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=Royal Upstart 2= (Based on "Zhenguan Foolish Son-in-Law")

=Episode 2=

(Subduing Princess, Startling Aunt)

(Juxian Restaurant)

I wonder which run-down

(Xiu, Lin Luo's personal maid) restaurant the Young Master bought.

How are we supposed to find it?

That guy knows nothing about business.

Just look for the place with the worst business.

We'll surely find him.

No need to look at this one.

Let's split up.

Go.

How come it's been this long, and I'm still not up?

That's nothing.

I've been waiting for two hours.

(Could it be that all these people)

(are here to challenge Wei the Fool?)

Please don't push, everyone.

Take a number first.

One at a time.

The line starts back there, ma'am.

We're looking for someone.

Don't crowd! One by one!

(Since when did Great Yong have such a popular restaurant?)

How did this guy come up with this?

Minister Duan?

And you are...

It's me.

Didn't you come here

to challenge Wei Hao in arithmetic?

Why are you eating?

Also,

what is all of this about?

Your Highness,

after I lost to Wei Hao last time,

the more I thought about it, the angrier I got.

So I brought my colleagues to challenge him.

As a result,

we've been losing for three consecutive days.

Three...

Fortunately, he lets those of us who lost

eat hotpot for free.

He also gave us a so-called

three-day VIP membership.

It's amazing.

Once you start, you can't stop.

I come to eat every day.

Anything else

tastes like sawdust now.

I feel

like I've been set up.

You've already lost for three days?

I am ashamed.

Even my secret savings

are all gone.

Next.

Let me try one more time.

I don't believe I can't win it back.

It's you again?

Are you going to give me another child's problem?

This is a problem I spent all night thinking of.

You've already lost ten guan to me, you know?

You solved it just like that?

This...

You're now a VIP.

Go to a private room.

Private room?

Dear,

you're here.

You recognized me so easily?

Insolent.

Call me that again, and I'll...

Don't be angry.

Anger causes wrinkles.

It's not pretty.

(Why should I argue with a fool?)

Did you win all of this?

One guan per problem.

Those people you found are no good.

They're ill-tempered

and stubborn.

They keep coming back after losing.

I've made almost a thousand guan these past few days.

I'm exhausted.

A thousand guan?

So, how about it?

We had a deal.

If you can't beat me, you'll marry me.

If you say that again, I'll seal your mouth shut.

Have you eaten yet?

No.

Do you like hotpot?

Eat slowly.

You're a princess, after all.

Take your time.

From now on,

this private room will be reserved just for you.

Wei the Fool,

how dare you use me!

Don't think I don't know what you're up to.

You provoked the civil and military officials

to compete in arithmetic with you here

just to hype up Juxian Restaurant, right?

Since that's the case,

you must give me an explanation.

What explanation?

One thousand guan.

I'm buying half of your shares in Juxian Restaurant.

Why do you want my restaurant so badly?

Can't I just be short on money?

You're a princess. How could you be short on money?

You...

You're an unloved princess.

(This fool is indeed easy to deceive.)

My mother and I...

We

have been marginalized since I was a child.

We couldn't even scrape together enough money for my brother's wedding.

My mother's health is also poor.

What a miserable princess.

This

is the down payment.

Go and prepare the contract.

Wait.

What is this?

You're using this as a down payment?

What do you mean by "what is this"?

This is a precious gemstone brought as tribute from abroad.

Even the smallest one is worth 15 guan.

I don't blame you for not knowing their value.

Isn't this just glass?

Can you have some dignity?

You've been swindled by glass,

and you call them gemstones?

They're just picked up from a volcano.

They aren't worth much.

If you want them, I'll give you a few carts in a couple of days.

I won't waste any more words

on someone so ignorant.

I...

I'm ignorant?

You...

Wait.

Are you saying

that even the smallest piece of glass

is worth 15 guan?

Of course.

(If I just make some glass,)

(won't I make a fortune?)

