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[My Wife is A Thief]

[Episode 2]

[Wedding]

Xu Muchen, that bastard,

pretended to be sick during the ceremony

and even despised me.

I'll teach you a lesson later.

Rong,

besides getting married in place of Su Jinzhen,

there is a more important task for you.

What important task is it?

You need to get close to Xu Muchen

and wait for a chance to steal the jade pendant.

After finishing this task,

I'll try to help you escape unscathed.

Just remember that

all the members of the Watermill

were the survivors of that flood.

We have the responsibility

to seek justice

for the people who lost their lives.

The jade pendant.

Since it's something so important,

if it is not in this room,

it should be with him.

It's with him.

I'd better search for it in this room first.

[Wedding]

My Lord.

Every moment of the wedding night is precious, My Lord.

Lord Xu.

My Lord.

This is the wedding night.

Let's go.

Let's go have a drink.

Darling.

It's time for you to lift the veil.

After I lift the veil, I'll tell you that

I want to divorce you.

Why did he stop?

Just lift the veil now.

After I lift the veil, the ceremony will be completed.

Darling.

What's wrong?

No.

I have to find another way.

Where are you going?

I'm tired today.

You must be tired, too.

I'll sleep in the study room.

The jade pendant is with him.

I can't let him walk out of this room.

Darling.

Are you still angry about what happened that day?

Any girl would get angry if someone

barges into her room.

I just felt so embarrassed that I got angry.

But now,

since we're a family,

let bygones be bygones.

It was my fault indeed.

I offended you that day.

You are the daughter of the Duke.

It's good that you're a bit short-tempered.

Darling.

Don't talk so distantly.

Although I'm the daughter of the Duke,

since I've married you,

I also want to live a good life with you.

It looks like I can't make him stay here.

It's time to threaten him with a knife.

Darling.

Listen to me.

Darling, listen to me.

Well, I...

Are you looking for this?

Are you going to live a good life

with me with the help of this thing?

I was thinking that

in our wedding today,

if you walk out of this room,

it would be such a disgrace for me.

If you really walk out of this room today,

I'll kill myself.

What are you doing?

Give me the knife.

If you walk out of this room today,

I'll kill myself.

Put down the knife.

What should I do to make you put down the knife?

Promise me that

you'll stay here today.

Okay. I promise you.

Put the knife down now.

Hurry up.

Miss Su.

Actually...

Darling.

What are you doing?

It's the wedding night.

What do you think I'm doing?

What else can I do?

-Miss Su, what are you doing? -Of course I'm helping you change your clothes.

I have something to tell you.

Just tell me after you finish changing your clothes.

-No. -It won't be too late then.

I can't live anymore.

What?

Actually, I have tuberculosis.

The doctor said that I would die soon.

I really don't want to waste your time.

Really?

Yes.

I really don't want to waste your time.

It's all right.

Since I've married you,

I'm a member of the Xu Family.

If you die,

I will take care of them for you.

Using Blood-generating Pills is just an outdated trick.

No, Miss Su.

It's clean now. It's fine.

But Miss Su, you...

What are you doing?

Of course I'm helping you change your clothes.

Don't move.

No.

Don't move.

[Wedding]

Honey.

Don't do this.

Don't move.

What are you doing?

It looks like

they don't have time to eat my ginseng fruits.

Take off this one, too. Hurry up.

Honey.

It's neither in the room nor with him.

It seems that it's necessary to discuss and think about this thing more carefully.

This is strange.

I searched his whole body just now.

I'm a bit hungry.

I'm going to eat something.

What's inside?

Sweet dumplings.

They're fermented with wine.

Wine?

But I can't drink wine.

[Wedding]

My Lord,

later when Xu Muchen comes here,

I'm afraid he might trick us.

Without his position in the Zichen Department,

he would be just a commoner.

If he dares to make trouble with us,

you can ask your buddies whom you've summoned here

to beat him up to make him disabled.

Yes.

My Lord.

Xu Muchen.

[Written Evidence]

This is

the written evidence for the jade I've bought from Scholar Lyu.

Where is my gold inlaid with jade?

What do you mean?

I'll pay 200 taels

to redeem the jade for Scholar Lyu.

My gold inlaid with jade is worth 10,000 taels in the market.

You want to give me 200 taels to redeem it from me?

You also paid only 200 taels to buy it

from Scholar Lyu, didn't you?

Xu Muchen, it's none of your business!

You took advantage of his difficult situation and forced him to sell it to you at a low price.

I'll definitely intervene in this matter.

You can help Scholar Lyu once,

but there are times when you can't pay attention to him.

He's just a poor and pedantic scholar.

Do you think I dare not make trouble with him?

Beat him!

Beat him until he spit out the jade.

