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[Spring of The Blade]

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[Episode 9]

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Careful, Your Lordship—

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one wrong move,

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and the hand on the blade

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could be the one that bleeds.

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The more they resist...

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the more I enjoy it.

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Drink it.

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Don't let it go to waste.

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I was rash and rude just now.

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I'd had quite a fright,

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which is why I reacted that way.

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Your Lordship is magnanimous.

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Surely you won't hold it against me.

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The way you put it, Fourth Lady Xie,

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makes it seem
as if I brought this upon myself.

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Drink it.

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I'm really worried

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she might get caught up in this.

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That poor child

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has suffered from a young age

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and has hardly known a day of happiness.

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I'm just an old woman.

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All I want is for her to be safe

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and healthy.

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Granny,

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if you have anything

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you want to give Yunya,

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I'll take it to her for you.

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Really?

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Alright.

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That's great.

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Once spring comes,

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the city is full of willow fluff.

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She's been prone to
coughing since she was little

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and loves my salted kumquats the most.

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And the yam cake.

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I didn't put much honey in it.

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I was afraid it'd be too sweet

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and irritate her throat.

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Ever since she was little,

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that child has never known
when to stop eating.

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If you happen to see her,

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please remind her a few more times for me.

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Okay.

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I'll keep that in mind.

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Oh!

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There are also several jars
of fritillaria syrup.

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I made it

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by simmering the fritillaria

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in melted snow.

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Works wonders for coughs.

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Are these too much for you to carry?

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Not at all.

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Whatever you'd like to send,

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just give it to me.

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I'll go fetch them from inside.

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Oh, right, Granny.

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I'll take all those loquat candies

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you just mentioned.

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Can you finish them all?

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I'll share them with my men.

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They've been dying to
try your cooking for ages.

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It's fine, Eldest Lady.

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Don't worry.

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Eldest Sister.

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Fourth Sister.

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Are you okay?

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How are you?

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Don't worry, Eldest Sister.

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I'm not hurt at all.

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The nanny who went with you

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to make the bed earlier came back

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and told us Lord Yan kept you there
for a medicinal meal—

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it frightened Eldest Lady and me
half to death.

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He didn't give you a hard time, did he?

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He...

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didn't.

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That's good.

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It's just that in the past,
Lord Yan was only after money.

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Why has he made
such a huge commotion this time?

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Everyone knows Zhengjun

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can't even use an abacus properly.

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How could he possibly have orchestrated
the swap of the relief grain?

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What Yan Rui wants

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isn't the real culprit at all.

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Your Lordship!

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Your Lordship.

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Xie Zhengjun has been taken into custody.

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Good.

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Send a letter to
the patriarch of the Xie family.

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Wouldn't want the long distance

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to keep him from news of home.

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Understood.

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[Qinyue Corridor]

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In this entire household,

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Eldest Lady is the only one
who genuinely cares about you.

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She came rushing over to find me just now,

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wanting to go with me to bring you back.

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Qingyuan!

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[Fuyu Pavilion]

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Second Madam.

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Qingyuan,

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you're the most capable and
resourceful person in this household.

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Given your relationship with Lord Yan,

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surely you can put in a word this time,

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right?

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You...

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you must help your second brother.

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Your second brother has never dared to

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harm so much as an ant his whole life.

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He could never have murdered someone to
cover his tracks or swapped the grain.

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He has truly been framed.

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Second Madam,

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it's not that I don't want to save him.

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It's just that

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this matter concerns
the future of the entire family.

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It can't be settled with just a few words.

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Moreover, the Criminal Justice Office has

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some pretty formidable methods.

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They can make a man swear that his ancestors
for 8 generations were all rebels.

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With Second Brother's personality,

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how many rounds of torture
could he possibly endure?

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They're...

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They're that ruthless?

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[Fuyu Pavilion]

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Yeah.

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Perhaps in a few days,

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Second Brother will confess on his own

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that he was the one
who brought disaster upon the family.

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By then, even if I

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plead with every kind word I can think of,

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how could that possibly resolve things?

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Well...

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Second Madam,

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when my mother was alive, she often said

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that those who frame someone

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know better than anyone
that the person is innocent.

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Surely

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you of all people understand that.

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Unless Lord Yan is willing to
back down of his own accord,

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there's

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no way out.

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Qingyuan,

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you...

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You little brat,

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you think I can't deal with you?

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[Zhongwu Hall]

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The Xie family's waters

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run deep enough to drown a dozen censors.

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How many times have I told you?

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Don't you remember?

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Have a few good meals gone to your head

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and made you forget everything?

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Why did you have to
stick your nose into that?

