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[Believe in Love]

[Episode 18]

[Island Master's Mansion]

Island Master!

Island Master!

The weather is hot.

An ice basin will help with the heat.

Yue'er.

You're finally back.

Island Master. Island Master.

Island Master.

I'm Su Tang.

Sorry.

I was seeing things.

Island Master,

the Sixth Prince will be here tomorrow.

Do we still need to change the menu

for His Majesty's birthday feast?

The stakes are high.

Once it has been approved,

I'll have all the directors discuss it.

It's been busy recently.

You've worked hard.

In the future, let others

take care of such trivial matters.

Thank you, Island Master.

I've put my seal

on your resignation letter.

Once the feast is over,

you can hand it to the Imperial Court

and be relieved.

Okay.

I'll complete

my last task well.

Please carry on with Head Chef Du.

I'll take my leave.

Su Tang,

I was looking for you.

For what?

Are you here to say farewell?

No,

I...

I understand.

Huajian Pavilion no longer

has anyone

to give you a reason to stay.

It's only natural for you

to want to leave.

No,

that's not why.

Becoming the Best Cook of the South

and making it my career

are what my father wanted from me,

but it's not what I want.

I've thought it through.

I'm following my heart

to leave the palace

and find all the delicacies in the world.

This decision

has nothing to do with Yue'er.

I understand.

Since you've already thought it through,

I wish you a safe journey.

When you miss home,

remember to come back.

Actually, I want...

Ms. Jiang.

What's wrong?

I didn't think

that the Imperial Emissary that His Majesty sent

would be the Sixth Prince, Song Yan.

Is there something wrong

with the Sixth Prince being the Imperial Emissary?

I remember when the Sixth Prince was a child,

he was sent to the border as a hostage.

Why would he listen to the order

and come here?

You even know about this?

At the time, when the Sixth Prince

was sent to a small kingdom on the border

[Island Master's Mansion] the Princess had also left the palace

to get married on Huajian Island.

Both things happened around the same time,

so I still remember.

As the Nangxiang Kingdom got stronger,

the smaller kingdoms on the border

didn't dare to keep hostages.

Four years ago,

they sent the hostage back to the Capital.

The Sixth Prince

has been through quite a lot.

I wonder what his personality is.

Du Ruo,

when you were given the title

"Best Cook of the South" in the Capital,

did you ever see him?

No,

I only heard he was gaining traction

in the Imperial Court.

We should attend to him carefully.

We should be careful.

They're here.

Yufeng?

We greet Your Highness.

Everyone, at ease.

Thank you, Your Highness.

It's him?

Mr. Song?

You're...

How has everyone been?

Your Highness, this way.

You're too polite.

(He purposely hid his identity)

(then came back so grandly this time.)

(What are you trying to do?)

Announcing His Majesty's imperial decree.

Huajian Island is full of outstanding people

and is renowned for its delicious delicacies.

For my 60th birthday,

I will personally visit.

The Sixth Prince, Song Yan,

will serve as the Imperial Emissary

to prepare for this.

The Island Master of Huajian Island, Hua Yi'nan,

will pick Huajian chefs

to prepare the feast.

Imperial Head Chef, Du Ruo, will assist them to do so as well.

End of the decree.

Hua Yi'nan...

Du Ruo...

Receive the decree.

At ease.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I'm sure you received

the news in advance.

The first time my father leaves the palace,

he chose Huajian Island.

That's enough to show

his high expectations for you.

This is a great honor!

I will not disappoint His Majesty.

Your Highness,

previously, we didn't know

your identity,

so we didn't attend to you well.

I hope you'll forgive us.

First Young Lady need not worry.

Previously, I came without revealing myself

to check on Huajian Pavilion

for my father

and choose a venue for his birthday feast.

Although there were some setbacks,

it can be considered

an interesting experience.

When we last met,

you suddenly fell ill

and it was serious.

I thought you would rest for a few days

before leaving,

but when we went to the inn a few days later,

you'd already left.

The server said

you didn't bring your things with you.

I wonder what

made Your Highness leave in such a hurry?

