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=The Road to Splendor=

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(Adapted from China Literature author
Zhizhi's novel of the same name)

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=Episode 3=

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I shall go raise the funds at once.

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But there is one request.

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I beg you, sir, do not make a commotion.

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My Lady

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is in talks of a marriage match.

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If anyone finds her alone in a room
with an unrelated man,

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her entire life will be ruined.

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It all depends on how quickly
you can get the money.

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Why hasn't the Ninth Young Lady
come out?

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The ladies are getting impatient.

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Exactly. What's taking so long?

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Relax.

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I'm after money,

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not blood.

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And I'm not about
to ruin your reputation.

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Mr. Zhao, you travel far and wide,

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with plenty of followers.

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I know you'll keep your word.

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Followers?

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Very clever, Ninth Young Lady.

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You accused me of "swindling,"

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and now everyone's turning on me.

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Marriage is supposed
to be a happy thing.

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Your family is the one
chasing powerful connections,

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using your marriage as leverage

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and me as their chance to move up.

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How is any of that my fault?

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You lied your way into this house.

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You're hardly innocent.

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And if you finish me off,

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do you think that'll change your fate?

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You're taking revenge
on the wrong person.

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From the very beginning,

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I'm not the one who did this to you.

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You don't have the nerve
to stand up to your grandmother,

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so you take it out on me instead.

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Tell me.

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Isn't that just

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picking on the easy target?

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She's still not ready?

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The poetry gathering started ages ago.

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- Exactly.
- The Ninth Young Lady's still inside.

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Is she all right?

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Forgive me.

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Ninth Young Lady!

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- My Lady!
- Ninth Young Lady!

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You knew I wouldn't hurt you.

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My Lady!

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Ninth Young Lady!

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- My Lady!
- My Lady!

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Open the door, My Lady!

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- My Lady!
- My Lady!

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- My Lady!
- Are you all right, My Lady?

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My Lady!

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- My Lady!
- Are you all right, My Lady?

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I'm fine.

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I was having a nightmare.

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How inconsiderate
of the Ninth Young Lady

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to keep Madam Yu waiting.

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She's getting impatient.

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The Ninth Young Lady has arrived.

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There she is.

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I'm sorry I'm late.

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I hope

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you ladies will forgive me.

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I heard that these past two nights,

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you haven't been sleeping well,
Madam Yu.

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I thought it might be from excess heat.

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I read

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lotus pods picked
before the morning dew dries

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are especially good

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for clearing heat.

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So I picked some

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and made you congee.

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Please don't be upset with me, Madam.

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I got a little carried away

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and got my clothes dirty
picking lotus pods.

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I had to go back and change.

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That's why I'm late.

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Come here.

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You could've had someone else
do all that.

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You didn't need to go yourself.

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What if you'd cut your hand?

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I'd hate to see you hurt.

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Mr. Zhao.

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Where is she?

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I made her mad.

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She was ready to take me down with her.

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What about the money?

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We'll find another way.

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Let's go.

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The Ninth Young Lady is admirable,

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but she's not the woman I want.

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Please reconsider

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this marriage, Mother.

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I don't care who you want.

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My choice

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is the Ninth Young Lady.

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I'm doing this for the Yu family,

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and for you.

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You think a woman proves her worth

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by running the household

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and balancing the books?

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If I hadn't cultivated
the right connections at court,

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do you think your father's career
would've gone this smoothly?

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Now he has a bright future ahead of him.

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All I want is the same for you.

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Then let me ask you this, Mother.

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If you had to choose between my career

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and Father's,

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who would you choose?

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What are you getting at?

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Father intends to enter
the Grand Secretariat.

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He means to rise to the very top.

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But father and son cannot serve
at court together.

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If Father rises that high,

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I'll be sent away to avoid
any appearance of favoritism,

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and my talents will go to waste.

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Mother.

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You always say

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I owe everything I have
to being born a Yu.

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But after all these years of hard work,
I've learned

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that no matter how hard I try,

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being a Yu
is exactly what holds me back.

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That's why you must place first
in the imperial examination.

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No top scholar has ever been sent away
from the capital.

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You are my son.

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I will see you rise
to the highest office

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and leave your name in history.

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And what if I don't place first?

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If you fail,

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your son will try after you.

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Controlling my life isn't enough
for you?

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You want to control my son's too?

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Just like Old Madam Fu,

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scheming for her grandson's future

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and her granddaughter's marriage,

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stopping at nothing,

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even turning someone
into a living symbol of chastity!

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Mother,

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do you truly want us

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to marry into a family like that?

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She works herself to the bone

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for the honor of her family.

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Why should I look down on her?

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If she'd had one capable son,

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she wouldn't have to go to such lengths.

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When the men are useless

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and women have to
hold the family together,

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what a ridiculous state of affairs.

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I'll obey you in anything else.

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But this is my happiness
for the rest of my life.

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I will marry someone whom I truly love.

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I am the Yu family matriarch.

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Your marriage

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is mine to decide.

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Even if you hate me for it today,

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I will not give you your way.

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If I marry the Ninth Young Lady
of the Fu family,

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won't I have

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two women like her to deal with?

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And then who will really be
in charge of the Yu family,

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me or her?

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You're Zuo Junjie?

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I heard

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your sister has been confined

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and roughed up as well.

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Perhaps I can help

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the two of you.

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My Lady, something terrible
has happened.

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That wretched Zuo is spreading lies
about your virtue.

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Isn't Madam Zuo still kneeling
in punishment at the ancestral hall?

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Not her.

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Zuo Junjie.

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Ninth Young Lady, you are here.

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Tingyun.

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Here you are.

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Your family

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refuses to believe we secretly pledged
ourselves to each other.

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But you know

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exactly what happened between us,
don't you?

