1 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,120 (Royal Betrothal) 2 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,120 (This is a work of fiction) 3 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:29,976 (Adapted from Qidian's "Long Live Your Majesty" by Xing Yan Yan) 4 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,840 (Episode 2) 5 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,159 (Bofeng House) 6 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,959 Everyone! Today, Bofeng House is especially features... 7 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:46,279 Ms. Situ's favorite, 8 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,840 Spring Flower and Autumn Moon pastry, 9 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,639 made with different fruits... 10 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:50,919 harvested across the four seasons. 11 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,159 For only ten taels, 12 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,999 you can also taste Ms. Situ's specially-prepared drinks. 13 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,416 They're all here for you to choose from. 14 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:02,640 - I want some! - I want it! I want two! 15 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,400 I was wondering why there was such a strong sheep stench here. 16 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,080 Isn't this the girl I kicked out of the Women's School, Ms. Wen? 17 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,160 You're a stinking shepherd. 18 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,960 How did you end up doing chores here? 19 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:24,240 I wonder if Yan Fu Zhi... 20 00:02:24,241 --> 00:02:25,439 is running a restaurant... 21 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:26,599 or a charity house. 22 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,240 Exactly. This place will be ruined sooner or later. 23 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,360 Grab her. 24 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,200 Let me go. What are you doing? 25 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,400 What do you want? 26 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,040 Let me go! Let go! 27 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,560 In the entire Women's School, 28 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,160 only Yan Fu Zhi and Meng Ting Hui dare to disobey me. 29 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,320 Now that you're working for Yan Fu Zhi, 30 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:47,800 doesn't that mean you're deliberately antagonizing me? 31 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:48,840 Mei Er... 32 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,720 I'm just here to work. 33 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,120 Please. 34 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,120 How can you call my name? 35 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,960 This sheep stench is giving me a headache. 36 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,200 We should give her a wash. 37 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,240 Let go of me! 38 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:09,760 Let me go! 39 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,520 Aren't you under Yan Fu Zhi's protection? 40 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:16,560 Let's see... 41 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,160 if she'll come to help you. 42 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:19,800 Don't! 43 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,240 No, please! 44 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Stop! 45 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:32,480 Please! 46 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:34,920 (Bofeng House) 47 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,600 Let's go. 48 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,520 What exactly did Wen Xiaomei do to you... 49 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,520 that you're being so ruthless to her? 50 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:49,840 You're finally here. 51 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,120 I heard you hired someone named Situ Xue, 52 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:53,920 who's very popular here. 53 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,240 Tell her to come out. 54 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,360 I don't believe there's anyone in Shazhou... 55 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,520 who could be prettier than me. 56 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:00,640 Get out! 57 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,080 Trash Bofeng House! 58 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,200 Song! 59 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:09,856 If you dare to touch anything, 60 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,039 your family's silk business... 61 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:12,600 can forget about working with the Yans. 62 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,040 Mei Er, Wen Xiaomei has no power, 63 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:16,656 - but the Yans are very wealthy. - Stop! 64 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,240 In Shazhou, they are people of status. 65 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:20,399 My uncle is Shazhou's Governor. 66 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:21,840 He's backed by the Left Chancellor. 67 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:23,896 If you don't even have the guts to do this, 68 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:25,199 then get back to your silk shop. 69 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,800 Don't embarrass yourself in front of me. 70 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,880 - Get lost! - Stop! Let go of her! 71 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:31,440 Trash the place! 72 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,240 Smash it all to pieces! 73 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,520 Stop! 74 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,120 - My face. - Let go of me! 75 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:46,760 Blood... 76 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:48,200 My face. 77 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Let go of me! 78 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:52,560 You dare to hit me? 79 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,280 You must have a death wish. 80 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,040 Where is that best friend of yours? 81 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,720 Why isn't she here to save you? 82 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,640 If I don't see Situ Xue today, 83 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,440 I'll turn Bofeng House into a pile of rubble. 84 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:05,720 Stop! 85 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:07,480 Didn't you want to see me? 86 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,640 Let her go. 87 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:14,240 Miss. 88 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:38,640 When did you get back? 89 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,919 This is none of your concern. 90 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,960 I'm going to do something I've always wanted to do. 91 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:19,920 Meng Ting Hui. 92 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:21,320 It's actually you. 93 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:23,719 You're just a lowly orphan girl. 94 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,639 How dare you pretend to be the capital's top dancer? 95 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:26,640 Jiang Mei Er. 96 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:27,960 I'll give you a chance. 97 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:29,840 Kowtow and apologize. 