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=The Rise of Ning=

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(Adapted from Wen Tan's novel "Chancellor
Training Handbook" from Jinjiang Literature)

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=Episode 10=

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(Chengjing Hall)

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Greetings, Mother.

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Please be at ease.

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Greetings, Grandma.

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Please get up.

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Thank you, Grandma.

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The second son of the Cheng Family

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told me this morning

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that he's returning home.

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So I was thinking of

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holding a farewell banquet

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in the courtyard.

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Don't worry, Mother.

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I will make sure it's done properly.

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Mr. Cheng

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is leaving?

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Mr. Cheng

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came to pay me a visit

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on his grandma's behalf.

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He said he has many matters to handle

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and can't be delayed.

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All right, Hairu and I

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have something important to discuss.

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You are dismissed.

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We will take our leave.

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Hairu,

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did the yamen say anything

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about the burned body?

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They can't identify the body.

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Given that we never made enemies
with anyone,

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the yamen suspects

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it was a thief who broke in to rob.

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Do you believe that?

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(Jimo Hall)

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Seventh Lady,

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Young Master doesn't feel
quite well today.

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He's resting now.

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He doesn't feel quite well?

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Seventh Lady.

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Get up!

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What's wrong, Seventh Sister?

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Leave us.

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Don't worry.

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You are dismissed.

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Yes.

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Did you set the fire

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at Yixin Abode?

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Did you also bring that body in?

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Yes.

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Why did you do

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such a dangerous thing?

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You burned Grandpa's study

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and all his legacy into ashes.

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Did you forget
what you have promised me?

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Yining, do you trust me?

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I do,

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but I really can't understand

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why you did that.

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I did that

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for the sake of the Luo's Residence

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and Old Madam.

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Enough questions.

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Knowing too much

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won't do you any good.

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(Haitang Abode)

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Young Lady, look who's here.

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Young Lady.

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Qing Qu, you are finally back.

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How was your trip?

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It was fairly smooth.

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I got to know

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the Zhang brothers from the Cao Sect.

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They helped me a lot.

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Cao Sect?

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I ran into them halfway.

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The elder brother got injured,

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and I saved him.

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As a thank you,

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they escorted me all the way back.

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Don't worry, Young Lady.

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They are very reliable.

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You are a discreet person,

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so I certainly won't doubt you.

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Well, where is Physician Meng?

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He has already settled down
in the inn.

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The Zhang brothers are keeping
an eye on him.

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All right. I will go meet him now.

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Mistress Qiao, Qing Qu has returned,

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and she left again with Seventh Lady

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after staying in Haitang Abode
for a while.

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Tell Fifth Master
to follow them closely.

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Don't mess it up.

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Yes.

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So beautiful.

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(Liuhe Tavern)

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Young Master,

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Fifth Master Qiao has been watching
downstairs for quite some time.

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Should I go deal with him?

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Just give Seventh Lady a reminder

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will do.

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Don't be too obvious.

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As for the rest,

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the Zhang brothers will take care of it.

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Yes, Young Master.

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Everything I said just now is the truth.

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My behavior

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went against my duty as a physician.

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All these years,

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I have always blamed myself.

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Physician Meng,

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will you testify for me?

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Of course.

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Otherwise,

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I wouldn't have followed Ms. Qing Qu

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into the capital.

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Physician Meng,
I shall thank you in advance.

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Don't flatter me.

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Have a nice day. Please come again.

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Sir, this way, please.

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We have private rooms inside.

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You!

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Aren't you Fifth Master Qiao?

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I'm so sorry.

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I was carrying the goods.

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I didn't watch carefully.

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Are you going in to have a drink?

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Go away.

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Watch where you go.

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Have a nice day. Please come again.

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Scram!

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Is he here to kidnap the physician?

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Should we find more people

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to protect Physician Meng?

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No need.

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Ask the Zhang brothers

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not to get too close to Physician Meng.

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If he kidnaps the physician, catch him.

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If not,

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tell them to observe

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what those people are up to.

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Let's go.

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Mistress Qiao,
Fifth Master sent a message.

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It's settled.

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Very well.

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Yiyu, you have finally recovered.

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It's good that you can go for a walk.

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I visited you several times
a few days ago,

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but I couldn't see you.

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I was worried about you.

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I should thank you

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for your mind-calming incense.

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You are thoughtful.

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As long as it helped you.

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Yiyu,

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were you sick because of Mr. Cheng?

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Yilian,

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it was just a cold.

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Please don't bring it up again.

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Yiyu, don't be too discouraged.

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Perhaps there's still a chance.

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Mr. Cheng is soon leaving.

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Let's stop talking about this.

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Pay no mind to what I just said.

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What are they doing?

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Madam Lin recruited

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Dongjing City's most popular
theater troupe to perform.

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Mr. Cheng is a distinguished guest.

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Naturally, the banquet should be lively.

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True.

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It has been some time

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since we had a fun occasion.

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Let's go and take a look. Come.

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What's that?

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The embroidery on this silk waistband
is exquisite,

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especially the orchids.

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The stitchwork is intricate.

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This isn't something
just anyone could use.

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Why is it left here?

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These seven-petaled orchids...

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I, Lian Qing,

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offer my greetings.

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The silk waistband you are holding

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is a gift from someone

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very important to me.
Please return it to me.

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You are Lian Qing?

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Yes, I am.

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Please return it to me, Young Lady.

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Thank you.

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Who is this Lian Qing?

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He's the most famous performer

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in the capital now.

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There's always a big turnout

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whenever he performs.

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But why did he have

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such a delicate silk waistband?

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Yiyu,

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this silk waistband seems familiar.

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I think I have seen Yining using it.

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What?

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You can't talk nonsense.

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Is this a mistake?

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Maybe.

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You are right, Yiyu.

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Perhaps I made a mistake.

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All right.

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There are many eyes here.

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We better leave now.

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Young Lady,

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why do you look pale these days?

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Are you feeling unwell?

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I'm fine.

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I just have a headache.

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The banquet is starting soon.

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Are you all right?

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Perhaps the rain was heavy last night,

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and I caught a cold.

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Tell the kitchen
to prepare some ginger soup

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and bring it to the banquet for me.

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All right. Let me brush your hair first.

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Song Zhi,

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what are you looking at?

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Young Lady,

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it's strange.

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Why hasn't
Third Young Master been

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bringing flowers here these days?

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Young Lady,

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it was raining last night,

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and the weather got cold.

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Can you stand the cold?

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Bring me

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a cloak.

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Yes, Young Lady.

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Greetings, Third Brother.

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Seventh Sister,

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the weather is cold.

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Do bundle up.

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Third Brother,

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you have been busy every day.

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Do take care of your own health.

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By the way,

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stay out

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of my business.

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Those grudges have nothing
to do with you.

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Young Master,

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what does Seventh Lady mean?

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Did she already know

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you were helping her outside?

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Don't be a busybody.

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This theater troupe

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has been popular in the capital.

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They went to great lengths
to invite them.

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I see.

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Mother,

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when will Grandma come?

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I'm hungry.

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Let's wait for a while more.

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You are awake.

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Who are you?

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Who am I?

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You don't know me, Seventh Lady?

