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Chef Fang

Episode 24

Miss Fang.

You can call me Yishao.

I didn’t know at that time

my father let someone else replace me.

If I had known it, I wouldn’t have agreed.

It’s in the past. It doesn’t matter.

Moreover,

Councilor Fang returned the dowries to me.

I didn’t lose.

That’s different.

I didn’t expect that my father did such a stupidity.

If I had known it, I would rather have married myself

than wasting your life.

It doesn’t matter. It’s my blessing to marry into the Shen’s.

In addition, mother, father and Yong are very nice to me.

Don’t hide from me.

It’s right to follow him. But if he is truly bad,

you should think of doing something good for yourself.

You should have seen him being like that in the alley the other day.

He was so impudent in broad daylight.

Then he must be nasty at home.

Hey. What are you doing?

Be good.

I wanna move muscles, can’t I?

Miss, let’s go.

He’s a rascal, rubbish.

Let’s go.

He has performed well at home.

My Lady, it’s bad.

Young Master is fighting with them.

He’s back? How did he know I’m here?

I’ve no idea. Maybe Little Stammer told him.

The entrance guards didn’t allow him in.

Someone said something that Young Master doesn’t like.

Then they fought.

Hurry.

Sir, you can’t get in.

Yong, how are you?

Miao.

Miss, please don’t.

He’s extremely impolite. He hits others.

I asked you to stay at home with mother.

Why did you come here?

I despise them.

They can’t even carry a bag of rice.

How can they be here pretending a real man?

Go to the battlefield if you are so capable.

Who made you so mad?

You should respect and love your wife. How could you be so rude?

What did you say?

Yao, there’s nothing to say to this mad man.

You’ll get nothing

in reward for your kindness.

Yishao, what’s their kindness?

Miss Fang asked me whether I lived well

and whether I had some difficulties.

Then did you live well?

Of course.

You can’t say you live well. They don’t like this.

Why? It’s true I live well.

They want to hear that you had a bad life.

I made no efforts and I was very impolite to you.

Then they would think of a way to help you

to show their kindheartedness.

Shen Yong, everyone in Dongxiang has your number.

A good girl married you can’t live a good life.

Look at you,

like a wolf.

How did Yishao marry me?

You should know that better than anyone else. Now you wanna be the good guy?

Moreover, what’s wrong with a wolf?

A wolf is better than a dog.

As a man, if you don’t want to be a wolf,

you want to be a chicken or dog or something like that?

How can he be so rude?

Yes.

Forget it. I have no time to argue with you.

I’m hungry. Yishao, let’s go home for dinner.

Wait.

You can’t just leave after beating me.

I’ll go to the authority and sue you.

Coward. You can beat back if you have guts.

Report it to the authority after being beaten?

Why don’t you go home to tell your father?

I don’t care what kind of garden this is.

You can be romantic as you like.

But don’t bother me. She is my wife.

A group of men abducted my wife here,

but you didn’t allow me in. Let alone I beat you.

Even if I burned the garden,

you wouldn’t be reasonable.

He’s unreasonable.

A ruffian.

Such an impolite man.

Yao.

About your kindness,

they don’t show any gratefulness.

You don’t need to give a lot of care.

Oh, I got it. My Lady.

They didn’t intend to invite us for tea.

They intended to break up you and Young Master.

Right, Lian. You’re so clever.

Bad guy!

It’s impossible.

Who’s the bad guy?

It must have some misunderstandings.

It’s not like that. I met Shen Yong for several times.

I saw that he was rude and impolite.

I’m afraid Miss Fang would be aggrieved.

Moreover, the reason why Miss Fang married Shen Yong

is because of my father’s fault. I just intended to repair.

So that’s what’s going on. It is a misunderstanding.

Miss Fang. It’s not like what you think.

I lived very well.

Shen Yong is not like what you think.

I lived very well and I’m satisfied.

I don’t blame you and Councilor Fang.

In reverse, I would like to thank you.

Yishao, they would be more annoyed if you say so.

I’ve told you so many times they don’t like this.

No matter what you said,

they just think it’s for fear of hurting our feelings

and you are lying.

-But… -Don’t talk too much.

Anyway, she’s my wife.

Don’t make trouble for her again.

Otherwise, I’ll beat you once I see you.

How could he talk like that?

So rude.

What’s he talking about?

He’s a bully.

Yao, don’t worry about her.

You’ve tried your best. She deserves it.

It’s delicious.

Yong, try some.

Young Master, you did very well just now.