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What the heck are you talking about?

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Tingyun, you...

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This is

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the love token you gave me.

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That's a lie!

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Grandmother, I never did.

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Tingyun,

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these are your favorite colors
and patterns,

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and this is your usual needlework.

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How can you...

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How can you

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put on your clothes

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and act like it never happened?

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The whole town
knows about us now anyway.

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There's no use denying it.

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My lady

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has never met you in private.

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The young master of the Yu family
doesn't even want you.

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But I fell for you

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the moment I saw you.

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Besides, we've known each other
since childhood.

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We're made for each other.

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Exactly.

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What a perfect match.

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Old Madam,

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I don't care whether Tingyun

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is already discussing marriage
with the Yu family.

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If she'll agree to marry me,

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I'll forget

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everything that's happened before.

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Shut up!

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Who do you think you are
to spout lies here?

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Mother, have him thrown out at once.

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We've heard enough of his filth.

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Guards.

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Get him out.

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Wait.

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Hold on.

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Leave that here.

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Fine. Keep it.

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It's not like

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that's the only one I have.

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Everyone in Huaying knows by now.

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If this isn't settled,

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it won't just ruin the Ninth Young Lady.

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It'll bring down the entire Fu family.

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You couldn't silence everyone
even if you tried.

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Grandmother.

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All my personal jewelry and clothes

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are kept by Moxiang.

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Where is she?

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No one's seen her

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since breakfast.

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We should find her
and question her at once.

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Then I won't keep you any longer.

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I've made my proposal.

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I'll take my leave.

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You have truly disappointed me.

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Grandmother,

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I've always taken your teachings
to heart.

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I would never do anything

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so shameless

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or disgraceful to our family.

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I'm disappointed that you failed
to keep your servants in line.

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Go back to your room

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and see what else is missing.

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Go.

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Hurry!

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Yes.

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Miss Fan,

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the Ninth Young Lady has given you
quite a few things over the years.

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Let's check those as well.

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We would never

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give anything belonging
to the Ninth Young Lady

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to Zuo Junjie.

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Everyone in Huaying knows fortune
favors you.

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You'll get through this.

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Do you still have
that filigree gold hairpin?

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Well...

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What about the gold-brocade silk dress?

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That was two years ago.

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I honestly don't remember.

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And the Huizhou inkstick?

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It bears the Fu family seal.

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Do you still have it?

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Well? Say something.

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Miss Fan

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grew up with the Ninth Young Lady.

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She's received countless gifts
over the years.

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If you want them all back now,

275
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how are we supposed
to find every last one?

276
00:14:54,629 --> 00:14:56,110
We're not asking for them back.

277
00:14:56,110 --> 00:14:57,549
We need to know which ones are missing.

278
00:14:57,549 --> 00:14:57,909
You...

279
00:15:01,230 --> 00:15:02,070
Miss Fan,

280
00:15:02,310 --> 00:15:04,190
do you still have these things or not?

281
00:15:04,310 --> 00:15:05,110
Enough.

282
00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:07,909
Some of the fabrics,

283
00:15:08,389 --> 00:15:09,509
jewelry,

284
00:15:10,070 --> 00:15:11,269
and ornaments you gave me...

285
00:15:11,909 --> 00:15:13,830
I did pawn some of them.

286
00:15:14,310 --> 00:15:16,869
The Fu family hosts
so many social occasions.

287
00:15:17,269 --> 00:15:18,789
Some clothes and jewelry

288
00:15:19,110 --> 00:15:21,590
can't be worn twice
after they've been seen once.

289
00:15:29,869 --> 00:15:31,430
The things Zuo Junjie has

290
00:15:31,549 --> 00:15:32,909
were most likely bought from Moxiang

291
00:15:33,149 --> 00:15:34,350
after he paid her off.

292
00:15:34,749 --> 00:15:36,389
If he produces anything else tomorrow

293
00:15:36,389 --> 00:15:37,110
to frame you,

294
00:15:37,789 --> 00:15:39,029
I'll cover for you.

295
00:15:39,389 --> 00:15:40,749
We'll say you gave it to me,

296
00:15:41,749 --> 00:15:42,869
I pawned it,

297
00:15:42,990 --> 00:15:43,990
and he bought it from the pawnshop.

298
00:15:44,470 --> 00:15:45,869
Whatever he brings out,

299
00:15:47,070 --> 00:15:49,190
we'll say it came from me.

300
00:15:58,230 --> 00:15:58,830
Who?

301
00:15:58,950 --> 00:15:59,749
Who's there?

302
00:16:00,389 --> 00:16:01,029
It's me.

303
00:16:08,110 --> 00:16:09,669
Father has retired for the night.

304
00:16:09,950 --> 00:16:11,389
If you need to speak with him,

305
00:16:11,710 --> 00:16:12,789
please come back tomorrow.

306
00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:17,389
I came to see you.

307
00:16:22,669 --> 00:16:23,830
I came to ask

308
00:16:24,430 --> 00:16:25,310
how you feel about me.

309
00:16:27,509 --> 00:16:28,710
What do you mean?

310
00:16:29,909 --> 00:16:30,950
I don't understand.

311
00:16:31,310 --> 00:16:32,190
If you truly didn't,

312
00:16:32,789 --> 00:16:34,549
you wouldn't have told me
your given name.

313
00:16:36,310 --> 00:16:38,110
What difference does it make?

314
00:16:39,110 --> 00:16:40,749
The Ninth Young Lady
is my dearest friend.

315
00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:46,230
I can't stand in the way
of her marriage.

316
00:16:49,470 --> 00:16:52,509
Have they found that maid Moxiang yet?

317
00:16:52,509 --> 00:16:53,590
Not yet.

