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One bride, two brides, they are fighting!

Why should they go in first?

- We came first! - We came first!

Our General Liu is at the frontier...

My name is Liu Jia. The one who sits in this palaquin

should have been my older sister, Liu Jingshu.

[Three Months Ago] Xiao Jia.

Your older sister's wedding date is coming up, but she has suddenly disappeared.

- Grand Preceptor Meng has never been friendly with me. - Go!

He will definitely blame your mother while I'm stationed at the border.

- Help! - You must protect the family for me

and find your older sister.

You must not reveal your identity as a twin.

Uh no.

Who dares to block my horse?

Young Master, save me. Someone wants to kill me.

Don't be afraid.

I've underestimated you

and let you run away.

Under broad daylight, how can you take advantage of a weak woman?

Weak woman?

Look carefully. Where is the weak woman?

Show yourself!

It's just a deception trick from the northern desert.

Young Miss, you...

Young Master, do you think I'm pretty?

Jiang Dazhuang,

if you don't come over,

I will capture you but not alive.

Cut your useless talk, or I'll kill her.

Go ahead.

You...

So? Under broad daylight,

how can I fight against a weak woman?

Sorry, Young Miss.

Ah...

Done.

No need to thank, scumbag.

Pretty good martial arts.

I won't be polite then.

What are you doing?

The Imperial Clan Affairs Office is working on a case.

Your horse is being drafted.

Please cooperate, little young master.

Go back to your young lady's chamber to do embroidery.

If you dare to be brazen and reckless again,

I wonder which man will dare to marry you.

No need to give change.

You b*stard!

I wonder which unlucky woman will marry you!

Young Miss, don't you worry about it.

It certainly won't be you!

Seal the entire surroundings of Liu Manor. [General's Manor]

Don't allow even a bird to enter.

- Yes! - Yes!

Stop!

- Bring it. - Yes.

Madam, be careful.

Madam.

Grand Preceptor Meng, what are you doing?

Madam Liu!

Madam Liu, please don't blame me.

I came here following His Majesty's edict.

I have no intention to cause trouble for personal reasons.

Grand Preceptor Meng, my general has been serving the country for years.

When you treat the Liu family this way, aren't you afraid of being criticized by the people?

I am afraid.

But what else can I do?

His Majesty bestowed marriage to the Liu family's eldest daughter, Liu Jingshu.

But she has eloped with someone.

His Majesty is enraged and has meted punishment.

I wanted to dissuade him but failed.

Nonsense!

It's impossible that my Jingshu would elope!

Tell her to come out.

You...

As long as Liu Jingshu shows herself

and proves that I've wronged the Liu household,

then I will die as redemption.

But if Eldest Miss Liu doesn't appear,

then it's a capital crime for the whole household of deceiving the monarch.

Men!

- Present! - Present!

Arrest everyone in the Liu household to put them in jail.

Hold on!

Jingshu...

No, it's Jia'er.

Liu Jingshu greets Grand Preceptor.

Jingshu, didn't I tell you already?

You caught a contagious disease. Hurry and go back in.

Now that Eldest Liu has appeared,

this is all a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding!

I'm leaving.

Stop!

Just now, Grand Preceptor said it very clearly.

As long as I appear

to prove that Grand Preceptor has wronged the Liu houseold,

you would die as redemption.

You...!

Eldest Miss Liu is indeed a descendant in a general's family.

Fine.

I will do as you wish.

This animal has apologized

to Madam Liu in my stead.

Let's leave!

You...

It's enough.

Lan'er, bury the bird.

Yes, Miss.

Kneel.

You... How could you be so daring?

Mom, Older Sister is missing.

If I hadn't appeared today,

you would have been captured by Grand Preceptor Meng.

Come, get up.

But you cheated him by pretending to be Jingshu today,

what if Jingshu still doesn't appear on the wedding day,

what will you do then?

I'll marry in older sister's stead.

Congratulations. [Marquis of Xuanping Manor]

- Please go inside. - Congratulations.

Lord Li, your presence brings lustre to our humble abode.

Has the Marquis' heir been found? [Marquis of Xuanping's Manor]

We heard that the marquis' heir went drinking and stayed out all night.

He's just returned to the manor.

He's about to marry but he is still so unruly.

Bring him here right away.

Yes, Madam.

Keep up.

