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Episode 17

Ning'er is always stubborn since she was a child.

She rarely changes her purpose.

If Ye Xiaotian

comes back in 20 years,

if he chooses to retire to remote mountains,

At that time…

The rules are all set by people.

If

you are the one who sets the rules,

if there are unreasonable rules,

you will correct them, will you?

Otherwise

you have to obey

the rules set by others.

Great-grandfather.

Ning'er and Ye Xiaotian...

You mean

you're happy to see them get together.

I don't have spare time

to care about their love affairs.

I am thinking about that

if the leader of the Voodo Sect passes the examination and becomes a provincial graduate,

what impact will it cause?

Please.

Nice to meet you, mademoiselle.

How's your exam?

There are only 10 questions.

It seems relatively simple for me.

I believe I will get a good grade.

As you said,

that should be very good.

Thanks for your praise, mademoiselle.

Mademoiselle.

No need to be so polite.

Raise your head.

Yes.

You should know

you have a good talent,

but if we don't win a quota for you,

you will get nothing finally.

I will never live up to your expectation.

If possible, I will

repay the Tian family's great help even with my life.

You know it.

Although Provincial Graduate has the qualification to be an official,

it is rare for a Provincial Graduate to be an official

unless he has a good family background.

He is more unlikely to be promoted to a high official.

But under the support of our Tian family,

all of these are small cases.

All you need to do is to obey my order.

I will arrange everything for you.

Yes.

After you pass the provincial civil service exam,

where do you want to be an official?

Mademoiselle.

If convenient,

I want to go back to Hu County.

Return home after getting fame, right?

Great.

Thanks for your permission, mademoiselle.

Lord Wang,

are you still worrying about the quota of Provincial Graduate?

It seems not so good.

Even candidates who are over 60 years old

takes part in the Imperial Examinations.

Although he passes the examination,

he is exhausted to death.

So here is one vacant quota.

So many people fight for it.

It

is really troublesome.

My lord,

don't worry.

It

is really a knotty problem,

But...

Adviser Qian,

do you have any good ideas?

My lord,

you know

each year the quotas

are distributed in proportion.

These bigwigs

fight for

this extra quota.

It seems

they want one more

quota of Provincial Graduate.

Actually they want to express an attitude.

Attitude?

What attitude?

About this extra quota,

if my family can't get it,

other families can't get it, too.

If another family get it, but my family don't.

Doesn't that mean that my family is not as powerful as his?

So

what they are vying is not this quota

but their faces.

So this quota...

Whoever you give it,

you will offend a lot of people.

You'd better offend nobody.

No one can get this quota.

So they have nothing to say.

Scarcity is not to be worried about.

Inequality is what people fear.

Prioritize all candidates

who have no good family background

and don't rank on the list.

Pick one in line.

It's him.

It's time to release the results.

I am so anxious.

Don't worry about it.

Anyway the results are already there.

It releases.

Big brother, the results are released.

Stay here.

Big brother, I am going to have a look.

Quickly.

People should have self-knowledge.

Yunfei.

I thought I could meet magpies when I go out today.

I didn't expect it would be a crow.

So annoying.

It's so noisy.

Unlucky!

Got it!

Got it!

Got it!

Got it! My master.

Which place?

You get the first place.

Congratulations! My master.

Don't be panic.

It's not a big deal.

Calm down.

Ye Xiaotian! Got it.

You got it. Got it.

Excuse me.

Big brother.

You got it! Got it!

Which place? Really?

The first place.

It's impossible.

There is only first place.

How could there be two?

I just saw it.

My big brother is the first.

No!

My master, you are the first.

I just finished watching from left to right.

My big brother is the first.

Ye Xiaotian!

That is the first place at the end of the list.

The first place at the end of the list is not bad.

Big brother got it.

I can't think that

I can become a Provincial Graduate one day.

Such a loser.

I, Xu Boyi,

win the first place in this exam.

The first place.

Let's go to have a meal.

Hurry up, little girl.

Yingying, look.

Look at that man!

He looks noble.

He must be a Provincial Graduate.

Look at the woman next to him.

She is graceful and cultured.

She must get an imperial mandate.

Don't you

think they are

a perfect couple?

These are you and me.

Don't you feel sick

if you don't cheat me?

