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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 42]

All the time I loathed the family disputes

and felt reluctant to face them.

I believed I'd lose freedom if I married into this family.

But since I married you,

you've been sticking up for me and we've faced a lot of things together.

I feel that I fear nothing with you on my side.

[Divorce Agreement]

There's no need for this Divorce Agreement.

Keep it.

It can remind me that I should cherish what I have.

[Virtue of Modesty and Patience]

I dreamed of my mother.

The killer has been brought to justice.

Now your mother can rest in peace.

I'll be with you forever.

Open the door.

Yes.

You're here.

I came to ask why you used me to hurt Her Ladyship.

Believe it or not,

I never wanted to hurt Her Ladyship.

I only wanted her to leave the Xu family and live as she wishes.

Did you think of me?

What if Great Madam sold me?

No.

Her Ladyship would never let Great Madam sell you.

There were only two possible futures for you.

One was Her Ladyship taking you away

and the other was you choosing to stay in this mansion as His Lordship's concubine.

You're infatuated with His Lordship.

I did it to grant your wish.

I was killing two birds with one stone.

I'm not infatuated with His Lordship.

I took His Lordship's belt to learn Her Ladyship's stitches

and make an exact copy of the belt

for General Fu.

General Fu?

Yes.

The man I adore has always been General Fu, not His Lordship.

You used me to collude with the Ou family

and almost got Her Ladyship killed.

I didn't collude with the Ou family, and I'd never hurt Her Ladyship.

I just couldn't bear watching Her Ladyship make compromises in the Xu family.

Xu Lingyi played with a woman and dumped her. He is not a good man.

A man like him doesn't deserve Her Ladyship.

Her Ladyship will have a better life if she leaves the Xu family.

When did I play with a woman and dump her?

Amber, what made you accuse His Lordship?

I know you don't want to hurt me.

But I'm worried that someone is using you.

What exactly happened?

Your Ladyship,

you should ask him.

I'd call myself aboveboard.

I've never betrayed anyone.

Aboveboard?

Did my elder sister not die?

You've found your sister?

Your Ladyship,

my sister was Concubine Tong.

I never expected her to die before I could

reunite with her.

My sister hanged herself after being wronged.

And you caused all that.

You and Yuanniang got my sister killed.

Madam, His Lordship came back with Her Ladyship yesterday.

Her Ladyship released Dongqing and locked Amber up in the firewood room.

I don't know what happened.

I see.

You may go.

Yes.

The Luo family is sinister,

Yuanniang was despicable,

and you were heartless.

All of you forced my sister to kill herself.

You didn't love my sister.

But if you already took her as your concubine,

why did you ignore her and let others humiliate and trample her?

You're a heartless man who played with a woman and dumped her.

How can you make Her Ladyship happy?

So you incited Dongqing,

forced me to make a choice,

and sowed discord between me and His Lordship.

Your Ladyship,

aren't the recent incidents enough to make you come around?

The Xu family pushed you again and again for their own interests.

This kind of place is not worth staying in.

Amber, I was drunk on the night when your sister came to me,

but my mind was clear.

We didn't cross the line.

No way.

If you didn't touch my sister,

why did you take her as your concubine?

On the next morning when I woke up,

I learned that Yuanniang had informed Mother

and asked her to make Biyu my concubine.

I guessed Yuanniang and Concubine Tong conspired together.

I didn't want that.

But if I refused to take Biyu as my concubine,

Biyu would lose her place in the Xu family.

But my sister didn't conspire with late Her Ladyship.

She was forced to do that.

I asked Biyu if she had difficulties.

But she said nothing.

My sister did it...

because of me.

Amber, I'm sorry.

If I'd known your sister's story sooner,

this wouldn't have happened.

Your Ladyship,

even if His Lordship had no hand in her death,

will you really be happy...

in the Xu family?

Amber, I know you care about me.

But love is a personal matter and only the person in love knows how it feels.

You see Mother push me and think I'm unfortunate.

But I see a man who's been staunchly supporting me

and going out of his way to solve my problems,

regardless of his own gains and losses when I'm in trouble, tired, and frustrated.

It makes me happy the most.

I'm happy now.

I see.

I was wrong.

My Lord, Amber is like my own sister.

If I'd cared more about her, she wouldn't have been used

and this wouldn't have happened.

