Meet You at the Blossom (2024) s01e06 Episode Script
Episode 6
1
[Meet You at the Blossom]
Mr. Jin.
Huai'en.
You lied to me!
No.
I didn't.
Huai'en, let me explain.
Mr. Jin has such a beauty hidden in his mansion.
No wonder he won't touch the girls
from Yicui House.
No, I didn't.
I was wondering why Young Master Jin wouldn't leave his mansion.
It turns out he's been keeping a mistress inside.
You're so pretty that you must be
disguising as a man.
Disguising as a man?
No wonder Mr. Jin hasn't been here lately.
No.
You're so gorgeous.
Gorgeous.
Gorgeous.
Good for you, Mr. Jin.
Good for you.
No!
Where did you find such a beautiful girl?
My hand!
Run! Run!
Huai'en, let me explain.
I didn't.
Huai'en, listen to me.
I'm not here to have fun.
I'm here for
Have you forgotten your promise to me?
No.
I haven't.
Is this what you call love?
Why did you lie to me?
Huai'en.
Huai'en, I'm really not
Huai'en!
Did I not serve you well?
Why did you come here?
Huai'en!
Huai'en, trust me.
I didn't.
Huai'en.
Young Master!
He's fine.
Instead of trying to take revenge on me,
you should think about
how to shut them up.
Stop crying.
It's okay now.
[Yicui House]
Hya!
Jin Xiaobao,
you came on to me first.
Now that you did it,
you don't get to regret.
You can't control yourself.
It's okay.
I'll do it.
You can be lecherous
and bold
only because your family is rich.
So I'll make you lose everything.
You won't have any advantage to mess with anyone else.
From now on,
you can only rely on me
in the whole world.
He's awake.
Young Master.
Young Master, don't cry.
Young Master.
Cry if you want to.
Young Master,
I've taken care of the people from the Yicui House.
I gave them enough money.
They won't say anything to anyone.
We've also been keeping it from Master and Madam.
Right?
It's okay, Young Master.
As for Huai'en,
I won't let him off.
No!
No.
-If he dies…
-Young Master.
What should I do?
What's wrong with me?
Why the hell did I fall in love with him?
Young Master,
you may be possessed.
I heard there’s a Poye religion in the Miao territory.
They have strange poisons
which are used to enchant men.
I…
I thought that kind of poisons
were only used on women.
Yeah.
Who said that? They can also be used on men.
Anyway, Young Master, I think he's really enchanted you.
That's right, Young Master.
You must have been poisoned.
Why else
would you be so attached to a man like that?
Exactly.
Don't worry, Young Master.
We'll offer a big reward
for someone capable.
Once the poison is detoxified,
we can take our time dealing with him.
Well,
does the poison really work?
Of course.
Go and find me that…
that religion.
I don't care how much money he wants.
Ask him to poison Huai'en.
Okay.
Make Huai'en fall in love with me with all his heart.
Young Master,
are you dim-witted?
He almost killed you yesterday.
Yeah.
It wasn't entirely his fault yesterday.
But
But he shouldn't have been that cruel to me.
Why did I fall in love with such a demon?
Alright, Young Master.
Zhuang.
Master.
What did His Highness say?
Huai'en
is the son of the Second Prince and Imperial Noble Consort Xue.
What?
What should we do now?
Kill him immediately.
Kill him?
Zhuang,
set it up.
Do it tonight.
Yes.
I hope Mr. Jin can spin things out without killing him.
We need him to lure out the person behind him.
Are you really going to kill him?
How can we disobey His Highness's order?
Darling,
what else should we do?
His Highness works for the imperial court.
Zheng Huai'en is Xue Wei's grandson.
Although we didn't mean to have the whole Xue family killed,
we were complicit in it.
Do you think we'll be okay
if they go after it later?
But how can we explain it to His Highness if we kill him?
Well
How?
We'll see.
The tunnel is three days away anyway.
The four of us will run away.
Xiaobao is now in love with that Huai'en.
Don't mention him to me.
Xiaobao is insane.
I don't know
how Zheng Huai'en enchanted him.
Forget it.
