WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:0 00:16.823 --> 00:17.663 Mother, 00:18.343 --> 00:20.303 you're airing out the books again. 00:21.023 --> 00:23.143 This time, I'm not airing out the books. 00:23.143 --> 00:24.343 In fact, I'm taking all of them 00:24.343 --> 00:25.023 away. 00:25.383 --> 00:26.783 Are you leaving, Mother? 00:28.983 --> 00:30.303 What makes you say that? 00:30.343 --> 00:32.303 You love books as much as your life. 00:32.303 --> 00:33.703 If the books are leaving, 00:33.903 --> 00:35.703 then you must be leaving too. 00:35.783 --> 00:37.183 You're very smart, Ziqi. 00:37.663 --> 00:38.783 But don't you worry. 00:39.103 --> 00:41.263 I'm just moving to another place. 00:41.663 --> 00:43.023 I'll still come back from time to time 00:43.023 --> 00:44.423 to check your homework. 00:44.943 --> 00:47.263 Do you see that box? Your homework's in it. 00:51.263 --> 00:53.303 Ziqi, go back and get changed now. 00:53.463 --> 00:55.423 You're covered in sweat. Let's go. 01:07.783 --> 01:08.823 So you've set a day? 01:09.943 --> 01:10.943 His Highness said 01:11.223 --> 01:13.503 this courtyard would be reserved for me. 01:13.863 --> 01:15.583 I will still be Ziqi's teacher, 01:16.143 --> 01:17.783 and a member of the household. 01:19.223 --> 01:20.063 I didn't expect 01:20.703 --> 01:22.463 this day to arrive eventually. 01:23.663 --> 01:24.583 But I think 01:25.023 --> 01:27.023 it's a good thing that this day came. 01:28.303 --> 01:29.423 I remember the day 01:29.423 --> 01:31.583 when I picked you up from the He Mansion 01:32.343 --> 01:33.143 and completed 01:34.943 --> 01:37.103 the wedding with you on Wuyi's behalf. 01:37.143 --> 01:38.463 At that time, I thought, 01:38.783 --> 01:39.943 my brother was lucky 01:40.863 --> 01:42.583 to marry such a girl as the Heir's Consort. 01:42.583 --> 01:43.423 Anmin... 01:43.503 --> 01:44.223 I know 01:44.703 --> 01:45.903 between you and Wuyi, 01:46.303 --> 01:47.223 there is trust, 01:47.943 --> 01:49.023 but never love. 01:49.943 --> 01:51.223 This is his loss. 02:05.343 --> 02:06.223 These few books 02:06.783 --> 02:08.383 are about river management. 02:08.463 --> 02:10.423 There are also some medical books. 02:10.583 --> 02:12.983 I think they might be of help to you. 02:18.583 --> 02:20.463 Yuanji, if I... 02:23.903 --> 02:25.303 If I were not Wuyi's brother, 02:25.303 --> 02:26.303 -I... -Brother. 02:31.703 --> 02:33.503 I do not fear gossip. 02:34.303 --> 02:35.063 However, 02:35.743 --> 02:38.023 I've always seen you as a brother figure. 02:39.143 --> 02:40.623 I deem it as a blessing for me 02:40.623 --> 02:42.303 to marry into the Xiao family, 02:42.423 --> 02:44.223 to become part of the household, 02:44.703 --> 02:46.463 and to support each other here. 02:48.063 --> 02:49.503 You are always so clever, 02:51.143 --> 02:52.943 not leaving me a glimmer of hope. 02:54.583 --> 02:55.263 Never mind. 02:57.183 --> 02:58.703 Upon stepping out of this door, 02:58.703 --> 03:00.783 you'll be embraced by the vast world. 03:04.143 --> 03:06.703 I wish you all the best, and may all your dreams 03:07.143 --> 03:07.983 come true. 04:44.103 --> 04:48.183 [Key to the Phoenix Heart] 04:48.263 --> 04:51.143 [Episode 21] 04:52.023 --> 04:54.663 [Northern Qin] 04:59.183 --> 04:59.743 Quick! 05:00.743 --> 05:01.463 Keep moving! 05:05.383 --> 05:06.103 Walk faster! 05:08.183 --> 05:08.703 Quick! 05:09.823 --> 05:11.583 Get up. Get up now! 05:11.583 --> 05:12.183 Hold on! 05:15.303 --> 05:16.183 Your Highness. 05:20.183 --> 05:21.343 Princess Pingning? 05:26.623 --> 05:27.423 What a coincidence. 05:27.423 --> 05:28.023 It's not. 05:29.263 --> 05:31.063 I came specifically to find you. 05:34.383 --> 05:35.103 Get a move on! 05:35.943 --> 05:36.383 Go! 05:37.183 --> 05:37.703 Quick! 05:39.023 --> 05:40.263 Didn't you say... 05:40.863 --> 05:42.823 If you change your mind one day, 05:43.063 --> 05:44.383 come to Northern Qin to find me. 05:44.383 --> 05:45.703 My Eagle King's Mansion 05:45.703 --> 05:47.623 will always open its doors for you! 05:48.183 --> 05:49.743 Now, I am here. 05:52.823 --> 05:53.943 Are you regretting it? 05:53.943 --> 05:55.823 A beauty throws herself into my arms. 05:55.823 --> 05:56.943 How could I refuse? 05:58.503 --> 06:00.183 Pretty though this flower is, 06:00.623 --> 06:01.823 I am not sure 06:02.263 --> 06:03.183 if it is toxic. 06:07.623 --> 06:09.383 I killed Xie Jiayu's mother, 06:09.703 --> 06:11.143 namely Princess Yunzhao. 06:11.423 --> 06:13.423 I just escaped from the clutches of Xiao Wuyi 06:13.423 --> 06:14.223 and Xie Jiayu. 06:14.863 --> 06:16.263 If I go back to Ye, 06:17.183 --> 06:18.743 all that awaits me is death. 06:19.383 --> 06:21.063 I have no home to go to now. 06:21.503 --> 06:23.543 Xiao Wuyi is a domineering dictator. 06:23.823 --> 06:24.823 My brother simply 06:24.823 --> 06:26.703 cannot put up a fight against him. 06:27.263 --> 06:28.703 But I believe that one day, 06:29.743 --> 06:31.823 my brother will definitely go to war with him 06:31.823 --> 06:33.263 and have a final showdown. 06:33.583 --> 06:34.583 On this matter, 06:35.383 --> 06:37.983 I assume you and my brother share the same goal. 06:38.383 --> 06:38.943 I can be 06:38.943 --> 06:40.703 a bridge between the two of you. 07:14.223 --> 07:15.943 Alright. This is enough! 07:25.183 --> 07:26.903 Already packed everything up? 07:30.863 --> 07:31.543 Mother. 07:31.863 --> 07:33.623 Yuanji, over all these years, 07:33.943 --> 07:35.943 in the huge Prince Jing'an's Mansion, 07:35.943 --> 07:38.663 you've actually been the one keeping me company. 07:38.943 --> 07:39.743 It's a shame 07:39.943 --> 07:42.063 that we are not destined to be in-laws. 07:42.623 --> 07:43.663 Wuyi aside, 07:45.303 --> 07:46.063 in fact, 07:47.263 --> 07:48.023 Anmin... 07:48.023 --> 07:48.583 Mother. 07:49.703 --> 07:51.343 I feel guilty about someone, 07:51.823 --> 07:53.463 and can never stop feeling so. 07:53.623 --> 07:54.823 My heart is burdened. 07:54.863 --> 07:55.823 Fine, forget it. 07:56.183 --> 07:59.343 The Xiao family doesn't have the luck to keep you around. 07:59.823 --> 08:02.663 Yuanji, you're about to return home after the divorce 08:02.663 --> 08:05.223 to solve the long-standing problems in the He family. 08:05.223 --> 08:07.503 Once your family agrees with the reform, 08:07.543 --> 08:10.423 it will surely be attacked by other noble families. 