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Look.

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You gave me a special gift.

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What do you think

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I want to do?

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Of course I...

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Seventh Lady.

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Where are you going, Seventh Lady?

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Seventh Lady.

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Seventh Lady.

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Where are you going, Seventh Lady?

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Seventh Lady.

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Seventh Lady.

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Seventh Lady.

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Seventh Lady.

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Why is there a maid

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peeking around?

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What is she doing there?

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She seems to be one of the maids
from Yining's abode.

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Rui Xiang,

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bring her over

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for questioning.

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Yes.

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You, come here.

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Why are you running away?

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Come with me.

289
00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:00,841
What were you doing over there?

290
00:15:01,232 --> 00:15:02,311
Seventh Lady...

291
00:15:02,392 --> 00:15:04,551
Seventh Lady asked me to keep guard
at the entrance

292
00:15:04,632 --> 00:15:05,632
and notify her

293
00:15:05,711 --> 00:15:06,992
as soon as anyone came.

294
00:15:07,272 --> 00:15:08,752
What's that supposed to mean?

295
00:15:09,563 --> 00:15:11,642
Where is Seventh Lady?

296
00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,441
She's inside there.

297
00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,441
Seventh Lady is in there alone?

298
00:15:19,934 --> 00:15:20,853
And

299
00:15:21,373 --> 00:15:22,733
a man...

300
00:15:26,112 --> 00:15:26,951
Seventh Lady,

301
00:15:27,071 --> 00:15:28,431
I have missed you so much.

302
00:15:32,951 --> 00:15:34,671
This disgraceful girl!

303
00:15:34,697 --> 00:15:35,697
Come out!

304
00:15:39,574 --> 00:15:40,773
Why is it you?

305
00:15:43,773 --> 00:15:45,134
Who do you expect, Father?

306
00:15:46,420 --> 00:15:47,460
Where is Yining?

307
00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:54,481
Father.

308
00:15:57,587 --> 00:15:58,547
I am here.

309
00:16:00,472 --> 00:16:01,472
Did you ask for me?

310
00:16:03,657 --> 00:16:04,738
Yining,

311
00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:06,440
are you all right?

312
00:16:07,992 --> 00:16:08,711
Grandma.

313
00:16:09,754 --> 00:16:10,515
Mother.

314
00:16:11,354 --> 00:16:12,354
I'm all right.

315
00:16:16,114 --> 00:16:17,954
This man knocked me out

316
00:16:17,979 --> 00:16:19,259
and brought me here.

317
00:16:19,675 --> 00:16:21,195
Fortunately, Third Brother came in time

318
00:16:21,220 --> 00:16:22,060
and saved me.

319
00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:23,114
Seventh Lady,

320
00:16:23,171 --> 00:16:25,011
what are you talking about?

321
00:16:25,550 --> 00:16:26,096
Didn't...

322
00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,160
Didn't you ask to meet me here?

323
00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:31,760
Isn't this the note

324
00:16:31,794 --> 00:16:33,034
your maid delivered?

325
00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:37,074
Seventh Lady ordered me

326
00:16:37,099 --> 00:16:38,859
to deliver it to this man.

327
00:16:43,555 --> 00:16:45,515
"I tie a love knot
with this silk waistband,

328
00:16:45,554 --> 00:16:48,355
carrying the warmth and fragrance.

329
00:16:49,474 --> 00:16:51,675
I wish to meet with you."

330
00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:55,515
Yining,

331
00:16:56,114 --> 00:16:57,954
I recognize your handwriting.

332
00:16:58,354 --> 00:16:59,954
You wrote this.

333
00:17:00,587 --> 00:17:02,186
Is there anything you have to say?

334
00:17:03,234 --> 00:17:04,074
Father,

335
00:17:04,195 --> 00:17:06,155
handwriting may have been forged.

336
00:17:06,355 --> 00:17:07,234
Besides,

337
00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,399
even though she serves in my abode,

338
00:17:09,595 --> 00:17:10,954
she is not my handmaid.

339
00:17:11,123 --> 00:17:12,442
How could I possibly entrust her

340
00:17:12,554 --> 00:17:14,155
to a private matter like this?

341
00:17:14,514 --> 00:17:15,234
Exactly.

342
00:17:15,635 --> 00:17:17,514
Her handmaid should be Xue Zhi.

343
00:17:18,355 --> 00:17:19,034
Young Lady,

344
00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,081
you said Xue Zhi

345
00:17:21,106 --> 00:17:21,907
would draw attention,

346
00:17:22,195 --> 00:17:22,954
that's why

347
00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:24,915
you picked a less familiar maid.

348
00:17:25,308 --> 00:17:26,308
By the way,

349
00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,401
this is the token you gave me

350
00:17:29,426 --> 00:17:30,307
when we first met.

351
00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,048
I have been carrying it
with me ever since.

352
00:17:35,355 --> 00:17:36,554
Isn't this the silk waistband

353
00:17:37,375 --> 00:17:39,736
I gave your mother?

354
00:17:41,034 --> 00:17:42,954
I have seen this silk waistband before.

355
00:17:43,595 --> 00:17:44,449
Yiyu and I

356
00:17:44,474 --> 00:17:46,274
found it in the yard.

357
00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,921
Then, this man hurried over
and claimed it was his.

358
00:17:48,954 --> 00:17:49,994
He said

359
00:17:50,019 --> 00:17:52,440
it was given by someone very important.

360
00:17:52,963 --> 00:17:55,044
Yiyu can testify to this.

361
00:17:58,714 --> 00:17:59,835
I asked Song Zhi

362
00:18:00,155 --> 00:18:02,075
to wash this silk waistband,

363
00:18:02,274 --> 00:18:03,474
but then it disappeared.

364
00:18:03,595 --> 00:18:04,875
I was really upset.

365
00:18:04,994 --> 00:18:07,355
After all, this belongs to Mother.

366
00:18:07,380 --> 00:18:08,101
Shut it.

367
00:18:08,835 --> 00:18:10,595
Shameless.

368
00:18:11,155 --> 00:18:13,195
You are just trying to deny it.

369
00:18:13,395 --> 00:18:14,234
Butler Bai.

370
00:18:14,474 --> 00:18:14,915
Yes.

371
00:18:14,994 --> 00:18:17,754
Lock Seventh Lady
and the performer up separately.

372
00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:18,635
Enough.

373
00:18:23,195 --> 00:18:24,875
Let Yining finish.

374
00:18:26,195 --> 00:18:27,274
Thank you, Grandma.

375
00:18:32,635 --> 00:18:34,355
When did I give you this silk waistband?

376
00:18:34,435 --> 00:18:35,595
On that day,

377
00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:37,120
someone intruded
on Yuanjiang Pavilion.

378
00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:39,280
You got lost, and I saved you.

379
00:18:39,474 --> 00:18:40,994
How did you save me?

380
00:18:41,155 --> 00:18:43,514
The weather was fine that day,

381
00:18:43,568 --> 00:18:45,630
and you were wearing
a pale yellow cloth jacket.

382
00:18:45,660 --> 00:18:46,621
It was beautiful.

