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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 25]

As the saying goes,

complaisance without a reason harbors ill intentions.

Wang Yu must have something that the Ou family can take advantage of.

That's why Ou Lixing tried so hard to get close to him.

Wang Yu is addicted to the pleasure of women.

Maybe we could start our investigation from this aspect.

Your thought is reasonable, My Lord.

Speaking of this,

I must say that Lingkuan has become maturer.

Whatever comes his way now,

he bears in mind the interests of our Xu family.

If what Lingkuan said is true, you must thank him properly, My Lord.

How do you think I should thank him?

Needless to say, you should reward him with whatever he likes.

He likes opera.

Could I reward him with an opera script?

Why can't you?

Moreover, what is wrong with the opera?

Everyone has their own hobbies.

You should think it is lucky that

his hobby is not drinking, gambling, or visiting brothels.

My Lord, if you force him to give up his only hobby,

you may have to worry that he will get taken with other things.

Not everybody is as self-disciplined as you.

Did you praise me just now?

I will go make a pot of tea.

♫ Moisten the brush with drops of moonlight ♫

♫ And paint your portrait ♫

♫ Extract the notes from the Chinese lute ♫

♫ And compose your tune ♫

♫ Silver and golden threads of the splendid attire ♫

♫ All mirror you in a way so clear ♫

♫ I feel lucky to find you after so many life experiences ♫

♫ Light up a lamp of mutual love ♫

♫ And I will guard you from a distance ♫

♫ The words you whispered into my ears ♫

♫ Are all expressions of your love ♫

♫ Pushing my horse to gallop through the four seasons ♫

♫ And feasting my eyes on all the beautiful scenery ♫

♫ I whispered my favorite place is being in your arms ♫

♫ Let's stay with each other forever ♫

♫ And listen to the insects' chorus in this moment ♫

♫ Let our hearts be close ♫

♫ And let me kiss you between your eyes ♫

Did Lingyi say why he wants to see me?

I have no idea.

You'd better ask His Lordship yourself.

[The Oil Seller and the Song Girl Volume I]

Is Brother testing me?

Brother.

You need not put it down.

This book "The Oil Seller and the Song Girl" has just come out.

I am giving it to you.

Do you really mean to give it to me?

Don't you want it?

Yes, I do. I do.

I want it.

Linbo has made investigations.

It is true that these days Ou Lixing is hanging out with Wang Yu.

This is a reward for you.

Brother, this book consists of two volumes.

This is Volume I.

I think I'd better give the two volumes to you at a time.

No, don't do that.

- Shiyi. - My Lord.

- Are you all right? - Lingkuan.

Be careful not to hurt your hand.

This arrow looks different from the other arrows I saw.

This is a three-edged arrow.

It comes with a barb and a fuller.

It's slightly larger than average arrows.

Only the Xu family has this kind of arrow.

Why are you here?

Mother wants us to have lunch together in the Fushou Court.

So she ordered me to inform you of it.

Okay. Let's head there right now. We shouldn't keep Mother waiting.

Okay.

Lingkuan, let's go together.

Okay, Brother.

Let's go.

You must remember, don't be too obsessed with it.

Your Ladyship, Master Lingkuan seems to be carrying an opera script.

He isn't afraid that His Lordship will be angry about it?

His Lordship is always grim-faced, but warm-hearted.

He took a lot of trouble and paid a high price to buy that book.

Well, I think we all misjudged His Lordship in the past.

His Lordship acts like a cold fish outside.

Actually, he is all for the good of this family.

In fact, His Lordship is loving and warm at heart.

Dongqing, you know so much about His Lordship's merits.

Are you his maid or my maid?

[He's Clinic]

- Your Ladyship. - Mrs. Du.

These two nannies are senior servants familiar with childbirth in our mansion.

Considering that you got pregnant for the first time,

the Great Madam especially sent them to attend to you.

By the way, the Great Madam also sent her words that

you should keep in mind that you have a bun in the oven

so that you should go out as little as you can these days.