Xiaobao will stay away from him
when he knows the truth.
I hope so.
Young Chief,
Chief Jin has known your identity.
He's gathering troops.
Send out all the death warriors tonight.
Yes.
Wait.
Don’t kill the Jin family.
I’m here to explain to you.
I know
I used to have a bad reputation.
But
But now I only have you in my heart.
I went there to find a prescription for my father yesterday.
I had to mingle with them.
I accidentally drank a few more cups of wine.
But I didn't do anything.
What if I was a little late?
I know I was wrong.
Don't be mad at me, please?
I promise I won't drink anymore.
If you're still angry,
you can beat me.
You think I don't dare?
Go ahead.
As long as you can get over it,
I won't complaint even if you beat me to death.
You really know how to please me.
Listen, Jin Xiaobao.
I can put the past behind me.
But now,
you've said you'll only marry me.
If you ever step into a brothel again,
I'll break your legs.
Understand?
I won't do it again.
It's okay.
Just the night watchman.
Huai'en.
You're holding me too tight.
I can't breathe.
Xiaobao.
Yeah?
Today, you made a mistake,
and I forgive you.
So, if I make a mistake one day,
you have to forgive me too.
Of course.
I'll forgive you no matter what you do.
A man is supposed to dote on his wife.
Really?
You swear.
You swear no matter what I do wrong,
you will forgive me unconditionally.
I swear to God.
No matter what you do wrong in the future,
I will forgive you unconditionally.
Otherwise…
Do you want to go to a brothel too?
No way.
Anything except that.
Huai'en.
Huai'en.
What's wrong?
Xiaobao.
Yeah?
Have I ever told you my last name?
It's not Zheng?
No.
My name is
Zongzheng Huai'en.
Surround him!
Attack!
Protect Young Chief!
Who's there?
Zhuang.
Zhuang!
Zhuang!
Zhuang!
Don't go after him.
Give Zhuang a proper burial.
It's alright.
We still have the ledger.
There's still a chance.
There's still a chance.
Master, bad news!
Master!
Master!
Xiaoyu is missing.
We lost the ledger.
Master!
No.
It's all over.
Young Chief.
Now that I've got the ledger,
what will the imperial court do to the Jin family?
Kill them.
What does my father want?
The same.
Li Gongxiang.
The Jin family is as rich as Croesus.
They have countless treasures.
I don't care if you give them to the imperial court
or to my father.
But you must keep the Jin family alive.
Yes, Young Chief.
Young Chief, Prince Shen has got the news.
The city is heavily guarded.
You won't be able to leave from the front gate.
This is my trusted aide of 20 years.
He'll lead you out of the city through the secret path.
Your Highness. Your Royal Highness.
Have a seat.
We were too late.
Huai'en has got the ledger.
I set a lot of traps in Huaizhou.
But they seemed to have been prepared.
My men waited all night.
We got nothing.
By now,
he's probably out of town
with the ledger.
Uncle,
why don’t we just go to Jinqi Mountain
and destroy their lair?
We have countless elite soldiers.
We are not afraid of those barbarians!
Your Royal Highness.
There's miasma everywhere in the Jinqi Mountain.
Rough terrain.
Zongzheng Yuzhan has been entrenched there for nearly 20 years.
If we rush in,
we'll be throwing ourselves into their trap.
Grand Marshal, you've been a spy for so many years,
yet you don't even know their lair?
Shaoyu.
Take it easy.
Please calm down, Your Royal Highness.
Zongzheng Yuzhan is solitary
and suspicious.
All these years, no one except Guardian Gao and Huai'en
can approach him.
Guardian Gao is loyal to him.
As for Huai'en,
I watched him grow up.
He has committed murder,
arson and robberies
for Zongzheng Yuzhan.
He has never gone against his will.
But this time, he secretly deployed in advance
to keep the Jin family alive.
I guess it has something to do with Young Master Jin.
We should make good use of
that Young Master Jin.
That must be the case.
Last time, he was flirting with that stupid guy
in the cave last time.
So disgusting.
So,
what do you plan to do, Mr. Li?
Your Highness,
do you remember the Lingxi poison you mentioned last time?
