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♪Wind♪

♪Incidentally blows away fascinating whispers of love♪

♪Whispers of love♪

♪Sound the best with loyalty to the only valentine♪

♪The prosperous life♪

♪Is when we are together all year round♪

♪For the rest of my life♪

♪All I want is a perfect love with you♪

♪I'll remain elegant for you all my life♪

♪Giving you my love little by little♪

♪I care for you with every piece of my heart♪

♪And I miss you every day and night♪

♪I'll be loyal to you in the best years of my life♪

♪Melting love with gentle smiles♪

♪I won't be afraid of anything♪

♪And I won't change my heart for you♪

=Jade's Fateful Love=

=Episode 17=

Zhou Shiyu and the Princess of Dongyu

indeed have something fishy.

Under my nose,

they found the pastry was poisoned.

Can the two of them foresee something?

They do have a superpower.

Superpower?

What witchcraft is it?

Not witchcraft.

Their superpower

comes from the jade pendants.

Jade pendants?

If I see it right,

the North Prince and the Princess

own the One-love Pendant made of the Galaxy Divine Jade.

One jade in two pieces.

According to the legend, those who own the pendant

are destined to be together.

So, they have some adventures.

According to you,

Zhou Shiyu and the Princess of Dongyu

can foresee things

because of the One-love Pendant?

Exactly.

If I take it forcibly,

can I make it work for me?

This jade has accepted its masters.

Even if you have it,

you can't use its superpower.

Others can't use the superpower of the One-love Pendant.

But if we can keep them apart,

they won't be able to use the jade pieces.

(Benign and Benevolent)

Why do you not let me go?

Because you're from Dongyu.

How could you give such a poor present?

Dongyu people are so shortsighted.

You were aggrieved at the banquet.

I was too ill-considered.

Your Highness,

your family banquet is quite wonderful.

The poison case

can't be handled on site for the imperial image.

Brother asked me to calm you down.

He'll make it right one day.

If you're angry,

beat me or curse me

the way you want.

As long as you can calm down.

Come on.

I don't ever care

about the poison case.

We've experienced a lot, after all.

But I was mocked by the noble girls,

misunderstood by the Great Consort

and bullied by your naughty cousin,

only because I'm the Princess of Dongyu!

Even a princess like me has to suffer this.

Have you thought about what life

my people are living in Beishuo?

Can you understand?

Yueling,

I'm sorry.

You did nothing wrong.

Actually, you Beishuo people

look down upon my state.

So, you think less of me, too.

But in this case,

neither you nor I can change anything.

So,

our marriage

isn't that necessary.

(Hall of Politics)

Since I took the throne,

wars have been over.

But with continuous famine, the treasury is empty.

Now, I want it to be recharged.

Do you have any good ideas?

Your Majesty, in my opinion,

to recharge the treasury,

we can start with the merchant system.

Your Majesty,

I agree with the Minister.

In the past few years, we've been emphasizing agriculture over commerce.

That's why our treasury is empty.

Ridiculous.

Your Majesty,

forget about the merchant system.

Our border is turbulent now.

To show our great power,

we should lead the troops to destroy those small states

before we develop business.

This is the core principle.

- Yeah. - It makes sense.

Prime Minister has a point.

Yeah. He has a point.

The treasury is empty.

If we start a war now,

our state will be in trouble.

His Highness has a point, too.

- Yeah. - It's not time for war.

Your Majesty,

speaking of recharging the treasury,

(Management Policy for the West Market) I'll report something.

(Reported by Zhou Shiyu)

Shiyu, you want to make the West Market

a special area for merchants of all states?

No way.

Our state emphasizes agriculture.

We even have a lot of restrictions

to our local merchants.

Why will we give favorable policies to foreign merchants?

This policy seems to favor the other states.

But for our state,

there will also be a large sum of revenue.

Now, many merchants from foreign states

have been on the market.

Sadly, they can only do business in the dark.

In this case, we can't tax them.

If we have a new policy

to make foreign merchants do business,

the management will be easier

and we can charge more taxes.

This will not only recharge our treasury

but also show the generosity of our state.

Isn't it the best of both worlds?

It's a good idea.

- That's right. - Yeah.

Your Majesty, I think this is a great idea.

His Highness's opinion is rather admirable.

- Yeah. - That's right.

Your Majesty,

as far as I see,

we're not sure

if the rising taxes will recharge the treasury.

But Shiyu must be proposing this

to flatter the Princess of Dongyu.

It's pretty sure.

He wants to flatter a lady

with national policies.