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Father,

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everyone in Hengtang knows

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the character
of the Xie family's second son.

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There's no way
he had the brains or the nerve

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to mastermind the grain swap.

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It's obviously a setup.

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Exactly.

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The officialdom in Hengtang is a mess.

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None of those people have clean hands.

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Even if they didn't do
that particular thing,

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they're still entangled in it.

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Either way, he's a dead man!

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Why should you care about him?

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What if I marry Xie Qingyuan?

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Then our family and the Xie family

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will be in-laws.

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Would you still stand by
and do nothing then?

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Have you been bewitched by some vixen?

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You've only met that girl a few times,

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and already you're lovestruck?

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Let me tell you again—

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the Xie family's fourth daughter isn't

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someone you can marry
just because you want to!

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Yeah!

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I might not know her, but I know you!

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I've watched

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you grow up.

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I know what kind of woman

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will make you thrive and what kind

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will ruin you.

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Let me ask you one more thing—

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have you asked
the Xie family's opinion on this?

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Then I'll send someone right now

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to propose marriage with betrothal gifts!

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I'll kick you to death!

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I... I...

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[Zhongwu Hall]

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Father,

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weren't you like me
when you courted Mother,

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pestering her relentlessly?

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Why can't you believe

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my feelings are just as sincere?

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Right, Mother?

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You...

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Your mother is different from other women!

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Your mother is
the finest woman under heaven,

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and I married her!

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You need to remember what I told you.

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You actually kicked him!

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Scaring him would have been enough!

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Why did you really kick him...

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[Zhongwu Hall]

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You actually kicked him!

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There is something

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I'm not sure I should say.

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When Yan Rui came to the Xie residence,

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he was after the ledger.

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W-What did you say? The ledger?

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Wasn't the ledger
washed away by the river?

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Brother,

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I lied to you.

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That night when the estate manager died,

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the ledger never fell into the river.

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I hid it away.

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I just wanted to
leave a way out for myself.

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I've never wavered
in my loyalty to you, Brother.

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So you lied

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and said the ledger was washed away

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by the river?

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Well...

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Brother...

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You brat,

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playing games with me, huh?

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I'll kill you, you brat.

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Punish yourself with a drink!

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I'll drink. I'll drink.

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Brother,

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doesn't the Xie family's second son

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enjoy admiring that painting...

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the Spring Mountain Night Gathering?

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So I secretly hid the ledger in it

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and had him keep it safe for me.

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But I never expected that
a couple of days ago, his mother

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took it away.

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You've grown some nerve, huh?

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Enough to frame a woman
and let her take the fall?

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I wouldn't dare, Brother.

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I only meant to

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quietly hide it away.

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I just didn't see this snag coming,

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you see.

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Then why don't you
just get the ledger back?

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I can't.

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Xie Zhengjun said

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his mother burned the ledger.

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As if I'd believe that.

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Y-Yan Rui

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is an absolute bastard!

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All those rumors about him
and Fourth Lady Xie and whatever else—

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he's really just trying to investigate us!

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And... And...

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And the Xie family's second son too—

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he can't be trusted either.

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He'll give us up sooner or later.

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Brother,

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we need to plan ahead.

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I know.

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Brother,

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I...

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I was nobody before.

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Just a lowly fishmonger

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with nothing to eat or wear,

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and my whole family was
nearly starving to death.

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If it weren't for you,

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I wouldn't be here today.

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Look at me now—decked in gold and silver,

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feasting on the finest delicacies.

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I followed you
from that small fishing village

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to Hengtang.

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I still hope

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to go to the capital with you

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one day.

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Brother...

280
00:14:44,870 --> 00:14:45,840
I've failed you.

281
00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,030
Baofeng.

282
00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:50,270
Brother!

283
00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:51,540
What are you doing?

284
00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,320
I owe you my life, Brother.

285
00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:55,930
But I ruined everything

286
00:14:56,150 --> 00:14:57,270
with the ledger.

287
00:14:57,670 --> 00:15:00,120
My life is worthless.

288
00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,930
I'm just afraid
I'll drag you down with me.

289
00:15:18,950 --> 00:15:19,950
[Xie Zhengjun also
shared in the illicit proceeds.]

290
00:15:19,950 --> 00:15:20,950
[Substituted old, moldy rice
for the court's fresh relief grain.]

291
00:15:26,490 --> 00:15:27,490
[Xie Zhengjun also
shared in the illicit proceeds.]

292
00:15:27,490 --> 00:15:28,620
[Substituted old, moldy rice
for the court's disaster relief grain.]