I got it.

Mrs. Du, please tell Mother I thank her.

Then I'll leave you to have a good rest.

- Take good care of Her Ladyship. - Yes.

Please allow me to excuse myself.

My Lord, the matter has been checked out.

Egged on by Ou Lixing,

Wang Yu is pestering an entertainer of the Tianxiang House. The entertainer's name is Liansong.

She is the adopted daughter of Duke Wei, Ren Kun.

Duke Wei.

Due to the death of Official Hu, he is slightly changing his position

on the sea ban in recent days.

I guess Ou Lixing wants to use Wang Yu

to drive a wedge between Duke Wei and me; whereby, Duke Wei's position

on the sea ban will be changed.

I had my men watching Wang Yu.

Today, I got the news that Duke Wei took Liansong

to go out for a diversion.

After Wang Yu got to know it this morning, he went after them.

Get the horse ready.

We can't let the Ou family succeed in their scheme.

Yes, My Lord.

Your Ladyship, the He's Clinic has sent someone to bring you the medication.

I have had the physician examine it.

It is the anti-miscarriage drug indeed.

It is non-toxic in nature.

And nothing is wrong with the dosage.

Nothing is wrong?

It's impossible.

What has gone wrong exactly?

Your Ladyship, if we can't find the evidence

If we can't find the evidence

to prove Concubine Qiao poisoned late Her Ladyship,

you'd better bring your fake pregnancy to a close

as soon as possible.

Otherwise...

Otherwise, if the Great Madam finds out you've deceived her,

the consequences will be unimaginably serious.

I know that.

Has Wan Daxian sent any message?

You go see Wan Daxian immediately

to ask him to find out Mingjing's recent moves.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?

Something has been going wrong in Xianling Pavilion recently.

What is the matter?

When I went there today, Master Jian told me

that a new embroidery girl coming from the disaster-hit area

seems to be kind of dissatisfied with the pay.

She incited other embroiderers whenever she got a chance.

What's more, Master Jian found that

she seems to be in association with the Qiao family.

The Qiao family?

If my guess is right, Concubine Qiao has found out that

I am suspecting her.

Could it be possible that she has also become aware

of the fact that you are pretending to be pregnant.

What do we do now?

I'll go to the Xianling Pavilion first.

Master Jian has nothing to do with this matter.

I can't let her get involved in this trouble.

Your Ladyship, with the nannies watching you, how can you go out?

Where is the Great Madam now?

- The scent of flowers assails the nostrils. - Indeed.

Exactly. Those flowers' scent is very strong.

Greetings to you, Mother.

Greetings to you, Your Ladyship.

Shiyi,

you came at the right time.

These flowers were sent here by Concubine Qin.

They look so pretty placed in the celadon vase.

They smell very fragrant.

Smell them.

They smell very aromatic.

Shiliu really has a green thumb.

Seeing the Great Madam and Your Ladyship like them, I am so happy.

Well, I'll go to the market in a while

to buy some seeds of flower plants.

When the Spring Festival comes, they will bloom.

I will give them out to all to add to the festive atmosphere.

You are so thoughtful.

Mother, I feel stifled in my room these days.

I also want to go out to get some fresh air.

Could I accompany Concubine Qin to buy the seeds of flower plants?

It will do good to the baby I am carrying.

If so, take Nanny Zhang and Nanny Wang with you.

That's not necessary.

If I take them with me, it will be too eye-catching.

Concubine Qin is with me.

You need not worry.

Right, Great Madam. You need not worry.

I will take good care of Her Ladyship.

Don't tarry too long outside.

Yes, Great Madam.

Thank you, Mother.

You can go now.

Great Madam, today the weather is fine.

How about we go out for a walk?

Good idea.

I remember that Great Madam likes the dishes of the Chunxi Restaurant the best.

Recently, it has added new dishes to its menu.

Would Great Madam like to have a taste of them with me accompanying you?