Gorgeous, why did you leap into my arms so early in the morning?

You reek of alcohol.

You're getting married today. Why are you so drunk?

Madam asked me to get you.

Tidy up and go out to welcome your bride.

Does that mistress miss me that much?

How about I marry you first?

You're so annoying.

Don't bully me on your wedding day.

Oh no!

Two bridal palanquins bumped into each other at the entrance.

Two?

Am I marrying two wives today?

The second young master is also getting married today.

He's marrying Grand Preceptor Meng's niece.

Your Highness! Hurry on out!

Quickly.

Come on.

Let's check out the commotion.

One bride, two brides, they are fighting!

- Why should they go in first? - Hey!

We came first!

We came first!

- Hurry up. - The Meng family arrived first.

The Liu family arrived first.

- What's going on? - I have no clue either.

They just started fighting.

General Liu is loved by the people for his victories at the frontier.

- So what? - We arrived first.

- The Meng family arrived first. - We did.

I don't care.

- Lan'er. - The Meng family arrived first! - The Liu family arrived first!

Young Miss.

We're here for my sister.

Let them enter first.

Young Miss.

Meng Hanjiao lost the title of the top lady of the capital to the eldest miss.

So, she's been at loggerheads with the eldest miss.

If we let her enter first, she'll be even more obnoxious.

Besides, you're the eldest son's wife.

Xiao Jia, I have one last piece of advice.

This is Yanli Kingdom's iron law.

Twins are inauspicious.

The firstborn will be recognized and allowed to live.

The second will be condemned as evil and killed.

When you and your sister were born,

your father and I couldn't bear to do it.

So, we let you live.

But... you aren't a stand-in for your sister.

You don't have to do this.

Mother.

My sister is missing.

If I reject this marriage, I'll be criticized even more harshly.

As part of the Liu family,

I can't be a bystander.

I believe that my sister

would look for me and prove my innocence.

The auspicious hour has arrived.

Young Miss, we have to leave.

Xiao Jia.

Actually, both you and your sister...

I know.

We're your darlings.

Yeah.

By the way, Mother,

Father wanted me to relay a message to you.

What is it?

He said this.

He misses you.

Abide by my wishes.

Yes, Young Miss.

Brother, they...

Interesting.

Listen up.

Our Young Miss is a gracious lady.

The wife of the second son from the Meng family can enter.

Goodness.

Letting the second son's wife enter first?

How gracious.

- Men! - Yes!

I'm really curious

how sharp the fangs of this rogue girl are!

Attack!

Second Brother.

Men shouldn't be involved in women's fights.

This is atrocious.

What a way to test the waters.

The sequence of entry isn't important.

However...

hitting a woman is unacceptable.

It's her.

Insolence!

How dare you hit the Meng family's subjects!

Attack!

General Liu's troops, in position!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Hah!

Stop!

Father, Mother.

What's going on?

Why are they fighting?

Father, the two brides you chose with Second Aunt sure are filial.

What an exciting entrance they've made.

I bet our manor will be bustling in the future.

How dare you, Liu Jingshu!

Anyone who harms the Liu family's subjects

will meet a bloody end!

Impudence!

Marquis, calm down.

We can talk things out.

How dare you step out of your palanquins before entering the manor!

You even ordered your servants to fight! This is outrageous!

Lan'er.

The Liu family's teachings are as such.

We shan't strike anyone first.

However, if we're struck, the fight goes on no matter what.

You!

Marquis, let this go.

Jingshu is the daughter of a valiant general.

Besides, His Majesty arranged this marriage.

Even if she behaves rudely,

we should just proceed with the marriage first.

Father-in-law.

You have to seek justice for me.

My uncle is Grand Preceptor Meng.

I've never suffered such humiliation.

Well, here's your first time.

Besides, you're suffering the consequences of your own deeds.

You...

Even if this is a marriage ordained by His Majesty,

you can't behave so disgracefully!

You're audacious and disrespectful to your elders before you're even wedded.

The Xuanping family

isn't worthy of a marriage with General Liu's family!

The altar tablet of the Marchioness of Xuanping has arrived!

What...

What...

Father, when it comes to rites,

you remarried less than a year after my mother's passing.

Isn't it equally unbecoming?

Xiao Renyan! What are you doing on this wedding day?

Since it's my wedding day,

what's wrong with inviting my mother here to see my wife?