293
00:15:34,470 --> 00:15:37,740
[Guilty subject, Guo Baofeng]

294
00:15:42,030 --> 00:15:42,960
Baofeng,

295
00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,120
I've sent this year's

296
00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:52,410
share of the profits to your wife.

297
00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:05,200
My Lord.

298
00:16:06,030 --> 00:16:08,510
Everyone in your household, young and old,

299
00:16:10,150 --> 00:16:12,000
is taken care of.

300
00:16:13,750 --> 00:16:14,720
Baofeng,

301
00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,120
you can

302
00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:20,550
go in peace.

303
00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:45,200
Lord Wei?

304
00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:46,630
Lord Wei,

305
00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,360
I really didn't kill him.

306
00:16:48,390 --> 00:16:50,790
G-Guo Baofeng was
already dead when I got there.

307
00:16:50,790 --> 00:16:51,650
My good nephew,

308
00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:53,030
I know all that.

309
00:16:54,630 --> 00:16:55,630
Listen to me.

310
00:16:56,550 --> 00:16:58,030
At this point, you have no choice

311
00:16:58,030 --> 00:17:00,230
but to confess to being the mastermind.

312
00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,360
I heard

313
00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,349
Yan Rui has the Criminal Justice Office
at his disposal.

314
00:17:05,349 --> 00:17:07,150
If they don't torture you today,

315
00:17:07,310 --> 00:17:09,640
they certainly won't spare you tomorrow.

316
00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:11,640
If you want to spare yourself

317
00:17:12,829 --> 00:17:14,290
some physical suffering,

318
00:17:14,829 --> 00:17:16,480
sign the confession first.

319
00:17:18,550 --> 00:17:20,010
Once your father returns,

320
00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,420
I'll definitely find a way to get you out.

321
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:30,480
Good nephew,

322
00:17:31,590 --> 00:17:32,920
when the time comes,

323
00:17:33,550 --> 00:17:35,880
just say you got into a dispute
with Guo Baofeng

324
00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,440
and killed him by accident.

325
00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,680
Lord Wei, what a refined pastime,

326
00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,830
helping him cook up a story
in the dead of night.

327
00:17:48,830 --> 00:17:50,070
Why don't you say it out loud

328
00:17:50,070 --> 00:17:51,510
so we can hear it too?

329
00:17:53,510 --> 00:17:54,310
You really are

330
00:17:54,590 --> 00:17:56,350
Lord Yan's right-hand men.

331
00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,440
Even this late at night, you're still
diligently performing your duties.

332
00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,590
I'm concerned about the case,

333
00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:02,960
so I came especially to see the suspect

334
00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:04,830
and persuade him to
turn back before it's too late.

335
00:18:04,830 --> 00:18:05,430
Is that so?

336
00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,540
I thought perhaps you meant to
use this opportunity

337
00:18:08,590 --> 00:18:11,250
to let Second Young Master Xie
be the scapegoat.

338
00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,860
A prison is no ordinary place.

339
00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,400
If some taboo is violated

340
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,400
and blood is shed,

341
00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:19,960
it won't end well.

342
00:18:20,270 --> 00:18:21,870
Lord Wei, you should go back.

343
00:18:22,510 --> 00:18:23,310
Alright then.

344
00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:26,720
Good nephew.

345
00:18:29,070 --> 00:18:30,600
Take good care of yourself.

346
00:18:51,270 --> 00:18:51,960
Mother.

347
00:18:55,030 --> 00:18:57,400
Those armed guards outside

348
00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,680
have switched shifts several times.

349
00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,270
What should we do?

350
00:19:01,550 --> 00:19:02,440
Why panic?

351
00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,440
Back in the day, my husband

352
00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,200
traveled far and wide.

353
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,550
He'd seen it all.

354
00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,930
Since things have come to this,

355
00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,830
there will eventually
be a way to solve it.

356
00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,070
But the rumors outside

357
00:19:18,350 --> 00:19:20,010
are spreading like wildfire.

358
00:19:20,510 --> 00:19:22,680
People have mouths of their own.

359
00:19:23,110 --> 00:19:24,920
You can't stop people from

360
00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,000
talking behind your back.

361
00:19:27,350 --> 00:19:30,550
At worst, they'll get
a few more days of laughs at our expense.

362
00:19:30,550 --> 00:19:32,440
It won't do us any real harm.

363
00:19:33,110 --> 00:19:33,880
Yes.

364
00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,070
Qingyuan.

365
00:19:41,830 --> 00:19:43,750
Did you mix

366
00:19:44,310 --> 00:19:47,110
white sandalwood into today's hair oil?