Okay. I'd like to. Let's go out to get some fresh air.

Take care.

Well, I am fine. Don't mind me.

Where did you get so much money?

I worried that you might be deceived.

So I took your embroideries and sold them in secret.

I sold ten articles of embroideries in total.

And I got twenty taels of silver for them.

Twenty taels of silver?

This suggests that each of our embroideries

can sell for two taels of silver.

But Xianling Pavilion told us

each of them is only worth 200 copper coins.

I didn't expect that Xianling Pavilion

had been duping all of you all along.

How could they do this?

Yes. How could they?

Even though we are powerless people from the disaster-affected areas,

they can't bully us like this.

This is too much.

I have got an idea.

As long as you do as I say...

Stop.

[Xianling Pavilion]

What is the matter, Your Ladyship?

Did the bumpy ride make you uncomfortable?

No, it didn't.

I want to go buy an embroidery.

Please wait for me here, I will be back in a while.

I won't delay you long.

Your Ladyship.

Is that Feicui who serves Concubine Qin?

Why did their carriage come to a halt?

Could it be possible that Shiyi got into any trouble?

Hurry to send someone to check it out.

Let me see a little longer.

Look. That girl in red is the girl Dongqing mentioned.

Yes. That's really unfair.

Let's go have a look.

How can they bully us like this?

It's outrageous. How could they do things this way?

- Exactly. They couldn't do this to us. - I second it. It is unacceptable.

Why aren't you practicing?

Why are you standing here?

Master Jian. Master Luo. From now on,

- we will quit our jobs in Xianling Pavilion. - Yes.

Yes. We will quit.

Why?

Because Xianling Pavilion has been swindling us.

Each of the embroideries we finish

can obviously sell for two taels of silver.

But you told us that each of them is only worth 200 copper coins.

You have been swindling us on purpose.

- Exactly. - You have been deducting our pay.

- You treat us too badly. - It is clear that you have been bullying us.

She is right. Xianling Pavilion should return our deducted pay to us.

- Yes. - Give our pay back to us.

- Enough. - Return our pay to us.

Silence, please.

Xianling Pavilion has been running for a long time.

We haven't done any dishonest deeds.

About this matter, you must have misunderstood.

- Impossible. - We didn't misunderstand.

- There is no misunderstanding at all. - The fact is that you have been bullying us.

Young Lady, what is your name?

Which disaster-hit county are you from?

How many people are there in your family?

What?

Where did she come from?

I came from a village north of the capital.

I heard that the area north of the capital

was hit by the disaster the most severely.

How is your family?

Yes.

This flood washed away many houses in our village

and drowned a few villagers.

Nonsense!

In this disaster, the area north of the capital was the least affected.

Also, there were no casualties.

You are lying.

Who is she exactly? Has she deceived us?

- You liar. - She lied.

She lied.

Who on earth are you?

Everybody, it doesn't matter where I come from.

What matters is that the truth has come out.

We can't endure the injustice anymore.

Xianling Pavilion must return every penny that should have been paid to us.

Right. Return our pay to us.

Return our pay to us.

Look at her hand, everybody.

Her hand is so delicate.

It's not the hand of a farmer's daughter.

She doesn't come from a village or is a refugee.

Don't fall for her lie.

Impossible. She just doesn't want to pay us in full.

She just doesn't want to return our deducted wages to us.

Hurry to return our pay to us.

You all heard her, right?

She not only refused to return our pay to us, but also slandered me.

Everybody, today we must make them return our deducted pay to us.

- Yes. - Return our pay to us.

Return our pay to us.

Great Madam.

Her Ladyship seems to be over there.

- Yes. - Today we must make them return our deducted pay to us.

This is so unfair.

Return our deducted pay to us.

You can't do such a thing.

Listen up, everybody.

Since all of you don't believe us,

we'd better report this matter to the government.

Then the government will handle this case fairly.

Okay. Let's go see the official.

We are not afraid to see the official.

- Right. - We are not afraid to see the official.