Isn't it

inappropriate?

Your Majesty, I want to share your burden,

recharge our treasury,

and improve the tax system

for the sake of our stability.

Please kindly understand.

You both have a point.

I'll take some time

to think about it.

In today's court,

Shiyu dared to argue with me.

The young emperor didn't stop him at all.

Since he came back from Liuzhou,

Zhou Shiyu

has been more arrogant.

Because of the One-love Pendant,

we can't kill them.

Because they're engaged,

we can't break them up.

We must not act rashly

in case of alerting them.

I don't want explanations.

I just want

solutions!

Since Su Nian is familiar with them,

how about we make her stay undercover

and take action when possible?

Get going.

My patience is waning.

Yes.

Yueling,

will you really not see him?

He comes every day

and gives you various presents.

I think

he's nice to you.

Her Grace was startled

at his family banquet.

He's caring for Her Grace

because he's guilty, I think.

Your Grace,

have some maltose.

Is it from him, too?

Yueling, I don't think

the North Prince did anything wrong.

Stop being angry, will you?

It's also bad for your health, right?

Right.

It makes sense.

Someone else bullied me.

I shouldn't blame it on him.

Qianqian, if he comes again,

don't stop him.

I won't, Your Grace.

These days,

why have you not seen Miss Su Nian?

Nothing. Just...

Well, Yueling,

you've been unwell.

I want to keep you company.

Tell me the truth.

Su Nian refuses to see me.

I don't know why.

It's so hard to guess what a Beishuo girl thinks.

I really don't understand.

So, you just don't see her?

That's not true. I visited her for days,

but she shut me out all the time.

Even I'm fed up.

You have so little patience.

If I were Miss Su Nian,

I wouldn't see you, either.

As far as I see,

Miss Su Nian

has feelings for you.

If she doesn't,

she can just ignore you.

Why does she avoid you?

Maybe something's bothering her

that she hasn't got through.

Are you sure, Yueling?

You're too close to it.

Just think about it.

Bothering her?

Bothering.

(Benign and Benevolent)

(I don't think she can be past all this)

(until I solve the problem of her clansmen.)

Your Highness,

why do you not get in when you're here?

Hey, Your Highness.

What have you got today?

Can you have someone else do this mission?

Give me a reason.

I'm not able to go undercover.

This is the simplest mission.

If you can't do it,

I'm afraid no one else can.

I'll pretend you didn't say that.

But do yourself a favor,

do not wish for something you don't deserve.

Su Nian,

are you having

true feelings for that silly prince?

No.

Whether you admit it or not,

you can't reject Master's mission.

Don't you want to overturn the case of your dead family?

I even dream about doing that.

But I don't want to hurt Xingyi.

Father,

Mother,

I'm not a good daughter.

After all these years,

I still can't overturn your case.

To overturn the case,

I need the support from the Prime Minister.

Over all these years,

I've been doing whatever mission the Prime Minister gives me.

But if I have to keep using Xingyi,

I really don't want that.

But if I don't use him,

how can I win the Prime Minister's trust?

Your Grace,

you can't skip meals.

I made you some dishes.

Eat some, Your Grace.

Your Grace,

still worried about Dongyu men?

I can't think of a good idea for now.

I'm so useless.

Oh.

Why haven't I seen the North Prince lately?

So, you're missing His Highness.

Who said that?

I was just wondering.

I heard about it from Linmu.

His Highness has been busy with work.

He often visits the palace and discusses with His Majesty.

I guess after his work is done,

he'll come and see you, Your Grace.

What business

has kept him so busy?

(Is he actually mad at me?)

Brother,

the policy for the West Market

is indeed a good way to recharge the treasury.

I've visited many lords these days.

They support this policy, too.

But for fear of Uncle's power,

they don't dare to support in the court.

Shiyu,

what you want to do

has been my heartsickness, too.

But now, Uncle still has great power.

I don't think we can push through it.

I understand.

But there's no turning back.

I will have a perfect plan

before I report it.

(I guess she's no longer angry.)

Come in.

I... I thought

you would never see me again.

Friends quarrel sometimes.

But we know each other well.

So, nothing will be a problem forever.

Do you agree, Xingyi?

Yes.

Yes, if you say so.

(Why on earth is this happening?)

(She plays hard to get.)

(The West Market)

What's wrong with the two of you?

You kept sighing in the mansion.

When we're out here for fun, be happy.

Oh, I heard about a new lipstick store in town.

Shall we enter and look around?

Lipstick store? What lipsticks?