367
00:19:47,510 --> 00:19:48,720
Yes, Grandmother.

368
00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,270
I also added 3 maces of biota seeds.

369
00:19:51,270 --> 00:19:52,510
They help calm the mind.

370
00:19:52,510 --> 00:19:54,200
So you'll be able to

371
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,550
sleep better tonight.

372
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,200
You're the filial one,

373
00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:00,920
unlike those disappointing ones

374
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,030
who only cause me trouble.

375
00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:06,680
Old Madam?

376
00:20:09,830 --> 00:20:10,790
Old Madam!

377
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,070
Old Madam!

378
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,410
Qingyuan, you're here too.

379
00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,790
I've been muddled these past 2 days,

380
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,030
and I didn't even

381
00:20:22,590 --> 00:20:24,160
come to pay my respects to you
after dinner.

382
00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,510
You've always been muddled,

383
00:20:25,510 --> 00:20:27,350
not just these 2 days.

384
00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,030
Your son

385
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,310
has gotten us into such trouble.

386
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,260
Your reprimand is justified, Old Madam.

387
00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:38,200
My dear Qingyuan,

388
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,030
this time you must help me

389
00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,590
and also your second brother.

390
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,240
He's always

391
00:20:46,350 --> 00:20:48,510
going on about you,

392
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,550
telling everyone you have a kind heart.

393
00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,510
Surely you won't just
leave him to die this time?

394
00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,110
Old Madam, what do you think?

395
00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,510
This bracelet

396
00:20:59,510 --> 00:21:00,970
is nothing of great value.

397
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,270
Second Madam is in charge of

398
00:21:02,270 --> 00:21:04,720
6 estates and 8 shops.

399
00:21:05,350 --> 00:21:08,150
Since she's sincerely offered you
this bracelet,

400
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,350
just accept it.

401
00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,240
Right, right.

402
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,440
Look how lovely it looks on you.

403
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,270
I've long heard

404
00:21:16,270 --> 00:21:18,200
that you're a good manager
of the household,

405
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,530
and today I've finally seen it for myself.

406
00:21:21,270 --> 00:21:23,530
It's just a pity that I'm not very bright.

407
00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,450
Otherwise, I'd certainly love to
learn from you.

408
00:21:28,550 --> 00:21:29,750
We're family.

409
00:21:30,070 --> 00:21:31,600
No need for such formality.

410
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,400
Your cleverness

411
00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:35,520
is what caught the Old Madam's eye.

412
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000
You should learn.

413
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,510
You need to learn from Second Madam

414
00:21:38,510 --> 00:21:40,000
and study hard

415
00:21:40,310 --> 00:21:43,440
so that you can be of some help
to the family in the future.

416
00:21:47,590 --> 00:21:48,240
Right.

417
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,000
If you really want to learn,

418
00:21:51,070 --> 00:21:53,240
you may as well take over the pharmacy

419
00:21:53,590 --> 00:21:55,320
on South Street to practice on.

420
00:21:55,510 --> 00:21:57,200
It was going to

421
00:21:57,310 --> 00:21:58,910
be yours eventually anyway.

422
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:00,000
That's great!

423
00:22:00,510 --> 00:22:01,590
Thank you, Second Madam.

424
00:22:01,590 --> 00:22:04,650
I certainly won't let your good intentions
go to waste.

425
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,490
Since you're going to do it,

426
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,510
do it well.

427
00:22:13,830 --> 00:22:14,640
Second Madam.

428
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,200
Okay.

429
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,770
Don't... Don't kill me!

430
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,680
Don't kill me!

431
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:33,920
Why would I kill you,

432
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,110
Second Young Master Xie?

433
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:37,000
I have my own uses for you.

434
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:38,310
How do you feel?

435
00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:39,680
After being locked up for so long,

436
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:40,540
are you thirsty

437
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,570
or would you like something to eat?

438
00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:43,830
Come on,

439
00:22:44,350 --> 00:22:45,750
Second Young Master Xie.

440
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,330
What do you want?

441
00:22:58,200 --> 00:22:59,480
What's this?

442
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:18,540
Fresh watermelon.

443
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:22,750
Have some.

444
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,140
Is it sweet?

445
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:48,960
Lord Yan,

446
00:23:50,790 --> 00:23:52,850
are you also trying to make me confess

447
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,400
to being the mastermind?

448
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,160
Also?

449
00:24:00,750 --> 00:24:02,920
I don't know who wants you to confess.

450
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,400
But as it happens,
there's now some new evidence

451
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,330
that can prove you didn't kill him.

452
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:10,750
You? Being that kind?

453
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,510
You'd be delighted if I died here.

