[Yummy, Yummy? Yummy!]
[Episode 16]
[Act Fast and Adapt]
Why are you still here?
I've been working all day.
I'm tired.
Tired? If so, go and sleep at the restaurant.
Fengxia, can we stop this?
Let me sleep here.
That restaurant is cold and quiet.
Moreover, it's not warm without you.
Dear.
You want to sleep here?
- Fine.
- Really?
I have two conditions.
Go ahead.
I'll manage your money from now on.
I'll give you ten coins every month.
And if you brag about your chef's title again,
I'll deduct your money.
You'll only give me 10 coins
and even deduct my money.
This is outrageous.
Do you know how much
our restaurant makes each month?
Ten coins is too extreme.
Can I have a little more?
If you don't agree, I won't force you.
We'll split the profits like in the past.
You can continue to sleep in the restaurant.
I-I don't want to go back there.
It's getting late. Go back and sleep.
- I'm not sleepy.
- Go now.
Just ten coins? You're too extreme.
Take care. I won't see you off.
It's too little.
Young Master. Young Master!
I've been looking for you.
- What's wrong?
- It's late. Why sneak into Lady Shen's chamber?
What are you saying?
I'm here to ask her about His Highness.
I must find out what he told
Uncle Shen behind my back.
This is urgent.
Someone from Chengzhou
is here to report a tragedy of 32 deaths.
Chengzhou used to be under your jurisdiction.
You should go and take a look.
The messenger is waiting outside.
Let's go.
My Lady, you called me here to keep you company.
Is something troubling you,
and you're looking for someone to chat with?
I can't figure out why the Prince of Zhao
insisted on sending us to Sushui City.
Prince of Zhao?
It's not about the Vice Magistrate?
I saw you two doing this in the carriage today.
What do you mean? We didn't do anything.
I saw everything.
No, no. You're mistaken.
I've the utmost respect for the Vice Magistrate.
I regard him as an ancestor, a deity.
Don't say such blasphemous words.
I'll be struck by lightning.
I'm thinking about the Prince of Zhao now.
If he thinks we're a burden
to the Vice Magistrate,
why not just give us money?
Why did he use Sushui City
as an incentive and insist we go there?
Am I oversimplifying the relationship
between him and the Vice Magistrate?
Is he going to hold us hostage?
What?
[Calm as a Gentle Breeze]
Vice Magistrate.
Vice Magistrate?
The study's dark and he's not in his bedroom.
Where else could he be?
Perhaps he has official business.
Doesn't he often go to the Prefecture at night?
Why don't we come back tomorrow?
Let's go.
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
Vice Magistrate left for Chengzhou
on official business last night.
- Why so sudden?
- I'm not clear about the official matters, too.
Thank you.
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
Who is it? Who climbed into my bed?
It's me, your dad.
Dad?
Dad, are you all right?
Come here.
I just fell asleep, and you kicked me out of bed.
- You almost k*lled me.
- How would I know it was you?
I thought someone was trying
to take advantage of me.
Why did you climb into my bed?
It was late last night.
I was too lazy to go back to the restaurant
and decided to tough it out here.
Forget it. My mom didn't let you in again, right?
Go away. Don't meddle in adult's business.
Sure. Make it twenty.
Who's here so early?
I'll check. Wait here.
Coming.
Who is it?
What's he called?
- Eunuch.
- Eunuch.
Aren't you serving the Prince of Zhao?
Why are you here?
Yes. Why are you here?
His Highness is busy and left last night.
He ordered me to wait for you two.
His Highness said you should be
cautious about relocating.
The ladies can stay for now.
How about you two go to Sushui City
and take a look first?
I...
Eunuch, look. You came here too suddenly.
- We're not prepared yet.
- Yes.
Our family hasn't decided about this.
Why not wait for a while?
- Yes.
- So, you haven't discussed this.
It's not about being unprepared.
You two just don't want to go.