A real man should be like that.

Why did they say

Young Master is bad for Her Ladyship?

It’s called "judge others by oneself".

For example, if I like the pastry of mung bean paste,

when I see you eat that of ormosia filling,

I’ll feel you are pathetic.

I won’t marry a scholar. Bookworm.

Where’s Shen Yong? Ask him out to put in words.

Shen Yong, come out.

Young Master. My Lady.

Mr. Liu. What’s wrong?

Mr. Fang Shou came to our mansion for trouble.

He said Miss Fang got sick after she was back home.

People in the tea garden said it’s because you scared her.

When did I scare her?

Mrs. Shen is in the front hall. It’s weird.

Councilor Fang is known as timid and overcautious.

Don’t know what’s going on.

He’s importunate this time.

Is Miss Fang really seriously ill?

It’s impossible. She was fine just now.

How could she get sick suddenly?

Moreover, Young Master didn’t scare her.

Yes.

Who knows if it’s because she ate something unhealthy.

What’s that got to do with me?

No. I’d take a look.

Yishao, I’d go, too.

You just stay here. Otherwise, he’ll frame you up again.

Little Stammer, come with me. Then inform him.

Let’s go.

Where’s Shen Yong? Ask him out.

What did he say to my daughter?

If anything happens to Yao,

I won’t let it go at that.

Mother. Councilor Fang.

Where’s Shen Yong? Ask him out.

Yishao, what’s going on?

There were so many of them.

They intended to break up Young Master and Young Lady.

Is it true?

No, it’s impossible.

Yao won’t break up others’ marriage.

Really? I wanna ask you, Councilor Fang.

If Shen Yong is not good for Yishao,

and she’s abused at home,

what will you and Miss Fang do?

Well...

What do you want? Even if Yishao doesn’t live well,

it’s all because of you.

Now Yishao lives well.

I’m very satisfied with her as well.

You don’t feel fortune,

but making things in a tangle. What on earth do you want?

It’s, it’s because Yao is sick,

I feel worried.

Don’t worry. When we separated,

Miss Fang was fine. She wasn’t scared.

Have you called a doctor?

Yes. But the doctor didn’t find the problem.

Mrs. Shen. It’s my fault.

I’m sorry. Excuse me. I have to leave now.

Mother, don’t be angry.

Maybe it’s because Councilor Fang gets confused.

Yishao, human’s mind is weird.

Sometimes, they will feel aggrieved for something,

especially those who have lived a trouble-free life.

Sometimes, they are out of all reason.

Therefore, don’t take their words to heart.

It’s enough as long as Yong is good for you and you are happy.

If Yong isn’t good for you,

tell me. I will break his legs.

I see, mother. I won’t have a bee in my head.

That’s good. Go back.

Yishao, how’s it going?

Did the old man embarrass you?

No. Mother is awesome.

She made Councilor Fang speechless with a few words.

Of course. Father will be afraid if mother gets angry.

Yong, do you think Miss Fang

is sick because of other matters?

Maybe it’s because Fang Yao

is pure and lofty like she’s otherworldly.

Maybe one of the immortals from the other world

needs her help.

How can you joke like that?

If anything really happens to Miss Fang,

others will gossip about you.

I don’t care the gossips.

It’s enough as long as you understand me.

Stop.

What’s wrong?

I’m in a very bad mood now. I’ll go out later.

The person I see when I go out will be screwed.

Run, hurry.

Hurry.

Physician Yang, how’s it going?

There’s no abnormality in Crown Princess’s pulse condition.

But I don’t know why her pulse is very feeble.

I have checked the prescription and food list before.

There’s nothing wrong. But why doesn’t she become better?

Even you have no good recipe?

Your Highness, please don’t worry too much.

Please give me some time

to look up some other methods in the medical books.

Thank you so much.

Your Highness, you can also arrange some people

to investigate all around to see if there’re any other methods.

OK. Thank you.

OK. Then please allow my leave.

Send Physician Yang out.

This way, please.

Your Highness arranged people

to call Mr. Yang, the senior imperial physician, from Xijing.

Thank you very much, Your Highness.

Don’t talk too much. Just calm your mind.

Listen to me. I know you want to make me feel relieved.

But I can’t feel relived seeing you in such a bad condition.

Fairness to all

Come on. It’s interesting.

Father. What are you doing?

Father, what’s this?

It’s bone powder.

Come.

Take a look.

Light. It gleams.

Yes. I’ve asked the craftsman to cut the stones.

Father, is this jade?

You can guess.

