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♫ Wearing peach blossom makeup, I boil tea over the stove ♫

♫ With a pure heart, I embroider the brocade of time ♫

♫ On the short paper, affection flows in the silent moonlight ♫

♫ I only wish that by my side, is my love ♫

♫ Cool autumn wind blowing, I gaze far leaning against the railing ♫

♫ Sunset glow over the green hill, in formation wild geese are flying ♫

♫ Covering a thousand miles on horseback, for whom is he longing ♫

♫ He returned home in dreams ♫

♫ I will never forget that you held my hands ♫

♫ In your warm palms, we braved winds and waves ♫

♫ Unexpectedly, after we traveled so far and turned grey-haired ♫

♫ I am still by your side ♫

♫ Hearts burning, we look into each other's eyes ♫

♫ Feelings overflowing, they don't need to be hid ♫

♫ No matter how time passes and life changes ♫

♫ Together, we will grow old ♫

[The Sword and the Brocade]

[Episode 13]

- Nanny Xu. - Yes.

- Slap her! - Yes!

You are in the Xu Family and not in your Luo Family.

Do you think you are strong enough to disobey me?

Don't forget who has lifted you, the daughter of a concubine to a high position.

You both got a point, Mother and Nanny Tao.

If I had shown more solicitude for Zhun,

his illness wouldn't have worsened so much.

Mother, please set your mind at rest.

From now on, I will take care of Zhun and protect him wholeheartedly

to make sure that no harm will be done to him.

Whether you said this sincerely or perfunctorily,

there is one thing that you must bear in mind.

Only our Luo Family can back you up as your root.

Let me escort you out, Mother.

Take good care of Zhun.

Amber!

Your Ladyship.

How is it?

I have searched Zhun's abode thoroughly,

but didn't find any exopathogen.

But please don't worry.

I have sent men to search the outer courtyard.

They will surely find the source of the illness.

Those are all the things Zhun can come into contact with on ordinary days.

He was sound and fine previously.

But he is ill now and the exopathogen remains unknown.

Yu, come here.

Amber, go do your business.

Yes.

Mother.

I heard that Zhun relapsed again.

How is he now?

Don't worry.

With your father and grandma here, he will be fine.

Would you like to go in to pay a visit?

I'd better leave.

Yu.

[Virtue of Modesty and Patience]

My Lord.

How is he?

He has been sleeping since he took the medicine.

Mother.

- Zhun. - Mother.

You are a good boy, Zhun.

- I am here. - Mother.

- I am here. I am here. - Mother.

Mother.

Mother.

Zhun, are you feeling unwell?

I am with you.

- Don't cry. Don't cry. - Mother.

Would you like me to sing you a song?

I will ask someone to send for Imperial Physician Liu.

It doesn't matter. Don't worry, My Lord.

Imperial Physician Liu said that Zhun will be like this during the night.

This is normal.

- Mother. - My sweetheart Zhun.

- Mother. - You are a good boy, Zhun.

I will sing you a song.

♪ There is a rooster ♪

♪ It can fly ♪

♪ It has been bought with three copper coins ♪

♪ It has been brought here from Sichuan ♪

♫ Here is a rooster. It can fly ♫

♫ It has been bought with three copper coins ♫

♫ It has been brought here from Sichuan ♫

♫ Its feathers are in all colors ♫

♫ And they vary in length ♫

♫ It has been dipped in the liquor ♫

♫ It is really rare ♫

My Lord.

I fell asleep out of carelessness.

You have been attending to Zhun for days on end without any rest.

You must be tired.

It's nothing.

My Lord, won't you go to court today?

I asked for leave yesterday.

Zhun, what is wrong?

Are you feeling unwell anywhere?

Why are you sweating so much?

How come this happened suddenly?

Attendants!

- My Lord. - Hurry, hurry to send for the imperial physician.

Yes, My Lord.

- Dongqing, go fetch some water. - Yes.

It's all right. It's all right.

Zhun, you will be all right.

You will be all right. You will be all right.

Are you feeling any better?

Handwrite...

What?

- Handwriting. - Handwriting?

Are you trying to say that you want to show your father

the handwriting you completed yesterday?

Your father has heard it.

He said he was very happy.

♪ There is a rooster ♪

♪ It can fly ♪

♪ It has been bought with three copper coins ♪

♪ It has been brought here from Sichuan ♪

♪ Its feathers are in all colors ♪

♪ And they vary in length ♪

My Lord, here comes the imperial physician.