454
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,450
Zhengjun, how could you
think so poorly of me?

455
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,720
I really want to help you clear your name.

456
00:24:21,110 --> 00:24:22,640
So I want you to

457
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,970
tell me everything about
how you and Guo Baofeng conspired.

458
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,130
That way, I can make a proper decision.

459
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:31,830
Yes,

460
00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:33,510
I know.

461
00:24:34,350 --> 00:24:35,830
As for the other day,

462
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,680
when I had you arrested at your home,

463
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,510
I truly had no choice.

464
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,400
I've been acting on His Majesty's orders.

465
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,070
Naturally, I need to give His Majesty
an explanation, right?

466
00:24:46,070 --> 00:24:47,400
As long as you can help me find out

467
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,600
who the real mastermind behind this is,

468
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,120
I guarantee you'll live.

469
00:24:53,350 --> 00:24:54,200
You?

470
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:55,830
You always lie.

471
00:24:56,550 --> 00:24:58,750
Last time, when you demanded
money and grain

472
00:24:58,750 --> 00:25:01,280
from my grandmother,
you said the same thing.

473
00:25:01,510 --> 00:25:02,840
This time is different.

474
00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:04,110
I give you my word.

475
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,400
As long as you cooperate with us,

476
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:07,960
I can set you free.

477
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:13,480
Write.

478
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,000
Quickly.

479
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:11,590
Nice drawing.

480
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,640
What a pity.

481
00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:21,550
The watermelon I dug out of the mass grave

482
00:26:21,550 --> 00:26:22,640
has gone to waste.

483
00:26:28,830 --> 00:26:29,690
Your Lordship,

484
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,270
Xie Zhengjun drew a hen to mock you,

485
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,610
and you're not the least bit angry?

486
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,110
Why would I be?

487
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,440
The one I was waiting for was never him,

488
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,100
but the Xie family's rescuer.

489
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,440
Rescuer?

490
00:26:43,370 --> 00:26:45,770
[Xie Residence of Hengtang]

491
00:26:46,110 --> 00:26:47,200
By Lord Yan's order,

492
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:48,750
no one may enter
or leave the Xie Residence.

493
00:26:48,750 --> 00:26:50,160
I'm the Heir of the Marquis of Danyang.

494
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,620
How dare you try to stop me?

495
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:52,540
Move aside!

496
00:26:53,790 --> 00:26:54,720
Young Master Li!

497
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:55,680
Young Master Li!

498
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:56,200
Out of my way!

499
00:26:55,850 --> 00:26:57,390
[Xie Residence of Hengtang]

500
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,050
I have something to say!

501
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:02,110
Young Master Li!

502
00:27:02,110 --> 00:27:03,590
Young Master Li,
please don't make things difficult for us.

503
00:27:03,590 --> 00:27:04,480
I'm here to propose marriage,

504
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:05,110
not to break anyone out of prison.

505
00:27:05,110 --> 00:27:05,880
Young Master Li!

506
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,210
Why are you stopping me?

507
00:27:11,790 --> 00:27:12,720
Old Madam Xie.

508
00:27:13,110 --> 00:27:14,040
Young Master Li,

509
00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:17,000
why have you come?

510
00:27:22,070 --> 00:27:23,400
I, Li Congxin, have come

511
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:25,160
to offer Eastern Pearls as betrothal gifts

512
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,960
and ask for the hand of a daughter
of the Xie family.

513
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:30,790
Good child,

514
00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:33,150
we all know what's in your heart.

515
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:34,720
Our Qingru

516
00:27:35,070 --> 00:27:36,240
has also been hoping day and night

517
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,590
to tie the knot with you.

518
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,920
But the timing right now...

519
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:41,320
Madam, you're mistaken.

520
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:43,600
The one I want to marry

521
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,370
is the fourth daughter
of your family, Qingyuan.

522
00:28:12,830 --> 00:28:13,920
Chunzhi,

523
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:16,090
what did you say?

524
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:35,240
My Lady!

525
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:45,640
Young Master Li,

526
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:49,340
do you know the situation
our family is in right now?

527
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,580
That's exactly why I've come.

528
00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:57,090
And you're not afraid?

529
00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,640
What is there to fear?

530
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:00,160
If I marry Qingyuan,

531
00:29:00,550 --> 00:29:02,070
I'll protect her with my life

532
00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:04,670
and won't let anyone harm her
in the slightest.

533
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,480
And as for her maternal family,

534
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,810
I'll definitely take care of them as well.

535
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:10,310
Old Madam,

536
00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:13,150
he's the only son
of the Marquis of Danyang.