Have you find it?
Lingxi poison?
The poison that can manipulate people's minds?
You want to use it on Huai'en?
It's dawn, Mr. Li.
You should go see your old friend.
I'll take my leave.
Hurry up.
I'll kill you!
Master!
I'll kill you!
Father!
-I’ll kill you!
-Stop!
Father!
Do you want to kill him?
Why are you beating me?
-Xiaobao.
-Mother!
Mother!
Kill me instead.
What can Xiaobao know?
What happened?
Where is Huai'en?
Why are you still asking about him, Xiaobao?
He took Xiaoyu
and the ledger.
Our family is doomed.
What?
There's no time to explain.
Xiaobao,
I've freed Zhaocai and Jinbao from slavery.
They have nothing to do with the Jin family.
Go with them now.
Go to Annan and find Su Yin.
Don’t come back again.
What are you talking about, Mother?
Zhaocai, Jinbao, take him with you.
-Good boy. Be good.
-I’m not leaving!
I'm not leaving, Mother.
-Take him away.
-I’m not leaving!
Let's go together!
-Young Master!
-I don't want to leave you.
-Father!
-Leave, Xiaobao.
Master!
Chief Jin.
How have you been?
Get out of the way!
Step back!
Move! Move!
Get out of the way!
Move!
Step back!
Step back!
Move!
Have you heard?
The property of the richest man in Jiangnan was confiscated. They're about to be executed.
Good.
Those profiteers
should be arrested.
I can't even afford two taels of wine a day.
I heard they used the best Huadiao Wine to soak their feet.
It is said that they will be sent to Linjing in three days
and be executed after autumn.
What should we do?
Will they
be beheaded?
I don't think so.
Eat.
We need to eat to gain strength.
We'll go to Su's after.
His Highness said
we should go to him if we are in trouble.
He will save Young Master.
Eat.
No.
Come on.
Eat!
Go inside! Hurry!
Go inside!
-Father!
-And you!
Father!
What's happening?
What fatal mistake did our family make
that we should be wiped out?
What is that ledger?
What's the point of knowing now?
Even if I die,
I want to know the truth first.
Darling,
it's time for Xiaobao to know.
20 years ago,
the new emperor ascended the throne
and made Xue Wei's daughter, Xue Tong'en, an Imperial Noble Consort.
Xue's daughter was Lianyu's aunt.
She was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Yes.
His Majesty favored Imperial Noble Consort Xue.
Xue Wei took the opportunity and made a great coup.
He had a promsing future.
He was in an important post in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau.
Soon,
Imperial Noble Consort Xue got pregnant.
The Xue family was rising.
All the officials were flattering them.
The family was glorious.
Then,
the Empress found out Imperial Noble Consort Xue had been colluded with the Second Prince,
and her child was not a royal heir.
In order to cover up the scandal,
the Empress had Imperial Noble Consort Xue beaten to death.
The Second Prince fled with their child.
Xue Wei was dismissed and convicted.
The Xue family
was finished
overnight.
But
What does this have to do with our family?
Because after that,
the Second Prince and Xue Wei hooked up.
He used his identity
to lure Xue Wei to rebel.
They quickly became partners
in crimes.
They accumulated wealth by unfair means
and raised an army.
Xue Wei selected some merchants who were struggling financially
but had the potential.
He lured them into setting up the Furun Chamber of Commerce
with the promise of huge profits.
Our family
was one of them.
The chamber grew larger and larger,
and quickly accumulated an infinite…
fortune.
I was naïve enough to think
our family was destined to be successful.
Unexpectedly,
five years ago, I found out
the Jin family
was just a puppet used by the Second Prince to collect money.
Father.
Father!
Father.
His Majesty is young and promising.
Not only did he quell the civil unrest,
he's also about to defeat the barbarians.
When he returns in triumph,
he will sort out the government affairs.
The money our family collected
can fill the hole in the treasury.
By then,
our Jin family
will be the first the imperial court wants to kill.
Father.
We've got into a position from which there's no retiring.
So, I wrote down all our assets
on a ledger.