Forget it. His Highness
has never liked forcing anyone.
I'll go back and report.
No, it's not that.
Say something! We can't let the Prince of Zhao
think we're ungrateful.
Why not...
Eunuch.
Please wait.
[Act Fast and Adapt]
Put some effort into it.
- I'm putting in all the effort.
- I'm trying, okay?
What are you two doing?
- Well...
- Let's go.
Dad, you...
Mom, didn't the Prince of Zhao want us
to go to Sushui City?
Dad thought that if all of us go
and things don't go well there,
it'll be troublesome.
So, we'll go and check first.
All right, let's go.
We'll go first.
Causing troubles daily and making me worry.
[Yunshui Manor]
- Slow down.
- Be careful.
- Here.
- Be careful.
Wait, wait.
You both are so impulsive.
We should discuss this first
with A'Ji and the Vice Magistrate.
What's there to discuss?
It's a great opportunity.
Besides, they're leaving soon.
There's no time to discuss.
Why are you so anxious?
No one is going with you.
What if you cause trouble over there?
What trouble could there be?
Even if there is trouble, can't I handle it?
Sorry.
I must report soon whether you'll go or not.
It's getting late. I can't afford to delay.
It's getting late. Let's go.
Shen Jianshe.
You want to go, right?
Go by yourself then.
You stay.
Don't, Mom... Dad...
Mom, you can't let Dad go alone.
What if something happens?
More importantly, I really want to go.
Look at how hospitable they are.
Look at the carriage they've prepared.
In the future, this will be like a Bentley.
Think about it.
Prince of Zhao invited us, sent a Bentley
to pick us up, and covered the expenses.
If we don't go ,
won't that be disrespectful to the Bentley?
Let's go. He started with a Bentley.
There must be something better in the future.
- Let's go.
- Wait.
What about Yangyang?
We can't leave and let A'Ji take care of her.
It's tiring for her to run the restaurant daily.
Indeed.
I took our parents and Yangyang
to Sushui City for a look.
Once we've settled down, I'll come back for you.
- All of them left?
- Yes.
Why didn't you stop them?
They're your family.
[Yunshui Manor]
How could we stop them?
Sorry, I was too hasty.
- Where are you going?
- Take care of the restaurant.
I'll bring them back soon.
All right, go ahead. I'll take care of it.
Your Highness, the Shen family is on the way.
Lin Yan should have arrived in Chengzhou by now.
So, it was actually 32 oxen that died tragically?
[Chengzhou Prefecture]
Those were not ordinary oxen.
They were plowing oxen revered in Chengzhou.
Oxen are highly respected now.
Slaughtering oxen is considered
one of the ten great evils.
We rely on oxen.
With the death of 32 oxen,
several families will be in dire straits.
This is a serious matter.
[Chengzhou Prefecture]
I can't handle this.
What should we do about this?
Vice Magistrate Lin,
this is about the death of 32 oxen.
The culprit must be caught.
First, investigate the water source and feed,
and you'll know if someone has poisoned them.
But with 32 oxen dying suddenly,
it's likely a livestock disease.
Take preventive measures
and consult experienced farmers.
Finally, conduct a proper burial for the oxen.
I see.
No wonder, despite your youth,
you rose so swiftly in the capital.
You're truly wise and thought through everything.
What's so hard to think about this?
Are you stupid?
You dared to summon the Vice Magistrate
from Yong'an for such a trivial matter?
Did someone tip you off that
you can seek help
from the capital if you encounter such matters?
Yes, that's right.
How did you know?
A few days ago, I didn't know what to do.
Someone wrote and advised me to look for you.
They said you're very kind
and can be approached for any matter.
Who was it?
Did they leave a name?
No.
What's going on?
Aunt.
A'Ji.
Please wait for me.
Why are you here?
Attendant Xu.
Lady Shen, are you also going
with them to Sushui City?
Please board the carriage.
That doesn't matter.
