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The Rise of Ning

Episode 24

[Anbei Marquis Mansion]

Uncle, it's about the time.

Everything all right?

Miss Yining,

Mr. Shenyuan didn't

go to the study today.

[Jimo Court]

It's so late today.

Why hasn't Shenyuan come back?

Mr. Shenyuan has gone to Mr. Sun's study.

He hasn't come back yet.

Qingqu and I have been there.

He's not there.

Maybe Qingqu was mistaken.

Okay.

You come with me to the study.

Let's see whether it's Qingqu's mistake

or you're making excuses.

Miss Yning,

Mr. Shenyuan is really busy these days.

Too busy to come back at night?

He's a man.

Sometimes it may be like this.

Has he been busy with

Daoyan's business?

How did you know it, Miss Yining?

I know this now.

Say it. Be quick.

Where's he?

If I tell you,

he'll kill me.

I can kill you, too.

Mr. Shenyuan said

that he'd come up with ways

to ensure his safety.

Ensure his own safety?

Make it clear. Be quick.

They send them themselves.

A robber acts like a cop.

Shame on them.

Ensure Lord Lu's safety.

Yes, sir.

They want to hijack the prison van.

Kill them all.

Lu Jiaxue is about to act.

Take action.

[Laifu Inn]

[Fine Liquor Restaurant]

Here they are.

[Chen Daoyan in danger]

No. Just go.

Yining,

wish you wouldn't see this letter.

If you see it,

forgive my breaking promise.

I swore an oath at my master's grave

that I'd take good care of

my fellow apprentices.

I know

that you can't get over

with your mother's death.

The thing that worries me most

is your resentment with Chenlan.

You can go to

the merchant association for help.

They'll all be at your service.

You can also move out of Luo Mansion

to stay away from the messes.

Take good care of yourself,

or I won't make peace even after my death.

Everyone is destined to die.

There's no need to be happy for pure luck

or feel sad when misfortune comes.

I don't expect your forgiveness.

I'll go one step ahead.

I just hope

that you can get better.

If the day comes

when everyone blames you,

when there's no place for you in the world,

there's no need to be sad.

Stay in the small courtyard

and enjoy ginkgo when autumn comes.

That is the life you always want.

Live a good life

for you and for me.

Take care, Yining.

Why are you here?

Just go.

If Duke Wei comes,

you'll have a chance.

Mr. Cheng,

Duke Wei's troops are coming.

Don't move.

Put your weapons down,

or I'll let him die ungracefully.

I know who you're.

Surrender!

Hold your hands.

Lu Jiaxue,

how dare you're

to murder the important criminal.

Put your weapon down.

Lu Jiaxue,

let me see how you'll explain this.

Hurry.

Go.

Go after them.

Get out of my way.

Step aside.

Lord Lu,

go to see the Emperor with me

and explain this.

Duke Wei,

I'm hunting important criminals.

I'll explains it after it's done.

Okay.

I'll wait.

Let's see if there're real assassinators

or someone's making a show.

I'll see how you'll explain to the Emperor.

The Imperial City Division

will explain to the Emperor

what happens today.

Let's go.

Miss Yining.

It's me. What do you want?

You want to help him so much.

Let's guess

if he'll come to save you.

He?

Who?

Mr. Shenyuan.

How's everything going?

Look.

I just came around

to have a cup of tea.

My maid

went to do some shopping for me.

I saw the riot downstairs

so I went out.

Is there anything wrong?

Yet during your tea time,

lots of things happened.

Luo Shenyuan

always takes good care of you.

He won't save you today.

Shenyuan?

Is this thing

related to Shenyuan?

You're quibbling.

Isn't he related?

Think twice. It's water behind you.

Miss Yining,

if I'm gonna kill you today,

will he come to save you?

You want to kill me

in public.

Do you even know there's the law?

Shut up.

Are you all cowards

only knowing to hide?

You guys go back first.

No.

You can't go, Mr. Shenyuan.

He's already known

where we're hiding.

He intended for you to show up.

I have to rescue her.

If you go out like this,

Lu Jiaxue will get hold on you.

He'll say

Miss Yining is with us.

How can you disassociate yourself from her?

If you go out,

not only will Miss Yining die,

but the Luo's family will be involved.

Calm down, Young Master.

Lu Jiaxue hasn't seen me before.

I had nothing

to do with Luo's family.

Even if I get caught,

I can say

I despise them

for bullying a weak lady.

You go back first, Young Master.

We'll go to save her.

Let's go.

Still hiding?

You're making a lady

cover up for you?

Aren't you ashamed?

Just to watch her die?