Now that the ledger is lost,
the imperial court
gets to confiscate our assets and convict us legally.
I had
an exit plan.
We could've
got out of this
in three days.
Who would have thought
that Huai'en
is the son of the Second Prince?
He took the ledger.
All our efforts went to waste.
I sewed that ledger in Xiaoyu's coat.
Even Xiaoyu didn't know.
But he found out.
Master.
Did you really see Huai'en take the ledger
and Xiaoyu?
Could there have been
some misunderstanding?
Xiaobao,
why are you
still defending him now?
What did he do to enchant you?
Xiaobao!
No, Father.
I just want to know the truth.
Zhang Chun has been gathering intel for years,
and he's never made a mistake.
You had him investigated too.
He’s just the son of the owner of an ordinary escort agency.
Not the son of the Second Prince.
There must have been a misunderstanding.
No.
Xiaobao.
Huai'en
is the Second Prince’s son.
No.
He wouldn't do this to me.
Why would he?
Father!
Father, Mother.
He wouldn't this to me.
You don't know.
He risked his life
to save me.
He wouldn't do this to me.
I know it.
His father forced him.
His father is inhumane.
He has so many scars.
His father is very mean to him.
His father must have forced him.
It must be his father.
Xiaobao!
Xiaobao.
Even if he did it,
he must have his own difficulties.
You have to trust me.
He wouldn't do this to me.
I didn't expect Young Master Jin to be a spoony.
Let's sit and talk.
I didn't know
you are so deeply in love with my nephew.
Yes.
He is the son of my second brother who colluded with
Imperial Noble Consort Xue.
No.
He’s just the son of the owner of an ordinary escort agency.
That's not possible.
I know it.
It's you.
It's you, isn't it?
You tried to kill him several times.
And now you're slandering him.
What are you up to?
-Xiaobao.
-Xiaobao.
Sit down.
Zhang Chun.
All the information he gave you is fake.
Young Master Jin, I was forced.
Zongzheng Huai'en poisoned me.
I could only
I could only follow his orders.
Xiaobao!
Xiaobao.
Huai'en
has changed identities countless times
over the years to help my second brother rebel.
He is cruel
and unreasonable.
Yet he only obeys him.
He's been lying to you from the beginning.
All he wants
is the ledger of the Furun Chamber of Commerce.
I was also deceived by him.
For the sake of our kinship,
I tried to persuade him to mend his ways.
But he used my soft heart
to steal my most important ledger.
You have the ledger now, don't you?
He gave you
the ledger to save me.
Xiaobao.
Are you talking about this?
It's fake.
Huai'en had his two trusted men
make a diversion.
He used you as a cover
and fooled me
with this fake ledger.
The real one has been taken back by his men
to his father.
You
and I
are both fooled by him.
Xiaobao!
Jin Xiaobao,
you came on to me first.
From now on,
you can only rely on me
in the whole world.
That's not possible.
Stop talking.
Stop!
No way.
How could it be so real?
Your Highness.
Please let him go.
My brother has been biding his time.
He practiced evil tricks
and established the Sect.
His disciples are all over the world.
They even have people in the imperial court.
The ledger
contains the names of all the traitors
the imperial court has painstakingly collected over the years.
And now,
my brother has got your family's property.
He can raise a large army
and revolt.
The world will be in chaos.
You have a part in all of this.
Young Master Jin.
Stop it!
Your Highness.
We will die soon,
why are you so aggressive?
You
can still make amends.
The Furun Chamber of Commerce has several hills
that only you know where, right,
Master Jin?
Huai'en is secretly
trying to save the lives of the three of you,
presumably for those golden hills.
So he will surely meet you again.
By then,
all you have to do is put this on him
when he's unaware.
-That's how you make amends.
-What is this?
Poison.
Open it when you use it.
You just need to put it on Huai'en's
bare skin.
After that,
I'll let you three go.
Young Master Jin,
if you don't think of yourself,
think of your parents.
You ended up like this
all because of Huai'en.
He doesn't care about you at all.
Do you still want to
risk your parents' lives for him?
Think about it,
Young Master Jin.
Impossible.
That's impossible.