If the government official also rules that we are at fault,

we will give you double pay as compensation.

- How do you think of this? - Fine.

Let's go to see the official.

- Yes. Let's go to see the official. - Yes.

You can't report this case to the government.

She is the wife of Marquis Yongping.

None of the officials would dare to try a case of her.

Wife?

Master Luo is the wife of Marquis Yongping?

Yes.

Resorting to the Xu family's power, she built this embroidery workshop.

Superficially, she took in the female refugees

to do good deeds and build up goodwill.

But actually, she has been exploiting us extremely.

She has been taking advantage of our labor

to seek profits for herself.

She doesn't treat us as humans at all.

How could you lie between your teeth?

I didn't lie at all.

You should know clearly how nicely Her Ladyship has been treating you.

- How could you do such a thing? - What is Shiyi doing here exactly?

Great Madam, don't be angry.

Her Ladyship is carrying His Lordship's child now.

When did we ever exploit and bully you?

When didn't we see you as humans?

- How could you treat Her Ladyship so disrespectfully? - You were way out of line doing this.

Servants, take them to the government.

- Go. Go. - Go.

Who gave you the right to catch us?

- - Go.

Let go of me!

Your Ladyship!

- Your Ladyship, are you all right? - Shiyi.

- Shiyi. - Let go of me.

Are you fine?

Shiyi,

the physician said that you are not pregnant and you are having a period.

What is going on?

Mother.

Lianfang, you once managed household affairs.

You should know all things in this family very well.

Tell me when should Shiyi's menstruation start.

Report to you, Great Madam.

Her Ladyship's menstruation was supposed to start three days ago.

Your Ladyship, Mingjing has gone missing.

Shiyi, since you came to know that you were not pregnant three days ago,

why didn't you clarify it, and why have you kept it a secret?

Could it be possible that from the very start,

you have been pretending you were pregnant?

Mother, about this matter, there must be some misunderstanding.

Shiyi, what happened exactly?

The truth about this matter can be withheld for some time, but can't be concealed all the time.

So it is impossible for Her Ladyship to lie to you, Great Madam.

I guess Her Ladyship must have her unspeakable reasons.

Shiyi, whether you have deceived me intentionally

or we have misunderstood you, today, in front of everybody,

I will give you a chance to explain yourself.

Fine.

Then let me ask you another question.

Since when did you start your business in Xianling Pavilion

without letting me know?

Mother, I am only teaching the refugees embroidery

and not doing business in Xianling Pavilion.

Great Madam.

Great Madam, Her Ladyship is doing that out of kindness.

I guess she has been hiding it from you in order not to make you angry.

Since she didn't want to make me angry, why has she done it?

Since she has been doing a good deed, why did those refugees

allege with certainty that you have been exploiting them?

This has implicated our Xu family and brought disgrace upon us.

Mother, someone must have tried to sabotage our doing

and tried to frame me on purpose.

Mother, please grant me some time.

I will certainly find out the truth

to redeem the good reputation of our Xu family.

Okay.

How will you prove your innocence?

Report to the official?

You want to make a fuss about this matter

and let our Xu family become the laughingstock of all people?

It doesn't matter whether you are innocent or not.

You have done a thing a woman shouldn't do.

That's why you caused us such great trouble.

You still don't see the error of your ways?

Great Madam, don't be too angry.

Her Ladyship said just now that someone must have plotted against her

in the case of Xianling Pavilion.

Maybe Her Ladyship has found out something about it.

What is done can't be undone.

It won't help even if you blame her now.

We'd better give Her Ladyship the chance to tell us

the whole story about this matter.

Maybe it has something to do with her fake pregnancy.

Dongqing, why are you looking at me like this?

Madam, why are you still playing nice?

All things happened because of you.

You caused late Her Ladyship's death.

Now you are trying to victimize Her Ladyship.

You are so black-hearted.

Dongqing, what did you say?

Dongqing, as a maid, it is a serious offense for you

to make unfounded attacks upon a lady of higher status.