383
00:18:46,835 --> 00:18:48,474
You were grateful to me,

384
00:18:48,496 --> 00:18:49,910
and we fell in love at first sight.

385
00:18:50,034 --> 00:18:51,234
You gave me this silk waistband

386
00:18:51,277 --> 00:18:52,676
and made a lifelong promise.

387
00:18:52,735 --> 00:18:54,255
You told me to come here to find you.

388
00:18:55,115 --> 00:18:56,915
I saved Seventh Lady that day.

389
00:18:57,195 --> 00:18:58,554
I didn't see you there.

390
00:18:58,579 --> 00:19:00,539
Pale yellow cloth jacket?

391
00:19:09,474 --> 00:19:10,314
Third Young Master Luo,

392
00:19:10,339 --> 00:19:12,019
there's no need to help us hide it.

393
00:19:12,277 --> 00:19:13,236
We met you

394
00:19:13,261 --> 00:19:14,180
the next morning.

395
00:19:14,256 --> 00:19:16,350
Seventh Lady told me
that you are her third brother

396
00:19:16,380 --> 00:19:18,021
and would always cover for her.

397
00:19:18,195 --> 00:19:19,034
As of now,

398
00:19:19,059 --> 00:19:20,379
there's no need

399
00:19:20,714 --> 00:19:22,355
to hide our relationship anymore.

400
00:19:22,994 --> 00:19:24,794
Seventh Lady, trust me.

401
00:19:24,891 --> 00:19:26,290
I won't fail you.

402
00:19:28,915 --> 00:19:32,395
Mother, this is disgraceful!

403
00:19:33,915 --> 00:19:35,274
I'm going to beat you to death!

404
00:19:37,754 --> 00:19:38,754
Stop it!

405
00:19:44,107 --> 00:19:45,466
Can you think for a moment?

406
00:19:45,875 --> 00:19:47,675
This matter seems suspicious.

407
00:19:47,731 --> 00:19:49,971
How could you beat her
without asking anything?

408
00:19:50,075 --> 00:19:51,075
Mother,

409
00:19:51,435 --> 00:19:53,075
the witness and the evidence are here.

410
00:19:53,171 --> 00:19:54,371
If we keep digging deeper,

411
00:19:54,474 --> 00:19:56,514
it will only disgrace us further.

412
00:19:58,714 --> 00:20:00,435
Where in Yuanjing Pavilion

413
00:20:01,274 --> 00:20:02,514
did you save her?

414
00:20:02,875 --> 00:20:03,994
This was chaotic that day.

415
00:20:04,474 --> 00:20:06,115
How did you manage to get out?

416
00:20:08,595 --> 00:20:10,355
It was dark that day.

417
00:20:10,595 --> 00:20:13,075
I can't remember

418
00:20:13,915 --> 00:20:15,195
the exact place.

419
00:20:15,427 --> 00:20:16,148
Dark?

420
00:20:16,595 --> 00:20:18,714
You said the weather was nice.

421
00:20:18,794 --> 00:20:20,835
Also, you claimed

422
00:20:20,860 --> 00:20:21,940
you saved me,

423
00:20:22,395 --> 00:20:24,435
but you never mentioned a word
about the accident

424
00:20:24,512 --> 00:20:26,580
at the peach blossom
forest in the north, and we stayed

425
00:20:26,608 --> 00:20:28,560
under the southern bridge
to shelter from the rain.

426
00:20:29,514 --> 00:20:30,474
Oh, right!

427
00:20:30,528 --> 00:20:32,010
I saved you at the peach blossom forest

428
00:20:32,234 --> 00:20:34,314
and took you to hide under the bridge
in the south.

429
00:20:34,403 --> 00:20:35,284
Your clothes

430
00:20:35,474 --> 00:20:37,155
were soaked,

431
00:20:37,274 --> 00:20:38,034
so I built a fire

432
00:20:38,059 --> 00:20:39,178
to dry them.

433
00:20:39,514 --> 00:20:41,075
You appreciated my gentlemanly behavior

434
00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:42,420
and wanted to marry me.

435
00:20:43,195 --> 00:20:45,355
That's why you gave me
this silk waistband.

436
00:20:47,115 --> 00:20:49,595
To the north of Yuanjing Pavilion
is Bian River,

437
00:20:49,619 --> 00:20:51,500
not the peach blossom forest.

438
00:20:53,274 --> 00:20:54,875
The peach blossom forest
is in the south.

439
00:20:54,899 --> 00:20:56,100
There's no bridge there.

440
00:20:56,355 --> 00:20:58,395
Besides, it wasn't raining that day.

441
00:20:58,514 --> 00:20:59,754
You jester

442
00:20:59,779 --> 00:21:01,418
surely have a way

443
00:21:01,571 --> 00:21:02,970
of spinning tall tales.

444
00:21:06,234 --> 00:21:07,075
Own up.

445
00:21:08,109 --> 00:21:09,869
Who instructed you
to frame Seventh Lady?

446
00:21:10,595 --> 00:21:11,195
I...

447
00:21:12,274 --> 00:21:14,435
It was my first time
at Yuanjing Pavilion.

448
00:21:14,675 --> 00:21:15,994
Plus, it was chaotic that day.

449
00:21:16,274 --> 00:21:18,075
I can't remember clearly.

450
00:21:18,635 --> 00:21:19,595
But this silk waistband

451
00:21:19,714 --> 00:21:21,875
was indeed given by Seventh Lady.

452
00:21:23,794 --> 00:21:26,034
Father, this silk waistband

453
00:21:26,115 --> 00:21:28,380
isn't the one you gave to my mother.

454
00:21:29,274 --> 00:21:30,595
Take a closer look.

455
00:21:35,595 --> 00:21:37,274
I ordered two different silk waistbands

456
00:21:37,299 --> 00:21:38,898
for the principal wife
and the concubine.

457
00:21:39,195 --> 00:21:40,514
The one for your mother

458
00:21:40,675 --> 00:21:42,195
had seven-petaled orchids,

459
00:21:42,675 --> 00:21:44,234
while the one for Yuechan

460
00:21:49,754 --> 00:21:51,514
had six-petaled orchids...

461
00:22:04,274 --> 00:22:05,234
Is this

462
00:22:06,115 --> 00:22:07,554
mine?

463
00:22:11,754 --> 00:22:12,754
This is impossible.

464
00:22:12,954 --> 00:22:14,714
How could it be mine?

465
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,160
Someone must have stolen it.

466
00:22:17,514 --> 00:22:18,155
Second Master,

467
00:22:18,274 --> 00:22:20,075
please seek justice for me.

468
00:22:20,195 --> 00:22:22,635
I thought someone wanted to
frame Seventh Lady.

469
00:22:22,699 --> 00:22:23,540
Yet,

470
00:22:24,034 --> 00:22:26,115
I'm being suspected instead.

471
00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:28,355
Right, Father.

472
00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,199
Yiyu and I

473
00:22:30,395 --> 00:22:31,915
saw seven-petaled orchids.

474
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:32,961
Yiyu also said

475
00:22:33,001 --> 00:22:34,402
the orchid embroidery is intricate.

476
00:22:34,430 --> 00:22:35,230
If you don't believe,

477
00:22:35,234 --> 00:22:37,395
you can ask her yourself.