Why?
Why did he do this to me?
Why?
[Meet You at the Blossom]
Mr. Jin.
Huai'en.
You lied to me!
No.
I didn't.
Huai'en, let me explain.
Mr. Jin has such a beauty hidden in his mansion.
No wonder he won't touch the girls
from Yicui House.
No, I didn't.
I was wondering why Young Master Jin wouldn't leave his mansion.
It turns out he's been keeping a mistress inside.
You're so pretty that you must be
disguising as a man.
Disguising as a man?
No wonder Mr. Jin hasn't been here lately.
No.
You're so gorgeous.
Gorgeous.
Gorgeous.
Good for you, Mr. Jin.
Good for you.
No!
Where did you find such a beautiful girl?
My hand!
Run! Run!
Huai'en, let me explain.
I didn't.
Huai'en, listen to me.
I'm not here to have fun.
I'm here for
Have you forgotten your promise to me?
No.
I haven't.
Is this what you call love?
Why did you lie to me?
Huai'en.
Huai'en, I'm really not
Huai'en!
Did I not serve you well?
Why did you come here?
Huai'en!
Huai'en, trust me.
I didn't.
Huai'en.
Young Master!
He's fine.
Instead of trying to take revenge on me,
you should think about
how to shut them up.
Stop crying.
It's okay now.
[Yicui House]
Hya!
Jin Xiaobao,
you came on to me first.
Now that you did it,
you don't get to regret.
You can't control yourself.
It's okay.
I'll do it.
You can be lecherous
and bold
only because your family is rich.
So I'll make you lose everything.
You won't have any advantage to mess with anyone else.
From now on,
you can only rely on me
in the whole world.
He's awake.
Young Master.
Young Master, don't cry.
Young Master.
Cry if you want to.
Young Master,
I've taken care of the people from the Yicui House.
I gave them enough money.
They won't say anything to anyone.
We've also been keeping it from Master and Madam.
Right?
It's okay, Young Master.
As for Huai'en,
I won't let him off.
No!
No.
-If he dies…
-Young Master.
What should I do?
What's wrong with me?
Why the hell did I fall in love with him?
Young Master,
you may be possessed.
I heard there’s a Poye religion in the Miao territory.
They have strange poisons
which are used to enchant men.
I…
I thought that kind of poisons
were only used on women.
Yeah.
Who said that? They can also be used on men.
Anyway, Young Master, I think he's really enchanted you.
That's right, Young Master.
You must have been poisoned.
Why else
would you be so attached to a man like that?
Exactly.
Don't worry, Young Master.
We'll offer a big reward
for someone capable.
Once the poison is detoxified,
we can take our time dealing with him.
Well,
does the poison really work?
Of course.
Go and find me that…
that religion.
I don't care how much money he wants.
Ask him to poison Huai'en.
Okay.
Make Huai'en fall in love with me with all his heart.
Young Master,
are you dim-witted?
He almost killed you yesterday.
Yeah.
It wasn't entirely his fault yesterday.
But
But he shouldn't have been that cruel to me.
Why did I fall in love with such a demon?
Alright, Young Master.
Zhuang.
Master.
What did His Highness say?
Huai'en
is the son of the Second Prince and Imperial Noble Consort Xue.
What?
What should we do now?
Kill him immediately.
Kill him?
Zhuang,
set it up.
Do it tonight.
Yes.
I hope Mr. Jin can spin things out without killing him.
We need him to lure out the person behind him.
Are you really going to kill him?
How can we disobey His Highness's order?
Darling,
what else should we do?
His Highness works for the imperial court.
Zheng Huai'en is Xue Wei's grandson.
Although we didn't mean to have the whole Xue family killed,
we were complicit in it.
Do you think we'll be okay
if they go after it later?
But how can we explain it to His Highness if we kill him?
Well
How?
We'll see.
The tunnel is three days away anyway.
The four of us will run away.
Xiaobao is now in love with that Huai'en.
Don't mention him to me.
Xiaobao is insane.
I don't know
how Zheng Huai'en enchanted him.
Forget it.
Xiaobao will stay away from him
when he knows the truth.