You can punish me, Great Madam.

But all I said is true.

Concubine Qiao has colluded with the He Clinic

and tampered with the drug to cause late Her Ladyship's miscarriage.

As a result, late Her Ladyship's body weakened and passed away.

The reason for Her Ladyship to have pretended to be pregnant

was to force Concubine Qiao to take action

to get the evidence corroborating her crime.

Shiyi,

what does Dongqing mean by saying that?

Dongqing, you can't say such groundless words.

Great Madam, please judge this matter wisely.

The trouble of Xianling Pavilion is also Concubine Qiao's conspiracy.

She has caused the death of late Her Ladyship.

Now she is plotting against Her Ladyship.

Her doing is so despicable.

Your Ladyship, I know you have done something wrong

and are afraid to be punished by Great Madam and His Lordship,

but this can't be the reason for you to

shift the responsibility to me.

Though I am a concubine,

I am the legitimate daughter of the Qiao family.

I have learned from the books of sages.

So I have a sense of honesty and honor

as well as know the difference between wrong and right.

I swear I haven't done such malicious things.

Great Madam, I have a clear conscience,

so I don't fear to be interrogated in court.

Great Madam, please right the wrong I suffered

and uphold justice for me.

Shiyi,

did they say that at your behest?

Mother,

everything Dongqing and Amber said is true.

Okay.

This is a serious matter.

If what they said is true,

do you have evidence to prove it?

I have been investigating this matter.

However, something went wrong in the process

and the evidence was lost.

If you can't provide evidence, you are vilifying them.

Physician He has been a friend of our Xu family for many years.

He has always been a kind and philanthropic person

who is discreet in word and deed.

I have faith in his personality.

I also have watched Lianfang since her childhood.

How could you vilify them brazenly

and fabricate stories about them?

Shiyi, you did the wrong things.

But you didn't admit your fault.

Moreover, you incited your maids to defame others maliciously

to excuse yourself.

With such inferior morality and conduct,

do you deserve to be the matron of our Xu family?

Your Ladyship, what did I do wrong exactly to make you wrong me so flagrantly?

Her Ladyship didn't wrong you.

You did cause late Her Ladyship's death.

Now you are trying to do harm to Zhun and Her Ladyship.

You will get your comeuppance.

I know you haven't liked me all this time,

but how could you allow your maid to talk to me so rudely?

You blamed the death of late Her Ladyship on me and claimed that

I am trying to victimize you and Zhun.

You are forcing me to die.

Fine.

Then today I will...

Today I will die in front of you.

- Your Ladyship. - Stop.

- Madam, don't do that. - Madam, stop.

Madam, you did nothing wrong.

Why need you die?

Your Ladyship, you wronged her so much.

Are you intending to kill her?

You are so good at acting.

Why don't you take up acting?

Shiyi,

I will give you another chance.

If you admit your fault,

I will still see you as the daughter-in-law of our Xu family.

Shiyi, hurry to apologize to Mother.

Mother, I am wrong to have deceived you.

But I am not wrong to have taught the refugees embroidery in Xianling Pavilion.

I am not wrong to have accused Qiao Lianfang of evil deeds.

- Fine. All Right. - Mother, remit your anger, please.

Mother.

Shiyi, you pretended to be pregnant

and deceived everyone.

You made public appearances in the embroidery workshop

without letting me know all along.

You capitalized on the refugees.

Today, in front of so many people,

you talked back to me and offended me.

All things you did are breaches of filial obedience.

You vilified Lianfang.

It is an act of jealousy.

You incited your maids to talk nonsense

to foment discord and defame others.

This is an offense in word.

Shiyi, as the matron of the Xu family,

you departed from the right way and uttered insulting remarks.

You have committed crimes that would have you kicked out of this family. Do you know?

Mother, calm your anger, please.

Servants, where is Lingyi?

Call him in.

Great Madam, His Lordship just had someone send a message that

he went out of the capital for some business

and wouldn't come back today.