I'm responsible for this.

I failed to discipline my maid.

Will you please not tell Great Madam what Amber did?

For the sake of Shiyi and Concubine Tong,

I won't punish you,

but I can't tolerate your betrayal.

If we hadn't found out the truth in time,

we probably would have died at the hands of the Ou family.

You need to leave the Xu family.

She got you in danger.

My decision is final.

Your Ladyship...

I failed you.

I know I've committed serious crimes.

I dare not wish for your forgiveness.

I just hope you'll take care...

when I'm not with you.

You should take care, too.

If you have no place to go, turn to Xianling Pavilion.

Master Jian will take you in.

Thank you.

I'll take good care of myself.

By the way,

tell me how you found out Concubine Tong was your sister.

I discovered my sister's embroidered handkerchief

at Concubine Qin's place.

[Virtues Above All Ancestors Memorial Tablets]

Father.

Ling'an.

Ou Lixing who helped Marquis Jingyuan frame you,

has been brought to justice.

You can rest in peace.

I'll find evidence

to prove Marquis Jingyuan guilty as soon as possible.

I'll ensure the destructive Ou family get the punishment they deserve.

Young Madam.

Dear.

Dear.

How could this happen?

Marquis...

How did he die?

Marquis,

Vice Minister Ou died from a cut to the throat.

Several people in black

lay dead at the scene.

I think he met bandits.

There... There has been an oversight.

Let me go back for another inspection.

I'll find the killer of your son.

My Lord.

My Lord, my subordinate just reported.

My Lord, there's something fishy about this.

Master Yanxing told the carriage drivers

to take him out of the city the other day.

Soon, Master Lixing brought people out of the city.

Someone saw Marquis Yongping and Duke Wei

return from outside the city shortly after.

The magistrate has good judgment.

Master Lixing was indeed killed by bandits.

Please go and close the case.

Why should he close the case?

Why not carry out an investigation?

That bastard did this.

The bastard Xu Lingyi did this.

Forgive me, Young Madam.

He took the assassins of the first order with him.

We can't let anyone know.

Keeping private troops indicates rebellion, which is a felony punishable by death.

Besides, he didn't inform His Lordship

before taking people out of the city.

What was he up to?

Dear.

Xu Lingyi!

I vow to destroy you!

Our plan was progressing smoothly.

How come you suddenly died?

How did you die?

Ou Yanxing...

came back alive.

Did he collude with Xu Lingyi...

to kill you?

You told me...

you did everything for the Ou family.

You were so loyal to the Ou family,

yet they got you killed.

Look at him!

Ou Yanxing gained everything effortlessly.

Why?

This is unfair for you.

It's unfair.

Dongqing!

Dongqing.

Don't you know you can't enter the backyard of this mansion?

Get out!

I know everything now.

I misunderstood you.

It was my fault. I'm sorry.

But you can't solely blame it on me.

If you hadn't told me those things,

I wouldn't have misunderstood you.

So it was my fault?

I said worse things to Her Ladyship,

but she's always trusted me.

You just didn't trust me in the first place.

You are right. It was my fault.

I'm sorry.

I know you didn't seduce His Lordship.

But I don't understand

why you kept His Lordship's belt.

For whom do you think I kept the belt?

Someone said he likes it, so I secretly took it to make a copy.

I...

Dongqing, I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have suspected you.

Whether you suspected me has nothing to do with me.

Of course, it is related to you.

You know I love you. I want to marry you.

Why are you speaking so loudly?

People might hear you.

So what if I speak loudly? I'm not afraid of letting people know.

I love you and I want to marry you.

Did you hear that?

Stop talking.

All right. You call the shots.

If you don't want me to talk about it, I won't.

But I need to ask you a question.

How do you feel when you're with me?

I like roughhousing and joking with you.

Are you happy?

I'm quite happy.

Besides...

What?

Besides, I often thought of you... and wanted to see you before all this.

Dongqing.

You called me a greedy villain.

I won't forgive you so easily.

What do you want me to do?

You still have it.

So what? You broke it.

If you could restore it to its original condition, I'll forgive you.

But that's impossible.

You're giving me a hard time deliberately.

Yes, I am giving you a hard time. So what?

General Fu.

Zhaoying.