How is he, Physician?

Your Lordship. Your Ladyship.

Zhun's illness has worsened.

I have to perform acupuncture on him immediately to treat him.

May I ask you to wait outside?

Please save him, Physician.

Don't worry, My Lord.

Zhun is much blessed.

He will recover for sure.

Zhun's handwriting is so beautiful.

It can be seen that he has put a lot of work into it.

After he wakes up, you must praise him decently.

It is true that I am usually too strict with him.

Zhun can understand why you are doing that.

He has never blamed you for that.

We all understand you, too.

Zhun is your first-born legitimate son.

He is meant to take over great responsibility.

For this reason, you have been especially strict with him.

But I have forgotten that

he is only a kid who has lost his mother.

After Zhun gets well, you must make it up to him, My Lord.

Great Madam is here.

- Greetings to you, Mother. - Mother.

Shiyi, thank you for your hard work all these days.

Before Zhun gets well, you shall stay in Western Lateral Court

and shall not walk around at will.

Mrs. Du, carry Zhun to the Fushou Court.

Mother, why are you doing this?

Don't ask more about it.

I will take good care of Zhun.

Mother, I don't know what happened to make you do this.

But could you please allow Zhun to stay here till he gets well?

I am doing this for the sake of Zhun.

Mother, this time, you must give me a reason.

I just came back from Ci'an Temple.

The divination stick says that

Shiyi is Zhun's nemesis.

The Nemesis. So they must be separated.

Here comes the superstition again. It is nonsense.

How can Shiyi be blamed for this?

It is so unfair to her.

There is no such thing.

Lingyi,

the imperial physician will treat Zhun over there.

Even if Shiyi is not with him, it will make no difference.

Even if I am muddled-headed and the divination is untrustworthy,

as the matron of our Xu Family, it is reasonable for Shiyi

to make some sacrifice, isn't it?

What should I say to you?

I know you are an atheist

and stick to impartiality in doing things.

But you must remember that

besides being a father, a son, an older brother, and a husband,

you are also the master of our Xu Family in the first place.

To have offspring

is the most important matter of our Xu Family.

Remember it.

I don't agree.

To use such kind of made-up nonsense as an excuse again

for putting Shiyi under house arrest.

Just do what Mother said.

My Lord, don't worry about me.

I will take good care of myself.

[Fortune]

- As for Ci'an Temple... - Set your mind at rest, Madam.

I ensure that nothing will go wrong and nobody will track it back to us.

[Virtue of Purity and Nobility]

You are back.

I heard that Zhun is ill.

Is his illness serious?

It is said that Physician Liu of the Imperial Hospital

has been called over.

Since Zhun is ill, it must be hard for Shiyi

to live in the Mansion of Xu.

I'll go visit her.

What are you looking for?

I can't go without any gift.

You are really a pedant.

Where is our available money?

What happened?

Yan Zhixiao is going to take up his post somewhere else.

I treated him to some wine in Chunxi Restaurant.

You dined there again?

You have visited that restaurant many times this month.

How could we manage to live our life if you keep doing this?

Wuniang,

I know Zhixiao is definitely not an average person.

When he makes his way into the world someday, he will surely be helpful for me.

I tried to befriend him for the sake of our future.

We can't only think about saving money.

Wuniang, anger is not good for your health.

I dare not do it again, okay?

Yeah, money should be spent on some occasions.

But you have to consider how we can live our life.

We don't have other sources of income.

If we don't live frugally, how can we manage to make ends meet?

Wuniang, I have considered all these things you said.

But I think that now we should try to broaden our sources of income

instead of reducing our expenditure.

I found that there are few dried fruit shops in the capital.

A storefront on West Street happens to be vacant.

We'd better purchase it.

Easier said than done.

We need capital to run our own shop.

How can we raise the funds?

Aren't you going to the Mansion of Xu to visit Zhun?

You can take the chance to mention it to Shiyi that we are willing to

enter into a partnership with her to do business.

With the help from the Xu Family,

we will achieve success naturally.

You have a point there.

Well, if so, it will be more improper for me to go empty-handed.

That will be a great disgrace.

I still have the bird's nest as part of my dowry.

Maybe I should take it with me as a gift.

Wuniang, you have done so much for our family.

It is fine as long as you know it.

You must work hard in your studies.

When you pass the imperial exam and obtain official rank one day,

all our efforts will be worthwhile.

Right.

I will try my best to pass the exam as early as possible.