318
00:16:53,789 --> 00:16:54,590
But

319
00:16:54,590 --> 00:16:56,830
the Fifth Madam
has everyone searching nonstop.

320
00:16:57,029 --> 00:16:58,389
Moxiang is our witness.

321
00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:00,110
As long as she's alive,

322
00:17:00,110 --> 00:17:01,749
we can still turn this around.

323
00:17:02,470 --> 00:17:03,350
Alive?

324
00:17:03,909 --> 00:17:04,670
Alive?

325
00:17:12,589 --> 00:17:13,309
Moxiang.

326
00:17:15,109 --> 00:17:17,029
It's over. My Tingyun...

327
00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:20,390
- Madam!
- Madam!

328
00:17:20,749 --> 00:17:21,950
What happened yesterday

329
00:17:22,789 --> 00:17:25,269
was nothing but your brother's word.

330
00:17:26,349 --> 00:17:28,670
For the sake of our family ties,

331
00:17:28,829 --> 00:17:30,870
I'll overlook the lies you've spread.

332
00:17:31,670 --> 00:17:33,950
I'll release your sister now

333
00:17:34,190 --> 00:17:35,829
and give you enough money

334
00:17:36,069 --> 00:17:38,349
to sit the examination
in Yongning Prefecture.

335
00:17:40,470 --> 00:17:42,589
But if you insist on pursuing this,

336
00:17:42,589 --> 00:17:43,829
we'll take it to the authorities.

337
00:17:45,870 --> 00:17:47,549
Just don't forget,

338
00:17:47,829 --> 00:17:50,509
there's still a body in that well.

339
00:17:52,509 --> 00:17:53,749
Then call the authorities.

340
00:17:54,349 --> 00:17:56,950
The past few days in the ancestral hall
taught me something.

341
00:17:57,549 --> 00:17:59,069
I'm nothing but a broken roof tile,

342
00:17:59,069 --> 00:18:00,749
already smashed to pieces on the ground.

343
00:18:01,190 --> 00:18:03,029
The question is whether you're willing
to risk

344
00:18:03,029 --> 00:18:05,470
your precious white-jade porcelain vase
with me.

345
00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:08,470
You may not care about making me

346
00:18:08,470 --> 00:18:09,829
your fourth chastity memorial arch,

347
00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:12,390
but those three arches at the gate...

348
00:18:16,789 --> 00:18:18,269
are you willing to lose those too?

349
00:18:18,549 --> 00:18:20,630
Those arches are the foundation
of the Fu family's standing.

350
00:18:20,630 --> 00:18:23,309
Do you really want to drag
the entire Fu family down with you?

351
00:18:28,990 --> 00:18:30,349
Old Madam, I beg your favor.

352
00:18:31,150 --> 00:18:32,269
Please allow me to marry

353
00:18:32,390 --> 00:18:33,269
the Ninth Young Lady.

354
00:18:34,829 --> 00:18:36,230
You claim there was something
between us.

355
00:18:36,670 --> 00:18:37,710
Then spell it out.

356
00:18:38,349 --> 00:18:39,910
What day did we pledge ourselves
to each other?

357
00:18:40,589 --> 00:18:41,749
When and where

358
00:18:41,749 --> 00:18:42,749
did I give you

359
00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:44,630
that token?

360
00:18:44,630 --> 00:18:45,990
The night of the poetry gathering.

361
00:18:46,829 --> 00:18:47,589
That night,

362
00:18:47,990 --> 00:18:49,670
I came to visit my sister.

363
00:18:50,870 --> 00:18:52,549
You and I met in the back courtyard.

364
00:18:53,990 --> 00:18:54,789
You told me

365
00:18:55,549 --> 00:18:57,029
you had no feelings for Mr. Yu

366
00:18:57,269 --> 00:18:58,309
and didn't want to marry him.

367
00:18:58,829 --> 00:19:00,349
You said I was the man you wanted.

368
00:19:01,470 --> 00:19:03,109
So funny.

369
00:19:07,710 --> 00:19:08,509
Grandmother,

370
00:19:09,069 --> 00:19:10,910
that night, I went alone to see Yake.

371
00:19:11,029 --> 00:19:12,069
I passed the ancestral hall,

372
00:19:12,789 --> 00:19:14,870
which is how she knew I was alone

373
00:19:15,069 --> 00:19:16,349
and could use it to frame me.

374
00:19:17,269 --> 00:19:18,789
Madam Zuo may deny it,

375
00:19:19,230 --> 00:19:19,950
but Grandmother,

376
00:19:20,069 --> 00:19:20,910
Miss Fan

377
00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:22,109
can testify for me.

378
00:19:22,349 --> 00:19:23,589
Bring Miss Fan in.

379
00:19:30,150 --> 00:19:31,470
Please hurry, Miss Fan.

380
00:19:43,829 --> 00:19:44,990
Miss Fan,

381
00:19:45,390 --> 00:19:47,029
on the night of the poetry gathering,

382
00:19:47,549 --> 00:19:49,150
did you see the Ninth Young Lady?

383
00:19:50,230 --> 00:19:51,430
Yes. She came to see me.

384
00:19:51,789 --> 00:19:53,430
You two have always been close.

385
00:19:53,430 --> 00:19:55,269
It's no surprise
you'd cover for each other.

386
00:19:55,549 --> 00:19:56,549
Then tell me this.

387
00:19:56,910 --> 00:19:58,630
What did you talk about that night?

388
00:20:02,509 --> 00:20:03,829
That night,

389
00:20:04,549 --> 00:20:05,749
Tingyun and I

390
00:20:06,230 --> 00:20:06,990
talked about...

391
00:20:11,509 --> 00:20:12,390
Grandmother,

392
00:20:13,230 --> 00:20:16,390
of course Miss Fan will say
whatever Tingyun wants her to.