08:10.543 --> 08:13.023 A lot of difficulties are lying ahead of you. 08:16.183 --> 08:17.583 If you really can't cope, 08:18.383 --> 08:19.463 just come back to us. 08:19.463 --> 08:20.423 Jinyi Courtyard 08:22.063 --> 08:23.183 will still be yours. 08:23.383 --> 08:24.823 Prince Jing'an's Mansion 08:26.143 --> 08:27.543 will always be your home. 08:28.823 --> 08:29.583 Mother... 08:32.303 --> 08:33.063 Yuanji, 08:34.063 --> 08:35.063 for so many years, 08:35.823 --> 08:37.463 I have always wanted a daughter. 08:37.463 --> 08:39.263 It's a pity that I can't have one. 08:39.863 --> 08:41.983 How about I take you as my goddaughter? 08:42.943 --> 08:46.303 From now on, we will address each other as mother and daughter. 08:46.303 --> 08:48.383 And you will still be Ziqi's teacher. 08:48.823 --> 08:49.823 What do you think? 08:51.543 --> 08:52.743 If you deem me worthy, 08:53.183 --> 08:54.823 I'm more than willing to do so. 08:55.423 --> 08:57.783 These few years I spent in Prince Jing'an's Mansion 08:57.783 --> 08:59.023 were the most free 08:59.263 --> 09:01.103 and unrestrained days of my life. 09:04.303 --> 09:06.543 I consider myself extremely fortunate. 09:07.703 --> 09:08.503 Please get up. 09:15.583 --> 09:16.663 Does Yuanji not plan 09:16.663 --> 09:18.823 to tell Liu Zhaolin about his origins? 09:20.543 --> 09:22.263 Empress Dowager He already found an excuse 09:22.263 --> 09:24.023 to execute the entire Pei family. 09:24.023 --> 09:25.423 Suppose Liu Zhaolin is reminded 09:25.423 --> 09:27.023 of himself being Pei Runheng 09:27.063 --> 09:29.783 right now, when He Yuanji is about to take charge of the He family, 09:29.783 --> 09:30.783 he will come to realize 09:30.783 --> 09:32.663 that she is actually an enemy of his. 09:32.663 --> 09:33.823 Then how should 09:33.823 --> 09:35.543 the two of them face each other? 09:37.183 --> 09:39.263 Now, the Cui Family Case has been tried 09:39.263 --> 09:40.063 and reviewed. 09:40.943 --> 09:42.463 Conclusive evidence confirms 09:42.463 --> 09:43.663 that the Cui family illegally mined 09:43.663 --> 09:44.943 and brutalized women. 09:45.143 --> 09:46.663 However, Cui Jun already died. 09:46.663 --> 09:48.143 Cui Lingyi and Cui Shao'an 09:48.143 --> 09:49.783 stopped Cui Jun from destroying the fields 09:49.783 --> 09:50.943 so as to help the women escape. 09:50.943 --> 09:52.063 Their merits offset their faults. 09:52.063 --> 09:54.343 In the end, their property was confiscated, 09:54.343 --> 09:56.703 and Cui Shao'an was reduced to a commoner. 09:58.543 --> 10:00.343 There's still mercy left in Mao. 10:02.063 --> 10:03.463 Do you no longer blame him 10:04.063 --> 10:05.263 for what Li Lejun did? 10:06.463 --> 10:08.863 You told me to handle it myself, didn't you? 10:10.143 --> 10:11.463 This matter is over now. 10:20.063 --> 10:21.543 Actually, I have cracked the secret 10:21.543 --> 10:22.823 within the Phoenix Heart Tokens. 10:22.823 --> 10:25.503 Whether they exist or not no longer matters now. 10:34.703 --> 10:35.423 Look. 10:37.703 --> 10:39.023 These three spots on the map 10:39.023 --> 10:41.223 are the locations of mineral deposits. 10:56.543 --> 10:58.343 This is the map my master drew 10:58.343 --> 10:59.943 after traveling all over Ye. 11:00.943 --> 11:02.423 Look at these three places here. 11:02.423 --> 11:03.543 They match the three spots 11:03.543 --> 11:04.983 on the tokens, don't they? 11:09.423 --> 11:11.183 I've asked Ye Xing to bring back 11:11.183 --> 11:12.823 water and soil from these places. 11:12.823 --> 11:15.663 Then we'll know if there are minerals hidden there. 11:18.503 --> 11:19.263 Ye Xing? 11:20.263 --> 11:21.343 He's that Shadow Envoy. 11:21.343 --> 11:22.343 I gave him a name. 11:23.943 --> 11:25.423 I didn't mean to let him stay at first. 11:25.423 --> 11:26.463 But he said the mission of a Shadow Envoy 11:26.463 --> 11:28.223 is to protect the royal family. 11:28.263 --> 11:29.143 With Princess Yunzhao's passing, 11:29.143 --> 11:30.583 he was supposed to take his own life. 11:30.583 --> 11:31.463 If I refused to keep him around, 11:31.463 --> 11:32.623 he would have to die. 11:32.783 --> 11:34.023 That was really scary. 11:35.663 --> 11:37.063 So I had to let him stick around. 11:37.063 --> 11:38.263 I also gave him a name. 11:39.063 --> 11:39.903 I'd hate for him 11:39.903 --> 11:41.023 to end up like his brother. 11:42.943 --> 11:44.303 Is it a rule for all Shadow Envoys 11:44.303 --> 11:45.503 serving the royalty? 11:45.543 --> 11:48.663 That is, envoys have to be buried with their dead masters. 11:48.663 --> 11:49.783 Then what about your previous... 11:49.783 --> 11:52.783 They've been trained this way since they were little. 11:53.303 --> 11:55.303 They consider such conduct an honor. 11:55.303 --> 11:57.103 It cannot be changed overnight. 11:59.543 --> 12:00.263 Fine. 12:00.823 --> 12:03.103 Although Empress Wenxi was your mother, 12:03.183 --> 12:04.903 and Emperor Wenxi your father, 12:05.943 --> 12:07.103 I have to say they did 12:07.263 --> 12:08.983 resort to terrifying methods. 12:09.423 --> 12:11.303 They were not much better than Cui Jun. 12:11.303 --> 12:12.943 So, it is actually good for you to forsake the post 12:12.943 --> 12:14.183 of Crown Prince Wenxi. 12:31.063 --> 12:32.503 Did you really revive him? 12:33.063 --> 12:34.703 Yes, he's also from the Beifu Army. 12:34.703 --> 12:36.063 Last year, he suffered serious head trauma, 12:36.063 --> 12:37.463 resulting in blood stasis. 12:37.463 --> 12:38.783 His case was severer than yours. 12:38.783 --> 12:40.303 He went blind immediately. 12:40.343 --> 12:41.303 For the past year, 12:41.303 --> 12:42.703 I have been treating him. 12:43.423 --> 12:44.943 Having a strong will to live, 12:44.943 --> 12:46.183 he boldly tried every treatment 12:46.183 --> 12:47.583 and medicine available. 12:47.823 --> 12:49.543 Now, I've finally found a way 12:49.543 --> 12:50.823 to clear blood stasis. 12:51.303 --> 12:52.943 His vision is restored as we speak. 12:52.943 --> 12:54.303 With proper care, 12:54.823 --> 12:56.663 I believe he'll live for as long as any other healthy man. 12:56.663 --> 12:57.503 What's the way? 12:57.943 --> 13:00.543 Acupuncture, plus an incision into the skull. 13:02.263 --> 13:03.943 How many patients have you treated this way? 13:03.943 --> 13:04.463 Three. 13:06.303 --> 13:08.263 And only this one survived, right? 13:08.663 --> 13:10.063 What about the other two? 13:10.183 --> 13:11.423 Are they dead or paralyzed? 13:11.423 --> 13:12.423 I went to great lengths 13:12.423 --> 13:13.623 to finally find a way, 13:13.663 --> 13:14.903 yet you're still being picky! 