478
00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:42,079
Bulter Bai.

479
00:22:42,474 --> 00:22:43,034
Yes.

480
00:22:43,731 --> 00:22:45,572
Fetch First Lady here.

481
00:22:45,835 --> 00:22:47,395
Tell Mr. Cheng...

482
00:22:47,994 --> 00:22:49,115
Tell him...

483
00:22:51,554 --> 00:22:52,915
What can you tell him?

484
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,560
What is there to say?

485
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,920
Tell him I'm sick again,

486
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,119
the banquet is postponed,

487
00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:02,465
and apologize to him.

488
00:23:03,635 --> 00:23:04,274
Yes.

489
00:23:04,395 --> 00:23:05,155
Yes.

490
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:23,520
Madam,

491
00:23:23,754 --> 00:23:24,915
Old Madam is sick,

492
00:23:24,940 --> 00:23:26,300
and the banquet is postponed.

493
00:23:29,580 --> 00:23:30,300
All right.

494
00:23:35,195 --> 00:23:36,355
Mr. Cheng,

495
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,280
Old Madam suddenly falls sick.

496
00:23:39,635 --> 00:23:41,875
I'm afraid this banquet
will have to be another day.

497
00:23:41,954 --> 00:23:43,034
I'm truly sorry.

498
00:23:43,060 --> 00:23:44,540
Is Old Madam's condition serious?

499
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:45,830
I should go and visit her.

500
00:23:46,075 --> 00:23:47,635
Don't trouble yourself, Mr. Cheng.

501
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:50,206
Right now, her courtyard
must be full of people.

502
00:23:50,474 --> 00:23:52,195
I must hurry back to serve her.

503
00:23:52,514 --> 00:23:53,835
In that case,

504
00:23:54,234 --> 00:23:55,875
I won't disturb you any longer.

505
00:23:55,994 --> 00:23:57,314
I will take my leave today.

506
00:23:57,675 --> 00:24:00,435
Please send my regards to her,
Madam Chen.

507
00:24:01,234 --> 00:24:02,554
Thank you, Mr. Cheng.

508
00:24:03,234 --> 00:24:03,875
Xiu,

509
00:24:03,939 --> 00:24:05,659
return to the abode with Shan.

510
00:24:06,274 --> 00:24:07,395
I want to go, too.

511
00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:10,635
Let's go.

512
00:24:33,595 --> 00:24:34,395
Mother,

513
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,120
why do you send for us?

514
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,120
I have something to ask Yiyu.

515
00:24:45,155 --> 00:24:46,075
Yiyu,

516
00:24:46,395 --> 00:24:47,949
do you remember

517
00:24:47,950 --> 00:24:49,600
that we found a silk waistband
while we were

518
00:24:49,605 --> 00:24:51,165
taking a walk in the yard
a few days ago,

519
00:24:51,395 --> 00:24:53,875
and we returned it
to Lian Qing afterward?

520
00:24:56,514 --> 00:24:57,554
I do.

521
00:24:57,579 --> 00:24:59,994
We were discussing
the orchid embroidery on the waistband.

522
00:25:00,115 --> 00:25:01,675
You should remember

523
00:25:02,124 --> 00:25:04,163
it was a seven-petaled orchid.

524
00:25:19,314 --> 00:25:21,714
I only remember it was an orchid,

525
00:25:21,890 --> 00:25:23,650
but I have forgotten how many petals.

526
00:25:32,619 --> 00:25:33,258
My dear,

527
00:25:33,435 --> 00:25:35,274
I'm innocent.

528
00:25:35,554 --> 00:25:37,474
I don't know this performer.

529
00:25:38,115 --> 00:25:39,554
How...

530
00:25:39,714 --> 00:25:41,274
How is this possible?

531
00:25:41,299 --> 00:25:42,858
The handwriting on the note

532
00:25:43,034 --> 00:25:44,554
belongs to Yining.

533
00:25:44,579 --> 00:25:45,779
How do you explain this?

534
00:25:45,915 --> 00:25:46,915
Enough.

535
00:25:47,954 --> 00:25:49,835
Return to your abodes.

536
00:25:49,860 --> 00:25:51,741
Don't come out without my permission.

537
00:25:53,954 --> 00:25:57,314
As for this performer...

538
00:25:57,364 --> 00:25:58,683
Let's report it to the yamen.

539
00:26:00,835 --> 00:26:03,714
Let the officials interrogate him.

540
00:26:03,835 --> 00:26:05,595
He will definitely confess.

541
00:26:05,915 --> 00:26:07,514
This is shameful.

542
00:26:07,539 --> 00:26:08,738
Don't report it to the yamen.

543
00:26:08,994 --> 00:26:10,754
Do you mean

544
00:26:11,314 --> 00:26:12,314
we won't interrogate him?

545
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,160
How can it be?

546
00:26:16,234 --> 00:26:18,474
We must clear Yining's name.

547
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,599
You can't put it that way, Madam Lin.

548
00:26:23,624 --> 00:26:25,104
This matter is unsolved.

549
00:26:25,274 --> 00:26:27,675
I'm innocent, too.

550
00:26:30,754 --> 00:26:32,155
Let me think.

551
00:26:32,994 --> 00:26:33,954
Butler Bai.

552
00:26:34,195 --> 00:26:34,794
Yes.

553
00:26:35,034 --> 00:26:37,115
Lock this performer up in the woodshed.

554
00:26:37,355 --> 00:26:37,915
Yes.

555
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:38,719
Father,

556
00:26:39,034 --> 00:26:41,034
I will bring Mother back
to her room first.

557
00:26:41,835 --> 00:26:42,635
Stand right there.

558
00:26:47,115 --> 00:26:49,514
Father, if you find this confusing,

559
00:26:49,595 --> 00:26:51,155
let me help you.

560
00:26:52,754 --> 00:26:53,635
Qing Qu.

561
00:27:00,282 --> 00:27:02,522
Father, this is Chen Si,

562
00:27:02,835 --> 00:27:04,155
who serves Fifth Master Qiao.

563
00:27:04,274 --> 00:27:06,610
He's also the son of Ms. Lyu,

564
00:27:06,635 --> 00:27:07,754
who used to serve in Muxi Hall.

565
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,000
That day at Jingyuan Pavilion,

566
00:27:09,435 --> 00:27:11,115
he was chasing after me with a knife.

567
00:27:11,991 --> 00:27:13,390
It was Fifth Master Qiao's order.

568
00:27:13,552 --> 00:27:15,070
We followed Mistress Qiao's instruction

569
00:27:15,195 --> 00:27:16,595
to capture Seventh Lady.

570
00:27:16,675 --> 00:27:17,789
As for my mother,

571
00:27:17,790 --> 00:27:19,710
it was Mistress Qiao
who gave her the bag of silver

572
00:27:19,710 --> 00:27:20,896
to trick the maid into gossiping.

573
00:27:20,915 --> 00:27:22,234
I didn't do anything else.

574
00:27:22,314 --> 00:27:23,915
Please spare me, Second Master Luo!

575
00:27:25,914 --> 00:27:27,115
Don't you slander me!

576
00:27:27,140 --> 00:27:28,340
Do you have evidence?