How can't a man cheat?

As long as I can make you happy with lies for a lifetime,

I am a good man.

But if I can only make you happy with a lie for a while,

I am a bad man.

Are you willing to lie to me for a lifetime?

Guess it?

Come on. See?

Is Provincial Graduate Ye at home?

Official.

What's up?

My big brother is not at home.

Why are you looking for him?

I receive the order of the education administrator

to notify all candidates who passed the exam

to attend an assembly in Qiyun

at 10 am tomorrow.

Please tell Provincial Graduate Ye.

Don't be late.

Okay, thank you.

Right.

So learned. Right.

Congratulations, Boyi.

Congratulations! Boyi.

I heard that the number one scholar

is well learned.

-It's really remarkable after I see him today. -Right.

He is really deserved.

Absolutely.

I also need your assistance in the future.

Thanks.

Who is this guy?

How can he carry a girl

to take part in such a solemn occasion?

How manic he is!

He is so impolite.

Are they discussing us?

No.

They

are just jealous that you stand by me.

Let me tell you.

Here...

Many madmen often gather here.

I just bring you to widen your vision.

So why are you coming here?

I want to lurk among them.

Let's go.

This... This...

He really has no manners.

How unreasonable!

How can this be right?!

He is so arrogant.

So flighty.

Today there are so many talents.

Someone carries a girl with him.

How flighty he is!

Who is he?

I am Ye Xiaotian.

Mr. Cui, nice to meet you.

Education administrator, nice to meet you.

Today's feast

only invites talented men.

You come with a female partner.

It is a disgrace to us.

The girls in Guizhou are always lively

and passionate.

They are naturally different from the girls in Central Plains.

Sir, now you are in Guizhou,

but you judge the girl in Guizhou

with the ritual of the Central Plains.

So I wonder you are a real Confucian scholar

or not?

What he just said is rough.

How can such a person become a Scholar?

Where are you from?

I am from Tongren.

I just became a Provincial Graduate.

I also come from Tongren.

On my way returning home from Beijing,

why haven't I heard of you?

I am just a grass-root.

I am so lucky to be the last one who passed the exam

with the favor of Magistrate Zhang.

Shall we take the boat and go downstream

to have fun for two days?

I'd love to.

But today the two officials are coming.

I think what matters is your prospect.

Don't accompany me. Go back.

Silly girl.

Don't you know I

am well-learned?

Today

I just made a poem

with a little literary talent.

It makes Mr. Cui lose in wonder.

Later when I answered the discourse on politics,

Education Administrator Wang

had nothing to say for himself.

Now I have the honour and become famous.

If I go back now,

how could they face me?

Yep.

You're the smartest.

We can't make them too awkward, right?

This little girl.

I want to chat with your boyfriend.

May I?

Okay.

Master,

please.

I'll wait for him there.

This is for you.

Standing on a mountain, a boy sees

a girl along a river.

Good girl, how do you know I am here?

I just saw your grandfather.

and hear your silvery singing.

You're a smooth talker.

Let me take you to admire the beauty of flowers.

Ning'er!

I want to ask you a question.

What is it?

This little boy.

You just gave an outright scold.

Although you worked off your anger,

it's inevitable that it will bring you a hard time.

Sir, you are very well-informed.

One of them in the pavilion

is a famous scholar.

The other is the education administrator in Guizhou.

Cui Xiangsheng can make you infamous

in the educational circles if he says something bad for you.

If the Education Administrator disagrees,

you have no chance to step into the officialdom.

Now you offended them,

you will certainly have a hard time.

What should you do??

A hard time?

In that case, I'll take a wait-and-see approach.

But if it doesn't work?

Then I will find a pole

to climb out of this dilemma.

Or

dig a hole to find a way out.

As long as I am alive, I can figure it out.

Very good.

You young man

are really open-minded.

But

your thoughts

are too naive.

Sir, let me ask you a question.

You are fishing here.

What are the fish for?

Cook them to go with the wine.

Look,

the fish in the barrel

are shaking heads and swing tails

to beg you.

Sir,

do you still want to cook them?

The fish

should have been fished for meal.

I can't release them

just because they beg me.

That's right.

Those stunned officials in the pavilion

planned to make it difficult for me.