13:14.903 --> 13:15.823 You want to live, don't you? 13:15.823 --> 13:17.183 Now I've offered you a solution. 13:17.183 --> 13:18.303 If you refuse to try, 13:18.823 --> 13:20.303 then forget I ever said it. 13:22.663 --> 13:23.463 I won't try it. 13:28.023 --> 13:30.023 Your condition isn't as serious as his. 13:30.023 --> 13:31.823 The treatment won't be as risky. 13:31.823 --> 13:32.703 I can tell you for sure 13:32.703 --> 13:34.023 that I'm more confident with your case. 13:34.023 --> 13:34.943 Once cured, you won't 13:34.943 --> 13:36.183 have to worry about dying soon. 13:36.183 --> 13:37.423 I can't afford to take 13:38.303 --> 13:39.423 even the slightest risk. 13:39.423 --> 13:40.503 Neither can Beifu. 13:42.423 --> 13:43.143 Fine. 13:43.583 --> 13:44.943 Then just wait to go blind in three years 13:44.943 --> 13:45.823 and die in five. 13:46.303 --> 13:47.463 I'm off to tell Jiayu about this. 13:47.463 --> 13:48.943 I forbid you from doing so! 13:53.303 --> 13:54.703 This is a military order. 13:55.823 --> 13:57.583 Jiayu doesn't know about your condition. 13:57.583 --> 13:59.063 She's even planning to travel all over Ye 13:59.063 --> 14:00.343 to restore the mineral map. 14:00.343 --> 14:01.463 Can you bear to see that happen? 14:01.463 --> 14:03.063 She's doing it for Princess Yunzhao, 14:03.063 --> 14:04.423 and also for fulfilling 14:04.543 --> 14:06.423 her own wish of exploring the world. 14:06.423 --> 14:07.823 There isn't much time left for you already. 14:07.823 --> 14:08.063 You can... 14:08.063 --> 14:08.903 Why even wait? 14:09.543 --> 14:10.343 So she'll finally 14:10.343 --> 14:12.023 have freedom only after I die? 14:12.943 --> 14:13.543 What if I'm in luck 14:13.543 --> 14:14.823 and still alive five years later? 14:14.823 --> 14:16.263 How can I ask her to just stick around 14:16.263 --> 14:17.903 and be with me the entire time? 14:23.423 --> 14:25.383 Xie Jiayu has her own path to tread. 14:38.543 --> 14:40.143 Has it ever crossed your mind 14:40.263 --> 14:42.303 that Jiayu will figure out the truth eventually? 14:42.303 --> 14:43.703 What will she think then? 14:44.543 --> 14:46.183 If your condition worsens faster than anticipated, 14:46.183 --> 14:47.783 leaving you with less than three to five years, 14:47.783 --> 14:50.303 she will hate you when she returns from her travels 14:50.303 --> 14:52.103 only to find you dead, won't she? 14:56.023 --> 14:56.823 Right? 14:59.423 --> 15:00.063 Xiao Wuyi. 15:01.063 --> 15:02.143 I was talking to you. 15:02.143 --> 15:02.983 Did you hear me? 15:04.143 --> 15:04.783 What was it? 15:07.023 --> 15:07.823 I said, 15:08.023 --> 15:10.263 Cangshan is very close to Beifu's Yunzhong Camp. 15:10.263 --> 15:11.783 Can I have a short stay there 15:12.143 --> 15:13.063 if I ever pass by? 15:14.983 --> 15:15.863 Of course. 15:16.383 --> 15:19.103 You're now family with a member of the Beifu Army. 15:23.183 --> 15:28.263 ♪ A toast to our romantic encounter ♪ 15:28.303 --> 15:30.303 ♪ I am here only for you ♪ Having gained more and more along the journey, 15:30.303 --> 15:33.623 ♪ Even though I know tremendous danger lies ahead ♪ I've completed the structure of the caltrop fireball. 15:33.623 --> 15:38.183 The biggest problem now ♪ If you could fill the empty spaces in my memories ♪ lies in the ore for making gunpowder. 15:39.543 --> 15:41.983 ♪ Only you would stay with me ♪ 15:42.023 --> 15:45.263 ♪ My heartbeat will never fade ♪ 15:45.343 --> 15:48.223 ♪ The wishes left unsaid ♪ 15:49.303 --> 15:51.343 ♪ A love I can't let go ♪ It's colder at night in Beifu than in Jiankang. 15:52.743 --> 16:01.543 ♪ A red thread woven by fate ♪ What is Jiayu doing right now? ♪ Love carries longing through time ♪ Has she reached Mount Cang yet? ♪ To make it come true ♪ How's the development of the caltrop fireball going? 16:04.983 --> 16:08.943 [Two years later, Lai Lake] Pass the ball to me! Over here! 16:09.823 --> 16:11.023 It looks pretty nice. 16:11.103 --> 16:12.383 What is this thing? 16:12.383 --> 16:13.863 I've never seen it before. 16:14.783 --> 16:16.583 Keep it down. Miss Xie said 16:17.063 --> 16:18.423 this was transformed from an immortal. 16:18.423 --> 16:19.823 If you get too loud 16:19.903 --> 16:21.423 and scare the immortal away, 16:21.423 --> 16:23.623 we won't have any grain to eat next year. 16:24.343 --> 16:26.583 It has come to life! The wood is animated! 16:26.983 --> 16:27.903 There's water! 16:28.663 --> 16:29.903 Water's flowing right out of it. 16:29.903 --> 16:30.863 This is amazing. 16:31.303 --> 16:32.383 From now on, you can divert 16:32.383 --> 16:33.863 the mountain streams directly into the farmland 16:33.863 --> 16:35.063 without fetching water on your own. 16:35.063 --> 16:35.983 Thank you, miss. 16:36.583 --> 16:38.823 Our husbands have all gone to build the canal. 16:38.823 --> 16:39.783 With this waterwheel, 16:39.783 --> 16:42.023 we won't have to carry water from the mountain anymore. 16:42.023 --> 16:42.823 That's right. 16:45.023 --> 16:45.783 What is it now? 16:45.783 --> 16:46.583 The Miraculous Craft 16:46.583 --> 16:47.863 offers many more novel devices. 16:47.863 --> 16:49.103 They are absolutely real 16:49.103 --> 16:50.183 and helpful to you. 16:52.023 --> 16:54.303 This device can plow over 20 mu a day, 16:54.583 --> 16:56.183 equaling three strong oxen. 16:56.343 --> 16:57.623 Three oxen? 16:57.623 --> 16:58.783 Sounds incredible. 17:00.583 --> 17:02.503 The bamboo strips and palm leaves of this rain cape 17:02.503 --> 17:04.063 have undergone special treatment. 17:04.063 --> 17:05.023 I guarantee you won't get wet at all 17:05.023 --> 17:06.663 when you wear it in heavy rain. 17:07.023 --> 17:08.303 Top quality, fairly pricing. 17:08.303 --> 17:09.263 A genuine good deal. 17:09.263 --> 17:10.823 -That impressive? -This is great. 17:10.823 --> 17:11.823 How amazing. 17:19.903 --> 17:21.423 Oh no, My Lady. 17:22.143 --> 17:23.063 Another explosion. 17:23.063 --> 17:24.063 Why an explosion? 17:28.423 --> 17:29.183 Cui Shao'an! 17:30.743 --> 17:31.463 Cui Shao'an! 17:33.103 --> 17:33.863 Cui Shao'an? 17:34.023 --> 17:35.023 Careful, ladies. 17:38.023 --> 17:38.743 Cui Shao'an. 17:39.183 --> 17:40.783 Did you... get hurt? 17:43.503 --> 17:44.863 Don't overthink it. 17:44.903 --> 17:47.183 She's just concerned about your safety. 17:48.823 --> 17:49.863 It seems this batch of ore 17:49.863 --> 17:51.023 is still not pure enough 17:51.023 --> 17:52.103 to be used for caltrop fireballs. 