537
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:14,830
If she marries him,

538
00:29:15,070 --> 00:29:16,400
it would be marrying up.

539
00:29:16,550 --> 00:29:17,920
It'd save her from being tied to those...

540
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,180
The Xie Residence is quite lively today.

541
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:21,400
What?

542
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,020
What brings the Marquis of Danyang's

543
00:29:24,550 --> 00:29:26,110
precious only son here uninvited?

544
00:29:26,110 --> 00:29:27,880
Is there something you want to negotiate?

545
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:28,410
Exactly.

546
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,240
I've come to ask for the hand of
the fourth daughter of the Xie family.

547
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,800
The items are quite impressive.

548
00:29:36,030 --> 00:29:37,960
I just don't know if Fourth Lady Xie

549
00:29:38,030 --> 00:29:39,360
prefers Eastern Pearls

550
00:29:40,270 --> 00:29:41,000
or jade.

551
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:49,240
Qingyuan,

552
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:51,960
what do you say?

553
00:29:56,030 --> 00:29:57,590
"Marriage is decided by the parents

554
00:29:57,590 --> 00:29:59,070
and arranged by a matchmaker."

555
00:29:59,070 --> 00:30:00,720
Now that Father isn't at home,

556
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,380
I'll naturally leave the decision
entirely to you, Grandmother.

557
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,100
Marriage is a major event.

558
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,010
It cannot be taken lightly.

559
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,240
Even if Qingyuan agrees,

560
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:18,920
it must still be

561
00:30:19,590 --> 00:30:22,000
approved by the elders of the families.

562
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,290
Old Madam, does that mean you consent?

563
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:26,320
Great.

564
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:27,860
I'll go home now

565
00:30:28,030 --> 00:30:29,290
and inform my parents.

566
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:30,240
Qingyuan,

567
00:30:30,830 --> 00:30:32,160
keep these safe for now.

568
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:32,970
Wait for me!

569
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:34,650
Young Master Li!

570
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,530
Fourth Lady Xie, looks like

571
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,320
you only like Eastern Pearls,
but not jade.

572
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:44,480
Lord Yan!

573
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,000
Leave!

574
00:30:47,310 --> 00:30:48,840
You may all go back and rest.

575
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:51,030
I

576
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:54,010
have something to say to Fourth Lady Xie.

577
00:30:58,960 --> 00:30:59,880
Wenzhuo,

578
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,680
help me back so I can copy the sutras.

579
00:31:36,510 --> 00:31:37,790
You useless wretch!

580
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:39,350
You useless wretch!

581
00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:41,110
Father, please stop whipping him!

582
00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:42,710
I was the one who sneaked out!

583
00:31:43,350 --> 00:31:45,240
You've pulled your back. Stop then.

584
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,100
You've already pulled your back.

585
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:48,410
Are you okay?

586
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:52,310
Father.

587
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,600
I was the one who sneaked out.

588
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,030
Please don't punish him.

589
00:31:56,030 --> 00:31:57,440
You wretch!

590
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,680
I ordered you again and again

591
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,700
not to let Young Master
out of the courtyard!

592
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:05,960
Why didn't you listen?

593
00:32:07,110 --> 00:32:08,640
And now look what happened.

594
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,420
He went to the Xie family
and embarrassed me!

595
00:32:12,270 --> 00:32:13,130
Your Lordship,

596
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,000
I was wrong.

597
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,260
I'll never do it again.

598
00:32:15,550 --> 00:32:17,310
I'm going to marry Xie Qingyuan,
no matter what.

599
00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:19,510
-M-Marry...
-If you won't allow it,

600
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,680
you might as well beat me to death.

601
00:32:24,830 --> 00:32:27,030
You truly are a lovesick fool.

602
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,880
You really think that Xie girl

603
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,490
is some gentle and understanding beauty?

604
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,750
She's the boning knife in Yan Rui's hands!

605
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,070
Once you get involved with her,

606
00:32:38,070 --> 00:32:40,070
you won't even know how you died!

607
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,040
Qingyuan would never collude with Yan Rui.

608
00:32:43,110 --> 00:32:43,720
Anyway,

609
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:45,760
I won't marry anyone but her.

610
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:46,940
If you don't agree,

611
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,040
I'll starve myself to death!

612
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:51,160
Fine!

613
00:32:51,590 --> 00:32:52,510
Starve yourself to death!

614
00:32:52,510 --> 00:32:54,910
I'll simply pretend
I never had a son at all!

615
00:32:55,510 --> 00:32:56,240
Si!

616
00:32:57,510 --> 00:32:59,240
Keep an eye on Young Master.