Even if I die

again today,

I won't be the leverage

you use against Shenyuan.

Miss Yining.

You're awake, Miss Yining.

Why am I here?

You don't remember?

Mr. Shenyuan sent you back.

He told us you fell in the water.

We were so worried.

Others weren't disturbed, were they?

Mrs. Luo and Madam Lin

still don't know it.

That's fine.

♫ What is there to fear in the haze of uncertainty ♫

♫ In the heartbeat, there's a trace of light ♫

♫ I dive into the whirlpool following the threads of time ♫

♫ For you, for me, in pursuit of an outcome ♫

Miss Yining,

Mr. Shenyuan sent people

to bring some Herb tea here.

Let me serve you to have some.

If he comes again,

tell him to

take his things away.

I don't want to see him again.

Daoyan

must have thought it clear that

he would die in the hand of Lu Jiaxue.

After his death,

we can't even bury him

or set up a monument for him.

Daoyan

wanted to pave way for us with his death.

We definitely shouldn't let him die for nothing.

But these days,

Wang Yuan and Lu Jiaxue have joined hands.

They're so powerful

that nearly no one in this world

can contend against them.

Shenyuan,

what's your plan next?

Take imperial exams

and be an official.

I'll do everything I can

to gain power.

But

I saw Lu Jiaxue hijacked

Miss Yining to force you out.

He must firmly believe

that you are the prisoner rescuer.

He won't let you go easily.

Even if he go easy on me,

I definitely won't let him off.

Shenyuan,

though we're not capable of anything great,

if you call,

we'll all be there for you.

We won't let our teacher die for nothing.

We won't let Daoyan die for nothing.

In this world,

fairness and justice

will come one day.

[Spirit tablet of Chen Jiuheng]

Daoyan,

Rest in peace.

When you see our teacher,

tell him Shenyuan won't

let him down.

[Spring Blossoms and Autumn Fruits]

Meimei,

is it really you?

If Duke Wei

hadn't been there in time,

Lord Lu would claim the credit

of killing people hijacking the prisoner

and false accused those men in black

of killing

the witness.

That's very likely.

When I got there,

two bunches of men in balck

were fighting.

One group

must be Lu Jiaxue's men.

The other should be

confederates of Chen Daoyan.

So you mean

what Lu Jiaxue said to the Emperor is true.

Chen Daoyan sought death himself.

We can say

he sacrificed for justice.

But

Chen Daoyan really died

in the hand of Lu Jiaxue.

Lu Jiaxue wont' get away with it.

However,

though Lu Jiaxue was blamed for

dereliction of duty of escorting the prisoner,

he was

not affected deeply.

Does the emperor

still believe their words?

If the emperor had really trusted them,

he wouldn't have allowed me to do what I asked.

So

may I know your intention?

Sharpening your axe

will not delay your job of cutting wood.

The person drawing me into the game

did such great calculation

Even he let me see

Lu Jiaxue killed the witness.

I think

this matter

will soon be reviewed again.

You have always been thoughtful,

but this time,

why did you fail?

It was careless of me.

I didn't expect

that Duke Wei would come that fast.

The Emperor is thoughful.

Letting Duke Wei get involved

means that he

has been suspicious.

Now,

the witness

died in our hands.

Though the Emperor didn't blame us,

he's likely become more suspicious.

I'll keep a close eye on his confederates,

not allowing them to raise more dust.

These leftover evils

are too stubborn.

All these years have passed,

they still wished to reverse the verdict.

Lord Lu,

you have to remove the source of the trouble.

Only then can we

rest at ease.

Understood.

What's this?

What's this notice about?

It seems that the man died the other day

has his grievance.

Duke Wei will search for evidence.

-Uncle. -Lord Lu.

Duke Wei

is telling everyone

that he'll get to the bottom of it.

The Emperor was getting suspicious of us.

Or

he wouldn't allow

Duke Wei's notice.

Will those people

go to Wei Mansion?

If anyone turns up again,

they'll end up like Chen Daoyan.

Keep an close eye on them.

Yes, my Lord.

Any clues about last night?

That bunch guys escaped by water.

No marks were left.

I've also been to Luo Mansion.

Miss Yining went out

to watch lanterns last night.

But Mr. Shenyuan didn't get out.

Has Miss Yining

got back to Luo Mansion peacefully?

Yet so far,

there's been no big movement in Luo Mansion.

Miss Yining must have been okay.

My lord, it's incapable of me

to let these men escape.

Let this thing pass first.

Let pass?

I need to affirm one thing.

Are you suspicious that

Miss Yining might be the one you're looking for.

