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=The Unexpected Marriage=

=Episode 22=

(Imperial Study)

Jing.

You came back.

God really bless Great Tang.

If something really happened to you,

I

don't even know what to do.

I'm fine.

I

have already prepared the decree

to give the title of Prince Qin back to you

and the Langhuan jade talisman.

It's the same as the Crown Prince.

The locusts have gone.

You'll still be in charge

of the disaster relief.

Thank you, Father.

Brother.

I think Jing was assassinated this time

- because... - Wan.

Xiuwen Hall has a lot of work to do.

You better go back first.

I still have something to say to Jing.

Yes.

I will take my leave.

Jing.

I want to talk to you

about Changsheng.

I'm all ears.

I know

you and Changsheng are in love.

But you have a bright future ahead.

The people around you

are also particularly important.

Changsheng's character

and rumor...

Father, Changsheng is innocent and lively,

intelligent,

compassionate,

and upright.

I'm very

- satisfied with her. - But

do you know what people

say about her?

That's all groundless talk.

Aren't I standing here perfectly fine?

I don't believe those rumors.

But how could such a person

be the mistress of the harem?

I can give up on my future.

But I can't live without Changsheng.

Forget it.

What will be will be.

Now that you have decided,

I will respect your choice.

Thank you, Father.

He actually came back unscathed.

Be gentle.

Your Highness.

Jing

is really lucky.

He even warded off death.

Lucky?

I want to see how many lives he has.

If I can't take revenge,

I can't vent my hatred.

Your Highness.

How about

we stop fighting?

I just want you to be safe.

No matter who you are,

I will always stay with you.

Do you think we have a way out?

Misappropriation of public grain,

murder the prince,

and collusion with powerful officials.

How can we turn back

at this point?

We can.

As long as you are willing to,

I will definitely find a way.

You better use the time

to think of a way

of getting rid of Lv Jing.

But...

Get out.

You're injured.

Don't get angry.

Rest early.

I'll leave now.

Lv Jing.

I don't care whether you are

the reincarnation of a god.

I will take revenge

no matter what.

(Huadeng Pavilion)

Your Highness.

His Highness is here.

Changsheng.

♪Silently falling and piling up♪

♪The red flowers can't stand the cold♪

I'm back.

♪Facing the freezing north wind♪

♪Looking at you, it's hard to say goodbye♪

♪I fear the heat will fade away in an instant♪

♪The snow covers the night♪

♪After the separation, it's hard to meet again♪

♪Can't see through the ups and downs of fate♪

♪Let the yearning for you♪

♪Run wild♪

Your Highness.

Where on earth did you go?

That day I fell off a cliff,

but fortunately, the vine caught me.

I followed the current

down the river

and ended up in a small town near Great Tang.

In there,

I found that there was someone

deliberately delaying the arrival of locust plague.

For this,

they even used 10% of the food.

Presumably

the person behind this

is your fifth brother.

Disaster caused by nature

can be forgiven.

Disaster caused by human beings can't be forgiven.

It's a pity that the people involved

are all gone.

I didn't find any evidence.

I was worried you'd get bullied

alone in Great Tang,

so I hurried back.

Fortunately, I came back in time.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to see each other.

His Majesty has restored your title.

I guess soon

you'll have your military power back.

Changsheng.

I never

cared about these.

I know.

But these

can help you

accomplish things you care about.

Changsheng.

In this world,

what I care about most

is you.

Your Highness.

Ru Jing wants to see you.

I'll be back soon.

(Huadeng Pavilion)

Your Highness, I heard you returned safely,

so I hurried over.

I feel relieved

seeing you're fine.

Thank you.

Your Highness, you...

Miss Ru Jing.

When are you planning to return?

Thanks to you

and Mr. Huaishan's help,

we alleviated the locust plague.

I heard that Mr. Huaishan had returned.

What are your plans?

I...

I'm not going to leave.

Then I'll find a place

for you to live.

You've been wandering outside for a long time.

You need a home.

Whatever you say.

I'm just busy these days.

I'll ask my wife to arrange it.

She has a keen eye for people.

She'll definitely find a good match for you.

Good match?

I don't want a good match.

I just want to be with you,

even if

without a status.

You must be joking.

I've always treated you as my sister.

I don't want to be your sister.

If you don't,

then we're friends.

If we can't even be friends,

then we can only be strangers.

What's so good about Liu Changsheng?

How am I inferior to her?

My wife

is great in every aspect.

So my heart has no room for other people.

It's hard to compare.

It's getting late.

My wife got frightened today.

I need to stay with her.

You should rest earlier.

(Youlan Pavilion)

With her,

you won't even look at others.