393
00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:18,069
But she can't give any details.

394
00:20:18,269 --> 00:20:19,190
Clearly,

395
00:20:19,430 --> 00:20:20,950
her testimony can't be trusted.

396
00:20:22,390 --> 00:20:23,390
All right, girls.

397
00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:26,029
Each of you take a blank sheet of paper

398
00:20:26,749 --> 00:20:29,069
and write down your private conversation

399
00:20:29,069 --> 00:20:30,150
from that night.

400
00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:31,789
If your accounts match,

401
00:20:31,789 --> 00:20:32,870
that will be proof enough.

402
00:20:34,109 --> 00:20:34,710
All right.

403
00:20:40,589 --> 00:20:41,549
Miss Fan,

404
00:20:42,670 --> 00:20:44,230
Tingyun's entire future

405
00:20:44,390 --> 00:20:45,990
is in your hands now.

406
00:20:46,269 --> 00:20:47,789
Write only the truth.

407
00:20:48,069 --> 00:20:49,150
Every detail must be exact.

408
00:21:00,910 --> 00:21:01,749
I came here today

409
00:21:03,509 --> 00:21:04,710
to tell you this.

410
00:21:07,190 --> 00:21:09,230
I'm willing to defy my mother for you.

411
00:21:10,589 --> 00:21:11,749
Are you willing

412
00:21:12,749 --> 00:21:14,710
to choose me over your friendship
with her?

413
00:21:33,990 --> 00:21:35,589
I'm not worth turning
against your mother for.

414
00:21:37,309 --> 00:21:38,029
Yake.

415
00:21:41,470 --> 00:21:42,630
That's all I needed to hear.

416
00:21:44,990 --> 00:21:46,349
I'll take that as a yes.

417
00:21:48,670 --> 00:21:49,430
Don't worry.

418
00:21:49,990 --> 00:21:51,109
That marriage between her and me

419
00:21:52,630 --> 00:21:53,990
will never happen.

420
00:22:02,470 --> 00:22:03,349
Miss Fan,

421
00:22:04,789 --> 00:22:07,230
the Ninth Young Lady
doesn't love Mr. Yu.

422
00:22:08,150 --> 00:22:10,710
If you come between us now,

423
00:22:11,910 --> 00:22:13,710
the Fu family will force her

424
00:22:13,870 --> 00:22:15,109
to marry Mr. Yu.

425
00:22:43,309 --> 00:22:45,950
Miss Fan, I'll ask you one last time.

426
00:22:46,150 --> 00:22:47,910
On the night of the poetry gathering,

427
00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:50,789
did Tingyun come to see you?

428
00:22:58,029 --> 00:22:58,749
No.

429
00:22:59,749 --> 00:23:00,470
No.

430
00:23:04,029 --> 00:23:05,029
That's a lie!

431
00:23:05,430 --> 00:23:06,150
Miss Fan,

432
00:23:06,269 --> 00:23:07,430
the Ninth Young Lady's future
is at stake.

433
00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:08,749
How could you lie?

434
00:23:08,749 --> 00:23:09,789
Insolent!

435
00:23:11,109 --> 00:23:12,749
Tell the truth!

436
00:23:15,950 --> 00:23:17,670
You're only a maid.

437
00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:20,230
Since when is this any concern of yours?

438
00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:22,870
Take her away.

439
00:23:24,269 --> 00:23:24,950
Old Madam.

440
00:23:25,109 --> 00:23:26,190
She didn't do it.

441
00:23:26,710 --> 00:23:27,549
Old Madam!

442
00:23:27,670 --> 00:23:29,069
She didn't do it!

443
00:23:29,430 --> 00:23:30,509
My Lady!

444
00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:32,870
My Lady!

445
00:23:33,870 --> 00:23:34,910
My Lady!

446
00:23:36,190 --> 00:23:36,910
Old Madam.

447
00:23:37,309 --> 00:23:38,789
I don't know what ties Tingyun has

448
00:23:38,789 --> 00:23:39,589
with Mr. Zuo,

449
00:23:40,269 --> 00:23:41,470
but she wasn't with me

450
00:23:41,990 --> 00:23:43,589
that night.

451
00:24:19,870 --> 00:24:21,910
(I'm willing to defy my mother for you.)

452
00:24:22,269 --> 00:24:23,349
(Are you willing)

453
00:24:23,789 --> 00:24:25,670
(to choose me over your friendship
with her?)

454
00:24:40,670 --> 00:24:41,269
See?

455
00:24:42,150 --> 00:24:44,950
So much for your dearest friend.

456
00:24:56,150 --> 00:24:56,829
Grandmother,

457
00:24:57,150 --> 00:24:58,990
if we want to put an end
to this scandal,

458
00:24:59,749 --> 00:25:00,990
there's only one way.

459
00:25:02,309 --> 00:25:03,430
I don't want anything else.

460
00:25:05,069 --> 00:25:06,269
I only want her.

461
00:25:06,910 --> 00:25:07,630
Tingzhuo.

462
00:25:08,950 --> 00:25:10,390
If you lay a hand on him again,

463
00:25:11,269 --> 00:25:12,990
I'll hang myself outside your gate.

464
00:25:18,630 --> 00:25:19,390
Mother,

465
00:25:20,190 --> 00:25:21,630
how can you not believe

466
00:25:21,950 --> 00:25:24,069
the girl you raised yourself?

467
00:25:24,549 --> 00:25:25,269
Mother...

468
00:25:26,470 --> 00:25:29,190
(Tingyun would never do anything
this foolish.)

469
00:25:29,549 --> 00:25:31,749
(But we've been backed into a corner.)

470
00:25:32,150 --> 00:25:33,990
(And if we agree to this marriage,)

471
00:25:34,150 --> 00:25:37,230
(the Fu family will be stuck
with those parasites for good.)

