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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 41]

I heard that in order to persuade Mother to change her mind,

you had been given a good dressing down by her.

Don't mind it, Lingyi.

Being scolded by Mother is nothing to me.

I have gotten used to it.

While Mother was in the heat of the moment,

why must you contradict her?

There is something you don't know.

After what happened to Xiaolan,

I came to realize that

rules can restrict people,

but can't control people's feelings.

And in a love relationship,

there can't be a third person.

Lingyi, I can see that Shiyi is special to you.

To protect your conjugal bond with her,

as far as I am concerned,

you should consider the matter prudently.

I will never take Dongqing as my concubine.

There is no room for discussion regarding this matter.

Mother is determined to make this happen.

So she won't give up till she attains her aim.

But she is doing this for the sake of our Xu family.

You can't disregard her feelings completely.

If I were you,

I would not know what to do, either.

If Mother could see sense, this matter would turn out well.

If she persists with her decision,

I won't give in.

But you need not worry.

I won't make it hard for Mother.

And I won't hurt Shiyi's feelings, either.

I believe that...

there will always be a solution to this problem.

Your Ladyship,

you have been shirking your meals over the past two days.

For whatever reason,

you can't starve yourself and impair your health.

I want to see Dongqing.

Your Ladyship, I failed you.

I believe what you said.

You need not apologize to me.

You have been treated unfairly.

Rise to your feet.

Your Ladyship,

I am afraid that I will let you down.

What do you mean by saying this?

There is one thing I have been hiding deep in my heart.

I have no intention to let it known by others.

But under the current circumstances,

I have to speak my mind.

Since I came to the Mansion of Xu with you,

I have been able to see His Lordship day in and day out.

Unconsciously, I took a fancy to His Lordship.

I love His Lordship.

What did you say?

I said I have a crush on His Lordship.

But His Lordship only has eyes for you.

He never sees me.

So I took His Lordship's belt secretly

and kept it as a reminder of the owner.

Your Ladyship,

please fulfill my wish considering that

I have been serving you for so many years.

If I become His Lordship's concubine,

I won't vie with you for anything.

And I will obey you in everything.

Based on what you said, you have a thing for His Lordship

and you want to be... his concubine.

I know it is improper for me to have such thoughts,

but I just can't control my feelings.

Please fulfill my wish, Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship, you look pale.

Is anything wrong with Dongqing?

Do you know what Dongqing said to me?

She asked me to grant her wish

and allow her to become His Lordship's concubine.

Dongqing has worked as my maid for so many years.

I used to think that I knew her very well.

But I still can't guess right what she is thinking.

Your Ladyship,

don't get excited.

Just sit down to have a rest.

You've been so nice to Dongqing.

But now, even she...

What are you planning to do, Your Ladyship?

Amber, be seated.

Yes.

I can do nothing.

I can't sit idly and watch

Dongqing get sold to others.

Besides, it is a fact that she longs to be His Lordship's concubine.

Once His Lordship accepts her,

we will harbor hard feelings

toward each other forever

for we love the same man.

In the coming days,

we will clash with each other

due to conflicts of interest.

I feel afraid even thinking of it.

Your Ladyship,

I have never seen you look so upset.

I prefer what you used to be when you were doing things in Xianling Pavilion.

Back then, you were free and unrestrained

as well as glowed with a radiant look.

But now,

you are making concessions for the common good

and are out of spirits.

It is hard for me to imagine

you are living such a constrained life

in this mansion after losing Xianling Pavilion.

Yes.

It is such an honor to be the wife of Marquis Yongping.

But I think the three years I spent in Yuhang

have allowed me to enjoy more freedom.

Your Ladyship, do you really think

you were happier living in Yuhang in the past.

Even if I think so, what's the help?

I can't go back to the past.

Your Ladyship, you can't give up easily.

You always strike me as a courageous person

who is brave enough to take control of your own fate.

You even dared to do an earth-shaking deed

like escaping marriage.

However, after you married into the Xu family,

you lost your courage gradually,

became afraid to move forward

and kept deviating from your past self.

Are you really willing to

be manipulated by others throughout your life?

What?

Xu Lingyi is going to take Dongqing as his concubine?

This is going to happen in the next couple of days.

Shiyi has to accept Dongqing who is like a sister to her,

as her husband's concubine.

How can she survive such an emotional blow?

What has she done on earth to make the Xu family force her like this?