Father, what’s going on?

It’s a long story. Let’s sit and talk.

The story is about Gu Qingshan.

He’s a devout gambler.

He always gambled on money, horses, and rings.

Sometimes he even gambled on words.

At last, he was mad about gambling on the most exciting things.

Gamble on stones.

Gamble on stones? What’s it?

In the places abound in jades,

they will buy the stone once it is dug out.

If it is a superb jade when the stone is cut,

it means making a fortune.

If it’s just a normal stone,

it means losing money.

We have checked the local chronicles.

Most are rocks and hills in Qingshan Village.

There’s no jade.

Right.

Gu Qingshan owned a lot of treasures.

He was worried he would be caught by the government.

In that case there’s no place to hide the treasures.

Then that would be confiscated by the government.

So he changed all the treasures

to gambled stones.

In this case, the stones are very valuable.

It’s a pity. These stones

are not jades.

Not?

Then he lost a lot.

I have asked the craftsmen.

These are ordinary stones.

They’re valueless.

They’re used by those gamblers to cheat the outsiders.

What a pity! He’s been a real man for years.

But finally it’s futile.

What’s worse is that so many people died

for these worthless stones.

The stones have anything to do with the Vegetable Fever?

After the man for goods was driven away by Wang Gui,

he has held the grudge.

Later,

he told the Magistrate of Luo County about the matter.

Lord, I intended to dig the treasures out

and give them to you.

But the unruly people took away the treasures.

They also beat me.

Lord, please help me.

Fine. Fine.

Lord. Lord.

Please help me. Lord.

Congratulations. Lord.

What for?

You’re blessed.

If you can find out these treasures and dedicate them to Crown Prince,

you’ll get promoted.

Send some people to search Qingshan Village.

Yes.

Good.

The weasel failed stealing chicken, and told its feeling to the wolf.

It’s interesting.

What happened next is ridiculous and regrettable.

They sent people to keep guarding there.

After waiting for a long time, no villager took the stones to change silver.

Later, the adviser

contributed a good idea to the magistrate.

Lord.

What should we do?

I have reported this to Crown Prince.

But we still haven’t got the treasures.

If he blames on me, what should I do?

Lord. Please don’t worry.

We can make them come out willingly to look for you.

Come out willingly?

Go ahead. Don’t keep me guessing.

Lord, look.

The treasures are useless for the unruly people.

They can’t eat or drink them.

You’re right.

In this case, they will sell them for silver.

If they want to sell things,

they have to come out.

It’s true.

But nobody knows when they will sell them.

If they don’t sell, we are deceiving Crown Prince.

Lord, please don’t worry.

There are two reasons for them not selling the treasures.

First, it’s because of the situation,

and they dare not sell them.

Second,

they have silver in hand.

They won’t worry since they don’t lack silver.

Great. Go ahead.

Lord, we can withdraw all the guards.

Leave someone there to watch secretly.

About the silver,

since they don’t lack,

we can make them lack.

You mean tax?

No. Not that.

Tax is connected with your reputation.

And it can’t get effect instantly.

How about this?

Then did they mean to rob the villagers

to make them lack of silver?

Total crop failure.

What an evil plan!

Those starved are not just the villagers.

What will the other people in Luo County eat?

It’s extremely ridiculous.

The vegetables died. People eating the vegetables would die as well.

For their own official career and personal gains,

life or death of ordinary people is nothing worth speaking of.

At the beginning, they didn’t expect that people would die.

The adviser had a friend who was an herbalist.

He had the ability in crooked ways.

He gave a powder to the adviser

and asked him to put it in water.

Then the vegetables would all die.

The adviser is a smatterer, too.

He didn’t expect people would be killed.

He wanted to try the effect.

He put some in several small

vegetable plots.

I see.

The plots are near the houses.

Villagers eat the vegetables

instead of selling them.

So those who ate the vegetables

got sick and died.

Just for this matter,

they almost became heartless.

After informed so many people died,

the adviser knew that the trouble became serious.

Then he went back and reported it to the magistrate.

He was flustered, too.

It’s all because of you.

We are into trouble now without finding the treasures.

Lord.

It seems

that we cannot hide the thing now.

Lord.

I have another way.

What’s it?

Lord, people died.

The rest ran away.

There has been a gossip.

How about we make the false true?

Vegetable Fever is a natural disaster and unavoidable.

Even if this can be solved,

how about Crown Prince?

Lord, please take it easy. The village is empty now.

We can take the chance to search.

We have no other ways. Do as you say.