Do you know any skillful jeweler?

I want to repair this hairpin.

It's broken. It's hard to repair.

How about you buy a new one?

No, Dongqing said...

She said she'd forgive me only if I restored this hairpin to its original condition.

That's tough.

It seems Dongqing is still mad at you

and she won't cool down anytime soon.

I don't need you to point it out.

I want you to help me, not remind me of my misery.

You still don't understand Dongqing"s intention.

What do you mean?

She is mad at you.

So she gave you an impossible task to spite you.

The point is not repairing the hairpin.

It is appeasing her.

Smart-ass.

- Mother, the teacher commends Zhun... - Catch this.

...for his greater concentration on schoolwork.

Zhun is such a good kicker.

Zhun, kick it here.

My Lord.

News broke from Fujian.

They said we still...

Mother, I have work to do.

Go about your business.

Come on. One more kick.

Zhun.

Great Madam, I suddenly feel a little ill.

Maybe I should go back.

What is ailing you? Do you need a physician?

No. I think I didn't sleep well last night.

I'll get better if I go back for some rest.

Come here.

My Lord, what did Wang Jiubao write?

He sent good news.

I'm sure there will be a result soon.

You must know me.

Marquis Jingyuan.

Sit down.

Why are you here?

Where is Young Madam Ou?

I'll ask questions and you'll answer.

Yes.

Yan Gang, come here.

Don't be afraid or restrained.

I won't make things difficult for you.

Here.

Let's drink a cup of wine and steady our nerves.

You helped the Ou family as the concubine of Xu Lingyi,

because Ou Lixing promised you benefits, right?

He promised to help me take revenge.

When the Xu family was eliminated, he'd give me enough money,

let me travel far, help me settle down,

and... give me an orphan.

That's not hard.

I'll send you to Fujian

and give you the identity of our distant relative.

Thank you, Marquis.

I just have one question.

How did Ou Lixing die?

I really don't know.

Don't be afraid.

I'm not suspecting you.

I think he had some plan that he didn't tell me about.

Maybe some part of his plan

went wrong.

Just tell me what you know.

All right.

He only told me to damage the relationship between Xu Lingyi and his wife.

General Fu, I know that man.

He is Yan Gang, a guard of the Ou family.

The Ou family is indeed behind all this.

Should I report to His Lordship?

No. If Marquis Jingyuan finds out that

we know the Ou family is related to Concubine Qin,

our enemy will be alerted.

Let's wait and see.

Xu Lingyi left the Xu family to go after Her Ladyship.

I don't know what happened after that.

Then I heard Vice Minister Ou died.

Xu Lingyi received a letter from Fujian earlier today.

I followed him and eavesdropped on their conversation.

I learned that Wang Jiubao wrote the letter.

Xu Lingyi read the letter

and said there was good news.

Stupid woman.

You got my son killed.

You deserve to die.

Marquis.

Something bad happened.

Madam!

- Madam. - Madam.

Madam.

This is poisoned.

Hang on. Let me take you to the clinic.

No. I'm not going to the clinic.

Take me to His Lordship.

I want to see His Lordship.

Zhaoying, get a physician to the Mansion of Xu.

Yes.

Shiliu has served the Xu family for years.

I thought she was loyal and well-behaved.

How... How did she become the Ou family's informant?

I know I've neglected her.

But does she hate me so?

She went as far as to conspire with the Ou family against me.

- My Lord. - Madam.

Concubine Qin was poisoned.

I didn't expect the Ou family to take lethal action to silence her so soon.

I was careless.

Go. Find a physician.

Help her lie down.

Madam.

So...

So, you all know.

Don't talk.

Let me help you lie down for some rest.

When did you ever care about me?

Don't bother to feign affection.

I know...

I'll die soon.

I won't rest in peace

unless I get it out of my system.

That's right.

I'm the informant you tried to find.

You pretended to behave well when you harbored evil intentions

for all these years.

Tell me how many things you've done to hurt the Xu family. Tell me.

Let me think.

Too many to count.

Shiliu, I promoted you

from a maid to a concubine.

I gave you a title and higher status.

I trusted you.

I never skimped on your necessities

and monthly allowance.

Did I ever treat you unfairly?

Tell me what could have dissatisfied you.

Why did you hurt the Xu family?