98 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,400 Pay double the compensation. 99 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:32,720 Otherwise, 100 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:39,880 we'll all die together today. 101 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,200 As if you're worthy. 102 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,296 Meng Meng, you still have to take the exams. 103 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,776 It's not worth risking your life to deal with them. 104 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:02,800 To deal with a lunatic, 105 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,760 you must use a lunatic's methods. 106 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:06,440 My life is worthless. 107 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,799 Taking power-abusing scions of officials like you... 108 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:10,800 to the grave with me... 109 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,040 is totally worth it. 110 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:14,600 Jiang Mei Er. 111 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,320 Didn't you want to turn Bofeng House into a pile of rubble? 112 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:18,720 I'll help you. 113 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,520 I'll burn us all to death. 114 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:28,399 Meng Ting Hui, you lunatic! 115 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:29,680 Now, you're scared? 116 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,480 Weren't you having a lot of fun bullying people? 117 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,320 Meng Ting Hui, you've gone too far! 118 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,040 Young Master Song. 119 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:39,800 You want to die with them? 120 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:41,720 I'll grant your wish. 121 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,559 Mei Er, since childhood, she's been a vicious and cruel con artist. 122 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,056 We don't need to risk our lives to deal with her. 123 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:48,240 You useless piece of trash! 124 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,080 I'm running out of patience. 125 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,440 If you don't kowtow and pay up, 126 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:56,160 let's all die together. 127 00:07:58,800 --> 00:07:59,976 Meng... Meng Ting Hui, I was wrong! 128 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,479 - I'll pay! - You... 129 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,200 Fu Zhi, collect the money. 130 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,120 Young Master Song. 131 00:08:07,121 --> 00:08:08,279 Tell me, am I prettier, 132 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:09,400 or is Jiang Mei Er prettier? 133 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:11,000 You are. You're the prettiest. 134 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:12,480 And what about Jiang Mei Er? 135 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,159 Jiang Mei Er is ugly. 136 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,200 A toad, a dung beetle, a slobbering mess. 137 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,200 You... You useless piece of trash! 138 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,879 Meng Ting Hui, Yan Fu Zhi, 139 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,519 I... I was wrong. 140 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,880 She... She forced me do do this. 141 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,160 She also scalded me with boiling water before. 142 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,200 You useless pieces of trash! 143 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:37,280 Meng Ting Hui. 144 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:38,720 I'll kill you! 145 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,120 I was wrong. 146 00:08:52,121 --> 00:08:54,080 Meng Ting Hui, I was wrong. 147 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:56,480 I'll pay too. 148 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,000 - Take off all your jewelry. - All right. 149 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,400 Here. Help me take them off! 150 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:18,280 Is this enough? 151 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:21,920 Kowtow and admit your fault! 152 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,080 Get out of the way. 153 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,559 That kowtow was too light. 154 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:33,560 I didn't hear it! 155 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,280 I've done everything you asked. 156 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,920 Can you let us go now? 157 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:07,599 Why do they look like a mess? 158 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,680 What a pathetic sight. 159 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:10,240 What are you looking at? 160 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:11,440 There's nothing to see! 161 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,040 Walk in front! Get going! 162 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:16,920 Out of the way! 163 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,160 (Bofeng House) 164 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:28,840 One hundred and twenty. 165 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:30,760 Forty. 166 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,400 Twenty. 167 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:37,840 Ten. 168 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:39,720 Ten. 169 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:42,920 Meng Meng. 170 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,240 It's over three hundred taels. 171 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,680 Besides Wen Xiaomei's treatment, 172 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,096 it's enough to give Bofeng House a complete renovation. 173 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,120 I wonder how much... 174 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,376 these parasites have extorted from hard-working people. 175 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:53,720 It's only fair to take some back. 176 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,680 Think of it as robbing the rich to help the poor. 177 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,720 Take this money tonight and bring it to Wen Xiaomei. 178 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:00,920 Don't delay her treatment. 179 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,160 All right. 180 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:04,600 But Meng Meng, 181 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:05,920 you scared me to death earlier. 182 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,120 What if... 183 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:10,920 It was a trick. 184 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:12,359 This special phosphorus powder... 185 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:13,479 was originally prepared... 186 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:14,560 for Situ Xue's performance. 187 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,320 It just happened to come in handy. 188 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,040 Meng Meng, 189 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:20,840 I'm sorry. 190 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,400 I dragged you into this. 191 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,960 Shazhou is a dog-eat-dog place. 192 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,280 The Special Imperial Exam is the only way out of here. 193 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:28,360 Besides, 194 00:11:28,361 --> 00:11:30,200 Jiang Mei Er won't let this go. 195 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:32,800 Trashing Bofeng House is not a big deal. 196 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,759 If it affects your Provincial Examination... 