By then, I will let you live the best life

and won't allow you to bother about anything.

As you said, subject to the ancestral policy,

Duke Wei can't be persuaded for the time being.

Then, how should we deal with the current situation?

We need to bide our time.

Now Marquis Jingyuan is in his prime of power

and the sea ban policy is deeply-rooted.

If we are anxious for success,

we will make ourselves vulnerable to other's attacks.

Your words made sense, My Lord.

All along, the adherents of Marquis Jingyuan

have been engaged in many corrupt practices.

We only need to be patient to find their weak points.

Then we will undermine their power.

Given enough time, I am sure we will be able to uproot his force.

To date, the Ou Family hasn't decided on an heir apparent.

Ou Lixing is not more astute and scheming than Marquis Jingyuan.

He is also anxious to butter up Marquis Jingyuan.

This will give us a chance.

Rest assured, My Lord. I will send men to keep watching Ou Lixing.

Mother. Mother.

Yu,

did they give you a hard time knowing you would come here?

Don't worry, Mother.

They didn't notice that I sneaked in.

You slippery boy!

Dongqing, go fetch the pastries.

Come, Yu, be seated.

Well, Mother.

Previously, you told me to keep an eye on Zhun. Right?

Now I know where Zhun goes secretly to play on normal days.

Tell me.

Do you know where Zhun usually goes to play,

especially the place he visits secretly to play?

No, I don't know.

Since Zhun fell ill, Concubine Qiao has been taking care of him.

So I seldom have the chance to see him.

Yu, could you do me a favor?

What can I do for you, Mother?

I want you to find out the place Zhun visited to play

in the several days before he fell ill.

But you must keep this matter between us and mustn't let others know

including Concubine Wen.

Can you promise me?

The garden. The dog.

I have seen Zhun stay in the garden alone several times.

But I didn't pay close attention to that back then.

After you mentioned it to me, I especially went to check the garden.

I saw that at the corner of the garden,

there is a dog raised by someone.

I saw Xiuyuan herself feed the dog.

Xiuyuan?

Yu, I have something to do.

You can take these pastries and leave. Okay?

Thank you, Mother.

Look after your health, Mother.

Allow me to take leave now.

Okay.

Let's go.

Garden.

Give the things to me.

[Singing Orioles on the Drooping willows]

I am here to see Shiyi.

Why have you brought me here?

Now, Concubine Qiao is in charge of family affairs.

If you want to visit Her Ladyship,

you have to ask for Concubine Qiao's permission first.

Go inside.

Let's go.

I am here to visit Shiyi.

I am her fifth sister.

You Luo sisters are really close.

Her Ladyship has just been grounded. Then you came to visit her.

My sister has been grounded?

What for?

Are these for Her Ladyship?

We can hand them over to Her Ladyship.

Xiuyuan, take them.

These are for Shiyi.

How can you be qualified to hand them over?

I want to see my sister Shiyi in person.

It is not proper for Her Ladyship to see any outsider now.

Please leave.

I haven't seen her in person.

How can you know it is not proper?

Where is the marquis?

I want to see and ask him to reason things out.

How can your Xu Family treat a guest like this?

What did you say?

Madam, if His Lordship comes to know this,

I am afraid he will be angry.

Madam, please come with me.

That's more like it.

So, Your Ladyship, you have asked Yu to investigate

about where Zhun went to play.

That's because you were suspicious, right?

Zhun has been taken good care of by so many people.

But he still relapsed time and again.

It is really odd.

If we investigated rashly,

I am afraid we would not have been able to find anything.

Yu actually cares a lot about Zhun.

Besides, nobody will guard against a child.

So I entrusted Yu with the investigation.

Well, as expected, Yu didn't let you down.

Now the most important thing is to find the cause of Zhun's illness.

Then Zhun can be lifted out of danger.

But now you are grounded.

You can't go out.

What should we start our investigation with?

Shiyi.

Wuniang.

I brought you some bird's nest.

Hurry.

Thank you, Sister.

- Take a seat, please. - Okay.

I heard that Zhun got ill, so I came to pay a visit.

After I arrived here, I was told that you had been grounded.

What happened exactly?

It is a long story.

Wuniang, can you please do me a favor?

[Rites]

Come on.

Come on, eat more.

When was this dog placed here?

Have you brought Zhun here frequently?

I will go take care of Zhun.

Don't leave. Let's get this straight.

- Someone come here. Her Ladyship has escaped. - Stop!

The Great Madam has given the strict order to forbid you to go out.