How about Marquis Yongping?

Has he done nothing and just watched Shiyi suffer such unfair treatment?

His Lordship has said loads of things to appease Her Ladyship.

But if he dares to neglect his filial duty and disobey the Great Madam,

he will be denounced by the scholars in both speech and writing.

In the end, he still can't stop this from happening.

She must be very sad now.

But I can do nothing to help her.

Since Her Ladyship married into the Xu family,

she hasn't enjoyed any peaceful days.

I can't bear to see her be treated so unfairly anymore.

I beg you to help Her Ladyship, Mr. Ou.

If I could help her, I would definitely do my utmost.

But this is an internal affair of the Xu family,

I can't interfere in it.

If it is an internal affair of the Xu family,

it is natural that you can do nothing about it.

But if Her Ladyship leaves the Xu family...

She will leave the Xu family?

I will be honest with you.

I know Her Ladyship is in possession of a Divorce Agreement signed by His Lordship himself.

I have heard of the whole thing.

It was caused by me.

I didn't mean to cause you such great trouble.

I am really sorry.

Mr. Ou, you need not blame yourself.

Even without you, things would have turned out this way.

Since I married into the Xu family,

I have been aware of the things awaiting me ahead.

I once had the naive thought that as long as I made efforts,

I would be able to make a difference and would be able to get the life I wanted.

However, unknowingly, I sank into the plight I am in now.

Well, what is your plan now?

Will you really give in to Great Madam Xu and resign yourself to their arrangements?

Of course, I won't.

But if I want to keep Dongqing, this will be my only choice.

I know in your mind, there is a different world.

If you compromise now, you will be confined to the household affairs

and all your talent will be wasted

with all your wishes going up in smoke.

Don't you feel sorry for yourself?

If you don't make compromises willingly, how can you swallow the bitterness?

Shiyi, you always say that

a person's destiny should be taken into one's own hands. Right?

If you want to leave the Mansion of Xu, I will give you a hand.

Do you know what you are saying?

Don't worry. I didn't say this with any selfish motive.

I just want to try my best to help you out of the plight.

Then, in the coming days, you will be like the fish swimming in the vast sea and the bird flying high in the sky.

You will feel free to live the life you want.

Right, Your Ladyship.

Mr. Ou said the right thing.

If you continue staying in the Mansion of Xu,

I am afraid that you won't be able to enjoy any peace.

Your Ladyship!

Your Ladyship!

Your Ladyship!

It doesn't matter.

Sorry to let you see this.

Go fetch my outer gown from the carriage.

Yes, Your Ladyship.

Please allow me to think about it carefully.

Madam, this is the camellia just delivered today.

- Put it there. - Yes.

Go back to your work.

[Luo Shiyi and Ou Yanxing met as planned.]

The two of them met so soon.

It seems that a great drama is going to unfold.

Where is Shiyi?

Report to you, My Lord. Her Ladyship went out with Amber.

I don't know where they've gone.

[Ou Yanxing: Please meet me at Mingyang tea house.]

My Lord.

You went to see Ou Yanxing?

Yes.

You know clearly that our family doesn't want to see you associate with Ou Yanxing.

Why did you act arbitrarily and meet him in secret?

He asked me to meet him suddenly. I worried that there might be something urgent.

Now our whole mansion is in a mess.

Could you please bear in mind that you are Marquis Yongping's wife?

Marquis Yongping's wife!

So what?

You only want a woman to bear your children and manage your household affairs.

You only want a tool that obeys you in everything.

I am fine to give up the title!

How could you say such words?

I am always forced by you to make one choice after another.

None of you cares about my feelings.

Amber, pack my things.

What are you going to do?

I am going to leave this place and leave you.

You can't leave here as you like!

My Lord, don't you remember that

you had given me a Divorce Agreement.

Zhaoying.

- My Lord. - Go find the Divorce Agreement.

Yes, My Lord.

My Lord, I can't find it.

From today onward, without my consent.

You mustn't leave your room.

Shiyi has been grounded by His Lordship.

How come this happened?

Since she married into our Xu family, she has been causing trouble constantly.

As the matron of our Xu family, how could she act arbitrarily?

It is time to rein in her temper.

Darling, how do you like my writing?

Master Lixing.

[All is ready except what is crucial.]

The fish has bitten.

We will be able to bring in the net soon.

Ask our people to keep watching the Xu family.

Yes.