17:52.103 --> 17:52.743 It's fine. 17:53.343 --> 17:54.543 I'll go look for more. 17:55.183 --> 17:56.263 Who would've known? 17:56.263 --> 17:58.823 The Mr. Cui who never did physical labor before 17:58.823 --> 18:00.263 is now willing and glad to cross 18:00.263 --> 18:02.023 mountains and hills to collect stones. 18:02.023 --> 18:03.743 If I can restore my father's map 18:03.823 --> 18:04.943 of mineral deposits 18:05.183 --> 18:06.503 and help you produce caltrop fireballs, 18:06.503 --> 18:07.543 it'll be counted 18:08.343 --> 18:09.543 as my atonement for the Cui family. 18:09.543 --> 18:10.943 If your sister knew this, 18:11.183 --> 18:12.943 she would be rather gratified. 18:15.023 --> 18:16.463 I'm setting out right now. 18:16.583 --> 18:17.343 Just as usual, 18:17.343 --> 18:18.503 I'll send you letters 18:18.503 --> 18:20.343 on any updates via carrier pigeons. 18:20.503 --> 18:22.223 No need to rush like this. 18:22.583 --> 18:24.103 I know you're eager to get things done. 18:24.103 --> 18:25.383 The military grain canal is being built at full speed. 18:25.383 --> 18:26.143 Once it's completed, 18:26.143 --> 18:28.143 the army will head north for battle. 18:28.143 --> 18:29.663 There isn't much time left for the production 18:29.663 --> 18:30.943 of caltrop fireballs. 18:36.303 --> 18:37.423 Keep yourself safe. 18:51.223 --> 18:54.223 The 78th attempt failed. 18:55.783 --> 18:56.703 Nonetheless... 18:58.023 --> 19:01.663 the ore made great purple-red fireworks. 19:03.863 --> 19:07.023 Suggested usage: fireworks for the Lantern Festival. 19:08.343 --> 19:10.063 It was not entirely fruitless. 19:10.943 --> 19:12.263 Cheer up, Nanxing. 19:16.023 --> 19:17.823 This mess is yours to handle now. 19:25.423 --> 19:29.183 To my beloved wife Yaoyao, reading this is like seeing me in person. 19:29.303 --> 19:31.343 The first snow arrived in the Northern Border early. 19:31.343 --> 19:33.063 Fortunately, I didn't let the court down 19:33.063 --> 19:35.263 by eliminating all the bandits in the southwest, 19:35.263 --> 19:37.343 and thus clearing a lurking peril for Ye. 19:37.343 --> 19:38.623 I am deeply relieved. 19:39.103 --> 19:41.063 However, the grain canal is not yet finished. 19:41.063 --> 19:43.583 I'm afraid I can't spend the New Year with you. 19:43.863 --> 19:44.943 In the next spring, 19:45.663 --> 19:48.823 I will be waiting in the Northern Border for your return. 19:53.143 --> 19:54.663 People who don't know better would think 19:54.663 --> 19:57.743 it's been ages since Your Ladyship and His Highness last met. 19:57.743 --> 19:58.823 Didn't His Highness take a detour 19:58.823 --> 19:59.983 to this place to visit Your Ladyship 19:59.983 --> 20:02.223 before setting out to fight the bandits? 20:02.263 --> 20:04.183 That was already three months ago. 20:04.623 --> 20:05.903 Besides, last time we met, 20:05.903 --> 20:08.063 I barely got the time to say much to him. 20:08.823 --> 20:09.863 Fine, if you say so. 20:10.423 --> 20:12.783 My Lady, over the past two years, you've traveled everywhere 20:12.783 --> 20:14.983 in Ye, looking for proper ore to make caltrop fireballs. 20:14.983 --> 20:17.063 You've also designed many farming tools 20:17.063 --> 20:18.983 and opened branches of the Miraculous Craft nationwide. 20:18.983 --> 20:20.063 When there are harvests, 20:20.063 --> 20:21.663 the credit will all go to you. 20:22.623 --> 20:23.303 My Lady, 20:23.343 --> 20:25.063 where is our next destination? 20:32.303 --> 20:34.823 Tian Quan should've paid the debt three days ago, 20:34.823 --> 20:36.103 yet he has not come. 20:36.983 --> 20:39.023 He's not trying to renege on it, is he? 20:40.823 --> 20:42.903 Everyone's saying that my husband Tian Quan 20:42.903 --> 20:45.063 embezzled the funds for building the grain canal. 20:45.063 --> 20:46.183 He couldn't take it 20:47.343 --> 20:48.503 and hanged himself. 20:48.743 --> 20:49.663 What grain canal? 20:49.663 --> 20:53.463 The canal for transporting grain and forage to the Northern Border. 20:53.663 --> 20:54.183 My Lady, 20:55.183 --> 20:56.663 now that Tian Quan is dead, 20:56.823 --> 20:59.463 I'm afraid we won't be able to get our money back. 20:59.823 --> 21:01.623 Miss, if you're here to collect the debt, 21:01.623 --> 21:03.623 all I can offer is my worthless life. 21:04.143 --> 21:05.303 If you want it, miss, 21:05.383 --> 21:06.383 then just take it. 21:08.263 --> 21:09.583 What exactly happened? 21:10.103 --> 21:11.503 Weren't all the tenant farmers and artisans of the village 21:11.503 --> 21:13.743 on the east conscripted to build the grain canal? 21:13.743 --> 21:14.583 Why would there be embazzlement? 21:14.583 --> 21:16.103 The officials were pressing hard, 21:16.103 --> 21:17.423 so my husband led everyone 21:17.423 --> 21:19.023 to work day and night non-stop. 21:19.023 --> 21:20.023 The job was finally done. 21:20.023 --> 21:22.423 Yet the higher-ups said the funds for building the canal hadn't arrived. 21:22.423 --> 21:25.623 But who doesn't have their hopes pinned on this money for the New Year? 21:25.623 --> 21:27.023 Then why did people accuse 21:27.023 --> 21:29.183 your husband of embezzling the canal construction funds? 21:29.183 --> 21:30.983 I swear to heaven that he didn't! 21:30.983 --> 21:31.823 My husband once 21:31.823 --> 21:33.823 went to the local government to demand justice. 21:33.823 --> 21:35.143 Not only did he fail to get a single coin, 21:35.143 --> 21:36.903 but he was beaten and sent back. 21:37.783 --> 21:38.423 Besides... 21:38.583 --> 21:39.343 Besides what? 21:39.343 --> 21:41.383 Besides, after my husband came home, 21:41.663 --> 21:43.583 he kept cursing Lord Li, the magistrate, 21:43.583 --> 21:44.343 declaring him to be 21:44.343 --> 21:48.143 a heinous corrupt official who only knows to flatter his superiors. 21:48.743 --> 21:50.063 Go home with your child. 21:50.143 --> 21:51.503 If there is indeed an injustice, 21:51.503 --> 21:53.423 the Young Lady will seek redress for everyone. 21:53.423 --> 21:54.343 Thank you, miss. 21:54.343 --> 21:55.343 Thank you so much. 22:04.983 --> 22:05.423 My Lady. 22:06.263 --> 22:08.063 I made inquiries at the local government. 22:08.063 --> 22:09.823 County Magistrate Li Geng left three days ago 22:09.823 --> 22:10.623 for Jiankang, 22:10.823 --> 22:11.983 as the triennial official evaluation 22:11.983 --> 22:12.983 is about to commence. 22:12.983 --> 22:14.543 He is likely taking advantage of the New Year 22:14.543 --> 22:15.263 to bribe his way 22:15.263 --> 22:16.463 up and down the ranks. 