197 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,080 I study to become an official... 198 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:39,760 because I want to protect the people I care about. 199 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:41,560 Ten years ago, 200 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,960 I couldn't protect Xiang. 201 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:47,680 If I couldn't protect you today, 202 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:49,320 then I don't want... 203 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:50,920 to become an official. 204 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,040 Meng Meng, if only you were a boy, 205 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,600 I would definitely marry you. 206 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:07,160 Fu Zhi, 207 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:08,600 take it easy. 208 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,679 I can't breathe. 209 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:12,799 No, I won't let go. 210 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,800 I'll never let go for the rest of my life. 211 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:16,840 My Meng Meng... 212 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,280 will surely soar to great heights. 213 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,560 Then we'll go to the capital together. 214 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,080 Let's go to the capital together. 215 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,480 Fu Zhi. 216 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:33,799 I almost forgot with all that commotion Jiang Mei Er caused. 217 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,840 I especially made your favorite apricot peel cakes. 218 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,440 These apricot peel cakes were Xiang's favorite. 219 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,320 In a few days, 220 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,560 it will be Xiang's death anniversary. 221 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,440 That day, 222 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:00,320 I'll go with you. 223 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,960 Close the doors and windows. 224 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,480 Keep out the thieves. 225 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,120 (Watchman) 226 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:32,760 Close the doors and windows. 227 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:36,360 Keep out the thieves. 228 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,600 Let go! Let go of me! 229 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:48,400 Let go of me! 230 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,640 Let go of me! 231 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:53,560 Let go of me! Let go! 232 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Let go! 233 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,160 Let go of me! Let go! 234 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,000 Let go of me! 235 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,720 Xiang! 236 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:41,600 We meet again, 237 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:42,920 Ms. Meng. 238 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,120 You're a con artist who'd kill for money indeed. 239 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,520 I only did it to protect myself. 240 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,480 You're far too petty, Young Master. 241 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,160 To deal with a weak woman like me, 242 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,520 you mobilized so many people. 243 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,079 Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed? 244 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,360 A weak woman? 245 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,320 Young Master. 246 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:08,520 You've seen her now. 247 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:10,159 The Left Chancellor orders you... 248 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:11,480 to return to the capital tonight. 249 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:13,600 Wait for me outside. 250 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,120 - Young Master, it's getting late. - Get out! 251 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:31,440 Keep a close eye on him. 252 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:33,840 We must bring him back to the capital tonight. 253 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:34,960 - Yes! - Yes! 254 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,880 I'm petty? 255 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,479 If Huo An doesn't work for me, 256 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:43,880 I would have been dead by now. 257 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,599 You betray people, and you're full of schemes. 258 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:47,840 Even if you become an official, 259 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,560 you'll likely be a treacherous one. 260 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,480 Since you're so powerful, 261 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:57,896 instead of taking down Black Tiger Hall and Ding Chong, 262 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:59,840 you keep making things hard for a woman like me. 263 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,440 That's not much of an achievement. 264 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,160 Those who dare to deceive me... 265 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,000 can only die. 266 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,520 Why do I always run into a jinx like you? 267 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 - Just leave already! - Go! 268 00:16:17,001 --> 00:16:18,280 Can't you use the door outside? 269 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:19,919 You broke my windows and doors. 270 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,240 How am I supposed to do business? 271 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,919 Fine. Once you leave, don't come back! 272 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,160 Don't let me see you again! 273 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,320 You shameless man! 274 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:27,600 You jinx! 275 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,280 Don't come back! You're shameless! 276 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:30,480 After him! 277 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,240 Ms. Meng, you're quite the expert at scolding people. 278 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:51,440 Did you enjoy yourself? 279 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:54,760 To help you escape, 280 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:56,440 I had to sound sincere... 281 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:57,480 to make it look real. 282 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,440 Now, we're even. 283 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,840 Can we ever truly be even? 284 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:09,520 I'm thirsty. Serve some tea. 285 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,000 You're being chased, yet you're still putting on airs. 286 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:22,960 Ding Chong oppresses the people... 287 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:24,320 and commits all sorts of evil. 288 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,040 Why not go to the capital to file a complaint with the Emperor? 289 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,320 That's easy for you to say. 290 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,720 In Shazhou, without Ding Chong's travel permit, 291 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,280 I'm afraid even a fly can't fly out of here. 292 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,176 Those who sneaked off to the capital... 