

Don't move.

Stop!

Stop!

Move! After him!

Don't let him get away!

Hurry! Go!

Over there!

Chase him!

Go!

Hurry!

Over there!

[Breeze Restaurant]

[Breeze Restaurant]

Willow Leaf Thief Liu.

Oh no.

He deliberately led me here.

No need to stare anymore.

Surrender.

This building is 100 feet high.

And downstairs, my people from the Zichen Department are guarding the building.

You wouldn't escape even if you had wings.

Hand over the gold inlaid with jade.

Why should I?

Under-Secretary Li took advantage of Scholar Lyu's plight and snatched the jade.

I'm just defending Scholar Lyu against this injustice.

The law has the final say about who's right.

Surrender.

Catch me if you can.

Give me back the gold inlaid with jade!

You pervert!

Why does she have my longevity lock?

Could she...

be the little girl who saved me back then?

The Zichen Department is investigating a case.

Little girl, move aside.

[Liu Rong, Watermill]

Thanks.

Okay, you can go.

Lord Xu.

Our Treasure Pavilion

is divided into Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Pavilions.

The Heaven Pavilion is the most heavily guarded.

There are 108 traps

and 36 secret passages.

Only one secret passage

leads to the Heaven Pavilion.

Without knowing the route exceptionally well,

no one can find this place.

Lord Xu, please.

Manager,

what else did you lose

except for the gold inlaid with jade?

At that time,

a box was lost, too.

Where was it before?

What was originally in the box?

A pastry.

My Lord,

is this hair or beard?

Put this away.

Go to the cricket shop in the south of the city

and ask the boss if he recognizes it.

Yes.

The person who came to deposit the box

was a woman who seemed to be from the Western Region.

She spent 50 taels to deposit this box.

I thought it was strange at the time.

By the way,

did the woman from the Western Region you mentioned

come alone?

Yes.

Miss,

are you sure you want to deposit this?

What's wrong?

Is there a rule that I can't?

No, no, no.

You can deposit anything as long as it's not something alive.

[Retrieve Item by Voucher]

[Treasure Pavilion]

This is our shop's voucher.

Please keep it well.

Wait.

What are you...

It's fragile.

Be careful.

Don't worry.

I'll deliver it myself.

That's what happened.

My Lord,

have you found anything?

My Lord, don't look at me.

I didn't find anything new.

I found that I was hungry.

I'll buy you noodles with bean paste.

See you, Manager.

Goodbye, My Lord.

Sir,

our medicine is sold out today.

Please come another day.

Junior…

Miss Liu, you're back from herb collecting?

Manager, you are so idle.

How about I talk to our boss

so that you can go with us to collect herbs in the future?

You must be joking, Miss Liu.

[Pharmacy]

With my physical condition, how can I take such a big responsibility?

What medicine did you pick this time?

One catty of Yuhuo.

Two taels of Shuiyin.

It's been rainy and windy these days.

Was the path easy to walk on?

It was muddy.

And I ran into some fierce dogs.

So, I didn't get the medicine I wanted.

Instead, I nearly collected some Xueyu.

5 grams for each of these two.

Okay.

In that case,

Miss Liu,

let's go to the backyard to hand over the goods.

This acupoint is not for headaches

but to prevent miscarriages.

Got it.

Junior, you're hurt.

I'm fine. Don't worry.

Which government officers did you meet this time?

The people from the Zichen Department.

They capture people like crazy.

What a pity to lose that piece of gold inlaid with jade.

So, this time,

you didn't get any money, did you?

The Watermill is to rob the rich and help the poor.

We're to uphold justice.

Can you stop talking about money all the time?

It's true.

But all our daily necessities

need money, right?

Only money can make the Watermill operate.

Junior, wait.

Master has added a few more traps inside.

When we go inside, you follow me.

This is the Sanguimotory Powder I made.

It should be good for you.

[Zichen Department]

I went to the cricket shop

in the south of the city as you ordered.

Guess what I found.

The beard comes from this cricket.

It's called a golden cricket.

It's very rare in the north.

Its body is golden yellow.

It's mostly seen in the countryside in the south.

Its chirping is pleasant to hear, but it's very hard to capture.

The dignitaries

like it very much.

My Lord, you predicted it all.

The boss said

a woman indeed

went to his shop and bought two.

But both of them were male.

Looks like we've found the spy in the Treasure Pavilion.

That day,

the one who came to the Treasure Pavilion to store the box

was Willow Leaf Thief Liu.

[Treasure Pavilion]

She disguised herself as a guest.

[Heaven Pavilion, Row Xuan, No. 3-10]

And she spent a lot of money to store the box in the Heaven Pavilion.

Wait.

She put the golden cricket in the box

when the manager wasn't paying attention.