Okay.

I will decide this case today.

Lianfang, go prepare the carriage

and send Shiyi back to the Luo family.

The Luo family should be informed of the crimes she has committed.

When Lingyi is back,

she will be repudiated.

Yes, Great Madam.

[Mansion of Xu]

[Mansion of Xu]

Luo Shiyi!

You have committed crimes and got kicked out of the Xu family.

In no time, the Divorce Agreement from His Lordship

will be sent to your Luo family.

From now on, I hope you can free your mind of evil

and conduct yourself well.

Congratulations to you, Madam.

Luo Shiyi fancied herself clever and tried to plot against you.

But she didn't expect that you were more resourceful

and would get her caught in her own trap.

Consequently, she had to leave the Xu family

with her tail between her legs.

It's not a time to celebrate.

His Lordship still doesn't know this.

It's a pity that His Lordship is not at home today.

Otherwise, His Lordship would have heard with his own ears

the crimes Luo Shiyi committed

and seen with his own eyes her ferocious and sinister look.

Then, His Lordship would have repudiated her immediately.

When His Lordship comes back,

we must act cautiously and prudently

and we can't afford to make a single slip

to waste all our previous efforts.

Amber, what happened to Mingjing?

He has gone missing.

Wan Daxian couldn't find him.

Nothing is wrong with the medication.

And something bad happened to Mingjing and Xianling Pavilion.

Just now, in front of the Great Madam Qiao Lianfang pushed me hard

trying to force me to admit that I had cheated the Great Madam.

What's more, she has resorted to all means

to make me a bad person who bullied the refugees,

ruined the good reputation of the Xu family, and vilified her.

These are all her conspiracies against me.

Your Ladyship, I shouldn't have done things impulsively.

But when I saw Qiao Lianfang do that to you,

I just couldn't help saying those words.

As a result, I fell into her trap

and made the Great Madam angry.

It's not your fault.

I didn't let Amber stop you.

Well, Your Ladyship, what do you mean?

Your Ladyship has seen through what Qiao Lianfang was planning on,

but you gave away your thoughts voluntarily.

Do you have other plans, Your Ladyship?

Only by making her think that we have fallen into her trap,

will she leave us alone.

Only when she thinks that her conspiracy worked,

will she let her guard down.

In this way, we can have the chance to

investigate this matter thoroughly.

Besides, I did improper things successively and took the bad attitude

in order to inflame the Great Madam so that she would drive us out.

If we were confined to the Mansion of Xu,

we would not be able to take any actions.

Nevertheless, how should we find the missing Mingjing?

Don't kill him.

Greetings to you, Duke Wei.

Xu Lingyi, why did you come here?

Are you going to defend your brother-in-law?

Ma-Marquis Yongping. Save me, please.

Save me, please.

He is trying to kill me.

Please calm your anger, Duke Wei.

Yes. Yes, please. Please. Please.

- You mustn't act recklessly. - Shut up!

This bastard tried to kidnap my adopted daughter in broad daylight

while I was off guard.

He dared to kidnap a girl flagrantly.

Shouldn't he be killed?

Duke Wei, don't you think this whole thing is odd?

What is odd about it?

This bastard must have been plotting to do this for long.

How come it is odd?

Though Wang Yu is frivolous and dissolute,

he only bullies the weak and fears the strong.

If he was not abetted by others, how dare he insult you?

Yes, that's right.

If I had known you were Duke Wei,

I would never have had the guts to do this.

Well. It's Brother Ou.

No. It's Ou Lixing.

It is he who incited me to pester Lady Liansong.

It is true that another guy was with him on that day.

Ou Lixing?

He has abetted this bastard to humiliate my adopted daughter.

Could it be possible that he aimed to turn me against you

in lifting the sea ban policy?

You saw through him.

While two dogs fight for a bone, a third runs away with it.

I hope you can put the general good first.

Some people are going to every expedient.

How dare they plot against me.