Alright.

Then I'll beat you until you dare not do that.

What do you want to do?

Let me tell you.

Lord Gongyang of the Ministry of Justice is my nephew.

If you dare to hit me,

I'll teach you a lesson.

[Xu's Mansion]

[Wedding]

Have Young Master and Young Madam got up?

Old Madam has been waiting for so long that she's impatient now.

I don't know.

I dare not ask them to get up.

Are you afraid of Young Master

or Old Madam?

I...

But...

We've got up.

We'll be right there.

Let's wash up quickly.

My mother has a bad temper.

Wait. Wait.

They're entangled together.

Let me do it.

Don't move. Don't move.

Don't move.

You made my hair entangled with yours.

Don't move.

Don't move.

Are you done?

Yes.

[Peaceful Residence]

[Wedding]

This way, please.

Young Master, Young Madam.

[Wedding]

Xiao Qiu.

Did you really hear everything?

Yes, I heard everything.

Did they really...

Old Madam, just stop asking me.

I feel embarrassed.

Though your Young Master

always looks cool and indifferent,

I don't have to

worry about such things for him.

Mother.

If newlyweds get up so late,

people will laugh at them.

Yes.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, too.

Please punish me, Mother.

Zhen, what are you talking about?

Don't stand there. Sit down.

Mother.

Please eat.

Zhen, no need to stand on ceremony.

Eat more.

She's trying to display her power over me.

Luckily, I was the one who came here.

If Jinzhen had been the one sitting here,

she would have been bullied by this woman

and her son miserably.

Mrs. Liu's son was really

rude yesterday.

On your wedding day,

he even stood up to eat the food.

What a laughing stock he was.

Mother, you're right.

How come my hairpin is missing?

[Wedding]

Did it fall into the parterre outside?

Chen,

help me look for it at once.

I'll go.

[Wedding]

The parterre, right?

[Wedding]

Mother.

Which hairpin did you lose?

It's the one made of gold inlaid with jade,

and there are coral stones on it.

You mean the one you always wore?

Yes, that's it.

It's right on your head.

Zhen, come back.

Stop looking for it.

What's wrong?

[Wedding]

I'm so forgetful.

This hairpin is right on my head.

Come here and have a rest.

This annoying old woman played tricks on me deliberately.

Coming.

[Wedding]

Thanks for your hard work.

Have some tea.

This is the good tea which is stored like treasure in our mansion.

Unfortunately, in order to wait for you,

the hot tea has become cold.

Just don't drink it.

I'll ask someone to dump it.

It'll be a pity to dump it.

How about this?

[Wedding]

I'll figure out a way

to turn the tea into a delicious dish.

Then you can taste it.

Let me taste it for you first.

What kind of strange method is this?

Does it taste good?

I'll let you taste it.

How is it?

This tastes

just so-so.

But the weather is so hot,

and I'm very thirsty, too.

I'll just make do with it.

Mother,

if you are really thirsty,

I'll get you a cup of plain boiled water.

[Wedding]

Don't get me a cup of plain boiled water.

Can plain boiled water help to relieve summer-heat?

Give me one more cup of this.

Okay.

Old Madam, the soup is here.

Let me do it.

Just let them ladle the soup.

It's okay.

I lost my mother when I was a child.

I don't know how it feels to be loved

by a mother.

Since I've married into the Xu Family,

I'll regard you as my own mother.

Isn't it my duty to ladle soup

for my own mother?

I tried to make things difficult for Jinzhen again and again,

but she is still so kind.

I was worried that with her identity as the daughter of the Duke,

she would make things difficult for Chen,

but it seems that I've thought too much.

Zhen.

Don't sit there to eat.

Come on. Sit here.

It's okay to sit far away.

It's not good if I break the rules.

[Wedding]

Rules are set by people.

Xiao Dong, Xiao Qiu, come on.

Coming.

Hurry up.

Come on. Come here now.

Eat more.

[Wedding]

Okay.

Mother.

I've finished eating.

I'll go to the study room to fetch something.

Just go.

The study room?

Is the jade pendant hidden in the study room?

Mother.

I'll go serve my husband first.

[Wedding]

Why do you care about him?

Just enjoy your meal.

I've just married him.

It's my duty to serve him.

I'll get going then.

I was thinking that

after the daughter of the Duke married into our family,

[Wedding]

she might give my son and me

a hard time.

It seems that I've worried too much.

Yes.

I think Young Madam is a good person.

But Young Master

is a bit inflexible.

Your Young Master is not someone you can count on now.

From now on,

just get closer to your Young Madam.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

What's the matter?

I'm here to serve you while you're going out.

Don't bother, Miss Su.

Is there anything extraordinary about him?