How about this?

You give me one thousand guan,

and we'll partner up.

You provide the venue

and have the Ministry of Works build me some machines.

Stuff like this?

We can have as much as we want.

Who brags like you do?

If you don't want to sell your restaurant, just say so.

Why make up nonsense to deceive me?

I'm not so bored that I'd lie to you.

Believe it or not.

I'll earn

the money myself.

Fine.

One thousand guan it is.

But let's be clear.

If this stuff doesn't make money,

half the shares of Juxian Restaurant will belong to me.

Eat.

This restaurant's business is too good.

We've been waiting for over an hour.

Look, Young Madam.

Done?

It's on the house.

As I said before,

it's free as long as you come to eat.

It's our own family's restaurant.

You little rascal.

No, wait, Aunt.

I had to wait forever for a meal, didn't I?

Aunt, it hurts.

It hurts, let go.

It's falling off.

If it falls off, I won't be able to get a wife.

Wait...

How can you not know your own family's restaurant?

You insisted on waiting in line,

and yet you blame me?

Couldn't you just come straight in?

How...

How was I supposed to know this restaurant belongs to us?

You're the head of the house,

yet you don't even know

if this place is ours.

And you think you're in the right?

You even...

You even pulled my ear.

Young Madam,

you're here.

Go, go.

Clear out a private room upstairs for Young Madam.

Yes, sir.

Young Madam, please this way.

You've really made something of yourself.

You're quite capable now.

Please.

(How could a place this booming)

(be run by this fool?)

Mother,

these gemstones

are products of nature.

Can Wei the Fool really create them?

(Empress of the Great Yong Dynasty) Running a restaurant is actually hard.

Most aren't profitable.

Many who open restaurants in the capital

struggle to find their footing.

But not only did Wei Hao

open one,

but it's also very successful.

So, Mother, you mean...

If those gemstones he mentioned

can be manufactured,

we should give it a try.

The deficit in the imperial treasury

is estimated to reach 40,000 guan this year.

Great Yong was just established,

and the national treasury is empty.

Your father is also facing many difficulties.

Besides,

if your workshop doesn't succeed,

Wei Hao has to give you half the shares of Juxian Restaurant.

We won't suffer any loss.

(Wei Mansion)

Aunt,

why did you come in?

To scrub your back.

Hao,

based on Juxian Restaurant's current revenue,

can we return to the Wei ancestral home soon?

Is there no distinction between men and women?

I've bathed you since you were little.

Lean forward a bit.

I'll help you with the bath beans.

Lean forward?

Perhaps

we could even buy a new mansion.

That tickles, it tickles.

It tickles.

How about I do it myself?

You never wash properly on your own.

I always have to re-wash you anyway.

Am I really that silly?

(Poor Hao.)

(You don't even know how foolish you are.)

You can stand up now.

No...

I'll do the bottom part myself.

You

have grown up.

That scared me.

What's this?

A massage?

Lie down.

Well, I do like massages.

You've been exhausted lately, right?

Let me help you relax.

Ouch.

Ouch...

Why are you walking on my back?

Is it because I've gained weight lately?

Then, I'll use more strength.

This is quite comfortable.

(She might not be my biological aunt,)

(but she treats a fool like me with such genuine kindness.)

Does it feel good?

Yes, it does.

(Ganlu Palace)

Envoy, what is the meaning of this?

We request that Your Majesty,

the Emperor of the Great Yong, provide 60 million kg worth of grain.

Our empire does not have that much grain.

The Northwest suffered a drought this year.

(The Emperor of the Great Yong) Great Yong is also facing a grain shortage.

We don't have that much grain

to give to your Beicang.

(Beicang Envoy) However,

you could certainly

buy it from the common people.

If there is nothing else,

you may all withdraw.

The Court of Diplomatic Affairs will see to you.

Please wait, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty,

I am Duo Xiang,

a Hu merchant traveling between the grasslands and the West.