Father summoned me,

so I didn't have time

to bid farewell to Island Master Hua.

I see.

However,

I'm curious about something.

I wonder

which boat Your Highness took

when leaving the island?

I sent someone to check.

During those few days,

no boats went to the Capital.

It's just a boat.

How would His Highness remember?

Yufeng.

Island Master Hua is a meticulous person.

He is merely concerned about me.

Indeed, during those few days,

no boats from the island went to the Capital.

So I followed

a merchant ship that was leaving.

Why don't I see

the Island Mistress today?

I even specially prepared

a present for her.

Your Highness,

actually,

(two years ago, Yue'er...)

Yue'er!

To think...

To think Yue'er actually...

Island Master Hua,

my condolences.

It's all in the past.

We've already prepared

a banquet

to welcome Your Highness.

Here?

I still prefer

Huajian Pavilion's atmosphere.

Xinzhu.

Yes.

Get it ready.

We'll go to Huajian Pavilion.

Yes.

Wait.

At this time,

Huajian Pavilion will be crowded.

Get someone to clear it out.

Today, Huajian Pavilion

will only serve the Sixth Prince.

No.

No need to let them know in advance

for them to prepare.

I still prefer

the day-to-day Huajian Pavilion.

Go, go.

Let's go.

What's going on?

There's something happening there, let's go see.

Let's go.

Go, over there.

Hurry, hurry.

Let's go.

Let me see.

What's going on?

Why are there so many people

at Huajian Pavilion's entrance?

What's going on?

Huajian Pavilion is in big trouble.

I heard the lady from the Capital

is truly talented

and challenged

the directors in Huajian Pavilion herself.

But she defeated all of them.

I heard this time,

they'll remove the plaque.

Let's go take a look too.

Really? Let's go.

Let's go check it out.

What?

Remove the plaque?

Let's go.

[Huajian Pavilion] I said, make way!

-Exactly! -Get lost!

-Why should we! -What are you doing?

Get out of the way!

Stop!

What are you doing?

Exactly!

You can't take it down!

-You can't! -Get over there!

Who dares to touch Huajian Pavilion!

Who dares to touch it!

Get out of the way!

Take it down!

What right do you have!

Everyone, stop.

The famous Huajian Pavilion

isn't that big of a deal.

There wasn't much of a challenge.

Huajian Pavilion has recognition from His Majesty,

and all our directors are talented.

It's just...

You were just lucky and won.

If that's true,

I don't mind

competing with them again.

There are always people who are better than you.

Indeed, we lost.

Can I ask for your name?

Everyone calls me

Kitchen Fairy, Tang Yingying.

Who is Kitchen Fairy?

Kitchen Fairy?

I've never heard of her.

Tang Yingying?

Where did this Kitchen Fairy come from?

She?

The reclusive imperial chef, Mr. Jin's apprentice.

She just finished her apprenticeship three months ago.

She likes challenging cooks.

She's beaten everyone in the Capital,

putting her on the map

with the nickname Kitchen Fairy.

Mr. Jin?

(Yue'er's mother)

(was also Mr. Jin's apprentice.)

Island Master Hua?

Island Master Hua?

Sixth Prince, you seem to know

this Kitchen Fairy well.

According to the rules,

since you've admitted defeat,

Huajian Pavilion's plaque

should be handed to me.

We never said

we'd take down our plaque if we lost.

Kitchen Fairy,

don't go too far.

Now you want to go back on your word?

Too late.

Today, I'm definitely

taking this down.

Ladder.

Don't you dare!

Mr. Dou,

what are you doing?

Get her down now.

Get down!

You can't!

-You can't! -Get down!

You can't take this down!

You can't!

First time

seeing Huajian Pavilion

so embarrassed.

Huajian Island has so many directors and chefs,

but they lost to a lady.

We'll be laughed at if word gets out.

Yi'nan!

Aren't you going to stop it?

How long

will you let His Highness watch?

You can't!

Come down!

Come down!

Hurry and come down!

Come down! You can't!

Make way!

You can't!

She's down!