472
00:25:40,749 --> 00:25:42,269
Tingyun has fallen ill.

473
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,160
♪Once a bird in a cage,
longing for the boundless sky♪

474
00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:48,069
Send her to Biyun Nunnery.

475
00:25:49,789 --> 00:25:51,349
She'll remain there in seclusion.

476
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:56,040
♪To break through a thousand barriers
and cast off a life of illusion♪

477
00:25:56,549 --> 00:25:57,509
Grandmother.

478
00:25:57,710 --> 00:25:58,589
Let's go.

479
00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:02,760
♪Wash away the stain
of every false accusation♪

480
00:26:03,950 --> 00:26:04,870
Tingyun.

481
00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:06,950
Mother.

482
00:26:09,309 --> 00:26:10,390
Grandmother.

483
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,920
♪Let this humble name carry me
through a life adrift♪

484
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:21,320
♪With wit and strategy,
I enter this game without regret♪

485
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,320
♪Let the past remain beyond recall♪

486
00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:25,630
Grandmother!

487
00:26:27,549 --> 00:26:29,109
Grandmother!

488
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,400
♪I seek nothing beyond myself♪

489
00:26:34,950 --> 00:26:37,789
(Chastity Honored Through the Ages)
What good is protecting just one arch?

490
00:26:38,670 --> 00:26:40,269
I'll protect all four.

491
00:26:41,309 --> 00:26:42,269
As long as I stand,

492
00:26:42,870 --> 00:26:44,109
those arches stand with me.

493
00:26:45,150 --> 00:26:46,589
If I fall,

494
00:26:47,789 --> 00:26:50,109
the memorial arches
outside the Fu Residence

495
00:26:52,630 --> 00:26:54,670
will come crashing down with me.

496
00:26:55,269 --> 00:26:57,589
And the Fu men's political careers

497
00:26:57,789 --> 00:26:59,029
will be over too.

498
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:05,680
(Virtuous and Chaste,
an Honor to Her House)

499
00:27:06,390 --> 00:27:07,069
No.

500
00:27:08,430 --> 00:27:10,029
I have to tell them the truth.

501
00:27:13,269 --> 00:27:14,349
What exactly will you tell them?

502
00:27:15,710 --> 00:27:17,190
Even if you won't think of yourself,

503
00:27:17,710 --> 00:27:19,029
think of Mr. Yu.

504
00:27:32,390 --> 00:27:33,630
Mr. Yu.

505
00:27:34,269 --> 00:27:35,029
That's right.

506
00:27:35,749 --> 00:27:37,589
Everyone has to look out for themselves.

507
00:27:38,029 --> 00:27:40,230
The Ninth Young Lady doesn't have to
have everything go her way.

508
00:27:41,029 --> 00:27:42,589
Even if she marries Zuo Junjie,

509
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:44,470
she'll still be a daughter
of the Fu family.

510
00:27:44,990 --> 00:27:46,430
She'll still have money.

511
00:27:46,829 --> 00:27:47,870
But you, Miss Fan...

512
00:27:50,069 --> 00:27:51,549
It's finally your turn
to find happiness.

513
00:27:52,509 --> 00:27:53,109
You're right.

514
00:27:54,910 --> 00:27:57,430
I can't betray
Mr. Yu's feelings for me.

515
00:27:59,950 --> 00:28:01,309
I'm doing all this for him.

516
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:05,829
He's all I have.

517
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:14,600
(Biyun Nunnery, Fu Family Temple)

518
00:28:24,349 --> 00:28:25,309
Ninth Young Lady.

519
00:28:25,390 --> 00:28:26,269
Time to eat.

520
00:28:27,150 --> 00:28:28,390
What is this supposed to be?

521
00:28:28,549 --> 00:28:29,549
The smell alone makes us sick.

522
00:28:30,190 --> 00:28:31,829
Leftovers from a few days ago.

523
00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:33,630
How dare you treat her like this?

524
00:28:34,069 --> 00:28:35,630
I'll report this to Old Madam,

525
00:28:35,789 --> 00:28:36,870
and you'll answer for it.

526
00:28:37,990 --> 00:28:39,829
After a scandal like hers,

527
00:28:39,829 --> 00:28:41,190
she still thinks she can be picky?

528
00:28:41,309 --> 00:28:42,950
Whether she'll still be a noble lady

529
00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:44,029
remains to be seen.

530
00:28:44,269 --> 00:28:45,710
That's not for you to decide.

531
00:28:45,710 --> 00:28:47,029
Are you eating or not?

532
00:28:50,190 --> 00:28:50,870
No.

533
00:28:51,309 --> 00:28:52,910
Then starve!

534
00:28:59,230 --> 00:29:00,190
Tear down the arches!

535
00:29:00,190 --> 00:29:01,190
The Fu family doesn't deserve them!

536
00:29:01,190 --> 00:29:02,150
Tear them down!

537
00:29:02,749 --> 00:29:05,430
The scandal is all over town now.

538
00:29:08,309 --> 00:29:09,670
The townspeople are demanding

539
00:29:10,069 --> 00:29:12,029
that our chastity memorial arches
be torn down.

540
00:29:15,470 --> 00:29:16,710
As for Ninth Young Lady's disgrace,

541
00:29:17,029 --> 00:29:19,069
a decision must be made at once.

542
00:29:23,390 --> 00:29:24,470
Madam Yu.

543
00:29:25,789 --> 00:29:28,029
This is the flower

544
00:29:28,029 --> 00:29:29,910
Tingyun brought over, isn't it?

545
00:29:30,549 --> 00:29:32,789
It was in full bloom then.

546
00:29:34,430 --> 00:29:36,349
Now every blossom has withered.