Let me speak with my family first.
- Lady Shen, please.
- A'Ji.
Get down.
Get on.
Mom, let me talk to her.
A'Ji, get on.
What are you afraid of in broad daylight?
Get on, come up.
Get on.
You're really bold to leave with them like this.
Aren't you worried about your kidneys?
You're overthinking.
Ancient people wouldn't know
about such a profitable scheme.
- You...
- Everyone.
If we delay the journey,
His Highness will blame me.
Get off now.
Why?
We'll just go there and take a look.
What could happen?
Besides, we're already halfway there.
It's embarrassing to go back now.
No. We're not getting off.
No...
I talked to them. They refused to listen.
- What are you doing?
- Get off.
- Be careful.
- I won't.
Older Brother, help me.
- No, it's dangerous.
- Let's go.
Attendant Xu, let's go now.
- Hurry up.
- Dad.
Dad.
- A'Ji.
- A'Ji.
- Are you okay?
- I told you
- to be careful.
- Slow down.
- Are you okay?
- Aunt, are you okay?
- How nice. Let's go together.
- Aunt.
- It'll be fine.
- Hurry up.
This...
[Sushui City]
This place is huge.
Do you think they cleared it out
just to welcome us?
It's possible.
There's no one around. It's so grand.
[Sushui City]
- What's going on?
- That's right.
Why is the gate closed?
I... This...
Someone!
Anyone there?
Do you know who I am?
I'm the best buddy of the Prince of Zhao.
All right, stop shouting.
Can't you see?
It's your so-called best buddy
who wants your kidneys.
How could such a good thing be true?
A prince offers to fund the opening
of your restaurant?
Did your brain grow on the back of your leg?
Dad.
And you, Shen Gongcai.
You're an adult now.
Have you thought about your kid?
Yangyang,
I'm wrong.
Sorry.
Since you've made a mistake,
what should you do now based on our family rules?
Admit the mistake.
Reflect deeply.
So, who do you think is
most responsible for this?
- Well...
- This time...
About this...
Dad, this is not the time for your usual routine.
Mom, did you see that?
Dad tried to bribe me,
but I caught him in the act.
- Shen Jianshe.
- Mom, I've criticized him severely.
Anyway, it's really your fault this time.
- What do you mean?
- Come on.
- Am I still your father?
- Stop denying it.
It's my responsibility,
but Gongcai is also wrong.
Dad,
- you were also very eager to go with them.
- Exactly.
Look! Even Yangyang can't endure this anymore.
Can't you two do something useful for once?
Always messing around and completely useless.
What will you do now?
Turn over a new leaf.
Start anew.
Can you do that?
Yes.
All right, sit.
Come to think of it, they treated us well
on the journey to avoid suspicions.
It was only after we entered Sushui City that
Prince of Zhao turned on us
and imprisoned us here.
So, I might have been right back then.
The relationship between the Prince of Zhao
and the Vice Magistrate is not simple.
Prince of Zhao wants to use us as hostages.
Hostages?
No way.
I have an idea.
If someone wants to use us,
the simplest way is to make ourselves useless.
Who would want to use good-for-nothings?
Why don't we confess that A'Ji is not the lady
who was engaged to the ancestor?
At most, we're just freeloaders
and the Vice Magistrate is an unlucky landlord.
We're not close to our ancestor at all.
How can the Prince of Zhao use us then?
Forget it. Would the Prince of Zhao believe that?
We've lived with the ancestor for so long.
This self-reflection is working.
Your mind is working better than your son's.
- I'll continue.
- Shut up.
Vice Magistrate has been so kind to us.
You can't distance yourselves when trouble comes.
- No.
- You can't do this.
Exactly.
I'll keep self-reflecting.
Yes, the Vice Magistrate is family.
Grandpa and Grandma said family members
should bear everything together.
See? Yangyang is so sensible.
Before I came to find you,
I went to Jingzhao Prefecture first.