22:17.063 --> 22:18.343 What an outrage. 22:19.023 --> 22:19.543 Nanxing. 22:19.663 --> 22:20.103 Yes. 22:20.823 --> 22:21.823 Pack up our stuff. 22:22.023 --> 22:23.063 We are going back to Jiankang. 22:23.063 --> 22:23.583 Got it. 22:29.263 --> 22:30.703 Little trinkets for sale! 22:31.183 --> 22:32.103 Trinkets for sale! 22:32.103 --> 22:33.223 Come and take a look! 22:33.343 --> 22:34.463 It's been two years. 22:34.823 --> 22:37.503 Jiankang has become more bustling than before. 22:39.303 --> 22:42.143 It's said that Prince Qi is very popular with the people. 22:42.143 --> 22:44.103 "A dark eagle soars out of Mount Qi, 22:44.303 --> 22:45.903 bringing in a year of peace." 22:46.743 --> 22:47.903 It's a compliment to Prince Qi 22:47.903 --> 22:49.703 for his excellence governance. 22:50.343 --> 22:51.103 I know. 22:51.623 --> 22:52.343 Everyone 22:53.263 --> 22:55.103 hopes for peace and prosperity. 22:58.383 --> 22:58.823 Look. 22:59.183 --> 23:00.263 Isn't that Li Geng? 23:02.423 --> 23:03.343 Yes, exactly. 23:03.383 --> 23:03.943 Let's go. 23:05.423 --> 23:08.223 Bravo! Bravo! [County Magistrate, Li Geng] 23:08.663 --> 23:10.623 I heard that once corrupt officials from all over enter Jiankang, 23:10.623 --> 23:12.623 they'd buy a calligraphy painting from Guanhai House 23:12.623 --> 23:13.983 and give it as a gift. 23:14.503 --> 23:16.343 Those who receive paintings will sell them 23:16.343 --> 23:18.143 back to Guanhai House for money. 23:20.103 --> 23:22.103 It's practically an industry then. 23:22.263 --> 23:23.863 Look, Li Geng is holding a painting. 23:23.863 --> 23:25.423 It seems he's going to meet the one 23:25.423 --> 23:28.543 manipulating the buying and selling of official posts. 23:28.543 --> 23:29.183 Perfect. 23:29.543 --> 23:31.143 Let's find out the vermin of the court 23:31.143 --> 23:32.823 and root them out altogether. 23:34.343 --> 23:35.943 [Xiyue Restaurant] 23:37.783 --> 23:38.183 Wait. 23:39.103 --> 23:41.503 Why did he enter Xiyue Restaurant instead? 23:42.583 --> 23:44.303 Come on, let's go get changed. 23:45.103 --> 23:47.663 Thereafter, the saying began to spread— 23:47.743 --> 23:52.063 "When the Phoenix Heart Tokens appear, peace shall be restored in the world." 23:53.343 --> 23:54.663 Are you from Youzhou? 23:56.343 --> 23:58.183 I am the magistrate of Pingjiang County, 23:58.183 --> 23:59.383 Yueyang Prefecture. 23:59.983 --> 24:00.583 What about you? 24:00.583 --> 24:02.143 -I'm from Changping County. -Look. 24:02.143 --> 24:04.103 -There was a locusts disaster last year. -This one's nice. 24:04.103 --> 24:06.343 I even sold my ancestral house to scrape together 24:06.343 --> 24:07.143 some silver, 24:07.383 --> 24:09.823 hoping to smoothen my way through the triennial evaluation. 24:09.823 --> 24:10.983 Did you not buy a painting? 24:10.983 --> 24:11.903 I heard that without a painting, 24:11.903 --> 24:12.983 one doesn't even get to meet the inspector 24:12.983 --> 24:14.583 or the state and county personnel appraisers. 24:14.583 --> 24:16.063 I bought a painting. I did. 24:16.783 --> 24:17.583 That one is it. 24:18.383 --> 24:20.183 It cost me 5,000 taels of silver. 24:20.423 --> 24:21.583 Five thousand taels? 24:21.583 --> 24:22.143 No easy task, really. 24:22.143 --> 24:24.423 What kind of painting could cost that much? 24:24.423 --> 24:25.343 This is a bribe. 24:26.503 --> 24:27.743 I made it! I made it! 24:28.143 --> 24:29.223 The inspector said 24:29.303 --> 24:30.983 I performed extraordinarily in the past three years 24:30.983 --> 24:33.703 and that I'd at least get one "Excellent" rating! 24:34.263 --> 24:35.783 Congratulations! 24:35.783 --> 24:36.583 -Congratulations! -Thank you. 24:36.583 --> 24:38.823 Magistrate of Pingjiang County, Yueyang Prefecture! 24:38.823 --> 24:39.583 It's my turn. 24:40.023 --> 24:41.063 Good luck to you! 24:41.343 --> 24:42.583 Wish you success! 25:05.343 --> 25:06.663 Greetings, Inspector. 25:06.983 --> 25:09.623 I am the Magistrate of Pingjiang County, Yueyang Prefecture. 25:09.623 --> 25:12.143 Pingjiang County had a good harvest last year. 25:12.143 --> 25:14.223 How come you only offer 12,000 taels? 25:14.823 --> 25:16.143 How dare he ask for more. 25:18.063 --> 25:18.623 Speak up. 25:19.263 --> 25:21.503 What rating would you like me to give you? 25:22.263 --> 25:23.983 If I ask for an "Excellent" in all three categories... 25:23.983 --> 25:27.423 That will take more than this painting of Snow on Spring River. 25:31.783 --> 25:32.623 Xiao Wuyi? 25:36.023 --> 25:36.983 Why is it you? 25:37.183 --> 25:38.543 It should be me asking you that. 25:38.543 --> 25:39.823 Why are you messing things up here? 25:39.823 --> 25:40.583 Didn't you tell me 25:40.583 --> 25:41.863 you were off to fight bandits? 25:41.863 --> 25:43.423 How are you an inspector... 25:46.103 --> 25:47.823 So you're the one taking bribes through paintings? 25:47.823 --> 25:49.383 Why do you need so many of them? 25:49.383 --> 25:50.383 Xiao Wuyi, you... 25:52.503 --> 25:53.143 Hey, what did you just do? 25:53.143 --> 25:54.623 Why did you smash that cup? 25:58.983 --> 26:00.583 The second floor is secured. 26:01.143 --> 26:02.503 Wuyi, why did you... 26:11.503 --> 26:12.303 Jiayu? 26:12.623 --> 26:13.983 What are you doing here? 26:14.983 --> 26:15.823 Your Highness. 26:16.903 --> 26:17.863 Greet him again. 26:21.823 --> 26:22.503 Father. 26:23.583 --> 26:24.823 That's is more like it. 26:48.783 --> 26:50.423 W-What does this stroke mean? 26:50.863 --> 26:52.023 It means two copies, 26:52.063 --> 26:53.023 referring to two identical 26:53.023 --> 26:55.143 calligraphic pieces of Liu Jiang Tie. 26:55.503 --> 26:57.063 Li Geng is pretty rich then. 26:58.823 --> 26:59.823 The calculation's done. 26:59.823 --> 27:01.263 Altogether 47 officials from various areas 27:01.263 --> 27:02.663 came to the capital city. 27:02.783 --> 27:04.103 The money paid as bribes under the guise of art works 27:04.103 --> 27:05.063 is about 170,000 taels. 27:05.063 --> 27:05.863 How dare they. 27:06.823 --> 27:08.583 When I asked them to build the canal, 27:08.583 --> 27:10.103 they complained about being poor all the time. 27:10.103 --> 27:11.663 But they sent 170,000-tael-worth gifts without hassle 27:11.663 --> 27:13.543 for the performance evaluation. 27:13.583 --> 27:14.663 Some officials they are. 27:14.663 --> 27:16.423 What do you plan to do with them? 27:16.423 --> 27:17.303 Among these people, 27:17.303 --> 27:18.783 many are from humble origins and were promoted 27:18.783 --> 27:20.103 by you after the reform began. 