293 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,640 were intercepted and killed halfway. 294 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,136 It's a pity His Majesty sits high in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, 295 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:47,680 hearing songs of praise every day, 296 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,160 but never hearing the suffering of the people. 297 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,320 The Left Chancellor holds all the power in the Imperial Court. 298 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,000 Everything His Majesty sees and hears are filtered. 299 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:02,456 It's not that His Majesty is unaware of the people's suffering. 300 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,240 Someone is intentionally hiding it from him. 301 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:05,440 His Majesty's hands... 302 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,040 are also tied. 303 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:12,176 The two chancellors' pupils are intricately intertwined, 304 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,576 preaching the rigid codes of ritual propriety and moral duty. 305 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,920 I'm sure they look down on women entering the officialdom. 306 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:18,040 But His Majesty... 307 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:19,840 insists on using women as a blade... 308 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,080 to break this old, corrupt system. 309 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:23,360 In the future, 310 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,256 we must recruit more people from humble backgrounds... 311 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:26,400 and implement new reforms. 312 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,160 If you pass the Imperial Examination, 313 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,359 would you dare to criticize... 314 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,296 the Left Chancellor's pedantic ways in the Imperial Court? 315 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,480 I'll do more than that. 316 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,600 Darkness exists... 317 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,496 because there are people holding umbrellas in the Imperial Court. 318 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:40,640 One day, 319 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,840 when I enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony, 320 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,040 I will burn those umbrellas myself. 321 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,400 You haven't even become an official yet, 322 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,600 yet you dare to criticize the Imperial Court. 323 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:53,336 Good luck with the Provincial Examination. 324 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:54,360 Until we meet again. 325 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,520 I hope we never meet again. 326 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:07,920 He's actually a capital official. 327 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:47,680 (Imperial Ancestral Hall) 328 00:19:47,681 --> 00:19:50,680 Your Majesty has been in seclusion for five days. 329 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,960 You only have one vegetarian meal a day. 330 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:54,920 I am truly... 331 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,560 worried about your health. 332 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,239 You must eat properly. 333 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,400 The Left Chancellor has arrived. 334 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:11,040 Left Chancellor. 335 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:16,800 Left Chancellor. 336 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,120 You can't do this. 337 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:19,639 Without the Emperor's decree, 338 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,560 no one can enter Imperial Ancestral Hall. 339 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,800 - You... - Left Chancellor. 340 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,840 Please don't make things difficult for me. 341 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:32,240 Move aside! 342 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:43,840 Close the door. 343 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:51,840 (Virtue emits a fragrant aroma) 344 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:03,920 Left Chancellor. 345 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,000 It's so late. 346 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:08,560 Why aren't you resting yet? 347 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,159 Did you come all this way... 348 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,440 to bring me a drumstick? 349 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 I'm about... 350 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,320 to starve to death here. 351 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,240 How ridiculous! 352 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,240 His Majesty's having too much fun in Shazhou. 353 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,520 Set off for Shazhou immediately. 354 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,039 Bring His Majesty back within five days. 355 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,040 Left Chancellor. 356 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,920 Just the journey to Shazhou... 357 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,720 would take more than five days. 358 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,200 Take my command token... 359 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:36,280 and travel day and night. 360 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:37,880 All the post stations along the way... 361 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,400 will have swift horses ready for you. 362 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Five days? 363 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:42,720 I... 364 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,760 You impersonated His Majesty. 365 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,040 Your crime is unforgivable. 366 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,919 You should be executed immediately! 367 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:53,920 Five days. 368 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:55,440 Give me five days. 369 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,759 (Shazhou) 370 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,560 Your Majesty, I am late. 371 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:06,560 What is the military situation? 372 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,496 There are currently ten camps stationed in Shazhou. 373 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:10,719 But the barracks are in ruins, 374 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:11,800 with no one to repair them. 375 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,800 Countless weapons and shields are left to rust in the army. 376 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,736 The funds allocated by the Imperial Court... 377 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,800 have never been used for military equipment at all. 378 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,920 Using its status as a military stronghold, 379 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,239 Shazhou makes huge demands every year... 380 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,120 for military provisions and pay. 381 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,880 Xu Ting indulges them in every way, 382 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,280 giving them whatever they ask for. 383 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:34,840 Yet even now, the troops and horses remain weak. 384 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,280 When one man in the Imperial Court is corrupt, 385 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,800 a part of Great Ning rots. 386 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,360 Your Majesty. 