617
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:01,650
Lock him in the rear courtyard.

618
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,350
Don't let him
step out of the residence again.

619
00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:06,310
If he gets out again,

620
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,100
I'll break those legs of yours...

621
00:33:12,790 --> 00:33:13,240
You...

622
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:15,880
Get out!

623
00:33:35,510 --> 00:33:36,370
Second Sister,

624
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,400
are you okay?

625
00:33:40,270 --> 00:33:42,130
Tell me, what kind of dirty tricks

626
00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:44,440
did that woman use

627
00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:48,550
to bewitch Chunzhi so completely?

628
00:33:50,030 --> 00:33:51,160
I don't know either.

629
00:33:52,070 --> 00:33:53,470
Probably the same tricks

630
00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:55,480
she's been using on Lord Yan.

631
00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:57,720
Pretending to be innocent and harmless,

632
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,380
but actually full of schemes.

633
00:33:59,830 --> 00:34:01,090
Just now, I even saw her

634
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,350
in the hallway,

635
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,200
pulling and tugging at Lord Yan.

636
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,360
Xie Qingyuan,

637
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,920
I've been following you for so long,

638
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:20,920
yet I've gotten zero response.

639
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,190
Do you really think I'm your watchdog?

640
00:34:25,710 --> 00:34:26,510
Let me ask you.

641
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,360
Were you sincere
when you told Old Madam Xie

642
00:34:31,150 --> 00:34:33,480
that your marriage was up to your parents?

643
00:34:33,510 --> 00:34:35,639
Since you know I'm a puppet on strings,

644
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,760
why bother caring

645
00:34:38,110 --> 00:34:39,710
whose hand holds my strings?

646
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,590
In any case,
it certainly won't be your hand.

647
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:54,230
Xie Qingyuan!

648
00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:56,989
I'll show you what's what today!

649
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:00,230
What?

650
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,890
Second Lady Xie, now it's your turn

651
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,460
to beat up your own family?

652
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,210
Your family is so interesting.

653
00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:07,480
Lord Yan,

654
00:35:08,190 --> 00:35:10,320
you never turn a blind eye to anything.

655
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:11,270
But today,

656
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,110
you can tolerate Xie Qingyuan

657
00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:15,640
pining for another man
right under your nose?

658
00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:18,110
I'd actually like to hear

659
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,010
how she's been pining for another man.

660
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,860
She's been coveting Chunzhi
for a long time.

661
00:35:23,860 --> 00:35:25,570
She secretly approached him

662
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,530
and even shamelessly

663
00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:29,320
hid the jade pendant

664
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:30,530
Chunzhi gave me.

665
00:35:32,110 --> 00:35:33,320
I saw it with my own eyes.

666
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,110
It was I who helped
get the jade pendant back.

667
00:35:35,110 --> 00:35:36,370
It's absolutely true!

668
00:35:41,150 --> 00:35:43,480
Who did you say
this jade pendant was from?

669
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:45,370
It was...

670
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,200
It was Young Master Li
who gave it to Second Sister.

671
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,510
You stole it from Xie Qingyuan.

672
00:35:55,630 --> 00:35:56,440
I didn't!

673
00:36:05,110 --> 00:36:07,370
Then it was you
who treated what I gave you

674
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,200
as a mere toy.

675
00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:12,920
Second Sister, since you like it,

676
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:13,840
you can have it.

677
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:18,670
In that case,

678
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,800
why don't you take the bracelet
Second Madam gave me

679
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:22,760
as well?

680
00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:26,350
Either way, they're just things

681
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,850
others forced me to accept.

682
00:36:50,330 --> 00:36:54,510
[Harmony Among Kin]

683
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,130
You still have the nerve to cry?

684
00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:59,240
Look at the situation we're in.

685
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:00,840
Why did you mess with her?

686
00:37:01,150 --> 00:37:04,010
-Xie Qingyuan set Second Sister up first!
-Enough!

687
00:37:06,110 --> 00:37:07,970
I truly thought that jade pendant

688
00:37:08,110 --> 00:37:09,590
was from Chunzhi.

689
00:37:10,550 --> 00:37:11,680
Who could have known

690
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,320
it was a token
of her illicit affair with Yan Rui!

691
00:37:17,710 --> 00:37:18,710
Not another word.

692
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,610
You're confined to your room for 3 days

693
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,160
and must copy the Heart Sutra 100 times.

694
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:34,550
Yes.

695
00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:40,120
Grandmother...

696
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:53,670
You...

697
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,360
[Danyue Pavilion]

698
00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:02,520
[Qinyue Corridor]

699
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:07,140
♪ If the wind softly whispers your name ♪

700
00:38:03,070 --> 00:38:05,130
didn't stand here all night, did you?