Entrusted by Beicang,

I am here to coordinate trade.

(Duo Xiang, Hu Merchant) While we lack the wealth of Great Yong,

we

have gemstones.

I ask Your Majesty

to allow us to use the money from these gemstones

to purchase grain.

Such beautiful gemstones.

This time,

we have brought two carts full of these gems.

Two carts of gemstones?

That many?

(Zhangsun Ying, Left Chancellor of the Great Yong) They must be worth a fortune.

(Cheng Sanfu, Duke of the Great Yong)

Look, it is indeed as said.

Isn't this just glass?

Can you have some dignity?

You're being fooled by glass.

"Gemstones", really?

Weren't these just picked up from a volcano?

They're dirt cheap.

If you want them,

I'll give you a few carts in a couple of days.

Your Majesty,

these gemstones are dazzling tokens

offered to all living beings

after Han'er Volcano spews lava.

They are a blessing from heaven.

In our grasslands,

each one is worth 15 guan.

Now, we are willing to sell them to Your Majesty

for only ten guan each.

We have a total of ten thousand such gems.

We wish to use the hundred thousand guan

to purchase grain in Great Yong.

We wonder what Your Majesty thinks?

(Ten guan)

(for such fine gemstones)

(is really not expensive.)

(If what Wei the Fool says is true,)

(the Great Yong)

(will be giving up hundreds of thousands of kg of grain)

(in exchange for these cheap stones.)

(No.)

What gemstones?

They are nothing but cheap goods.

You

must be the Princess.

As expected of the Eldest Princess of Great Yong.

Your beauty is as delicate and fragile as the Central Plains peony.

A peony may be delicate, but it has character.

Unlike some common items

that are insistently claimed to be rare treasures.

Your Highness,

please do not insult our precious and noble gemstones.

Ning'an,

what do you mean by that?

Father, please see clearly.

In our vast and resource-rich Great Yong,

these things can be found anywhere.

I can produce these items

as many as I want.

Then, we shall

wait for the Your Highness's gemstones.

♪Everyone says I'm a big silly fool♪

♪When things happen, I only know how to count on my fingers♪

♪They shake their heads and say I'm pitiful♪

♪Sigh and walk away♪

♪Little do they know, I am sharp and bright♪

♪With a heart like a mirror, I understand the world's♪

♪Colors and darkness♪

♪But I keep my edge hidden♪

♪The day I become famous is just around the corner♪

♪In the hotpot restaurant, skewers boil in the broth♪

♪People come and go, with few worries or troubles♪

♪The clacking of the abacus rings out♪

♪See me differently. Who dares to challenge me?♪

♪The world mistakes me♪

♪For an ignorant and stubborn fool♪

♪As the storm approaches♪

♪I just shrug and watch with a smile♪

♪This foolish image is convenient♪

♪I use it as a protective shield♪

♪Navigating with ease, I attract♪

♪A lucky star to accompany me♪

♪In a peaceful golden age♪

♪I hold my lady's hand to watch the world♪

♪Pouring youth and fireworks♪

♪Into a precious glazed cup♪

♪Having experienced life's changes♪

♪And tasted its highs and lows♪

♪My wish has finally come true♪

♪To stay by your side♪

♪In this fleeting world♪

♪We are free and happy♪

♪From a nobody♪

♪To someone now famous♪

♪Ordinary people laugh at me♪

♪But I laugh at how they cannot see through it all♪

♪Let others plot and scheme♪

♪I will keep my heart unchanged♪

♪In this vast world♪

♪I find my own leisurely freedom♪

♪The world is bustling, and things constantly change♪

♪Everything ends eventually♪

♪All that remains before my eyes♪

♪Is this street wandering, still tinged with pity♪

♪No matter how time flies♪

♪Even if the falling snow♪

♪Dyes the hair at our temples white♪

♪All I want now♪

♪Is to pray for my lady's peace and safety♪

♪Year after year♪