Take me there.

Your Highness,

buy something for Miss Su Nian again, huh?

You've given her a lot of things lately.

If you keep giving like this,

we can hardly afford it.

Let's just go.

I'd like to have a look.

Yueling, Qianqian, you pick some, too.

All right. Let's go.

There are a wide range of colors

and they smell great, too.

Miss,

you have good taste.

The vermilion

suits your lady most.

Of course.

My lady is fair-skinned with black hair.

All the colors suit her.

On my lady's lips,

your lipstick

will look better.

You're right, Miss.

Miss, you're straightforward

and pretty.

The crimson matches you best.

Check this. Do you like it?

We'll take it, too.

What's the difference between the two colors?

Why do I think they look the same?

Gentleman,

you have no idea.

Girls in this world

are totally different.

So, different colors

matches them separately.

The girl I buy this for plays hard to get.

- Su Nian. - Sometimes, she's passionate.

Sometimes, she's cold.

Yeah.

Which one matches her?

Gentleman, based on your description,

this color matches her best.

Rose carmine.

It matches her best, I think.

Rose carmine?

One isn't enough.

This one...

And all these. Pack them for me.

- Really? - Yes.

Xingyi, you're way too rich, huh?

It's not the way we buy lipsticks.

We'll just pick the best one.

Pick something else.

All right.

Then I'll take this,

rose carmine.

Fine.

Sir, pack these three.

All right.

I'll pack them for you.

I'll go check it.

Yueling, why do you want this much?

I'm your elder sister.

Stay out of my business.

Ping'er,

didn't you say this store

only sold classy lipsticks?

Why do I see

some coarse guys standing in it?

Your Grace.

- Who do you mean? - I don't know why they are here.

Xingyi,

don't be rude.

This is Princess Luoyi of Beishuo.

She just finished being grounded.

I guess it feels bad to be grounded.

- I... - Let's try to understand.

You little vixen!

For you,

Shiyu put us all into the abandoned palace.

About this,

I've told my brother, the Lord of the South.

When he's back, he'll do me justice!

(The abandoned palace?)

You must be scared, huh?

Yes, I am.

I'm scared

that you may be grounded again.

I have things to do. Excuse me.

Ashina Zhu!

What are you looking at?

Come over here.

Didn't you hear I was calling you?

You cheap slave.

It hurts. Let go of me.

Let me go!

Your Grace.

Qiyun, what are you doing here?

Your Highness, Mr. Huang sold me to Her Grace.

This is my new slave.

Let me introduce her.

Her name is Ashina Zhu.

What a coincidence!

How dare you humiliate my sister?

How much did you pay for her?

I'll buy her.

But I won't sell her to you.

If you don't,

I'll tell the North Prince

you deliberately name your slave

with his wife's name.

I don't care, you know.

I just wonder what he will do.

Will he put you into the abandoned palace

or somewhere else?

That's unclear.

You...

A thousand taels. Can you afford it?

If you do, I'll sell her to you.

A thousand taels?

Why don't you just rob us?

Fine.

I'll pay a thousand taels.

Let's meet here in two days.

I give you the money and you give me her.

A thousand taels. Not even a single tael less.

Deal. By then, give me her indenture, too.

Deal.

I'll wait until you pay

and take Ashina Zhu back.

Ashina Zhu, go with me.

Didn't you hear me?

The jewels and banknotes

aren't enough.

Yueling,

here I am.

Yueling,

I can pawn these.

They're worth some money, I think.

These are your favorite things.

Keep them.

No problem, Yueling.

Saving Qiyun matters more.

But Your Highness,

these things aren't worth too much.

If I had known, I would have bought less.

Your Grace.

How about we ask the North Prince for help?

No.

He's been too busy lately.

What do we do, then?

We'll think of a way by ourselves.

These two, then.

Your Highness, the lipstick shopkeeper is here.

How's the business lately?

Your Highness,

the lipstick business is good.

All the noble ladies in the Capital City

want to have a lipstick in our store.

I told you.

I'm always right.

It's wise of you.

Since you took over the business,

money has been coming through.

Enough.

I'm tired of the money-making thing.

Is there any other news?

Other news... Oh, there is.

Yesterday, the North Princess Consort and Princess Luoyi

visited our store successively.

Unexpectedly,

they quarreled for a Dongyu slave named Qiyun.

Princess Luoyi sold this slave

to Her Highness at the price of a thousand taels.

Her Highness even accepted it.

A thousand taels?

Yes.

Gao Luoyi even does better business than me.