I hope so.
Young Chief,
Chief Jin has known your identity.
He's gathering troops.
Send out all the death warriors tonight.
Yes.
Wait.
Don’t kill the Jin family.
I’m here to explain to you.
I know
I used to have a bad reputation.
But
But now I only have you in my heart.
I went there to find a prescription for my father yesterday.
I had to mingle with them.
I accidentally drank a few more cups of wine.
But I didn't do anything.
What if I was a little late?
I know I was wrong.
Don't be mad at me, please?
I promise I won't drink anymore.
If you're still angry,
you can beat me.
You think I don't dare?
Go ahead.
As long as you can get over it,
I won't complaint even if you beat me to death.
You really know how to please me.
Listen, Jin Xiaobao.
I can put the past behind me.
But now,
you've said you'll only marry me.
If you ever step into a brothel again,
I'll break your legs.
Understand?
I won't do it again.
It's okay.
Just the night watchman.
Huai'en.
You're holding me too tight.
I can't breathe.
Xiaobao.
Yeah?
Today, you made a mistake,
and I forgive you.
So, if I make a mistake one day,
you have to forgive me too.
Of course.
I'll forgive you no matter what you do.
A man is supposed to dote on his wife.
Really?
You swear.
You swear no matter what I do wrong,
you will forgive me unconditionally.
I swear to God.
No matter what you do wrong in the future,
I will forgive you unconditionally.
Otherwise…
Do you want to go to a brothel too?
No way.
Anything except that.
Huai'en.
Huai'en.
What's wrong?
Xiaobao.
Yeah?
Have I ever told you my last name?
It's not Zheng?
No.
My name is
Zongzheng Huai'en.
Surround him!
Attack!
Protect Young Chief!
Who's there?
Zhuang.
Zhuang!
Zhuang!
Zhuang!
Don't go after him.
Give Zhuang a proper burial.
It's alright.
We still have the ledger.
There's still a chance.
There's still a chance.
Master, bad news!
Master!
Master!
Xiaoyu is missing.
We lost the ledger.
Master!
No.
It's all over.
Young Chief.
Now that I've got the ledger,
what will the imperial court do to the Jin family?
Kill them.
What does my father want?
The same.
Li Gongxiang.
The Jin family is as rich as Croesus.
They have countless treasures.
I don't care if you give them to the imperial court
or to my father.
But you must keep the Jin family alive.
Yes, Young Chief.
Young Chief, Prince Shen has got the news.
The city is heavily guarded.
You won't be able to leave from the front gate.
This is my trusted aide of 20 years.
He'll lead you out of the city through the secret path.
Your Highness. Your Royal Highness.
Have a seat.
We were too late.
Huai'en has got the ledger.
I set a lot of traps in Huaizhou.
But they seemed to have been prepared.
My men waited all night.
We got nothing.
By now,
he's probably out of town
with the ledger.
Uncle,
why don’t we just go to Jinqi Mountain
and destroy their lair?
We have countless elite soldiers.
We are not afraid of those barbarians!
Your Royal Highness.
There's miasma everywhere in the Jinqi Mountain.
Rough terrain.
Zongzheng Yuzhan has been entrenched there for nearly 20 years.
If we rush in,
we'll be throwing ourselves into their trap.
Grand Marshal, you've been a spy for so many years,
yet you don't even know their lair?
Shaoyu.
Take it easy.
Please calm down, Your Royal Highness.
Zongzheng Yuzhan is solitary
and suspicious.
All these years, no one except Guardian Gao and Huai'en
can approach him.
Guardian Gao is loyal to him.
As for Huai'en,
I watched him grow up.
He has committed murder,
arson and robberies
for Zongzheng Yuzhan.
He has never gone against his will.
But this time, he secretly deployed in advance
to keep the Jin family alive.
I guess it has something to do with Young Master Jin.
We should make good use of
that Young Master Jin.
That must be the case.
Last time, he was flirting with that stupid guy
in the cave last time.
So disgusting.
So,
what do you plan to do, Mr. Li?
Your Highness,
do you remember the Lingxi poison you mentioned last time?
Have you find it?