Brother.

My mother has been the marchioness for over a decade.

How can you humiliate her in public?

The marchioness?

I'm the heir.

That means I'm the future Marquis of Xuanping.

My wife will be the future marchioness.

Aren't you humiliating her too?

Why is he here?

She's screeching murder in public.

How can someone like her be fit to be the marchioness?

That decision

lies with me.

Why hasn't Lan'er returned?

Forget it. I'll do it myself.

I came up with this ploy to find my sister.

Xiao Renyan, don't resent me.

Madam, what are you doing?

Why didn't you make a sound?

Madam, what are you doing?

His Highness just helped you.

This is mariticide!

Don't worry. This is a sleeping draft often used in the military.

What?

I'm here to find clues about my sister's disappearance.

I can't really do that with him.

Do what?

That.

Oh, that.

Stop following me.

I'm not drunk!

I'm not drunk! Not drunk!

Drunken fool.

Madam, are you waiting for me?

Why has Your Highness just returned?

I thought you would sleep elsewhere.

It's all madam's fault.

I've married the most renowned young miss in the capital.

All of my buddies are envious and jealous.

They had to drag me over to force me to drink.

Drunken fool.

Let me take a look. How beautiful

is the most renowned young miss of the capital?

Madam, you look quite familiar.

A hundred years of cultivation results in friendship.

A thousand years of cultivation results in marriage.

Your Highness, you and I are fated in this life.

We must have known each other in our previous life.

The propitious night is young, we shan't disappoint it.

Why don't we drink the nuptial wine?

Fine.

Madam, I'll feed you.

Everyone in the capital says,

Liu Jingshu is a brainless beauty who is naive, willful, and doesn't know the world.

But, as I see it,

Madam looks like a smart beauty with a thousand faces and excels in culture and martial arts.

They say the Marquis Xuanping's heir is a drunken fool.

All he knows is drinking and whoring every day.

As I see it, with quite a lot hidden in your heart, you are quite the duplicity.

You're more like a jade-faced fox.

Don't pretend anymore. I've recognized you.

In that case, I can't let you stay alive.

- Here come the nuptial chamber partiers! - Your Highness, we're here!

We're here to tease the newlyweds.

We're here, Your Highness.

Who is that? Aren't you a nuisance enough?

We're asleep.

Isn't the Marquis' heir the top playboy in the capital?

You linger in the brothers every day.

How can you still be so energetic?

We bow in admiration.

We bow in admiration.

Forget it. Let's leave.

- We're leaving, Your Highness. - We're leaving.

He sure makes us envious.

They've left. We can get up now.

All right.

Three, two, one.

This marriage is bestowed by His Majesty.

If something goes wrong, [Marquis of Xuanping Manor]

both of us have family and clans.

Neither of us can bear to be guilty of defying the imperial edict.

I didn't make the first move just now.

That day in the countryside, you were rushing on your journey.

Where were you going?

Why did you disguise as a man?

Why were you chasing after that pompous big guy?

He stole a lot of my money. That's why I captured him.

As for the mask,

it's because I have a frivolous reputation in the capital.

I don't want to be laughed at for getting trapped.

I'm listening to nonsense.

I've heard of it, too.

His Majesty bestowed marriage to my husband

who has quite a frivolous reputation in the capital.

So I wanted to burn incense at the Taoist temple in the countryside to pray for a smooth marriage.

As for disguising as a man,

I also didn't want people to laugh at me.

This woman can talk nonsense easily.

Although we've just gotten acquainted,

we seem to share similar interests.

In that case, why don't we cooperate with each other?

We are a loving couple when we are outside.

When we return here, we don't bother each other.

How about it?

Deal.

I'll go to sleep in the study.

Wait.

There's one more thing.

What about the virgin cloth?

Madam is so skillful. Why ask me about such a trivial matter?

We...

The Liu family is a military family for generations.

We don't like to beat around the bush.

If you don't come up with an idea,

don't blame me when the time comes.

Madam, you are so smart. Just think of a solution by yourself.

Xiao Renyan, dont' blame me for being vicious.

There's trouble! There's trouble!

Your Highness, Madam.

Bad news.

What's wrong?

That... virgin cloth has been stolen.

What happened? Wasn't it still there just now?

I don't know. I went back to look, but it disappeared.