Even if I go to flatter them,

do you think they will let me go?

Wonderful!

You teach me a lesson.

I gotta go.

I wish you return home with more fish.

There is a girl in Zhan family.

Her given name is Ning'er.

She lives in Shiqian, next to Tongren.

If you marry her,

those villains in official circles

will not make you feel awkward.

Ning'er!

How long is 20 years?

Silly girl.

Why are you asking it?

I feel that I have lived for a long time.

But I am still under the age of 20.

So 20 years...

Is it a long time?

Yingying.

Human effort can achieve anything.

No one knows what the future will be.

Having an extraordinary life in 20 years

is better than accomplishing nothing for a life time, right?

What do you think?

You are right.

If love between both sides can last for age,

why need they stay together night and day?

Ning'er!

I really like him.

Great-grandfather.

Take a seat.

Ye Xiaotian

is really different.

I haven't seen such an interesting person

for so many years.

You said that he just passed the provincial civil service exam?

Yes.

But he is not likely to be a provincial graduate.

Now he offended Education Administrator Wang and Cui Xiangsheng.

It's more difficult

for him to be an official.

Maybe

we can help him?

Great-grandfather.

Ye Xiaotian is not a totally scholar.

He doesn't follow the common template.

If one

is only addicted to learning,

how can he become a local official?

Follow the common template?

Can he stir up

this pool of water?

Stir up this pool of water?

This...

Great-grandfather, don't you always say

our family is blessed by the Imperial Court.

We should be loyal to the Imperial Court

and maintain the stability of this place.

Why do you want...

Silly boy!

I don't want to see great disorders.

But

things don't occur as people wish.

Today the emperor is wise.

Our country is prosperous.

But Yang Yinglong has an ambition

to make our country in trouble.

Our family cannot turn a blind eye to it.

We cannot sit watching.

But our family is in a high position,

even if we make a small move,

he will be on the alert.

Before he exposes his ambition,

we can't move.

Ye Xiaotian is the leader of the Voodo Sect.

Maybe he really has the ability

to make a mess for Yang.

Do

you understand?

Great-grandfather, you're thoughtful.

I got it.

Xiaotian!

I have something to ask you.

What is it?

I know.

You wanna eat the gigot, right?

I will buy one for you after a while.

Have you known Voodo Sect?

Did someone

tell you something?

Answer me.

Yes, I have.

I became the

sect leader without reason.

Yingying, sorry.

I didn't mean to conceal it from you.

Actually, I wanted to tell you.

But I haven't found an opportunity yet.

That 20 years is also true?

Xiaotian!

You love me, right?

Silly girl.

Except you,

I can't fall in love with anyone.

When I was a little girl,

I liked to listen to my great-grandmother telling stories.

I often imagine that

I am the girl who lives

on a snowy mountain.

One day

when she meets a man that she likes.

she will follow him without hesitation.

No matter

who he is

and what difficulties they meet,

they will get together as long as they love each other.

Like a snow lotus next to a spring

that quietly grows for so many years,

she is wait for a pre-destined man.

Our fate

starts from Jingzhou.

My heart belongs to you.

You know

you can only be with me for 20 years.

Are you still willing to be with me?

If I only get together with you

just for one day,

it is more worthy than 20 years.

If I marry a man who I don' like for 20 years,

one day is too much.

Moreover,

Is Voodo Sect very powerful?

You know I

have more than 20 uncles

and hundreds of brothers and nephews.

After 20 years,

there will be a great number people in our family.

We can overpower anyone with so many people.

Silly girl.

How can I be willing

to with you only for 20 years?

I am not vulnerable.

I promise you.

About Voodo Sect,

I will definitely solve it.

You have seen your

two friends out.

Yes.

Ning'er!

Come on.

Let me check

whether the Love Insect attack you or not.

Grandpa.

I am so sorry.

Grandpa, have you already known it?

I just want to see

how long my baby granddaughter will conceal it from me.

Grandpa, things are not like that.

Even you don't tell me.

I also know who detoxicated your poison.

Ning'er.

You have a good eyesight.

Grandpa.

He just treats me as a buddy.

Can you hold it back from me

even others don't know?

I also have the same experience.

I just want to tell you.

No matter what you do from now on,

don't lose yourself.