I can't beat her

in this regard alone.

(Prince Lu's Mansion)

Your Highness.

Your Highness, Prince Qin is here.

Let him in.

Yes.

(Cyan Mountains)

You're here, Jing.

Are your injuries

getting better?

Thank you for your concern.

His Highness's injuries

are no longer serious.

Not serious?

So I was too gentle with you.

This is just a lesson.

I hope you

won't forget the pain

once the wound is healed.

I remembered.

I came this time

to collect the token on the order of Father

and the 10% of food

you promised to donate.

You don't have to come in person.

I'll have someone send it to your house.

Then I'll go back home and wait.

I hope you can deliver it on time.

Otherwise, it would be disobedience.

You know best the consequences.

As soon as he came back,

Father gave him the title back.

Now he came to show off his power again.

It seems

he doesn't want to let it pass.

Your Highness, calm down.

I think Jing

doesn't want to pursue it.

What do you know?

Please calm down, Your Highness.

You only say this all day long.

Get out.

Yes.

(Luojing)

(Notes on Preventing Locusts)

What do you think?

Open the granary-grain

and reassure the people.

(The day you were assassinated,)

(and your life was uncertain,)

(but I believed you'd come back.)

(So we hid 40% of the food)

(to prevent Lv Ke from causing trouble.)

(Now the plague of locusts is over,)

(we should distribute the food as soon as possible)

(and save the people)

(from hunger.)

Thank you.

Thanks.

- Thank you. - (That's what I meant.)

(I already sent Youyong and Youmou to work on it.)

(Tomorrow, we will distribute the food.)

It's a deal.

Fermented glutinous rice dumpling.

Fermented glutinous rice dumpling.

Sugarcoated haws.

Sugarcoated haws.

Here you are.

Thanks.

(Good Luck and Good Fortune)

The locust plague has been over for half a month.

Life also stabilized.

Jing made a great contribution to disaster relief.

Come on.

Let's toast to Prince Qin.

It's said that

first thrive and then wive.

By my calculations,

Jing's wedding

is in seven days.

You are busy,

and I am not idle either.

I'm preparing your wedding

with Directorate of Astronomy.

By then,

I want to give you a generous gift.

Thanks, Father.

Jing, sit down.

I'm happy today.

Let's tell a story

and experience the joy of ordinary people.

What do you think?

Once upon a time,

there is a family.

The father is old.

And he has

three sons also.

The three sons have

very different personalities.

The eldest son is stupid

but kind-hearted.

He just

likes to freeload.

The second son

is clever and quick-witted.

He's decisive,

like his father,

both brave and resourceful.

It's me.

Not you.

Listen carefully.

It's so obvious.

As if we can't understand it.

The third son,

also the youngest son,

is a bit radical.

The father pays more attention

to the two elder brothers

and the third child is somewhat neglected.

When the father wants to make up for it,

it's already too late.

After all, the yongest son made a mistake.

The father knows that he is old

and can't manage the house for long,

so he feels pretty Zen

about a lot of things.

So the father

called the three sons to his side,

and told them...

What is it?

Look at my memory.

I'm old.

Jing.

You've heard this story.

Tell them

what happened next.

Father.

I haven't heard this story.

Since you don't remember it,

we can let people finish writing it.

Father, what do you think?

It's late today.

You guys go back.

Goodbye, Father.

Let's go.

Ke.

When did you hear the story?

What do you think?

Let's go.

Go.

I haven't finished asking.

(Cyan Mountains)

Your Highness.

Father's story tonight

has a deeper meaning.

Father should've known

what we did.

He is asking Jing how to deal with me.

From what Father said,

could Jing's wedding gift

be...

He'll designate a crown prince.

The conflict between me and Jing is irreconcilable.

Father told the story today

to test his thoughts.

He will never let me go.

And also,

the things we did before...

There is no concealing the truth.

Your Highness, don't worry.

There must be a way.

I'm with you.

Ge.

You have to help me.

You must help me.

Your Highness, don't worry.

There will definitely be a way.

What His Majesty said today

has some implications.

Even you understood it,

of course I did too.

Why didn't you express your opinion?

It's not the first time

that I've fought with Ke.

I'm used to it.

He deliberately plotted against you this time.

I am angry.

So I didn't want to say anything.

By the way,

I remembered one thing.

What's it?

Yesterday Lv Ke

already sent his food.

I've weighted it.

Now we have enough

disaster relief food.

Why are you laughing?

You are such a good housekeeper.

I should have married you earlier.

But there is one more thing

that we need to solve as soon as possible.

(Library)

He wants you to set Ru Jing up?