The Princess of Dongyu must be ripped up.

Umm...

Your Highness,

she may also like our lipsticks.

Why don't you go give her some?

She is rather cunning.

I...

I'm not going.

Then will you just be beaten by the North Prince?

Will you watch them have a sweet relationship?

Even thinking of that upset me.

Xu.

Get me a carriage. I'm going to see her.

All right.

Yours looks great.

Your Grace,

these are jewels

the Eldest Princess gave you.

Will you really pawn then?

When I have money,

I'll ransom them.

Your Grace, is the money thing bothering you?

Your Highness?

What are you doing here?

You're amazed at my appearance, I think.

- I... - Be patient.

There's a bigger surprise.

Look, look.

Here are the lipsticks in our store.

A wide variety of colors and kinds.

Throughout the Capital City,

they're the most popular.

Diexuan Store is yours?

Looks like my store is indeed well-known.

Even the famous Princess of Dongyu

knows about it.

Yeah. It's wise of you, Your Highness.

Staring?

Just some small things.

No big deal.

Oh,

you said you were short of money.

Come to me, then.

But you won't give me money.

Give you money...

Well, I won't.

But if you want to borrow some,

I'll think about it.

Lend me a thousand taels, then.

Why do you not borrow it from Zhou Shiyu?

He isn't as rich as you.

I love to hear this.

Hurry. Give Her Grace the money.

Come on.

Yes, Your Highness.

Write an IOU.

(IOU by Ashina Zhu)

Your Highness,

how could you

lend her a thousand taels so easily?

Well, you don't understand.

Zhou Shiyu loves her so much.

They often flirt in front of me.

If I show this IOU

to Zhou Shiyu,

he'll know his beloved woman

borrowed money from me instead of him.

He'll be upset, won't he?

The money I have lent her

is worth it!

Even thinking of it amuses me.

Check this.

A thousand taels.

Ping'er, release her.

I didn't expect you to have so much money.

Qiyun, let's go.

Wait.

You love to buy slaves, huh?

Won't you buy these?

I bought some more slaves on a whim.

- You... - They happen to be from Dongyu, too.

How about you buy them back?

You're going too far!

You have ten days to raise money.

What do you say?

Deal.

(Pleasant and Harmonious)

What is he doing here?

I don't know.

But according to Butler Wen,

the South Prince has been

waiting here for you for two hours.

Oh, Shiyu.

Come over here.

(Talent) Are you short of money?

Tell me if you're in trouble.

I have nothing

but a lot of money.

What brings you here?

Still pretending?

(IOU) The Princess of Dongyu borrowed money from me.

You must be short of money.

Look at you.

(By Ashina Zhu) If you can't support her,

why do you still keep her?

In my opinion,

why don't you send her to my house?

There are interesting people,

delicious food, and cool things.

And always enough pocket money.

Send her to my house.

I promise I'll make her

as chubby as Piggy.

I can take care of my consort.

Zhixuan, if you really

have too much money,

you can tell His Majesty

that you want to donate some.

The treasury is short of money, you know.

That's not necessary.

I can spend the money.

But if I donate some,

it'll disappear

without leaving a trace.

Since you don't want to donate,

say no more.

I have a business to do.

I'm done talking to you.

Linmu, give him a thousand taels back.

Yes.

You can keep the purse, too.

(Pleasant and Harmonious)

See?

I upset Zhou Shiyu again.

It's wise of you, Your Highness.

Xu,

tell our chefs

to make more dishes for dinner.

We'll have a celebration!

Yes, Your Highness.

Let's have one more dish for Piggy, too!

Yeah! Have more dishes for Piggy!

(IOU by Ashina Zhu)

Have you settled Qiyun down?

Rest assured, Yueling. She's settled.

Only ten days.

How can we raise so much money?

Yeah, Your Grace.

The South Prince lent some to us

and we don't know how to pay him back yet.

Do we have to borrow some from him again?

Maybe

we can make a fortune with his help.

Yueling, do you have an idea?

Come over.

I haven't seen you for days.

Are you in the middle of something?

Don't mention it.

What happened?

Can you tell me about it?

Maybe I can help.

That is...

Forget it.

Oh,

this is for you.

Lipstick from Diexuan Store?

Yeah.

The shopkeeper said

this rose carmine was perfect for you.

Check if you like it.

I do.

That's great.

So, I picked the right present.

My sister and Qianqian also like

lipsticks of this store.

Well, I haven't seen Her Grace for a while.

How's she doing?

She's been busy doing business.

Business?