Take her back where she was.

Chase her!

My Lord!

- My Lord! - Shiyi.

I have found the exopathogen that caused Zhun to fall ill.

My Lord.

This dog also has tinea.

If Zhun has come into contact with this dog frequently,

the dog must have passed the exopathogen to him.

Great Madam, someone with evil intentions

must have encouraged Zhun to play with the dog.

I am to blame for being careless.

I should have paid more attention to this.

Xiuyuan, tell me what happened exactly.

Great Madam, um...

Great Madam,

I gave the dog to Zhun.

It has been kept in the garden

so that Zhun could come and play with it.

But I really didn't know that it has been carrying the exopathogen.

Now, Concubine Qiao is absolving herself from all responsibility.

As I see it, you have tried to do harm to Zhun purposefully.

Then you shifted the blame for this onto Her Ladyship.

Dongqing, how can you behave so rudely?

It is of excellent quality and is flawless.

Thank you, Mrs Zhou.

This is from Concubine Qiao.

Please thank her on behalf of me.

I am fond of Zhun so much.

I don't have the heart to harm him.

I saw that Zhun lost his mother and looked lonely,

so I gave the dog to him to keep him company.

There is no way for me to know it had contracted the exopathogen.

Moreover, Xiuyuan and I also played with and fed the dog every day.

But we are both all right.

Great Madam. My Lord. Please believe me.

Well, imperial physician,

can you find out where the exopathogen on the dog's hair came from?

All things in this world reinforce and neutralize each other.

I can't give a clear explanation.

Well, according to Imperial Physician Liu,

Zhun contracted the disease by accident.

Since you don't feel guilty,

why hadn't you mentioned it?

And why did you chase Shiyi in the mansion?

My Lord, I am wronged.

I never mentioned it because I really didn't realize that

this matter had anything to do with Zhun's disease.

I chased...

I chased Her Ladyship because I was afraid that the dog might bite her.

My Lord, I swear that I did all things

without any wicked intentions.

Lingyi,

I have watched Lianfang since childhood.

If anyone says she meant to harm Zhun, I won't believe it.

Great Madam. My Lord.

Though I didn't do this intentionally,

I must say that I caused Zhun to fall ill

and I put Zhun through such great suffering.

I have committed a great sin

and I can't make amends even if I die 100 times.

If...

If Zhun can't get well,

I won't stay alive.

Enough. Don't say ominous words about death.

Zhun will recover from illness.

Xiuyuan, help her stand up.

Imperial Physician Liu, since the cause of the illness has been tracked down,

Zhun can be cured. Right?

Zhun has been ill for quite a while and he has relapsed repeatedly.

So, I am not sure

whether he can tide over this crisis.

[Virtue of Modesty and Patience]

♪ There is a rooster ♪

♪ It can fly ♪

♪ It has been bought with three copper coins ♪

♪ It has been brought here from Sichuan ♪

♫ There is a rooster. It can fly ♫

♫ It has been bought with three copper coins ♫

♫ It has been brought here from Sichuan ♫

♫ Its feathers are in all colors ♫

♫ And they vary in length ♫

♫ It has been dipped in the liquor ♫

♫ It is really rare ♫

May Buddha bless Zhun with the power to pull through!

Madam, please eat something.

Take it away.

It's all right. I brought it in secretly.

Nobody saw me.

Even if I was seen, it will be all right.

Her Ladyship went out while she was grounded.

But Great Madam and His Lordship didn't hold her accountable.

Shut up!

This is different from that.

Why are you still not getting it?

Her Ladyship didn't resist when she was grounded

because she wanted me to let my guard down.

Now, if I can't make Great Madam and His Lordship

stop suspecting me completely,

I will have no place to put my feet on in the Xu Family.

Take it away.

Yes, Madam.

May Buddha bless Zhun with the power to pull through!

Auntie.

Zhun regained consciousness.

Imperial Physician Liu, Zhun came round.

Hurry!

- Hurry to check upon him. - I will go notify Great Madam.

Since Zhun came around, there is nothing serious with him now.

He will get well as long as he rests quietly to recuperate.

Thank you, Imperial Physician Liu.

I will prescribe some other medication for Zhun.

- Your Ladyship, please make Zhun take it as instructed. - I will.

Dongqing, take Imperial Physician Liu to fetch the medication.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

You are fine now, my darling Zhun.

The physician said that you got well.

Auntie, have you been attending to me every night these days?

How come you know that?