Lingxi poison?
The poison that can manipulate people's minds?
You want to use it on Huai'en?
It's dawn, Mr. Li.
You should go see your old friend.
I'll take my leave.
Hurry up.
I'll kill you!
Master!
I'll kill you!
Father!
-I’ll kill you!
-Stop!
Father!
Do you want to kill him?
Why are you beating me?
-Xiaobao.
-Mother!
Mother!
Kill me instead.
What can Xiaobao know?
What happened?
Where is Huai'en?
Why are you still asking about him, Xiaobao?
He took Xiaoyu
and the ledger.
Our family is doomed.
What?
There's no time to explain.
Xiaobao,
I've freed Zhaocai and Jinbao from slavery.
They have nothing to do with the Jin family.
Go with them now.
Go to Annan and find Su Yin.
Don’t come back again.
What are you talking about, Mother?
Zhaocai, Jinbao, take him with you.
-Good boy. Be good.
-I’m not leaving!
I'm not leaving, Mother.
-Take him away.
-I’m not leaving!
Let's go together!
-Young Master!
-I don't want to leave you.
-Father!
-Leave, Xiaobao.
Master!
Chief Jin.
How have you been?
Get out of the way!
Step back!
Move! Move!
Get out of the way!
Move!
Step back!
Step back!
Move!
Have you heard?
The property of the richest man in Jiangnan was confiscated. They're about to be executed.
Good.
Those profiteers
should be arrested.
I can't even afford two taels of wine a day.
I heard they used the best Huadiao Wine to soak their feet.
It is said that they will be sent to Linjing in three days
and be executed after autumn.
What should we do?
Will they
be beheaded?
I don't think so.
Eat.
We need to eat to gain strength.
We'll go to Su's after.
His Highness said
we should go to him if we are in trouble.
He will save Young Master.
Eat.
No.
Come on.
Eat!
Go inside! Hurry!
Go inside!
-Father!
-And you!
Father!
What's happening?
What fatal mistake did our family make
that we should be wiped out?
What is that ledger?
What's the point of knowing now?
Even if I die,
I want to know the truth first.
Darling,
it's time for Xiaobao to know.
20 years ago,
the new emperor ascended the throne
and made Xue Wei's daughter, Xue Tong'en, an Imperial Noble Consort.
Xue's daughter was Lianyu's aunt.
She was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Yes.
His Majesty favored Imperial Noble Consort Xue.
Xue Wei took the opportunity and made a great coup.
He had a promsing future.
He was in an important post in the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau.
Soon,
Imperial Noble Consort Xue got pregnant.
The Xue family was rising.
All the officials were flattering them.
The family was glorious.
Then,
the Empress found out Imperial Noble Consort Xue had been colluded with the Second Prince,
and her child was not a royal heir.
In order to cover up the scandal,
the Empress had Imperial Noble Consort Xue beaten to death.
The Second Prince fled with their child.
Xue Wei was dismissed and convicted.
The Xue family
was finished
overnight.
But
What does this have to do with our family?
Because after that,
the Second Prince and Xue Wei hooked up.
He used his identity
to lure Xue Wei to rebel.
They quickly became partners
in crimes.
They accumulated wealth by unfair means
and raised an army.
Xue Wei selected some merchants who were struggling financially
but had the potential.
He lured them into setting up the Furun Chamber of Commerce
with the promise of huge profits.
Our family
was one of them.
The chamber grew larger and larger,
and quickly accumulated an infinite…
fortune.
I was naïve enough to think
our family was destined to be successful.
Unexpectedly,
five years ago, I found out
the Jin family
was just a puppet used by the Second Prince to collect money.
Father.
Father!
Father.
His Majesty is young and promising.
Not only did he quell the civil unrest,
he's also about to defeat the barbarians.
When he returns in triumph,
he will sort out the government affairs.
The money our family collected
can fill the hole in the treasury.
By then,
our Jin family
will be the first the imperial court wants to kill.
Father.
We've got into a position from which there's no retiring.
So, I wrote down all our assets
on a ledger.
Now that the ledger is lost,
the imperial court
gets to confiscate our assets and convict us legally.