577
00:27:28,635 --> 00:27:30,794
Here's the letter from Fifth Master Qiao

578
00:27:30,875 --> 00:27:32,595
to run errands for Mistress Qiao.

579
00:27:33,915 --> 00:27:35,554
You can compare the handwriting

580
00:27:35,620 --> 00:27:37,274
with Fifth Master Qiao's
previous letter.

581
00:27:37,474 --> 00:27:38,875
Handwriting can be forged.

582
00:27:39,075 --> 00:27:40,715
Who knows if you brided someone

583
00:27:40,805 --> 00:27:42,285
to frame my mother?

584
00:27:42,635 --> 00:27:44,355
Now you know

585
00:27:44,380 --> 00:27:45,979
handwriting can be forged.

586
00:27:46,241 --> 00:27:47,241
Chengzhang,

587
00:27:47,554 --> 00:27:48,915
at this rate,

588
00:27:49,111 --> 00:27:51,512
we must get to the bottom of this.

589
00:27:51,915 --> 00:27:54,115
Don't cover it up again.

590
00:28:02,474 --> 00:28:04,514
As you say, Mother.

591
00:28:16,355 --> 00:28:17,954
Open the Ancestral Shrine.

592
00:28:22,875 --> 00:28:23,635
Mother,

593
00:28:23,754 --> 00:28:25,754
I will bring Yiyu back first.

594
00:28:28,435 --> 00:28:29,195
My dear.

595
00:28:36,075 --> 00:28:37,075
Third Brother.

596
00:28:39,435 --> 00:28:40,195
Thank you so much.

597
00:28:42,314 --> 00:28:43,314
Seventh Lady.

598
00:28:47,034 --> 00:28:48,034
Seventh Lady.

599
00:28:57,835 --> 00:28:59,915
Seventh Lady!

600
00:29:01,355 --> 00:29:02,554
Where are you, Seventh Lady?

601
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:03,199
What is this?

602
00:29:03,514 --> 00:29:04,195
Seventh Lady!

603
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,664
I want to swap this silk waistband.

604
00:29:07,474 --> 00:29:08,314
Seventh Lady.

605
00:29:09,155 --> 00:29:10,115
Seventh Lady?

606
00:29:11,195 --> 00:29:12,034
Seventh Lady.

607
00:29:14,314 --> 00:29:16,435
You like playing games, Seventh Lady.

608
00:29:16,635 --> 00:29:17,474
Seventh Lady.

609
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:18,801
Seventh Lady.

610
00:29:21,875 --> 00:29:22,754
Seventh Lady.

611
00:29:23,635 --> 00:29:24,635
Seventh Lady.

612
00:29:24,794 --> 00:29:26,635
I touched your hand.

613
00:29:27,155 --> 00:29:27,994
Seventh Lady.

614
00:29:43,994 --> 00:29:46,714
Mother, I didn't mean to...

615
00:29:46,954 --> 00:29:47,754
Yu,

616
00:29:48,435 --> 00:29:50,835
you did very well.

617
00:29:51,635 --> 00:29:54,034
We should try to avoid

618
00:29:54,059 --> 00:29:56,619
getting involved
in their family matters.

619
00:29:58,514 --> 00:29:59,875
You are indeed

620
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,480
my most sensible child.

621
00:30:02,768 --> 00:30:04,688
You didn't disappoint me.

622
00:30:05,132 --> 00:30:05,772
Yes,

623
00:30:06,034 --> 00:30:07,994
I will remember your teachings.

624
00:30:11,035 --> 00:30:12,155
Are you saying

625
00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:14,915
that Third Young Master Luo,
who looks like a gardener,

626
00:30:15,395 --> 00:30:16,554
might be the one going up

627
00:30:16,579 --> 00:30:17,898
against Uncle in Yuanjing Pavilion?

628
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,456
On the night at Yuanjing Pavilion,

629
00:30:19,459 --> 00:30:20,899
there was a man and a woman.

630
00:30:21,115 --> 00:30:24,115
That woman was wearing
a pale yellow coat.

631
00:30:27,514 --> 00:30:28,314
I will head back

632
00:30:29,034 --> 00:30:30,979
and report this to Uncle first.

633
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,635
(Luo Clan Ancestral Shrine)

634
00:30:36,372 --> 00:30:37,532
Qiao Yuechan,

635
00:30:39,234 --> 00:30:40,754
over the years,

636
00:30:40,754 --> 00:30:43,075
I appreciate that you gave birth

637
00:30:43,274 --> 00:30:45,115
to a pair of children
for the Luo Family.

638
00:30:45,514 --> 00:30:48,861
Hence, I have been lenient with you.

639
00:30:49,835 --> 00:30:52,034
But I have never expected you

640
00:30:52,340 --> 00:30:55,380
to commit such evil acts.

641
00:30:55,790 --> 00:30:57,830
You harmed your mother-in-law,

642
00:30:58,234 --> 00:31:00,875
attempted to assassinate the legitimate
daughter in Yuanjing Pavilion,

643
00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:04,075
and now you have even tried
to ruin her reputation.

644
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,399
Do you plead guilty?

645
00:31:08,794 --> 00:31:09,754
Old Madam,

646
00:31:10,314 --> 00:31:11,514
Chen Si claimed

647
00:31:11,875 --> 00:31:14,675
that Fifth Master Qiao gave him orders.

648
00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:16,460
But that's only his side of the story.

649
00:31:16,571 --> 00:31:18,730
Fifth Master Qiao isn't here.

650
00:31:19,314 --> 00:31:21,395
Does Chen Si dare to confront him?

651
00:31:25,234 --> 00:31:25,835
Father,

652
00:31:26,115 --> 00:31:28,474
Mother has served you
wholeheartedly all these years.

653
00:31:28,635 --> 00:31:29,915
She wouldn't do that.

654
00:31:30,234 --> 00:31:31,115
Father,

655
00:31:31,234 --> 00:31:33,355
Mother only cares about

656
00:31:33,380 --> 00:31:34,420
whether you are cold

657
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:35,440
or hungry every day.

658
00:31:35,754 --> 00:31:37,595
All she cares about is you.

659
00:31:46,675 --> 00:31:47,635
Mother,

660
00:31:49,714 --> 00:31:52,355
Yuechan does have a point.

661
00:31:52,595 --> 00:31:54,195
We can summon Fifth Master Qiao here

662
00:31:54,474 --> 00:31:56,994
and let them confront each other.

663
00:32:05,274 --> 00:32:06,435
Yuechan, you...

664
00:32:13,435 --> 00:32:14,274
Butler Bai.

665
00:32:14,595 --> 00:32:15,115
Yes.

666
00:32:15,275 --> 00:32:16,356
Summon a physician.

667
00:32:16,635 --> 00:32:17,195
Yes.

668
00:32:17,344 --> 00:32:18,104
Father,

669
00:32:18,915 --> 00:32:19,954
no rush.

670
00:32:20,595 --> 00:32:22,954
The physician is already on his way.

671
00:32:26,115 --> 00:32:27,075
The physician is here.

672
00:32:34,075 --> 00:32:35,395
Physician Chen?

673
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,560
I'm Meng Hetang.