What we have planned is going to be achieved soon.

Darling, why aren't you happy?

Yes, I am.

Of course, I am happy that your plan can work.

But as far as I am concerned,

to be the master of the family is not the most important.

For me, the most important thing is that you can be

safe and sound.

Rest assured.

I will definitely stay by your side, a world without end.

Our good life is on the way.

[Virtue of Modesty and Patience]

Now Her Ladyship can't even get out of her room.

How can she go meet Mr. Ou?

I must figure out a way.

Madam.

What did you say?

His Lordship has written a Divorce Agreement to Her Ladyship.

Yes, he did.

But he won't allow Her Ladyship to leave.

As I see it, His Lordship is giving Her Ladyship a hard time intentionally.

Madam,

I guess you are very clear about what happened to my sister.

And you know the best

what kind of person His Lordship is.

Her Ladyship won't be happy staying in the Xu family.

Madam, now you are the only person who can help Her Ladyship.

Well...

What are you doing? Don't let others see this.

What do you want me to do?

Could you please...

help Her Ladyship get out of the Mansion of Xu?

It is possible for Her Ladyship to leave the Xu family.

But you must think it through.

Once she leaves, she won't be able to return.

Madam, Her Ladyship will never want to return.

[Virtue of Modesty and Patience]

[Divorce Agreement]

Your Ladyship.

[Xu Lingyi] [Luo]

[Xu Lingyi] [Luo Shiyi]

Fire!

How come there is a fire?

Why are you still standing here? Hurry to put out the fire!

- But His Lordship ordered us... - At such a time,

if you let the fire spread, it might reach this courtyard and hurt Her Ladyship.

By then, how can you answer to His Lordship?

Well, we will come back soon.

Hurry up!

The time will come soon.

The time will come soon for everything to come to a close.

Marquis Yongping is here!

Shiyi!

Shiyi!

My Lord, I have signed the Divorce Agreement.

From now on, we will have no ties with each other.

Without my permission, you can't leave.

Marquis, Shiyi is no longer your wife.

Please don't do improper things.

You were lucky last time.

This time, I won't go easy on you.

You can't protect her.

If you wish her the best, you shouldn't stop her from leaving.

Xu Lingyi, let go of him!

You are courting death!

Who are you people?

Ou Lixing,

I can see that you have been plotting this for a long time.

I don't find it odd that you want to kill me.

But it surprises me that

you also want to kill your brother.

A man doing great things doesn't care about small matters.

Ou Yanxing, you have abandoned yourself to vice.

So you don't deserve to be one member of our Ou family.

I will just take this chance to rid our family of its black sheep.

Brother, though we don't see eye to eye,

we are still siblings.

How could you be so cold-blooded?

If you devote yourself to doing business outside, I won't give you any trouble.

But you returned to our family.

Then you have been going against me in everything.

You are just getting yourself killed!

If you kill the officials of the imperial court,

His Majesty will hold you accountable.

By then, can your Ou family afford to face the consequences?

That's not true, Marquis Yongping.

My brother and your wife love each other dearly.

They decided to elope. You burst into anger learning of it.

You chased and intercepted them here. Then you killed them cruelly.

Tomorrow, across the capital,

the stories about my brother and you

who killed each other for a woman will go around.

How pathetic and sad!

So you planned to kill the three of us at the very beginning.

By doing this,

Shiyi won't find out the cause of her mother's death;

I, the enemy of your Ou family will be eliminated;

More importantly, you can eliminate your brother.

Then he won't be able to vie with you for the title of the heir apparent.

This is killing three birds with one stone.

Shiyi's mother was really killed by you?

Why did you kill her?

You will join her in the netherworld soon.

If you want to know the reason, you can ask her yourself.

My mother happened to see you meet the pirates secretly.

So you killed her.

Right?

Even if you find out the truth, what can you do to me?

It's her fault.

She shouldn't have seen what she was not allowed to see.

Break into the jail?

Do you think the jail of the Ministry of Justice is similar to the prison of the county government?

Even if I muster troops here,

it is impossible for us to rescue the prisoners.

While Xu Lingyi was taking you back to the capital,

I sacrificed my informant that I planted in his barracks many years ago

to rescue you from his hands.

I didn't expect that you two

would fall into his hands for a second time.

I won't leave

unless you rescue my elder brother.

Remember that over all the past years,

your Ou family has made a lot of money with our help.