387 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,040 Excluding the return journey, we have two days left. 388 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:45,400 What should we do next? 389 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,536 Ding Chong and the Ministry of War are in cahoots. 390 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,120 They're all Xu Ting's cronies. 391 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,120 I want to see just how much dirty business... 392 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,759 is buried under the sands of Shazhou. 393 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,760 (Shazhou) 394 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,760 (Bofeng House) 395 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,440 - All right. - Here you go, miss. 396 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,440 - Thank you. - Enjoy your meal. 397 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:12,600 All right. 398 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,800 Private Room One upstairs. 399 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,200 Gentlemen, here is your wine. 400 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,120 - Enjoy. - All right. 401 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:21,520 Here, cheers. 402 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:22,640 Meng Meng. 403 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,959 Meng Meng, look how bustling it is. 404 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,919 I thought that after Jiang Mei Er made a big commotion, 405 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:28,039 it would be quiet for a while. 406 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,120 I never expected that business would be even better. 407 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:31,679 Now, your stepmother... 408 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,439 won't dare to egg your father on to force you into marriage, right? 409 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,440 Of course. 410 00:23:34,441 --> 00:23:36,079 I want them to look clearly. 411 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,879 Who says women can only serve their husbands and raise children? 412 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,920 We can do business and thrive just as well. 413 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,200 Why should we rely on others? 414 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:42,720 Well said, Ms. Yan. 415 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,159 Seeing Bofeng House's business doing so well, 416 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:46,160 I can rest easy. 417 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:47,959 I must head back to the school... 418 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:48,999 to study for the Provincial Examination. 419 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,799 Right. Meng Meng, focus on your studies. 420 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:52,119 Let's go to the capital together. 421 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:53,599 You'll top the Imperial Examination, 422 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,519 and I'll open branch stores. Both of us will go there. 423 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:56,520 Definitely. 424 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,080 I'll walk you out. 425 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,919 Officers, are you here to dine at Bofeng House? 426 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,880 We have private rooms upstairs. This way, please. 427 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,640 We're here by the order of Governor Ding. 428 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,320 Bofeng House serves unsanitary food, 429 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:13,616 and the building is dilapidated. 430 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,240 It is to be shut down starting today. 431 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,839 Nonsense! Bofeng House was recently renovated. 432 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,519 And I personally oversee the food quality. 433 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,520 How insolent! 434 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,560 The government office received many reports. 435 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,000 Your sophistry won't be tolerated. 436 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:25,880 Everyone not related to this, get out! 437 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:29,640 Fu Zhi. 438 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:31,920 They're doing this on purpose because of Jiang Mei Er. 439 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,559 We can't fight an official's order. 440 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,040 Who's in charge here? 441 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:36,456 You still have to take the exams. 442 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:37,480 I am. 443 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:38,920 I'm looking for Meng Ting Hui. 444 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,400 I am Meng Ting Hui. 445 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,800 You impersonated Situ Xue to defraud people... 446 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:44,240 and illegally collect money. 447 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:45,440 By order of Governor Ding, 448 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:46,679 we're taking you to Shazhou Prison. 449 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,479 This warrant says you're sealing the place, not arresting people. 450 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,360 The people of Shazhou are all watching outside. 451 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:52,560 You talk so much nonsense. 452 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:56,679 If you want to arrest anyone, take me. 453 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:57,799 Bofeng House is mine. 454 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:58,800 It has nothing to do with Meng Meng. 455 00:24:58,801 --> 00:25:00,399 She's taking the Imperial Examination in a few days. 456 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,560 She's no longer eligible for the Imperial Examination. 457 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:03,680 Take her away! 458 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,320 Meng Meng! 459 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:08,320 Meng Meng! 460 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,960 - Meng Meng! - Why is she being arrested? 461 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,320 - Can we still dine at Bofeng House? - Meng Meng! 462 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:21,480 This way, please. 463 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:27,120 That bastard Ding Chong. 464 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,256 Shazhou is ridden with drought. Water is like gold. 465 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:31,376 The people would sell their children for a mouthful of water. 466 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,480 Yet he wastes it like this. 467 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,320 Young Masters, 468 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:35,480 what are you chatting about? 469 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:38,320 We were saying... 470 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,400 that the Phoebe zhennan wood here... 471 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,600 is likely hard to find even in the Imperial Palace. 