It's a pity

that no other person saw her

except you

back then.

Otherwise,

we can let them figure it out for you.

[Fragrant Pavilion]

[Crabapple Garden]

Mr. Shenyuan,

Miss Yining said she doesn't want to see you.

Please go.

Has she had the herb tea? Is she better now?

Miss Yining asked us

to return this to you.

Okay.

I'll come to see her the other day.

[Crabapple Garden]

Young Master,

Qingqu has been

too straight forward.

In the past

when I stopped Miss Yining for you,

I was euphemistic.

It's all my fault.

I shouldn't have told Miss Yining

and got her involved.

Just punish me, Young Master.

She's being mad at me.

It's none of your business.

But keeping it secret from her

is for her safety.

Young Master.

Lu Jiaxue,

don't you want

to know who the woman

just falling down

is?

I don't need to know.

Let me tell you.

The woman just falling down

is the one you've been missing all the time.

What？

She

is your Meimei.

Take Song Yingshan away.

Let me off.

Lu Jiaxue,

you ungrateful wretch.

I won't let you off easily

even as a ghost.

You little wretch.

Lu Jiaxue.

No, Lord Lu.

I'm begging you.

Let my grandfather off.

I'm the bad one.

It's all my fault.

Things have been done.

Now you're been regretful.

Too late.

You can kill me and let our family go.

I'm begging you.

Song Ziyun,

you coerce me to marry you with the power

and influence of him. But I refused.

Then you worked with my brother

Lu Jiaran

to set me up.

You think

coercing me to despair

would make me be

with your family in heart, don't you?

Is that right?

I didn't.

You were wrong.

I never go easy

with those

hurting me.

Let alone

you.

It's you who caused my Meimei's death.

Don't worry.

I won't kill you.

But I will let you

hope you're dead.

Ye Yan.

Yes.

Where is Song Ziyun now?

She should be a slave in the borderland.

Go and get her back.

Understood.

Wealth, you're the best.

You're not like them. They don't even come to see me.

What?

Okay. Stop.

Let me unfasten

for you.

Yixiu,

what're you doing?

I'm being bored.

This is the bergamot

I developed lately.

I've also made many other spices,

but Wealth can't carry that many.

You can take this.

It's okay.

I'm a little happier now.

I heard from your mother

that she wanted you to marry Mr. Han.

That's a noble family.

Han Zhao loves you.

If you marry him,

you won't need to lose weight any more.

You must be very happy.

I don't want to go there.

I'm not happy at all.

I haven't had meals for days.

Wait for me, Wealth.

Okay.

What're you doing, Miss Yixiu?

Some birds just flew past.

I've told you not to see them.

There're just several birds.

Yiyu.

But you always enjoy it.

Miss Yiyu.

I'm not used to

the mattress and pillow these days.

Help me get a set of them

from the storeroom for me, Mama Zhao.

Okay, I'll do it right now.

Thank you.

Stop.

Yiyu.

You're acting at will.

If this is found out, you'll be

punished and Wealth will be on the table.

So you're the best one for me.

You cover up for me.

I just don't get it.

Marrying Han Zhao is such a blessing.

Han Zhao also always has fondness for you.

Why are you not willing to accept it

and even get estranged with our mother.

But I just don't like him.

For women to get married,

how can you do all you want?

But if you

marry him.

It's you

who'll spend the rest of your life with him.

If you don't like him,

how sad you will be.

By the way,

I heard that mother has taken you

to have dinner in Shen Mansion

How did Madam Shen

say about you?

Haven't you been locked in the room?

How can you know such things?

What about you?

What do you think

of Mr. Shen?

They are Duke family.

They're not normal family.

For Shanyuan,

whether it's emperor's favour or not...

But

Duke Mansion is good,

what if Shen Yu won't be good to you.

What about then?

Emmm.

What do you think?

From my point of view,

if I like him,

no matter what his family are,

he's the best.

Just think like this.

No matter what I become,

or what family I'm in,

if he thinks I'm the best,

everything would be fine.

I take Han Zhao as a friend.

I never thought about marrying him.

I don't care about family status.

If I'm about to get married,

I only want to marry the one I love

and lead a happy life.

Hairu,

what're you doing?

I'm drawing a picture.

You know how to draw?

Landscape painting

Even Ruixiang

won't believe what you've just said.

All right.

As you've made up your mind

to engage in business,

you'll need to show your determination.

You need to start learning

how to read these account books.

Sister.

I've already written to parents for you.

I've made things clear.

For you,

I've been blamed by them.

Anyway, they've already agreed.

Hairu.

Hairu.

It's so good of you.

That's all right.