I heard you singing, Auntie.

It is a song that my mother often sang to me.

Auntie, your hair is so messy and looks so ugly.

Little brat! You talked nonsense upon waking up.

I will go tell your father and ask him to teach you a lesson.

Mother, I said the wrong words.

Don't tell on me in front of Father.

I heard Zhun talk.

Zhun came around at last.

Handwriting. Handwriting.

Zhun, your handwriting has improved a lot.

Good job!

I will find a couple of practice sheets suitable for you.

Thank you, Father.

Zhun has just come around.

His body is still weak.

We'd better not disturb him and allow him to have a good rest.

Yizhen is right.

We...

Something bad happened, Great Madam. Concubine Qiao passed out.

Hurry to tell me what happened.

Concubine Qiao thinks that she committed a great sin.

So over the last few days, she has been praying for Zhun in Buddha Hall.

To show her sincerity, she has been fasting and sleepless all these days

only hoping that the Goddess of Mercy Guanyin could bless Zhun.

Well, it is very thoughtful of her

to have been praying for Zhun.

Hurry to rise to your feet. Go take care of her.

Yes, Great Madam.

Lingyi, as you can see,

Lianfang has been praying sincerely for Zhun's sake

and she has got her body hurt due to fasting.

Should you go visit her?

I hope that she really

deserves the love from you, Mother.

Hurry to go and visit her.

The imperial physician has said that

Zhun's illness has nothing to do with Lianfang.

Since the exopathogen has been found and Lianfang is in bad health,

I will entrust you to take care of Zhun.

Yes, Mother.

Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?

Madam, His Lordship is here to visit you.

Hurry to help me stand up to dress.

Greetings to you, My Lord.

You are not feeling well.

Forego these formalities.

It doesn't matter.

Thank you, My Lord.

Over the last few days, you have been praying for Zhun.

That's really very thoughtful of you.

As long as Zhun can recover from illness

and as long as I can share your burden,

it will be worthwhile for me to do it.

If the fast and prayer can cure a disease,

what do we need physicians for?

Are you still blaming me, My Lord?

If I had known that the dog would cause Zhun to fall ill,

I would surely not have given it to Zhun as a gift.

I was wrong in this matter.

I am willing to accept any punishment.

I only hope that you can forgive me, My Lord.

Lingyi.

Since Zhun is out of danger, I won't carry this matter further.

But Mother has a lot of trust in you all along.

For so many years, she has been treating you as her own daughter.

Don't make her sad again.

Do you understand?

Thank you for trusting me, My Lord.

Know your place and conduct yourself well.

Where is Mrs. Liu?

She... She didn't do her job well and offended Her Ladyship.

So I drove her out.

It is said that she has returned to her home in the countryside.

Back to the countryside? Where does she come from?

It is said that she comes from Shandong.

About the specific location, I have no idea.

Madam, you see now that His Lordship loves you dearly.

Upon hearing that you passed out,

he hurried to come to check up on you.

Mrs. Zhang.

His Lordship asked about Mrs. Liu suddenly.

Do you think that he has found out something?

Madam, don't get yourself scared.

We have paid Mrs. Liu so much money.

She has been long gone from the capital.

Even I don't know her whereabouts.

Madam, don't worry.

Nobody will find out this matter.

Maybe I am just getting paranoid.

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♫ In the cold darkness of midnight, a sigh is heard ♫

♫ Who picked up the paintbrush to draw loneliness? ♫

♫ In my life, I can draw everything but lovesickness ♫

♫ The mountain city is waiting for the rain ♫

♫ I am waiting for you to pass in my memory ♫

♫ The sky is in a more lonely color than your face ♫

♫ The wind rises and the candlelight flickers ♫

♫ The thin clothes can't stand the cold days ♫

♫ Full of twists and turns, fate is untold ♫

♫ I ground my thoughts into ink ♫

♫ But I still can't sketch your contours ♫

♫ How could the ink and paper exhaust our stories? ♫

♫ Who picked up the pen to disturb the heart ♫

♫ Who visited to remind me of the past? ♫

♫ If feelings can be kept in mind, but cannot be confessed ♫

♫ I won't escape from whatever end ♫

♫ In the dim lantern light, with you there is me ♫

♫ Who picked up the pen to set free lonely tears? ♫

♫ Whoever visited my life, only you stayed every day ♫

♫ If the moth doesn't fly into the fire ♫

♫ How can it be said to be persistent? ♫

♫ Coming to the end of your story, there is me ♫