They said the Vice Magistrate
just happened to leave for work.
Isn't that too coincidental?
It's not normal.
Someone's coming.
Who are they?
Why does this scene look familiar?
Is he scaring us?
But these people look serious.
Damn.
It's all right.
It's fine.
Judging by your clothes and appearance,
you must be the young prince.
The young prince?
Sir, you have us now.
We can be useful to you.
But if you harm us now,
the benefits will be too small.
Lady Shen is very smart.
I won't beat around the bush.
I've some questions
but it's too boring to ask directly.
How about we play a game?
I'll spin this spoon.
Whoever the handle points to,
that person will answer the question.
If you answer well,
you can choose a t*rture device.
If not, you'll drink this poisoned soup.
How about that?
Isn't it fun?
- It's not fun at all.
- Dad.
- Is this considered a choice?
- Exactly.
You're making us choose how to die.
This is too unfair.
I'll play with you.
- A'Ji.
- Don't!
- Absolutely not.
- Aunt.
You can't.
We've to follow the rules of the game.
Dad.
You're cheating.
Dad.
This...
It's you.
- No.
- Impossible.
She's just a child. What does she know?
Shaojie.
I'll play with you.
- Dad.
- Tell me.
- Gongcai.
- Tell me everything you know.
What do you want to know? Just ask.
Why do you always beat around the bush?
- How could I know what you want to know?
- Dad...
How could you not know what I want to know?
I want to know your secrets.
Yes.
I have secrets. Let me think.
My wife found a better man later.
I didn't stop her.
I even encouraged her to embrace a better life.
When she moved into that big villa,
- What?
- I even drove her there.
Brat, you can even say that?!
You've disgraced our family's name.
Grandpa!
Grandpa.
Calm down.
How can I stay calm?
What were you thinking?
Your wife ran off with someone.
Instead of k*lling that adulterous couple,
you even said something like that?
Are you even a man?
- Are you a man at all?
- Are you even a man?
I completely agree with you.
Why are you so agitated?
Besides, just because my wife cheated on me,
does that mean I'm not a man
if I don't shout for revenge?
The key point is, I'm really a loser.
She found something better.
What's wrong with that?
Isn't that just human nature?
- Are you a man?
- Are you a man?
Isn't that nonsense?
- I...
- We have work to do.
What do I have?
I...
Stop playing tricks.
Just confess!
- Don't!
- Don't! Grandpa!
Weren't we having a good chat just now?
Come out.
- Come out.
- Let her go.
- What are you doing?
- Come out.
Yangyang.
Yangyang!
Confess.
- Let her go.
- If you don't talk,
she'll die.
Don't, don't.
Sir, I beg you. Don't hurt her.
k*ll me instead, sir.
- Dad.
- She's just a child.
- Sir.
- Yangyang.
k*ll me. Just k*ll me.
All right?
Old Shen.
I know about Lin Yan.
A'Ji.
He cares about me but official matters
can't be discussed with him.
I can't talk about official matters.
I can tell him something personal.
Tell me then.
Lin Yan is actually Cui Che.
The imperial court convicted the Cui family
of a serious crime. His entire clan was ex*cuted.
Lin Yan changed his name
and household registration to survive.
You harbored a wanted criminal
and even told me about this.
You're so calm after hearing this.
I believe you know more about Lin Yan than I do.
I'll tell you something that you don't know.
Lin Yan broke off the betrothal
to be the Princess Royal's follower.
He broke it off because he wants
the Princess Royal to help him hide his identity.
- Yangyang.
- Lin Yan is heartless to us.
Why should we be loyal to him?
Sir, we are on your side.
Yes.
- We're on your side.
- We're on the same side.
Yes, I think the same way, too.
Did you notice anything unusual about Lin Yan?
Everything's unusual about him.
As the son of an ex*cuted prisoner,
he became the Vice Magistrate.
How could this be normal?
Sir, let us go.