Stop!

Catch her!

I didn't expect that she would leave evidence behind

and the evidence would get obtained by you.

You killed innocent people to eliminate the evidence proving you colluded with the pirates.

So it is true that your Ou family has been colluding with the pirates.

No wonder you have been trying to stop us regarding the sea ban in every possible way.

I have been listening for quite a while. It is late now.

It's time for you to embark on your trip to the netherworld.

Master Lixing!

Ou Lixing,

you finally admitted your crime.

Ren Kun!

Why are you here?

Xu Lingyi.

You made a mistake using my maid for your conspiracy.

Rise to your feet first.

We grew up together.

I know you better than others.

You are very kind.

It is impossible for you to have done that.

What is your reason for doing that? Tell me.

Your Ladyship, I...

Silly girl.

As long as I can help you, I am willing to do anything.

Help me?

Who taught you to say those words?

This matter might concern the fate of the Xu family.

You must come clean with me.

It's Amber.

Amber said that only by saying those words, could I help you.

It is impossible for Amber to intend to harm me.

It is more unlikely that she allied herself with the Ou family.

I am afraid that she has fallen into another's trap.

If our relationship is jeopardized, nobody will benefit from it.

The wire puller must have subsequent plans.

Well, what should we do for the next?

This stratagem seems to depend on Dongqing.

But actually, it is up to your reaction and action.

You'd better take a wait-and-see approach to gain the initiative.

I will arrange for trustworthy people of our family to coordinate with you.

Are you suspecting Amber as well, Mr. Ou?

Going through so many things, I have faith in the personality of Marquis Yongping.

Even if he is condemned by everybody,

he wouldn't take Dongqing as his concubine to hurt you.

Based on your personality, even if you have to leave the Xu family,

you wouldn't turn to me for help.

Because if you do that, Marquis Yongping will be hurt.

So it is confusing for Amber to take this action.

Mr. Ou still held expectations for you at first.

He thought you would not be so vicious.

It is a pity that he thought too positively of you.

Ou Yanxing, how could you collude with the Xu family to frame me?

Brother, believe it or not, I never meant to hurt you

and to fight for power with you.

I hoped strongly that Marquis Yongping had misjudged you.

I didn't stop hoping till now that you would not show up.

It is you who forced yourself to take this road of desperation.

Don't be phony!

If you don't want to fight for power with me,

why have you given up your life of sightseeing and returned to our Ou family?

Why have you showed up time and again in front of our father?

Why have you reminded Father that he has failed your mother?

Why?

Why have you turned Father against me?

I am not turning Father against you.

It is you yourself.

If I can stay alive, I will kill you with my own hands.

Ou Lixing, you will have no chance to do that.

Now we have both human witnesses and material evidence.

What awaits you ahead is only the severe punishment by laws.

Move! Retreat!

Protect Shiyi!

Be careful, My Lord!

Linbo, the bow and arrows!

You kept a private army, colluded with the pirates,

as well as tried to trap and kill court officials. You can't be absolved from your crime.

Ou Lixing, you have committed such a serious crime.

Marquis Jingyuan is in a hopeless situation now.

You want to bring down my family using me.

Move!

- Get on your knees! - Kneel down!

In Father's eyes,

I am much inferior to you.

See clearly now...

who deserves to be the son of our Ou family!

Brother!

Brother!

My dear wife...

I will break my promise.

Are you all right?

Linbo, take all captives to the Ministry of Justice for trial.

Yes, My Lord.

They all committed suicide, My Lord.

Now we lost all witnesses.

Will Marquis Jingyuan make countercharges against us?

If he doesn't want to be accused of maintaining an army for rebellion,

he won't make this matter public for sure.

I am sorry.

I never expected this matter would end up like this.

We intended to subdue him and bring him to trial pursuant to the law.

- It is unexpected that... - I know.

He has gotten what he deserved.

He is a real man.

It is a pity that he was born into the Ou family.

It is really surprising that

Luo Shiyi, has done such an indecent and shameless thing.

If I had known this, I would not have allowed her to marry into our Xu family.

This matter is still unclear.

His Lordship has gone to chase Shiyi.

Let's wait for them to come back.

If this matter turns out to be true,

I will not forgive her, no matter what.

[Mansion of Xu]

Great Madam, His Lordship is back.

Mother, His Lordship is back.

Greetings to you, Mother.

Why do you still have the face to come back?