547
00:29:41,309 --> 00:29:42,269
I had hoped

548
00:29:42,390 --> 00:29:43,749
to take it back to Yongning Prefecture

549
00:29:44,269 --> 00:29:45,470
and tend it carefully.

550
00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:47,990
But now...

551
00:29:50,910 --> 00:29:52,430
it's been blemished.

552
00:29:53,509 --> 00:29:55,670
The fault lies with the soil
in our house.

553
00:29:55,870 --> 00:29:57,069
We failed to let it flourish.

554
00:29:58,870 --> 00:30:00,470
But one blemish doesn't diminish
its beauty.

555
00:30:00,910 --> 00:30:03,029
If you still have a fondness for it,

556
00:30:03,549 --> 00:30:05,589
take it back to Yongning Prefecture.

557
00:30:05,789 --> 00:30:08,150
In time, it will grow strong and lush

558
00:30:08,230 --> 00:30:10,509
and repay your care with a profusion
of blossoms.

559
00:30:14,029 --> 00:30:15,349
After all,

560
00:30:15,349 --> 00:30:17,749
I've tended it with great care for
all these years.

561
00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:19,829
And what caught your eye

562
00:30:19,910 --> 00:30:22,109
was Tingyun herself, after all.

563
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,920
(Eight-Character Slip)

564
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,520
(Eight-Character Slip)

565
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,680
(Eight-Character Slip)

566
00:31:06,509 --> 00:31:07,589
(Eight-Character Slip)
What

567
00:31:08,549 --> 00:31:10,069
becomes of this girl

568
00:31:11,150 --> 00:31:13,150
is entirely up to you, Madam.

569
00:31:22,349 --> 00:31:23,589
Well...

570
00:31:25,829 --> 00:31:27,749
I need to think about it.

571
00:31:56,549 --> 00:31:57,109
Mother.

572
00:31:58,109 --> 00:31:59,430
You're here about the Fu family?

573
00:32:00,109 --> 00:32:01,109
I'm afraid the Ninth Young Lady

574
00:32:01,430 --> 00:32:02,470
is no longer an option.

575
00:32:04,190 --> 00:32:05,190
May I

576
00:32:06,269 --> 00:32:07,349
suggest someone else?

577
00:32:08,109 --> 00:32:09,390
Master Fan has a daughter.

578
00:32:10,349 --> 00:32:11,349
She's virtuous and accomplished,

579
00:32:11,349 --> 00:32:12,430
with a gentle disposition.

580
00:32:13,910 --> 00:32:14,630
Since

581
00:32:14,829 --> 00:32:16,190
word has already gone out

582
00:32:16,190 --> 00:32:18,390
that you're looking for a wife for me,

583
00:32:19,589 --> 00:32:21,230
why not simply choose her?

584
00:32:26,269 --> 00:32:28,269
Marry a girl from such a modest family?

585
00:32:30,150 --> 00:32:31,470
No matter how talented she is,

586
00:32:32,190 --> 00:32:33,430
she has no family standing.

587
00:32:34,630 --> 00:32:36,950
Wouldn't that invite even more gossip?

588
00:32:37,470 --> 00:32:38,069
Mother,

589
00:32:38,749 --> 00:32:39,990
if you let me marry her,

590
00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:42,390
I'll top all three imperial exams,

591
00:32:44,190 --> 00:32:45,509
just as you've always wanted.

592
00:32:47,870 --> 00:32:48,630
Fine.

593
00:32:49,269 --> 00:32:50,230
You may go.

594
00:32:53,870 --> 00:32:54,630
Madam,

595
00:32:55,230 --> 00:32:56,430
are you really

596
00:32:56,990 --> 00:32:58,789
going to give Young Master
what he wants?

597
00:33:00,990 --> 00:33:03,109
You think he truly loves Miss Fan?

598
00:33:04,109 --> 00:33:05,910
What he wants is a potted plant,

599
00:33:06,549 --> 00:33:07,829
someone who will support him,

600
00:33:07,829 --> 00:33:09,190
and do as he says.

601
00:33:10,150 --> 00:33:10,990
Very well.

602
00:33:11,829 --> 00:33:12,910
I'll give him exactly that.

603
00:33:13,390 --> 00:33:14,589
One day,

604
00:33:14,710 --> 00:33:17,509
Young Master will understand
that you wanted what was best for him.

605
00:33:19,589 --> 00:33:20,870
I don't need him to understand.

606
00:33:22,150 --> 00:33:23,309
From now on,

607
00:33:23,670 --> 00:33:24,789
I get to be the loving mother,

608
00:33:25,589 --> 00:33:27,749
and he gets the wife he wants.

609
00:33:28,230 --> 00:33:29,829
Everyone wins.

610
00:33:30,430 --> 00:33:30,990
Then...

611
00:33:31,470 --> 00:33:32,630
what about the Ninth Young Lady?

612
00:33:33,950 --> 00:33:35,190
We each have our own fate.

613
00:33:37,069 --> 00:33:38,269
This scandal

614
00:33:39,269 --> 00:33:41,309
is already the talk of the town.

615
00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:45,470
We'd best keep our distance for now.

616
00:33:50,460 --> 00:33:52,760
(Fu Residence)

617
00:33:54,029 --> 00:33:54,789
Mother,

618
00:33:55,349 --> 00:33:57,789
my daughter-in-law and I
have come with good news.

619
00:33:58,430 --> 00:34:00,390
The Yu family has formally proposed

620
00:34:00,710 --> 00:34:02,749
marriage to Fan Kun's daughter.

621
00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:04,349
Why not

622
00:34:04,749 --> 00:34:06,269
make the most of the happy occasion

623
00:34:06,829 --> 00:34:09,149
and arrange my brother's marriage
to Tingyun

624
00:34:09,149 --> 00:34:10,470
at the same time?