We'll help you to investigate him.
We'll assist you.
We'll investigate together.
That's what I think so, too.
My stupid mouth just didn't know how to say it.
[The Sun Rises and the Moon Waxes]
Lin Yan wanted to follow the Princess Royal
and broke off the betrothal.
The Shen family claimed that
they want to take revenge on him.
You asked me to find out more about them,
so I did.
The Qingyang dialect is hard to understand
but I managed to get the gist of it.
Cui Che did have a betrothal with the Shen family
but they moved away from Qingyang long ago.
After the Cui family's downfall,
they cut off all contact.
They're indeed cold-hearted and selfish.
They resented because they
couldn't claim high connections.
I've dealt with the Shen family.
In fact, they do have feelings for Anran.
It's not just about seeking social connections.
As for Anran and the Princess Royal,
that's even less believable.
How about this?
Let's starve them first.
I'll personally interrogate them later.
Father, you only care about Lin Yan,
so I can't t*rture them,
yet you're dissatisfied with my results.
What exactly do you want?
Lin Yan is not on our side.
You raised him for over a decade.
Do you really still have feelings for a dog?
Sometimes, I wonder
if I'm your son or if Lin Yan is your son.
Do you now have what it takes?
Let me tell you.
If you had Anran's abilities,
I'd look up to you, too.
Let me analyze this for you.
Although the betrothal was canceled,
but Anran still let them stay in his house.
Why?
This means the Shen family is Anran's weakness.
Don't you understand?
Your Highness, Lin Yan sensed something's off
and is on his way back to the capital.
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
- Vice Magistrate.
- What's up?
When you left two days ago,
Lady Shen came to find you.
I heard about it and went to Yunshui Manor.
I heard from the guards that
the Shen family left in the same carriage.
I was told they went to Sushui City.
Was the Prefectural Governor of Chengzhou
really misled?
- They wanted...
- Vice Magistrate.
Young Master.
Slow down, Vice Magistrate.
Vice Magistrate Lin?
Slow down, Vice Magistrate!
Where is he going?
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
Hearing that he's back, His Majesty
ordered me to take him to the palace.
This...
Thank you for the trouble.
Before going to Chengzhou,
he suffered from heart disease.
He worked without rest and sleep
when he was in Chengzhou.
He rushed nonstop back to the capital.
Thus, he's unable to see the Emperor.
Heart disease?
Didn't he just ride off on horseback?
- He...
- Well...
He's in a hurry to see a physician.
- He's right.
- It's faster on horseback.
This mutton soup is so good.
Yes, it's delicious.
This pastry is nice, too. Try some.
- Sure.
- Here.
Eat the big marrow bones.
Hurry up.
I'm hungry, too.
Eat up, there's plenty.
- Smells good, right?
- Smells really good.
- Is it good?
- Where did you buy this?
I can't stand it anymore.
Hey!
What are you doing?
It's been two days. We have had no food or water.
Trying to starve us to death?
Do you have any humanity?
- Can't you see there's a child here?
- Stop it.
Even when you're hungry,
you can still shout so loudly.
If you bark like a dog, I'll reward you.
How about that?
I'll fight you.
- Older Brother.
- Dad.
- Find the keys.
- Hurry, hurry.
What keys?
Who would carry keys with them?
- Hurry up!
- Search lower down.
Hurry.
Let go, let go.
Let go.
I'll k*ll you!
We were ordered not to harm them.
All right, let's leave.
Let's go.
- Behave yourselves.
- You'll be starved to death.
Enough.
- Let's go.
- What bad luck.
Let's go.
- Let's go.
- Everything in dramas is fake.
Which jailer would hide the keys on their waist,
and wait for them to be stolen?
Why is there moss here?
Moss?
These ancient prisons are really poorly made.
No waterproofing?
An official prison shouldn't be built like this.
It's done so casually.
Was it converted from a residence, Dad?