I had
an exit plan.
We could've
got out of this
in three days.
Who would have thought
that Huai'en
is the son of the Second Prince?
He took the ledger.
All our efforts went to waste.
I sewed that ledger in Xiaoyu's coat.
Even Xiaoyu didn't know.
But he found out.
Master.
Did you really see Huai'en take the ledger
and Xiaoyu?
Could there have been
some misunderstanding?
Xiaobao,
why are you
still defending him now?
What did he do to enchant you?
Xiaobao!
No, Father.
I just want to know the truth.
Zhang Chun has been gathering intel for years,
and he's never made a mistake.
You had him investigated too.
He’s just the son of the owner of an ordinary escort agency.
Not the son of the Second Prince.
There must have been a misunderstanding.
No.
Xiaobao.
Huai'en
is the Second Prince’s son.
No.
He wouldn't do this to me.
Why would he?
Father!
Father, Mother.
He wouldn't this to me.
You don't know.
He risked his life
to save me.
He wouldn't do this to me.
I know it.
His father forced him.
His father is inhumane.
He has so many scars.
His father is very mean to him.
His father must have forced him.
It must be his father.
Xiaobao!
Xiaobao.
Even if he did it,
he must have his own difficulties.
You have to trust me.
He wouldn't do this to me.
I didn't expect Young Master Jin to be a spoony.
Let's sit and talk.
I didn't know
you are so deeply in love with my nephew.
Yes.
He is the son of my second brother who colluded with
Imperial Noble Consort Xue.
No.
He’s just the son of the owner of an ordinary escort agency.
That's not possible.
I know it.
It's you.
It's you, isn't it?
You tried to kill him several times.
And now you're slandering him.
What are you up to?
-Xiaobao.
-Xiaobao.
Sit down.
Zhang Chun.
All the information he gave you is fake.
Young Master Jin, I was forced.
Zongzheng Huai'en poisoned me.
I could only
I could only follow his orders.
Xiaobao!
Xiaobao.
Huai'en
has changed identities countless times
over the years to help my second brother rebel.
He is cruel
and unreasonable.
Yet he only obeys him.
He's been lying to you from the beginning.
All he wants
is the ledger of the Furun Chamber of Commerce.
I was also deceived by him.
For the sake of our kinship,
I tried to persuade him to mend his ways.
But he used my soft heart
to steal my most important ledger.
You have the ledger now, don't you?
He gave you
the ledger to save me.
Xiaobao.
Are you talking about this?
It's fake.
Huai'en had his two trusted men
make a diversion.
He used you as a cover
and fooled me
with this fake ledger.
The real one has been taken back by his men
to his father.
You
and I
are both fooled by him.
Xiaobao!
Jin Xiaobao,
you came on to me first.
From now on,
you can only rely on me
in the whole world.
That's not possible.
Stop talking.
Stop!
No way.
How could it be so real?
Your Highness.
Please let him go.
My brother has been biding his time.
He practiced evil tricks
and established the Sect.
His disciples are all over the world.
They even have people in the imperial court.
The ledger
contains the names of all the traitors
the imperial court has painstakingly collected over the years.
And now,
my brother has got your family's property.
He can raise a large army
and revolt.
The world will be in chaos.
You have a part in all of this.
Young Master Jin.
Stop it!
Your Highness.
We will die soon,
why are you so aggressive?
You
can still make amends.
The Furun Chamber of Commerce has several hills
that only you know where, right,
Master Jin?
Huai'en is secretly
trying to save the lives of the three of you,
presumably for those golden hills.
So he will surely meet you again.
By then,
all you have to do is put this on him
when he's unaware.
-That's how you make amends.
-What is this?
Poison.
Open it when you use it.
You just need to put it on Huai'en's
bare skin.
After that,
I'll let you three go.
Young Master Jin,
if you don't think of yourself,
think of your parents.
You ended up like this
all because of Huai'en.
He doesn't care about you at all.
Do you still want to
risk your parents' lives for him?
Think about it,
Young Master Jin.
Impossible.
That's impossible.
Why?
Why did he do this to me?
Why?