Servants! Drive her out!

Lingyi, oh Lingyi...

How could she do such a thing?

Why are you still defending her?

Mother, there are reasons for her to do that.

Shiyi ran away purposefully. It was our plan.

Just now, Ou Lixing died.

An unjust man is doomed to destruction.

Ou Lixing just got the punishment he deserved.

Shiyi, I have granted you three days to think about it.

Now I want to know your choice.

Mother, I know you are determined to safeguard our Xu family.

But Dongqing is my maid.

Whether she will be married off or sold, only I can decide that.

I won't exchange her life for anything.

Lingyi, what is your thought?

She is my wife.

Of course, I will respect her decision.

You can't forget that the ethical rules governing human relations

were passed down to us by our ancestors.

It is the foundation for our Xu family to survive in this world.

Mother, please make a wise judgment.

As the saying goes, as time goes by, things change.

So the rules must be changed over time.

We mustn't apply ancient rules to modern times.

Otherwise, back then, Father and Ling'an needn't have opposed firmly the ancestral policies

and advocated persistently the lift of the sea ban.

Mother, do you think Father and Ling'an were also wrong?

Do you think I am wrong, too?

Lifting the sea ban is for the good of our state and people.

It is a lofty deed.

It can't be put on par with the small Xianling Pavilion.

Don't do bad things even if they are petty.

Don't hesitate to do good things even if they are minor.

In Xianling Pavilion, Shiyi helped the refugees, taught them embroidery skills,

and enabled those homeless people to be skilled in some kind of work

and to make a living.

This has also ridded the imperial court of extra worries and troubles.

Isn't such a deed also in the interest of the state and the people?

Why must Shiyi be fettered by old conventions just because she is a woman?

Will this really be conducive to the prosperity of our Xu family?

Mother, please lay your hand on your heart and ask yourself.

After Shiyi managed the household affairs,

has she ever neglected her duties because of Xianling Pavilion?

Why must you force her to give it up, Mother?

So do you mean that I am wrong?

Dongqing is a pure-minded maid.

But you forced Shiyi

with Dongqing's fate as the chip to achieve your aim.

This is a wrong deed.

I...

I did this for the sake of our Xu family.

You must remember I am your mother.

Mother, I am not only your son,

but also Shiyi's husband.

Hereby I vow that in all my life,

I won't take any concubines.

Mother, I also vow that like Lingyi,

I will not take any concubines from today onward and will be devoted to Danyang.

Why are you also doing this?

Mother, to bring glory to our Xu family,

Lingyi has sacrificed a lot and has shed blood and sweat.

Doesn't he deserve a chance to decide his own matter?

Lingyi has risked his life to earn today's status of our Xu family.

In terms of feelings, reason, or justice,

Mother, you must listen to Lingyi this time.

Mother, after Shiyi married into our family,

she got deprived of her power by Qiao Lianfang

and became the laughingstock of the capital.

But she never complained.

And in the case of the moldy rice,

she sold her dowry to help our Xu family out of trouble.

She requited injustice with kindness.

Zhun is your eldest legitimate grandson.

If Shiyi hadn't found the cause of his disease in a timely manner and taken care of him carefully,

he would not have recovered his health.

Later, Shiyi also revealed the truth of late Her Ladyship's death.

She also helped the refugees in Xianling Pavilion to bring honor to our Xu family.

Can't all these good deeds get her rewarded with a life she wants?

Mother, aren't you too harsh on her by doing this?

Mother, since Ou Yanxing has withdrawn from Xianling Pavilion,

I beg you to allow Shiyi to continue with her work there.

Yizhen.

Am I...

am I really wrong?

As a matter of fact, I am not against Shiyi's work in Xianling Pavilion.

Back then, I was just worried that she might be taken advantage of by others.

Now I can see she and His Lordship are of one heart.

So nobody can affect them.

The Ou family has reaped what it sowed.

Based on the current situation, I have nothing to worry about anymore.

Mother, I really see our Xu family as my own home

and treat all members of our Xu family as my own family.

I will never do things detrimental to them.

Mother, please believe me.

Though Shiyi is the matron of our Xu family,

I am also a daughter-in-law of our Xu family.

I can't sit idle and do nothing.

From now on, I will assist Shiyi to manage the household affairs.

Please give it your consent, Mother.

Such being the case...

just do things as you like.

- Thank you, Mother! - Thanks, Mother!

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