I will definitely

not embarrass you.

Remember your words.

When I taught Yining to read account books,

she learned really fast.

As a man of Lin's family,

don't lose to Yining.

Have faith in me, Hairu

I'm gifted.

I'll do my best.

Madam Chen, you have suffered

from headache these days.

Don't worry too much.

Miss Yixu

has been staying in her room.

There's no need to worry.

That'll be fine.

If Yiyu

can marry

into the Duke Mansion,

my hard work these days

is not wasted.

If both ladies can marry into good families,

you can rely on

two great sons-in-law.

The days in the future

will be peaceful and good.

Did Luo Yining make

any movements these days?

Nothing at all.

I thought Yining

is hard to deal with.

From my point of view,

she has one trouble after another.

I heard that she's been ill

again.

Exactly.

She hasn't left Crabapple Garden.

How can Miss Yining

be so weak?

She's just like

one lady of my relatives.

Being ill all the time.

But she was once a premature infant.

A Premature infant.

What's in your mind, Madam Chen?

After Gu Minglan gave

birth to her child,

all those servants in her garden

disappeared.

I found it weird then.

Yet as the person died,

I couldn't get down with it.

Are you suspicious of something, Madam Chen?

You've been hiding from me for days.

If you're angry,

just let it out.

Don't suppress them in your mind.

You might get ill.

I haven't been angry.

It means

you're still angry.

Leave us alone, Qingqu.

Sit down and talk.

I have nothing to say with you.

Just get seated.

I didn't think Shao'an would

hand over

those things to you that easily.

You mean that

if I didn't take it,

you meant to hide it

from me forever.

Yes.

You are so thoughtful.

Prepare shops for me.

Find living places for me.

You've even prepared dowry for me.

How thoughtful you're.

What's in my mind is that

whether I'm alive or not,

I want to guarantee your whole life's safety.

Thank you for your thoughtfulness.

But for me,

I'm just a joke.

I racked my brains

hoping to get you in the family genealogy.

But I fail to find

that you're

the head of Longquan Merchant Association,

holding half the wealth of the capital.

I didn't mean to

hide it from you.

I just thought

there's no need to talk about it.

Yeah.

Then you acted

with your shopkeeper

to give your store to me.

You must think

I was an idiot then.

I didn't.

I know you're worrying about me,

fearing that I'd be in danger.

But there're somethings

that can be satisfactory to both sides.

I also can't see my

fellow apprentices to court death

and do nothing.

Then I can't

let you court death either.

When I beat

Concubine Qiao,

remember your words?

You said that I do things regardless of results.

You said I should protect myself.

You said I resorted to extreme measures

and one day

I'd harm myself.

What about you?

Have you protected yourself?

Have you been thoughtful?

You even told me

to live my life without you.

How can I live happily without you?

Do you really think I can live like before?

You think I can eat loquat cream happily,

and enjoy gingko with delight?

Am I heartless?

I was wrong.

I didn't want to tell you

for fearing to get you involved.

But first,

I was wrong.

I'm afraid

lives between us

would be twisted

our entire life.

Forget about it.

Let's have no secret

from now on.

♫ Just one cross, a lifelong pattern forms ♫

♫ Among countless figures flickering, I recognize your outline ♫

♫ Love knows no limits, fulfilling promises with my whole life ♫

Then can you tell me

the things

between you and Lu Jiaxue?

♫ Time writes the story, accident happens ♫

♫ It stays in my memory and never goes away ♫

♫ If it's possible, if we can be together ♫

♫ The snow stays on our head ♫

♫ We seem to be together for long ♫

♫ You're like a song wandering in my mind ♫

♫ I'd rather plunge into the flames just to break through the night's blockade ♫

♫ In the heartbeat, there's a trace of light ♫

♫ I dive into the whirlpool following the threads of time ♫

♫ For you, for me, in pursuit of an outcome ♫

♫ I'd rather plunge into the flames just to break through the night's blockade ♫

♫ I'd rather fall revealing the fate that lies ahead ♫

♫ I'd rather bear no fruit just to become your support ♫

♫ What is there to fear in turning to foam ♫

♫ Love is a shared journey One day, we'll find our place ♫

♫ Even if I become tiny dust ♫

♫ I will still dance in my own brilliance ♫

♫ I'll navigate through endless doubts and calm the storms ♫

♫ For you, for me, to turn promises into amber ♫

♫ I'd rather plunge into the flames using my moment to light up more ♫

♫ I'd rather let go, allowing longing to fade ♫

♫ I'd rather bear no fruit as long as love stretches far and wide ♫

♫ Love is you and me, side by side ♫