Why did I hurt the Xu family?

Don't you know?

Know what?

Because you belittled me and trampled me.

You feigned affection and did heinous things.

Don't you... Don't you slander the Xu family!

You're saying nonsense.

Nonsense?

Then, why did you make me His Lordship's bedroom maid?

Shiliu.

I always thought you were

sensible, well-behaved, and docile.

That's why I made you provide personal care to Lingyi

after he got injured and slipped into a coma.

Then I made you his bedroom maid

to protect your reputation.

You did those things for my good?

Then, why did you make me consume the contraception decoction?

Because... Because...

Because you didn't want me to have children!

Because His Lordship hadn't found a legal wife.

You worried that his future wife would be unhappy about me having children.

So you made me consume the contraception decoction.

But the contraception decoction caused me a miscarriage

and made me unable to have children anymore.

I've been hating you

since I lost my child.

Physician,

I didn't fall or scrape myself.

How did I lose my child?

Have you consumed any kind of decoction?

She...

She took the contraception decoction.

Not everyone can stand that kind of medicine

with strong side effects.

But she hasn't taken it in a long time.

Concubine Wen and the others also took it.

Why is she the only one harmed?

Physician, there must be a remedy, right?

Every drug has its side effects.

The contraception decoction is of frigid nature.

Besides, you were already weak before you took the decoction.

I'm afraid you'll never be able to conceive again.

- Physician. - Physician.

I don't believe it.

- Physician. - Madam.

Physician, please help me. Physician.

Madam.

I want my child, Physician.

I have neither a child...

nor His Lordship's favor.

I spent every day and night repetitively

in this tiny nook of Eastern Lateral Court.

You wouldn't understand my loneliness and despair.

And you,

Luo Shiyi,

you made me believe I could raise Jie.

You made me believe...

hope was back in my life.

But it turned out to be false.

I was only a pawn you used to contend for power.

Shiyi fought to get you the child.

But I had other plans.

Yizhen has been educating all the children at home.

She is the best choice for educating Jie.

Second Madam is noble

while I am lowly.

Therefore, I don't even deserve to be a mother.

That's not what I meant.

Kid, I'm sorry that you suffered.

I made well-thought-out plans,

but the plans weren't suitable for you.

I brought so much suffering to you.

It's my fault that the Ou family poisoned you.

Great Madam, I'm dying.

Don't bother with your caring act.

You were sold to this family as a kid.

You were well-behaved, clever,

sensible and attentive.

I always liked you.

I wouldn't have sent you to Lingyi's side, otherwise.

I didn't want you to bear the first son of this family,

because I worried that Lingyi's future legal wife would give you a hard time.

But I never knew

the contraception decoction

brought you so much hurt and so many grievances.

I treated you unfairly.

I'm sorry.

Mother.

I should be the one apologizing.

I've neglected you all this time.

I'm sorry.

I waited for so many years...

until you apologized.

Are you all right?

Shiliu.

I...

This is the result of my wrongdoing.

I brought doom upon myself.

But I'm not going to forgive you.

Let's offset our debts

to each other.

Hang on. A physician will be here soon.

Shiliu, few women are born in wealthy families.

Few women are born to be the legitimate daughter.

Many people have been facing an unfair fate since birth.

We don't want to resign ourselves to fate.

So we have to fight for everything we want.

But you employed the wrong methods.

Your Ladyship,

actually,

I was there

when your mother died.

It seems Luo Yuanniang's days are numbered.

If anything happens in the Xu family, inform me.

Send me messages via the vase as usual.

Yes, Lord Ou.

You may go.

Yes.

You're doing well.

But my brother is knee-deep in trouble.

Shouldn't you do something?

Your brother has been captured

by none other than Xu Lingyi.

I can't help you.

I won't leave

unless you rescue my brother.

By the way, remember that over all the past years,

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

Stop!

Catch her!

Thank you for telling me.

Actually, I should have told you sooner.

I know...

you aren't like them.

You're a good person.

My Lord...

I know you don't love me.

I also know...

you're tolerant.

Too bad...

I can't have your love.

If there is a next life,

I hope...

I'll be born into an ordinary family...

and married...

to an ordinary man.

I hope I'll bear a few lovely children.

I will no doubt be a wonderful mother.

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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 ♫