Later,

Willow Leaf Thief Liu visited the Treasure Pavilion again at night.

Although there were many traps and passages there,

she brought the other golden cricket with her.

She used the characteristics that a golden cricket chirps when there's another golden cricket nearby

and navigated by listening to the sounds.

Thus, she found the right route to the Heaven Pavilion.

I see.

Go.

Ask our men

to buy all the golden crickets in the shop.

My Lord, that'd be expensive.

How much will it cost?

Cut the crap.

Just go and buy them.

Let each of our men carry one.

Whenever you hear the chirping of the golden cricket near someone, arrest them.

Yes, My Lord.

Say it.

What trouble did you cause this time?

Master is in a bad mood today.

Be careful with what you say.

Master.

It's not a big deal.

Somehow,

I was targeted by the Zichen Department.

They pretended to be Scholar Lyu and lured me to the appointment.

Luckily, I was quick.

Otherwise…

The one who fought with you

is Xu Muchen, the new Governor

of the Zichen Department.

He is cunning.

Not only that,

his father was Xu Chengsi, the corrupt official

when the flood happened in Taizhou 15 years ago.

His father was greedy

and embezzled tens of millions of taels of silver from the central government's relief fund,

causing the collapse of the Taizhou dam

and leaving countless people homeless.

That was the year

I picked you up from the water.

Xu Chengsi

was the culprit of the flood.

If you hadn't saved me,

I would have drowned to feed the fish.

Rong, come.

Come to me.

After Xu Chengsi died,

the government's relief fund went missing.

It is said that

before he died,

he left a jade pendant to his only son,

Xu Muchen.

You mean the clue of the official silver

may be hidden in the jade pendant?

The Watermill has always been sponsored

by the Duke of Su.

He's the reason why we survived the flood till today.

So, for us,

the Duke is our savior, as important as our parents.

Yesterday, I received a secret letter from the Duke.

His Majesty has arranged a marriage

between the only daughter of the Duke of Su and Xu.

She'll be Xu Muchen's wife.

That won't do.

We can't let her

marry that rascal, Xu Muchen.

That is exactly the task I'm going to assign you.

Replace her to marry him.

[Loyalty]

The following is the Emperor's edict.

[Honest and Dedicated to Public Interest]

Xu Muchen from the Zichen Department

has made great contributions.

Now, I'll promote him to the fifth rank

as a reward.

Xu Muchen

is young and promising.

It's the right time for him to get married.

Besides, it is said that Su Jinzhen,

the daughter of Su Houde, the Duke of Su,

is virtuous, generous, gentle, and kind.

She's both talented and good-looking.

[Honest and Dedicated to Public Interest]

The Empress and I are pleased to hear it.

They will make a beautiful couple,

so I grant the marriage

and order them to pick a good time to hold the wedding ceremony.

Do announce it inside and outside the city

and let everyone hear the good news.

Respect this.

[Duke's Mansion]

You can stop here.

Take care.

Goodbye.

See you.

I'll visit you another day.

There are so many people visiting the Duke's Mansion.

To be on the safe side,

I'd better take the back door.

[Duke's Mansion]

[Duke's Mansion]

Lord Xu, you're here.

Please inform the Duke

that Xu Muchen from the Zichen Department has something important to discuss with him.

Please wait a moment, Lord Xu.

Zhen.

Rong.

Why are you here?

Why didn't you knock before coming in?

You scared me.

When did I ever knock before entering your room?

What are you doing?

I'm packing.

Why are you packing by yourself?

Where are you going?

Father wants to secretly send me out of the capital.

He doesn't let the servants know.

Rong.

After we part today,

I don't know when we can meet again.

Don't worry.

It's not like you're not coming back.

Besides,

if you miss me,

just write to me

Tell me where you are.

I'll definitely visit you.

Okay.

I brought you a gift.

You can divert yourself with it when you're bored.

Is this the amazing cricket

you once mentioned?

This is a golden cricket.

It brings me good luck.

Do you have snacks in your room?

We can feed it.

Greetings, Your Grace.

Dear Nephew, sorry to keep you waiting.

What brings you here

this time?

I'm here to break off the engagement.

Break off the engagement?

The Xu family is humble.

We are not a match for the grand family of the Duke.

Besides, my father was a corrupt official

and had a bad reputation.

Your Grace, you supervised the handling of the case yourself.

If I marry Miss Su,

I'm afraid it'll damage the reputation of the Duke's Mansion.

I see.

You're still blaming me

for handling your father's case.

Dear Nephew,

your father

was my favorite disciple,

but he let His Majesty down

and embezzled the relief money.

I had to report it to the court.

Although I handled the case impartially,

I can understand it

if you still resent me.

I dare not.

No matter what,

it's inappropriate for me to marry Miss Su.