27:20.103 --> 27:22.103 Send them all to the Ministry of Justice. 27:22.103 --> 27:25.503 Wuyi, absolutely clear water is no habitat for fish. 27:25.863 --> 27:27.063 This is officialdom, 27:27.543 --> 27:28.663 not a military camp. 27:29.063 --> 27:32.183 The Beifu Reform has been going smoothly over these two years. 27:32.183 --> 27:33.863 It is first due to the concession of noble families, 27:33.863 --> 27:36.743 and second to these officials from humble origins, 27:36.903 --> 27:39.063 who have done a lot of real work for you. 27:39.303 --> 27:40.783 If you have all of them punished, 27:40.783 --> 27:42.823 I'm afraid others will be disheartened. 27:42.823 --> 27:45.343 You'd hate to be an isolated minister, right? 27:46.543 --> 27:47.663 Then investigate each of them. 27:47.663 --> 27:49.743 Those who sold their ancestral houses will be exempted. 27:49.743 --> 27:51.103 Give the money back to them and chase them away. 27:51.103 --> 27:52.663 Those who are found to have imposed exorbitant taxes, 27:52.663 --> 27:53.543 embezzled disaster relief funds, 27:53.543 --> 27:54.743 or fraudulently claimed canal building funds 27:54.743 --> 27:55.743 will have to cough up 27:55.743 --> 27:57.463 every tael of silver they took, 27:57.503 --> 27:58.823 and be sent to the Ministry of Justice. 27:58.823 --> 28:00.063 All illicit gains must be confiscated. 28:00.063 --> 28:01.383 The grain canal building is short of funds. 28:01.383 --> 28:03.063 If we wait for the court to allocate funds, 28:03.063 --> 28:04.263 I'm afraid the canal can't be finished 28:04.263 --> 28:05.463 even in the next year. 28:06.183 --> 28:06.743 Got it. 28:08.023 --> 28:08.463 Hold on! 28:09.503 --> 28:10.823 Don't forget about that guy named Li Geng. 28:10.823 --> 28:11.503 It was he who embezzled 28:11.503 --> 28:12.863 the pay for the workers building the canal. 28:12.863 --> 28:13.423 To add to that, 28:13.423 --> 28:14.783 he caused a man's death. 28:15.143 --> 28:16.743 You must not let him get away. 28:24.383 --> 28:25.623 I misinterpreted your action. 28:25.623 --> 28:26.423 My apologies. 28:26.783 --> 28:28.623 I thought you were that corrupt inspector, 28:28.623 --> 28:30.823 but it turned out you were on a sting operation. 28:30.823 --> 28:31.783 Well, you see... 28:34.823 --> 28:35.863 I'm so tired 28:35.863 --> 28:37.623 from that lengthy journey today. 28:37.623 --> 28:39.383 I also helped catch many corrupt officials. 28:39.383 --> 28:41.103 It's getting late. 28:41.383 --> 28:42.023 Father, 28:42.023 --> 28:43.783 I'd like to go and get some rest now. 28:43.783 --> 28:45.823 I will come greet you again tomorrow. 28:46.143 --> 28:47.823 Xie Jiayu, stop running! 28:48.423 --> 28:50.343 You didn't even recognize the accounting symbols just now. 28:50.343 --> 28:51.103 How could you? 28:51.103 --> 28:51.983 Come back here! 28:52.423 --> 28:53.423 Xie Jiayu! 28:58.183 --> 28:59.543 Xie Jiayu, 28:59.663 --> 29:01.343 I sent over so much pear blossom candy 29:01.343 --> 29:03.543 so as to encourage you to practice hard. 29:03.583 --> 29:06.583 But you actually tricked me by having Nanxing do all the accounting. 29:06.583 --> 29:07.343 At this rate, 29:07.343 --> 29:08.303 how are you going to handle 29:08.303 --> 29:10.623 the finances of Prince Jing'an's Mansion in the future? 29:10.623 --> 29:11.783 Yuanji, 29:12.183 --> 29:14.183 Nanxing's here to help, isn't she? 29:15.903 --> 29:17.343 All Nanxing can do is render some help. 29:17.343 --> 29:19.063 You must learn how to do the calculation yourself. 29:19.063 --> 29:20.063 Well, you're also 29:20.063 --> 29:21.903 here to help, aren't you, Yuanji? 29:24.143 --> 29:26.423 Every year I propose to hand the accounts over to you, 29:26.423 --> 29:27.583 yet you always make excuses to dodge it. 29:27.583 --> 29:28.583 When the next year begins, 29:28.583 --> 29:30.783 I'll have to return to Yuxi Prefecture with the He family. 29:30.783 --> 29:33.183 Let's see how long you can keep avoiding it. 29:42.903 --> 29:43.783 Yuanji, 29:44.823 --> 29:46.143 could you please stay? 29:48.023 --> 29:49.663 So you did all that on purpose? 29:50.263 --> 29:50.943 I... 29:53.783 --> 29:54.783 Silly girl, 29:55.383 --> 29:57.103 I also yearn to live my own life. 29:58.103 --> 30:00.703 Now, things in the He family have settled down. 30:01.023 --> 30:03.143 I finally get a chance to go see the outside world 30:03.143 --> 30:04.183 just like you do. 30:05.183 --> 30:06.623 Being constrained by the He family first, 30:06.623 --> 30:08.023 and then the Xiao family, 30:08.263 --> 30:09.663 I was never myself. 30:11.583 --> 30:12.423 This time, 30:12.663 --> 30:14.623 I'd like to be my real self for once. 30:19.103 --> 30:19.983 Well... 30:20.183 --> 30:21.583 Is Mr. Liu going with you? 30:29.343 --> 30:30.183 Actually, 30:30.223 --> 30:31.583 I think Anmin is better. 30:32.183 --> 30:33.743 If you chose him, 30:34.063 --> 30:34.623 then we can 30:34.623 --> 30:36.823 spend every day together in the future. 30:37.823 --> 30:39.103 You're hoping for that 30:39.263 --> 30:42.263 so you can avoid learning accounting forever, right? 30:45.423 --> 30:46.543 Why does constant parting 30:46.543 --> 30:48.143 have to be part of growing up? 30:51.263 --> 30:52.503 Rest assured, Yuanji. 30:52.543 --> 30:53.943 I'll try my best to learn. 31:02.783 --> 31:04.823 The Eastern Palace summons the Heir and Lady Xie. 31:04.823 --> 31:06.063 His Highness is waiting now. 31:06.063 --> 31:08.863 The Eastern Palace learned of your return so soon? 31:26.023 --> 31:26.943 We've parted for two years. 31:26.943 --> 31:32.103 Why never say a word about your return? [Chief Eunuch of the Eastern Palace, Feng An] You just had to make me send an invitation to Prince Jing'an's Mansion. 31:32.103 --> 31:33.583 See all those memorials behind me? 31:33.583 --> 31:35.303 You're being impeached in every one. 31:35.303 --> 31:37.223 The officials from poor families, who were promoted by you, 31:37.223 --> 31:38.783 are said to have bribed the inspector. 31:38.783 --> 31:40.423 You knew that long ago, didn't you? 31:40.423 --> 31:42.143 The officials involved were arrested in Xiyue Restaurant. 31:42.143 --> 31:43.663 Or you couldn't have summoned us so soon, right? 31:43.663 --> 31:45.383 What was the amount of bribery? 31:45.383 --> 31:47.983 Every item added up to 170,000 taels of silver. 31:48.383 --> 31:50.583 I directed it all to build the grain canal. 31:50.583 --> 31:52.583 The Department of State Affairs is too slow with funding. 