625
00:34:11,229 --> 00:34:13,350
While preparing the betrothal gifts,

626
00:34:13,350 --> 00:34:14,990
I noticed the list

627
00:34:15,069 --> 00:34:16,509
calls for a dressing table.

628
00:34:16,830 --> 00:34:18,189
Grandmother, as you know,

629
00:34:18,549 --> 00:34:20,709
my family doesn't have one.

630
00:34:21,109 --> 00:34:22,229
But I remember

631
00:34:22,430 --> 00:34:23,790
there happens to be one

632
00:34:24,229 --> 00:34:25,870
in your storeroom.

633
00:34:40,549 --> 00:34:41,790
Once they're married,

634
00:34:42,029 --> 00:34:44,109
our families will be closer than ever.

635
00:34:44,589 --> 00:34:46,750
So don't keep it all to yourself.

636
00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:47,709
In a couple of days,

637
00:34:47,709 --> 00:34:49,470
have someone send it over.

638
00:34:50,669 --> 00:34:51,950
Don't push your luck.

639
00:34:53,589 --> 00:34:54,669
Mother, you must be busy.

640
00:34:54,950 --> 00:34:56,709
We'll leave you to it.

641
00:35:03,509 --> 00:35:05,990
The Yu family outranks ours.

642
00:35:06,589 --> 00:35:07,830
Losing to them

643
00:35:08,509 --> 00:35:09,470
is no disgrace.

644
00:35:10,149 --> 00:35:12,229
But that lowly Zuo woman?

645
00:35:12,790 --> 00:35:14,229
I thought enough of her

646
00:35:14,830 --> 00:35:16,189
to pay to bring her into this family

647
00:35:16,589 --> 00:35:19,149
and preserve our family's legacy
of chastity.

648
00:35:19,629 --> 00:35:20,629
Now she thinks

649
00:35:20,629 --> 00:35:23,430
she's figured out how the game
is played.

650
00:35:24,029 --> 00:35:25,950
She thinks she's found my weakness

651
00:35:25,950 --> 00:35:29,029
and can walk all over me.

652
00:35:31,669 --> 00:35:32,549
Old Madam,

653
00:35:34,669 --> 00:35:35,910
the Ninth Young Lady's scandal

654
00:35:36,509 --> 00:35:38,069
is all over town.

655
00:35:38,629 --> 00:35:40,069
If she doesn't marry
into the Zuo family,

656
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:42,509
the only path left is death.

657
00:35:43,470 --> 00:35:44,229
Now,

658
00:35:44,830 --> 00:35:46,229
on one side are the arches,

659
00:35:46,910 --> 00:35:48,790
and on the other
is the Ninth Young Lady's life.

660
00:35:49,709 --> 00:35:51,229
Once you've made your choice,

661
00:35:51,229 --> 00:35:52,750
I'll see that it's done.

662
00:36:00,069 --> 00:36:01,310
The Yu family really

663
00:36:01,709 --> 00:36:03,109
got engaged to Yake?

664
00:36:08,549 --> 00:36:10,470
If the charge of adultery sticks to me,

665
00:36:11,310 --> 00:36:13,270
the three chastity memorial arches
standing before the Fu Residence

666
00:36:13,270 --> 00:36:14,109
will all crumble.

667
00:36:14,950 --> 00:36:15,830
My Lady,

668
00:36:16,109 --> 00:36:18,790
Old Madam
will let us leave safely, right?

669
00:36:19,589 --> 00:36:21,350
The future of the entire Fu family
is at stake.

670
00:36:21,790 --> 00:36:23,470
Grandmother won't find this choice easy.

671
00:36:23,910 --> 00:36:26,189
The Fifth Madam will plead
with Old Madam for us, won't she?

672
00:36:26,709 --> 00:36:27,950
And there's Seventh Young Master.

673
00:36:29,350 --> 00:36:30,310
It's been days,

674
00:36:30,310 --> 00:36:31,509
and we've heard nothing.

675
00:36:32,910 --> 00:36:34,750
I'm afraid Mother and Tingzhuo

676
00:36:35,950 --> 00:36:37,830
are being kept
under Grandmother's watch.

677
00:36:38,589 --> 00:36:39,549
Now

678
00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:42,830
I need someone outside all of this.

679
00:36:43,830 --> 00:36:45,509
Maybe he can save me.

680
00:36:47,629 --> 00:36:49,149
I'd like some pickles,

681
00:36:50,270 --> 00:36:51,950
cured with Ground Snow.

682
00:36:52,669 --> 00:36:54,549
The salt shops in town should carry it.

683
00:36:55,790 --> 00:36:56,310
But,

684
00:36:56,310 --> 00:36:56,669
well...

685
00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:59,629
what does Ground Snow look like?

686
00:36:59,790 --> 00:37:01,390
There are a few grains left in here.

687
00:37:01,790 --> 00:37:02,830
Just buy the same kind.

688
00:37:04,390 --> 00:37:06,390
Two old women came in
with this cloth pouch.

689
00:37:06,629 --> 00:37:08,069
They specifically asked for Ground Snow.

690
00:37:08,189 --> 00:37:09,229
One of our men at the salt shop

691
00:37:09,229 --> 00:37:10,629
recognized it as something
belonging to Mr. Zhao,

692
00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:12,029
so he brought it straight to us.

693
00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:15,629
Who were those two women?

694
00:37:15,990 --> 00:37:17,950
They said they were from Biyun Nunnery.

695
00:37:18,549 --> 00:37:19,870
If I remember correctly,

696
00:37:19,950 --> 00:37:20,910
Biyun Nunnery

697
00:37:20,990 --> 00:37:22,229
is the Fu family's temple.

698
00:37:23,990 --> 00:37:24,790
The Fu family?