Yue'er.

Thank you for your help.

Island Master,

you're finally here.

You're the Island Master?

Why did the Island Master save her?

What's their relationship?

Why did the Island Master save her?

Why did he save Kitchen Fairy?

Yeah... He still saved her.

There's nothing to see here.

Dismiss!

Everyone, leave!

Miss.

Your eyes

look just like someone I know.

Can you take off your scarf

to let me see your face?

You're the Island Master,

but your way of flirting

is pretty old-fashioned.

I heard

Huajian Pavilion is owned by you.

Are you here today

to stop me from taking down the plaque?

Yingying.

Don't be rude.

Your Highness.

So you know each other?

So,

the both of you came to Huajian Island together?

Yingying is my close

personal friend.

She's obsessed with cooking.

I admire her talent,

so I thought

I'd take this opportunity

to bring her to Huajian Pavilion to observe.

Most importantly,

she looks too similar to...

What?

Yingying,

we've only been apart for a while

and you ran out to create trouble.

How can this be called creating trouble?

I wanted to see the world.

Of course I would

challenge the most famous place.

They have no skills

to guard their own plaque.

You can't blame me.

(She's overbearing and competitive.)

(Only her posturing and figure)

(is similar to Yue'er.)

Miss Yingying,

if it's just for us to learn from each other,

why do you have to remove our plaque and insult us?

Who are you?

I'm the Imperial Head Chef, Du Ruo.

Du Ruo?

You're the Best Cook of the South, Du Ruo?

Do you have time

to compete with me?

If you lose,

you'll write an announcement to tell everyone

that the Best Cook of the South, Du Ruo,

lost to Kitchen Fairy, Tang Yingying.

In the future when you see me,

you'll have to avoid me.

How about it?

You...

Your Highness.

Your friend

is a woman of character.

I wanted to introduce you to each other,

but things ended up like this.

Yingying,

you're at fault here for making trouble

at Huajian Pavilion.

I can't keep being partial to you either.

Yufeng.

Your Highness.

Take Tang Yingying away

and give her 20 strokes.

Yes.

Wait.

Miss Yingying

didn't make a serious mistake.

No need for punishment.

It's a small issue,

so let's forget about it.

You...

Did you hear that, Yingying?

Master Island Hua is pleading for you.

We can spare the punishment,

but you have to reflect on yourself.

Yes, Your Highness.

Yingying,

go

and apologize to Island Master Hua.

Clap your hands, make peace,

and get along well in the future.

Yes.

Island Master Hua,

let's do it.

Miss Yingying,

is this your first time at Huajian Pavilion?

Yes.

Is it

our first time meeting?

Of course.

The leader is lecherous,

and the chefs are useless.

Why should Huajian Pavilion

get to prepare His Majesty's banquet?

Yingying.

Although the Kitchen Fairy has excellent cooking skills,

Huajian Pavilion

got our reputation for a reason.

Your Highness, don't worry.

The birthday feast will definitely be to your liking.

Okay.

So many things happened today,

I'm tired.

Island Master's Mansion has already prepared

accommodations for Your Highness.

Miss Yingying,

we also specially

prepared a room for you.

Your Highness,

you haven't eaten yet today.

Just send some dishes

to my room.

You may all leave.

We weren't able to please Your Highness today.

Tomorrow, I will hold a banquet at Huajian Pavilion

to welcome Your Highness.

[Qingxia Chamber]

Island Master, Head Chef Du,

this is the last dish

for today's challenge.

Pagoda Pork Belly.

The plate on the left

was cooked by Huajian Pavilion's Director Wang.

The plate on the right

was cooked by Kitchen Fairy.

If the winner can't

be determined based on taste,

just looking at the presentation,

Kitchen Fairy has won.

Indeed,

Pagoda Pork Belly tests knife skills.

Firstly, you have to take

a rectangular pork belly piece

and cut it into long strips.

Without breaking the strips,

it has to be curled into layers of a pagoda.

Director Wang has the best knife skills

at Huajian Pavilion.

His Pagoda Pork Belly has 15 stories,

and Kitchen Fairy's

has 18.