Yeah. She'll sell lipsticks on the West Market.

Business on the West Market is isolated.

She can hardly sell smoothly.

So, she wants you to do her a favor.

Siyuan,

(Talent) we'll count on you.

Why are the two of you...?

This is

my new business partner.

You want me

to paint

on the lipstick pots

of different colors?

Now, we have five popular colors,

vermilion, crimson,

rose carmine,

cerise,

and waxberry red.

Mr. Perfect,

you just need to do five small paintings a day.

Only five pots are available for limited selling.

His Highness and I will go fifty-fifty

on the profits.

Limited selling?

This is a great idea.

But I need some time

to think about the five paintings.

It's not urgent. Take your time.

When you figure it out,

Qianqian and I will have the news spread

to generate a lot of buzz.

The price and reputation will be established.

Clever young girl.

Today, I got you here

to discuss the West Market thing.

Shiyu drafted the Management Policy for the West Market.

It lists the detailed enforcement of the new policy.

(Management Policy) You check it

and comment.

(Management Policy for the West Market)

(Reported by Zhou Shiyu)

This is too risky.

What if foreign merchants on the West Market

harm the interests

of native merchants?

Don't worry, Uncle.

Only a prosperous market with different merchants

can boost economic growth.

No competition, no progress.

We can't hurt the foundation of our state

just to recharge the treasury.

Any ideas, the rest of you?

Your Majesty, I think

the North Prince's management policy

has been well thought out.

It's indeed a good way to collect commercial tax.

Since the disaster relief in Liuzhou,

the treasury has had financial troubles.

It's really necessary to establish

a reasonable system of tax collection.

I just wonder if it's hard to manage

when foreign merchants are allowed to do business.

On the West Market, soldiers and merchants often fight.

If the new policy is enforced,

the security thing may be a problem.

The West Market is a lawless area.

It allows no new policy.

For the management,

I'll assist the Ministry of Revenue

and the Capital Government.

The West Market is chaotic.

For the enforcement of the new policy,

we'll discuss later.

Shiyu, you assist the Ministry of Revenue

and manage the Capital Government

to keep the public security on the West Market.

Yes, Your Majesty.

This lipstick has such a good shade.

It smells good, too.

More than that.

Its color, smell, and shade

are all the best.

The style also looks special.

The lipstick you recommend is good.

But it's a little bit expensive.

However,

it has Mr. Siyuan's painting on the pot.

It's worth the money.

You're right, Qing'er.

This lipstick is a new product

that gets popular in town.

Fancy dye and balsam

are used in it.

And no girls in other houses

have this kind of lipstick now.

After I tried some, I recommended it to you immediately.

So,

girls in our house

are the first few girls to use it, huh?

Yes, of course.

When I find something good,

I'd first recommend it to you, my friends.

You're always nice to us, Su Nian.

Every time you get something,

you think of us first.

Shuixian, lend me yours.

No.

If you want it, buy one on the West Market.

Shuixian, you're the best.

- I won't give you. - Lend it to me.

Your Highness, be careful.

- Greetings. - Where's Yueling?

Your Highness,

(Benign and Benevolent) she's been at Mr. Qin's house.

Sometimes, she isn't even back for dinner.

Your Highness, Rushuang and I will do our work.

Summon us if you want anything.

Great. With Mr. Perfect's paintings,

our lipsticks will sell very well.

With so many profits,

we can save more Dongyu girls.

This isn't a long-term solution.

I want to save more Dongyu people.

Then we have to make more money.

It's not time to celebrate yet.

The West Market doesn't have too many visitors.

And vendors don't dare to sell goods

in a big way.

Good wine needs no bush.

On the pot of our lipstick

is Mr. Perfect's painting.

Yueling.

♪Clouds slowly float across the sky♪

♪Telling what is awfully bothering♪

♪Ceaseless, love lingers and lingers♪

♪You and I both know it♪

♪In this world, we stay side by side♪

♪Watching the stars rise and fall♪

♪My eyes are red from missing you♪

♪Tonight, I hope the moonlight will♪

♪Kiss your eyebrows♪

♪I'll always be in love with you♪

♪Promising it'll last forever♪

♪As the breeze blows, the flower fades♪

♪Leaving a wish to be fulfilled♪

♪To have joy for the rest of its life♪

♪I'll stay with you for thousands of years♪

♪Until we grow old together♪

♪As the breeze blows, the flower fades♪

♪When I look back, you whisper♪

♪Then I wake up from the dream♪

♪Like how we met for the first time♪