472 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:43,960 The Governor says... 473 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:45,736 if something's good enough for His Majesty, 474 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:47,040 we should have even better ones. 475 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,280 This way, please. 476 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,000 Young Master, 477 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:54,520 I'll go and kill him right now. 478 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,880 Great! 479 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:13,600 You danced the best today. 480 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,080 I am pleased. 481 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:16,519 Rewards for everyone! 482 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,040 (A capable official in times of peace) 483 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,520 Young Master He from Beijian has arrived. 484 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:29,160 I'm He Du. 485 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,480 I run the largest business in Beijian. 486 00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:33,496 I've just arrived in Shazhou for business. 487 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,200 I heard there's nothing you can do, 488 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,440 so I came specifically for a visit. 489 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:48,760 You don't look the part. 490 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,479 You came to Shazhou, 491 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,640 a godforsaken place plagued by years of drought. 492 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,760 What exactly is your business here? 493 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,280 Whether there is a drought or not... 494 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,400 depends on the Dragon King's mood. 495 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:11,880 In Shazhou, 496 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,160 aren't you the Dragon King who commands the elements? 497 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,680 You are indeed generous. 498 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:22,080 Tell me. 499 00:28:22,081 --> 00:28:23,361 What kind of business do you do? 500 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:24,760 The business I deal in... 501 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,720 is what ordinary people dare not touch. 502 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:28,720 To be honest, Governor Ding, 503 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,000 I take the paths the Imperial Court forbids. 504 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,880 I like doing business with those who have such audacity. 505 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:38,760 However, 506 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:39,960 Shazhou... 507 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:41,919 has its own rules. 508 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,000 The "rules" are here. 509 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:57,400 Young Master He, 510 00:28:57,401 --> 00:28:59,120 you are a man who knows how things work. 511 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,000 Then I wonder... 512 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,120 if my business in Jiuyou City... 513 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:04,280 will be secure? 514 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:08,839 In this territory of Shazhou, 515 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,680 even if the King of Hell wants a soul, 516 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,360 he must ask me first. 517 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:16,120 Look. 518 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,640 It's bestowed by the Left Chancellor himself: 519 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,280 "A capable official in times of peace." 520 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,879 Nowadays, even His Majesty... 521 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:30,280 must listen to the Left Chancellor. 522 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:31,880 With his backing, 523 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,240 in Shazhou, 524 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,160 I am the law. 525 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,880 So you are the Left Chancellor's favorite. 526 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,240 Then why stay in Shazhou? 527 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,760 With the Left Chancellor's power, 528 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,479 recommending you for a post in the Imperial Court... 529 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,040 would be easy. 530 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,320 You mean a promotion? 531 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,880 Those are all empty vanities. 532 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,400 How could it be... 533 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,000 as carefree and happy here? 534 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:58,320 In the capital, 535 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,320 I would have to kowtow to His Majesty. 536 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:01,400 In Shazhou, 537 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:05,160 everyone must kowtow to me. 538 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,920 Governor Ding, you live such a carefree life. 539 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,160 It's truly enlightening. 540 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,240 Regarding my business... 541 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,680 Uncle! 542 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,360 Uncle! 543 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,159 - Uncle! - My brother. 544 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:21,639 Uncle, have you arrested... 545 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:22,960 that lunatic, Meng Ting Hui, yet? 546 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,760 Can't you see I have a guest? 547 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,479 You're from prestigious families, 548 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:28,920 yet you can't handle an orphan girl? 549 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,160 - How embarrassing! - My brother. 550 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,760 All of Shazhou belongs to the Dings. 551 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,320 How can we let Mei Er be bullied by an orphan girl? 552 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,559 - I can't swallow this insult. - I can't endure this, Uncle. 553 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:39,680 All right... 554 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,120 I've already sent men to arrest her. 555 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:44,760 Crushing an orphan girl... 556 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,320 is easier than squashing an ant. 557 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:48,279 You should thank your uncle. 558 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,360 Thank you, Uncle... 559 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,440 I just got a new treasure. 560 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,240 - Take it. - Thank you, Uncle. 561 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,280 I'll get going. 562 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,800 - All right. - Thank you, my brother. 563 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,080 Go... 564 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:03,520 I've spoiled... 565 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:04,680 my niece rotten. 