When I get the jade pendant,

just see how I'll teach you a lesson, Xu.

How come it isn't in the study room, either?

Young Madam.

What are you doing?

I want to clean this room.

You don't have to clean this room.

I clean this place every day.

Well...

I just want to see if there are

any areas you're not able to clean thoroughly.

Look.

It's not clean here.

I'm sorry, Young Madam.

I'll be more careful next time.

And the part inside it, too.

Okay.

Young Madam,

please don't tell Old Madam about it.

She will punish us if she knows it.

Xiao Qiu.

How about I give you a chance to make up for your mistakes?

Okay.

I've been bored since I married into

this family anyway.

Why don't you tell me the secrets

and interesting things in this mansion?

No, Young Madam.

I've always been the most prudent person in keeping secrets in the mansion.

[Zichen Department]

Are you going out?

Yes.

Wu Zhao!

Wu Zhao!

My Lord, why are you here?

Lord Gu let you take the marriage leave for three days, didn't he?

Where is my official uniform?

I've washed it.

Who asked you to wash it?

I asked him to wash it.

I asked him to wash it. So what?

You asked him to wash it?

You should have told me about it first.

Muchen.

I gave you three days of marriage leave.

Why did you come back to work

after just one night?

What will Miss Su think about this?

How can you live with each other in the future?

Muchen.

This is your marriage, and it's very important.

You should go back early

and keep your newlywed wife company.

It's very important

to keep her company.

Hurry up.

Pack up your things now.

Go back at once.

Don't let me see you again.

Get back to work.

You know what?

Old Madam likes eating sweet food the most.

But Young Master doesn't allow her to eat it.

He said it's bad for her health

as she's old now,

so she secretly hid a big box of mille-feuille

under her bed behind Young Master's back.

Young Madam.

Even Ms. Xiao Dong doesn't know about this.

Don't tell others about it.

Normally, we servants

can't eat these snacks.

Young Madam, you're so nice to me.

What are you talking about?

We'll be sisters from now on.

By the way, Xiao Qiu,

have you served my mother-in-law

by her side all the time previously?

Yes.

Ms. Xiao Dong is the leading maid.

She's in charge of everything in the mansion.

I'm the one serving Young Master

and Old Madam.

For all these years, is there any treasure

which my mother-in-law has cherished so much?

For example,

something like a jade pendant.

Old Madam likes hairpins the most.

It's rare to see her wear a jade pendant.

The only mutton-fat jade pendant she has

is very ordinary.

It's not a treasure.

My master didn't say whether it was good jade or not.

I might as well investigate it.

I've heard that

the old Mrs. Xu used to be a princess,

so Xu's Mansion used to be an imperial residence.

Can you show me around?

No problem.

Just tell me where you want to go.

Is there any mysterious place in Xu's Mansion,

which they don't allow others to enter?

A mysterious place?

Isn't that the description in a storybook?

The more mysterious a place is, the more likely it is to have treasures.

Things like elixirs

and secret martial arts books are all hidden inside.

As Xu's Mansion used to be an imperial residence,

do you think there is any secret mechanism here?

Mechanism?

I know.

It's the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall?

Yes.

The ancestral hall in Xu's Mansion

is cleaned by Young Master himself.

Normally, other people are not allowed to go inside.

Then take me there to have a look.

No.

If Old Madam and Young Master find out about it,

they will punish me.

Ms. Xiao Dong once accidentally went into the ancestral hall when she was a child,

which made Old Madam so angry.

She was locked in the ancestral hall for a whole night as the punishment.

When she came out...

That place is hidden so deeply.

The jade pendant must be there.

What happened when she came out?

She was starving when she came out.

Old Madam felt so worried about her that

she cooked noodles for her personally.

Don't worry.

If we get caught,

I won't let you starve.

This way.

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

Young Madam.

This is the ancestral hall.

Xiao Qiu.

Go guard the entrance for me.

Don't let others come inside.

I'll come out after taking a look.

Young Madam.

You really can't go inside.

Young Master and Old Madam will scold us.

I'll give you a storybook.

It's not about storybook.

Two storytelling scripts.

Young Madam.

No matter how many storytelling scripts you give me, it's not okay.

Ten storytelling scripts.

Come out quickly.

[Virtues Will Shine Forever]

There are so many memorial tablets.

That jade pendant is so important to him.

Is it under his father's memorial tablet?

[Memorial Tablet of My Ancestor, Xu Mingjiang]

[Memorial Tablet of My Ancestor, Xu Zhengxiang]

His father's memorial tablet isn't here?

Ancestors of the Xu Family,

sorry to offend you.

Please understand.

[Memorial Tablet of My Ancestor, Xu Changquan]

[Memorial Tablet of My Ancestor, Xu Mingjiang]

Memorial Tablet of My Late Father, Xu Chengsi.