674
00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:46,075
Greetings, Old Madam Luo.

675
00:32:46,835 --> 00:32:48,675
Greetings, Second Master Luo.

676
00:32:49,395 --> 00:32:51,234
We haven't met for more than a decade,

677
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,350
but you still remember me,
Second Master Luo.

678
00:32:53,954 --> 00:32:55,994
Aren't you Physician Chen?

679
00:32:56,355 --> 00:32:58,075
Why is your surname Meng?

680
00:32:58,554 --> 00:33:00,474
Well, it's a shame.

681
00:33:00,737 --> 00:33:03,417
My surname is Meng,
and I'm from Yangzhou.

682
00:33:03,794 --> 00:33:04,714
However,

683
00:33:05,355 --> 00:33:07,835
Mistress Qiao intended to hide the fact

684
00:33:07,930 --> 00:33:09,851
that we were acquaintances,

685
00:33:10,115 --> 00:33:12,034
so I went by the surname Chen.

686
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:13,670
Please don't be angry,
Second Master.

687
00:33:13,954 --> 00:33:15,595
I did go to Yangzhou

688
00:33:15,620 --> 00:33:16,581
to seek his treatment

689
00:33:16,835 --> 00:33:18,595
because I trusted his healing skills.

690
00:33:18,620 --> 00:33:20,459
I'm concerned it may
raise unnecessary suspicions

691
00:33:20,484 --> 00:33:22,714
about me summoning a physician
from Yangzhou,

692
00:33:23,115 --> 00:33:24,635
so I asked him
to change his surname.

693
00:33:29,835 --> 00:33:31,435
I have come to the capital several times

694
00:33:31,460 --> 00:33:33,021
and helped Mistress Qiao

695
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,560
while she was bearing her two children.

696
00:33:34,714 --> 00:33:35,915
But once,

697
00:33:36,155 --> 00:33:38,075
she was overly distressed

698
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,459
that it affected the fetus.

699
00:33:39,875 --> 00:33:42,274
Even though I did my best,

700
00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:44,155
I couldn't save it.

701
00:33:44,554 --> 00:33:45,435
Mistress Qiao

702
00:33:45,554 --> 00:33:47,714
tried to hush me up,

703
00:33:48,034 --> 00:33:49,635
she personally bought me

704
00:33:49,714 --> 00:33:50,994
a house.

705
00:33:52,034 --> 00:33:54,435
I wasn't thinking straight at that time

706
00:33:55,314 --> 00:33:57,075
and followed her order

707
00:33:57,274 --> 00:33:58,314
to accuse Seventh Lady

708
00:34:00,954 --> 00:34:02,754
of causing her miscarriage.

709
00:34:03,314 --> 00:34:06,034
I'm truly sorry, Seventh Lady.

710
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:10,799
Well, well. Qiao Yuechan.

711
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,479
You failed to keep your child,

712
00:34:13,515 --> 00:34:15,274
and you blamed it

713
00:34:15,394 --> 00:34:17,314
on a little girl.

714
00:34:17,394 --> 00:34:19,714
You are truly wicked.

715
00:34:19,834 --> 00:34:23,234
Poor Yining was sent to the side yard

716
00:34:23,259 --> 00:34:24,900
and has lived there
for more than a decade.

717
00:34:25,115 --> 00:34:26,914
All because of you.

718
00:34:27,035 --> 00:34:28,234
Slander!

719
00:34:28,955 --> 00:34:30,555
You are slandering me!

720
00:34:33,914 --> 00:34:35,675
You claim I gave you a house.

721
00:34:36,515 --> 00:34:37,914
Where is the evidence?

722
00:34:42,675 --> 00:34:44,234
I have the house deed.

723
00:34:44,555 --> 00:34:46,714
Even handwriting can be forged,

724
00:34:46,834 --> 00:34:48,714
let alone a house deed.

725
00:34:48,914 --> 00:34:50,595
You gave me this with your own hand.

726
00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:51,941
How could it be fake?

727
00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:13,159
This house deed states
it was the fifth day

728
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,790
of the fourth month
in the year of Gengzi.

729
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,240
On that day, Lian was gravely ill.

730
00:35:17,794 --> 00:35:19,995
I went to a temple
to pray for her well-being.

731
00:35:20,515 --> 00:35:22,714
Chengzhang was concerned
about the baby in my belly,

732
00:35:22,834 --> 00:35:24,555
so he accompanied me to the temple.

733
00:35:26,274 --> 00:35:27,555
I remember.

734
00:35:27,664 --> 00:35:29,150
That day was Lixia.
[*Start of Summer]

735
00:35:29,234 --> 00:35:30,794
It was the fifth day
of the fourth month.

736
00:35:31,874 --> 00:35:33,914
You said if the baby was born,

737
00:35:33,939 --> 00:35:35,418
we could name it "Xia".

738
00:35:36,834 --> 00:35:38,274
Thankfully, you remember that.

739
00:35:38,448 --> 00:35:40,595
Otherwise, I would've been framed.

740
00:35:40,754 --> 00:35:42,834
Ironically, the person
who forged this deed

741
00:35:42,914 --> 00:35:44,834
created a double of me
to personally hand it over

742
00:35:44,859 --> 00:35:46,579
to Meng Hetang.

743
00:35:50,834 --> 00:35:51,834
What I said earlier

744
00:35:53,995 --> 00:35:56,595
was Seventh Lady's order.

745
00:35:56,794 --> 00:35:59,394
She gave me that house

746
00:36:00,354 --> 00:36:02,434
and forced me to make up a story

747
00:36:02,515 --> 00:36:05,555
to frame Mistress Qiao.

748
00:36:07,394 --> 00:36:09,475
Seventh Lady, you are really something.

749
00:36:09,754 --> 00:36:12,195
You are trying to destroy me.

750
00:36:12,434 --> 00:36:14,754
I treated you like my own child,

751
00:36:14,779 --> 00:36:16,179
better than Lian.

752
00:36:16,434 --> 00:36:18,394
Why do you want to frame me?

753
00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:21,754
Physician Meng,

754
00:36:22,675 --> 00:36:24,834
no matter what someone has done wrong,

755
00:36:24,928 --> 00:36:26,910
their family shouldn't
be dragged into the mess.

756
00:36:28,155 --> 00:36:30,075
Do you want to go down the wrong road?

757
00:36:32,874 --> 00:36:33,955
Seventh Lady,

758
00:36:34,195 --> 00:36:35,635
besides bringing the physician here,

759
00:36:35,794 --> 00:36:38,155
did you also threaten his family?

760
00:36:38,180 --> 00:36:38,981
Bribe?

761
00:36:39,274 --> 00:36:40,234
Threaten?

762
00:36:40,354 --> 00:36:41,274
Use?

763
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:42,920
Aren't those

764
00:36:42,938 --> 00:36:44,458
your favorite tricks, Mistress Qiao?

765
00:36:47,195 --> 00:36:48,035
Qing Qu.

766
00:36:56,635 --> 00:36:58,675
Young Master, your wound is bleeding.

767
00:36:58,754 --> 00:37:00,555
It will be troublesome
if someone finds out.