Please think twice, Your Grace.

Sit.

Sit down to talk.

Why isn't it eating?

Maybe your cake is too sweet.

Look.

Its antenna seems to be broken.

Maybe it's because I failed to take good care of it.

Dear Nephew,

whether as your elder

or as Zhen's father,

I don't think you are a good match for Zhen.

But now, His Majesty has ordered the marriage.

I may be the duke,

But I can't bear the accusation

of disobeying the imperial edict.

But...

So, don't mention

"breaking off the engagement" to me again.

Xu Muchen.

Rong.

Didn't you say it chirps nicely?

Why isn't it making any sound?

My other one is at home.

I forgot to take it.

But aren't you gonna write to me?

Whenever this one is chirping,

it means I'm coming to visit you.

Okay.

But before I come to visit,

you must take care of yourself.

Don't worry.

I will take good care of myself.

I'll take good care of it, too.

Why is it chirping now?

[Iridescent Feathers and Light of Spring]

[Iridescent Feathers and Light of Spring]

Who are you?

I'm Xu Muchen, Governor of the Zichen Department.

Lord Xu, are you trying to break into

my boudoir?

I have sufficient evidence

to prove that Willow Leaf Thief Liu is right nearby.

Miss Su, please step aside.

You want to enter my boudoir?

And you want me to step aside?

Unless you step over me!

Xu Muchen.

What are you doing?

You can't go there.

That's where I sleep.

Are you packing?

Miss Su, are you going out?

Who said I'm going out?

I just have a lot of clothes.

And I like to display all of them to choose from.

Does it have anything to do with you?

Can you leave now?

As you can see,

I'm the only one in this room.

That's all my lingerie in here.

You can't see it.

Do you have to see it?

I'll open it

and show you.

See for yourself.

This is all the lingerie of a girl.

Are you sure you want to see it?

How dare you really come to see it?

I'll show you.

I'll show you all of it.

Do you think Willow Leaf Thief Liu is in my room

or I'm that thief?

You broke into my boudoir.

What on earth is your intention?

I was thoughtless.

Please forgive me, Miss Su.

Stop!

Miss Su.

Listen to me.

I…

Xu Muchen.

I don't want to see you anymore.

[Iridescent Feathers and Light of Spring]

Xu Muchen.

Are you done?

Your Grace.

Sorry, I was brusque.

You want to get it over with such a light apology?

You've broken into the room and searched the house.

Now I want to ask you.

Do you have a search warrant?

I…

I don't.

A court official

abused his power without permission

and trespassed the Duke's Mansion.

How should you be punished according to the law?

Xu Muchen,

I don't need you to break off the engagement.

Today,

I won't accept this marriage.

Come on.

Arrest him!

Send him to the Ministry of Justice.

Yes.

Stop!

Your Grace,

your gate is open.

I came in myself.

Why are you here?

Your Grace,

we've only parted for a few days,

but you look so much better.

Lord Gu,

what do you mean?

Why are you still holding the weapons?

Put down your weapons.

Hurry up!

Put down your weapons!

Get out!

Listen to Lord Gu.

Why are you still standing here?

Come on. Put down your weapons.

It's easy to accidentally hurt people with knives and spears.

Put them down.

Xu Muchen!

His Majesty

just granted you a marriage.

Are you this eager

to meet your bride?

I'm afraid Lord Xu

didn't come here to see my daughter

but to catch thieves.

Your Grace, don't say that.

Of course the Duke's Mansion is heavily guarded.

How could there be a thief?

It must be because Xu Muchen

wanted to see his fiancee so much

that he used the excuse of catching the thief.

Lord Gu.

Shut up!

Your Grace,

please spare Xu Muchen this time.

Look.

Xu Muchen

will be your son-in-law soon.

Before he got married, he wanted to see Miss Su.

If word gets out,

it will be a beautiful story.

How about this?

I'll meet Mrs. Xu

and tell her

to hold the wedding ceremony

in three days.

Just now,

under the circumstances,

what I said

was so beautiful.

It was so appropriate.

The Duke of Su...

What could he do?

I dealt with him anyway.

Also,

golden crickets were already liked

by rich people.

It's normal to hear its chirping in the Duke's Mansion.

You guys

were a little impulsive.

Am I right, Xu Muchen?

Am I right or not?

Thank you for today.

I need to go back to the Zichen Department to calm down.

You get some rest, too.

His Lordship said he needed to calm down.

Don't listen to him.

He's too excited.

He just can't wait.

[Xu's Mansion]

Let me do it.

Done.

[Xu's Mansion]

This, too.

Hang this up.

Remove the clock.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

Who would give a clock as a gift?

Take this over.

Okay.

Just put it here.