Standing on a mountain, a boy sees

Ah ah ah…

A girl along the river

is doing the laundry.

Boy and girl,

do the laundry.

Xiaotian!

I finally learned the second half of the song.

But

I will never sing it to you.

Ye Xiaotian, who pretended to be Ai Feng,

now becomes the leader of Voodo Sect.

Yes.

The sect leader

can affect the people in 81 stockaded villages.

It makes difference for the Imperial Court

to stabilize east Guizhou.

But

Ye Xiaotian

is unwilling to stay in the mountains

as a leader of wizards.

Currently he is studying day and night.

He has already passed the exam.

Ye Xiaotian wants to be an official.

That's good.

You mean...

He wants to be an official.

I will give him a position.

Let him work for the Imperial Guard.

You took this order to Guizhou.

And award Ye Xiaotian

the position of the commissioner of North Department of Criminal Investigation of Imperial Guard in east Guizhou.

He takes charge of arrest and patrol in east Guizhou.

He can act first and report afterwards.

Let him work hard for the Imperial Court.

Commissioner? My lord.

This is a Sixth-rank Official.

The court doesn't make this order.

How can it be awarded to someone easily?

If we want to ride a horse

without feeding it,

is it possible?

This is only an idle position

without real power.

Moreover,

considering the tasks he will perform,

this official position cannot be made public.

What are you afraid of?

I got it.

Guiyang

You want to see my big brother?

Your big brother, your big brother.

You

are so philistine.

I think you have forgotten

your identity as a secret spy in the Imperial Guard.

This is arranged by the commander of the Imperial Guard,

Lord Yu.

You cannot avoid it.

Moreover, the Imperial Court make him be an official

instead of a thief.

What are you afraid of?

Go to arrange it.

Please

take a seat.

Imperial Guard?

Right.

You come from the Capital City.

So you should be familiar with us.

Aren't you the lifeguards for the emperor?

Why are you in Guizhou?

You're wrong.

The Imperial Guard is responsible for

bodyguard, patrol and arrest.

We are not only to guard the emperor.

Everything that relates to social stability,

military situation gathering, officials' disloyalty

and incite defection

are what we work for

no matter how dangerous the task is.

So what do you need me to do?

You really

play a big role.

Just talk about the Voodo Sect.

You are the leader of Voodo Sect.

You have a great influence on dozens of villagers.

If I become a part of you,

can you help me

to resign it?

Such identity

is extremely valuable.

How can you resign?

You can influence dozens of

brave villagers who are skillful in battle.

Making a good use of this identity

can make them live and work in peace and contentment

and protect them from being utilized.

Now you are a Provincial Graduate.

We can help you to

get a public official position.

So

you can play

a bigger role in Guizhou.

Ye Xiaotian.

You are a man.

Don't you want to do

something world-shaking?

You are born in an ordinary family.

But now you have the chance to work for the country,

stabilize the remote areas,

and make great achievements.

What are you waiting for?

What's more,

your friend

is also a member of us.

If you join us,

you two

can share a common destiny.

Is that good?

As you said,

if I become a part of the Imperial Guard,

I cannot make my official position

known to the public just like Yunfei.

At crucial moments,

I cannot get your support

and I will take more responsibilities.

Right?

Yes.

But

that is what a secret spy should be.

If a Dragon-hiding secret spy in the Imperial Guard died,

his son will inherit his official position.

That is what I do.

And that is what Yunfei's father did.

Many of them

work for the Guard secretly

generation by generation.

They have no chance to

show the glory identity as an Imperial Guard.

But

we have no regrets.

Because we are the Imperial Guards.

Ye Xiaotian.

Do you dare?

What am I afraid of?

I am afraid of nothing.

Great.

I promise you.

Tell me.

What do you need me to do?

You have to go back to Hu county to be an official.

My lord,

Jia Cheng wants to visit you.

Ask him in.

Please.

Mr. An, nice to meet you.

You're Chiliarch Jia from the Imperial Guard.

What do you want me for?

He is my grandson.

All affairs in our family

is under his administration.

According to the rules,

a group of newly-born Provincial Graduate

will be selected to become local officials.

I want to recommend one to Lord Wang.

Who is he?

Ye Xiaotian.

Ye Xiaotian?