His Highness asked you

to set Ru Jing up?

He said he had told her several times.

But Ru Jing didn't listen.

What can you do if she doesn't listen?

I said the same thing.

But he said

I'll be managing the mansion one day.

Consider this as my advance practice.

He is right in saying that.

But what should I do?

I think

His Highness chose the right person for the job.

Why is that?

You can't do anything else.

But you definitely have experience

in blind dating.

When you were in Fuyu...

What happened in Fuyu?

- Nothing. - What do you mean nothing?

She went on lots of blind dates

in Fuyu.

She's seen all kinds of men

and used all kinds of methods.

I also know how to shut people up

and make them unable to talk forever.

Do you want to try it?

Okay, okay, okay.

You're getting married.

Why are you still like a child?

I won't argue with you anymore.

Aunt.

Your laughter...

My laughter...

It seems that you found the right person to cure it.

Congratulations.

Stop congratulating others.

Think about how to deal with Ru Jing.

Say what you want to say now.

After that, leave quickly.

(This is my house, okay?)

(I haven't let you leave yet.)

(How could you say that to me?)

(Hold it.)

(For Mr. Huaishan's sake,)

(hold it.)

It's not a big deal.

I just want you to chat with you.

Childish.

I'm not interested.

I've been preparing for so long.

Give me a chance.

I won't.

You won't refuse, right?

Then let's play.

This is the game I often play in Fuyu.

It has portraits of single men in Great Tang.

Just pick

your favorite ones.

Do you understand?

Understood.

So you were so unvirtuous

in Fuyu,

picking men for fun.

I don't have to look at the portraits.

Why don't you

go back and read more books

to learn women's virtues?

(Huadeng Pavilion)

I'm furious.

I helped Ru Jing find a blind date out of good intentions.

But she said I'm unvirtuous.

She just said you don't understand women's virtues.

What's the difference from being unvirtuous?

Okay, don't be angry.

I really can't help it.

You should find someone else to do this.

(Pure Like Orchids)

You are the mistress of our mansion.

How could you back down so easily?

Whoever wants to be it can be it.

I just want to be a useless person.

How nice it is to be carefree.

So tell me,

what should we do?

Why don't you

just marry her?

Can you accept sharing your husband with someone else?

What are you thinking about?

I mean

we pretend to move ahead

in order to hide the intention to retreat.

What does it mean?

The more you don't let her do something,

the more she wants to do it.

Let's do the opposite.

You tell her

you want to marry her

and then show your weaknesses.

Wait until she sees your true colors,

she won't want to marry you.

Will this work?

It will work.

Go back and recharge your energy.

We will fight it out with her tomorrow.

You don't want to chat with me?

Go back soon.

Can we chat for a longer while?

Go.

If you stay a little longer,

Ru Jing is going to accuse me of being unvirtuous.

We'll get married in a few days.

By then,

we can see each other whenever we want

and do whatever we want.

No one will dare to say anything.

Now, we can do whatever we want too.

No one will dare to say anything.

What do you want to do?

No.

What did you say?

Go now.

Almost lost my reputation.

Time to sleep.

Your Highness.

Miss Ru Jing, you are here.

Your Highness invited me to come.

I'd come for sure, rain or shine.

Actually, I asked you here today

for one thing.

I want to discuss it with you.

I know what you want to say.

You want me to leave, right?

No.

I want you to stay.

What did you say?

You mean...

I want to marry you.

Would you agree?

I do.

I've been waiting for this day for a long time.

I think God

must have heard my prayers.

Finally, good faith

moved mountains.

Your Highness.

When will we have the wedding?

I can inform my grandpa

to come hold our engagement ceremony.

There's no wedding.

No...

No wedding?

It doesn't matter.

I've said it before.

As long as I can marry you,

I don't need a title.

Okay, one more thing.

I want to make it clear to you in advance.

Lest you regret it after marriage.

If I could marry you,

I will never regret it.

You saw the dowry Changsheng brought

from Fuyu.

They could extend

for ten miles.

I will try to prepare

a dowry as great as Her Highness's.

Great?

That won't work.

Yours has to be the best.

You know

it's not my intention to marry you.

If the dowry is not enough,

I won't feel good about it.

And also,

I usually look gentle and elegant.

But I was actually pretending it.

I like to hit people.

I especially like to hit people close to me.

Including your wife?

You are not my wife.

You need to know your own identity.

You are a concubine.

Not a concubine.

You have no identity.

Just now Changsheng wanted to stop you from entering my house.

I found it

and hit her hard.

She can't get out of bed now.

I have learned a new set of boxing.

Do you want

to try it in a while?