31:52.583 --> 31:54.903 And it takes you a lot of work to deal with the ministries. 31:54.903 --> 31:55.943 I'm just helping you 31:55.943 --> 31:57.623 warn the newly promoted officials 31:57.823 --> 32:00.343 from humble origins to stay on the right path. 32:01.663 --> 32:03.143 As long as you don't fear offending anyone. 32:03.143 --> 32:03.663 Oh right. 32:04.303 --> 32:05.143 The New Year is approaching. 32:05.143 --> 32:07.823 Do you need to hurry back to the Northern Border? 32:08.823 --> 32:09.863 Any orders from Your Highness? 32:09.863 --> 32:11.623 What can I possibly order you to do? 32:11.623 --> 32:13.343 I heard your father came back, didn't he? 32:13.343 --> 32:14.343 Since everyone is around now, 32:14.343 --> 32:15.743 we can celebrate the New Year together. 32:15.743 --> 32:16.543 Right, Jiayu? 32:22.023 --> 32:24.103 Mao, is that soft armor? 32:29.663 --> 32:30.823 Premium materials. 32:30.863 --> 32:32.263 Exquisite workmanship. 32:32.783 --> 32:34.023 It's really well made. 32:34.423 --> 32:35.143 Actually, 32:35.623 --> 32:37.823 it's my gift to you for your conferment. 32:42.583 --> 32:43.263 Chan. 32:45.383 --> 32:46.063 Chan? 32:49.663 --> 32:50.583 To be honest, 32:50.983 --> 32:53.423 I've taken Chan as a concubine of mine. 33:02.423 --> 33:03.743 Why did no one tell me I was to be conferred on 33:03.743 --> 33:05.103 the title of Heir's Consort? 33:05.103 --> 33:06.823 Wuyi already divorced Lady He. 33:07.103 --> 33:09.023 How can the dignified heir of Prince Jing'an 33:09.023 --> 33:10.263 not have a consort? 33:11.983 --> 33:13.463 So, I directly petitioned His Majesty 33:13.463 --> 33:15.103 before asking for your approval 33:15.103 --> 33:17.503 to confer on Jiayu the title of Heir's Consort. 33:17.503 --> 33:19.383 His Majesty even specially ordered a seal 33:19.383 --> 33:20.463 and a certificate to be made 33:20.463 --> 33:22.383 by the Imperial Works Department. 33:23.743 --> 33:25.183 I haven't even brought it up yet, 33:25.183 --> 33:26.703 and you're already more eager than I am. 33:26.703 --> 33:27.903 After the New Year, 33:28.023 --> 33:29.623 I will make sure there is 33:29.623 --> 33:31.903 a grand conferment ceremony for you two. 33:32.783 --> 33:33.303 Yaoyao, 33:34.263 --> 33:36.383 the mechanical arts you love studying do not 33:36.383 --> 33:38.383 bring less danger than battle does. 33:38.583 --> 33:39.623 As you get in and out of the workshop, 33:39.623 --> 33:40.703 wearing this armor 33:40.703 --> 33:41.783 can provide some protection. 33:41.783 --> 33:48.143 There's also a calligraphic work for you two. [May you a lifetime of happiness] Consider it a wedding gift from me to you. 33:58.503 --> 34:00.943 The Heir Consort's conferment ceremony... 34:01.183 --> 34:02.463 It's a serious matter. 34:02.543 --> 34:04.863 Mao should've discussed with us earlier. 34:04.903 --> 34:06.223 Also, little did I expect 34:06.223 --> 34:08.303 Chan to be taken as a royal concubine. 34:09.023 --> 34:10.623 It didn't occur to me either. 34:12.103 --> 34:13.583 Actually, the conferment ceremony 34:13.583 --> 34:15.183 isn't really that big a deal, is it? 34:15.183 --> 34:16.463 How is it not a big deal? 34:17.023 --> 34:18.223 The entire process of it is even 34:18.223 --> 34:20.223 more complicated than a wedding's. 34:21.383 --> 34:23.023 I thought you'd be delighted. 34:23.463 --> 34:25.183 Of course I'm delighted. 34:25.583 --> 34:27.023 It's just a bit too sudden. 34:27.063 --> 34:28.103 Just some rituals performed at home. 34:28.103 --> 34:30.303 They're hardly as complicated as you think. 34:30.303 --> 34:31.463 What surprised me 34:32.303 --> 34:34.783 was that Yizhi had a seal newly made and asked 34:36.463 --> 34:39.743 the Inner Court's Rites Directorate to prepare for the ceremony. 34:39.743 --> 34:40.903 It's actually good. 34:44.303 --> 34:45.583 I promised your mother 34:46.063 --> 34:47.983 not to drag you into the mess I'm in. 34:48.863 --> 34:49.983 I've broken my word. 34:51.623 --> 34:53.023 Now that it's all inevitable, 34:53.023 --> 34:55.023 I must give you the strongest armor. 34:55.103 --> 34:57.023 With that seal and the official conferment, 34:57.023 --> 34:58.103 everything in Prince Jing'an's Mansion 34:58.103 --> 34:59.583 will be at your command from now on. 34:59.583 --> 35:00.623 No one can hurt you. 35:02.103 --> 35:04.503 In Prince Jing'an's Mansion, would anyone give me 35:04.503 --> 35:05.743 a hard time except you? 35:08.543 --> 35:09.503 No, I suppose. 35:18.383 --> 35:19.143 Xiao Wuyi, 35:19.863 --> 35:21.543 will you head north for battle soon? 35:21.543 --> 35:22.863 I'm sick of receiving letters from home 35:22.863 --> 35:24.103 for the past two years. 35:24.423 --> 35:26.023 I want to go to Beifu with you. 35:40.503 --> 35:42.183 My face hurts from all that smiling. 35:42.183 --> 35:43.863 You think the guests were too many? 35:43.863 --> 35:46.703 They were just a few soldiers' families, coming to offer New Year's greetings. 35:47.583 --> 35:48.623 It is finally over. 35:49.183 --> 35:51.263 I have serious business to attend to. 35:51.583 --> 35:52.943 What serious business? 35:54.463 --> 35:56.383 Xiao Wuyi agreed to let me join the army. 35:56.383 --> 35:58.903 Now, I am Beifu Army's ordinance supervisor. 35:59.583 --> 36:00.183 Finally, 36:00.503 --> 36:02.463 my skills are needed somewhere. 36:02.943 --> 36:04.343 You're joining the army? 36:04.783 --> 36:06.983 Then what about the household affairs? 36:10.903 --> 36:11.583 My Lady, 36:11.703 --> 36:14.263 I have to manage the Miraculous Craft for you. 36:14.383 --> 36:16.463 Dear Nanxing, don't be modest. 36:16.783 --> 36:18.183 Thanks to you and Jing Lan, the Miraculous Craft 36:18.183 --> 36:18.983 could open branches 36:18.983 --> 36:20.663 all over Ye within such a short time. 36:20.663 --> 36:22.903 Someone talented like you is not to be wasted. 36:22.903 --> 36:23.743 Yuanji, 36:23.783 --> 36:25.103 I'm not being a lazybones. 36:25.103 --> 36:27.463 I'm just assigning the right person to the right position. 36:27.463 --> 36:29.463 You can always come up with excuses. 36:29.863 --> 36:30.503 This won't do. 36:30.503 --> 36:32.143 I'm just a servant. 36:32.863 --> 36:34.383 So what if you are a servant? 36:35.103 --> 36:36.023 Years ago, 36:36.063 --> 36:37.783 I was just a butcher's daughter. 36:37.783 --> 36:38.583 But now, 36:38.663 --> 36:40.383 I'm a Princess, aren't I? 36:40.903 --> 36:41.663 Mother. 