Du Ruo.

Have you ever seen

the Pagoda Pork Belly Yue'er made?

Yes.

Yue'er has excellent knife skills,

but compared to Kitchen Fairy,

she wouldn't be able to match up.

How does the taste compare to Yue'er's?

Is there any difference?

The taste is similar

with some discrepancies.

You can leave.

Yes.

I know what you're suspecting,

but Kitchen Fairy and Yue'er,

be it their personality or cooking skills,

they are different.

A personality can be put on,

but their cooking skills...

With Yue'er's talent, if she practiced for two years,

it wouldn't be a problem for her

to reach this standard.

You said it yourself.

The taste of this dish

is very similar to Yue'er's.

Yue'er's cooking foundation

came from Ms. Yun.

Ms. Yun learned from Mr. Jin

and had the same master as Kitchen Fairy.

So it's normal for Kitchen Fairy

and Yue'er's dishes to taste similar.

No,

this

is indeed a little strange.

I'm so angry!

First Young Lady, don't be angry.

Kitchen Fairy is so detestable.

In front of the Sixth Prince,

she insulted Huajian Pavilion.

I hope the Sixth Prince

won't look down on Huajian Pavilion's competence

because of this.

I'm afraid this was planned beforehand.

There's no reason for that.

This time, the Sixth Prince is here

under His Majesty's order.

Of course he'd want Huajian Pavilion

to hold the banquet well

and make His Majesty happy.

It must be Kitchen Fairy.

Although she's known in the Capital,

she's just a civilian cook.

She won't be able

to attend His Majesty's banquet.

That's why she's jealous

of Huajian Pavilion

and came to show off.

You need to keep your guard up.

As for the Sixth Prince and Kitchen Fairy,

you and Island Master

must keep an eye out.

Ms. Jiang,

why do I feel

that you pay a lot of attention to the Sixth Prince?

Anyway,

you must remember what I said.

It's for your own good.

Don't worry,

nothing will go wrong.

There'll be no errors.

(About things in the past,)

(First Young Lady and Island Master don't know about it.)

(If I come clean)

(about the secrets of the past,)

(it might damage)

(the image of the Princess)

(in their hearts.)

(But if I don't say anything)

(and the Sixth Prince has hidden agenda)

(for this visit,)

(what should we do?)

You acted well today.

You've already successfully gained

Hua Yi'nan's attention.

Today,

when I fell from the ladder,

Hua Yi'nan called me

Yue'er.

You only showed your eyes,

but he could tell?

Your Highness' magic doctor

is indeed skillful.

In order to change your appearance,

I put in a lot of effort.

Even if the real Lu Yue'er

revives and stands next to you,

no one would be able

to tell you apart.

To become Lu Yue'er,

I don't even remember

my actual face.

Changing one's appearance

is very dangerous.

It's inevitable for accidents

to happen.

You only lost your memories,

and you're lucky to be alive.

Yingying,

I won't let you

suffer for nothing.

Once this has been settled,

I will make you

my princess consort.

Yingying?

What's wrong?

Yingying?

Medicine!

Yingying.

Are you better now?

Here, get up.

Does it still hurt?

I'm better.

Your Highness.

Okay.

Your Highness,

can I go back to rest?

Hurry and go. Here.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Master.

How long will it take

for this Wood Spirit Poniard to be restored?

It's been almost restored during these two years.

In a month,

it will be completed.

A month?

There are not many pills left

to control Yingying.

I'll give you seven days.

That's...

My spiritual power is weak.

If I were to restore this in seven days,

I'd lose my lifetime's cultivation.

The most important thing now

is for Yingying to quickly retrieve

the Seven Leaves Bodhisattva inside Hua Yi'nan's body.

Once I get my power back

and become a dragon again,

I can awaken Xiaoman.

Before that,

if Yingying is out of control

and regains Yue'er's consciousness,

all our efforts would be wasted.

Yes.

(Before that,)

(I'll have a good time)

(settling the score)

(I have with Hua Yi'nan in this lifetime.)