Xiao Dong,

is this okay?

Move this over.

Okay.

Be careful.

Where is the vase I picked just now?

My son is back.

Mother.

Well done, son.

You're hiding something from me.

Mother, what are you talking about?

I don't understand at all.

Don't be modest.

It's only less than half a day.

Your romance

has been spread all over the capital.

Mother.

What are you talking about?

What am I talking about?

What I said is not even 5 percent as juicy

as the rumors in the street.

You've brought our Xu family

great honor.

Mother,

don't be angry.

Am I angry?

I'm more than happy.

Actually, I went to Su's Mansion

to break off the engagement.

And then?

Then, Willow Leaf Thief Liu appeared.

Well done.

My son

makes this marriage

set in stone all by himself.

Now, the Duke of Su

has no chance to break off the engagement.

Mother,

it's not the time to mock me.

Isn't the most important thing now

to find a way to break off the engagement?

Break off?

The imperial edict has been issued to our mansion.

But come to think about it,

it's time for me to have a grandson.

But if Miss Su marries me,

won't it be embarrassing for us

in front of the outsiders?

It's just a marriage.

Our Xu's Mansion won't collapse.

Where's the vase I was looking for?

Have you found it?

It's here, Your Ladyship.

Rong,

remember to write to me.

Zhen.

Take care of yourself.

Father,

take care.

Your Grace,

it's getting late.

I'll go back now.

Zhen.

Where are you going?

Your Grace,

don't be too sad.

Although I'm wearing Zhen's clothes,

I am Rong.

Zhen will come back

when the whole thing's over, right?

Today, I pretended to be her

because it was an emergency.

Don't be angry.

Here's the thing.

Xu Muchen has seen your face.

So, from now on,

you

will be Su Jinzhen.

It's getting late.

I gotta go now.

Didn't Yu Luocha make you

understand the task this time?

The marriage between Zhen and Xu Muchen

is arranged by His Majesty.

If you leave now,

the whole Su family

will be committing the crime of deceiving the Emperor.

You and Zhen have been close since childhood.

Do you really want her and her whole family

to be executed?

Kid,

you just need to stay with the Xu family

for a while.

Once this matter is over,

I will personally

help you divorce Xu.

If you help us this time,

after this,

you

will be the second daughter of the Su family

and my second daughter.

Your Grace.

I…

[Duke's Mansion]

Mr. Zhang is here.

Please come in.

Okay.

What are you doing?

Miss.

I'm here for the facial threading

or facial hair removal ritual.

Facial threading?

Facial threading

is to pull the fine hairs on your face

and make your skin as smooth as jade.

I think my skin is smooth enough.

I don't think I need it.

That won't do.

This is the tradition of the Jing Dynasty.

Every girl who is getting married

should go through the facial threading.

Every girl?

I guess it won't hurt a lot, will it?

It does hurt a little.

But think about it.

How much the groom will love you

when he lifts your veil tonight?

I don't want to.

Miss! Miss!

You can't go.

Miss.

Miss, you can't go.

What are you doing?

It's the first time that I pretend to be a bride.

It's bad enough that I have to marry that evil official,

and now I've even got a facial threading.

It hurts so much.

When I find the jade pendant,

I'll break his legs

to take revenge on him.

Miss,

I'm going to comb your hair.

You don't say.

I look quite pretty when I'm all dressed up.

But I am not bad-looking in the first place.

Master and Senior often praised me.

But I'm so beautiful…

What should I do

if that evil official has evil intentions towards me?

Lecher.

Don't blame me for being cruel by then.

Miss,

I'm going to do your hair now.

I might pull it hard.

Please bear with it.

[Happiness]

Why are you crying?

[Happiness]

It's your wedding day, My Lord.

I'm excited.

If you're so excited, you go.

No, no, no.

My Lord.

I'm not that lucky.

Is the Blood-generating Pill ready?

Why do you need this on your wedding day?

It has its uses.

Leave it.

By the way,

I have a task for you.

During the formal bowing ritual at the wedding ceremony later,

if you hear me coughing,

bring me a bowl of brown sugar water.

Okay.

[Xu's Mansion]

He does this on purpose, doesn't he?

Let's go.

All right, it's the auspicious time.

First bow to heaven and earth.

Good!

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Great.

Why is the groom coughing on his wedding day?

He was fine two days ago.

How did he suddenly get sick?

Second bow to your parent.

Great!

Great!

Is Xu Muchen all right?

I don't know.

It smells like brown sugar water.

Why is the groom so weak?

All right.

Third bow to each other.

Congratulations.

Wish you a long and happy marriage.

Wish you two have a baby soon.

Congratulations!

[Happiness]

Congratulations!

[Happiness]

Congratulations!

Congratulations.

Why did she bring a knife?