Be off.

Thank you, Duke Wei.

Father, why did you allow him to get away with it easily?

Thank you a lot for saving me, Marquis.

You heard what I said just now.

I suggest that you stay away from some people.

Are you referring to Ou Lixing?

But... But why did he want to do harm to me?

There is no reason for him to do that.

If you had died today, even if I didn't blame Ren Kun for it,

he would be on guard against me

and the balance of power in the royal court would definitely be affected.

By then, the Ou family would have attained their goal.

Do you think your Brother Ou

will offer incense to you in front of your grave?

I have been wondering why he has lowered himself to ingratiate with me.

It turned out to be his conspiracy.

A word of warning for you:

Liansong is the adopted daughter of Ren Kun.

Marquis, I got it.

I got it. I dare not do it again.

I never dare to do it again.

Did you cause the wounds on Erniang's body?

Marquis.

In... In fact, I just beat her once or twice.

But I swear I didn't apply much strength.

A man should be a model for his family and lead by example.

A man can't be said to be a real man if he lays a finger on a woman.

Yes, you said the right thing.

I promise I will be nice to Erniang from now on.

Marquis! I don't have a horse to ride.

Marquis! Marquis!

Marquis!

Mother.

Mother.

Shiyi also has her difficulties.

You reprimanded her so severely just now.

She must be feeling very sad.

At such a time, I am not in a mood to mind her feelings.

If she really gets repudiated,

nobody will take care of my poor grandson Zhun.

I have overestimated Shiyi.

I didn't expect she would do such an improper thing.

Mother, don't be mad.

Anger will do harm to your health.

The physician said you relapsed repeatedly,

and you can't worry too much.

Mother, don't be too anxious.

I think Great Madam Xu must have misunderstood Shiyi.

When the Marquis is back, he will certainly come to take Shiyi back.

Yes, Mother.

Shiyi is not a reckless person.

She must have been wronged.

The Marquis is a sensible person.

I am sure he won't sit idle and watch Shiyi suffer.

I hope so.

Your Ladyship, Wan Daxian is still looking for the whereabouts of Mingjing.

But he hasn't found Mingjing.

Mingjing is a key witness.

Tell Wan Daxian to continue looking for Mingjing.

Since Qiao Lianfang has been alerted,

she will definitely find ways to send Mingjing away.

I am afraid that Mingjing has gone out of the capital.

If we can't find Mingjing in the end, what should we do?

How can we prove our innocence by then?

Now what is worrying me is that even if we find Mingjing,

he can't testify against Qiao Lianfang without material evidence,

and we won't be able to prove her crime.

Besides, he is Qiao Lianfang's accomplice.

If he testifies against Qiao Lianfang, he himself will be implicated.

Dongqing, don't be so pessimistic.

We still have His Lordship on our side.

His Lordship will surely believe Her Ladyship.

Right. We can still count on His Lordship.

When His Lordship is back, all problems will be solved.

Zhenxing.

Take a seat, Zhenxing.

What can I do for you, Shiyi?

Zhenxing, could you help me with one thing?

If I am of any help, don't hesitate to tell me.

No matter what happens, I will be your brother forever.

Zhenxing, you must have come to know

that Xianling Pavilion got into trouble.

Someone from the Qiao Family was planted in Xianling Pavilion.

She stirred up troubles in secret.

But that girl vanished into thin air later.

Could you help me find her?

Since you are sure Qiao Lianfang has been up to conspiracies,

why don't you wait for the Marquis to come back

and tell him in his face?

I have said everything before getting out of the Xu family.

The rest will depend on whether His Lordship believes me.

Linbo, hurry to catch up with me.

My Lord, why are you in such a hurry to go back?

Is it because you are eager to see Her Ladyship?

Nonsense. Hurry up.

[A fair place produces outstanding people.]

My Lord, you are finally back.

Something bad happened in the family.

- Great Madam had Her Ladyship sent back to the Luo family. - What happened?