36:42.383 --> 36:43.903 Now that the Heir's Consort thinks highly of you, 36:43.903 --> 36:45.103 just do your job well. 36:47.903 --> 36:49.343 I swear I will live up to 36:49.463 --> 36:50.863 Your Highnesses' trust. 36:55.303 --> 36:58.023 Mother, you don't think I'm just messing around? 36:58.583 --> 37:00.503 Yuanji loves studying historical texts. 37:00.503 --> 37:01.703 Ruisheng excels at medicine. 37:01.703 --> 37:02.863 You like mechanics. 37:02.943 --> 37:04.063 Yan Yue practices martial arts. 37:04.063 --> 37:05.863 Nanxing is good at operating business. 37:05.863 --> 37:08.023 As for me, I enjoy feeding chickens 37:08.023 --> 37:09.063 and raising ducks. 37:09.063 --> 37:09.943 We all have things 37:09.943 --> 37:11.023 we'd like to do. 37:11.223 --> 37:13.703 Isn't it nice to leverage our own strengths? 37:14.263 --> 37:15.143 Let's go have 37:15.143 --> 37:16.103 the New Year's Eve dinner together. 37:16.103 --> 37:16.543 Sure. 37:16.663 --> 37:17.223 Let's go. 37:18.543 --> 37:19.743 Xiao Ziqi, sit tight! 37:21.383 --> 37:22.903 I was out practicing medicine all year 37:22.903 --> 37:24.023 and couldn't discipline you. 37:24.023 --> 37:26.263 So you started causing trouble here and there. 37:26.263 --> 37:27.983 Do you want to memorize the acupoint chart again? 37:27.983 --> 37:28.783 Auntie, 37:29.023 --> 37:29.903 help me. 37:30.063 --> 37:30.943 Alright, Sister. 37:30.943 --> 37:32.383 Ziqi says he got the message. 37:32.383 --> 37:33.383 Now, you spoil him 37:33.383 --> 37:34.903 even more than Yuanji does. 37:34.903 --> 37:35.623 Someday, 37:35.663 --> 37:37.383 I'll send you to a school in the mountains. 37:37.383 --> 37:39.703 The kind where you can't leave until ten years later. 37:39.703 --> 37:40.303 Come here! 37:42.543 --> 37:43.143 Behave. 37:44.583 --> 37:45.503 Father, Mother, 37:45.703 --> 37:46.863 I'm sorry to be late. 37:47.183 --> 37:49.143 Almost missed the New Year's Eve dinner. 37:49.143 --> 37:51.823 Didn't you say you were busy with the grain canal 37:52.063 --> 37:54.183 and couldn't come back for the dinner? 37:54.223 --> 37:56.783 I heard there would be a conferment ceremony. 37:57.023 --> 37:58.623 Wuyi and Jiayu are both back. 37:58.983 --> 38:00.263 As their elder brother, 38:00.263 --> 38:01.583 how could I not come home? 38:01.583 --> 38:02.903 We are all family. 38:02.903 --> 38:04.303 No need for formalities. 38:04.903 --> 38:05.463 Mother, 38:05.983 --> 38:08.223 I noticed last time that your neck warmer was broken. 38:08.223 --> 38:10.023 So I asked a merchant from the Western Regions 38:10.023 --> 38:10.983 to buy a new one. 38:11.583 --> 38:12.743 Please try it on, Mother. 38:12.743 --> 38:13.943 Bring it to me, quick. 38:14.503 --> 38:16.023 How thoughtful of you, Yao. 38:19.063 --> 38:20.183 Take a seat already. 38:29.143 --> 38:29.783 Brother. 38:30.263 --> 38:30.863 Yuanji. 38:33.463 --> 38:34.023 Sister. 38:36.423 --> 38:37.983 This year, the Xiao family 38:37.983 --> 38:39.703 is the most complete than ever. 38:39.943 --> 38:40.583 Come on, 38:40.663 --> 38:42.863 let's celebrate the New Year together. 38:43.063 --> 38:45.103 May we have happiness, longevity, and health. 38:45.103 --> 38:46.103 Happy New Year. 38:46.183 --> 38:47.943 May everyone be well and happy. 38:57.143 --> 38:58.983 Wuyi knows you loves sweet wine, Mother, 38:58.983 --> 39:00.383 so he wrote to me early on, 39:00.743 --> 39:02.703 telling me to prepare some good wine 39:02.703 --> 39:04.223 upon the harvest of grapes, 39:04.223 --> 39:06.743 and make sure it is presented to you on the New Year. 39:06.743 --> 39:08.623 How considerate of our children. 39:12.063 --> 39:12.583 Good! 39:12.663 --> 39:14.463 Back in the day, your mother here 39:14.623 --> 39:16.463 was a famous wine enthusiast. 39:16.623 --> 39:17.303 Tonight, 39:17.583 --> 39:18.863 let's have many a drink 39:18.863 --> 39:20.063 with your mother! 39:20.143 --> 39:20.623 How about that? 39:20.623 --> 39:21.183 Sure. 39:21.223 --> 39:22.463 I'd like to enjoy such fine wine 39:22.463 --> 39:23.543 with Mother. 39:25.663 --> 39:27.423 Dishes bestowed by the Eastern Palace! 39:27.423 --> 39:31.463 Everyone in Prince Jing'an's Mansion, receive the dishes and the edict! 39:31.663 --> 39:33.463 By decree of the Eastern Palace, 39:33.463 --> 39:34.623 as the year renews 39:34.623 --> 39:35.943 and a new dawn breaks, 39:36.743 --> 39:39.103 considering your relentless efforts day and night, 39:39.103 --> 39:40.743 I find your loyalty and diligence commendable. 39:40.743 --> 39:43.503 Today, I bestow upon you a feast of delicacies, 39:43.783 --> 39:46.223 named "National Unity 39:46.463 --> 39:47.783 and Family Reunion." 39:48.063 --> 39:50.383 You shall understand the regard I bear for you, 39:50.383 --> 39:51.943 strive more earnestly in public causes, 39:51.943 --> 39:54.223 and remain of one mind with me, as ruler and ministers. 39:54.223 --> 39:55.943 As His Highness commands. 39:57.623 --> 39:58.183 Come on in. 39:58.183 --> 39:59.383 Let's continue to drink. 39:59.383 --> 39:59.863 Come on. 40:00.623 --> 40:01.663 The man in black there, 40:01.663 --> 40:03.143 won't you come eat with us? 40:03.463 --> 40:04.583 It's New Year's Eve dinner. 40:04.583 --> 40:05.623 Yes. Mr. Ye Xing, 40:06.103 --> 40:07.103 Her Ladyship said 40:07.223 --> 40:09.183 you should have New Year's Eve dinner with us. 40:09.183 --> 40:10.103 Leave him alone. 40:10.103 --> 40:11.223 As a royal Shadow Envoy, 40:11.223 --> 40:13.223 he will by no means forget the rules. 40:17.063 --> 40:18.063 You drunk kitten, 40:18.743 --> 40:19.903 it's time to go home. 40:20.583 --> 40:22.503 Why did you come to the horse ranch? 40:23.903 --> 40:26.103 When Anmin gave a neck warmer to Mother, 40:26.143 --> 40:27.983 why did you hide yours? 40:28.463 --> 40:29.863 If I remember correctly, 40:30.103 --> 40:31.183 that was made with the red fox 40:31.183 --> 40:32.863 you hunted on your own, right? 40:33.103 --> 40:39.023 ♪ One glance from near stirs my heart ♪ Xiao Wuyi, this is no good. Really no good. ♪ This fleeting moment ♪ Even if others give her a hundred neck warmers, 40:39.023 --> 40:44.383 the one presented by you still has its special meaning. ♪ Tugs the threads woven by fate ♪ Just because someone else sent her a neck warmer didn't mean you shouldn't give her one. Do you hear me? 40:44.463 --> 40:46.463 ♪ Bound tight evermore ♪ 40:46.583 --> 40:47.383 Do you hear me? 40:48.423 --> 40:51.423 ♪ Sharing all the years together ♪ Alright. 40:51.863 --> 40:54.863 ♪ Peace I find nowhere but by your side ♪ I got it.