No wonder it's not outside.

He hid it here.

[There is a beast on the Jingyang Hill and it hurts people's lives. Please send hunters to kill it.]

How childish.

Why hasn't Young Madam come out yet?

It's dark now.

Xiao Qiu?

Why are you here?

Young Master.

Shouldn't you be with Young Madam?

Young Madam...

Young Madam is not in the ancestral hall.

She didn't ask me to guard the entrance here, either.

Young Madam said that outsiders were not allowed to come inside,

but Young Master is not an outsider.

Who let you in?

I...

I just wanted to worship the ancestors.

Then I walked inside here accidentally.

Why are you holding my father's memorial tablet?

I saw that it was a little dirty,

so I wanted to clean it.

Xu Muchen, let go of me!

You didn't write "No entry".

How would I know?

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

What are you doing?

You're not allowed to step into the ancestral hall anymore.

Why are you so furious?

There must be

a secret hidden there.

Father,

the woman who came here just now is the daughter of Duke Su.

The reason why I didn't tell you previously

is that I didn't know how to tell you about it.

Because your case

was handled by Duke Su back then.

It's okay.

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Come here.

Move them here now.

Hurry!

I didn't give up

investigating your case.

After all, a flaw can always be found

even in the most perfect lie.

I searched the ancestral hall so carefully,

but I still couldn't find it.

Where did he hide the jade pendant?

Zhen?

Why are you sitting here alone?

Zhen, what's wrong with you?

Did someone bully you, or did something wrong happen to you?

I...

When I passed by the ancestral hall just now,

I wanted to go inside and worship the ancestors.

Then Xu Muchen barged in,

and he suddenly got furious.

He pulled me out of the ancestral hall

and even pushed me to the ground.

He even pushed you to the ground?

Xu Muchen was so rude.

How could he treat his wife violently?

Mother, don't be too angry.

Maybe he was afraid that I would be clumsy

and break my father-in-law's memorial tablet.

Your father-in-law's memorial tablet?

There's a small room in the ancestral hall.

There's a memorial tablet in the small room.

How ridiculous!

As for this eldest daughter of Duke Su,

I didn't want to marry her.

But I couldn't disobey His Majesty's order.

But don't worry.

I will divorce her as soon as possible.

Step aside.

Mother.

I told you to step aside.

He only knows how to treat me violently.

He deserves it.

What did I tell you?

I shouldn't worship my father privately.

What else?

I shouldn't investigate my father's case.

Then what are these things?

If I don't help my father clear his name,

I'm not worthy of being his son.

I told you not to investigate the case!

Mother!

Have you ever thought that

if your father was really framed

and died unjustly,

how powerful the mastermind

behind the conspiracy might be,

and how dangerous your situation might be?

I'm not afraid.

You're not afraid?

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

Give them to me.

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

I am afraid.

Do you know what I've been

afraid of all these years?

I was not afraid of you being naughty,

I was not afraid of you ruining the reputation of our family.

I was just afraid that you couldn't get out of your father's shadow

and would always want to reverse the verdict for him.

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

Do you know how many people

died in vain back then in order to reverse

the verdict for your father?

If anything wrong happens to you,

how can I live?

Since you're so stubborn,

I'll burn it today.

Mother!

Then you won't think about this case anymore.

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

Put it inside.

No.

Put it inside!

I'll say it again.

Put it inside!

Fire! Fire!

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

Xu Muchen.

Why are you burning things here?

Didn't you know how dangerous it was?

Mother.

Why are you angry?

Is it because my husband

treated me so violently just now?

Actually, it was mainly my fault.

I shouldn't have barged into the ancestral hall

without permission.

I won't do it again.

As a family,

we should talk and discuss things patiently

from now on.

Xu Muchen.

Behave yourself.

Zhen.

Help me back to my room.

[Inherit the Traditional Virtues]

[Wedding]

Today,

I didn't find the jade pendant,

but I'm quite exhausted instead.

[Wedding]

[Wedding]

It looks like he really loves his father,

who was a corrupt official.

Why is it different from what my master has described?

Didn't you treat the wound on your hand?

I'm fine.

Let me get you some medicine.

[Wedding]

Do you need me to apply the medicine to your wound?

Just give it to me.

How come you know where the medicine is?

I...

-I... -Thank you

for your help today.

Darling, you don't need to thank me.

This is what I should do.

Wait a moment.

I'll get you some water.

It was my fault for treating you violently today.

Actually, it was also my fault.

I shouldn't have

worshiped the ancestors

without your permission.

Yesterday, I already told you that

we were not a good match.

Why don't we get divorced as soon as possible?

No.