Great Madam blamed Her Ladyship for pretending to be pregnant.

She also blamed Her Ladyship for deceiving the refugees in Xianling Pavilion

and capitalizing on them to trigger their rebellion.

I heard the maids say that

Her Ladyship also talked back to Great Madam

and almost forced Concubine Qiao to commit suicide.

My Lord, do you believe Her Ladyship could have done such things?

Her Ladyship is always kind.

It is impossible for her to do such immoral things.

My Lord.

It's great. His Lordship must have come to take Her Ladyship back.

Yes. Seeing His Lordship is back,

we can finally feel relieved.

Now Qiao Lianfang is dead meat.

Hold your tongue. Let's speak and act cautiously.

I didn't vilify her.

Right. I don't have any evidence.

But I am sure she is responsible for the death of Yuanniang.

She didn't take action this time because she had sensed something.

So it's true that you didn't feel unwell.

Instead, you have been deceiving Mother and me by design.

I am at fault in this matter.

But about Yuanniang's death, I have told the truth.

My Lord, you can investigate it.

As long as you investigate it, the truth will be revealed for sure.

If you suspect Lianfang, you could have discussed it with me after I got back.

Why did you act on your own?

Why have you made such a mess of this matter?

If I had accused Qiao Lianfang of the crime without any evidence,

would Mother have believed me and would you have believed me?

Well...

Stop looking. Go back to your work.

My Lord!

Your Ladyship, what happened between you two?

His Lordship doesn't believe me.

And he blamed me.

Your Ladyship.

How could His Lordship treat you this way?

If His Lordship doesn't believe Her Ladyship, who else will help us?

Stop talking.

His Lordship is in a fit of anger now.

When his anger dies away, he will surely come to take Her Ladyship back.

Let's go. Let's go.

As I see it, he won't come back.

Enough.

You have come to know the whole thing.

Shiyi has committed crimes and she should be repudiated.

Lingyi,

how will you deal with her?

What's your suggestion, Mother?

Our Xu family has been on a journey of 100 uncommon years.

We have run into a violent storm en route.

We follow the family rules strictly and are united as one.

Thanks to this, we achieved today's prosperity.

However, Shiyi neglected the family rules,

abandoned her female virtues, and acted perversely.

Our Xu family

can't accommodate such an unruly woman.

Lingyi, I hope you can

draw up the Divorce Agreement as soon as possible.

If I repudiate my wife with things being unclear,

won't I act too hastily?

You still believe her words?

You are not clear-minded now.

You got confused by her.

She accused Lianfang of the crimes without any evidence.

But every crime she committed can be proven by solid evidence.

How can you still turn a blind eye to them?

Though Shiyi did wrong things,

I am responsible for failing to discipline her.

So, Mother, please be lenient with her.

Great Madam, Concubine Qiao is asking to see you.

Let her in.

What are you doing?

I know His Lordship has come back.

So I come especially to

ask for punishment from Great Madam and His Lordship.

This disturbance was caused by me.

I must have failed to show Her Ladyship enough respect.

As a result, she got suspicious of me

and disrupted the peace of our family.

It's my fault.

I feel ashamed.

Great Madam. My Lord. I am willing to be punished.

Lianfang, why are you doing this?

Lianfang, hurry to rise to your feet.

You were blamed for things you didn't do,

but you swallowed all the humiliation

and didn't hold any grudges.

This is comforting.

Though in the past, you've also done wrong things,

you redressed your faults after learning of them.

So you are pardonable.

Lianfang,

from now on, I will count on you to look after Lingyi.

Yi'er, I know it is hard for you to put Shiyi behind you for the time being,

but she has made dreadful mistakes.

If you persist in defending her,

how can we maintain the authority of the rules of our Xu family?

How can we regulate our family and rise in the world?

Mother.

Please allow me to think more about it.

Allow me to excuse myself.

Lingyi.

When you are free, you'd better go to the ancestral hall

to read the ancestral teachings and family rules.

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