699
00:37:29,189 --> 00:37:30,189
(Loyalty and Filial Piety Endure)
Old Madam.

700
00:37:31,069 --> 00:37:32,790
Everything is ready.

701
00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:52,149
What's she doing at Biyun Nunnery?

702
00:37:53,189 --> 00:37:54,430
We can snatch her out and ransom her.

703
00:37:54,430 --> 00:37:54,870
Yes.

704
00:37:55,149 --> 00:37:56,270
Let's do that!

705
00:38:04,270 --> 00:38:05,950
(If the Ninth Young Lady dies,)

706
00:38:06,229 --> 00:38:07,910
(ten or twenty years from now,)

707
00:38:08,109 --> 00:38:10,350
(the Fu family will have other ladies.)

708
00:38:10,509 --> 00:38:11,910
(But if she lives,)

709
00:38:12,029 --> 00:38:15,430
(there may be no Fu family left in ten
or twenty years.)

710
00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:17,069
What are you doing?

711
00:38:17,950 --> 00:38:19,229
Ninth Young Lady,

712
00:38:19,990 --> 00:38:21,629
which

713
00:38:21,790 --> 00:38:23,229
would you rather do first,

714
00:38:23,509 --> 00:38:25,509
take your medicine

715
00:38:25,589 --> 00:38:26,830
or get dressed?

716
00:38:27,109 --> 00:38:28,470
Your choice.

717
00:38:30,669 --> 00:38:31,669
What do you mean?

718
00:38:34,750 --> 00:38:36,509
Grandmother ordered this?

719
00:38:37,229 --> 00:38:38,430
What are you here to do?

720
00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:40,029
To preserve a good name,

721
00:38:40,229 --> 00:38:41,069
we have to say

722
00:38:41,069 --> 00:38:43,270
your betrothal
to the Zuo family was already settled.

723
00:38:43,549 --> 00:38:45,390
Then there was never any illicit affair.

724
00:38:46,109 --> 00:38:47,390
But if you actually marry
into that family,

725
00:38:47,549 --> 00:38:49,629
the Zuo family will stir up trouble,

726
00:38:49,629 --> 00:38:51,069
and we will never know peace.

727
00:38:51,350 --> 00:38:52,790
Stop struggling.

728
00:38:52,950 --> 00:38:54,950
Consider it one last act of filial duty
to Old Madam.

729
00:38:54,950 --> 00:38:56,270
Once you've finished this bowl,

730
00:38:56,470 --> 00:38:57,990
we'll put you in the bridal sedan.

731
00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:59,629
Then Zuo Junjie

732
00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:01,629
won't get anything out of you either.

733
00:39:01,830 --> 00:39:03,229
He can be a widower instead.

734
00:39:03,509 --> 00:39:04,390
The family

735
00:39:04,629 --> 00:39:06,350
will make offerings at your grave.

736
00:39:06,750 --> 00:39:07,750
Let go!

737
00:39:07,750 --> 00:39:08,709
Yuwei!

738
00:39:11,430 --> 00:39:12,589
I won't drink it!

739
00:39:13,669 --> 00:39:15,830
Old Madam really does know you best.

740
00:39:16,270 --> 00:39:18,430
The two of us
have never served you before.

741
00:39:19,069 --> 00:39:20,310
Perhaps we're not close enough.

742
00:39:21,229 --> 00:39:22,430
Bring in someone else,

743
00:39:22,430 --> 00:39:23,910
and maybe you'll drink it.

744
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,560
(Next Episode)

745
00:39:38,509 --> 00:39:39,149
Miss Fan.

746
00:39:39,589 --> 00:39:40,790
The Ninth Young Lady of the Fu family

747
00:39:41,310 --> 00:39:42,109
has died of illness.

748
00:39:42,350 --> 00:39:43,189
She's dead?

749
00:39:44,350 --> 00:39:45,709
How could she be dead?

750
00:39:47,109 --> 00:39:48,509
The body identification record?

751
00:39:49,149 --> 00:39:50,990
This is the woman you wanted
as your sister-in-law.

752
00:39:51,669 --> 00:39:54,270
Farewell, Ninth Young Lady.

753
00:39:55,629 --> 00:39:56,549
Madam.

754
00:39:56,549 --> 00:39:58,069
A wedding procession ahead

755
00:39:58,069 --> 00:39:59,229
is blocking the road.

756
00:39:59,430 --> 00:40:02,229
A wedding always gives way to a funeral.

757
00:40:02,709 --> 00:40:03,950
Tell them to move aside.

758
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:23,600
♪The past brushes by
like a falling leaf♪

759
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:31,560
♪So light, yet my steps still pause
for you♪

760
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:38,320
♪Through every rise and fall,
our memories remain without regret♪

761
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,360
♪Carved into the rings of time♪

762
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:47,160
♪How I wish I could stay
a little longer, but I can't♪

763
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:57,200
♪I turn away, afraid goodbye will fill
my eyes with tears♪

764
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:04,600
♪Etched deep within my heart,
yet buried without a word♪

765
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,000
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

766
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,720
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

767
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:19,680
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪

768
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,680
♪For one fleeting moment, I found you
in the crowd♪

769
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,600
♪Without a word, you lit up
half my life♪

770
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:50,000
♪In silence, a love too deep for words♪

771
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:53,000
♪Kept close within my heart♪

772
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:58,920
♪From now on, no one else
is worth waiting for♪

773
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:09,360
♪I turn away, afraid no one
will ever come home to me again♪

774
00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:16,720
♪If we can build our future together,
no storm can chill my heart♪

775
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:21,120
♪The warmth of your hand in mine♪

776
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,920
♪Still makes us want to believe♪

777
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:31,840
♪One promise for a lifetime,
echoing long after we part♪