768
00:37:01,616 --> 00:37:04,208
Did the Zhang brothers hand over
the people they rescued to Qing Qu?

769
00:37:04,234 --> 00:37:06,195
They did, along with Fifth Master Qiao.

770
00:37:06,394 --> 00:37:08,195
Young Master,
Seventh Lady can manage.

771
00:37:08,274 --> 00:37:09,515
We should go back now.

772
00:37:09,555 --> 00:37:10,874
She can manage?

773
00:37:11,690 --> 00:37:12,889
The way she did it

774
00:37:12,914 --> 00:37:14,729
even landed herself in big trouble.

775
00:37:14,754 --> 00:37:16,035
Young Master, calm down.

776
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,440
Your wound will bleed even more.

777
00:37:17,675 --> 00:37:18,314
I'm fine.

778
00:37:19,515 --> 00:37:21,555
Young Master, are you all right?

779
00:37:30,394 --> 00:37:30,995
Yuechan,

780
00:37:31,914 --> 00:37:32,955
please don't blame me.

781
00:37:33,195 --> 00:37:35,394
I can't hide it anymore.

782
00:37:35,515 --> 00:37:36,035
I...

783
00:37:36,595 --> 00:37:37,874
I confessed everything.

784
00:37:41,035 --> 00:37:41,834
Second Master.

785
00:37:42,834 --> 00:37:43,635
Old Madam.

786
00:37:43,714 --> 00:37:45,314
It's my fault. Please spare me.

787
00:37:45,434 --> 00:37:47,075
Please spare me. It's my fault.

788
00:37:47,155 --> 00:37:47,955
Old Madam,

789
00:37:48,234 --> 00:37:49,515
this man is Fifth Master Qiao.

790
00:37:49,635 --> 00:37:51,035
Mistress Qiao instructed him

791
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:52,199
to capture Physician Meng,

792
00:37:52,434 --> 00:37:54,195
but I rescued him,

793
00:37:54,314 --> 00:37:56,714
so he captured his wife and daughter
from his hometown.

794
00:37:56,736 --> 00:37:58,400
After Physician Meng
arrived in the capital,

795
00:37:58,448 --> 00:38:00,270
Fifth Master Qiao threatened him

796
00:38:00,299 --> 00:38:01,540
to falsely accuse

797
00:38:01,636 --> 00:38:03,156
Seventh Lady.

798
00:38:03,754 --> 00:38:05,995
I have Fifth Master Qiao's statement

799
00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:07,754
and the letters

800
00:38:07,830 --> 00:38:09,312
Mistress Qiao wrote to give him orders.

801
00:38:13,834 --> 00:38:14,635
And this woman, too.

802
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,274
This is Ms. Li
from Mistress Qiao's abode.

803
00:38:17,595 --> 00:38:18,834
She can testify

804
00:38:18,859 --> 00:38:20,099
to the crime

805
00:38:20,112 --> 00:38:21,420
Mistress Qiao committed back then.

806
00:38:21,914 --> 00:38:22,834
Ms. Li,

807
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:25,430
didn't you fall sick
and return to your hometown?

808
00:38:26,314 --> 00:38:27,394
Madam Lin,

809
00:38:27,530 --> 00:38:28,650
I'm fully aware of

810
00:38:28,675 --> 00:38:30,434
all the evildoings Mistress Qiao did

811
00:38:30,555 --> 00:38:32,834
to Seventh Lady and Madam Gu.

812
00:38:33,155 --> 00:38:35,010
She feared that once I left her abode,

813
00:38:35,035 --> 00:38:36,035
I would expose her secrets,

814
00:38:36,434 --> 00:38:38,635
so she forced me to leave

815
00:38:38,874 --> 00:38:41,234
and tried to kill me on the way.

816
00:38:41,754 --> 00:38:43,995
Fortunately, Ms. Qing Qu saved my life.

817
00:38:45,035 --> 00:38:45,515
Let's go.

818
00:38:46,075 --> 00:38:47,595
I'm willing to testify.

819
00:38:58,675 --> 00:38:59,675
Physician Meng,

820
00:39:00,354 --> 00:39:01,515
after all this,

821
00:39:01,955 --> 00:39:03,714
are you still not telling the truth?

822
00:39:10,394 --> 00:39:11,195
Back then,

823
00:39:11,995 --> 00:39:13,075
Mistress Qiao

824
00:39:13,139 --> 00:39:15,020
asked me for a medical record.

825
00:39:15,408 --> 00:39:16,888
There was a prescription

826
00:39:17,195 --> 00:39:19,595
to falsify miscarriage symptoms

827
00:39:19,794 --> 00:39:21,714
without truly hurting the fetus.

828
00:39:21,834 --> 00:39:22,595
I found out about it

829
00:39:22,714 --> 00:39:25,475
only after checking
the herbal dregs.

830
00:39:25,995 --> 00:39:28,314
But Madam Gu had left the residence,

831
00:39:28,675 --> 00:39:31,834
so I didn't say anything.

832
00:39:40,475 --> 00:39:42,234
Did you falsely accuse Minglan

833
00:39:43,169 --> 00:39:45,049
of endangering your baby?

834
00:39:45,914 --> 00:39:46,834
I mentioned

835
00:39:46,914 --> 00:39:49,475
that Mistress Qiao used the miscarriage
to frame Seventh Lady

836
00:39:49,794 --> 00:39:51,995
when she heard she might lose her baby,

837
00:39:52,115 --> 00:39:53,314
and that was true as well.

838
00:39:54,234 --> 00:39:55,675
These house deeds

839
00:39:55,874 --> 00:39:58,314
were also forged by her.

840
00:39:58,578 --> 00:40:00,418
Fifth Master Qiao captured my family

841
00:40:00,595 --> 00:40:02,874
and threatened me
to slander Seventh Lady

842
00:40:02,899 --> 00:40:04,338
with these deeds.

843
00:40:04,675 --> 00:40:06,995
I had no choice.

844
00:40:08,834 --> 00:40:09,394
Young Master,

845
00:40:09,434 --> 00:40:10,834
now you can rest easy.

846
00:40:10,955 --> 00:40:12,754
You did everything in your power

847
00:40:12,779 --> 00:40:14,020
to help Seventh Lady.

848
00:40:16,590 --> 00:40:17,190
Young Master.

849
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,521
- Young Master, let's head back.
- All right.

850
00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:22,394
Let's go.

851
00:40:25,035 --> 00:40:25,555
Careful.

852
00:40:32,314 --> 00:40:33,354
Luo Yining,

853
00:40:34,635 --> 00:40:36,635
you have been waiting for this moment

854
00:40:36,874 --> 00:40:39,155
since the day you arrived.

855
00:40:40,475 --> 00:40:42,394
You get what you want now.

856
00:40:44,354 --> 00:40:45,475
Mistress Qiao,

857
00:40:46,392 --> 00:40:49,113
I should be the one asking that.

858
00:40:49,834 --> 00:40:51,274
Ever since I came here,

859
00:40:51,302 --> 00:40:52,754
you have been plotting against me.

860
00:40:53,434 --> 00:40:54,675
Unexpectedly,

861
00:40:54,834 --> 00:40:57,595
you ended up shooting yourself
in the foot.