701
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:13,640
♪ If my heart softly hears your voice ♪

702
00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:08,840
As for that jade pendant,

703
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,190
Grandmother has already punished
Second Sister and Third Sister.

704
00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:13,440
Your Lordship isn't still angry, are you?

705
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,030
No.

706
00:38:13,740 --> 00:38:21,380
♪ I'm still here,
holding on to our memories ♪

707
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,290
Then what does Your Lordship want?

708
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:19,960
Woman,

709
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,030
is your heart really made of cold iron?

710
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:28,800
♪ Quietly waiting in the passage of time
for a reply ♪

711
00:38:22,670 --> 00:38:24,280
Your grandmother punished your two sisters

712
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:25,670
to appease me.

713
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:26,670
And you,

714
00:38:27,110 --> 00:38:28,440
the main culprit.

715
00:38:28,950 --> 00:38:35,870
♪ Listening to every word, every line,
everything about you ♪

716
00:38:31,110 --> 00:38:34,440
Yet you could sleep soundly until dawn,
completely at ease.

717
00:38:34,670 --> 00:38:35,960
Aren't you afraid I'll

718
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:44,840
♪ Your gentle breath,
the traces left by longing ♪

719
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:37,960
have your entire household

720
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:39,030
arrested?

721
00:38:39,510 --> 00:38:40,320
Would you?

722
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:52,550
Yan,

723
00:38:53,070 --> 00:38:53,920
hurry up.

724
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,150
Drink this bowl of hot ginger soup.

725
00:38:57,150 --> 00:38:58,710
You must've caught a cold.

726
00:38:59,630 --> 00:39:00,550
And you!

727
00:39:00,550 --> 00:39:01,190
Seriously,

728
00:39:01,190 --> 00:39:03,960
it's so cold in the morning,
and you dress so lightly.

729
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,110
-What if you catch a cold?
-Granny, I'm fine.

730
00:39:06,110 --> 00:39:06,840
I'm not cold.

731
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:23,190
Drink it.

732
00:39:25,110 --> 00:39:27,440
Don't you think you owe me an explanation?

733
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:29,740
Your Lordship,

734
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:36,700
♪ If the wind softly whispers your name ♪

735
00:39:30,030 --> 00:39:32,000
I'm a person with a mind of my own.

736
00:39:32,550 --> 00:39:33,630
Whether I like something

737
00:39:33,630 --> 00:39:35,110
or dislike it,

738
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:36,630
it's my right.

739
00:39:36,730 --> 00:39:43,210
♪ If my heart softly hears your voice ♪

740
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,810
I don't owe anyone an explanation.

741
00:39:43,150 --> 00:39:44,760
Even if you didn't want it,

742
00:39:43,310 --> 00:39:50,950
♪ I'm still here,
holding on to our memories ♪

743
00:39:45,710 --> 00:39:48,570
you shouldn't have
given it to someone else, right?

744
00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:51,880
I originally wanted to throw it away.

745
00:39:51,070 --> 00:39:58,370
♪ Quietly waiting in the passage of time
for a reply ♪

746
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:53,800
But her taking it

747
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:54,860
seems no different

748
00:39:55,190 --> 00:39:56,590
from throwing it away.

749
00:39:58,510 --> 00:40:05,440
♪ Listening to every word, every line,
everything about you ♪

750
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,280
Xie Qingyuan,

751
00:40:02,550 --> 00:40:04,210
do you really have to anger me?

752
00:40:05,530 --> 00:40:16,010
♪ Your gentle breath,
the traces left by longing ♪

753
00:40:08,230 --> 00:40:09,070
No.

754
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:11,650
It's just that, at that moment,

755
00:40:12,070 --> 00:40:14,670
I truly felt I had no need
for that jade pendant.

756
00:40:16,430 --> 00:40:23,440
♪ No sight could ever compare to you,
forever in my heart ♪

757
00:40:23,470 --> 00:40:30,470
♪ My every joy and sorrow has become
part of your journey ♪

758
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:30,500
Listen carefully then.

759
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:33,990
♪ A lifetime, devoted only to you ♪

760
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,320
You'll need it.

761
00:40:34,020 --> 00:40:37,680
♪ Giving you all the love in my heart ♪

762
00:40:37,710 --> 00:40:43,740
♪ Our paths have never truly parted ♪

763
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:46,820
Your Lordship!

764
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:51,220
Your Lordship.

765
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:52,380
Xie Shu's carriage

766
00:40:52,710 --> 00:40:53,510
has entered the city.