Lord, we find it.

Fine. Fine. Hurry.

It’s great.

Lord.

The stones are fake.

Fake?

What are you talking about?

Not treasures?

Fake?

Let me have a look again.

Lord. It’s truly fake.

Fake.

Lord.

Are these the treasures you mentioned?

You really put me in a bind just for several stones!

Guards.

Yes.

Kill him.

Yes.

Lord, please spare me!

It’s a trick, Lord!

The treasures must be still there, Lord.

Speak out.

Lord, these are not the treasures I buried.

The villagers must have replaced them

and hide the real treasures.

They use these fake ones

to cheat you, Lord.

You can’t be cheated.

It’s a deceit.

I hope all that you said is true.

Otherwise, you’ll be the first one killed!

Lord, I dare not.

Anything else? Anything else?

How will we find them?

When we find treasures,

we usually burn the bone powder.

What’s going on then?

Is the man for goods still alive?

He’s been locked up.

The magistrate really shouldn’t

keep him alive.

Alright now,

we get both the criminal and evidence.

It means the case is solved.

I’ve already sent people to deliver the memorial to the capital.

All criminals have been detained.

They will be beheaded once we receive the imperial edict.

It’s a pity that the ordinary people died wrongly.

If the villagers know their kinfolks

died for other’s greed,

they will feel grieved.

I’ve told them the details about the case.

How are they?

How can they be?

Death is final.

They can do nothing

but feel sorrow.

No matter how, it’s a good thing to solve the case.

Father and Jie have had a hard time.

I’ll cook some dishes tonight.

You can have a good dinner.

Yong, is that OK?

It’s OK. Eating solid food for days

has made me feel tasteless.

Finally, we’ll have a sumptuous meal.

I’ll go back and prepare the dishes.

Shen Mansion

Miss Fang.

Yishao, here you are.

What’s up?

I heard from Councilor Fang that you got sick.

Why don’t you have a good rest?

It’s because I’m feeble.

I got a cold the other day.

Yishao, I’d like to talk to you. Would you…

Let’s get in and talk. It’s cold outside.

Not necessary. I’ve been out for long.

I’ll leave after a few words.

Please go ahead.

Your Highness, please eat some.

Your body will be unable to stand if you keep like this.

What’s wrong? You still don’t feel like eating?

Have you taken the medicine according to the prescription of Physician Yang?

Twice a day. None is missing.

Physician Yang asked the imperial kitchen

to cook different dishes every day.

The imperial kitchen is useless.

They even cannot cook one delicious dish.

Your Highness, please don’t get mad.

They have tried their best.

It’s because I don’t feel like eating.

We can’t blame it on others.

If it goes on like this, you can’t stand it.

After my mother died, you are the only person

I can talk with.

I won’t allow anything to happen to you.

I will stay with you forever.

I will wait to see Your Highness’s

ascension to the Throne.

Yishao.

Will you take a bath?

It’s dark. Why don’t you come in?

It’s cool outside.

Yishao.

How about

let’s take a bath together?

Yong, you’re bad.

Yong, you’re bad.

Who’s that?

Yong, are you still reading?

You put the book wrongly. Aren’t you tired?

Don’t pretend. It would hurt your eyes.

Yong.

What’s wrong with you?

Where are you going?

It’s hot.

Yong, you’re back.

Aren’t you reading?

No. Looking at you is better than reading.

Yong, I want to tell you something.

Then tell me.

I met Fang Yao when I went out tonight.

What does she want to do, without end?

She said it’s her fault.

She wanted to invite us to dinner to apologize.

Did you agree?

A person like her

has always made trouble.

Just ignore her. Why did you agree?

She behaved like that,

because she didn’t know you.

Now that she has known her mistakes,

don’t haggle with her, alright?

Alright.

Then why do you suddenly put in a good word for her?

She wanted to know whether I lived well.

She was out of kindness.

I saw the paintings she drew.

All are landscapes and plants with elegant style.

So in my opinion,

this kind of person won’t be too bad.

Listen, this kind of person is the worst one.

They pose as a lover of culture.

Actually they are mean-spirited.

Yong, you are also a lover of culture.

Saying like that, you are also talking about yourself.

We are different. I also practice martial arts.

Will you go or not?

Yes. Of course since you have agreed.

Yishao, maybe we can sleep now.

Yishao, let’s do it.

Then we’ll do it when I become good.

Well, I didn’t say you are not good.

I mean better.

Fine. When I become better,

you can tell me.

Sleep.