[Sushui City]
[Prince of Zhao's Mansion]
[Prince of Zhao's Mansion]
Did you forget the rules set up by His Highness
when he taught us swordsmanship?
Everyone is equal.
Only the capable deserve respect.
I defeated you all in the past.
You shouldn't even stand before me.
You still dare to fight me?!
You misled Chengzhou into summoning me.
Where is the Shen family now?
Anran, listen to me.
Your betrothal has been canceled.
If they continue to live with you,
what will you do if someone finds out?
Leave this matter to me.
I'll deal with it properly.
Where is the Shen family now?
Why are you so stubborn?
I did all this for your sake.
Your Highness, please let them go.
Stop!
Anran, since you've made up your mind,
I won't stop you again.
You,
take him there.
Understood.
You're indulging Lin Yan again.
Didn't you say the Shen family would be useful?
Lin Yan is now taking them away.
Why are you still so impatient?
Do you have other plans?
Don't worry.
That man will buy some time for us.
Go now and move the Shen family to the annex.
Understood.
You've never defied His Highness.
This is the first time.
When you first arrived at Fuyi Manor,
His Highness' eldest son had just passed away.
Your demeanor and speech
were strikingly similar to his,
which comforted His Highness' grief
in losing a child.
What are you trying to say?
I'm thinking we may have misjudged you.
Perhaps, despite your young age,
you've a strong will.
You planned to imitate the young master
to get close to His Highness.
Don't think you can delay me
by bringing up the past.
Lead the way.
Why are you in such a panic?
Young Master.
The Shen family has escaped.
What?
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Look at this window.
It's very poorly made.
And these bars are mortise-and-tenon joints.
If I can find the key joint, I can open it.
Really?
Dad, when did you learn this?
Everyone in the countryside
knows how to build a house.
Your dad hasn't lost this good old tradition.
All right, go up there.
Go and check. Hurry up.
Be careful. Hurry.
[Shaoguang's Food Notes]
[Chopstick Spring]
[The only downside of this dish
is that my dad can't make it.]
"Thousand Emotions" - Bo Yuan
♫ A ray of afterglow from the hairpin
falls on the eyebrows ♫
♫ The wind sways,
the bell hangs under the clouds ♫
♫ Each single chime tugs the heart ♫
♫ True love can only be felt,
without being expressed ♫
♫ You’re the obscurity, you’re the clarity ♫
♫ Seeking stars in the fog,
seeing your shadow under the moon ♫
♫ Hesitant to speak, overwhelmed with emotions ♫
♫ Can our path ahead be without suspicions? ♫
♫ I mistook everything I saw as cold as ice ♫
♫ I let the dusk dyes my cheeks
red with embarrassment ♫
♫ Even holding my breath can’t stop ♫
♫ Exposing my burning heart ♫
♫ You’re the noise, you’re the silence ♫
♫ I implicitly embrace you into this life ♫
♫ Hesitant and unsure,
sincerity is hard to deceive ♫
♫ Worldly rules and taboos,
how can I give them up? ♫
♫ Rushing to you, I’m confused
and hopelessly addicted ♫
♫ I still regard it as a tryst ♫
♫ The heart stirs, the wind blows away
the lightest ripples ♫
♫ It’s the hidden place
for thousand entangled emotions ♫
♫ Saved enough of a lifetime,
I rush to greet you across the miles ♫
♫ From now on, the roaming heart
returns to its hometown ♫
♫ To draw near what seems beyond reach ♫
♫ To change life and death, we won’t ever yield ♫
♫ Perhaps the relationship is not ideal ♫
♫ But love will forever ♫
♫ Compensate for our mutual cherishment
and understanding ♫
♫ Saved enough of a lifetime,
I rush to greet you across the miles ♫
♫ From now on, the roaming heart
returns to its hometown ♫
♫ To draw near what seems beyond reach ♫
♫ To change life and death ♫
♫ We won’t ever yield ♫