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My sister-in-law is truly thoughtful.

She even prepared two virgin cloths.

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

You must have done it! You've been wanting to harm me!

Enough.

All this bickering is unbecoming.

We divorce and marry on the same day.

Second brother, we're truly fated.

Congratulations.

Why are you congratulating me?

Clearly, it's for our chance to have new wives.

We can be grooms again.

Ridiculous!

Father, Mother, it's all my fault.

I was muddled momentarily.

That blank virgin cloth belongs to her.

Oh...

Your Grace.

Although Ming'er's wife made a mistake,

what's important now is that Yan'er's wife indeed didn't bleed.

If the gossip gets 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.

What has that got to do with me?

In that case...

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

You care about dignity now?

I'm not concerned about my dignity.

It's...

It's the Marquis' Heir's dignity!

What has your improper behavior got to do with him?

Since you're so insistent,

I'll tell you.

I'm still untainted.

Actually, it's because...

It's because the Marquis' Heir...

The Heir is impotent!

That's nonsense.

I'm a frequent at brothels, but there aren't even rumors about my impotence.

Brothel ladies barely make ends meet.

They wouldn't dare to speak the truth and offend you.

- I- - Besides,

those who enjoy brothels

are eunuchs.

Hey, I...

- I- - In fact,

I heard about your frivolous ways.

I refused to believe that.

I thought

we'd live a blissful married life.

I never expected...

I never expected the consummation of our marriage to be impossible.

I'm so pitiful! This was a marriage ordained by His Majesty!

Now, I can only live in loneliness.

Hey, you-

What?

If you think I'm wrong,

explain to your parents yourself!

I...

Useless rascal.

All you do is indulge in pleasures.

Your body is ruined now!

I...

If I left the Marquis' manor to you,

I'll be disappointing our ancestors.

Your Grace.

Your Grace, calm down.

I'll send for a doctor to cure Yan'er.

He's still young.

He might still be able to produce offspring.

Yeah, Father.

Besides,

Hanjiao and I are in the pink of health.

We can easily have ten children.

Thank you, Mother.

Thank you, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Thank you for the hard work.

You can do this, Your Highness!

It's no problem! Man up!

You can do it! I'm experienced!

[Ancestral Hall]

Ming'er's wife.

Since this is your first time erring,

and you confessed to your misdeed,

your punishment is to clean the ancestral hall for a month.

Yes.

Jingshu.

I will get the doctor to cure the heir as soon as possible.

I heard that you fell terribly ill before the marriage.

You lost a large portion of your memories.

Do you want the doctor to take a look at you too?

She sure is well-informed.

Mother,

I'm fine now.

But my memories of the past are a little cloudy.

I've seen a doctor at my manor too.

I just need to recuperate well. Medicine isn't necessary.

All right.

You must be tired. Get some rest.

If you need anything, let me know.

Thank you, Mother.

Mother.

Liu Jingshu is no ordinary person.

Did she really lose her memory?

Goodness.

If I didn't defend you today,

the Marquis wouldn't have spared you so easily.

What's your grudge against Liu Jingshu?

Why are you bent on opposing her?

I just can't stand the sight of her.

She...

Don't be impatient.

She's in the Marquis' manor now.

It doesn't matter if her memory loss is real or fake.

I'm curious to see what trouble she can cause.

Your Highness.

Night is falling. Why are you dressed like this?

Are you heading out for an affair?

I'm heading out for some fun.

Am I supposed to stay and consummate our marriage?

Your Highness, that may really be impossible for you now.

After all, the entire manor knows that

you're impotent.

Wh-What are you doing?

Madam, my sexual potency

will be clear to you once you give it a try.

What are you doing?

I'm warning you.

I was forced to live with a lecher like you.

Show some respect.

If you try anything, I won't show any mercy.

I don't ever want to share a room with a shrew.

Not bad.

That's pretty good.

Once you're gone, I can investigate this place at night.

You're here? Are you looking for me?

Entertain him well.

- You've been away for so many days! - The Marquis' Heir! What a distinguished guest!

You just got married yesterday.

Why do you have time to drop by?

That's clearly because I miss Huanhuan.

Who misses me?

Oh, it's the Marquis' Heir.

I missed you.

Come on, drink with me upstairs.

Huanhuan, take good care of him.

How are things?

My Lord, there's a secret letter for you.

Where is it?

With me.

Good, let's speak inside.

Yes.

My lord, the higher-ups sent over a message.