566 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:05,680 Assistant Governor Wang, 567 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,200 take Young Master He to get the travel permit for Jiuyou City. 568 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:10,440 Yes. 569 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,320 Thank you, Governor Ding. 570 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,120 Young Master, please follow me. 571 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,040 Hold on. 572 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:25,680 Young Master He. 573 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:26,840 Don't forget, 574 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,840 you must pay this much every month. 575 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:31,440 If you're short by even a penny, 576 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,600 the wild dogs in Shazhou are very hungry. 577 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,520 (Shazhou Government Office) 578 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,240 That corrupt official Ding Chong... 579 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:48,320 isn't just insatiably greedy. 580 00:31:48,321 --> 00:31:49,761 He even treats human life like dirt. 581 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,600 Young Master, do you know that female prisoner? 582 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,200 We must make the arrests tomorrow. 583 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:12,800 Yes. 584 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,200 This is the deed to a manor under my name. 585 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,240 Pawn it, then use the money to bail out Meng Meng. 586 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:22,760 Here, take this too. 587 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,400 Miss, this is the last of the dowry your mother left you. 588 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,056 Meng Meng is in trouble because of me. 589 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,159 I can't just sit by and do nothing. 590 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,239 If my mother were still alive, 591 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:30,959 I'm sure she would agree with my decision. 592 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,360 Doesn't Ding Chong just want money? 593 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,240 I'll give it to him. 594 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,240 Slowly. 595 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,480 - Go. - Yes. 596 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,520 - How dare you! - Madam. 597 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,040 How dare you touch the Yan family's property? 598 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,640 This is the dowry my mother left me. 599 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:46,720 It has nothing to do with you. 600 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:47,720 Yan Fu Zhi. 601 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:49,840 In the Yan household, 602 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,800 is there anything your father didn't work hard to earn? 603 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,000 Look at you, 604 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,760 helping an outsider against your own. 605 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:57,400 How dare you! 606 00:32:57,401 --> 00:32:59,959 I'll beat you... I'll beat you to death! 607 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:02,000 Stop bullying my mother! 608 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,840 Mother... 609 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,680 Song Er, be good. Song Er, don't cry. 610 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,040 I'll have your father buy you a new one tomorrow. 611 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:15,760 - Take him to see Master Yan. - Yes. 612 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:19,440 You've offended Ding Chong, 613 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,136 and the restaurant was sealed off. 614 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,519 Do you know how much silver your father must give Ding Chong... 615 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:24,719 to salvage their relationship? 616 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,200 - Let's go. - Stop her! 617 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:28,640 Get out of the way. 618 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,480 - Move! - Let go of Ms. Fu Zhi! 619 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:34,559 Think about it. 620 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,760 Would your father risk offending Governor Ding... 621 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,000 just for the sake of Meng Ting Hui? 622 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,240 He has already arranged a good marriage for you. 623 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,160 Behave yourself and prepare to get married. 624 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:47,559 - Let me go. - I don't know what kind of spell... 625 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,080 that unwanted orphan girl cast on you. 626 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:51,640 At such a young age, 627 00:33:51,641 --> 00:33:53,200 she dared to hit Song'er. 628 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,119 She almost killed your brother! 629 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,240 I don't have a brother! 630 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,600 Less than seven days after my mother's death, 631 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,440 you already moved into our house. 632 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000 It was Meng Meng... 633 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,520 who accompanied me through those difficult days. 634 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,880 I must save Meng Meng. 635 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,760 I must let her take the Special Imperial Examination. 636 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,840 - Let me go! - Meng Ting Hui offended Ding Chong. 637 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,040 She will never make it out of that prison alive. 638 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:19,880 Give up on that idea. 639 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:24,680 Wait. 640 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,200 Don't you just want to marry me off, 641 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,280 so you can have the Yan household to yourself? 642 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,640 As long as you save Meng Meng, 643 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:39,560 I, Yan Fu Zhi, 644 00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:41,520 will put on the wedding dress... 645 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:44,640 and never mention doing business again. 646 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,440 Now, you know how to yield? 647 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,760 Too late! Let's go. 648 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:52,920 Miss! 649 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:53,960 Miss! 650 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:58,720 Let me out! 651 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,199 Let me out. Meng Meng's Provincial Examination is coming up. 652 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,920 She can't stay in prison! 653 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,200 She can't be in prison! 654 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,439 Bet big, and it's one, two, three. 655 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,240 Bet small, and it's three sixes. 656 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,480 - Creepy. This is so creepy. - Creepy. This is so creepy. 657 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,160 - Drink! - Here. 658 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,160 Bottoms up! 659 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,160 Young man. 660 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:49,600 Let's switch places. 661 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:51,119 You have good feng shui there. 