But

you said when you were a kid

that you'd treat your lover with respect.

I did say that.

But I also said,

"As cut as rasp,

as carve as polish."

If I don't challenge you,

how could we bond?

But

I don't see any injuries on Her Highness.

Of course you can't see it.

It's all internal injuries.

What now? You regret it?

I've made up my mind.

I do.

Follow the man you marry,

be he fowl or cur.

Your Highness.

Let's practice the new boxing now.

You can accept this?

No.

My body

is not as strong as Her Highness's.

Let me prepare some

metal-inflicted wound

and styptic powder.

This way I can stay with you

as long as possible.

Your Highness, wait for me.

I'll be back soon.

Even this won't scare her away?

(Upholding Morality)

Lv Ke.

You've done all the bad things.

Are you still struggling?

Jing.

I know I was wrong.

Let me go.

Ke, are you familiar with this white cloth?

Don't.

What's up, Your Highness?

It's okay. It's okay.

It's a dream.

Don't be afraid.

This is not a dream.

Not a dream.

Lv Jing won't let me go.

I want Lv Jing to die.

Lv Jing must die.

Your Highness, don't be afraid.

I'm with you.

I will surely make your wish come true.

(Literacy and Etiquette)

Your Highness, smile.

Yeah.

Princess Consort, you too. Look here.

Right, right.

Sort it out like this.

- Lend a hand. - Princess.

Look at this wedding attire.

Should we choose this one,

or this one?

- This one. - That one.

Listen to Her Highness.

And Jinyan,

be careful with your words.

We're getting married soon.

You can't keep calling her Princess.

Call her Princess Consort.

Yes, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

About Her Highness's accessories,

should we choose this, this,

or this?

Listen to Her Highness.

Marriage is a matter between two people.

I can't choose everything. You should choose some too.

Didn't I choose you?

I used to think it was difficult to get married.

Now I feel it is more difficult to have the wedding.

All good things

are all like this.

Just because it is difficult

and not easy to get,

when we actually get it,

we will cherish it.

After obtaining it,

we will also feel very happy.

Is this the so called,

"It's easy to get all the wealth, they say,

but not for a man with love to come by"?

So I'm the man with love?

Yi'an,

are you a man with love?

♪Good weather and beautiful scenery♪

Does this count?

This counts?

Then I can...

I can do it too.

♪Play with kites in spring breeze♪

You are just copying me.

But the skills are average.

You have this, remember?

Why did you go through my stuff?

Give me.

♪I've seen the long street of fireworks♪

♪Stars twinkle outside the window♪

♪I wish I was the star and you were the moon♪

Are you angry?

♪Hold your hand again♪

Okay, stop messing around.

♪It's my lifelong love♪

Tell me,

how long have we known each other?

One year, three months and four days.

You remember so clearly.

It's funny to think about it.

At that time,

I was the Princess of Fuyu,

and you were the envoy from Great Tang.

I wanted to get married

but didn't want to go to Great Tang.

You insisted on choosing me

and were quite stubborn.

Now we are finally together

after going through so much.

It really feels like

a lifetime ago.

I hope

I can spend the rest of my life with you

and live a peaceful life.

One house. Two people.

Three meals. Four seasons.

We'll be forever together.

Till death do us apart.

Never to be separated.

♪Hold your hand again♪

♪Meet in front of the peach blossoms♪

If Dad and Mom

see how happy I am now,

they'll definitely feel relieved.

I guess Jin and Guangde

are doing well now too, right?

I sent them an invitation a long time ago.

They should be on their way here.

You...

Weddings

come only once in a lifetime.

I want to give you everything you like

and don't let you have any regrets.

Who says we only get married once?

I will

only marry you in this life.

If you don't behave well,

I might remarry.

Then I will behave well.

♪Year after year♪

♪I just wish for a red line between my fingers♪

♪The oath on the Three-Life Stone♪

♪Engraved forever♪

♪It represents eternal love♪

♪It represents eternal love♪

♪Sitting alone in the west window, quietly watching the snow♪

♪Silently falling and piling up♪

♪The red flowers can't stand the cold♪

♪And withered at night♪

♪Facing the freezing north wind♪

♪Looking at you, it's hard to say goodbye♪

♪I fear the heat will fade away in an instant♪

♪The snow covers the night♪

♪After the separation, it's hard to meet again♪

♪Can't see through the ups and downs of fate♪

♪Let the yearning for you run wild♪

♪How can a lonely lamp comfort me♪

♪The sky is dark, the moon is waning♪

♪Hear my cry♪

♪You're wearing a blue gown♪

♪Spring breeze blowing♪

♪Another year has passed♪