[Refusal to confess. No more leads]

Pretty strong backbone.

I don't believe I can't knock open his mouth.

What do we do next?

Continue everything as the same. Don't rouse any suspicion.

[Ancestral Hall]

Zhang Yuanqing?

I'm going for a look.

It's the middle of the night. Why is Zhang Yuanqing dressed like that?

There's something fishy.

I'll check it out. [Ancestral Hall]

Who's there?

Oh no.

Chase!

Confess or not!

Confess or not!

Confess now!

Your lips are quite tight.

Good time for me to try out the new bow.

Aren't you the warrior Jiang Dazhuang from the northern desert?

I heard you're into dressing up as a woman.

- I'll fulfill your wish then. - Nonsense!

I'm really sorry.

I haven't trained for days, so my archery skill may be rusty.

I guarantee this shot

will definitely fulfill your wish.

I really don't know where the ledger is.

But I know the sect has an expert fighter inside the capital city.

His name is Black Wolf.

Whenever he appears,

his body carries a special scent.

- Over here! - Hurry! There's a thief!

- Stop right there! - Catch him! Don't let him run away!

Hurry!

- Come here. - Hurry up.

- Stand right there! - Search over there!

- Young lady. - This way!

Coming!

Stop.

I can see you. Come out!

Who is disrupting my good time?

Big Brother? Why are you here?

Don't come over.

Don't you see what's obviously going on here?

Big Brother, aren't you... impotent?

I can still be intimate for a short while.

Second Brother, it's the middle of the night. Why are you also here?

There's a thief. We're trying to catch the thief.

Did you see someone dressed in black?

I haven't seen anyone dressed in black,

but I've seen someone wearing nothing.

Enough now. Why are you still standing there dazed?

Don't bother the two of us anymore.

The thief will be gone!

Go!

You actually slandered me in front of everyone that I'd that with you in the open.

Didn't you also say I'm impotent in front of many people?

That's because you refused to solve the problem of the virgin cloth with me.

Anyway, I saved you tonight. I've done enough favors.

Don't bother me again.

Wait.

The Marquis and Marchioness will definitely lecture me tomorrow.

You'll have to help me.

What if I don't help you,

will you want to fight me?

Threatening someone doesn't always require physical force.

Instead of any scent of rouge on you,

you are covered in bloody odor.

So I can guess that you didn't go to a brothel tonight.

There are also straws stuck on the boots.

There are holes burned by ember on the clothes.

A dignified Marquis' heir

goes out in the middle of the night.

He went to either a slaughterhouse or a blacksmith.

So I'm guess you must have gone to...

Shut up!

Before you strike, do you always twist your fingers like this?

Hasn't anyone taught you that

the more you know, the sooner you'll die?

I am your wife by His Majesty's bestowed marriage.

Shutting me up by killing me won't work.

Don't worry.

I am not interested in you at all.

As long as you let me live peacefully in the Marquis' manor,

I guarantee that my lips are sealed.

Is that so?

What are you doing?

What do you want?

Don't you want to live peacefully?

You sure can.

But there is a condition.

As long as you bear a child for me in the manor,

I'll let you stand firm here.

Otherwise...

Who wants to bear a child for you?

Liu Jingshu, just you wait!

Ridiculous!

I heard that Eldest Sister-in-law was coupling in the garden last night.

She's totally embarrassed the Marquis' manor.

Luckily,

these intimate encounters between a husband and his wife

aren't as shameful as your stealing the virgin cloth.

Father and Mother, look at her.

She has no remorse at all.

Kneel down!

I can kneel down, but please give me a reason.

Reason? I am the reason in the Marquis' manor.

Your Grace, please quell your anger.

Jingshu, you are the future marchioness.

We establish these rules for you because we're truly considerate for your sake.

Go ahead and kneel down first.

I didn't do it by myself last night.

Why should I be punished alone?

You brat!

Having done such an shameful act, you aren't even embarassed at quibbling?

What's so embarassing about it?

My lady and I are harmonious. Isn't this wonderful?

You rebellious son!

I don't care what you two do behind a closed door.

What kind of place is the garden?

She is the official wife.

Not only that she doesn't dissuade you,

you even mess around with her. So improper!

As people say, if one marries a rooster, one should follow the rooster; and if one marries a dog, one should follow the dog.

Jingshu is married and follows her husband.

She is respecting the female virtues of a good wife.

Having married such a good wife, what else would I ask for?

Father, Second Madam,

you should especially praise and reward her.