662 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:52,120 Wait. 663 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:04,440 Come here. 664 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,799 The higher-ups said no food or water for him. 665 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:10,840 But now, 666 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,160 you're making offerings to her. 667 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:13,560 Let's stop playing. 668 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,680 No one leaves. Let's keep playing. 669 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:23,119 I heard that in those cells, 670 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:24,840 prisoners often die accidentally. 671 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,400 Now that Meng Ting Hui has fallen into my hands, 672 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:28,840 she must be suffering a lot. 673 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:35,360 Move faster. Stop dawdling. 674 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:36,760 Who else would I slap but you? 675 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,000 - Here. - Here. 676 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:45,080 Young man, 677 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:46,560 when it comes to gambling, 678 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,520 in all of Shazhou, 679 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,200 you're top-tier. 680 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,040 - Top-tier. Amazing... - Impressive... 681 00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:58,960 If you learn from me... 682 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,480 for two days, 683 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,560 your skills will improve drastically. 684 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,800 Meng Ting Hui? 685 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:22,120 Meng Ting Hui. 686 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,000 Let's see how you can be arrogant now. 687 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,760 Don't expect anyone to save you. 688 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,440 Yan Fu Zhi can't even save herself right now. 689 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,640 Bofeng House has been sealed off. 690 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:35,839 She's currently grounded, waiting to be married off. 691 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,279 Even the wedding dress is ready. 692 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,640 News of this marriage has spread all throughout Shazhou. 693 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,120 Do you really want to get out and save your dear friend? 694 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:44,560 What a pity. 695 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,000 You won't get the chance. 696 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,160 I'll keep you trapped here forever, 697 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,400 wishing you were dead. 698 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,120 Come, take a look. 699 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:00,480 After all that fighting, 700 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,079 didn't your handwritten resume end up in my hands anyway? 701 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,600 Give my handwritten resume back to me! 702 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:07,960 Do you want to be an official that badly? 703 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:09,880 I suppose it makes sense. 704 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,239 With your lowly background, besides the Imperial Examination, 705 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:15,000 it seems like you have no other way out. 706 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,200 But it's different for me. 707 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,120 The backer behind my uncle... 708 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,519 is the Left Chancellor, 709 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,880 who is above everyone except for one person. 710 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,080 Above any backer... 711 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:26,960 is the law. 712 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,920 If the Imperial Court learns of your crimes, 713 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,320 they'll surely uproot you... 714 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:35,360 along with your backer. 715 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,440 (Handwritten Resume by Meng Ting Hui) 716 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:40,920 Stop! 717 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:42,600 Stop! 718 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:45,000 Stop! 719 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:49,160 Meng Ting Hui, 720 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:50,759 I easily destroyed... 721 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:52,840 what you cherish like a treasure. 722 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:54,360 Your handwritten resume is destroyed. 723 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,760 In this lifetime, don't even dream of entering the Examination Hall. 724 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,440 Mark my words. 725 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,960 As long as my uncle is around, 726 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,440 you and Yan Fu Zhi... 727 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,640 will never have a chance to turn the tables. 728 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:16,160 Meng Ting Hui, you... 729 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:17,400 Xia, quick! 730 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:18,600 Release the venomous snake! 731 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,080 Xia! 732 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,320 Meng Ting Hui, just wait! 733 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,000 I'll come and torture you every day! 734 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:34,840 I'll make your life worse than death! 735 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:17,360 Remember, a top-tier pickpocket must be fast. 736 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,280 Not even a red mark should be left! 737 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,120 Come here! 738 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:37,120 Ting Hui! 739 00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:39,720 Let's go! 740 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:55,720 Ting Hui! 741 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,680 Guards! Someone escaped! 742 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:11,720 Someone escaped! 743 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,000 A prisoner has escaped! 744 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:14,720 A prisoner has escaped! 745 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:18,439 Who? Who escaped? 746 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,160 Meng Ting Hui. It's Meng Ting Hui! 747 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:21,400 Meng Ting Hui? 748 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,040 - Let's split up and find her! - Yes! 749 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:25,480 Out of the way! Move! 750 00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:27,080 Everyone, move! 751 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,440 Out of the way! Move it, move! 752 00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:34,160 A prisoner has escaped. Hurry, seal the city gate! 753 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:36,880 Close the gate! 754 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:45,360 Open the gate! 755 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:53,176 Why are you entering the city so late? 756 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:54,200 Where are you from? 757 00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:55,760 The capital. I'm visiting relatives. 758 00:42:58,200 --> 00:42:59,240 - Go on. - Close the gate!