Yes?

Is that ok?

Ye Xiaotian has rude words and deeds.

Ye Xiaotian has rude words and deeds?

It seems our family

has no influence anymore.

Mr. An.

I always respect your family.

You do official business in Guizhou.

We give you many helps.

Since you have difficulties,

let it go.

Mr. An, don't be angry.

I just said

Ye Xiaotian has rude words and deeds.

But I didn't say that he cannot be an official.

I will arrange it.

I must arrange it.

Great.

Our family

won't make you be in a pickle.

You do not need

arrange him to a rich place.

Just arrange him a position in Hu County.

It seems our mademoiselle has something unhappy.

Our mademoiselle

always shows everything on her face.

She is really troublesome.

Everyone has to grow up.

My mademoiselle,

if you have something unhappy,

tell me about it.

Don't you know?

You tell her.

What?

-20 years. -Shoo.

Keep it down.

It's okay.

Xiaotian is so smart.

He will definitely figure out a way.

My dad disagrees that

we get together.

If he knows this,

he just...

You two!

Never tell others about it.

Do you know?

See? You just said it again.

I...

We got it.

Yes.

We won't tell others.

Certainly not.

Absolutely.

Let me tell you…

What? Just 20 years?

Shoo!

Uncle.

Ye Xiaotian is the leader of the Voodo Sect.

Silly girl.

She also knew

Ye Xiaotian's true identity.

She is still so stubborn.

No way.

I have to take her home quickly.

Uncle.

You already knew it.

Why don't you tell us?

I made a promise to Dong Tian.

Forget it.

Let's not talk about it.

Yingying is addicted to

Ye Xiaotian.

She loves him with all her heart.

What can we do?

What can we do?

We can stun her

and bring her back to Red Maple Lake.

It's useless to stun her?

She has legs.

She can come back.

In my opinion,

the key is

Ye Xiaotian.

Let's kidnap Ye Xiaotian

and sink him to Nanming River.

Exactly.

Enough!

You only have silly ideas.

If Ye Xiaotian is killed,

will Yingying forgive me?

Will Voodo Sect be willing to let go?

Dad.

What do you think we can do?

Nonsense.

If I know what to do,

shall I ask you?!

Xiao Lu.

Xiao Lu.

Too bad.

The news that Ye Xiaotian is the leader of the Voodo Sect

is leaked out.

Now the master and young lord

are discussing about it.

How did the master know it?

I told you.

Never tell anyone else.

I just told to Xiao Bao.

Oops.

If the mademoiselle knows,

she will definitely blame me.

Maybe

the mademoiselle will expel me out of the house.

Hurry to tell the mademoiselle.

Let her figure out.

I heard

they want to bring the mademoiselle

back to Red Maple Lake by force.

Exactly.

I will do it right away.

My mademoiselle, you're getting more and more beautiful.

If I was a man,

even you have thousands of brothers to guard,

I will make you be my wife.

Don't say that.

I belong to Xiaotian.

If I was a man,

I must be more handsome than him.

Are you willing to beat me?

You don't understand.

When I like someone,

my heart is full of him.

Even if someone is better than him,

even 1000 times better than him,

I will only like him.

My mademoiselle.

My mademoiselle.

It's terrible.

The master knows that Mr. Ye

is the leader of the Voodo Sect.

He wants to take you back to Red Maple Lake.

Let you and Mr. Ye never see each other.

No!

How can my dad know it?

You told other people?

I only said it to Xiao Lu.

I only told Xiao Fang.

My gosh!

What should I do now?

Why don't we go to visit Mr. Ye?

He is smart.

He can manage it.

Hurry up! Quickly!

My mademoiselle.

I can't do it.

It's too high.

I am afraid of height.

You two! Come on!

My mademoiselle, jump!

No!

Yingying.

Yingying.

Here comes the master.

Can I fly?

I'm not hurt.

Miss,

you don't hurt,

but you hurt me.

Sir, sorry, sorry.

Sorry.

Where is Yingying?

Damn it.

Don't you think

I won't punish you?

From the first day of entering into Xia family,

I was taught

to listen to my mademoiselle for a lifetime.

Listen to Miss Yingying.

This is what you told us in the beginning.

I won't betray my mademoiselle.