862
00:40:57,914 --> 00:40:59,794
I'm not as cunning as you.

863
00:41:00,234 --> 00:41:02,274
You exploit your privilege
as the legitimate daughter

864
00:41:02,299 --> 00:41:03,540
of the Luo Family.

865
00:41:04,075 --> 00:41:05,555
But still, I'm nothing

866
00:41:05,580 --> 00:41:06,619
compared to your cruelty.

867
00:41:07,234 --> 00:41:08,914
You framed my mother before

868
00:41:09,155 --> 00:41:10,595
and now me.

869
00:41:11,434 --> 00:41:12,995
All of this

870
00:41:13,434 --> 00:41:15,475
is of your own making.

871
00:41:19,955 --> 00:41:21,675
Did you bribe

872
00:41:22,595 --> 00:41:24,394
the performer

873
00:41:25,754 --> 00:41:27,635
to ruin Yining's reputation?

874
00:41:31,754 --> 00:41:32,515
Yes, I did.

875
00:41:43,675 --> 00:41:44,555
Yuechan,

876
00:41:47,075 --> 00:41:49,314
ever since we met,

877
00:41:50,150 --> 00:41:51,568
you have always been understanding

878
00:41:51,616 --> 00:41:52,690
and decent.

879
00:41:54,714 --> 00:41:56,914
I saw you as a kindred soul.

880
00:41:59,234 --> 00:42:00,427
But why have you...

881
00:42:01,874 --> 00:42:04,595
Why have you become so vicious?

882
00:42:05,515 --> 00:42:06,714
Just why?

883
00:42:08,035 --> 00:42:09,354
All these years, I've given you

884
00:42:09,995 --> 00:42:11,914
monetary support
and respect as much as I could.

885
00:42:11,939 --> 00:42:14,338
I have treated you fairly.

886
00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:18,195
Why are you silent?

887
00:42:19,635 --> 00:42:20,834
Answer me.

888
00:42:22,354 --> 00:42:24,075
Answer me.

889
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:45,800
What more

890
00:42:46,955 --> 00:42:48,555
can I say?

891
00:42:49,274 --> 00:42:52,434
What can I say to you?

892
00:42:56,075 --> 00:42:58,959
You promised to marry me
as your principal wife,

893
00:42:59,595 --> 00:43:01,555
but instead, you married Gu Minglan.

894
00:43:02,675 --> 00:43:03,761
I don't know

895
00:43:03,786 --> 00:43:06,027
what makes me inferior to her.

896
00:43:06,754 --> 00:43:08,274
Is it because

897
00:43:08,299 --> 00:43:09,819
I'm an illegitimate daughter?

898
00:43:09,995 --> 00:43:11,314
Please tell me.

899
00:43:11,434 --> 00:43:14,115
I still can't understand even now.

900
00:43:15,274 --> 00:43:16,754
Is status

901
00:43:17,234 --> 00:43:18,475
the only reason

902
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,601
you were with me?

903
00:43:20,816 --> 00:43:22,470
I swallowed my pride
to become a concubine.

904
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:24,820
I wanted to drive Gu Minglan away,

905
00:43:25,874 --> 00:43:28,035
but then you married Lin Hairu.

906
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,280
She comes from a wealthy family.

907
00:43:30,307 --> 00:43:32,108
How could I ever compete with that?

908
00:43:35,874 --> 00:43:36,754
I deserve this.

909
00:43:39,635 --> 00:43:41,195
I have done the wrong things.

910
00:43:42,155 --> 00:43:44,834
As terribly wrong as I may have been,

911
00:43:46,155 --> 00:43:48,874
I still gave birth
to a pair of children for you.

912
00:43:49,076 --> 00:43:51,635
All I care about and think of

913
00:43:51,995 --> 00:43:53,354
is only you.

914
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,195
I have given my whole life
to my children,

915
00:43:56,220 --> 00:43:57,901
and I have no complaints.

916
00:43:57,965 --> 00:43:59,525
I only want my children

917
00:43:59,675 --> 00:44:01,396
to make the Luo Family proud.

918
00:44:01,421 --> 00:44:02,620
Do you understand?

919
00:44:03,057 --> 00:44:05,376
I have always wanted the best in life.

920
00:44:06,112 --> 00:44:07,752
I have made mistakes,

921
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:09,239
and I lost,

922
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,041
but my children must not lose.

923
00:44:12,995 --> 00:44:13,914
Luo Chengzhang,

924
00:44:13,950 --> 00:44:16,629
our children must not lose.

925
00:44:29,675 --> 00:44:30,995
You have done it all wrong.

926
00:44:33,195 --> 00:44:34,475
There's no turning back.

927
00:44:49,531 --> 00:44:55,411
♪It's complicated but I'm not afraid♪

928
00:44:56,434 --> 00:45:02,770
♪There's light in my heart♪

929
00:45:02,771 --> 00:45:06,411
♪Following the river of time♪

930
00:45:06,416 --> 00:45:09,930
♪I dive into the whirlpool♪

931
00:45:09,931 --> 00:45:11,611
♪For the sake of you and mine♪

932
00:45:11,611 --> 00:45:18,187
♪In search of an outcome♪

933
00:45:19,611 --> 00:45:23,011
♪I'm willing to risk my life♪

934
00:45:23,012 --> 00:45:26,490
♪To break the chain of nights♪

935
00:45:26,491 --> 00:45:29,891
♪I'm willing to fall into the abyss♪

936
00:45:29,891 --> 00:45:33,331
♪In order to reveal the fate♪

937
00:45:33,331 --> 00:45:36,731
♪Forget about the outcome♪

938
00:45:36,731 --> 00:45:40,211
♪Let me be your shoulder to lean on♪

939
00:45:40,211 --> 00:45:47,530
♪Even if things go south, so be it♪

940
00:45:47,531 --> 00:45:53,835
♪Love is a voyage with you by my side♪

941
00:45:54,331 --> 00:46:01,616
♪The dust eventually settles♪

942
00:46:05,091 --> 00:46:10,890
♪No matter how fragile and trivial I am♪

943
00:46:11,611 --> 00:46:18,211
♪I will dance and shine bright♪

944
00:46:18,211 --> 00:46:21,851
♪I overcome all kinds of doubt♪

945
00:46:21,851 --> 00:46:25,411
♪And obstacles♪

946
00:46:25,411 --> 00:46:27,131
♪For the sake of you and mine♪

947
00:46:27,131 --> 00:46:31,651
♪Committing to my promise♪

948
00:46:31,651 --> 00:46:35,051
♪I'm willing to risk my life♪

949
00:46:35,051 --> 00:46:38,531
♪May my existence shine on more♪

950
00:46:38,531 --> 00:46:41,931
♪Let go of everything♪

951
00:46:41,931 --> 00:46:45,371
♪Let the longing fade♪

952
00:46:45,371 --> 00:46:48,771
♪Forget about the outcome♪

953
00:46:48,771 --> 00:46:52,251
♪As long as it fulfills
the vastness of love♪

954
00:46:52,251 --> 00:46:58,765
♪Even if things go south, so be it♪

955
00:46:59,651 --> 00:47:06,651
♪Love is you being by my side♪