Your Highness, Young Madam.

What's wrong, little bueaty?

Old Madam told me to come

to ask the Marquis' heir and Young Madam to go there with the virgin cloth.

I see. You may leave.

Useless thing.

[Marquis of Xuanping Manor]

Xuefei.

Madam.

Madam.

It's empty.

Nonsense!

Why is the virgin cloth missing?

I don't know.

I put it in the box.

Without the virgin cloth, how can you prove your pureness?

Oh my goodness.

Perhaps the rumor is true that she had lost her virginity before marriage.

Shameless.

Yes, shameless.

Just as I expected, Liu Jingshu really did lose her virginity before marriage.

So shameless.

Yes, so shameless.

If I had known, why would I waste my effort to steal it?

Just wait to see her get laughed at.

How can you lose such a precious item?

As I see it, you are guilty and deliberately hid it.

At the dignified Marquis of Xuanping Manor,

how can we allow an unclean woman to tarnish our lineage?

Today, I must let Yan'er divorce you!

Your Grace, don't be angry.

The virgin cloth is missing.

It doesn't mean Yan'er's wife lost her virginity before marriage.

Besides, this marriage was bestowed by His Majesty.

So what that it's bestowed by His Majesty?

She can't produce the virgin cloth and gets divorced.

His Majesty and General Liu can't blame me.

Someone!

Present.

Drag away this woman.

- Yes. - Hold on.

Father and Mother, why don't you drink the tea from Younger Sister-in-law first.

If her virgin cloth also has a problem,

then you can dispense with us together.

You can save the trouble of doing it again.

Bah! My virgin cloth has no problem.

You lost virginity before marrage, but you want to drag me down too.

Father, please drink tea.

Mother, please drink tea.

Thankfully, Ming'er's wife is clever and adorable.

- Xuefei. - Yes, Madam.

Madam, it's an auspicious cloth. (stained with virginal blood)

Madam, there's another one here.

What?

How did this happen?

This...

They want to harm me with this measly trick?

- Yes, shameless! - Shameless!

- Liu Jingshu has really lost her virginity before marriage. - That is...

So shameless.

Yes, so shameless.

If I had known,

why should I waste the effort to steal it?

I'll just wait to see her get laughed at.

Isn't this my virgin cloth? Why is it...

Meng Hanjiao!

Toilet chips! Toilet chips? (T/N: ancient toilet tissue)

I should die. I left the toilet chips in the bedroom.

Why are you still standing there then?

Hurry and get it.

Oh yes, yes.

Oh yes, Madam.

The medicine sent over by Grand Preceptor Meng is already brewed.

Grand Preceptor reminded you to take the medicine regularly.

Fine, noted. What a nuisance!

Why aren't yo ugetting the toilet chips yet?

Yes, yes, yes.

Idiot. My legs are getting numb.

Liu Jingshu!

You're finally defeated by me.

I will never be second to you anymore.

Such strange thinking.

This is...

You didn't expect it, right?

Younger Sister-in-law is truly thoughtful.

She even prepared two virgin cloths.

This way, no one will know if she had lost virginity before marriage.

You must have done it!

You've been wanting to harm me.

Enough now.

So much arguing and clamoring, it's improper.

We divorce on the same day, and also marry on the same day.

Second Brother, we are truly fated.

Congratulations.

Congratulations what?

Of course it's to congratulate us for being able to divorce and marry again.

Be a groom again.

Ridiculous!

Mother and Father, it's all my bad.

I got muddled momentarily.

That blank virgin cloth belongs to Eldest Sister-in-law.

Oh...

Your Grace.

Although Ming'er's wife made a mistake,

but what's important now

is that Yan'er's wife indeed didn't show blood.

If the gossips get out,

our manor will be utterly embarrassed.

The virgin cloth has been found.

There is no blood. How do you explain it?

Xiao Renyan?

Xiao Renyan.

Why does it have anything to do with me?

In that case...

Mother, it's not easy to talk about this matter in public.

You want your dignity now?

I'm not concerned for my own dignity.

It's for...

It's for the Marquis' heir.

You've been improper in your conduct.

How does it have anything to do with the Marquis' heir?

Since Mother insists,

I'll have to say it then.

I am still a virgin.

It's because...

It's because the Marquis' heir...

It's because the Marquis' heir is impotent!