You actually think you're right to do such dirty things?

Young Sister-in-law is ignorant to say that.

When my mother was lying in bed sick those years ago,

didn't Second Madam also accompany my father to go boating in the lake?

They strayed into the deep part of the blooming lotus flowers

and startled a flock of herons.

Shut up!

What's the matter? If Second Madam could do it in the boat,

why can't Jingshu and I do it in a cave?

Brazen brat!

Whatever I did with your mother is not for you to talk about.

Father, are you muddled in your old age?

My mother is memorialized on the altar at the ancestral hall.

Yuanqin is a marchioness by imperial edict.

All these years, you've always called her Second Madam.

You've never respected her.

How can such an unfilial son be the Marquis of Xuanping's heir?

You Grace, please quell your anger. I'm fine.

As the saying goes, there is an order or sequence in births, and difference between legitimate and illegitimate.

Who will be the Marquis heir if I'm not?

You brat!

Don't think that your wings are firm once you're married.

Believe it or not, I can complain to His Majesty and depose you.

I don't believe it.

If you could depose me in front of His Majesty, you would have done it already.

You... You...

Your Grace!

Your Grace!

Your Grace!

- Father! - Your Grace!

That unfilial son has totally engered me!

Madam, the medicine is here.

I'll handle it.

You may leave.

Father, don't be angry.

Hurry and drink the medicine.

I'm not in the mood. Put it there for now.

That won't do. Your body is important.

Here.

I'll feed you.

Father.

Father!

Father!

Father!

The Marquis is angered by Yan'er so much that he's coughed up blood and passed out.

What do we do?

Hurry, get the imperial physician!

This isn't good.

Zhang Yuanqing has always been thoughtful.

If I visit father now, all my efforts will be for naught.

Forget it.

Marquis' Heir, why are you here?

They are clamoring inside because of you.

Little beauty, I haven't seen you for a long time.

The marquis is sick from the anger, you'd better behave for a few days.

Sick from the anger?

Why don't I believe it?

I'd like to see if he is really sick or faking it.

Officer?

Officer?

Officer!

- Hungry... - What's the matter?

Hungry.

So hungry.

Wait for me here. I'll find something to eat for you.

Wait for me.

All right.

How did you become so starved?

I just left the military camp to find my eldest brother.

Instead of finding my eldest brother, I got lost.

I don't want to talk about it anymore.

Miss, why are you covered in black muslin?

My grandmother said that I can't show my face or I'll provoke trouble.

She wouldn't let me show my face, but she wants me to wash the clothes.

Look, if you don't believe.

I'll help you do the work, then.

It's not necessary. I'll do the wash. You still need to rush on your journey.

Oh yes. It's important to find my eldest brother.

Thank you, Miss, for saving my life. I'll repay your kindness in the future.

Hmm.

Thank you,, Miss. I'm leaving then.

It's fine.

Oh my! Everyone is here.

Xiao Ming, I was just looking for you.

Xiao Renyan, you angered father so much that he passed out.

He is still unconscious now.

Aren't you ashamed to come here?

He coughed blood? When did that happen?

He coughed blood just now. Even the imperial physician is here.

My mother and I are really fearful.

But you?

Where were you fooling around before you came back?

I wasn't here when it happened.

How can you say that I angered him into coughing up blood?

I think it's obvious that you angered him into coughing blood.

But you want to blame me.

You brat!

So rebellious and unfilial, you can't even compare to the animals.

Look at how you've harmed Father, and you dare to slander me!

You disrespect your older brother. Aren't you worse then animals, too?

You...

Mother, don't be too sad. Your health is more important.

Yan'er, I know you are resentful toward me.

You already oppose me every day.

I've tolerated it all.

But the marquis is your own father, after all.

How can you anger him so much?

If something bad happens to him,

I won't live, either.

Second Madam, you are right.

You're the one who takes care of my father's meals and living.

If anything happens to him,

you can't shirk the responsibility.

Marquis' Heir, are you criticizing me for not taking good care of the marquis?

You contradicted Father in front of people and angered him to passing out.

Everyone witnessed it.

Isn't it enough to slander me just now?

You even want to place the blame on my mother now?

I'll see for myself in order to be certain.

Don't dream of it!

The imperial physician is taking the marquis' pulse right now.

It's not good to disturb them now.

I think you just don't want me to see my father.

My mother doesn't want to say it openly to save your face.

But I'm not afraid of telling you.

Father is the one who doesn't want to see you.

Before His Grace passed out, he indeed said that.

I can't defy his wish.

Yan'er, go back for now.

What a joke! Who knows if you're telling the truth?

Stop arguing, everyone.

Madam.

Marquis' Heir.

His Grace has just woken up.

Let's not let anyone in the manor disturb him for now.

Imperial physician, how is my father's illness?

His Grace was already afflicted with a lung disease.

After he coughed out blood, his ailment has worsened.

There is also a sign of stroke.

I'm afraid his heart has been damaged by the reversing blood flow.

It appears that he was really angered.

Stroke?

That's a deathly disease.

What do we do now?

Imperial physician, you must think of a solution.

Yes, I understand.

Xiao Renyan,

if you anger Father to death,

even if I lose my life,

I'll get justice from you!

Husband, he is out of line, but he is the Marquis' heir.

You can't hit him.

We should report to the Imperial Clan Affairs Office, and ask His Majesty to adjudicate.

Get out of here!

You don't think Father is sick enough

and wont' be satisfied until you see him take his last breath?

Someone! Come and drag away the Marquis' heir.

Who dares?

Aren't you too much?

His Grace is the father to the Marquis' heir.

What's wrong if he wants to go inside to visit?

Yan'er, if you still care for your father,

hurry and leave this place.

Let him have some quiet.

Fine, I'll leave.

I'll leave all the filial stuff

to Second Madam and your biological son.

Xiao Renyan, wait for me.

My Lord, you wanted me to find the private mine's keeper.

I haven't found him yet.

What is going on?

Probably the news was leaked.

He hasn't appeared in Wansheng Gambling House in the last few days.

Keep searching then!

Do I need to teach you how to handle such a small matter?

If you can't find him, bring me your head.

Yes.

Wait.

Pour me more wine.

My Lord, you've had too much to drink.

Don't drink anymore.

Quit your useless talk.

Pour the wine.

Yan'er, she is your mother. Hurry and call her Mom.

No, I don't have a mother anymore. She is not my mother. I won't call her Mom.

How can you talk like this?

Your Grace, he is still a child.

Don't be angry.

Yan'er, from now on, I'm your mother.

No, I don't have a mother anymore. You're not my mother!

Why are you so immature?

I'll beat you up! How can you be so immature?

I...

Where is the singing and cancing? Where are the beauties?

This Marquis' heir must have some fun today!

You've only just come?

Beauty, you've made me wait a long time.

Marquis Heir, you really have a refined taste.

Little beauty, drink with me.

Xiao Renyan!

Drink wine?

Sure.

Come.

Open your eyes wide and see who I am!

Why are you here?

The marquis is lying sick in bed.

Why did you come here to drink? Do you know how many gossips are spreading outside?

I don't care.

If you really don't care,

why are you getting drunk here?

Are you here as a persuader for Zhang Yuanqing

to convince me to go back?

Your stepmother?

She would rather that you don't go back.

That's true.

They are happy together as a family.

I'm just an outsider.

Come, let's keep drinking.

Let go of me. Give it to me.

What outsider? It's your own father who is lying in bed!

He only cares of Zhang Yuanqing and her son.

He's never cared about me.

Xiao Renyan.

The parents have their own difficulties.

As their children,

if we only consider things from our perspective,

of course we'd think they're selfish and preferential.

There aren't any parents who don't love their children.

Perhaps they are hiding their affection too deeply,

so you can't see clearly.

Xiao Renyan, think it over well.

When you were little,

didn't your father kiss you or hug you?

Didn't he teach you about studying and behaving?

Even if he is bad in many ways,

given your scandalous reputation these years,

but you've still kept your position as the marquis' heir,

who has been supporting you from behind?

Xiao Renyan,

whatever is making you to put on a disguise,

I have no idea.

But, when you saw the marquis pas out, your anxious gaze couldn't lie.

You try it.

That kind of gaze,

Meng Hanjiao didn't have it. Xiao Ming didn't have it. Zhang Yuanqing especially didn't have it.

That's great.

Only you, Xiao Renyan, had it.

Xiao Renyan,

in the entire Marquis' Manor, only you

are the one who truly cares about the marquis.

That's true.

Even if he is bad in many ways,

he is still my father.

You've thought it through?

Let's go.

We're going home.

Go.

My lady, I have a little headache.

Are you really drunk?

What do we do?

Why don't you carry me on your back?

Hey...

You're so heavy, Xiao Renyan!